Conversations That Heal

You are the creator of your habits, whether they are healthy or toxic. Some are learned as far back as childhood. Others are developed from intentional awareness. You have the power to dictate how they will command your life. Judging yourself or one another can be a toxic habit that serves no one. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Talking about the impact of your trauma is critical to your healing. Not releasing the feelings leads to further isolation, shame and fear. Healing is messy. It’s not the speaking of the event that is the problem. It is that it actually happen. Join guest Shari Botwin, LCSW, as we explore this brave step to reclaiming your life. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Are you curious to how living your life feeling worthy would look like? Feel like? How would you improve the quality of your life if you knew you were, without a doubt, a capable and lovable human being? Feelings of unworthiness is an habit, a learned behavior. Are you ready to discover the magnificence of YOU? Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Isolation is part of the human experience. The difference is the degree in which we choose to isolate ourselves. Isolation shows up as simple as taking a shower to major depression that has you under the covers of your bed for days. Being aware when isolating yourself is a part of your self-care routine plays a critical role in self-love. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Giving yourself permission to open your heart to receive love puts you in a vulnerable position. As a human being that is what we are designed to do… receive and give love. Do you give yourself the gift of love? Or do you close your heart to ‘protect’ it or close it out of habit? Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Do you have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)? It is almost impossible not to live this life without avoiding some form of trauma. While there are many scenarios to diagnosing it, there are tools you can use to manage it. Controlling PTSD is self-love and self-care. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon in Kindle and paperback. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Are you ready to release your shame? Choosing to tell your story is a strong tool to taking back your power. The biggest obstacle in sharing your history is overcoming the shame trapped in it. Be gentle with yourself and honor your story. It is a time to practice self-love. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon in Kindle and paperback. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Only you can answer this question. Maybe you are too emotionally absent to answer it. Do you find yourself facing emotionally barriers that prevent you from living your life in integrity? You do have the luxury available to you to make the choice to live in integrity, NOW. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon in Kindle and paperback. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Can you hold your boundaries and remain vulnerable? Do you want to? Are you curious? Both are about self-love and self-trust. By birthright, you are more than worthy of both. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon in Kindle and paperback. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com. If you find yourself dealing with suicidal ideations, please reach out to the Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255. Feelings are temporary, suicide is not.

Pain. We have have been there… you fall and hurt your knee. You have a headache. Pain created by words that destroy your inner confidence, cutting through all what you thought you were or wanted to be. Add the childhood pain of living with an alcoholic parent, child abuser or a bully at school and concealing the impact of those feelings feeds the depth of the emotional pain. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com. If you find yourself dealing with suicidal ideations, please reach out to the Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255. Feelings are temporary, suicide is not.

Do you feel like giving up? Like throwing in the towel? What if the emotional pain that is bringing you to your knees is the key to introducing a new mindset that helps to set you free? Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com. If you find yourself dealing with suicidal ideations, please reach out to the Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255. Feelings are temporary, suicide is not.

Boundaries represent an announcement to yourself and the world that you love yourself, respect yourself enough that you control what or who comes into your physical life and mind. They are a powerful and healing tool to use on your healing journey. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Why is acknowledging your past important? Healing from childhood trauma has many pieces. Acknowledging your past is one of them. Processing your truth allows you to open up to self-love including self-compassion and living a life with peace of mind. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Exactly what is self-love? How does it show up in everyday life? What does it feel like and what's the outcome of applying self love into your life or not? Here are concrete examples of self love that you can introduce into your life and body starting right now. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Giving yourself permission to open your heart to receive love puts you in a vulnerable position. As a human being that is what we are designed to do… receive and give love. Do you give yourself the gift of love? Or do you close your heart to ‘protect’ it or close it out of habit? Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Is your heart broken? Maybe it’s not. Maybe it is and you have chosen not to acknowledge it. You are breaking your own heart by limiting your possibilities, betraying yourself and abandoning yourself. You and only YOU can heal your broken heart. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Bringing awareness into your life to know there are possibilities to live differently takes courage, commitment and curiosity. Are you ready to make the change by reconnecting to your inner spirit? Returning guest, Jenean Zunk is an Emotional Wellness Specialist and Angel Shaman. Her unique approach and powerful ability to bring a strong connection to Spirit helps those with anxiety, depression and emotional trauma. She helps loved ones of alcoholics heal and transform their lives so they can embrace life with confidence, inner peace and fully empowered. You can find her atNamaste Living Online and Facebook atJenean Zunk. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: The Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon.  You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Where do your core beliefs originate? Do they come from family values? Childhood trauma? Are those beliefs embedded in your physical body creating dis-ease? You have the power to create core beliefs that serve your higher self. Guest Michelle Manning-Kogler is a world renowned Transformational Healer, High Performance Coach and Author of Quantum Soul Clearing - Healing the Scars Life Leaves on the Soul. Learn more about her atQuantumSoulClearing.com Host Susan Jacobi is an international spokesperson shifting the global consciousness around childhood trauma, author of How to Love Yourself: The Hope after Child Abuse and offers private mentoring. Contact her at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

Are you living your life based on your family values or are you living your life created by your values? Often your values and character traits are similar to your family structure. Declaring your values and character traits is where you set your power. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: Hope after Child Abuse is available in Kindle and paperback form on amazon. You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.

How you choose to respond for any situation will directly transform your world. Understanding your emotional blocks supports you getting unstuck and moving through your limitations. Returning guest Jenean Zunk is a Spiritual Living Coach for Intuitive Women. She helps people who feel self doubt, fear and shame reconnect with their Inner Divine Self. You can find her atNamaste Living Online and Facebook atJenean Zunk. Your host, Susan Jacobi, a thriver after childhood abuse, knows healing is in replacing the trauma mindset. Her book, How to Love Yourself: The Hope after Child Abuse is available atamazon.  You can reach Susan directly at susan@conversationsthatheal.com.