If your past still decides who you get to be, this conversation will break the spell! Hollywood therapist and author Dr. Nicki Monti shares how early abandonment, addiction, and lifelong relationship patterns shaped her identity—and how she rewrote her story from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, she explains how childhood survival strategies become adult barriers, why sobriety uncovers what we’ve been running from, and how real healing begins when you stop protecting the w...
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If your past still decides who you get to be, this conversation will break the spell! Hollywood therapist and author Dr. Nicki Monti shares how early abandonment, addiction, and lifelong relationship patterns shaped her identity—and how she rewrote her story from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, she explains how childhood survival strategies become adult barriers, why sobriety uncovers what we’ve been running from, and how real healing begins when you stop protecting the w...
When Love Isn’t Enough: Adoption, Trauma & Midlife Motherhood Truths
Aging with Purpose and Passion
31 minutes
4 months ago
When Love Isn’t Enough: Adoption, Trauma & Midlife Motherhood Truths
What if love isn’t enough? One adoptive mom’s truth about trauma, healing, and parenting a child no one prepared her for. Adoption, trauma-informed parenting, and midlife motherhood collide in this powerful episode with Brighid O’Shaughnessy—licensed social worker, adoptive mom, and longtime mental health advocate. If you’re parenting through trauma, over 40 and navigating adoption, or working with vulnerable families, this conversation is a must. Brighid shares her story of adopting a toddle...
Aging with Purpose and Passion
If your past still decides who you get to be, this conversation will break the spell! Hollywood therapist and author Dr. Nicki Monti shares how early abandonment, addiction, and lifelong relationship patterns shaped her identity—and how she rewrote her story from the inside out. In this powerful conversation, she explains how childhood survival strategies become adult barriers, why sobriety uncovers what we’ve been running from, and how real healing begins when you stop protecting the w...
