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Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp.7-Finding Light in Darkness: A Comedian's Journey Through Generations of Depression and Suicidality with Frank KingIn this powerful episode of "Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual Odyssey," we welcome Frank King, a veteran stand-up comedian, speaker, suicide prevention advocate, and co-author of four best-selling books on men's mental health, who has transformed his lifelong battle with depression into a mission of hope. With remarkable candor and his signature wit, Frank shares the traumatic childhood experience that shaped his life—being pinned beneath his great aunt's body after she died by suicide in an old refrigerator when he was just four years old.Frank opens up about navigating five generations of family history marked by de...2025-05-2120 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp. 6 - From Silent Wounds to Sacred Healing: Transforming Trauma into Universal Energy Shift with Sandy CooperWelcome to today's episode, where we explore how healing begins not with fixing what's broken but creating space for our authentic selves to emerge. The journey through trauma isn't just personal—it connects to something much larger. As our collective consciousness evolves, each individual's healing contributes to a universal energetic shift transforming our world.Our guest today is Sandy Cooper, an RN, Psychotherapist, and author of "Trauma to Triumph: Lessons Learned Along The Way," whose powerful story takes us from childhood muteness to spiritual awakening. Growing up in a fearful household with an emotionally unavailable mother and an...2025-05-1435 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp. 5 - The Question That Changed My Life with Randy PeyserIn this powerful episode, I sit down with Randy Peyser, whose journey from editorial and publishing success to spiritual awakening reveals how a single question can transform everything.Born into a loving but conflict-filled home, Randy's early life was a pressure cooker of tension. As a teenager, she found solace in music, though playing her favorite song on various instruments—the hauntingly titled "Suicide is Painless" from M*A*S*H—reflected her inner turmoil.Randy shares her experience with what mystics call the Dark Night of the Soul (wryly noting, "Why do they call it o...2025-05-0735 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp. 4 - Shitstorm to Magic with Kim EleyIn this powerful episode of "Shitstorm to Magic," Kim shares her remarkable journey from childhood trauma to profound healing. Growing up with an alcoholic father and a mother who did her best, Kim never imagined she'd one day be grateful for these painful experiences. "What? No way Sister," she would have said if told her future. Kim reveals how her father—sweet by day, terrifying by night—created an environment where she became the ultimate peacekeeper, walking on eggshells while developing extraordinary intuitive abilities without realizing their significance. Like many trauma survivors, Kim channeled her pain into beco...2025-04-3047 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp.3 - Trusting Yourself Again: A Story of Leaving, Healing, and Rebuilding - with Victoria WomersleyIn this episode, Shari is joined by Victoria Womersley, who shares her story of learning she was a victim, escaping a controlling relationship, rediscovering her strength, and starting over - on her terms.From childhood shaped by a cult-like religion to becoming a single mum juggling life, business, and survival, this is a raw, reflective look at what it takes to walk away when everything is stacked against you.Together they talk about self-trust, healing, and the surprising clarity that can come after chaos. If you’ve ever questioned your reality or felt stuck in su...2025-04-2354 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp. 1 - From Silenced to Unstoppable: How Trauma and AI Gave Me My Voice BackIn this powerful debut episode of Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual Odyssey, host Shari Leigh Roberts courageously shares her personal journey from deep trauma to profound transformation.With vulnerability, honesty, and a touch of humor, Shari reveals how a lifetime of emotional and physical trauma left her feeling broken and voiceless, literally.Discover how revolutionary AI voice-altering technology became Shari’s gateway to reclaiming her voice and stepping fully into her purpose. She dives deep into how trauma impacts our minds, bodies, and spirits, and the remarkable healing and intuitive abilities that emerged when she faced he...2025-04-1622 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyEp. 2 - Bumper Cars and Breakthroughs: Turning Triggers Into TransformationWhat happens when unresolved trauma meets the pressure cooker of corporate life? In this episode, Shari welcomes Susan Winchester, author of Healing at Work, to share her deeply personal story of childhood dysfunction, workplace triggers, and the journey to self-acceptance. They talk about how trauma shows up in unexpected ways, from perfectionism and people-pleasing to those all-too-familiar “bumper car” moments with difficult colleagues.Susan opens up about losing her sister, confronting family secrets, and how she eventually used her career challenges as a catalyst for healing. This conversation is honest, emotional, and packed with insight for anyone tryi...2025-04-1647 min
Transcending Trauma: The Spiritual OdysseyTrailerTranscending Trauma: The Spiritual Odyssey is where healing meets soul work. Hosted by psychic medium and energy healer Shari Leigh Roberts, each episode offers honest, unfiltered conversations with survivors who’ve turned deep pain into powerful transformation. This isn’t about surface-level fixes. It’s about rewiring your nervous system, reconnecting to your intuitive self, and finding freedom beyond traditional methods.With support from spirit guides and her Divine Healing Team, Shari holds space for breakthrough moments and real healing. If you’ve experienced trauma or feel pulled toward a more spiritual path, this is your sanctuary.(Sh...2025-04-1502 min
Where I Left OffReading Recap 3 - Sarah Adams, Alicia Thompson, Tahereh Mafi, and more!Send us a textBooks mentioned in this episode:A Flicker in the Dark by Staci WillinghamThe Couple Next Door by Shari LapenaOnly if You're Lucky by Staci WillinghamAll the Dangerous Things by Staci WillinghamThe Temporary Roomie by Sarah AdamsThe Off Limits Rule by Sarah AdamsThe Ex-Vows by Jessica JoyceThe It Girl by Ruth WareNinth House by Leigh BardugoMidnight is the Darkest Hour by Ashley WinsteadFor links to the books discussed in this episode, click the link here to take you to the Google Doc to view the list. For episode feedback...2024-12-261h 05
Popcorn PodcastShari Sebbens interview (The Moogai)Australian actor and proud Bardi, Jabirr-Jabirr woman Shari Sebbens joins Popcorn Podcast to discuss her leading role in Indigenous psychological horror The Moogai. Writer and director Jon Bell has developed the story – based on the 2020 award-winning short film of the same name – into a full-length horror feature to confront how prevalent the effects of the Stolen Generations still are today. Is child-stealing spirit The Moogai real or is Sarah (Shari Sebbens) in fact the biggest threat to the safety of their family? In our chat, Sebbens shares what she loves about the horror genre, the importance of telling Indigenous stor...2024-10-3017 min
Books by DL White BookcastBookcast Episode 63: New York and Back...Welcome to episode 63 of the Bookcast, my platform for sharing short fiction and updates on what I'm reading and writing. I'm DL White, author of 12 contemporary southern and romantic fiction novels featuring Black men and women. I'm also a big fan of books, so we usually begin with the book report, then we talk about writing. I have finished!!! my dessert project- that's a project I am doing just for fun, for the love of writing. For me, that's fanfiction and THE STORY OF KATE, a thriller-ish piece for the pop1!tober writing challenge at the fanfiction archive I r...2023-11-1827 min
HaskinCast Podcast154 Diane Dresback - Author - From Us, For YouDiane and I sit down and discuss her latest book project, From Us For You: Inspiring Stories of Healing, Growth and Transformation, a compilation of stories from 25 female authors tell stories of their lives and truly open the door to who they are and what they have experienced in life. This book is already a best-seller on Amazon just in the pre-order phase.Diane M. Dresbackauthor site: https://www.dianedresback.com/filmmaking site: https://www.mindclover.com/Book: From Us For You: Inspiring Stories of Heal...2023-09-1155 min
Bar Beshies63. I Do, I Die, DudayHola, Beshie-san! The Beshies invited Atty. Dudday, ang kanilang pinulutan sa Episode 51 with Atty. Yesha (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6EZgY5JIu65kO6rvVNl9V6?si=f1e2d91242314fcb).
Aside from not being a Shari’a lawyer, hear Atty. Dudday’s story as she personally experienced burning out in the legal profession. How did it manifest? Paano siya dumating sa point na ito? Can
burn-out lead to depression? How did she survive this endeavor? Bakit siya maliit? Ayon kay Choi, nakakatulong ba ang knowing
yourself sa burn-out? Marami bang nadiskubre si Tita Beshie Leigh kay Dudday kahi...2023-07-2557 min
Bar Beshies51. Let Go and Let AllahHappy humpday, Beshies! Naka-oath at pirma na? Good! Apir! We have a Wednesday release because Bar work got in the way. But fret not, we're here! This week, we asked Atty. Yesha to talk about Shari'a Law, the personal law followed by our Muslim Brothers and Sisters. Listen as your Beshies discover muslim schools of thought, polygamy, divorce, a little bit of Islamic history and teachings, that the Shari'a Law is a niche practice, and nasa Mindanao pala ang mga Shari'a courts! Totoo bang madali ang divorce at pagkakaroon ng maraming asawa sa Shari'a? Bakit ba discriminated pa din ang...2023-05-031h 08
Pages n' PagesChapter 85: Anti-Love BooksIn this week's episode of Pages n' Pages, we're celebrating Valentine's Day a little differently - by discussing anti-love books! Let us know what books you've read that don't feature a love story or are anti-love!
What We’ve Read and What We Are Reading:
A Man Called by Frederik Backman
Four Aunties and a Wedding by Jesse Q. Sutanto and narrated by Risei Mei
The Stardust Thief by Chelsea Abdullah
Holes by Louis Sachar
Cultish: The Language of Fantacism by Amanda Montell
Legends and Lat...2023-02-141h 28
You Might Know Her FromLisaGay HamiltonOh how we’ve missed you, our little turkeys! We are here this week with actor and director LisaGay Hamilton.You Might Know Her From The Practice, Beloved, Winning Time, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Dropout, Vice, Nine Lives, House of Cards, Jackie Brown, and her Peabody-winning documentary Beah: A Black Woman Speaks. LisaGay gave us the skinny on network TV vs. the streamers, how Rebecca Washington’s natural hair was revolutionary on The Practice, and how she formed a bond with legendary actress Beah Richards on the set of Beloved that later turned into a film. All that plus, we f...2022-11-221h 05
From The Heart, a podcast about Yoga, Mindfulness, Healing and WellbeingSeason 3: Episode 10 Yoga for Times of Change with Dawn Lister, Daniel Groom and Nina Zolotow.In our last episode of the season, we talk to Nina Zolotow about ageing and the representation of the older generation in Yoga. Nina opened by reading the Epilogue to her book “Yoga for Times of Change: Practices and Meditations for Moving Through Stress, Anxiety, Grief, and Life’s Transitions” and we discussed why change is so challenging for us humans. Nina Zolotow, RYT500, MFA, is Editor in Chief of the Yoga for Healthy Aging blog as well as a contributing writer and author of Yoga for Times of Change: Practices and Meditations for Moving Through Stress, Anxiety, Grief, and Life’s...2022-05-241h 18
Crime Time FMSHARI LAPENA & GYTHA LODGE On The Sofa With VictoriaTHRILLERS: SHARI LAPENA (NOT A HAPPY FAMILY) & GYTHA LODGE (LIE BESIDE ME) discuss THRILLER WRITING on The Sofa With Victoria. What makes a good thriller, raising the stakes and building suspense.VICTORIA SELMANAmazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3xmvMeSWebsite for news and giveaways: http://www.victoriaselmanauthor.comTwitter: @VictoriaSelmanWe love to hear from our listeners! Find me on Twitter @VictoriaSelman and join in the chat using #OnTheSofaWithVictoria.Produced by Junkyard DogMusic courtesy of Southgate & LeighCrime TimeProduced by Junkyard...2022-05-0342 min
ScamtimeEpisode 31 - Season 2 - Blackjack and Papinis - (With Trevor Leigh) (MIT scams and the kidnapping of Shari Papini)Welcome to SCAMTIME, a true crime podcast where your hosts Stephanie and Karen talk about all sorts of cons and frauds, bamboozlers and hoodwinkers, and fun hoaxes. This week guest host Trevor Leigh tell us about a bunch of MITs making MILLs and Karen shares the very current fake kidnapping of Shari PapiniHit! Double Down!Branded shoulders! Things to help this episode make sense:"Skins" for your skis 21 - the movie - starring Laurence FishburneThe Alberta Podcast Network. check out all the great podcasts! 2022-04-2459 min
Race Reflections AT WORKBlack, British, In Business and ProudIn today's episode we are joined by Black Business Network founder Shari Leigh to talk about the Black, British, In Business and Proud report. She talks about the issues, actions and solutions suggested by the survey of more than 800 Black people in Britain.Black Business Network: https://www.blackbusinessnetwork.online/BBIBP Report: https://www.blackbusinessnetwork.online/bbibpreportBlack Investor 360 Conference and Exhibition: https://www.blackinvestor360.com/This episode is hosted by Race Reflection's Admin, Comms and Engagement Leading Lady, Dionne Anderson: https://linktr.ee/livingmotherhoodcreativelySubscribe, rate and review...2022-03-2129 min