Live Brighter With Tara
by Tara Wolfe Schaan
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134. Beyond the Label: My Story of Trauma, Psychiatric Care & Healing
134. Beyond the Label: My Story of Trauma, Psychiatric Care & Healing
About this podcast
Have you experienced an emotionally or religiously destructive relationship? This community encourages you to Living Brighter 1% at a time. I'm Tara, Christian Life Coach and two times psych ward attendee from a destructive relationship.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 149 episodes
- 134. Beyond the Label: My Story of Trauma, Psychiatric Care & Healing · 20 min · Season 13 Episode 134In one of my most personal conversations yet, I'm sharing a story that took years of healing before I felt ready to tell it. During a destructive marriage, severe sleep…
- 133. Rethinking Psychosis: Trauma, Spirituality & the Power of Human Connection | Anneke Sips · 42 min · Season 13 Episode 133What if we approached psychosis with more curiosity, compassion and connection? In this episode, I talk with Anneke Sips, community psychiatric nurse, integrative trauma…
- 132. Divorce, Grief & Letting Go: Loving Without Losing Yourself · 17 min · Season 13 Episode 132In this deeply personal episode, I share about my recent divorce and some of what I'm learning as I move through a season of grief, healing, and letting go. I didn't leave…
- 131. Learning to Trust Yourself Again: Faith, Healing & Finding Your Voice (With Sarah J. Thiessen and Heather Hughes) · 1 h 0 min · Season 13 Episode 131In this personal episode, the tables are turned as Sarah J. Thiessen and Heather Hughes interview me about the experiences that shaped who I am today. I share parts of my journey…
- 130. The Art of Healthy Friendship: How to Build Deeper, More Meaningful Relationships · 23 min · Season 13 Episode 130Healthy friendships don't just make life more enjoyable—they matter for our emotional and physical well-being. In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara explores what…
- 129. The Hidden Cost of Busyness: When Productivity Becomes a Coping Mechanism · 22 min · Season 14 Episode 129Busyness is often praised—but what happens when productivity becomes a way of avoiding ourselves? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, join me as I explore busyness as an…
- 128. How Your Past Is Keeping You Stuck (And How to Create a New Future) | Healing Masterclass Part 2 · 33 minHealing Masterclass Part 2 is here! If you joined me for Healing Masterclass Part 1, welcome back. In this next chapter, we're taking the healing journey even deeper. Many of us…
- 127. Understanding Why We Repeat Unhealthy Patterns · 35 min · Season 10 Episode 127Why do so many of us continue repeating the same unhealthy patterns—even when we genuinely want to change? In this special Live Brighter with Tara masterclass, Tara brings…
- 126. Finding Freedom Through Healing, Growth, and Faith · 20 min · Season 13 Episode 126What does it really mean to live free? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara explores how our relationship with ourselves, our past, and our relationship with God all…
- 125. Overcoming Self-Abandonment and Learning to Love Yourself · 32 min · Season 112 Episode 125In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara explores the journey of healing from self-abandonment and learning how to reconnect with yourself. Through her personal story…
- 124. Understanding Shame, Healing, and Finding Freedom · 16 min · Season 12 Episode 124In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara explores the impact shame can have on our emotional health, relationships, and ability to connect with ourselves and others…
- 123. Understanding Perimenopause, Hormones, and Women's Health · 20 min · Season 12 Episode 123What if the symptoms you've been struggling with… are actually hormonal? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara opens up about her personal experience navigating…
- 122. How Faith Helped Her Heal from Trauma & Addiction (With Everdawn Charles) · 37 min · Season 12 Episode 122What if your past didn't have to define your future? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Everdawn Charles shares her powerful journey of healing from childhood trauma…
- 121. From Childhood Trauma to Helping Others Heal with Heather Hughes · 41 min · Season 12 Episode 121What if your healing story could become the very thing that helps others heal? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara sits down with Heather Hughes—co-developer of the…
- 120. Understanding Trauma, Somatic Healing, and Splankna with Sarah Thiessen · 45 min · Season 12 Episode 120What if healing requires going deeper than conscious thought alone? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara sits down with Sarah Thiessen—licensed therapist, founder of…
- 119. Loving Others, Losing Yourself: The Hidden Cost of Self-Abandonment · 20 min · Season 12 Episode 119What if the ways you've learned to love others… have come at the cost of abandoning yourself? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, I explore the concept of…
- 118. Toxic Positivity: Why 'Just Stay Positive' Can Keep You Stuck · 20 min · Season 12 Episode 118What if the pressure to "stay positive" is actually disconnecting you from yourself? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, Tara explores the hidden impact of toxic…
- 117. The Hidden Cost of Being 'Good': How Perfectionism Blocks Real Connection · 25 min · Season 12 Episode 117What if perfectionism and being "the good one" are quietly disconnecting you from yourself—and others? In this two-part episode of Live Brighter with Tara, we explore the essence…
- 116. Sensuality Reimagined: Why it's not about being Seen, but being Present (WIth Susan Beth Bruener) · 22 min · Season 12 Episode 116What if sensuality is less about performance and more about presence? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, I'm joined by Susan Beth Breuner for a meaningful conversation…
- 115. When Your Body Says "Enough": Understanding Burnout as a Signal, Not a Failure · 22 min · Season 12 Episode 115Have you been feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or disconnected—and can't quite pinpoint why? In this episode of Live Brighter with Tara, I explore burnout through an emotional…
