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Well, That F*cked Me Up! Surviving Life Changing Events.

Luke Colson and Kyle Wise

BITE-SIZE PERSONAL STORIES OF SURVIVING LIFE CHANGING EXPERIENCES: Hosted by Luke Colson and Kyle Wise, we feature weekly guests and explore extreme personal life changing experiences and the journey emotional and physical recovery. Each guest discusses their story of how their lives were turned upside down, by unexpected events. Stories like surviving a car crash, surviving abuse, being paralyzed in an accident, witnessing a crime.. and many more! Luke and Kyle will take an honest, raw, yet

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41:23

S4 EP4: Allison's Story - Recovery From Trauma, Grief...

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2025/01/23

Send us a textAllison Mones is a high-performance health and business coach and functional nutritionist, focused on empowering high-achieving, ambitious professionals to reach their limitless potential without burning out. Allison spent years in the corporate world, and was an athlete, with a passion for health and wellness. But it was untreated trauma and grief that was leading to an addiction to high achievement, and soon, severe burnout nearly took her out. She joins us to talk about her p...

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S5 EP3: Adrienne's Story - Recovering From Childhood...

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2025/01/16

Send us a textAdrienne Harris has had quite the life starting off with being sexually abused as a child, from three years old all the way to 12 years old, then, being raped at 22, and then going into therapy by 23. I simply horrific start to life. She got married in 2000 and recently divorced her husband after he had an emotional affair with his running coach. She separated from him during the pandemic and went from a typical life of mom, wife and entrepreneur to becoming a professional numer...

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32:19

S5 EP2: Tamara's Story - An Unimaginable Ultimatum!

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2025/01/09

Send us a textTamara Winstead joins us this week for an utterly amazing episode about survival, defying the odds, and the transformative power of manifestation, when faced with an unimaginable ultimatum! In 2009, she was diagnosed with stage four cervical cancer while 8 weeks pregnant with her third baby. The doctors told her she should terminate the pregnancy in order to begin immediate treatment, they didn't think both her and her baby could survive. That news hit her like a ton of bricks, ...

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32:22

NEW SEASON! S5 EP1: Ronni's Story - Double Hip...

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2025/01/02

Send us a textRonni Morgan kicks off Season 5 with an amazing episode, all about overcoming extreme adversity at a young age. In fact, by age 30, Ronni had lost her ability to walk and needed two hip replacements! Furthermore, Ronni was hospitalized for over 2 weeks because of neck and head pain they couldn’t get under control! Finally, she ended up getting diagnosed with a rare genetic condition called Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. She had to give up a decade long career as a hairstyli...

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42:33

S4 EP49: Jeanette's Story - Caring For My Mother From...

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2024/12/19

Send us a textJeanette Yates cared for her sick mother from the age of 8 years old (she is now 49), and she has been caring for her Mom most of my life, and that really f*cked her up! She struggled with perfectionism, overcoming childhood abuse by a family member, an eating disorder, codependency, and anxiety. Her journey through all of this is amazing, and one of hope and inspiration! She now helps family caregivers in codependent situations break free from guilt and live full lives outside ...

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S4 EP49: Vanessa's Story - The Weight Of Betrayal

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2024/12/05

Send us a textVanessa Cardenas is a ‘Betrayal Recovery Specialist’, but what exactly is that? and why is she a specialist? Well, as Vanessa explains, when “we need to talk” is followed by “I’ve met someone," her world as she knew it, was shattered. Vanessa speaks of all aspects of betrayal in this brilliant episode, especially after 20+ years of marriage. This deeply personal experience fuels her passion to guide others through similar challenges. Let’s face it, no one studies betrayal recove...

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S4 EP47: Rachael's Story - 'You Must Stay Married At...

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2024/11/28

Send us a textRachael Needham went through divorce a few years ago, however most of the trauma she experienced was in her toxic marriage. As a Christian woman, she wrestled with the thought of divorce and all that was subtly implied at the thought of divorce. Even though her parents, who were were both pastors, supported whatever decision she made, it was quite a few years before she eventually got ‘unmarried’ because of her religious surroundings.Rachael has written a book to help others fig...

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49:30

S4 EP46: Lynn's Story - The Devil You Know

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2024/11/21

Send us a textTRIGGER WARNING: Discussions or multiple forms of abuse. Lynn Stroud was brought up in a house filled with anger and tension, with a father who was a compulsive gambler. On top of that, her father and one of her brothers became overly protective towards her, and would dicate where she was allowed to go, what she could wear and who she could see. The experience that Lynn endured as a teenager would continue into her relationships with men, and her story focuses on one terrifying ...

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S4 EP45: Lori's Story - Born Into Poverty And...

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2024/11/14

Send us a textLori Chenger grew up in poverty, surrounded by addiction and abuse, having to fend for herself as a child and even had to care for her younger brother when she was 7 years old. But what did that mean for the rest of her life, and what was her journey to break the cycle of the life she was born into. We can overcome our own brains, and renegotate our path, and not live in the legacy of our past. Love this epsiode, and you will too!https://www.echoofyes.comhttps://www.linkedin.com...

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S4 EP44: Maria's Story - Life Beyond Childhood PTSD

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2024/11/07

Send us a textMaria Riegger is a banking/corporate attorney by day, and a fiction author by night. Maria’s head has always been in the clouds. From a young age, her mother scolded her for not paying attention; when she was bored, she would make up stories in her head. She has been writing since she was about thirteen years old. Maria’s story starts in her childhood, with abuse and narcasism at the hands of her mother. We follow her journey away from the grasp of her mother, and discuss her st...

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36:11

S4 EP43: Holly's Story - From FBI to Surviving Cancer!

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2024/10/31

Send us a textHolly Bertone is a former FBI Chief of Staff for Counterintelligence turned Certified Holistic Health Coach. Holly didnt choose this career change, it chose her when, one day, she diagnosed with breast cancer and an autoimmune disease. Holly had been burning the candle at both ends, over exerting herself, and although living an active life, was not taking care of her diet. She used this diagnosis as a cross roads to take a breath, and regain control of what was important in her&...

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S4 EP42: Brandy's Story - Living With Chronic Illnes

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2024/10/24

Send us a textBrandy Shantz is the host of the ‘Living Chronic’ podcast. She suffers from severe Crohn’s disease after serving near burn pits in Afghanistan. 4 years ago, she began having severe symptoms and ended up suffering a reaction to the Humira she was taking for Crohn’s, which took 19 months for doctors to diagnose!! Upon receiving the diagnosis of drug induced lupus and neurological issues, Brandy worked to recover but never got back to herself. It took her another 2 1/2 years going ...

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S4 EP41: Gretchen's Story - 15 Minutes From The End

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2024/10/17

Send us a textGretchen Schoser, also known as G-Rex, is the co-host of the podcast "Sh!t That Goes On In Our Heads." On Christmas Day, 2022, she experienced a massive mental health breakdown that changed her life. Feeling utterly alone and terrified, she reached out for help by calling 988. That call saved her life and marked the beginning of her journey toward recovery.In the aftermath, she decided to share her battle on social media. She didn't want anyone to feel as isolated as she did dur...

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S4 EP40: Saloni's Story - Workplace Bullying And A...

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2024/10/10

Send us a textThis week, Saloni Surah has a terrifying story to share with us. She is a doctor specializing in HIV and sexual health, with a PhD on HIV and drug use. Saloni had a very bad workplace bullying experience, which has left her with undiagnosed PTSD. On top of that, someone wrote anonynmous letters saying some very damaging things, and sent them to people in her close circle! The repurcussions were awful, she was scared, lost confidence, and began to isolate. Eventuallyt, she moved ...

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S4 EP39: Marcy's Story - Born With Cleft Lip And...

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2024/10/03

Send us a textMarcy Langlois was born with a cleft lip and palate, her childhood was marked by an excruciating series of surgical procedures, 23 in all, before the age of 18. Because she looked and talked differently than the other kids, she was relentlessly teased and bullied. Her journey into adulthood was marked by challenging, traumatic, and downright tragic waypoints: Coming out as a queer woman, involvement in a multiple-fatality car accident, and a devastating descent into addiction an...

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S4 EP38: Gerard's Story - Botched Surgery Left Me...

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2024/09/26

Send us a textGerard Grogans has a very powerful message to share, and one we should all listen to in this really fascinating episode! A passing comment from his mother when he was young, about how he 'looked tired' completely changed the course of Gerard's life! The comment had a deeper meaning to Gerard and he would spend his life saving up for eye surgery to 'fix' the dark circles around his eyes. Of course his Mother had meant nothing from the comment, but it became all Gerard could think...

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S4 EP37: Alyssa's Story - Escaping 19 Years Of Abuse

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2024/09/19

Send us a textOne day in her car, Alyssa Decker was scanning the radio stations for something to listen to. She came across a woman who was telling the story of her marriage, and she was immediately captivated. The woman on the radio was describing Alyssa's marriage, almost exactly. For some reason, it had not occurred to her that there might be other marriages like hers. As the woman was talking, Alyssa was driving down the road with tears streaming down her face. She...

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S4 EP36: Lisa's Story - My Thyroid Was Removed Due To...

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2024/09/12

Send us a textLisa Wilson is a leadership coach, HR consultant and mediator. She works with small to medium sized companies to help them get the best from their teams. In 2014 she was laid off from my job. It was a blessing, because she knew she would start her business after that job ended. That is until she discovered a large lump on her thyroid that the doctors thought was growing way faster than it should. After a lot of deliberation, She had it removed and discovered soon after that the ...

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S4 EP35: Alana's Story - Near Death, Chronic Illness,...

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2024/09/05

Send us a textAlana Joy has spent over 20 years working as a nurse and psychotherapist. When she was a young girl, she had a near death experience after a tonsil removal operation that went wrong! Through her life and into adulthood, Alana always felt different, both physically and mentally, and it was a diagnosis of her son with a rare condition, that would also lead to her getting the same diagnosis! Her personal experience of chronic illness, death, and divorce catalyzed profound physical,...

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S4 EP34: Jeff's Story - Kidnapped! 43 Days To Freedom!

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2024/08/29

Send us a textJeff Frazier is a decorated US Army veteran with a passion for humanitarian work, that led him to Haiti, where he fought child trafficking, learned Haitian Creole, and relocated his family to Florida to serve Haiti’s most vulnerable communities.But that’s not all. During a large food distribution mission, Jeff was kidnapped by a Haitian gang and endured 43 torturous days in captivity. Instead of breaking him, this experience only fueled his determination to help Haitians escape ...

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