Disrupting Balance
Busting Myths & Breaking Balance
We found 5 episodes of Disrupting Balance with the tag “healing”.
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060: Surviving Womanhood: Finding Harmony After Abandonment, Addiction and Grief
October 25th, 2021 | Season 7 | 37 mins 50 secs
addiction, healing, trauma
How do you begin to fathom finding harmony when your life is falling apart before it even begins? For Leah Forney, the early stages of her journey were fraught with imbalance and hardship. Born addicted to drugs to two addicted parents, being raised by her grandmother, fighting her own addictions and being sexually assaulted seemed like so much to bear until she decided to free herself from the cycle of generational trauma.
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026: Khristi Lauren Adams: On Sacrificing Vulnerability, Brown Girl Stories & Stepping into Her Calling
October 26th, 2020 | Season 3 | 45 mins 6 secs
author, faith, healing
Khristi Adams is a vessel for Black girl stories. The speaker, author, youth advocate and ordained Baptist minister is no stranger to devastating loss. Find out how she dealt with the trauma to find her purpose and write her first book.
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020: H. Michelle Johnson: On The Stigma of Depression, Self Acceptance & Freedom at 50
September 14th, 2020 | Season 2 | 32 mins 52 secs
career pivot, depression, healing
H. Michelle Johnson is a woman who has found her equilibrium. After years of following the status quo as a successful nursing executive and conquering her internal struggle with depression, she was able to write and publish her first book at 50 years old.
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019: Emily P. Bingham: On Anticipating Loss, Phases of Grief & Starting a Movement
September 7th, 2020 | Season 2 | 34 mins 7 secs
cancer, grief, healing
Emily is learning to live with loss. The fitness lover and mother of two had her world turned upside down in March 2019 when she lost her husband to Uveal Melanoma, a rare cancer. Emily shares her journey through shock, anger, anxiety and sadness to finally discover the power of healing with movement.
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013: Asia Nelson: On Religion, White Girls in Yoga & Chronic Pain
July 27th, 2020 | Season 2 | 36 mins 12 secs
culture, healing, religion
Asia is a teacher on a path of perpetual learning and healing. Growing up in a small town of 7500 people, she navigated myths around religion and the role of women in domesticity. And after a back injury, Asia was forced to detach from her idea of yoga to discover a world of healing and curiosity that created a classroom beyond her expectations.