Light Conversations On Trauma: Recent Episodes

Peter Middleton

Bringing conversations around hardship into the light.

Connect to your story, through us. This is a space for intimate and empathetic chat around trauma, big T or little T. We have regular sections to this podcast. Each episode the host, Peter Middleton, will be joined by a guest who will share, explore, and give thanks, for their unique journey and perspective.

The sections that guests pick from are: Riding The Waves Of Change What’s My Inner Critic Saying? Love Through Hardship, That’s Deep, I Grieved That A Lot, Share A Shame,

There's always a 'Free 15' section to end.

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Welcome again,

Today I talk to Sam Kukathas, we broach the topics of:

Riding The Waves Of Change

What's Your Inner Voice Saying

That's Deep!

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Sam and I talk around the philosophical and spiritual nature of life and how that relates to conflict and hardship.

If you'd like to know more about Sam, check him out at https://thephilosophicalcoach.com or https://thishumeanlife.podcastpage.io

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Thanking you Juliet, and myself, for this wonderful conversation today. We dived deep into shame, colourism, perfectionism, sex, love, hardship, trauma, inner voices, faith, and much more! Gratitude for a safe space to be vulnerable and courageous. There's some real embodied faith and purpose here. I hope you enjoy.

Sections:

Share A Shame Love Through Hardship What's Your Inner Voice Saying? Free 15

Juliet's links:

https://www.instagram.com/wellbee_uk/

https://twitter.com/thetuesdaychild

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show notes/resources

Dr Amani Zarroug & Dr. Nataniel Oke: https://www.instagram.com/p/CIIRhMDAKaM/

Terry Real

Maslow's hierachy of needs

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An absolutely incredible, vulnerable, integral, and honest conversation. I really enjoyed this chat, and I hope you do also. We talked about some of the deepest areas of humanity: Grief, Death, Sex, Sexuality, Shame, Change. 

These are the sections we discussed:

Riding The Waves Of Change

I Grieved That A Lot

Share A Shame

Free 15

Thank you for listening, and my gratitude for your presence in this world. All the best.

Show Notes/Resources:

Natalia's details:

https://www.facebook.com/natalia.d.7

https://www.facebook.com/groups/unleashthegoddessphoto

https://www.instagram.com/unleash_the_goddess/

Light Conversations On Trauma Podcast:

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If you’d like to continue these conversations, join us at our facebook Community:

We Are The Light People

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Inspiration

Dan Seigel

Terry Real

Charles Eisenstein

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What a joy to be joined by Carmen Badan on this episode, who is so aligned to her purpose of living in love, compassion, and kindness.

We talk around these subjects:

That's Deep!

What's My Inner Voice Saying?

Riding The Waves Of Change

Free 15

Thank you for your time, attention, and love. All the best.

Carmen's Information:

Facebook & Youtube: Carmen Badan

Instagram: Carmen.badan

www.carmenbadan.com is coming shortly

Light Conversations On Trauma Podcast:

Patreon Link to support:

https://www.patreon.com/PeterMiddleton_

If you’d like to continue these conversations, join us at our facebook Community:

We Are The Light People

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Show notes/resources:

Ted Talk on conversation - Celeste Headlee

Byron Katie - Loving What Is book, and At Home With Byron Katie

Neale Donald Walsch - Conversations With God

Buddhism

Thich Nath Hanh

Tara Brach

Jack Kornfield

Vipassana

Transcendental Meditation

Gratitude Practice

Tony Robbins - commanding your subconscious mind

Carl Jung

Albert Einstein

Stephen Hawking

Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way

Malcolm Gladwell - Talking To Strangers

Jackson Pollack

Joe Dispenza

Joseph Campbell - The Hero With A Thousand Faces

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I'm joined today by Veronica Paris. A really enlightening, deep, authentic, vulnerable, and honest experience for me. Thank you Veronica! I hope you all enjoy this episode as much as I enjoyed making it. 

We have empathetic conversation around these topics:

What's Your Inner Voice Saying?

That's Deep!

Share A Shame

Free 15

Veronica can be found on facebook under her name.

Patreon Link to support the podcast:

https://www.patreon.com/PeterMiddleton_

If you’d like to continue these conversations, join us at our facebook Community:

We Are The Light People

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Show notes/resources:

Lousie Hay

Michael B. Beckwith

Tim Ferriss - https://tim.blog/2020/09/14/how-to-heal-trauma/

Radical Acceptance - Tara Brach

Brené Brown

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Thank you to Kalli Fardoulis for joining me on this incredibly powerful, vulnerable, and compassionate journey through some of her story. She especially focuses on fertility, and mental health. I'm very grateful to have had this opportunity.

We talk around:

Riding The Waves Of Change

I Grieved That A Lot

Love Through Hardship

Free 15

Kalli’s Links:

https://www.blownawayhair.com.au

https://kalli.com.au

Patreon Link to support the podcast:

https://www.patreon.com/PeterMiddleton_

If you’d like to continue these conversations, join us at our facebook Community:

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Peter’s Medium:

www.medium.com/@pmiddleton887

show notes/resources:

Thomas Hübl

Breathwork

Cathartic Breathwork psychotherapist

Trauma Therapy

Medicine - Western, Chinese

Hospital

Yoga

Meditation

Innocence

Resilience

Belief

Trust

Love

Harmony

Patience

Confidence

Nourishment

Joy

Pain

Zen Mind Beginner’s Mind - Shunryu suzuki

Journaling

Art

Drawing

Essential Oils

Reiki

Marianne Williamson

Marvin Oka

Letting Go - Dr David Hawkins

Super Life - Darin Olien

Bucci Radio Podcast

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Pierre Azzam, what a wonderfully empathetic, and sensitive conversation. We navigate through a lot of Pierre's journey; his passions and interests. 

The sections that we discussed are:

Riding The Waves Of Change

What's My Inner Voice Saying

That's Deep

Free 15

There was some really great moments talking about how music affects us all.

Show notes/resources:

Tao Te Ching

Inner Parenting (Intrinsic Brilliance Institute)

Mumford & Sons

Reiki 

Dolores O'Riordan - The Cranberries

Peter Levine - Somatic Experiencing 

Tool 

Tame Impala

Immanuel Kant

René Descartes

7 Essential human needs: https://www.sociology.org/the-seven-essential-human-needs-basic-statement/ 

Pierre's details:

http://www.bravermancoaching.com

Pierre@bravermancoaching.com

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Mike Gathers navigates through some essential topics in this episode with me today, I'm very grateful for his sensitivity, openness, honesty, and vulnerability.

The prompts that we used for this episode are:

Riding The Waves Of Change

Love Through Hardship

Share A Shame

Free 15

What was your one takeaway from this episode?

Show notes/resources:

Archetypes - King Warrior Magician Lover 

Byron Katie - www.thework.com

Chen Lizra 

Gestalt therapy

Emotional Intelligence

Viktor Frankl 

Trust - Iyanla Vanzant 

Drama triangle  

Albert Einstein

Thich Nhat Hanh

poly vagal theory - Steven Porges

Brené brown

Mike's information:

www.mikegathers.com

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It was really wonderful to sit down with Meg Williams and have a calm, curious, and authentic chat around her life's journey. Thank you Meg.

There's some wonderful insights in this episode.

The topics we meander around are:

What's My Inner Voice Saying

Share A Shame

Riding The Waves Of Change

Hope you enjoy it! 

Show notes/resources:

Michael B Beckwith - https://agapelive.com

Talking To Strangers - Malcom Gladwell

Marvin Oka - https://www.behaviouralmodelling.com

Healing The Shame That Binds You - John Bradshaw

Meg's links:

www.megwilliams.org

https://www.facebook.com/meg.lou.5050

https://www.instagram.com/megwilliams1/

7 Day Chakra Reset Course : https://corrie-taylor.mykajabi.com/unify

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Very blessed to bring you this conversation with a deeply compassionate and humble individual, Justin Schaefer, he talks about his head injury which stopped him from feeling anxious, and his own journey through learning meditation. 

The prompts that we discuss are:

What's My Inner Voice Saying?

Riding The Waves Of Change

Love Through Hardship

Free 15

Show notes/resources:

Sam Harris & Joseph Goldstein - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zk0YLGVn4_s

Eckhart Tolle

Michael Singer

Albert Einstein

Jesse Simpson

Elizabeth Gilbert

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Brenda Florida is a certified life coach. She is an expert in facilitating transformation in others. She specializes in working with people pleasers who are ready to end their patterns of diminishment and self-judgment and empower their natural gifts and superpowers. Brenda is also a certified facilitator for the program, BOLD, an empowerment program for girls ages 8-18years old. Her mantra is, There is no power outside of you, greater than the power inside of you." You can get more information about Brenda, her services and programs at www.brendaflorida.com. You may contact her directly at brenda@brendaflorida.com

Today we talk around the prompts of:

Riding The Waves Of Change

That's Deep

Share A Shame

Free 15

Show notes/resources:

The Choice - Dr Edith Eva Eger

The Untethered Soul - Michael Singer

Byron Katie - https://thework.com

Lao Tzu

Connor Beaton - www.connorbeaton.com

Healing The Shame That Binds You - Dr. John Bradshaw

Creative Pep Talk Podcast

Liberate Your People Pleaser podcast:

http://podbean.com/media/share/pb-5e9cc-e89899?fbclid=IwAR0AqRHWpQ0pTd4T-Jjnb9FTbvDtBdPYGLCFszXbLw9_7EcwqNu6vsBBoqY

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Today's conversation with Ashley Atkinson was a truly uplifting and enlightening experience. Gratitude to Ashley, and to myself, and thanks for listening!

We discussed the sections:

What's My Inner Voice Saying?

Riding The Waves Of Change

That's Deep

Free 15

Show notes/resources:

https://www.healingswithashley.ca

https://www.facebook.com/healingheartsreikiandoraclecardreadings

https://www.instagram.com/healingheartsreikiandreadings/

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Hello, hello, hello loves. 

This episode is so rich, deep, and full of integrity and feeling. Thank you TJ, bless you my friend. 

We discuss:

Riding The Waves Of Change

What's My Inner Voice Saying

That's Deep

Free 15

Show notes:

Find TJ on facebook or instagram: TJ Canada

Podcast: TJ & Dawn

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Today's episode is with John Falchi, I am so pleased and blessed to have been a part of this conversation; it was so rich and full of human spirit and emotion, as well as embodied wisdom, and curiosity.

Note - the philosopher I mentioned was not Heraclitus, it was Epicurus - the philosophy of pleasure.

We discuss:

Riding The Waves Of Change

Love Through Hardship

I Grieved That A Lot

Free 15 - philosophy

Key notes:

"Did I try my best?"

"The job of an artist is to soak in as much of the human experience as possible; it's almost a responsibility"

Show notes/resources:

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon - Eclipse

Brené Brown - Rising Strong

Alain De Botton - Consolations Of Philosophy

Julia Cameron - The Artist's Way

Joseph Campbell - The Power Of Myth

Marcus Aurelius - Meditations

Lama Surya Das - Awakening The Buddha Within

Frederick Nietzsche - Thus Spoke Zoroastra

Ralph Waldo Emerson - Essay On Self Reliance

Martin Heidegger

Carl Jung

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Joe's is on a mission to co-create a world of love and liberation through transformative relationships, experiences, and community.

Joe coaches amazing HUMANS. They are often successful business owners, executives in tech, top individual performers, leaders, creatives, entrepreneurs, and regular dudes. He helps his clients let go of overthinking and using stress as a motivator to living a life where they are rooted in a clear head, an open heart and solid guts. Which helps them create relationships with deeper love and come from a sense of grounded power and unbounded commitment. His clients learn to prioritize relationships and health and how to slow down to enjoy what they have already created. Joe also volunteers with The Mankind Project and Showing Up for Racial Justice DC. Whether the moment in life brings pain or pleasure, Joe strives to help you live a life that is FULLY LIT UP.

~ Today's episode is packed full of wisdom and empathy, and I can't actually find the words to describe the way I'm feeling right now, let me just say I'm full of gratitude to Joe, and full of awe for life's journey, and I'm blessed by your attention. ~

We talk about:

Riding The Waves Of Change

I Grieved That A Lot

Share A Shame

Free 15

Resources/Show notes:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/DropTheArmorDojo

https://www.joebernsteincoaching.com

Brenébrown.com

Lots of love.

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Jesse Simpson, what a rich and powerful conversation we had, and really in depth and vulnerable. Thank you Jesse. 

That's Deep

I Grieved That A Lot

Share A Shame

Free 15

www.action-oriented.com

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An enthralling storyteller with a profound message about human potential, Divya Darling is devoted to illuminating the wisdom within.

Having researched the mysteries of the mind for over a decade, obtaining degrees in neuroscience, psychology, and cognitive sciences and being an avid yogi and philosopher, Divya serves as a Transformational Brain Trainer.

As Founder of the Intrinsic Brilliance Institute - a place where science and spirituality intersect - she equips entrepreneurs dedicated to being their best with practical tools to reinvent reality.

Sparking insights and enhancin g intuition across the globe, Divya hosts silent retreats, facilitates workshops, and brings a bright perspective to change management at conferences and corporate functions.

Divya's zeal to enLIGHTen UP our world is palpable to all who cross her path; she has been featured in media outlets that span the spectrum from Sky Business News to Wellbeing magazine and served leaders of companies equally diverse and dynamic.

Show Notes/Resources:

https://intrinsicbrilliance.com.au

Silence - Deb Maes

EnLIGHTen UP - Divya Darling

Vicktor Frankl

Eckhart Tolle and Russell Brand - youtube.

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In this episode I'm joined by Dave Glaser. 

We talk about his process with:

That’s Deep

I Grieved That A Lot

Share A Shame

Free 15

Show notes/resources:

Dave Glaser - https://fitlifechampions.com

https://connorbeaton.com/alliance/ - Man Talks Alliance Men's Group

https://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-grief/ - The Five Stages Of Grief - David Kessler & Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

https://brenebrown.com - Brené Brown

https://www.eckharttolle.com - Eckhart Tolle

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67896.Tao_Te_Ching - Tao Te Ching 

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In this episode I'm joined by Chris Geisler - Body Mind Practice

We talk about his process through:

What's My Inner Critic Saying?

Riding The Waves of Change

That's Deep

Free 15

Show notes/resources:

https://linktr.ee/bodymindpractice

https://www.instagram.com/bodymindpractice/

https://www.creatorsclub.co.uk

Power Poses 

Aaron Alexander 

Aubrey Marcus

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Welcome to Light Conversations On Trauma podcast, this is the trailer to the podcast, and I wanted to lay a few intentions out for the podcast going forward.

Firstly who I am, and why I'm recording and hosting this, a little bit around my personal journey with trauma, and the aspects of my life where i've experienced healing and growing.

All the best,

Peter

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