#195: Finding Life on the Other Side of PTSD with Shannon Moyer-Szemenyei

Today we are speaking with Holistic Counsellor and Author, Shannon Moyer-Szemenyei.  Shannon is a Leader. Wife. Mother. Friend. Poet. Mentor. Human. She is a believer in fundamental rights, standing up for oneself, owning your truth, and being a kind and compassionate human being, leaving a positive impact wherever possible. Shannon lives with her family in London, Ontario and, when not writing or nurturing others, you can find her at the hockey rink or horse barn with her boys, or cuddled on the couch with her rescue dog, Berney.

In this episode, we discuss:

1. The power of finding ourselves in our stories even though it is an incredibly difficult situation. Being quiet and hiding in our stories doesn’t serve anyone. This is a punishment to ourselves.
2. What does Owning your Truth mean, and how Shannon’s mental health and healing was far more important than the discomfort of others.
3. When we turn the inner dialogue off to protect others, we stop listening to our own intuition and voice.
4. Trauma is relative to your own individual experience in life as a human being. Shannon speaks openly about how trauma impacts and affects our brain and how we then process those pieces. We have to deal with the root causes of our trauma in order to move through it.
5. Shannon shares her experience with postpartum depression and psychosis, PTSD, and how she worked to find her living on the other side of PTSD.

Connect with Shannon:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/moyer_and_co
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/moyerandco
Website: www.moyerandco.com
Email: [email protected]

Working with Shannon:

1. Shannon holds space during counseling sessions that are rooted in meditation, intuitive writing, journaling, and art.
2. Product-wise - Shannon just published her first book, The Years of Breaking! It’s a collection of poetry written while going through PTSD recovery and unraveling my story! It’s available on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Pegasus, Waterstones, Book Depository

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Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”.  She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.
Through her programs, coaching, and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life.  She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves, and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support, and impact others.