Tears, Tides and Transformation

In this final episode of the TTT podcast, for now, KeAnna and Bridget take their audience on a journey of reflection, recollection, and recognition of the last 2 years of creating a safe space for women to courageously share their healing journeys. 

So many lessons have been learned, so many connections have been made, so much healing has taken place and is taking place; this journey has been fulfilling, educational, and transformational. 

As you tune in, you will find that TTT is evolving into hosting conferences and retreats! The first TTT conference will be held in the Fall of 2023, if you want to attend follow our social media platforms @tearstidesandtransformation on IG and Facebook. Join our email list on our website www.tearstidesandtransformation.com to receive all the conference drops. 

It has been our absolute pleasure to serve you in this capacity! We appreciate your support. 

With gratitude,

Bridget + KeAnna

Often times when we hear the word alignment we don’t really know what that means. In this episode, Bridget and Ke take a deep dive into breaking down what alignment means and what it looks like for each of them, and how to find alignment for yourself. It isn’t always pretty and it doesn’t always feel good, but oh when you find it, it can be a beautiful and grounding feeling. Enjoy this episode!

Trigger warning *language*

After a long break, KeAnna and Bridget reflect on life, healing, and relationships. Both talk about the changes in their lives, deep dives into healing, and how their healing shows up in romantic and familial relationships.

In this episode, Ke and Bridget talk bittersweet situations they’ve experienced. From new beginnings to preserving relationships to challenging conversations, Ke and Bridget dive into the complexities of shifting, evolving, and moving into new seasons in life. And life can often times mirror a rollercoaster ride with lots of twists, turns, highs, lows, and the push to get uncomfortable and overcome fears. We hope you enjoy this conversation!

In this episode, Ke and Bridget talk life changes. In an effort to try something a little different with our podcast, we dove into a conversation amongst ourselves. We’ve provided a platform where we dive into other’s healing journeys, and in this bonus episode we dove into our own healing journeys and shared how we’re processing life for our community to further get to know us and to also know that we’re figuring it out just like y’all. Life, and healing are an ever evolving journey. Enjoy!

On this episode, Bridget and KeAnna speak with Purna Devi, a Spiritual Mentor, Reiki Master, Medium and Past-Life Regression Guide. Together they explore these healing modalities through a trauma informed lens. Purna shares with us some of her personal history as well as ways in which we can use these Reiki and Past Life Regression to retrain our brain.

You can learn more about Purna at her website: https://purnadevi.com/

Purna is a direct, light-hearted and playful guide who blends ancient wisdom and modern-day living in an effortless and magickal way.

Her sincere passion and psychic wisdom paves way for students to be guided through their darkest shadows in a safe and unconditionally loving space to explore and access the root of their present-day challenges to allow for life-changing transformation.

In this episode, Bridget and KeAnna interview Cherese Alcorn, a psychotherapist and mental health practitioner who shares her journey of healing through therapy. Cherese shares how through her journey of healing she realized that her trauma led her to a career in social work and service to others. Healing herself inspired her to help heal others, and more importantly all the versions of her little girl.

Cherese also spoke about how relinquishing control and finding the strength to rest has been helping her heal as well, and overcoming toxic societal norms regarding overworking and the grind lifestyle. Coining it “Rest is Revolutionary”.

Cherese Alcorn is an entrepreneur and psychotherapist in private practice (Cherese M. Alcorn, MSW, LCSW, LLC). She is a lover of humanity and all things social justice. Cherese has almost a decade of experience providing in-depth psychotherapy to individuals, families, couples, and groups in St. Louis, MO. She is devoted to providing culturally competent care to communities of color, affirmative and ally centered care to LGBTQIA persons, empowering care to those living with chronic illness/pain, and restorative care to PTSD survivors. Cherese specializes in providing Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Lastly, She is a multiple sclerosis warrior and strongly believes in reducing race based mental and physical health disparities in western medicine.

To learn more about Cherese or to book a session with her, you can visit her website at www.cheresealcorn.com. 

Heather Renae Horton joins this episode as a mental health practitioner with tips, tools, and personal experience to help us on our healing journeys.

From insight into ways in which trauma is stored in the body and released in tears, to how cognitive behavioral therapy seeds new thought patterns, Heather shares with us science, studies, and personal experience on the healing power of therapy.

As a healer with multiple modalities, Heather also explains how astrology can guide our understanding of difficult times. She explains how our unique personal birth chart, which is the map of the sun, moon, planets and stars at the time of our birth, can serve as a guide to our lives.

Heather's expertise in both psychotherapy and astrology provides an interesting perspective on healing tools, personal understanding, and the science that brings it together.

To learn more about Heather Renae Horton, book a session with her, or hire her for a corporate event visit https://www.hrhorton.com/

TRIGGER WARNINGS: *Sexual Grooming* *Child/Adult Relationship*

In this episode, Bridget and KeAnna interview Lex. Lex talked about their healing from sexual grooming, and how therapy and their partner are helping them to overcome the trauma and how they were able to get out of a relationship that began by them being groomed when they were a child. Love, acceptance, and grace allowed Lex to realize the inappropriate nature of their relationship and put them on a journey of healing. Now, Lex is sharing their story to raise awareness and save other young lives.

Lex is a proud and life long Daytonian, a queer WOC, working as a full time chemist and a part time DJ. Lex is married, has two dogs and enjoys spending time outside, playing board games and throwing axes. Sharing this experience is important to help others heal and know that they are not alone on this journey.

Trigger Warning(s): *medical trauma*

On this episode, our guest E.V. Rose shares about how the treatment of her medical conditions caused emotional trauma. When healing from the physical wounds the psyche, we must question how our medical system is harming some of us. E.V.'s story sheds light on the ways in which the medical system, which is supposed to be an agent of healing, can become the traumatizer. She also shares how becoming an advocate for herself and others has given her agency and a voice.

E.V. Rose (she/they) is a queer Storyteller + Professional Bohemian. She’s the creatrix behind CellarDoor Bohemian, a platform for The Art of Storytelling, across many mediums. She contains multitudes, which is reflected in her creations. She makes art inspired by the stories thematically devoted to the ideals of freedom, beauty, truth, + love. She makes art to tell her story. She is an activist, idealist, + entrepreneur with a heart for the chronically-ill and LGBTQIA+ communities. She lives in downtown Dayton, OH with her two beautiful bébés + their cats!