Liberated Life with Ellen Newhouse
- Author
- Rania Kurdi
- Published
- Tue 25 May 2021
- Episode Link
- https://shows.acast.com/breaking-free/episodes/liberated-life-a-chat-with-ellen-newhouse
Welcome to Breaking Free. Have you experienced loss or trauma in your life? Have you ever silenced your grief, thinking that in comparison to everyone else, your struggles couldn’t compare? Though it might take us years to realize, it’s essential to understand that everyone’s experiences-- positive or negative-- shape their lives in indelible ways. It’s what we choose to learn from and do with those experiences that really matters.
Join me as I welcome the podcast’s first guest, Ellen Newhouse. Ellen is a healer, speaker, and author of Nothing Ever Goes on Here: A Memoir. Her story is incredibly moving and an important example of how one person can be the catalyst to break generations of abusive upbringings.
Today, Ellen and I discuss her journey and the beautiful messiness that is the healing process. We touch on her experiences with a traumatic childhood, domestic violence, codependency, and mental illness that formed who she is today.
Tune in and listen to episode two of Breaking Free. Discover Ellen’s journey of trauma and redemption and learn from her life, struggles, and triumphs.
In This Episode, You Will Learn:
- Why you can never judge someone’s inner life from outer appearances (02:43)
- About the scary health experience that started Ellen on her current path (03:41)
- Why everyone’s hardships matter equally, regardless of the level of trauma (08:47)
- About the coping mechanism Ellen developed during childhood that she had to overcome in order to grow (10:24)
- One of the most painful but important parts of Ellen’s healing journey (21:12)
- How one person can break a generational cycle of abuse (27:58)
Some questions I ask:
- What has your journey been like? (01:13)
- Can you explore why so many people stay in relationships with violent partners? (23:02)
- What was your mother’s childhood like and how did it affect her ability to parent? (26:15)
- Can you elaborate on your book’s title? (29:30)
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