Meet Your Host

Hi, I'm Laura

As a trauma-informed coach, I help daughters of narcissistic mothers understand why the coping mechanisms they developed as children create self-sabotage in adulthood and how they can heal.

Since 2021, I've had the honor of supporting tens of thousands of women to achieve their breakthrough through my coaching, courses, events, books, and videos.

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Meet Your Speakers

Dr. Amelia Kelley
Trauma Therapist & Author 

The Nervous System We Inherit: Trauma, Attachment, and the Path to Healing

Dr. Amelia Kelley is a trauma-informed therapist, TEDx speaker, author, professor, and international trainer specializing in trauma recovery, ADHD in women, nervous system regulation, and healing from relational wounds. She is the founder of Kelley Counseling & Wellness and serves as a faculty trainer for PESI, where she provides continuing education to mental health professionals worldwide.

Dr. Kelley is the author of Powered by ADHD, Gaslighting Recovery for Women, and other books, with a forthcoming title on treating ADHD in women through W. W. Norton. Her work has been featured in TIME, Psychology Today, ADDitude Magazine, Teen Vogue, Psychotherapy Networker, SELF, NPR, and SiriusXM Radio, among other national media outlets.

As host of the Wired & Worthy Podcast, she explores resilience, healing, neurodiversity, and personal growth with leading experts. Dr. Kelley is passionate about helping individuals break generational patterns, heal attachment wounds, and cultivate lives rooted in self-worth, authenticity, connection, and lasting emotional resilience.

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Leann Herron
Certified Life and Holistic Health Coach

The Mother Wound and the Midlife Awakening: Finding Yourself After Years of Emotional Abuse

Leann Herron is a Certified Life and Holistic Health Coach, founder of Finding Resilience with Leann, and the Host of the Happiness On Tap podcast.

Leann is a passionate advocate for women's health and empowerment, specializing in guiding midlife women to break free from the cycle of over-giving and the stories that keep them stuck, manage stress, and enhance their overall well-being so they can create a life that truly fulfills them—body, mind, and spirit.

She has a deep background in trauma recovery, holistic health, and personal development. Leann has helped numerous women break free from the cycle of over-giving and step into a life of balance, joy, and purpose. Through her women-centered transformation programs, she empowers women to finally say YES to themselves—without guilt.

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Bethany Dotson
Somatic Therapist + Trauma-Informed Coach

The Hidden Connection Between Narcissistic Mothers and Unavailable Relationships

Bethany Dotson is trauma-informed Somatic Therapist and Relationship Coach with over a decade of experience helping strong, independent women overcome anxiety, c/PTSD, become 100% THEMSELVES again, skyrocket their confidence, communicate better, navigate conflict and attract love after narcissistic abuse.

She’s been featured in Forbes, Thrive Global, numerous podcasts and hosts the podcast Break the Cycle with Bethany Dotson.

Bethany grew up witnessing domestic violence and found relief for her own dysfunctional relationship patterns through yoga, somatic therapy and coaching when years of talk therapy initially helped, but didn’t ultimately lead to a healthy relationship with herself or others.

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Dr. Anthony Mazzella
Psychoanalyst & Psychotherapist

Understanding Covert Narcissism and Recognizing the Impact

Dr. Anthony Mazzella is a psychoanalyst with over 20 years of experience helping individuals and couples navigate complex personality dynamics. He specializes in psychodynamic treatment, with a focus on narcissistic and borderline presentations, using a deeply attuned, insight-oriented approach. In addition to his private practice, Dr. Mazzella is the creator and host of The Narcissism Decoder, a podcast and video channel that brings complex psychoanalytic ideas to life.

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Marcia Williams, LPC
Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Coach and Licensed Therapist

When Your Husband's Mother Is the Narcissist: Healing the In-Law Wound & Protecting Your Marriage

Marcia Williams, LPC is the founder of Passage to Peace™, a Licensed Professional Counselor with 23 years of clinical experience, and a 30 year survivor of narcissistic abuse. She is the author of Groomed: Life Married to a Narcissist and How I Overcame Narcissistic Abuse and helps people regain clarity, self trust, and emotional stability after narcissistic relationships, including the lasting impact of narcissistic parents and family systems.

Through her trauma informed work, Marcia blends clinical expertise, lived experience, and a grounded teaching style to help survivors understand manipulation, trauma bonds, DARVO, and the emotional confusion that keeps people stuck. Her signature frameworks include the P.E.A.C.E. Method™ and the 5 Stages of Narcissistic Abuse Transformation™.

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Brooke Deanne
RTT Clinical Hypnotherapist, Trauma Recovery Mentor, Narcissistic & Religious Trauma Expert

Breaking Free From The Good Girl Identity

Brooke Deanne is a Trauma Healing Mentor, Rapid Transformational Therapist (RTT), and NLP Practitioner who empowers survivors to reclaim their lives by rewriting their stories. Having personally overcome indoctrination, abuse, and toxic relationships, Brooke brings profound insight and unwavering dedication to her work. As a highly sought-after speaker, best-selling author, and passionate advocate against religious abuse and domestic violence, Brooke's influence extends well beyond her practice.

She empowers women to shatter the chains of abuse and childhood trauma, enabling them to create healthier relationships and reclaim their true lives. She specializes in helping women break free from the cycles of abuse and trauma to build fulfilling and authentic lives. With her holistic approach, Brooke works through years of emotional baggage in half the time of traditional talk therapy. By helping her clients create a new foundation for their sense of self, healing their nervous systems, and removing outdated stories and patterns, she enables them to access new levels of mind, body, and spirit integration. This transformative process empowers women to reclaim their power and live in their authenticity.

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Robyn Smith
Trauma and Relationship Coach

Why You Still Feel Not Good Enough and Why Perfectionism Isn't the Answer

Robyn Smith is a Master Trauma and Relationship Coach and the founder of the Rock Your Relationship movement. Since 2013, she has helped thousands of women break free from reactive cycles, heal complex trauma patterns, and create deeply fulfilling partnerships.

Women often come to Robyn after they’ve tried therapy, read the books, and done the work — yet still find themselves fighting, feeling alone, or wondering why connection feels so hard. Her trauma-informed approach helps women shift the patterns underneath the conflict so they can experience more ease, safety, and intimacy in their relationships.

Robyn lives in Costa Rica, where you’ll find her walking the beach with her dog and husband of 24 years, growing tropical fruit, or hiking to waterfalls — living the connected life she teaches.

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Dr. Mariette Jansen
Life coach, psychotherapist and author, with specialism Narcissistic Relationships

What Are the Leftovers of a Narcissistic Upbringing?

Dr. Mariette works 1:1 with clients who are victims of narcissistic abuse who suffer from anxiety, low confidence and self-esteem. She has published two best-selling self-help books about narcissism: From Victim to Victor – Narcissism Survival Guide and Rulebook of a Narcissist – Narcissism Self-help Guide.

Dr. Mariette obtained a PhD for external communications and worked as a management consultant before changing careers. She studied counselling and psychotherapy and built a private practice while teaching counselling at MET and Brunel university. She has designed an award winning stress management technique based on Mariette’s One Minute Meditation.

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David Hanscom, MD
Orthopedic Spine Surgeon and Author

How to Overcome Repetitive Unwanted Thoughts

David Hanscom, MD, practiced complex orthopedic spine surgery for 32 years. He quit his practice in Seattle, WA, to present his insights into solving chronic mental and physical pain, which evolved from his 15-year battle. He escaped from the ordeal and discovered that mental pain was the biggest issue. His newest book is Calm Your Body, Heal Your Mind: Transcend Pain, Anxiety, Anger, and Repetitive Unwanted Thoughts. By understanding the physiology driving unwanted thoughts and stimulating neuroplastic changes, they can be solved.

His book, Back in Control: A Surgeon’s Roadmap Out of Chronic Pain, presents well-documented treatments for chronic pain. His self-directed action plan, reflecting the journeys of many successful patients, is available at www.thedocjourney.com.
He launched a movement called “Dynamic Healing,” which recognizes the interaction between stress and one’s coping capacity, causing sustained threat physiology. He is an active speaker, author, and consultant.

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Avery Neal
Psychotherapist & Author

The Impact of a Narcissistic Mother on Self-Perception and Relationships

Avery Neal, PhD, LPC, is a practicing psychotherapist, researcher, and international author. In 2012 she opened Women’s Therapy Clinic, which offers therapy and counseling support to women. Avery is the author of, “If He’s So Great, Why Do I Feel So Bad?: Recognizing and Overcoming Subtle Abuse,” which has been translated and published in twelve languages. Avery has spoken at numerous conferences alongside some of the world’s leading experts in psychology. Her articles and interviews have been published by Oprah.com, Counseling Today, American Counseling Association, DailyOM, Conscious Life, BookTrib, Best Self Magazine, Hitched Magazine, Bustle, POPSUGAR and PKWY Magazine, and her courses and curriculum have been taken by individuals, professionals, universities and organizations worldwide.

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Melany Oliver
Emotional Healing Coach

No Contact and the Unspoken Truth About Narcissistic Mothers

Melany Oliver is an emotional healing coach with over 15 years of experience helping women heal childhood wounds and break the patterns keeping them stuck.

Having been on her own healing journey for over 20 years, healing herself from childhood traumas, self-harm and addiction, she speaks from experience. She knows what it takes, how hard it is, and why most healing methods don't work.

Her approach is honest, deep and gets to the root. No quick fixes, no fluff. Just raw truth for those willing to face it and do the inner work.

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Briana MacWilliam, MPS, ATR-BC, LCAT
Bestselling Author and Relationship Mentor

Attachment Alchemy: Re-Mothering The Inner Child

Briana is a licensed and board certified registered art therapist, author, and attachment coach, helping spirit-led professionals build loving relationships.

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Amy Cheryl
Queen Activator/Spiritual Sacred Feminine Mentor

Reclaiming Your Radiance: Feeling Safe to Shine Again After the Mother Wound of Narcissistic Abuse

Amy Cheryl, Creatress of Women's Worth Academy®, & the Safe to Shine® Method is a modern-day medicine woman devoted to helping women remember who they truly are. For more than 25 years, she has guided women into profound healing by creating safe, sacred spaces where they release self-abandonment, people-pleasing, and the conditioning that has kept them disconnected from their truth.

Blending feminine energetics, nervous system healing, intuitive wisdom, and embodied transformation, Amy helps women reclaim their sovereignty, trust their inner guidance, express themselves unapologetically, and step fully into the Queen they inherently are. She knows that when a woman comes home to herself, she creates a ripple effect that transforms her relationships, family, community, and future generations.

Amy has shared the stage with Marianne Williamson, spoken internationally—including in Dubai—and inspired thousands through her retreats, mentorships, and transformational experiences, empowering women to lead with grace, courage, and unwavering self-worth.

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Cheryl Fidelman
The Conscious Codependence™️ Coach

Codependency As a Survival Strategy

Cheryl focuses on Codependence because it's one of the most obvious ways that we demonstrate our unhealed trauma in our relationships. Her Conscious Codependence™ methodology blends a mix of somatic experiencing, cognitive behavioral therapy & intersubjective meditation to reestablish her clients' self worth by cultivating a deep sense of belonging & inner peace within their psyche, spirit & nervous system.

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