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On Her Own Since 13 Years Old- Overcoming Trauma with Angela Jean | EP 467

December 23, 2025 • Brian D. Smith • Episode 467

Nervous System Healing After Trauma: From Survival to Sovereignty with Angela Jean

What if healing isn’t about fixing your thoughts—but about retraining your body?

In this deeply moving episode of Grief to Growth, Brian Smith sits down with Angela Jean, a mindset and nervous system strategist whose life was shaped by profound trauma—and radical transformation.

After surviving childhood abuse, homelessness, and the devastating loss of her father and sister to suicide, Angela discovered something that changed everything:
🧠 The body remembers danger before the mind can explain it.

This conversation goes beyond performative healing and into the lived, embodied work of coming home to yourself.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

Why mindset work alone often fails after trauma
How the nervous system “locks up” in survival mode
Why rhythm and micro-movements signal safety to the body
How childhood trauma imprints beliefs about love, pain, and worth
Practical tools to interrupt anxiety, anger, and emotional collapse in real time
Why healing is a daily practice—and who you train yourself to be matters

Angela shares simple, powerful techniques you can use in the moment—not someday, not after years of therapy—to regulate your nervous system and reclaim your inner authority.

This episode is for anyone who:

Feels stuck in survival mode
Is tired of chasing healing
Has experienced trauma, abuse, or suicide loss
Is ready to stop abandoning themselves and start listening inward

🌿 About Angela Jean

Angela Jean is a mindset and nervous system strategist who blends rhythm, embodied movement, and nervous system science to help people move from self-sabotage into sovereignty.

🔗 Learn more & explore her resources:
https://angelajeanchat.com

🎧 Free nervous system demo available on her site.

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I'm excited to announce a new resource I'm very proud of. This guide outlines the four daily practices I discovered on my grief journey. These techniques have helped dozens of my clients. Get it free today.

GEMS- 4 Steps To Go From Grief To Joy

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