Teresa Phillips: From Trauma to Triumph — Finding Your Voice and Self-Love After Abuse

She won a chair in all-state band. The director turned her away. She put down her instrument and didn't pick it up again for decades. When she finally played again, it was at her father's funeral. Teresa Phillips has lived more than most — and turned every piece of it into a lantern for someone else.IN THIS EPISODE:An alcoholic father, a baby brother lost after 18 hours, two abusive relationships, a husband who tried to kill herHow unprocessed trauma became panic attacks, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigueMoving to Texas to care for her father — and how his death cracked open everything she'd buriedThe inner voice that said "Teresa, you have to change" — and why she finally listenedThe Framework of the Self: self-love, self-respect, self-confidence, self-appreciation — unpackedWhy self-love is the hardest first step — and why abuse makes us stop loving ourselves firstHow her father gave her music back, one hour a week, before he diedForgiveness as freedom: not for them — to break your own chainsThe morning routine that changed everything: sunrise, yoga, meditation, gratitude journalMissteps, not mistakes — still moving, never stoppedEPISODE SUMMARY:Teresa built the Framework of the Self not from a textbook but from decades of survival. Abuse, grief, chronic illness, and decades of silenced pain — all of it cracked open when her father died and she had to face what she had never processed. Four steps, taken one baby step at a time, rebuilt everything. She collects phoenixes because she is one.ABOUT TERESA:Speaker, podcaster, voiceover artist, singer, and musician. Creator of the Framework of the Self. Host of Open the Eye podcast. Broadcaster on KWVH 94.3 FM.CONNECT: https://teresaphillipsofficial.com/COMMUNITY: https://www.wecandoitwomen.com/If this episode stirred something buried in you, it is never too late. Join us at WeCanDoItWomen.com. A 5-star Apple Podcasts review helps more women find this show.