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Empowered by Darkness
by Andrea Medina
Hi, I’m Andrea Medina. Though I’m in my early 20s, the history of relational trauma in my family lineage coupled with my own father’s abuse and abandonment, has instilled in me a self-awareness and sensitivity to emotions from a young age. I was born in México and raised in Compton, a community where I didn’t have many mentors or influences that pointed me in the direction of emotional healing work. Still, I went on to publish The Energized Self: A Journey to Interconnected Healing, a book that is half memoir and half conversations with trauma survivors at the age of 22. This same year I began my public speaking journey and my master’s program to become a Marriage and Family Therapist. As I find myself rising to fulfill my soul’s calling today, I am still in the same location where conversations like the ones had in this podcast aren’t common. I’m also faced with a myriad of economic and social challenges that I know listeners will relate to. My goal is that
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You Don't Have to Bear the Pain Alone
When things break in our lives and we are pushed to the edge of our strength, there is a presence greater than us that meets us there if we are open to it. We may be in the fire but we are not alone if we have God. This isn't about religion, this is about a relationship with a loving father that...
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Being in a State of Transition in Life: how do we cope with the uncomfortability of the 'in-between'?
When we undergo transitions in our life, the feelings that arise can be very intense. There is often no escaping the overwhelming sense of uncertainty. This sensation can be so pervasive that it impacts our way of seeing ourselves, the people around us, and even the society we are living in. We…
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My Experiences in Truth Until Today
This episode is my gift to all of you for continuing to seek this podcast despite my time away. Tune in to hear about the life lessons I have gathered on purpose, relationships, death, faith, failure, and many more. There isn't a specific topic for today's episode but I think that what came from...
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Navigating Cancer Progression, Loss and Grief, Finding Faith
I missed this space. The truth is that there has been a significant change in my life recently. I lost my mom to cancer. I am still in emotional shock and overwhelm, but I have also been blessed by God with the capacity to take a step back and admire the immense love you can still find in the...
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Let's Come Home to Ourselves (How to Stop Self Abandoning)
We can talk about healing unhealthy attachment patterns, tending to uncomfortable emotions, addressing traumatic experiences, and sifting through our limiting beliefs, but encapsulating all of these actions is the concept of SELF-BANDONMENT. You can understand how this concept plays in your life...
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This is a POWERFUL Key Toward Finding Fulfillment at Any Moment
"What is joy without sorrow." The truth is that we are living an experience that is not meant to have one without the other. Yet, so many of us are actively running away from our pain. This won't be the episode that shames anyone for seeking safety from that which is uncomfortable. I get why we…
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It's Time to Allow Yourself to be Seen
Welcome back to the podcast! I was on a hiatus due to a family emergency, but I'm excited to be here with a NEW episode and NEW season to usher in the new year. Let's talk about being seen and how we can take the things we learn with us throughout 2024. In this episode, we'll discuss what it…
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Why Singlehood is Important and Should Not Be Rushed (Not What You Might Think)
We often hear that being single is a time for investing in our hobbies and building our professional lives. We also hear that it’s a time for actively preparing ourselves to be in a relationship. This episode strays away from these messages to bring up a much more hidden meaning to singlehood: it...
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When Things Don’t Go as Expected – How Do We Address the Disappointment, Hopelessness, and Suffering?
Has something recently fallen through in your life? Perhaps it isn’t that something you desired didn’t occur, but that something you feared has become your reality. This episode addresses both scenarios, inviting you to a compassionate space where I lay it all down for my listeners: the…
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Speak Your Heart - Even if Your Voice Shakes (And Watch it Transform Everything You Know)
Your voice is one of the clearest channels through which others can receive what’s inside of you. It’s also a direct link to your truth when expressed bravely. Unfortunately, in our progression through life, we come to accumulate experiences tied to narratives about the value of our voice. These...
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My Story (Part II): How I Turned My Life Around From Sexual Promiscuity, Codependency, Insecurity, and Hiding Behind Achievement
Join me in the continuation of a discussion on my path leading to today. In this episode, you’ll hear about how I turned my life around from being lost in the same patterns completely unaware of where they stemmed from: sexual promiscuity, codependency, escaping emotional intimacy, insecurity,...
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My Story (Part I): Traumatic Childhoods, Being Highly Sensitive, Economic Instability, Immigrant Parents & More
Join me in discussing how I got where I currently am. You can expect to hear about: How I came to forget the majority of my childhood alongside my father and why this happens to many children who undergo trauma Growing up sensitive and empathetic in a home environment that was unpredictable...
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For the Person that Feels Alone When Committing to their Growth
Do you find yourself in a state of uncomfortable loneliness? What I mean by this is that on the path to bettering yourself, have you been thrust upon a season of being distanced from friendships and relationships? You may be battling inner feelings of resentment and confusion as to why you must…
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Exploring the Need to Be Saved by Someone
…and why it’s more common than what you may think. Wanting someone to come in to save us from a difficult situation, emotion, or thought process is, in some ways, what our society has romanticized in media over the years. While one may not act upon this desire, having the need itself can tell us...
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Hating One's Appearance, Low Self-esteem, BDD
In this first part of My Self-Hatred Journey, I dive deep into how being at odds with one’s looks is not shallow, but an actual wound that’s multilayered and destabilizing. I talk about what for me was the core of my concern with appearances: fearing not being good enough to be chosen, to be...
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From One Fatherless Daughter to Another
This is an episode I wish I had growing up. Losing a father, no matter the way, leaves profound effects on the way we show up for ourselves and our relationships. I used to feel broken and misunderstood for repeating the same patterns of fearing abandonment, lacking self-esteem, viewing men as...
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Why Tapping into Your Darkness Will Birth Your Most Empowered Self
Do you feel at the mercy of the uncomfortable parts inside of you? Perhaps it’s a fear of rejection, resentment toward loved ones, jealousy, overpowering grief, or insecurity that will not go away. When we sense the heaviness of these parts, we do things like suppress them through obligations,...
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Get to Know Your Host and Why She Created This Podcast
In this short episode, I let you know why I talk about healing from an emotional standpoint and what you can expect from the Empowered by Darkness podcast! If you, like me, find that you don't have the resources to afford coaching or master classes to kickstart your up-leveling in every part of...
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The Illusion of Power in Giving Away One’s Body
In this episode, we get vulnerable and discuss how giving away our bodies makes us feel at a core level. In the pursuit of sexual freedom, do we find less liberation than we’d anticipated: Do you, like me, find yourself disregarding personal boundaries to please? Do you find yourself fulfilling...
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Hating One's Personality, Impostor Syndrome, Low Self-confidence
In this second part of My Self Hatred Journey, I talk all about hating the internal: one’s personality and capabilities. I especially go into talking about the difficult relationship I had with my sensitive nature, deeming it weak and unwanted in our society. I also have a conversation on…
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An Easy and Potent Way of Shifting Limiting Beliefs
Shifting limiting beliefs can be especially difficult when our immediate reality doesn’t provide us with proof that we can attain our heart’s desires. And while there’s self-worth work to be done here, as well as maybe relational trauma work and unconscious beliefs needing to be analyzed spanning...
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You Can Stop a Distraction That’s Not Serving You
What are you currently distracting yourself with? My go-to distraction would always be downloading the dating app and swiping. Whether it was because I felt lonely, overwhelmed with my healing journey, in a self-hatred spiral, or just feeling completely unlovable, the app was what I perceived as…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Hi, I’m Andrea Medina. Though I’m in my early 20s, the history of relational trauma in my family lineage coupled with my own father’s abuse and abandonment, has instilled in me a self-awareness and sensitivity to emotions from a young age. I was born in México and raised in Compton, a community where I didn’t have many mentors or influences that pointed me in the direction of emotional healing work. Still, I went on to publish The Energized Self: A Journey to Interconnected Healing, a book that is half memoir and half conversations with trauma survivors at the age of 22. This same year I began my public speaking journey and my master’s program to become a Marriage and Family Therapist.
As I find myself rising to fulfill my soul’s calling today, I am still in the same location where conversations like the ones had in this podcast aren’t common. I’m also faced with a myriad of economic and social challenges that I know listeners will relate to. My goal is that
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Hi, I’m Andrea Medina. Though I’m in my early 20s, the history of relational trauma in my family lineage coupled with my own father’s abuse and abandonment, has instilled in me a self-awareness and sensitivity to emotions from a young age. I was born in México and raised in Compton, a community...
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