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Hanging On For Hope

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"Hanging On For Hope" is stories about everyday people aiming to overcome trauma , extreme grief and adverse life experiences. From motherhood and mental health to kidsIn crisis, incarceration and loss of loved ones we hear from everyday people on what they are going through and how they get through it. We also hear from professionals and experts on how to build resilience , the science of trauma and grief and the search for meaningful answers to help people heal their lives . A trauma informed podcast of healing and lives honoured.

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Episodes

  1. Stolen From Africa

    Neil "Logik" Donaldson is a father, artist and community leader. He is the founder of Stolen From Africa an arts education organization and brand in Toronto with a focus on working with marginalized youths and families. His work ethic has landed him speaking engagements At Wilfred Laurier...

  2. Garden Goddess - How to grow a garden!

    Brenda Cernac is the leadhand of horticulture for Niagara parks commission. - Niagara parks school of horticulture diploma. -Florist certification from Niagara college . - arborist ISA Niagara parks arborist 8 years. Today she offered us some Practical support in there pandemic times on "How to...

  3. Trauma informed responses to crisis - COVID 19 edition

    Today my guest is Sana Atiq-Omar. She has a Master’s in Counselling Psychology with extensive experience working with people from diverse ethnic and religious backgrounds, and treating clients with a history of trauma. She has also worked with a wide range of ages (including children as young as...

  4. The Change-maker - When lived experience meets empowered change and brilliance.

    Cheyanne Ratnam is a child advocate also has experience as a a post-secondary educator in the social services sector, and was the Phase 2 project coordinator at A Way Home Toronto (a City of Toronto and cross-sectoral community collaborative working with young people as key partners, stakeholders...

  5. Starving Your Distractions

    Today guest is Patrick Nelson James and who goes by Nelly. He grew up in the Jane and Finch community of Toronto , Canada where he was exposed to a lot of things he should not have like killings, muggings, and drug dealing. He was even stabbed by his own blood brother! He grew up in a single…

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  6. Unbroken

    Welcome to Hanging on For Hope , I am your host Andrea Page. Hanging on for hope is the stories about people working to overcome trauma and adversity. From incarceration to kids in crisis, postpartum depression, acute grief and loss and serious health challenges we hear from everyday people on…

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  7. From Pain to Purpose

    Todays guest is. Natalie Watson author of “15 years and 14 chapters, The Loss of My Son in 3 ways" Her book is the true story of her son Noah Matthew Watson, who tragically passed away while swimming with friends on May 30, 2018 in Welland, Ontario. Noah's story is a spell-binding account of…

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  8. IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED

    Todays guest is Kelsey Lemon She is. a 27 year old stay at home mother of a 5 year old son, Parker. She is also a recovering addict who is on the methadone program. Kelsey began using at 15 years old and Before she began using I was an A++ student who was in the gifted program who planned to be a...

  9. Living and loving through the fire

    Kelly Goring is a mother and a sex and relationship coach Today Kerry talk about how her and her blended family are working to over come traumatic brain injury in two of her children and what healing looks like for them https://kerrygoring.com/

  10. Broken Wings - Losing Isaiah

    Kelly Macnab , mother of 3 tells us about the experience of losing her adult son Isaiah tragically , atypical grief , and her families story of trying to recover from adverse life experiences .

  11. Setting the P.A.C.E -Precognitive adverse childhood experiences.

    Todays interview is with Kate White Kate White is an advanced bodyworker, perinatal educator, and somatic trauma resolution professional. She is a mother of two children, holds a BA and MA in Communication, a Registered Craniosacral Therapist in the Biodynamic Craniosacral method and a Somatic...

  12. Breaking the silence - Pregnancy loss, breastfeeding challenges and perinatal anxiety.

    Welcome to Hanging on for Hope MAMA ( Motherhood and Mental Health Awareness )edition In todays episode we speak to Allison Bowman, She is a mom of 2 taking action in her own community with education and practical resources for every day moms. She is also a surviver of Perinatal Anxiety. The less...

  13. Motherhood and resilience

    In this episode I talk to Olivia Scobie about motherhood and mental health and she shares more about how trauma can effect or be caused by birth trauma , the window of tolerance and how to build resilience.

  14. Justice for Jordan

    Jordan Case was a brilliant child with diagnosed special needs. His beautiful mind did not fit in the box and the ways he has been failed cannot all be mentioned in this podcast. Please listen and learn about how Jordan’s tragic end of life came to be through his courageous mother Angela Case

  15. On A Mission

    In this episode we talk with Jessica Robinson’s sister of Laura Straughan who passed away 10 years ago in custody from Pneumonia. We will learn about the circumstances surrounding her death as well as how Jessica has strengthened herself through healing over the last 10 years and growing to…

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  16. From Crisis To Custody

    From “Crisis To Custody” is the inaugural episode of “Hanging on for hope”. In this episode host Andrea Page shares some of her story and demonstrates why we all must become trauma informed in order to get to root causes and enact meaningful change socially and systemically .

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

"Hanging On For Hope" is stories about everyday people aiming to overcome trauma , extreme grief and adverse life experiences. From motherhood and mental health to kidsIn crisis, incarceration and loss of loved ones we hear from everyday people on what they are going through and how they get through it. We also hear from professionals and experts on how to build resilience , the science of trauma and grief and the search for meaningful answers to help people heal their lives . A trauma informed podcast of healing and lives honoured.

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"Hanging On For Hope" is stories about everyday people aiming to overcome trauma , extreme grief and adverse life experiences. From motherhood and mental health to kidsIn crisis, incarceration and loss of loved ones we hear from everyday people on what they are going through and how they get...

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