How Coronavirus Saved My Life
by Christine Zethraus, PMHNP
How Coronavirus Saved My Life is a weekly podcast hosted by Christine Zethraus, a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She takes you on a journey as a healthcare worker, wife, and mother during the pandemic. She had Coronavirus in April 2020 and Long-Covid symptoms for months. She could not figure out why her Long-Covid symptoms were not improving until she healed herself through deconditioning her childhood programming. Now, Christine interviews others about their journey of healing. Her mission is to create a safe space for others to speak their authentic truth. Without We There is No Me.
Episodes
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Update: Where have I been?
This episode is for my listeners! I am so grateful to you all.
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episode 44: the teacher (How Coronavirus is My Greatest Teacher in Miracles)
episode 44: the teacher (How Coronavirus is My Greatest Teacher in Miracles) When you grow up in trauma, it's hard to understand the people who hurt you, the people who put you in unsafe situations, the people who purposely hurt you, are YOUR teachers. My racist father was my teacher for…
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episode 43: the cord (How My Dad's Death Was A Gift To My Healing)
episode 43: the chord (How My Dad's Death Was A Gift To My Healing) When my dad died, a toxic limb was severed from my body. It was startling when the detective called to tell me my Dad was dead. I no longer had to endure my father's dysfunctional behaviors. He was dead. So now what? In this...
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episode 42: the perspective (How Changing Your Perspective is Healing)
What beliefs did you have about yourself from childhood? What beliefs did you have about your parents then and now? Our beliefs are formed by the time we are 7 years old. My beliefs and perspectives about myself and my parents were intertwined with a story of unworthiness, can’t trust, never will...
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episode 41: the uncertainty (How to Embrace Uncertainty Rather Than Fearing It)
What is your relationship with Uncertainty? How do you respond to Uncertainty? How do you react when a plan changes unexpectedly? How do you react when a person reacts to you unexpectedly? Uncertainty is a word that can invoke fear, anxiety, and stress in our minds. However, uncertainty can also…
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episode 40: the injustice (How My Father's Racism Impacted My Childhood)
Hearing the N-Word my entire life was a trauma for me. Witnessing injustice frequently impacted my childhood. Injustice was a trauma for me. Today's episode is about my experience with being raised by a Racist White Alcoholic Father. How my Father not only said the N-Word but would describe a…
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episode 39: the gratitude (How My Journaling Practice Saved My Life)
This Episode is about JOURNALING and GRATITUDE - How Journaling has helped me understand myself. When you start your day by Writing 5 Things you are Grateful for, YOU start with Love for Yourself. Starting off with Gratitude releases Oxytocin, the Love Hormone, LOVE FOR YOURSELF. Listen as I am...
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episode 38: the memory (How My Dad's Alcoholism Impacted My Childhood Memories)
What do we do when a painful childhood memory comes up? Do we ignore the painful memory? Do we stuff the painful memory down with food, drugs, alcohol, sex, overworking, toxic relationships, starving ourselves, people pleasing, and saving others? What do we do if multiple painful childhood…
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episode 37, part two: the gift (How Spirituality Plays a Positive Role in Mental Health Recovery with Dr. Jack Perkins)
Welcome back to episode 37, part TWO! Dr. Perkins and I continue our conversation about the importance of Spirituality in Mental Health recovery. Jack Perkins is a licensed professional counselor and the founder of Psuche Education Counseling & Coaching Services. He has a heart to help others...
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episode 37, part one: the gift (How Spirituality Plays a Positive Role in Mental Health Recovery with Dr. Jack Perkins)
What is YOUR definition of Spirituality? In this episode (part one), Dr. Jack Perkins and I talk about the power of Spirituality. The power of finding meaning in our childhood suffering. Dr. Perkins tells his personal story of suffering first. His story of childhood suffering touched me deeply. I...
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episode 36: the story (Our Childhood Story Created By Broken People)
What is your Story? What Story have you been telling yourself since childhood? What is the constant story running in your head? Today's episode is about My Story. The Story I've been telling myself since childhood. A story built by broken people AKA my Parents. The purpose of today's episode is…
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episode 35: the recovery (Ways to Recover from Chronic Pain and Long COVID with Arun Nijhawan, PART TWO)
Do you suffer from Chronic Pain? Do you have Long COVID symptoms still but can't get answers? This episode is for YOU. YOU are not alone. My guest today is Arun Nijhawan. Arun was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc Disease at age 24. His pain became so debilitating he no longer could play…
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episode 35: the recovery (Ways to Recover from Chronic Pain and Long COVID with Arun Nijhawan, PART ONE)
Do you suffer from Chronic Pain? Do you have Long COVID symptoms? This episode is for YOU. Per the CDC, Nearly 1 in 5 still have long COVID symptoms. A Medscape article predicts Long COVID could cost the economy TRILLIONS. My guest today is Arun Nijhawan. Arun was diagnosed with Degenerative Disc...
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episode 34: the polyvagal (How to Heal Chronic Pain with Dr. Les Aria, part TWO)
Do you have Chronic Pain? Ready for Pain Recovery? This episode is for YOU! We have a special guest today—Dr. Les Aria, a Pain Psychologist & Co-founder of Menda.Health, who specializes in helping people recover from chronic pain. Today, he'll explain what polyvagal theory is and how it can help...
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episode 34: the polyvagal (How to Heal Chronic Pain with Dr. Les Aria, part ONE)
Do you have Chronic Pain? Ready for Pain Recovery? This episode is for YOU! We have a special guest today—Dr. Les Aria, a Pain Psychologist who specializes in helping people recover from chronic pain. Today, he'll explain what polyvagal theory is and how it can help you feel safe when you're...
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episode 33: the boundary (How to Set Boundaries + Why Boundaries are Important)
Were you taught it's ok to say "No" in childhood? Were you taught it's ok to speak up for your needs? Neither was I. Teaching myself how to set boundaries is a work in progress. My narcissistic mother crossing my boundary for the last time was my key to emotional freedom and authentic worthiness....
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episode 32: the warrior (VIDEO) (Teaching Yourself How to Parent with Belinda Tyner)
A REAL Mother to Mother conversation about the challenges of motherhood. In this Video Podcast Episode I speak with Belinda Tyner, an Adult Geriatric Nurse Practitioner about her journey of becoming a warrior while teaching herself how to parent through the challenges of raising a child with…
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episode 32: the warrior (Teaching Yourself How to Parent with Belinda Tyner)
How do you teach yourself to parent when you were raised by a broken emotionally immature mother? Then throw in society's illusion of motherhood where it is expected mothers are born nurturers who saves everyone with a unrealistic superwomen mentality. What happens to your self-esteem when your...
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episode 31: the adversity (video) (Healing Cycles of Abuse with Chris Allen)
What does the word adversity mean to you? Chris Allen is the definition of overcoming adversity. A powerful follow up conversation with my new friend Chris Allen. His honesty, vulnerability, transparency, and directness about his difficult childhood filled with abuse and chaos inspires me to be...
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episode 31: the adversity (Healing Cycles of Abuse with Chris Allen)
What does the word adversity mean to you? Chris Allen is the definition of overcoming adversity. A powerful follow up conversation with my new friend Chris Allen. His honesty, vulnerability, transparency, and directness about his difficult childhood filled with abuse and chaos inspires me to be...
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episode 30: the profile (Discussing Human Design Profile + Lines with Marielle Honse)
Have you ever wondered what the conscious and unconscious parts of your personality are? Have you ever wondered how you knew something you just knew? Discovering human design made many things click for me. Many experiences, many breakthroughs, many undiscovered talents, many choices I've made in...
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episode 29 (video): the path (My Bold Conversation with The Path Podcast Host and Speaker-Coach Arlene Bolden-Korleh)
What if your path was planned since you were a little girl? What if you had a path of getting married, having children, a successful job, and living happily ever? What if your path changed without warning instantly crushing your hopes and dreams? My bold conversation with Arlene Bolden-Korleh…
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episode 29: the path (My Bold Conversation with The Path Podcast Host and Speaker-Coach Arlene Bolden-Korleh)
What if your path was planned since you were a little girl? What if you had a path of getting married, having children, a successful job, and living happily ever? What if your path changed without warning instantly crushing your hopes and dreams? My bold conversation with Arlene Bolden-Korleh…
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episode 28: the reframe (Conversation with CEO Chris Allen about his Journey of Reframing Society's Conditioned View of Male Strength)
This episode left me speechless. It is not often I meet someone who's childhood has similarities to mine. Much less someone who is as direct and transparent about the value of having a traumatic childhood , how reframing our conditioned perspective of our painful past is where your power lies and...
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episode 27: the bully (Conversation with Advocate for Bullied Children, Author and Blogger Cherie White)
This week I had a conversation with my new friend, blogger and author Cherie White, who is an Advocate for Bullied Children and Teenagers. Cherie's personal childhood story of being bullied for 6 years after moving to a small town in Tennessee is heartbreakingly powerful. From a slow progression…
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episode 26: the burnout (How Burnout in Healthcare Impacted My Well-Being)
In this episode of How Coronavirus Saved My Life podcast, is my personal story of burnout as a nurse. Burnout is real. Burnout is definitely real if you're a healthcare worker. Then throw additional gasoline on burnout if you're a nurse working in the pandemic. Double the gasoline if you're a…
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episode 25: the dysregulation (My most popular episode about anxiety)
This week I am practicing what I preach. I am taking a week off for self-care. Instead of recording a new interview, I decided to replay my most popular episode: dysregulation. This episode is the first where I went with my gut by changing my podcast to an interview style show. I am so happy I…
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episode 24: the strategy (Conversation with Marielle Honse about Human Design Types, Authority, and Centers)
In this podcast episode…. Coach Marielle Honse and I continue our conversation about my favorite topic —Human Design. Before listening and downloading this episode…. Listen and download my previous episode– episode 21: the design —if you haven't already. Marielle and I start with the basics of...
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episode 23: the stigma (Solutions to Mental Health Stigma in the Black Community: A Panel Discussion)
Mental Health experts and advocates discuss solutions to mental health stigma in the black community Meet the Panel: Adris Moffett, LCSW-S "Your Classy Therapist" Website here Instagram: here TT: here Danny Ross, LPC-S, Author, Public Speaker, Specialized Research Therapy in African-American...
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episode 22: the mania (Conversation with Melissa Llarena About What It's Like Being Raised By A Mother With Severe Bipolar Disorder)
In this episode.... Melissa Llarena and I have a powerful conversation about her childhood. Quite frankly, I am still wrapping my mind around what it was like for Melissa as a little girl being raised by a Mother who has Bipolar Disorder. Melissa eloquently paints the picture of herself as a…
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episode 21: the design (Conversation with Human Design Expert and Coach Marielle Honse)
Show notes: episode 21: the design (Conversation with Human Design Expert and Coach Marielle Honse) Intro: After I emerged from quarantine in April 2020 I was a different person. My brain was different, my soul was different, & the things that spoke to my heart were different. I could no longer…
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episode 18 (audio only): the survival (Conversation with my friend Anthony about his Experience as a Gay Man with HIV)
Show Notes: In this episode (audio only), Christine has a conversation with her best friend Anthony about his Experience as a Gay Man with HIV Christine and Anthony discuss the following: Debate the term promiscuous Tell the story how they met Compare and contrast their childhood Anthony’s…
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episode 18: the survival (Conversation with my friend Anthony about his Experience as a Gay Man with HIV)
Show Notes: In this episode, Christine has a conversation with her best friend Anthony about his Experience as a Gay Man with HIV Christine and Anthony discuss the following: Debate the term promiscuous Tell the story how they met Compare and contrast their childhood Anthony’s Italian…
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episode 20: the conditioning (Society's Conditioned Views about the Black Man Experience)
My open conversation with fellow podcaster Willie Porter from The Thing About Us podcast about his experience as a American Black Man living in Kentucky. Topics we discussed and explored: Willie’s experience and frustrations during the Breonna Taylor protests Why he says “Kings and Queens”…
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episode 17: the assumption (Colorism, Pedestals of Race, and Solutions)
Today's episode Christine has a deep conversation with her friend Sandra about the topic of Colorism, the ingrained assumption of “Light Good, Black Bad” from slavery and how the light skin privilege only went so far. The times of slavery when light skin and dark skin people being separated as...
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episode 16: the codependency (How Codependency Impacts the African American Community, Culture, and Family)
In this episode, Christine interviews her friend Sandra about the complex origins of codependency in the African American Community. From her own experience as an African American working mother born and raised in Texas, Sandra shares her thoughts, examples of codependency in her family,...
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episode 15: the narcissist (How I Found Out My Mother is a Narcissist)
Finally, the answer to my mother's unnatural treatment of me my whole life. The subtle "thing" that was hard to explain. I dealt with the subtle abuse, manipulation, sabotage, and constant gaslighting in childhood. It is difficult to understand and know your abuse from your narcissistic mother…
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episode 14: the dysregulation (How Anxiety Saved My Life)
In this episode... I interview my therapist friend Sandy, LPC who blew my mind with her poetic Facebook posts about the effects of childhood trauma on the body, importance of self-protection (two little words saying N-O), and much more. I am excited to venture into an interview style podcast so…
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episode 13: the worthiness (How I Stopped Seeking External Validation)
Realizing I have been seeking external validation because I did not feel worthy. I also could not a find a definition of worthy or worthiness that I could agree with. This by far has been my favorite episode to record because I had one of the most powerful breakthroughs which led to me…
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episode 12: the validation (How My Ex-Husband Helped Me Heal)
Plot twist: it wasn’t all my ex husband’s fault Connect with Christine for Mental Health Discussions and Tools for Recovery: https://howcoronavirussavedmylife.com Twitter | Instagram | website | Youtube | FB Check out Christine's other podcast with her sister The Family...
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episode 11: the nirvana
I planned on making this my final episode. The universe had different plans for me and my healing. Thank you to my friends, families, strangers on the street, co-workers for your support. I appreciate people sharing their own stories as well. We learn from each other. Sharing our stories is where...
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episode 10: the mother
I had different plans for this episode. It was originally called the manifestation. However, my mother's recent gas lighting ways changed this course. I am grateful she did because not everything on your journey is rainbows and butterflies. It is important to be authentic about current painful...
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episode 9: the syncronicity
We are all connected. When you start looking for magic you will find it in yourself and in the love surrounding you.
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episode 8: the mystical
Dreaming is truly one of my favorite past times.
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episode 7: the veil
Reality Unveiled by Ziad Masri completely changed my life. And my illusions from my childhood programming.
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episode 6: the spiral (How You Find Deeper Meaning by Circling Back to Past Emotions)
Just when you think you have healed yourself of a particular emotion that no longer serves, you circle back for deeper meaning. Listen, Download, and Share Christine’s Podcast: How Coronavirus Saved My Life Connect with Christine on Twitter | Instagram | Blog | Youtube | FB Check out Christine's...
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episode 5: the rebellion (How My Traumatic Childhood Led to My Teenage Rebellion)
My teenage rebellion. Children model parent's behavior, not their words. I expressed my hurt, anger, confusion, insecurity, low self worth through my behaviors. I was never taught it was ok to express your sadness, anger, or hurt. I had enough of being verbally silenced. Since educating myself on...
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episode 4: the childhood (How My Unhealed Childhood Trauma Impacted My Adulthood)
When you start becoming the observer of your reactions as an adult, you find these reactions are unhealed traumas from your childhood. Listen, Download, and Share Christine’s Podcast: How Coronavirus Saved My Life Connect with Christine on Twitter | Instagram | Blog | Youtube | FB Check out...
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episode 3: the ego (The Moment I Became Fearless In Overcoming Fear)
Discovering how deeply my ego was wrapped up in my marriage and my husband's reactions and disconnection was deeply painful. Consciously severing my ego from my husband and our marriage was the beginning of the scariest part of my journey. Instead of running away from this fear, I ran towards it.…
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episode 2: the crumble (The Ending of My Marriage During the Pandemic)
Coming out of quarantine only to realize my marriage was over. One of the most devastating parts of my journey. Listen, Download, and Share Christine’s Podcast: How Coronavirus Saved My Life Connect with Christine on Twitter | Instagram | Blog | Youtube | FB Check out Christine's podcast with her...
About this show
How Coronavirus Saved My Life is a weekly podcast hosted by Christine Zethraus, a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner. She takes you on a journey as a healthcare worker, wife, and mother during the pandemic. She had Coronavirus in April 2020 and Long-Covid symptoms for months. She could not figure out why her Long-Covid symptoms were not improving until she healed herself through deconditioning her childhood programming. Now, Christine interviews others about their journey of healing. Her mission is to create a safe space for others to speak their authentic truth. Without We There is No Me.
Hosted by
Christine Zethraus, PMHNP