Tromedy with Nancy Norton
by Nancy Norton, RN, CHP, Comedian, Keynote Speaker "The Power of Humor!"
The Tromedy Podcast shows you how to take your pain and play with it. Coping with Trauma using Comedy comes naturally to a lot of folks especially Standup Comedians. Listen in as Award Winning Comedian, Nancy Norton, RN, CHP shares heartfelt, insightful and funny conversations with Trauma survivors, healing professionals and standup comedians. It's peer to peer support with a side of co-healing energy. The Tromedy Podcast is not a replacement for trauma therapy, but it may help you get by between sessions. Know that you're not alone, get out of isolation and when you're ready, laugh.
Episodes
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S4 - E31 Christie Buchele - Speaking-up is my Core Tenet
S4 - E31 Christie Buchele - Speaking -up is my Core Tenet Christie's need to feel understood makes it difficult to feel valued or a sense of belonging in her family who does not share her values or want to here any of her expertise on the the history of fascism as it relates to current policies…
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S4 - E31 Christie Buchele - Speaking-up is my Core Tenet
S4 - E31 Christie Buchele - Speaking-up is my Core Tenet Christie's need to feel understood makes it difficult to feel valued or a sense of belonging in her family who does not share her values or want to here any of her expertise on the the history of fascism as it relates to current policies…
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S4 E30- Gena Ozols - VOTE!
S4 E30- Gena Ozols - VOTE! November 3rd by 7pm to see the results you want and we need. Gena is running for Colorado House District 3 and explained many of the ballot measures and who is behind them, who them benefit and who they harm and why you need to be careful and be informed when voting…
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S4 E30- Gena Ozols - VOTE! (VIDEO)
S4 E30- Gena Ozols - VOTE! November 3rd by 7pm to see the results you want and we need. Gena is running for Colorado House District 3 and explained many of the ballot measures and who is behind them, who them benefit and who they harm and why you need to be careful and be informed when voting…
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S4 E29 - Justin Clark - (Video) End Force-Fed Foie Gras Forever
S4 E29 - Justin Clark - End Force-Fed Foie Gras Forever in Denver by voting yes on Initiative 311. Justin Clark is the Campaign Director for ProAnimalColorado.org and the organizational lead for Proanimal Future who both work for humane treatment of farmed animals. What makes some folks go vegan…
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S4 E29 - Justin Clark - End Force-Fed Foie Gras Forever
S4 E29 - Justin Clark - End Force-Fed Foie Gras Forever in Denver by voting yes on Initiative 311. Justin Clark is the Campaign Director for ProAnimalColorado.org and the organizational lead for Proanimal Future who both work for humane treatment of farmed animals. What makes some folks go vegan…
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S4 E 28 - Dr. Chris Voth- The Clock is Ticking
S4 E 28 - Dr. Chris Voth- The Clock is Ticking
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S4 E28 - Dr. Chris Voth - The Clock is Ticking
S4 E28 - Dr. Chris Voth - The Clock is Ticking Chris has been aware that life is fleeting since he was a child and has been driven to work toward his goals and pack in as much of life experience and accomplishments as he can. Dr. Voth is an educator, a filmmaker and a comedian. He grew up with a...
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S4 E27 - Rosemary Thornton - Dying Saved My Life (video)
S4 E27 - Rosemary Thornton - Dying Saved My Life Author and survivor of a 10 minute Temporary Death Experience, Rosemary Thornton shares how one of the most surprising experiences in the "Afterlife" was retaining her sense of humor and hearing herself giggle. Rosemary shares many hilarious takes…
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S4 E27 - Rosemary Thornton - Dying Saved My Life
S4 E27 - Rosemary Thornton - Dying Saved My Life - Author and survivor of a 10 minute Temporary Death Experience, Rosemary Thornton shares how one of the most surprising experiences in the "Afterlife" was retaining her sense of humor and hearing herself giggle. Rosemary shares many hilarious…
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S4 E26 - Jesse Carter - Comic Cents (Video)
S4 E26 - Jesse Carter - Comic Cents- Comedian, Club Owner and Comedy Manager shares how he went from being a youth pastor to being a bartender, mortgage banker and now a comedian. Connect with Nancy Norton https://www.nancynorton.tv/ Connect with Jesse Carter https://comiccents.com/
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S4 E26 - Jesse Carter - Comic Cents
S4 E26 - Jesse Carter - Comic Cents- Comedian, Club Owner and Comedy Manager shares how he went from being a youth pastor to being a bartender, mortgage banker and now a comedian. Connect with Nancy Norton https://www.nancynorton.tv/ Connect with Jesse Carter https://comiccents.com/
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S4 E25 - Andrea Sodergren - MomsUnhinged
S4 E25 - Andrea Sodergren - MomsUnhinged - Andrea is a mom, producer, marketer, and comedian who shares how humor helped her cope with divorce, her parents' deaths and her mother's struggle with Lewy Body Dementia. She is reading books about Stoicism theses days and finding it helpful. Reach Out:...
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S4 E25 - Andrea Sodergren - MomsUnhinged
S4 E25 - Andrea Sodergren - MomsUnhinged - Andrea is a mom, producer, marketer, and comedian who shares how humor helped her cope with divorce, her parents' deaths and her mother's struggle with Lewy Body Dementia. She is reading books about Stoicism theses days and finding it helpful. Reach Out:...
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S4 E24 -Colleen Clifford - Life Beyond the Binge
S4 E24 -Colleen Clifford - Life Beyond the Binge- A Commercial Fisherwoman's Journey Home. This is the Title of Colleen's book. In this episode we discuss suicide, shame around an STI, binge drinking and recovery. Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/ Connect with Colleen…
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S4 E23 - Video Jared Ewy - The Greatest and Worst Thing
S4 E23 - Jared Ewy - The Greatest and Worst Thing - Happened to be Standup Comedy. Like anything we feel so passionate about can turn into the greatest and worst thing in our lives, especially if it triggers our PTSD. Jared is a writer, Dad, Dog Lover, and a radio personality on Yonder Radio....
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S4 E23 - Jared Ewy - The Greatest and Worst Thing
S4 E23 - Jared Ewy - The Greatest and Worst Thing - Happened to be Standup Comedy. Like anything we feel so passionate about can turn into the greatest and worst thing in our lives, especially if it triggers our PTSD. Jared is a writer, Dad, Dog Lover, and a radio personality on Yonder Radio....
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S4 E22 - Jeannette Rizzi- Funny Always Wins
S4 E22 - Jeannette Rizzi- Funny Always Wins - is the motto Jeannette lives by and teaches her children to live by. Jeannette was blindsided the deaths of friends as a child and has to learn to take everything in stride. "Blindsided" is also the name of her solo show. Connect with Nancy Norton:...
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S4 E22 - Jeannette Rizzi- Funny Always Wins
S4 E22 - Jeannette Rizzi- Funny Always Wins - is the motto Jeannette lives by and teaches her children to live by. Jeannette was blindsided the deaths of friends as a child and has to learn to take everything in stride. "Blindsided" is also the name of her solo show. Connect with Nancy Norton:...
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S4 E21 - Lara J Day - (Video) Returning the Soul to the Solstice
S4 E21 - Lara J Day - Returning the Soul to the Solstice- is just one of the many beautifully descriptive phrases that came through during this conversation about Lara J Day's work as an author of 13 Sacred Nights Oracle, a gigong teacher/healer, and a certified therapist of TRE (Tension & Trauma...
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S4 E21 - Lara J Day - Returning the Soul to the Solstice
S4 E21 - Lara J Day - Returning the Soul to the Solstice- is just one of the many beautifully descriptive phrases that came through during this conversation about Lara J Day's work as an author of 13 Sacred Nights Oracle, a gigong teacher/healer, and a certified therapist of TRE (Tension & Trauma...
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S4 E20 - Magen King - I Love My Sister, but...
S4 E20 - Magen King - I Love My Sister, but... Magen is a comedian, comedy coach, actor and mom who shares the first time she used humor to cope with some stress around her sister acting out after their parents divorced. Now her sister is an amazing mother and aunt and one of Magen's best…
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S4 E20 - Magen King - I Love My Sister, but...
S4 E20 - Magen King - I Love My Sister, but... Magen is a comedian, comedy coach, actor and mom who shares the first time she used humor to cope with some stress around her sister acting out after their parents divorced. Now her sister is an amazing mother and aunt and one of Magen's best…
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S4 E19 - Donna Lee VIDEO - They Mean Well #MomTrauma
S4 E19 - Donna Lee - They Mean Well - #MomTrauma - Growing up Biracial in rural Texas was tough enough, but extra tough when your own mom is sometimes one of the bullies. That kind of childhood stress can make you funny. Donna Lee is a comedian, author, producer of "Not Our First Rodeo" and...
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S4 E19 - Donna Lee - They Mean Well #MomTrauma
S4 E19 - Donna Lee - They Mean Well - #MomTrauma - Growing up Biracial in rural Texas was tough enough, but extra tough when your own mom is sometimes one of the bullies. That kind of childhood stress can make you funny. Donna Lee is a comedian, author, producer of "Not Our First Rodeo" and...
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S4 E18 - Pat Truer - VIDEO- "Mom's Love Language is Rejection"
S4 E18 - Pat Truer - Mom's Love Language is Rejection- and he lost his best friend to cancer at age 15, just a couple traumas that humor has helped him manage. Recently, Pat went through a divorce and lost 2 dear friends who died- all within a year and somehow still makes it a priority to bring…
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S4 E18 - Pat Truer - "Mom's Love Language is Rejection"
S4 E18 - Pat Truer - Mom's Love Language is Rejection- and he lost his best friend to cancer at age 15, just a couple traumas that humor has helped him manage. Recently, Pat went through a divorce and lost 2 dear friends who died- all within a year and somehow still makes it a priority to bring…
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S4 E17 - video -Birungi Birungi- Good Luck
S4 E17 - Birungi Birungi- Good Luck-Birungi is a standup comedian and "Good Luck" is what his name means and as one of his jokes states, "Good Luck getting a job or getting through security at the airport with that name." It took more than good luck to navigate life for Birungi. It took Excellent...
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S4 E17 - Birungi Birungi- Good Luck
S4 E17 - Birungi Birungi- Good Luck - Birungi is a standup comedian and "Good Luck" is what his name means and as one of his jokes states, "Good Luck getting a job or getting through security at the airport with that name." It took more than good luck to navigate life for Birungi. It took…
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S4 E16 -video - Warren B Hall - Slap Happy
S4 E16 - Warren B Hall - Slap Happy- Even nice guys can get pushed too far. Warren learned that humor helped him shift the power with a childhood bully as well as going to the bully's house and asking his mom if he could come out to fight. Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/...
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S4 E 16 - Warren B Hall - Slap Happy
S4 E16 - Warren B Hall - Slap Happy- Even nice guys can get pushed too far. Warren learned that humor helped him shift the power with a childhood bully as well as going to the bully's house and asking his mom if he could come out to fight. Connect with Nancy Norton: https://www.nancynorton.tv/...
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S4 E15 - Ami Hipps - Ending Child Marriage
S4 E15 - Ami Hipps - No Child Should Be a Bride- like Ami was forced to be at age 15 after her boyfriend date-r*ped her and after shotgun wedding, her husband contolled her and would not permit her to use birth control, to have own bank account, credit card or education. She had to sneak out the...
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S4 E14 - Casey Lucarelli (Video)- In the Grit of the Sh*t
S4 E14 - Casey Lucarelli - "In the Grit of the Sh*t" - Casey is a therapist and shares how repairing a rupture in relationships can be so healing for relational traumas. Also talks about how to know if you have a good therapist for you or a sh*tty one! Reach Out to Nancy:...
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S4 E14 - Casey Lucarelli - In the Grit of the Sh*t
S4 E14 - Casey Lucarelli - "In the Grit of the Sh*t" - Casey is a therapist and shares how repairing a rupture in relationships can be so healing for relational traumas. Also talks about how to know if you have a good therapist for you or a sh*tty one! Reach Out to Nancy:...
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S4 E13 - Kayla Inman - (Video)The Happy Amputee Part 2
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee Part 2- Kayla has gone from hurting, to healing to helping and it is a nonlinear process sometimes. She went through more painful complications of her amputation, but then also just won an award from The Hope Beyond Limits Award from the Limb Preservation...
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S4 E13 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee Part 2
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee Part 2- Kayla has gone from hurting, to healing to helping and it is a nonlinear process sometimes. She went through more painful complications of her amputation, but then also just won an award from The Hope Beyond Limits Award from the Limb Preservation...
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S4 E12 - Kayla Inman (video) - The Happy Amputee
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee - After dealing with years of agonizing pain originating from a misdiagnosed foot fracture and unsuccessful treatments of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, (Known as the suicide disease), and all while in an abusive marriage, Kayla almost didn't make it....
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S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee
S4 E12 - Kayla Inman - The Happy Amputee - After dealing with years of agonizing pain originating from a misdiagnosed foot fracture and unsuccessful treatments of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, (Known as the suicide disease), and all while in an abusive marriage, Kayla almost didn't make it....
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S4 E11- Brooke Deanne video- Shattered, Broken & Beautiful
S4 E11- Brooke Deanne - Shattered, Broken & Beautiful- Trauma Survivor, Author, Therapist and Host of the Goddess Rising Podcast- This episode covers several traumas, such as Sexual abuse, Religious abuse, Patriarchal Narcissism Culture and healing modalities and how dark humor has helped her...
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S4 E11- Brooke Deanne - Shattered, Broken & Beautiful
S4 E11- Brooke Deanne - Shattered, Broken & Beautiful- Trauma Survivor, Author, Therapist and Host of the Goddess Rising Podcast- This episode covers several traumas, such as Sexual abuse, Religious abuse, Patriarchal Narcissism Culture and healing modalities and how dark humor has helped her...
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S4 E10 Video- Anna Natan part 2 - Reframing Failure
S4 E10- Anna Natan part 2 - Reframing Failure - Anna is an Emergency Nurse and according to her mother, that is a failure. How do you escape the brainwashing of a religious cult mentality, fine your authentic self and reframe failure? We discuss all this and why dark humor is so important to…
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S4 E10- Anna Natan part 2 - Reframing Failure
S4 E10- Anna Natan part 2 - Reframing Failure - Anna is an Emergency Nurse and according to her mother, that is a failure. How do you escape the brainwashing of a religious cult mentality, fine your authentic self and reframe failure? We discuss all this and why dark humor is so important to…
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S4 E9 - Anna Natan - Home Schooled
S4 E9 - Anna Natan - Home Schooled- Anna is an Emergency Nurse, Comedian and a dog mom. Sharing her tromedy around growing up home schooled with a very religious mom who trained her to be a wife and then arranged for her to marry a sheep farmer. Connect with Nance: https://www.nancynorton.tv/...
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S4 E9 - Anna Natan - Home Schooled
S4 E9 - Anna Natan - Home Schooled- Anna is an Emergency Nurse, Comedian and a dog mom. Sharing her tromedy around growing up home schooled with a very religious mom who trained her to be a wife and then arranged for her to marry a sheep farmer. Connect with Nance: https://www.nancynorton.tv/...
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S4 E8 - Brittany Key - part 5- The Laughter Returns
S4 E8 - Brittany Key - The Laughter Returns - Nance shares gratitude for the co-healing journey and asks some followup questions about how it feels after sharing her experience on Tromedy. This playful episode takes place after a hike in the foothills of Boulder with Brittany, Cilla and Lily.…
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S4 E7 - Jenny Chan - Pacific Atrocities Education
S4 E 7 - Jenny Chan - Pacific Atrocities Education- over 40 Million Asians died in World War II and it is not taught in schools or documented well in History. Jenny Chan is a historian, author and podcaster who has dedicated over a decade of her life so far to researching and educating about the...
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S4 E6 - Brittany Key - part 4 of Narcissistic Abuse- Freedom!
S4 E6 - Brittany Key - part 4 of Narcissistic Abuse- Freedom! From the depths of hell to the summit. Brittany literally climbs her way out of the crazy-making hell of Narcissistic Abuse. There is a way out. Reach out to us- Nancy Norton; https://www.nancynorton.tv/ Brittany Key:...
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S4 E5 - Brittany Key - Part 3 - The Hell of Narcissistic Abuse
S4 E5 - Brittany Key - Part 3 - The Hell of Narcissistic Abuse - The daily struggle of staying alive during the crazy-making sense of powerlessness dealing with the legal abuse and character annihilation phase of narcissistic abuse. Brittany finds a way with the help of friends, family members,...
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S4 E4 - Brittany Key - Part 2- Narcissistic Abuse "Bushwhacked"
S4 E4 - Brittany Key - Narcissistic Abuse Part 2 "Bushwhacked" Going to Jail for crimes she did not commit - adding insult to injury of Narcissistic Abuse. The inhumane and cruel treatment Brittany received in Jail while "presumed innocent" was unacceptable and almost unbearable, yet still we...
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S4 E3 - Brittany Key - Part 1 -Narcissistic Abuse
S4 E3 - Brittany Key - Narcissistic abuse typically involves a pattern of showering you with excessive affection and then attempting to tear down your self-esteem. 4D's of narcissistic abuse, Deny, (Gaslighting) Dismiss, (Dismiss your feelings and concerns) Devalue,(tear down your self-esteem)...
About this show
The Tromedy Podcast shows you how to take your pain and play with it. Coping with Trauma using Comedy comes naturally to a lot of folks especially Standup Comedians. Listen in as Award Winning Comedian, Nancy Norton, RN, CHP shares heartfelt, insightful and funny conversations with Trauma survivors, healing professionals and standup comedians. It's peer to peer support with a side of co-healing energy. The Tromedy Podcast is not a replacement for trauma therapy, but it may help you get by between sessions. Know that you're not alone, get out of isolation and when you're ready, laugh.
Hosted by
Nancy Norton, RN, CHP, Comedian, Keynote Speaker "The Power of Humor!"