Episode 33

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7th Sep 2025

From Incest to Impact

This is one of the most powerful conversations we’ve ever had. In this episode, Sadia Carone unpacks her survival story with unfiltered truth, gut-wrenching detail, and laugh-out-loud wit. From childhood sexual abuse and narcissistic parenting to finding healing through theater, poetry, and comedy — this conversation is a full-circle moment of truth, art, and alchemy.

Here’s what you’ll hear:

  • 🔥 The moment a Greek mythology class cracked open a hidden memory
  • 💔 What it feels like to be treated as the villain in your own trauma
  • 🎭 How performing became her lifeline and healing stage
  • 🎤 The accidental voicemail that launched a music career
  • 🧠 Tips for navigating suicidal thoughts with self-compassion
  • 🌎 The truth about the Universe actually making it up to you

🎙️ What We Talk About:

  • Surviving incest and the silent shame it brings
  • The emotional weight of narcissistic motherhood
  • Reclaiming power through creativity, performance, and comedy
  • The healing power of telling your story out loud
  • How to hold space for suicidal thoughts without surrendering to them
  • The unexpected magic of following divine breadcrumbs
  • Choosing joy, artistry, and freedom over bitterness


🔑 Key Takeaways:

“There’s a place inside you that no one can touch. No matter what they did.”
“If you think you have no friends, I am your friend.”
“Even FedEx takes 24 hours. So give the Universe time to deliver.”
“You don’t have to carry their shame and your strength.”


🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

Sadia’s story isn’t just a survival story—it’s a blueprint for radical transformation. She doesn’t sugarcoat what she’s been through, but she also doesn’t let it define her. This episode is a masterclass in taking your pain, flipping it on its head, and using it as your mic check. If you’ve ever wondered whether healing is possible when the trauma runs deep—this one will light your fire.


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About the Podcast

Survival Mode Disrupted with Leticia R Francis
Disrupted Unapologetic Conversations about Survival Mode
Survival Mode Disrupted is not just a podcast. It's a rebellion.

A raw, unfiltered space where we finally stop pretending we're fine and start telling the truth—the truth about the trauma we've carried, the identities they had to wear to survive, and the radical decisions we made to break free.

Because here's the deal: survival mode isn’t just a season. It’s a damn identity. One that so many were forced to adopt just to get through life, to stay safe, to stay needed, to stay sane. But eventually, it starts costing you more than it protects. Your peace. Your purpose. Your power.

This podcast is for the disruptors—the people who were told to stay small, stay silent, stay grateful for crumbs… and said “hell no.”

Hosted by Leticia, The Survival Mode Disruptor herself—a trauma recovery mentor, speaker, and woman who has lived through the fires of abuse, betrayal, and breakdown and still chose to rise—this show dives deep into the unapologetic exits from survival mode that no one talks about.

You’ll hear from women (and a few brave men) who walked away from toxic relationships, soul-sucking careers, generational dysfunction, religious trauma, cultural expectations, and the lies they were taught to believe about themselves. Not because it was easy—but because staying would’ve killed something sacred inside of them.

These are the stories of bold pivots, quiet courage, and messy but miraculous rebirths.

Each episode is a conversation—a disruption—meant to wake something up in you. Whether it’s a guest sharing the moment they chose themselves for the first time, or Leticia dropping a truth bomb that makes you question everything you’ve normalized, this podcast is here to shake the foundation of your survival mode identity and replace it with something truer. Something freer.

We’re not here for surface-level self-care tips or fake empowerment slogans.

We’re here to talk about what it really takes to:

Reclaim your voice after being silenced.

Reinvent yourself after being broken down.

Rewrite your story when everyone else wants you to stay the same.

Release the guilt of choosing YOU.

This is for those who are done performing. Done pleasing. Done pretending.

It’s for the ones ready to exit survival mode—not slowly, not quietly, but disruptively and unapologetically.

You won’t leave this podcast the same.
You’ll cry. You’ll rage. You’ll laugh.
You’ll see yourself in every story.
And more importantly, you’ll remember who the hell you are.

Welcome to Survival Mode Disrupted.
It’s not just a podcast.
It’s a movement.
And your exit begins here.

About your host

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Leticia Francis

I am not here to inspire you—I am here to activate you.

As a Survivor, Keynote Speaker, and Trauma Recovery Mentor, I know what it’s like to fight battles no one sees. I also know that breaking free is possible. My work is about disrupting survival mode, exposing trauma-driven success cycles, and giving women the blueprint to reclaim their lives.

🔹 200+ podcast features & speaking engagements
🔹 Global Women of Choice Award Winner 2022
🔹 Creator of the Survival Mode Exit Plan
🔹 Host of Survival Mode Disrupted Podcast