Episode 19

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17th Aug 2025

From Silence to Power: Breaking Generational Trauma

This episode is a raw, gut-wrenching journey through generational trauma, cultural silence, and the radical choice to heal out loud. Lillian shares how losing everything forced her to finally face the childhood abuse she buried deep. What she uncovered changed everything.

  • đź’” Surviving sexual abuse and a culture of silence
  • 🧠 Therapy, shame, and the struggle to speak
  • 🔥 Rock bottom moments that cracked her open
  • 👶 Parenting differently to break the cycle
  • ✊ Radical ownership, reprogramming, and reinvention
  • đź’¬ Why we need safe spaces for real healing conversations
  • đź’ˇ How to turn pain into purpose—and rise anyway

🎙️ What We Talk About:

  • Her journey from Hollywood producer to survival mode
  • Being raised in silence and shame in Taiwanese culture
  • The abuse no one knew about—and how she finally found the courage to speak
  • Why therapy alone wasn’t enough
  • The moment she knew she couldn’t parent like her mother
  • How culture perpetuates trauma (and how to break it)
  • The daily decision to rewrite your story and rise


🔑 Key Takeaways:

“The biggest trauma wasn’t the abuse—it was the silence after.”
“I had to look at my shit. Because pretending wasn’t saving me anymore.”
“You can’t rewrite your future with the same story that kept you stuck.”
“You’re the writer, the director, the main character. Stop casting people who don’t deserve a role in your life.”


🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

Too many women walk through life silently bleeding from wounds no one can see. Lillian’s story isn’t just about trauma—it’s about the courage to face the truth, disrupt the cycle, and raise the next generation differently. This is the power of radical honesty, cultural rebellion, and choosing healing anyway.


Because silence never saved us—truth will.


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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