Episode 30

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20th Aug 2025

Miscarriage, Manipulation & Misalignment

What do you do when your life looks fine on the outside—but you’re dying inside?

Tracey Gromenz shares her raw journey from ignoring the pit in her stomach to choosing peace, power, and presence after a traumatic miscarriage, emotional manipulation, and years of gaslighting.

This is not just a story of leaving—it’s a story of becoming.

  • ⚠️ Why peace feels unfamiliar after chaos
  • 💔 The silent grief of miscarriage and emotional abuse
  • 🔄 “Everything’s fine”—and other lies survival mode feeds us
  • 🔑 What it really means to reclaim your no
  • 🧱 Radical ownership, identity reinvention, and building a life rooted in YOUR values

🎙️ What We Talk About:

  • Miscarriage and the emotional isolation surrounding it
  • The moment she knew she was done—and what came next
  • The messy logistics of leaving: van sleeping, porch clothes, and tunnel vision
  • Why we normalize dysfunction and silence our truth
  • How societal conditioning keeps women stuck
  • The power of choosing beauty after betrayal
  • Living in alignment with your values (not the algorithm)


🔑 Key Takeaways:

“Survival isn’t the destination. It’s just the wake-up call.”
“You can’t create peace by abandoning yourself.”
“Radical ownership starts with remembering—you have a no.”
“Who you became to survive is not who you need to be to thrive.”


🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

So many women are walking around in survival mode—detached, depleted, and convinced that “fine” is the best it gets.

Tracey’s story is a reminder that peace isn’t just possible—it’s yours to claim.

You don’t need to hit rock bottom to make a change. But if you’re there, let this episode be the rope you grab onto.


💬 Connect with Tracey:

  • 🌐 Website: www.traceygromenz.com
  • 📸 Instagram: @traceygromenz
  • 💼 Coaching: Divorce support & transformation


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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