Episode 72

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16th Nov 2025

Raised in Chaos, Rewired for Peace

Reign’s childhood normalized abuse, control, and emotional suppression—so she dissociated to survive. As an adult, she chose radical responsibility, nervous system regulation, and subconscious reprogramming to end the cycle. Together we unpack narcissistic family dynamics, why blame is a seductive addiction, and how emotions need witnessing—not white-knuckling. This episode is a blueprint for turning survival patterns into self-leadership.

Highlights

  • Survival mode ≠ safety: when the body lives in fight/flight and calls it “normal”
  • Narcissistic parenting 101: covert vs. overt traits and the eggshell life
  • Blame as the universal addiction—and the moment ownership sets you free
  • Subconscious work explained like a network: why “the mind answers questions”
  • Emotional processing that actually works (feel it → name it → release it)
  • Body talk: eczema, depression, anger as data—not defects
  • Forgiveness as self-liberation, not absolution

🎙️ What We Talk About

  • Self-Awareness: spotting autopilot, naming survival rules you inherited
  • Reprogramming: nervous system first, goals second; reframing beliefs; subconscious Q&A
  • Reinvention: you can’t thrive in the identity built to keep you small
  • Masculine/feminine energies inside healing (containment + softness)
  • Generational codes: why your DNA carries more than eye color—and how to interrupt it
  • Emotional hygiene: practical ways to witness, feel, and metabolize


🔑 Key Takeaways

“You’re not broken—you were protecting yourself.”
“Accommodations and practices aren’t crutches; they’re bridges to safety.”
“Blame feels powerful until you realize it handcuffed your growth.”
“You can’t be the woman you’re becoming while wearing the costume you survived in.”


💬 Connect with Reign

  • Complimentary masterclass: Growing Up with a Narcissistic Parent
  • Forthcoming men’s journal


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About the Podcast

Survival Mode Disrupted with Leticia R Francis
Disruptive 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.

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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