Episode 10

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14th Jul 2025

Survival Mode in Waves

LaTerra Wise brings truth with tenderness and fire with faith. In this raw and redemptive episode, she unpacks what it means to survive trauma in waves—childhood molestation, father wounds, suicidal ideation, and devastating loss—and what it takes to rise from it with purpose.

In this episode, we talk about:

  • 👧🏽 Growing up with emotional isolation and hidden depression
  • 🧠 Experiencing molestation without knowing it was trauma
  • 🕊️ Sitting on the floor with pills in hand—and hearing the voice of God
  • 💔 Grieving her grandfather, father-in-law, and grandmother
  • 😡 Why she didn’t know she was angry—and how it impacted her family
  • 🧩 The emotional trap of survival mode disguised as strength
  • 📖 Writing Unmasked and launching her Overcomer Circle

🎙️ What We Talk About:

  • The silent link between emotional neglect and perfectionism
  • How survival mode often masks as productivity
  • How LaTerra broke free from autopilot and reclaimed her voice
  • The difference between depression and survival mode
  • The divine timing behind healing and purpose
  • Why women must stop healing alone—and start healing loudly
  • How LaTerra helps women turn their pain into purpose through strategy + support

🔑 Key Takeaways:

“God didn’t need me attached to my parents—He just needed what was in them to create me.”
“You can’t heal what you’re still pretending didn’t happen.”
“Survival mode feels like you're living—but you’re really just existing.”
“The mask may protect you, but it also isolates you.”


🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

This conversation is a lifeline for the high-achieving woman who looks put together but feels empty. LaTerra exposes the emotional weight of growing up unseen, the grief we don’t talk about, and the trauma that sneaks in under the guise of being “strong.”


Her story is proof that healing doesn’t happen overnight—but it is possible. And when you choose to unmask? You make room for purpose, connection, and radical peace.


💬 Connect with LaTerra Wise:

🔗 Website: www.laterrawise.com/unmasked


🔗 Resources & Links:



🙌 Connect with Leticia:

Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Facebook | TikTok | Website


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About the Podcast

Survival Mode Disrupted - The Podcast
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