Episode 43

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8th Sep 2025

When the Body Remembers What the Mind Forgets

In this powerful episode of Survival Mode Disrupted, I sit down with Cari, a survivor whose story will stop you in your tracks. She shares the deeply personal journey from suicidal hopelessness to becoming a coach, speaker, and author. This is not just a conversation—it’s a resurrection.

  • 💔 A childhood of hidden abuse and generational silence
  • 📉 The mental health system that failed her—three therapists, no real support
  • 📞 The miracle phone call that saved her life
  • 🧠 Repressed memories, reparenting work, and unorthodox healing
  • ✨ From broken to beacon—how Cari now helps others heal their trauma
  • 📣 Her rallying cry: Do it scared. Do it anyway.


🎙️ What We Talk About:

  • What trauma looks like when it hides in plain sight
  • The illusion of “normal” in dysfunctional families
  • Why traditional therapy didn’t help (and what finally did)
  • Repressed memories and the body’s role in trauma
  • Healing chronic illness through emotional release
  • Rebuilding identity after decades of survival mode
  • Creating safe community and becoming a cycle-breaker

🔑 Key Takeaways:

“You are not too broken to be loved.”
“We seek healing in the places that broke us—and that has to stop.”
“Your subconscious can be your biggest opposition if you’re unaware of it.”
“Self-awareness is your lighthouse—it doesn’t save you, but it shows you where to turn.”


🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

This isn’t a feel-good redemption story—it’s a wake-up call. It’s for every woman who’s ever white-knuckled her way through life thinking healing was for someone else. Cari proves that no matter how deep the pain, how long the silence, or how hopeless it feels—you can thrive. But first, you have to disrupt the cycle and do it scared. Because survival mode might feel familiar…


But you were never built to stay there.


💬 Connect with Cari:

  • 🌐 Website: Resilience Mind and Body Coaching
  • 📧 Email: resiliencemindandbodycoaching@outlook.com
  • 📱 Social: Find Carrie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube
  • 📚 Book: Learn more about Carrie’s story and journey to healing


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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