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What if the parts of your story you've spent years trying to overcome... are actually the very things that help you find your voice?

In this powerful Part 1 conversation, host Amanda Russo sits down with visibility and embodiment coach, speaker, author, and Dance to Heal podcast host Jenny C. Cohen for an honest discussion about childhood trauma, identity, resilience, healing, and learning to reclaim your voice after a lifetime of putting others first.

Jenny shares her remarkable journey from immigrating to the United States as a young child without speaking English to navigating cultural expectations, people-pleasing, family dynamics, motherhood, breast cancer, and the experiences that shaped who she is today. Together, Amanda and Jenny explore how childhood experiences influence adulthood, why boundaries are essential for healing, and what it truly means to stop living in survival mode.

The conversation also dives into generational patterns, therapy, trauma recovery, self-worth, parenting, and the courage to become the person you were always meant to be. Through deeply personal stories, Jenny offers hope that healing is possible, no matter where your journey begins.

This conversation is a reminder that your past may shape you, but it doesn't have to define you.

Sometimes finding your voice begins by finally believing that it deserves to be heard.

💡 In this episode, listeners will discover:

💜 How childhood experiences can shape self-worth well into adulthood
🧠 Why people-pleasing often begins as a survival strategy
🌱 The importance of boundaries in the healing process
✨ How finding your voice can transform every area of your life
❤️ The role therapy can play in processing trauma and reclaiming your identity
🌍 Jenny's journey from immigrating to the United States to becoming a visibility coach
🌟 Why healing starts with giving yourself permission to take up space

⏰ Timeline Summary:

[2:00] Jenny shares who she is at her core and what it means to be a "conduit"
[8:30] Growing up in Taiwan, immigrating to the United States, and adapting to a new culture
[18:00] Childhood experiences, family expectations, and how people-pleasing became a survival strategy
[29:30] Breast cancer, boundaries, and learning to finally use her voice
[36:30] Starting first grade without speaking English and adapting through resilience
[44:30] Finding dance, college, occupational therapy, and discovering her passion for helping others
[54:30] Relationships, healing from trauma, and meeting the man who would become her husband

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