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Foreign-Born Mama | Trauma Healing, Transforming Parenting, Marriage and Relationships
NOTE: The podcast is currently on pause. Feel free to explore past episodes!!.
Have you ever felt like you're doing everything right — but still feel disconnected, stuck, and, well, unhappy?
You're not alone.
I'm Nurjan Sterbenz — a foreign-born mama and trauma-informed coach who spent years chasing happiness and success outside of myself, not realizing I had to stop looking for external solutions and start doing the internal work. I needed to heal the trauma that kept me stuck in chronic exhaustion, anxiety, and overwhelm — impacting negatively my marriage, relationships, and parenting.
Welcome to Foreign-Born Mama — where we learn to heal trauma and transform our parenting, marriages, and lives.
Each week, we'll explore:
- How trauma secretly impacts every area of your life
- Why healing is the key to unlocking everything you desire
- Real tools and practices you can use to start healing today
- Inspiring conversations with experts and moms who've healed and transformed their lives
Healing is possible. The life you truly desire — filled with peace, joy, love, health and wealth — is waiting for you on the other side of healing.
It's time we heal, rise, and thrive as foreign-born mamas!
Join our free Foreign-Born Mama Community on Facebook to connect with other moms and begin your healing journey.
Want to connect further? Find me on Instagram → instagram.com/foreignbornmama
To learn more about me and how I can support you, visit foreignbornmama.com
Foreign-Born Mama | Trauma Healing, Transforming Parenting, Marriage and Relationships
Why meditation may not be safe for Trauma Survivors?
I have been living with chronic pain for the past nine months.
This all started with an at-home meditation retreat that I decided to recreate after realizing that I needed some time by myself. I would force myself to lie down and to not think. I kept trying to be calm and to get in touch with myself. I felt in a way that I was lost with who I was, and I had a desire to get to know myself better. I tried to stop the thinking and tried to really go into a state of calm. At first, my jaw started to shake, and then my neck started to shake. I felt like something was going to rip in my neck area.
Instead of stopping, I continued. On the fourth day, I woke up with a tight spasm in my neck. Then a couple of months later, it spread into my right leg and right foot. This condition is painful and does not allow me to do things that I love to do. However, it has forced me to slow down and to pay attention to my body. It led me to learn new things about myself and my body that I didn’t know before.
This week, I discuss my chronic neck pain that’s been bothering me for the last 9 months. If you have a health problem and are perhaps feeling disconnected to your body, my hope is that this episode can help to explain some of your symptoms.
I would love to hear from you!
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