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A Contagious Smile Podcast
Stop surviving and start thriving. A Contagious Smile is a globally ranked podcast providing a safe haven for abuse survivors and special needs families navigating the journey of trauma recovery. Whether you are healing from domestic violence, narcissistic abuse, childhood trauma, or the daily challenges of disability advocacy, our mission is to turn your pain into power.
Each episode features raw, authentic conversations with survivors, mental health experts, and advocates who share actionable resources for PTSD healing, resilience building, and emotional wellness. We go beyond the struggle to highlight the triumphs of the special needs community, offering support for caregivers and individuals with disabilities who are rewriting their own narratives.
Hosted by Victoria Cuore, an award-winning trauma advocate and survivor, this podcast delivers the "blueprints" for recovery—not just Band-Aids. Join our community to find hope, humor, and the unstoppable spirit needed to rekindle your inner light.
A Contagious Smile Podcast
Latest Episodes
Standing Tall Through Pain And Change
Your body can change faster than your mind can catch up and sometimes it takes a mix of laughter, honesty, and a whole lot of standing up through pain to keep moving. We’re checking in from a busy stretch of life with a new recliner we can bare...
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You Can Stop Giving Your Happiness Away
He told his wife they’d be homeless and had lost everything. She smiled. That single reaction flips the entire story, and it’s where our conversation with Anil Gupta begins: not with hype about success, but with what it takes to come back from ...
When Civil Liberties Collide with Survival with special guest Mark Astor
A parent’s most frightening moment is realising love alone will not stop a spiral. When substance use disorder and mental illness collide, families get pushed into a world of crisis calls, involuntary holds, court filings, and treatment program...
A Private Message From Grandparents And A Skeptic’s Reaction
One conversation can shake your certainty, even if you’re the type of person who normally needs proof. We sit down and tell the story of meeting Danielle, a therapist who is also a medium, and why what she shared stopped us cold. Victoria is ca...
How Matthew Dixon Recovered From Schizophrenia And Biked Across Canada
A schizophrenia diagnosis can feel like your life has been rewritten without your consent, and the hardest part is often the unknown: Will I get better, will I ever feel like myself again, and who will still see me as me? We talk with Matthew D...
Fan Mail
I thank you so much for this episode it hit so many places in my life. I’ve been struggling with coming out of a relationship. I didn’t realize was a bad relationship until later and now looking back on everything made me look at myself in a different way and realize I’m not the bad person I was made to feel. I know that I’m a people pleaser, but that is not how I felt. And even after I was made to feel bad, I still wanted to please. I shared this episode with a friend who today still struggles with an abusive relationship she had many years ago. She thinks that no one would want to hear her story, but I explained to her so many women could benefit from her story. I'm hoping she reaches out. Victoria, my name is Sheryl. I've left a comment for this podcast, but I met you at the POpshelf store in Douglasville this weekend. I so enjoyed our conversation and I'm so grateful that you into the store and I've had the pleasure of speaking with you.
Atlanta, Georgia
