Letโs Get Real with Jena Burris
Welcome to Letโs Get Real, the podcast for women who feel like theyโre holding it all together on the outsideโฆ but falling apart on the inside.
If youโre exhausted from pretending, overwhelmed by the pressure to be everything for everyone, or unsure who you even are anymoreโyouโre not alone. And youโre not crazy.
Letโs Get Real is where we have honest conversations about the struggles most people avoidโhealing emotional wounds, losing yourself in motherhood, rebuilding your identity, and learning how to live whole again.
Iโm Jena Burrisโwife, mom, and your host. With a background in marriage and family therapy, life coaching, and years spent navigating life behind the scenes of the NFL and Hollywood, Iโm passionate about creating a space where real conversations lead to real healing.
Each week, youโll hear real stories, practical tools, and the reminder that freedom is closer than you think. Because I believe that in order to heal, we have to get real.
New episodes every Tuesday. Real talk. Real tools. Real healing.
For speaking inquiries, brand partnerships, or workshop opportunities, visit www.jenaburris.com or email jena@jenaburris.com.
Letโs Get Real with Jena Burris
From Victimhood to Resiliency: Healing After Unthinkable Loss (Part 1) with Susan Snow
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Feeling overwhelmed and like youโve lost yourself in the chaos of motherhood?
Youโre not alone. And you donโt have to keep feeling this way.
I created this free guide for you:
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Simple, realistic shifts you can start making today without adding more to your plate.
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Guest: Susan Snow
What happens when your life changes foreverโand you never saw it coming?
In this deeply moving episode of Letโs Get Real, I talk with Susan Snow, who knows firsthand what it means to experience devastating traumaโand still choose healing.
When Susan was just 17 years old, her fatherโLAPD Detective Thomas C. Williamsโwas murdered in a planned ambush while on duty. Her world shattered. And while everyone told her she had to be strong, inside she was struggling with panic attacks, PTSD, and a silence that nearly consumed her.
This conversation is honest, vulnerable, and full of truth for anyone whoโs ever walked through grief and wondered if theyโd ever feel whole again.
We talk about:
- The moment she knew something was wrong before the police even knocked on her door
- How grief shows up in your bodyโnot just your emotions
- Why saying โIโm fineโ became her coping mechanism for years
- The weight of carrying trauma that no one around you understands
- Her experience with therapy that didnโt helpโand the breakthrough moment that finally did
- The difference between surviving and truly healing
Quote to sit with:
โI wasnโt crazyโI had PTSD. And when someone finally saw me, everything began to shift.โ
Listen to this episode if youโve ever:
- Felt like you had to hold it all together for everyone else
- Wondered if you were the only one still stuck in the past
- Tried therapy and felt like it just didnโt work
- Wanted permission to slow down, grieve, and begin again
Susanโs story is the invitation to breathe you didnโt know you needed. To be human. To feel. To not have it all figured out.
And maybeโฆ to believe that healing isnโt linearโbut it is possible.
This is Part 1 of her story. Next week, we dive into the hope-filled part: what healing actually looked like, and how she turned pain into purpose.
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Facebook: Susan Snow
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG1QrgGgeQdwVeQplu_VkBw
Instagram: @susansnow
P.S. If this episode resonates with you, please reach out. I truly want to hear your story. You can DM me on Instagram @jenaburris or email me at jena@jenaburris.com. Your voice matters โ and Iโm here for you.