In this deeply moving episode of AwakenHer, host Corissa Stepp welcomes Rabbi Cantor Judy Greenfeld for an honest and soul-stirring conversation about transforming pain into strength and finding true purpose through life’s harshest challenges. Judy—an author, spiritual leader, and founder of the Nachshon Minyan in Texas—brings powerful insights on healing, trauma recovery, and the eternal question: “Why do bad things happen to good people?”

Together, Corissa and Judy explore how to meaningfully rebuild after loss, embrace your inner resilience, and shift from simply pursuing happiness to living a life of authenticity and purpose. Real stories of trauma, motherhood, faith, and personal transformation are shared, offering listeners practical wisdom for facing overwhelm, loneliness, or uncertainty in today’s world.

What You’ll Learn In This Episode:

• Judy’s Story of Resilience: Hear how Judy’s experiences with murder, divorce, and cancer shaped her perspective on faith, trauma, and inner strength.
• Practical Tools for Overwhelm: Discover grounding techniques and small, actionable steps for moving through overwhelm
• Spiritual Insights for Modern Women: Judy bridges ancient Jewish wisdom with modern wellness, sharing how faith traditions and personal rituals can support healing and personal transformation.
• Somatic Healing & Nervous System Regulation: Learn why processing emotions physically—not just mentally—matters, and how breathwork, movement, and sound can be powerful allies.
• Redefining Purpose & Receiving: Understand the difference between your life’s roles and your deeper purpose, and why learning to receive and recognize life’s small wins is vital for fulfillment.
• Compassion for Yourself & Others: Gain compas

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💖 Strong enough to heal, savvy enough to thrive

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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If you’ve ever found yourself asking, “Why am I so angry all the time?” — this episode is for you. Host Corissa Stepp explores how anger shows up as a trauma response after narcissistic abuse, how it functions as a protector part through the lens of Internal Family Systems (IFS), and why you might be snapping at the people you love. Tune in to learn how to listen to your anger with compassion, regulate your nervous system, and begin the healing process with somatic and trauma-informed tools.

In this powerful and compassionate episode, Corissa dives deep into the question so many trauma survivors ask themselves:
"Why am I so angry?"

For women recovering from narcissistic abuse or years of emotional trauma, anger can feel explosive, confusing, and overwhelming. You may find yourself yelling at your kids, feeling constantly irritated, or emotionally shutting down — and then carrying shame for it all.

But what if your anger isn’t the problem? What if it’s a protector?

In this episode, Corissa offers a trauma-informed, nervous system-based understanding of anger, drawing from:

• Internal Family Systems (IFS) and how anger acts as a protector part
• Somatic trauma recovery tools for regulating the nervous system
• The hidden emotions beneath anger — like grief, helplessness, and betrayal
• Why you may lash out at the people you love most
• How to work with, not against, your anger as a messenger of unmet needs and past pain

You’ll walk away with a deep sense of validation, a greater understanding of your internal world, and practical next steps to begin releasing stored survival energy — all from a place of compassion.

🔗 Resources & Links:

• 💻 Learn more or book a 1:1 trauma-informed session
• 💫 Join the Savvy & StrongHER Community
• 📚 Get the book: The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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Welcome to another empowering episode of AwakenHer with Corissa Stepp! In this transformative episode, Corissa explores how women can break the cycle of blame, release the weight of past trauma, and step confidently into healing after experiencing narcissistic abuse.

Episode Highlights:

• Understanding Victimhood After Narcissistic Abuse: Corissa explains why her book, The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse, is designed to be read in full to validate your personal journey and help you move beyond simply identifying as a victim.
• Identifying Trauma & Navigating Recovery: Learn about the physical and emotional symptoms trauma leaves behind, and discover why taking personal accountability (without self-blame) is crucial in the healing process.
• The Path to Empowerment: Corissa offers empowering insights on how to move from blaming the narcissist or your past circumstances, to taking ownership of your future and reclaiming your authentic self.
• Breaking the Drama Triangle: Get practical tools to break out of the cycle of victim, persecutor, and rescuer, and step into the “creator” role of your own life story.
• Healing Childhood Wounds: Corissa dives deep into the impact of narcissistic parents, childhood family dynamics, and the importance of grieving and rewriting your personal narrative.
• Setting Boundaries & Maintaining Healthy Relationships: Find out how to set boundaries, communicate effectively, and relate to narcissists in a way that prioritizes your safety and self-worth.
• Releasing Energetic Burdens: Let go of unresolved resentment and grief, and discover how understanding, empathy, and healthy detachment can set you free.

Why Listen?

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💫 You’re invited to join us in the brand new Savvy & StrongHER Community—a powerful membership space for women healing after trauma or toxic relationships. Join for as low as $7/month in our entry tier. With three levels of support, there’s a path for you. Visit savvyandstrongher.com for more information and to join now!

💖 Strong enough to heal, savvy enough to thrive

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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This week on AwakenHer, host Corissa Stepp dives into the transformative topic of experiencing guilt-free joy—especially in the small, everyday moments. Sparked by a heartfelt listener message, Corissa explores why so many women struggle with feelings of guilt when prioritizing themselves and feeling joy, and how these patterns often begin in childhood through people-pleasing and codependency.

Key Topics:

- Guilt as a Survival Strategy:
Corissa explains how guilt is not a flaw but a protective part of us that developed in response to early environments where love, acceptance, or safety felt conditional.

- Childhood Roots:
Discover how growing up in dysfunctional or emotionally neglectful homes can lead to deep-rooted beliefs around "earning" love and always putting others first.

- Carrying Patterns Into Adulthood:
Explore how these patterns show up in relationships, especially with toxic or narcissistic partners, and how self-sacrifice can feel like love.

- Releasing Guilt & Honoring Needs:
Corissa provides actionable steps to get curious about your guilt, thank it for its role, and gently challenge the stories you’ve carried.

- Tools for Healing:
Learn about somatic tools (like breathwork, grounding, and even humming), reparenting your inner child, and celebrating joy in the little things.

- A New Narrative:
Joy is not selfish or something to be earned—it’s your birthright. The more you lean into guiltless joy, the more you rewrite your legacy (and model this for those around you).

Closing Wisdom:
“You were never too much. Your needs were never wrong. Your joy is not selfish, it’s sacred.”

Ways to Connect:

- DM Corissa your thoughts on Instagram: @CorissaStepp
- Check out her new book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse—available at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Target, and on Kindle.
- Join the Savvy & Stronger Community for more support.

Giveaway!
For June: Post a photo (can be faceless or just your hand) of you with Corissa’s book, tag her on social media, and you could win a $25 Amazon gift card.

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Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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Are you feeling stuck in your healing journey, despite doing all “the work”? Do you sense patterns, limiting beliefs, or traumas surfacing—ones that don’t seem entirely your own? On this transformative episode of AwakenHer, host Corissa Stepp sits down with holistic mentor, bestselling author, and energy healer Edit B. Kiss. Together, they unravel the mysteries of ancestral trauma, spiritual awakening, and the science behind energy healing, offering actionable steps to break generational cycles and reclaim your personal power.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• What is Ancestral Healing & Why Does It Matter?
  Edit shares her personal journey and how ancient spiritual techniques changed her life.
• Understanding Ancestral Trauma & Family Karma
  Discover how generational patterns, unresolved ancestral karma, and family beliefs subconsciously influence your emotions, relationships, and even physical health.
• Introduction to Family Constellation Therapy
  Learn about the powerful modality of Family Constellation Therapy, and how it can unravel patterns inherited from your family line.
• Ancestral Healing vs. Past Life Healing
  Clarifying the difference between ancestral wounds passed down through your biological lineage and deep-seated patterns from your soul’s past incarnations.
• How to Heal Generational Trauma & Break Ancestral Cycles
  Hear practical advice and meditative techniques you can use to address inherited trauma, limiting beliefs, and negative family dynamics
• Turning Emotional Pain into Personal Empowerment
  The importance of transforming low-vibration emotions through forgiveness, mindfulness practices, and conscious inner work.
• The Link Between Trauma, Emotions & Physical Health
  Expl

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💖 Strong enough to heal, savvy enough to thrive

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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In this transformative episode of AwakenHer, Corissa is joined by Cristina Calvi, a certified herbalist, Nutrition & Health Coach, for a deep-dive conversation into the powerful, often overlooked connection between trauma and gut health. Together, they explore how trauma—especially chronic or relational trauma—disrupts the gut-brain connection, impacts our nervous system, and alters our ability to trust our inner cues.

Cristina shares her integrative approach to healing that blends science, spirituality, and herbal wisdom to help trauma survivors regulate, restore, and reconnect with their bodies. From understanding the physical symptoms of unresolved trauma to discovering the healing power of joy, energy work, and adaptogenic herbs—this episode is rich with insights and actionable tools for your healing journey.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why trauma disrupts digestion and intuition—and how to begin reclaiming both
• How the body speaks when we don’t feel safe enough to
• Why joy, play, and pleasure are not luxuries but vital parts of trauma recovery
• How energy work can reach layers of trauma that talk therapy often can’t
• Adaptogenic herbs Cristina recommends for stress, burnout, and emotional restoration

Cristina’s holistic approach reminds us that true healing goes beyond symptom relief—it reconnects us to who we are underneath the trauma.

Ways to Connect with Cristina:

Website: Www.empoweredwellness4u.com
Instagram: @Empowered_wellness_4_u
Www.naturallysue.com

Cristina Calvi is a certified herbalist and wellness coach specializing in gut health, using nutrition

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💫 You’re invited to join us in the brand new Savvy & StrongHER Community—a powerful membership space for women healing after trauma or toxic relationships. Join for as low as $7/month in our entry tier. With three levels of support, there’s a path for you. Visit savvyandstrongher.com for more information and to join now!

💖 Strong enough to heal, savvy enough to thrive

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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Have you ever struggled to remember details from your past—and wondered if something was wrong with you?

You’re not alone. And no—you’re not crazy.

In this heartfelt episode, Corissa gets personal about how trauma impacted her ability to recall memories and tell stories, and why this is especially common for survivors of narcissistic abuse. She unpacks the science behind trauma brain fog, how the brain protects itself by fragmenting memory, and how narcissists use this very symptom to gaslight and manipulate.

If you’ve ever felt ashamed, confused, or unsure of what’s real, this episode will help you understand why—and remind you that your experience is valid.

Inside, Corissa shares:

• How trauma interrupts memory and storytelling
• The deeper truth behind brain fog, confusion, and memory gaps
• Why narcissistic abuse makes survivors question their reality
• What it means to trust yourself again—even when the memories are blurry

🌀 This episode is for every woman who’s ever been told she’s “too sensitive” or made to feel like she was imagining things.

📣 TRIGGER WARNING: I discuss my experience working in downtown Manhattan on 9/11 and being home alone during a home invasion, so please feel free to fast forward from 6:06 to 11:30.

💌 Ready for support on your healing journey?

Join Corissa inside the Savvy & StrongHER Community—a sacred space for women healing after trauma and toxic relationships.
www.savvyandstrongher.com

📘 And don’t miss her upcoming book, The Savvy Girl’s Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse, launching May 27th!

Send us a Text Message to let us know what you thought of this episode!

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

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In this episode, Corissa, your host, explores the complex relationship between forgiveness and narcissism. She discusses the importance of understanding forgiveness as a personal choice and practice, emphasizing that it is ultimately for one's own healing. The conversation delves into the necessity of compassion, both for oneself and for those who have caused harm, particularly narcissists. Corissa highlights the significance of self-forgiveness and empowerment in breaking free from victimhood and reclaiming one's worth. The episode concludes with a call for community engagement and collaboration in the healing journey.

Key takeaways

• Forgiveness is a personal choice and practice.
• Compassion for oneself and others is essential for healing.
• Understanding the wounds of narcissists can foster compassion.
• Self-forgiveness is crucial for moving forward.
• Holding onto resentment harms your well-being.
• Forgiveness allows for the release of negative emotions.
• Setting boundaries is vital in relationships with narcissists.
• Empowerment comes from self-acceptance and self-love.
• Community support enhances the healing process.
• Engaging in conversations about healing is important.

Chapters

00:00
Embracing New Beginnings for 2025

01:54
The Complexity of Forgiveness in Narcissistic Relationships

07:12
Understanding Narcissism Through Compassion

12:02
The Journey to Self-Forgiveness

15:09
Empowerment Through Boundaries and Forgiveness

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Corissa is a Holistic Trauma-Informed Coach & Narcissistic Abuse Specialist™ who empowers women after they’ve endured narcissist trauma to rediscover who they are, reclaim their power, and find the clarity and courage to move forward and live a life they love. Corissa is also a recovering people-pleaser and codependent who has endured way too many narcissistic relationships to count! She coaches not only from her knowledge and training but also from the wisdom she has gained from her own healing journey.

Book a FREE 30-min Clarity Call HERE.

Ways to connect with Corissa:

Podcast Website
Website: www.corissastepp.com
Book: The Savvy Girl's Guide to Thriving Beyond Narcissistic Abuse
Instagram: @corissastepp
Facebook: Corissa Stepp
Free Quiz: Is My Partner a Narcissist?

We'd love to hear what you think so message us on IG. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, review, or share it so we can reach more people!