How Did I Get Here? | Episode 2

06/25/20 • 61 min

Society, family, and social media outlines the perfect life. You should be married, have a successful career with 2.5 children, a dog, and a house surrounded with a white picket fence by the age of 25 and retired by the time your reach the age of 62... DONE! This was the inherited dream! However, if you want to make God laugh, tell him what you have already planned your life.

What happens when your plans are interrupted? How do you deal with life then? We are too often conditioned to inherit the hype from our upbringing to accept the traumas that occur in our lives and remain silent about the pain. What we neglect to respect and acknowledge is when our body screams out in pain.

Listen as we honestly discuss the tribulations of being the mother of a murdered son... a child with autism. And just when you think it’s safe to go back into the waters... COVID-19 appears.

Listen to how the hosts unfold our realities and share how we had to break-through stigmas and family traditions by understanding that healing
involves peeling away the layers of conditional trauma and counseling is not unthinkable.

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Listen as we honestly discuss the tribulations of being the mother of a murdered son... a child with autism. And just when you think it’s safe to go back into the waters... COVID-19 appears.

www.2reinventyourself.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rev-odell-montgomery-cooper-4b5408139/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/239055517240543/

Previous Episode

A Thought is Born | Episode 1

On a warm sunny day, family friend Jonathan is enroute to a political fundraiser and notices Odell sitting in her front yard. Wanting to do a check in with her since the loss of her son the previous year. He begins a casual conversation. Odell is reluctant to discuss her grief regarding her loss and even more, hesitant since she doubts that Jonathan has knowledge of the recent brain aneurysm she suffered. Instead through her journey of trauma therapy she has learned to define her present status as a reinvention of self. Her response piques Jonathan's interest as Odell responds by sharing details of the last seven months. As Odell begins to unfold the truth of the traumatic events, network of support and godly interventions. He encourages her to write her story as a theatrical production to help her, family, friends

and the community through the healing process.

Special Guest: Abigail onwunali, Jonathan Q. Berryman and Alexus Coney.

Next Episode

A Mother's Cry | Episode 3

When a mother learns that her life was interrupted following her child becoming another innocent casualty of gun violence. Not only is a mother told that her son was murdered, her disbelief leads her to demand answers. Three weeks into the police investigation, the detectives confirmed that her son's murder was due to mistaken identity; therefore validating her suspicion.

"Interruptions" begins to unravel the layers of trauma that socially and emotionally cripple a family and their friends. The trauma that justifies... a mother’s cry.

In this episode, the hosts share the stories that have bonded a mother and child through joy, laughter and love. A mother’s love for her child is unwavering, through their triumphs, tragedies and struggles. We are joined and guided in our conversation by Tamja Gray,

"Interruptions" intends to disrupt the silence of trauma and dismiss the stigmas of mental health and counseling which have allowed this mother to share and remember the joy and love of motherhood.

We bring to you... a mother's cry.