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Episode 30
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November 30, 2025
The Cost of Silence: When Asking for Help Feels Like a Burden
Ana Mael explores why trauma teaches us to stay silent, and how reclaiming your voice becomes the first act of healing. What happens when...
00:30:51
Episode 34
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November 23, 2025
The Burden of Being the "Strong One": The Avoidance And The Insult Behind the Praise
The Insult That Silences Your Truth. In this episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana Mael delivers a rare, political critique of the “strong archytpe”...
00:45:43
Episode 33
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November 16, 2025
Are You The Trauma James Bond? The Vigilant PTSD Spy Who Always Scans the Exits
Some people enter a room and look for the best seat. Others enter and look for the exits. If you know where every door,...
00:34:45
Episode 35
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November 09, 2025
The Pandemic of Resignation Syndrome: Not Wanting To Live. Not Wanting To Die. Explained By War Expert Therapist
In this pivotal episode, Ana Mael — trauma therapist, nervous-system specialist, and survivor of the Balkan wars — takes listeners into one of the...
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Episode 29
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November 02, 2025
Pleasure Is Shame: How Trauma Teaches You to Fear Joy
Ana teaches that shame around pleasure is not morality — it’s trauma. Reclaiming joy is not betrayal of your past but devotion to your...
00:39:04
Episode 27
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October 26, 2025
PTSD and the Conflict Inside: The Fight Between Rest and Survival
A survivor’s nervous system toggles between collapse and compulsion; healing begins by honoring both protectors and learning to pause in micro-doses. _______________________ Get the...
00:33:45