changing the narrative

Show Notes: 

Rebecca Gibney is one of Australasia's most-loved actresses. A household name in both Australia and New Zealand, her performance as Julie Rafter on Packed to the Rafters earned her a Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality and two Silver Logies for Most Popular Actress.

But accolades aside - and she has many more - Rebecca has been winning hearts on our screens for decades. From The Flying Doctors and Halifax fp TV series to the film, The Dressmaker she has shared her beauty, talent and charisma with us.

Now in her 50s, she is refreshingly candid about filters and growing older as well as sharing her wonderful sense of humour on social media. 

Currently starring as beautiful Daisy and executive producing the popular rom-com series Under The Vines Rebecca drops in for a quick visit to Women On Fire® to talk about Daisy, menopause, and growing older. 

Rebecca is a genuinely delightful person and we were thrilled to have her as our guest. She shared some wonderful tips and advice. And don't be fooled by her humbleness, she was included in Who Magazine's World's Most Beautiful People in 2018 when she would have been around 50. 

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In This Episode We Talked About: 

• Daisy on Under The Vines 
• Being real (1:20)
• The beauty of ageing (2:50)
• Rebecca's menopause journey (3:52)
• Lifestyle and habits (4:55)
• Menopause in front of the camera (8:00)
• Growing older (8:53)
• Laughing at herself (9:34)
• On being a Caussie and loving Australia and New Zealand (10:33)

You can watch Under The Vines on TVNZ in New Zealand and Acorn TV around the world. 

Thank you for listening to this episode with the beautiful Rebecca Gibney. 

We're honoured you joined us and hope you enjoyed it. If you did, we would be grateful if you would leave us a 5-star review wherever you listen to your podcasts so we can reach as many women as possible with Women On Fire®. 

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[Host's Note:  If you prefer to watch this interview, check out the YouTube video.]

I had the privilege to chat with addiction researcher, author, and advocate, Dr. Constance Scharff as we discuss the intersection of trauma and substance misuse/addiction. 

TOPICS COVERED:
- Her trauma story and how she found herself in Transformative Studies
- PTSD and suicidal ideation
- 24 years of sobriety
- Correlation between trauma and addiction co-occurrence
- Finding few- to no-side-effect treatment options
- Rock to Recovery
- Why combining therapeutic interventions creates synergy
- Self-care regimens and how to personalize your recovery road
- Why music impacts the brain
- Getting a chemical high from singing and making music
- Breaking up the brain's feedback loop with music
- Somatic experiencing
- Mind/body disconnect
- Changing your narrative
- Abstinence based treatment v. harm reduction
- Insurance practices and a broken system
- Relapse dangers
- What can we do as a society to help advocate for those struggling with addictions?
- Trauma based rehabs
- Value of therapy and coaching but the importance of healthy, strong, safe relationships
- Community/support
- Knowing where to find the resources (some free) that are available for yourself or loved ones who need it
- Being willing to do the work
- Parents: Don't love your children to death
- If you love someone in addiction, understand it's not about you and they don't mean to hurt you
- Self-will doesn't mean your addiction is your fault
- What her sobriety early years looked like

GUEST'S MOST USEFUL RESOURCES IN THEIR HEALING:
1. Somatic Experiencing
2. Rock to Recovery
3. Changing the narrative of her trauma

FOR MORE INFO ABOUT OUR GUEST:
1. Website
2. FB
3. IG
4. Twitter
5. Rock to Recovery: Music as a Catalyst for Human Transformation (book)

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