What if your world started to disappear - literally?

At nine years old, Laura Bratton was told she would go blind. But instead of letting that diagnosis define her, she chose to build a life of purpose, grit, and gratitude.

In this heartfelt episode of Hard Beautiful Journey, Laura shares how she turned a life-altering challenge into a calling to help others. We talk about what it means to truly choose courage, how to move forward in the unknown, and why gratitude might just be the game-changer you didn’t know you needed.

💛 Connect with Laura:

Website: https://laurabratton.com

Ubi Global: https://ubiglobal.org

Book: Harnessing Courage

✨ Connect with Tiff Carson:

Guided Meditation & Weekly Newsletter: https://tiffcarson.com

Instagram: @iamtiffcarson

What if your body was speaking to you—and you just didn’t know how to listen?

In this episode of Hard Beautiful Journey, I sit down with Inna Segal, bestselling author of The Secret Language of Your Body, to explore how physical pain is often rooted in emotional trauma, suppressed energy, and ancestral patterns. Inna shares how healing begins when we reconnect with the body's innate wisdom and tune in to its messages. If you're carrying chronic pain, burnout, anxiety, or inherited grief, this episode will show you a powerful new way forward.

🎧 Tune in for a conversation that blends intuition, somatic healing, and radical honesty.

Connect with Inna:

🌐 www.innasegal.com

📘 @innasegal on Instagram

📖 Book: The Secret Language of Your Body (available wherever books are sold)

Connect with Me (Tiff):

🌐 www.tiffcarson.com

📸 @iamtiffcarson

Timestamps:

• 0:00 – Intro: Can your body speak?
  2:11 – Inna’s healing journey and the origin of her book
  6:34 – Pain as the body’s language
  10:50 – Emotional energy + physical symptoms
  15:05 – Why the mind often lies
  21:30 – Generational trauma and the body
  30:18 – Healing from chronic pain
  37:20 – Tools for reconnecting with your body
  44:15 – Inna’s message for anyone struggling
  48:00 – Closing reflections with Tiff

Have you ever wondered why overgiving feels like love, but leaves you burned out and resentful? In this powerful episode, psychotherapist and author Dr. Zoe Shaw joins me to explore the roots of complex shame, the hidden cost of people-pleasing, and how to create emotional safety in your relationships and within yourself.

We break down the real meaning of codependency, how to set boundaries without guilt, and why your deepest strength is often found in your most painful places.

Dr. Zoe’s new book, Stronger in the Difficult Places, is a must-read for anyone ready to stop abandoning themselves in the name of connection.

💥 Key Topics:

• Complex shame vs. simple shame

• Emotional safety in relationships

• Overgiving as a form of control

• Boundaries, resentment & self-worth

• Healing through vulnerability and community

  
  

✨ Let's ask the real question: Are you showing up from love, or fear of disconnection?

Chapters & Timestamps:

00:00 – Welcome + Meet Dr. Zoe Shaw

02:00 – Why Dr. Zoe left traditional therapy for bigger impact

04:40 – How fear nearly stopped her from speaking

07:10 – Why the relationship with yourself is the hardest

09:15 – Cracked cups & complex shame

14:00 – How shame shows up in your daily life

17:30 – Why external compassion doesn’t always work

19:30 – The process of untangling shame

24:00 – Overgiving = control? Let’s talk about it

26:00 – The hidden cost of people-pleasing

28:00 – If they’re not okay, are you still okay?

30:00 – What emotional safety really means

33:00 – Boundaries, rejection & freedom

36:00 – Sisterhood and the healing power of community

37:30 – How to spot where your shame lives

39:00 – What Dr. Zoe is grateful for today

40:30 – Final reflection + free meditation + newsletter invite

🌐 Connect with Dr. Zoe Shaw:

Website: drzoeshaw.com

Instagram: @DrZoeShaw

Book: Stronger in the Difficult Places (available for pre-order now)

💛 Connect with Tiff Carson:

Website: tiffcarson.com

Instagram: @iamtiffcarson