Medusa’s story does not end with her death. In this final episode of the Medusa arc, we trace how a woman punished for being seen becomes a symbol of protection—and what that reveals about power, trauma, and visibility today. This is a reckoning, a reclamation, and a bridge forward.

Listener Note:
This episode includes discussion of sexual violence, trauma, and the ways systems respond to survivors. Please listen in a way that honors your nervous system.

Medusa: The Hero Who Never Looked at Her Shattered But Unbreakable — the TAKE IT BACK series

Episode One | Part 3 of 4

This episode is part of the TAKE IT BACK series—
a reclamation of voice, truth, and power that was never lost, only buried.

This is not a mythology podcast.
This is a reckoning.

In Medusa: The Hero Who Never Looked at Her, we examine how systems eliminate what they refuse to face—through distance, intermediaries, and sanctioned silence. We explore the coordinated act behind Medusa’s death, the preservation of her power after her erasure, and what it reveals about how women are still removed while their labor, ideas, and strength are retained and reassigned.

This episode also names what emerges after trauma: not one outcome, but many strategies for survival. Through Pegasus and Chrysaor, we explore flight and embodiment, dissociation and boundaries, transcendence and grounded power—and why healing is not choosing one, but learning when to land and when to stand.

This is where the myth stops being a story.
And starts becoming a mirror.

Closing music: Warrior
Performed by Alita Langford
Used with permission.

In this episode of the TAKE IT BACK series, we explore what happens after a woman survives harm.

Medusa is not killed immediately.
She is transformed.

Her humanity is stripped away and replaced with fear — not as mercy, but as containment.

This episode examines:

• How systems avoid accountability by transforming survivors instead of protecting them

• Why visibility after trauma is treated as a threat

• How labeling replaces listening

• Why women who stop accommodating are reframed as dangerous

Medusa’s gaze was never about destruction.
It was about interruption.

This episode is not ancient history.
It’s a pattern still operating today.

Theme music includes “Warrior” by Alita Langford.
Used with permission.

⚠️ Content Note: This episode discusses trauma, victim-blaming, institutional betrayal, and emotional harm. Please listen with care and pause as needed.

This episode opens the TAKE IT BACK series — a trauma-informed exploration of how women’s power has been rewritten, neutralized, and controlled across history… and how those same patterns still operate today.

The series began after I saw a viral reel selling “Cleopatra’s sexual positions” as a way to keep a man from leaving — dressed up as history, pseudo-science, and empowerment.

That moment revealed something deeper.

This episode begins with Medusa — not as a monster, but as a woman harmed inside a system that promised protection… and then punished her for surviving.

In Part 1 of 4, we explore:

• How trauma is reframed as danger

• Why survivors are blamed for visibility instead of harm

• How institutions preserve themselves by labeling women

• Why being seen after trauma is treated as a threat

This is not mythology.
This is pattern recognition.

⚠️ Content Note: This episode discusses sexual violence, trauma, institutional betrayal, and victim-blaming. Please listen with care and pause as needed.

Episode 23 –

When the hits don’t stop coming and the mask won’t stay on, it’s time for truth.
Coach Vicki Lou-Ann opens up about exhaustion, divorce after a certain age, and the raw, hilarious, holy mess of starting again. From financial free-fall to friendship fallout, she calls out the labels, the loneliness, and the lies women are fed about being “too late.”

Featuring “Warrior” by Alita Langford — a song for every woman who rose again after thinking she was done.

💛 You’re not broken. You’re becoming.
💛 You’re not behind. You’re rebirthing.
💛 You’re not a threat. You’re a survivor learning peace.

🎙️ Listen, laugh, and rise with Vicki Lou-Ann.
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When the hand that once held yours starts holding your head under water, you stop calling it love — and start calling it what it is. In this raw, unfiltered episode, Vicki Lou-Ann rips the veil off financial sabotage — the silent, paper-trail form of abuse that steals breath, stability, and self-worth one signature at a time. With “Warrior” by Alita Langford setting the tone, Vicki speaks to every woman who’s ever trusted too deeply, signed too quickly, or been told “this is just how marriage works.” She opens her heart about learned behaviors, her mother’s unspoken lessons, and how generational obedience disguises itself as love — until one day, you realize you’ve been drowning in it. Through truth, faith, and fire, she shows how to name the abuse, break the script, and reclaim the power you were taught to surrender. If you’ve ever handed over your power “in the name of love” and now find yourself clawing for air, this episode will find you, hold you, and remind you —

💛 You’re not crazy.

💛 You’re not greedy.

💛 You’re not done.

You’re a Phoenix, and it’s time to breathe again.

🎙️ Featuring “Warrior” by Alita Langford, shared with gratitude and permission.

📘 This Episode Inspired by Vicki’s book No More. Just Sign Here, Babe.

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Everyone thought he was charming.
Funny.
Smooth like silk.

But behind closed doors, the man everyone loved was the same man we all feared.

In this first episode of Shattered but Unbreakable, I share the unfiltered truth about growing up in a home ruled by secrets, silence, and generational abuse. From childhood sexual abuse to violence no one on the outside could have imagined, this is my story—spoken raw, with courage, and with the hope that it sparks healing in others.

You’ll also hear how abuse isn’t always loud—it’s often hidden in whispers, shame, and silence. I’ll guide you through a trauma-informed reflection exercise, offering a grounding affirmation you can carry with you: “These were never my wounds to carry. This pain is not my identity.”

This isn’t just storytelling. It’s a call to awareness.
Because awareness doesn’t just open eyes—it saves lives.

If this episode moves you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. And if you’re ready for guidance on your path to healing, the link in the show notes will connect you directly with me.

Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussion of childhood sexual abuse and domestic violence. Please listen with care.

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Nobody remembers the easy win. What we carry forever are the comebacks. From David vs. Goliath, to Robin Hood, Moses, The Replacements, and the ultimate outlaw — Jesus himself — every story points to this truth: the underdog was never finished. In this finale, I share my own Phoenix comeback story and why the ashes were never the end.

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