When your situation becomes intolerable, change isn’t optional, it’s the only way forward.
In this powerful episode, Abby Teixeira, woman-centered trauma recovery coach, author, speaker and founder of the Reclaim & Rise movement - shares how she turned years of addiction, shame and generational pain into a legacy of healing and hope.
We talk about what it means to be a cycle-breaker, how colonisation shapes identity and self-worth, the intersection of addiction and trauma and how community, culture and motherhood became her medicine.
If you’ve ever whispered “there has to be more than this,” this conversation is proof that a different life is possible.
Find Abby:
Instagram - @uh.vee
LinkedIn - Abigail Teixeira
Book with Abby - complimentary leadership breakthrough & lead by design mini analysis session
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro + content note
01:29 – Meet Abby
06:00 – Early years: migration, war, and generational trauma
24:32 – Survival mode and self-medication
29:18 – The wake-up call: jail and surrender
33:19 – Recovery in community; relapse as a lesson
42:31 – Motherhood, rage and re-parenting the inner child
51:59 – What’s possible now + smallest next step
57:26 – Reclaim & Rise + outro
Content note: This episode discusses trauma, complex PTSD, addiction and recovery, colonisation and racism, grief and anger. Please listen with care.
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For resources and ways to work with me visit: kellyquineycoaching
At 24, Anna Kempt’s body fell apart overnight. The diagnosis: psoriatic arthritis.
The prescription: meds for life.
Instead, Anna followed an inner "no" - pursuing food, environment, herbal support and stress reduction practices while navigating the very real fear and fatigue of chronic illness.
In this conversation, we talk about refusing stories that don’t fit, the kitchen-floor moment that sparked a mission and how Olympia & Orla - her natural skincare brand was born from a promise to make beauty that is truly natural, indulgent and functional.
Find Anna
Website: olympiaandorla.com
LinkedIn: Anna Kempt
Instagram: olympiaandorla
tiktok: @olympiaandorla
Chapters
00:00 - Opening & content note
01:38 - Meet Anna: life before symptoms
02:46 - The diagnosis: psoriatic arthritis
05:30 - When pain spreads & life shrinks
09:54 - “Incurable” and the decision to refuse
12:14 - Food, genes and pushback from the system
15:28 - Heat therapy, TCM and fixing environment
22:50 - The shower-floor moment → brand spark
34:36 - Ingredients philosophy
41:05 - Reviews, what’s next and health today
Disclaimer
This episode includes discussion of health, medication and personal healing choices. These are personal experiences, not medical advice. Please seek guidance from a qualified professional for your own health decisions.
End note:
If this episode helped you, follow the show, share it with a friend, and leave a quick review - it helps more women find these conversations.
For resources and ways to work with me visit: kellyquineycoaching
When the life that looks perfect no longer feels right, change isn’t rebellion, it’s remembering who you are.
In this episode, travel blogger, certified coach, TEDx speaker and author - Dianna Hanken shares how she walked away from a 20 year marriage and successful real estate career and later, sold everything to follow spirit across the Americas.
We talk about what it means to listen, trust and act when everything familiar falls away, the difference between stepping off the path to escape versus expand and how learning to surrender turned loss into freedom.
Find Dianna:
Website - www.diannahanken.com
TEDx talk - Dianna Hanken TEDx
Travel with me - Dianna Hanken Travel
Instagram - @diannahanken
Substack - Dianna Hanken Substack
Youtube Travel channel - @diannahankenyoutube
Book: The Destiny Path
00:00 – Intro + content note
01:39 – Meet Dianna & episode setup
02:29 – The moment she knew she couldn’t keep living that way
04:32 – Finding courage and community after walking away
07:45 – Listening to spirit and learning to trust
13:19 – The aftermath of leaving a “perfect” life
15:43 – Writing a book in one day & stepping onto the TEDx stage
20:23 – The second leap: selling everything and travelling the Americas
24:43 – Losing her job and choosing faith over fear
33:00 – What Listen • Trust • Act™ really means in practice
44:22 – Small steps to begin again + outro
Content note: This episode includes discussion of divorce, burnout and job loss. Please listen with care.
For resources and ways to work with me visit: kellyquineycoaching
There comes a moment when you can’t keep pretending everything’s fine - when something inside you whispers, “this isn’t it.”
Stepping off the Path is a podcast about what happens next.
Hosted by transformational life coach Kelly Quiney, these are real conversations with women who’ve faced burnout, big decisions and brave changes and found the courage to begin again.
Through honest stories of self-discovery, purpose and possibility, each episode is a reminder that even when you can’t see the way forward, it’s still there - waiting.
For anyone who’s ever wondered, “there has to be more than this.”