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What if the most important thing a parent can do is simply believe their child?

In this episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, Jen Simpson sits down with trauma therapist and author Amber Gonzalez for a deeply honest conversation about childhood abuse, generational trauma, and protecting the next generation.

Amber Gonzalez is a licensed professional counselor and founder of Day One Therapy. Through her clinical work and educational books, she helps families understand how to prevent abuse, support survivors, and create safer environments for children.

In Part 1 of this conversation, Jen and Amber discuss the patterns that allow abuse to continue across generations. They talk about grooming behaviors, family silence, cultural barriers, and the devastating consequences when children are not believed.

Jen also shares her own experience with childhood abuse and how silence within families can shape a survivor’s life.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why children often stay silent about abuse
  
  
• The warning signs parents should never ignore
  
  
• Grooming behaviors many families overlook
  
  
• Why believing a child is critical for healing
  
  
• How generational trauma continues when silence is protected
  
  

This conversation may be difficult, but it is necessary.

Because protecting children starts with listening.

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Website: www.dayonetherapynj.com/store

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Last week, we talked about truth, alignment, and becoming your highest self.

But what happens…
when life tests everything you just said you believed?

In this solo episode, I’m sharing what I’ve been going through in real time:

Fasting and what it revealed beyond discipline

Losing someone and navigating grief

Losing a friend and processing a different kind of pain

The uncomfortable truth about alignment and letting go

What it really costs to become the woman you’ve been praying for

This isn’t a highlight reel.

This is the part we don’t talk about enough—
when growth feels like loss…
when faith is tested…
and when you’re forced to sit with the truth you’ve been avoiding.

If you’ve ever felt like everything is shifting at once…
this episode is for you.

Key Takeaway:

Alignment isn’t always peaceful.
Sometimes it feels like everything is falling apart—
but it may actually be falling into place.

Listen if you’re ready to:

Face the truth you’ve been avoiding

Understand what growth really looks like

Navigate emotional loss while staying grounded in faith

Step into your next version, even when it’s uncomfortable

Subscribe & follow the journey:
Life’s Deceit Podcast, where we stop whispering and heal out loud.

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Why do so many people feel stuck repeating the same patterns in their lives?

In this episode of the Life’s Deceit Podcast, Jen sits down with Larisa Makuch, transformational coach, speaker, and founder of Abundance Academy, to unpack the deeper beliefs that quietly shape how we think about identity, money, success, and self-worth.

Many of the patterns we live by were inherited long before we were aware of them. Family beliefs, cultural conditioning, and early experiences can create invisible limits that follow us into adulthood. When those beliefs go unexamined, they quietly shape our decisions, relationships, and even how much success we believe we deserve.

Larisa shares powerful insights about truth, healing, and personal responsibility, along with the inner work required to break generational patterns and begin designing a life that aligns with who you truly are.

This conversation explores:

* Why inherited beliefs often keep people stuck in repeating life cycles
* How money mindset and self-worth are deeply connected
* The importance of truth and personal responsibility in transformation
* Why real change begins with a conscious decision
* How healing allows you to step into the life you were meant to build

Season 4 of Life’s Deceit, Legacy by Choice, focuses on breaking cycles and intentionally designing a new legacy.

Because legacy is not inherited.
It is chosen.

Connect with Larisa Makuch

Instagram: @myabundanceacademy
Website: https://myabundanceacademy.com

Free Book: https://stopprocrastinatingbook.com

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