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The Touch of a Mustang | Wild Horses and Healing With NatureAuthor: Shalyce Cluff
Through extraordinary stories and honest conversations, The Touch of a Mustang explores the places and principles that lead to healing, growth, and freedom of mind. We bring together horses, psychology, relationships, resilience, horsemanship, and nature to uncover lessons for living with greater awareness and purpose. We explore the wisdom horses offer, how they guide us through the human experience, and our responsibility to protect and preserve themespecially Americas wild Mustangs. Language: en-us Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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How to Rebuild Your Life After Rock Bottom with Barbara Parker | Episode 91
Friday, 9 October, 2026
Rock bottom rarely gives you the freedom to begin again with a clean slate. There may still be children to raise, bills to pay, trauma to carry, and relationships that make every decision more complicated.Barbara Parker knows what it means to rebuild under those conditions. She has experienced homelessness, financial instability, a painful marriage and divorce, and the work of reconstructing her identity while trying to create stability for her family.She did not transform her life through one dramatic decision. She began by remembering her value, reconnecting with people who could see and support her, learning how to manage money, and recognizing that another person’s anger did not require her participation. Those steps eventually took her from a homeless shelter and subsidized housing to becoming a licensed therapist, author, entrepreneur, and founder of BF Empowerment Center.We talk about how emotional regulation creates choices in moments that once felt automatic, why every invitation to argue does not have to be accepted, and how the body warns us when we no longer have the capacity for a productive conversation.Barbara also explains why helping someone in an abusive relationship requires more than telling them to leave. Safety may depend on money, housing, childcare, transportation, confidential documents, and having someone trustworthy who will listen without taking control. Real support protects a person’s dignity while helping them see and prepare for the choices available to them.This is not a story of overnight reinvention. It is a conversation about rebuilding your identity, stability, relationships, and future one decision at a time.ABOUT BARBARA PARKERBarbara L. Parker, MA, LPCC-S, is a licensed therapist, author, speaker, and founder of BF Empowerment Center. Her work focuses on trauma recovery, emotional regulation, healthier relationships, family support, and interrupting cycles of violence within homes, schools, and communities.CONNECT WITH BARBARAWebsite: https://www.bfempowerment.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bfempowerment/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bfempowerment/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/queenblparkerDOMESTIC VIOLENCE SUPPORTIf you or someone you know is experiencing relationship abuse, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at https://www.thehotline.org/, call 800-799-SAFE (7233), or text START to 88788. Call 911 if you are in immediate danger.CONNECT WITH THE TOUCH OF A MUSTANGWebsite: https://thetouchofamustang.org/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetouchofamustang/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheTouchofaMustangSUPPORT THE PODCASThttps://ko-fi.com/thetouchofamustangFollow The Touch of a Mustang as we uncover the places and principles that lead to healing, resilience, and freedom of mind.
