#24 | Shellee Rose - Breaking Generational Trauma & Building the Life She Was Never Given

<p>Thank you for being here!</p><p><br /></p><p><em>This episode touches on addiction, trauma, grief and loss. If today isn't the day for this one, honour that. We are sending you so much love.</em> 🤍</p><p><br /></p><p>This is one of those episodes that I genuinely cannot put into words. My best friend Shellee joined me and what followed was just over an hour of the most raw, real and honest conversation I have ever had on Talk Therapy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shellee grew up surrounded by heavy addiction, became the black sheep who got out, raised her brother, navigated Crohn's disease, went through things that would break most people and somehow built what she describes as her absolute dream life. Not despite all of it. Because of it.</p><p><br /></p><p>This episode is not about having it all figured out. It is about choosing to show up anyway.</p><p><br /></p><p>We get into:</p><ul><li>Growing up surrounded by addiction and becoming the one who got out</li><li>Being the only person in your family who escapes that cycle and the guilt that comes with it</li><li>Why Shellee believes her family's purpose was to give her her purpose</li><li>Crohn's disease and how her body finally forced her to stop burying everything</li><li>The difference between being a victim and staying a victim</li><li>Building an image of success to avoid being seen as broken and when that stopped working</li><li>Secondary gain what you are actually getting from the pain you say you don't want</li><li>Why fulfillment comes from the inside first and the things second</li><li>The duality of carrying grief every day while still building a beautiful life</li><li>Acceptance and forgiveness and why they are the keys to everything</li><li>The part no one talks about the guilt of thriving when the people you love aren't</li><li>Why both truths get to exist at the same time</li><li>What it means to give life a red hot crack and get to 85 with no regret</li><li>You will overcome the things you never thought you would and that becomes your evidence</li></ul><p><br /></p><p>If you don't already follow Shellee go find her @shelleerose🤍</p><p>Tag me in your stories (@christinapengilly) &amp; share this with someone who needs it 💌</p><p><br /></p><p>⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/christinapengilly/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">📲 Instagram</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@christina.pengilly" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">🤳🏼 Personal YouTube</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@TalkTherapy.Podcast" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">❤️ Talk Therapy YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Episodes drop weekly on Wednesdays. See you next week! xx</p>