Gabber Maté is an addiction specialist. He deals tremendous amount of trauma and he basically says all addiction is stems from the exact same source. It doesn't matter if you're gambling at ache, sex addict or workaholic like us or you know alcoholic. He's like it all stems from the same thing and it's all trauma based. And he talks about one of the coping mechanisms is what would you know parent you know Josh say or what would parent Amanda say to yourself in this circumstance.
Amanda Catarzi is a speaker, strategist, MMA fighter, and sex trafficking survivor.
After escaping her trafficker, Amanda dedicated 10 years to fighting sex trafficking. In her journey, she counseled the New Zealand Government, wrote federal legislation, and went undercover to expose trafficking rings.
Currently, she is the owner of the copywriting agency Inkery Co, where she and her team are passionate about helping others find their voice and using it effectively to make a positive change in the world.
Some of the topics we dive into are:
- The misconceptions about sex trafficking
- Childhood abuse within the family and church
- Growing up in a cult
- The impact of trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Grief and postpartum depression
- Domestic violence
- Post-traumatic growth
- Amanda’s experiences working with sexually abused and trafficked children
- Entrepreneurship and putting yourself out there as a content creator
- And lots more
Connect with Amanda
Music by Kirby Johnston – check out his band Aldaraia on Spotify.