EPISODE 37
TURNING PAIN INTO PURPOSE
SELF-ESTEEM & RECOVERY COACH, NATALIE RUSSELL
This Off Script episode is all about facing hard truths, owning your past and reclaiming your power.
Natalie Russell takes host Ty Temel on a harrowing yet inspiring journey of trauma, addiction and personal transformation.
Now a self-esteem & relationship recovery coach, Natalie shares her story of overcoming a troubled childhood marked by poverty, abuse and a broken family system.
You'll hear how she spiralled into a dark world of drugs and crime at a young age, battling deep issues of self-loathing and addiction.
But it's not all doom and gloom - Natalie also discusses her incredible path of recovery and healing journey through therapy, spirituality and psychedelic healing.
You'll be shocked to discover how Natalie went from the depths of rock bottom to finding a new purpose. She also shares how her views on relationships, loving herself fully and overcoming adversity have changed after trauma.
This episode covers:
How childhood trauma shaped Natalie
Her descent into drug addiction and criminal behaviour at a young age
How Natalie is reclaiming her power
Her healing journey using therapy, spirituality and psychedelic healing to process deep trauma
Her work helping other women heal from toxic relationships and low self-esteem.
EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS
“I started weed at 12, and by the age of 16 and a half I had a crack and heroin addiction. It escalated pretty rapidly over those years. I think I just got more and more immersed into a world that just became so chaotic and dark”
22.57 - Natalie Russell
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“We were in a society where we didn't talk and emotions weren't processed healthily, in the same way. So my Mum did her best with the knowledge that she had. And that's all anyone can do.” - 2:28 - Natalie Russell
“I've read a quote from the daily law by Robert Greene; “There's three lessons you learn in life. One lesson you learn from your parents, one lesson you learn from your school masters. And then one lesson you learn from life, which contradicts the first two” - 15:02 - Ty Temel
“The older you get, the more you realise how little you know - that is so true for me.” - 16:16 - Natalie Russell
“I sometimes wish I was so ignorant to a lot of this stuff. Because I'm doubting myself. I'm doubting every interaction, I'm questioning what's the deep meaning behind this?” - 16:52 - Ty Temel
“This is the thing that I teach with boundaries - a stranger comes to your door. You don't know this person from Adam. You don't tell that person “Come in. I'm going to tell you my whole life story and just knock yourself out. Like, here's my whole house. This is how I like it.” - 36:14 - Natalie Russell
“Whatever relationship I've ever been in. I've been willing to do the work, I've just been with people who haven't been, then you need to walk away because that causes too much destruction if someone especially when someone's got a whole lot of trauma themselves, and that's being poured on to you.” - 52:13 - Natalie Russell
“I am strong, and I am confident and I do know who I am. And I do know what works for me and what I want and I will speak my truth. And I will have my boundaries, and I won't allow people to violate them. But I also have this deep, soft side that is very vulnerable, and, and actually really needs to be held with my emotions and my space” - 1:12:47 - Natalie Russell
“I want to feel like I've left an impact on this world when I leave.I want to undo the stuff that I felt that the damage that I and where I hurt people and what I took some from society I want to give back”- 1:29:54 - Natalie Russell