The Gifts of Trauma

Hosted by Kevin Young and J'aime Rothbard. Produced by J'aime Rothbard. 
What if your resistance to self-marketing is actually a trauma block? This week, our very own Gifts of Trauma co-host Rosemary Davies-Janes shares her journey from corporate marketing exec to authenticity recovery coach to Magnetic Presence Marketing creator. Hosts Kevin and J'aime dive into how she helps heart-centered professionals heal their 'marketing trauma,' shed their masks and attract ideal, right-fit clients
Together they reflect on:
- Why marketing blocks are almost always trauma blocks in disguise
- How holding 7 different roles can make complete sense when you find your through-line
- The role of Compassionate Inquiry® and why we need to do our inner work first
- Why Gabor Maté's magnetic presence inspired an entirely new approach to marketing
In this intimate conversation, Rosemary also explains why helping people access their authenticity is her driving passion, what it means to be a multipotentialite, why living a mythic life requires courage and grit, and how she learned that a wild spirit and authentic love can go hand in hand.
About Rosemary Davies-Janes
Trauma Therapist, Podcast Manager/Host, Magnetic Presence Marketing Creator 
For nearly 30 years, Rosemary has worked at the intersection of authenticity, psychology, and healing. After two decades in corporate marketing leadership, she founded MIBOSO® to support the holistic integration of mind, body, and soul—through authentic branding, ethical marketing, and natural healing practices.
She began podcasting in 2002, producing 150+ episodes with guests including Byron Katie, James Redfield, Gary Zukav, David Whyte, Harville Hendrix and Helen LaKelly Hunt. Today Rosemary manages and hosts Compassionate Inquiry's The Gifts of Trauma Podcast. 
In 2021, The Wisdom of Trauma movie led her to pursue intensive trauma-therapy training in Compassionate Inquiry®, Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy and Internal Family Systems. Rosemary now specializes in complex trauma work with clients globally, particularly those navigating cultural displacement, intergenerational trauma, and early life adaptations.
Inspired by Dr Gabor Maté's own unique magnetic presence, Rosemary's blend of marketing expertise and trauma-informed psychology led her to create Magnetic Presence Marketing. This approach, launched in 2025, teaches heart-centered professionals to market their work authentically, without manipulation.
Born in Canada and raised across three continents, Rosemary now lives in Costa Rica, where she continues her work supporting people in integrating their internal authenticity with their external expression.
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Resources
Websites:
Professional Website
Related Links:
Magnetic Presence Marketing
The Gifts of Trauma Podcast
Compassionate Inquiry® Training
Integrative Somatic Therapy Training 
Internal Family Systems Training (IFS)
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Psychometric Profiles: 
Myers Briggs
DISC
Strengths Finder
Enneagram
The Kolbe A Index
360 Degree Assessment
Book:
The Naughtiest Girl in the School
Podcasts:
Navigating Adoption's Emotional Turbulence
Quotes:
"A brand is a living entity—and it is enriched or undermined cumulatively over time, the product of a thousand small gestures." - Michael D. Eisner
"A lot of times people tell me they share things they've never shared with another human before, things that might be deeply linked to shame or some early trauma that they haven't yet named. People have mirrored back to me, is, it's because I bring my authenticity." - Rosemary Davies-Janes
" …that idea of masking and false safety is not something that comes with being a Multipotentialite and living across all these jobs and following your heart. There's a courage in there as well, I would presume, to living like that." - Kevin Young
"There's a practice we go through in Magnetic Presence Marketing. Check with your head brain, your heart brain, your gut brain. Check with your five senses. Check with your intuition, check with your alignment with your spiritual connection, whether that's cosmological or collective or whatever it might be." - Rosemary Davies-Janes
"As within, so without, as above, so below."- Hermes Trismegistus
"Follow your heart and the universe will conspire to help." - Juliano Innocente
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Hosted by J'aime Rothbard, Kevin Young and Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard.
What if the chaos we're witnessing is humanity's collective trauma playing out on a global scale? Sat Dharam Kaur invites us to "mind the gap"—the space between our tumultuous present and unknown future—by mindfully pausing our reactivity and leaning into collective wisdom. 
Our guest and hosts reflect on:
- How powerful peoples' unhealed childhood wounds have and are impacting entire populations and ecosystems
- The potential for men to heal their trauma, with healed 'wise' feminine support
- How providing healing support from preconception through early childhood could end 'inherited' trauma
- Shifting towards a "culture of care" inspired by communities in nature
Sat Dharam concludes by inviting us toL "Step up. Go inside and feel…discern… What's my role, my passion, my destiny? What can I do? How can I be of service? it's [already] in our hearts. Then follow the thread, let it unfold. We're all unfolding together, it's this synergy between us that's creating this profound shift."
About Sat Dharam Kaur, ND
Compassionate Inquiry® Co-Director, Training Facilitator, Circle Leader, Certified Practitioner
A practicing naturopathic doctor (since 1989) with a focus on women's health, cancer and mind-body approaches to healing, since 2012, Sat Dharam has been studying, hosting, working and teaching with Dr. Gabor Maté. She structured his work in a teachable format; the Compassionate Inquiry® Professional Online Training, and since 2019, she has incorporated it into her naturopathic practice. 
Sat Dharam holds a BA (Psychology & English Literature) and a BSc (Biology). She completed her postgraduate studies at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine where she also taught stress management and women's health for 10 years. 
The author of multiple *books on women's health, Sat Dharam also presents at global events, including Oxford 2025,  Europe's largest trauma, mental health and wellbeing conference.
An expert instructor in Kundalini Yoga, which she has practiced and taught for over 45 years, Sat Dharam has developed yoga-based curricula in addiction recovery, trauma, and breast health; specialties in which she offers training to teachers around the world.
Sat Dharam and her husband live in an off-grid home on 105 acres of beautiful land where she nurtures fruit trees and a large garden. She enjoys hiking, cycling, and communing with plants. She has three adult children and two grandchildren.
Resources:
Websites:
Professional Site
Compassionate Inquiry Profile
Courses: 
Beyond Addiction
Compassionate Inquiry
Presentations:
Oxford 2025
Books:
*The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Women's Health
*A Call to Women: The Healthy Breast Program & Workbook
*A Naturopathic Guide to Preventing Breast Cancer
*The Complete Natural Medicine Guide to Breast Cancer
Home Is Where We Start From: Essays by a Psychoanalyst
The Evolved Nest
The Upanishads
Podcasts:
Sat Dharam, Your Addiction Reveals Your Hidden Pain
Zach Bush, MD & Eva Dalak, Relating to Our Original Imprint
Quotes:
"An infant who's held well enough is quite a different thing from one who has not been held well enough…in the early stages of emotional development, before the senses have been organized…very severe anxieties are experienced…The order of infant distress at this stage being of the same order as that which lies behind panic…a defence against the agony that makes people commit suicide rather than remember. You see two infants, one is being held …not just physically held but emotionally.... And there is nothing to prevent the rapid emotional growth according to inborn tendencies. The other has not had the experience of being held well and growth has had to be distorted and delayed, and some degree of primitive agony has to be carried into life and living."
- DW Winnicott 
"...this idea of allomothering, for the parenting not to be solely by one person, [as] what happens if that one person has a crisis…becomes ill or… is exhausted. And to recognize that in our human history as well as in the history of other species, like elephants and whales and cows, there can be an interdependency of mothering." - Sat Dharam Kaur
"...look at the [prevalent] models of the divine masculine. They're the abandoned elephant models. …We're talking about creating a culture of nurturance whether it's through the father's older brothers or uncles that have wisdom, or whether it's through the matriarchal side and the mothers."
- Sat Dharam Kaur
"You are what your deep driving desire is. As your desire is, so is your will. As is your will, so is your deed. As your deed is, so is your destiny. - The Upanishads
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Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes & J'aime Rothbard.  Produced by J'aime Rothbard.
How do smart, accomplished people end up in emotionally abusive relationships without realizing it? As both a trauma coach and former victim, Paul illuminates how emotional abuse operates through fear, manipulation, and control—and why it's so difficult to recognize and name. He also touches on common signs; chronic invalidation, gaslighting, control disguised as concern, walking on eggshells, confusion, toxic shame, and how our earliest attachments can create susceptibility. 
In this conversation, Paul shares
- The seven common signs of emotional abuse, from chronic invalidation to walking on eggshells
- Why acknowledging "it was wrong and it wasn't your fault" creates profound healing release
- The crucial difference between being victimized and staying in victim mode
- How compassion—for ourselves and our wounded inner child—can open a path to freedom.
Healing requires both acknowledging our childhood wounds and taking 100% responsibility for our recovery. This conversation offers crucial insights for anyone who is (or has) experienced (or perpetrated) emotional abuse. It invites unaware abusers to recognize these patterns and engage in their own healing.
About Paul Noiles, 
Trauma, Addiction & Awakening Coach
Trained and certified in the 1-year intensive Compassion Inquiry® Course with Gabor Mate, as well as Suicide Prevention, Motivational Intervening and Spiritual Awakening, Paul has practiced daily mediation for 17years.
He has worked at 4 world-class treatment centers, served on the board of Possibilities Treatment Center (Saskatoon), held roles in Marketing, Health and Wellness, Fitness and Health Education and Facilitated Family and Aftercare Programs. 
As a person of long-term recovery, Paul believes all addictions track back to the pain of a Mistaken Identity. The solution is knowing our innate truth through an awakening of consciousness. His raw, intimate sharing of his experiences, in his book Mistaken Identity: A Sacred Journey from Addiction to Awakening, restores hope for many in the grip of addiction. 
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Resources:
Websites:
Paul's Professional Website: 
Related Links:
What is Emotional Abuse? National Domestic Abuse Hotline
Emotional and Psychological Abuse Statistics
Books:
Mistaken Identity
If He's So Great, Why Do I Feel So Bad?
The Gift of Fear
Courses:
Compassionate Inquiry Intensive 1-Year Course
How and When to Leave a Relationship
Videos:
7 Warning Signs of Emotional Abuse
7 Signs You're Emotionally Abusive To Others
 Quotes:
"Wisdom tells me I am nothing. Love tells me I am everything. And between the two my life flows."
- Nisargadatta Maharaj
"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth." Just as a knife does not cut itself, fire does not burn itself, light doesn't illuminate itself. It's always an endless mystery to itself" - Alan Watts
""Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you." - Eckhart Tolle
"When I was young and stupid, at age eighty, I was quite capable of being a two year old emotionally depending on what was  triggering me" - Gabor Maté
"Only when compassion is present will people allow themselves to see the truth." - A.H. Almaas
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Mandy Rodstrom & Debbie Mason on, Creating Spaces for Stuttering to Exist
Hosted by Rosemary Davies-Janes. Produced by J'aime Rothbard.
What if traditional fluency-focused approaches designed to "fix" stuttering cause more harm than healing? In this conversation, speech therapists Mandy Rodstrom and Debbie Mason share personal and clinical insights that reveal how trauma, nervous system dysregulation and social stigma profoundly impact those who stammer. They highlight the critical importance of connecting people who stutter with supportive communities where stuttering is welcomed and celebrated as authentic expression. 
Debbie and Mandy also reflect on:
- The neurological underpinnings of developmental stammering
- How an overburdened nervous system is related to functional stammering
- How fluency-focused approaches can disconnect people from their authentic selves
- how suppressed grief and emotion can manifest as functional stammering
This conversation connects stuttering to so much more than verbal expression. It's about feelings, thoughts, environments, community, trauma and the courage to exist authentically in a world that demands fluency. 
About Mandy Rodstrom, 
Speech-Language Therapist
After spending 30+ years hiding her stutter and her Self—Mandy made the life-changing decision to embrace her authentic voice and her community. Many who stutter carry invisible wounds from years of being silenced, interrupted, or misunderstood in ableist systems that prioritize fluency over authenticity. Through compassionate trauma-informed conversation, Mandy provides greater understanding of stuttering as a deeply embodied experience which shapes, and is shaped by, societal narratives and how we relate to ourselves and others. 
With 19 years of school-based experience, she specializes in developmental stuttering through a client- and family-centered, neurodiversity- affirming, and trauma-informed lens. In her private practice, Mandy's stuttering-affirming therapeutic approach honors each person's unique journey. A passionate advocate for transforming how speech therapists understand and support people who stutter, Mandy supervises graduate clinicians and shapes the next generation of speech-language therapists through the university stuttering courses she teaches.
Mandy is a STARR Commonwealth Certified Trauma and Resilience Specialist / Coach, holds the Spero Ally of Stuttering seal and is a Special Projects Ambassador for Spero Ally of Stuttering, who works to expand access to affirming care and professional development. She's also a freelance audio narrator for The Informed SLP, using her openly stuttering voice to challenge conventional narratives about fluency and representation.
Her international presentations—including the International Conference on Stuttering in Rome and the World Congress of Stuttering and Cluttering—advocate for a paradigm shift that celebrates stuttering as part of human diversity rather than something to fix.
About Debbie Mason, 
CI, IFS and Hypnotherapy Trained
Speech & Language Therapist
Debbie has worked with children and adults who stammer for 30+ years. In her private practice, she supports them in reaching their potential by connecting to their intuition, values and personal truth. Currently she is interested in functional stammering, which is increasing significantly in the UK. 
Debbie also leads a National Health Stammering Service in South West England, delivers trainings and workshops to Speech and Language Therapists, students and people who stammer. She co-hosts a group; "Stammering and Spirituality" for Stamma, the British Stammering Association and is committed to supporting the goals of the Stammering Pride movement which aims to create a society that understands, values and honours the stammering voice.  To support a positive and affirming view of stammering, Debbie has acted as an advisor on several plays featuring characters who stammer. She has also written about the use of NLP with people who stammer and been part of a research project that examined the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on adults who stammer in the UK.
Always interested in the role of the unconscious mind and the mind-body link, Debbie has trained in Compassionate Inquiry, Internal Family Systems, Hypnotherapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Neuro-Linguistic Programming.  She practices meditation and enjoys exploring the links between psychology and spirituality. 
When not working with clients, students or movements, Debbie enjoys recharging in nature, and taking long country walks with her partner and friends which may involve a beach, definitely involve a dog, a pub and lots of treats.
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Resources:
Websites
Mandy's Professional Website
Debbie's ASLTIP Profile
Related Links:
Stuttering Commons
Library of Dysfluent Voices
The National Association of Young People Who Stutter
Arthur M. Blank Center for Stuttering Education and Research
British Stammering Association 
Action for Stammering Children
Podcasts:
Stutter Talk
Around the Block
Video:
Open Stutter YouTube Channel
Books:
Out With It
Every Waking Moment
the-book;Life on Delay
On Stuttering
Stammering Pride and Prejudice
Stammering Therapy from the Inside
Articles:
Enacted stigma and felt stigma experienced by adults who stutter
Fostering Positive Stuttering Identities Using Stutter-Affirming Therapy 
"Hide and survive:" A conceptual model of stuttering concealment
Concealing Stuttering at School: "When You Can't Fix It…the Only Alternative Is to Hide It"
Quotes:
"Trauma is not what happens to you, it's what happens inside you as a result of what happened to you." - Gabor Maté
"It takes two to stutter." - Dr. Joshua St. Pierre


"...there's no other area of parenting where a child is obviously struggling to master something, where the parents don't offer support in some way. And I'm not sure why we see stammering as different."
- Debbie Mason
"If we meet someone who stutters, how can we support them? Slow down for more connection, be as present as possible, neutral [in your body language] and non verbal. But also ask, how can I support you?" - Mandy Rodstrom 
"...people who tend to have difficulty saying no, who suppress emotion, who are hyper responsible, take on the problems of everyone else and ignore their own needs, are more susceptible to functional stammering."  - Debbie Mason
Social Media:
Mandy's IG  @arod.581

Hosted by Kevin Young. Produced by J'aime Rothbard.
What happens when we stop performing and start being? Cat guides us through her transformational journey from codependent conditioning to embodied authenticity. With wisdom drawn from 30+ years of yoga practice, plant medicine journeys, and navigating her own healing from Breast Cancer, Cat reveals why the answers we seek aren't outside ourselves, but waiting to be uncovered within.
Cat reflects on:
- How shedding her protective layers enabled her to access her true strength
- Her expanded her capacity to be present, hold space for others and become a conduit for transformation
- How humor helps her navigate life's challenges, as everything is funny... eventually
- The importance of receiving—from others and ourselves
Through humor, vulnerability, and profound insight, Cat shares many life lessons, including how learning to trust her innate healing capacity revealed the ease that comes from truly holding ourselves from the inside.
About Cat McCarthy, 
Trauma-informed Somatic Coach
Cat integrates the practice of Yoga, the empathy skills of Compassionate/Nonviolent Communication (NVC), and trauma-Informed somatic movement therapy. Her approach to the relational container in which others safely explore the heart-mind-body terrain is deeply respectful. She supports Compassionate Inquiry's year-long and Circles programs, and co-leads its NVCI Focus group.  
A dedicated yoga practitioner and international teacher/trainer, Cat holds certifications in Anusara Yoga, Kripalu Yoga, NYCNVC Facilitation, Compassionate Inquiry® and is registered with the Yoga Alliance and the American Yoga Council. Her extensive studies span the traditions of Rajanaka Philosophy, Neelakantha meditation, The Breathing Project's Embodied Anatomy, and Polyvagal Theory practices. 
As an experiential learner and fellow traveler, Cat holds space as a plant medicine journey integrator at a psychedelic wellness center in NYC.  She also leads Body-Mindfulness (meditation/breathwork/sound work) classes for the global Spinal Cord Injury population via the Back2Life Center at NYC's Mt. Sinai Hospital.  
Cat's entertaining teaching style blends her vulnerable humor, dynamic clarity and attuned presence.  When not traversing the globe teaching and training, this Emmy-nominated filmmaker directs/produces non-fiction projects.  Her podcast, The Upside of Over, focuses on integrating NVC into our daily lives. 
An avid singer who offers vocal and sound resonance courses for embodied self-expression and collective healing, Cat's aim is to support people in rewriting their self-narratives for evolution and growth. She's also developing  programs for actors using therapeutic approaches to character development. But her biggest offering is sharing lessons learned in her "cancer discovery" and ongoing life journey.
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Resources:
Websites:
Cat's Professional Website
Cat's NYCNVC Profile
Cat's Compassionate Inquiry Profile
Related Links:
The Upside of Over Podcast
Center for Nonviolent Communication
Compassionate Inquriy Year-Long Training
Books:
When the Body Says No 
The Body Keeps the Score
Waking the Tiger  
In a Different Voice  
The Myth of Normal
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Divine Beauty
Quotes:
"I watched my mother die. Not of cancer, but of a type of resentment and grief about having to live, choosing to live a certain way when there weren't too many options for women." - Cat McCarthy
"These beliefs that I held to be true, that I'm not enough…there must be something wrong with me…my opinion doesn't matter…I'm alone in the world… All these interpretations that helped me get very far, are not true. They never were true. But they needed to be true then." - Cat  McCarthy
"We all have the healing capacity. We all can tap into the quantum field. We all get these downloads. It's not about doing more. It's actually about letting more and more of these layers, this armor, these protections, all these things that we have created to get through life, letting them go one by one and trusting that there is going to be a strength and a resource inside that might need to be mirrored from outside, but it ultimately is an inside job." - Cat McCarthy
"We are not the healers. We are the context in which healing is inspired." - Ron Kurtz 
"To be practicing together in communal spaces, building communities, sharing, caring, supporting. I think that's the Viva la revolution. Bring it on." - Kevin Young
"I am a work in progress, constantly becoming a more essential version of myself." - Cat McCarthy
"For Aquinas, beauty also included the notion of integrity...He understands that each thing is alive and on a journey to become fully itself. Integrity is achieved when there is a complete realization of whatever a thing is supposed to be...Integrity is the adequacy of a thing to itself." - John O'Donohue
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