Ep 158 Jamie Del Fierro - Forgiveness to Freedom: Overcoming Rape, Freeing Yourself from Your Past Story, and Forgiving the Unforgivable
Ep 158 Jamie Del Fierro - Forgiveness to Freedom: Overcoming Rape, Freeing Yourself from Your Past Story, and Forgiving the Unforgivable
At the age of 10 years old, Jamie was molested by a family member. Then at 14 years old, two of her brother's best friends raped her in her childhood bed.
One of the boys from that event told her, "You deserve this, you're a whore and you are trash."
After going through these traumatic events, when Jamie heard the words, "You are trash," her life shifted course. Hearing those words at such an impressionable age, at the time she believed that was her truth.
For the next 10 years, Jamie adopted the identity of what she believed was "trash." This led to using drugs and alcohol. She was pregnant at 16 and had her daughter at the age of 17. She said that in the early years, she felt more like a "care giver" to her daughter than a mother.
Eventually, continuing deeper into this story of "being trash" she go into multiple abusive relationships, stripping, escorting, and eventually into using cocaine and meth.
All of this changed one day at a dinner at a sushi restaurant when she met one of her brother's friends, a man by the name of Sean Stephenson.
After one life-changing meeting with Sean, Jamie decided to take control of her life and turn things around. She realized she was going to make these changes for herself and for her daughter. She said, "I want to look at myself in the mirror and be proud for once in my life."
Now Jamie is 13 years sober, is an incredible speaker and coach running her own business, co-owner of renowned MMA Gym (Alliance Gym) in San Diego, has a deeply-loving marriage, and is best friends with her daughter.
In today's interview Jamie will share:
How to forgive the unforgivable Her best advice on how to overcome trauma and how to help people you love through traumatic experiences What it takes to shift a story or identity that is holding us back Her advice for anyone who has experienced sexual abuse on how to open up and get help How one night at a sushi restaurant changed her life forever Why vulnerability has led to her greatest successes How to find motivation to change when you are at rock bottom What it took for her to find a loving relationship that is completely open and honest How she became her daughter's hero and best friend How her forgiveness changed so many people's lives (and changed her wedding day)And so much more!
To learn more about Jamie's Coaching and Speaking, visit: http://www.jamiedelfierro.com/
To learn more about her MMA Gym, Alliance MMA, click the link below: https://alliancemmagym.com/
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