Direct Impact

About Direct Impact

Direct Impact with host Andrea Epting exists to connect the dots between the psyche and its direct impact on the world around us. You don’t have to settle for a less than extraordinary life! You deserve a life filled with purpose, connection, and direction. Unlock your authenticity, discover your full potential, and make a DIRECT IMPACT on the world that is not only positive but profound. In this podcast we discuss alternatives to emotional dis-ease, mental clutter, and limiting beliefs by creating a climate for growth, allowing your mind to become an ally vs. an adversary. You can become the best version of yourself, and leave a Life-giving legacy of curiosity, creativity, and compassion without compromise. We want you to make a DIRECT IMPACT. Direct Impact with Andrea Epting Powered by Lightning in a Bottle (LIAB) To join the discussion and be part of our online community visit www.directimpactmedia.com or email us at directimpactae@gmail.com Get more insight from Andrea with her free resources: Heads Up Guidance Services’ Resource Page www.headsupsavannah.org/resources Find Andrea at her practice, and check out her upcoming workshops! Resolve Strategies, Inc. www.resolvestrategiesinc.com/staff Andrea is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Masters Addiction Counselor, and Certified Sex Therapist

Publisher

Direct Impact with Andrea Epting

Category

business · health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Oct 2021

Latest episode

31 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

221 of 395 episodes have a transcript.

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   31 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S10 EP#393 Survival Mode Activated: How the Brain Learns Trauma

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about how the brain learns and adapts to trauma, offering insights into survival mode.

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   3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   S10 EP#392 Not "All In Your Head": Trauma as a Neurological Injury

   Host [Host Name] interviews [Guest Name, Credential] about how trauma impacts the brain, offering insights into neurological injury and recovery.

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   3 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT

   400th Episode Bonus

   This special 400th episode bonus of Direct Impact celebrates listener support and offers resources for recovery.

Inside a recent episode

S10 EP#393 Survival Mode Activated: How the Brain Learns Trauma

Published 31 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] These are the situations where you're in a prolonged state of distress and dis-ease and complex trauma starts to occur. It's when Trauma builds upon trauma and builds upon trauma and your brain during this period is rewiring. It is wiring and it is adapting to try to protect you, to try to get you to the other side. So I would like for all of you who were impacted by childhood trauma and less than nurturing parenting, I'd like for you to pause and take a moment, a deep breath. Close your eyes if you're not operating a vehicle and honor what your brain has done for you to take you to the other side, or you are sitting in the here and now listening to this podcast that gives you permission to shed all of the shame that you are carrying for what happened to you and the way your brain chose and needed to take care of you. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

574

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

28 ratings

Spotify

4.9 / 5

9 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 51 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

44

Social presence

0

YouTube

66

Engagement

82