Your past is part of your story. It doesn't have to be the rest of it.
Join Carla Berbary, trauma therapist, keynote speaker, university lecturer and author, for honest conversations about trauma, healing, narcissistic relationships, mental health, resilience, burnout and personal growth.
Through expert insights, lived experiences and inspiring guest stories, Not A Life Sentence explores what it means to move beyond survival, reclaim your identity and create a life that feels like yours again.
Because what happened to you does not have to define what happens next.
Ep 66 - Marleen Mour, the Permanent Weight Loss Coach
In this episode, I’m joined by Marlene Mour, a permanent weight loss coach who specialises in helping people transform their relationship with food, their bodies, and their mindset.
Marlene’s story is wild in the best way. She didn’t lose 49 kilos because she found the “perfect diet”, she lost it because she finally got honest about why she was eating in the first place. When she stopped battling food and started listening to her emotions, everything changed. She began unpacking the stress, the self-doubt, the loneliness, and the moments she used food to cope or disconnect. Instead of powering through with willpower, she learned to regulate her nervous system, soothe herself without bingeing, and rewrite the patterns that kept her stuck. The weight didn’t drop overnight, it dropped because she healed the root cause. And that’s the moment her journey stopped being about dieting… and started being about freedom.
Whether you’re on a healing journey with food or supporting clients yourself, Marlene’s insights are gold.
Connect with Marlene:
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marleen.mour/
• Website: https://thepermanentweightlossmovement.com/
Connect with me:
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/notalifesentence/
• Website: www.notalifesentence.com.au
18 Sept 2025
Ep 65 - Jana Barrett Fitness and Movement Coach
Jana Barrett is a New Zealand–based fitness and movementcoach who specialises in helping women, particularly those over 40 and 50, build strength, mobility, and confidence to move pain-free.
A certified TACFIT instructor, strength and conditioningcoach, and personal trainer, she describes herself as a “mobility alchemist” who takes a holistic, intuitive approach to training.
After experiencing her own struggles with pain, weakness,and burnout following motherhood, Jana transformed her health and now supports other women through life phases such as pregnancy, perimenopause, and menopause.
Her coaching focuses less on aesthetics or “go-hard”training and more on functional strength, longevity, and smart, efficient workouts that ease chronic pain, improve mobility, and empower women to live actively and fully.
https://www.jana-barrett.com/ (https://www.jana-barrett.com/)
https://www.instagram.com/jana_movement_coach/ (https://www.instagram.com/jana_movement_coach/)
https://www.facebook.com/jana.barrett.1804/# (https://www.facebook.com/jana.barrett.1804/#)
https://www.youtube.com/@janathemovementcoach6188 (https://www.youtube.com/@janathemovementcoach6188)
28 Aug 2025
Ep 64 - The grief empowered coach Chris Mamone
Chris Mamone, known as The Grief Empowered Coach, istransforming the way we talk about loss, healing, and resilience.
After walking his own path through profound grief, Chrisbrings a raw honesty and compassionate presence that helps people see grief not as an ending, but as a doorway to growth and empowerment.
His coaching invites listeners to honour their pain, find strength in vulnerability, and reclaim purpose even in the wake of loss.
Through heartfelt stories, practical tools, and deepconversations, Chris empowers others to move forward not by forgetting what they’ve lost, but by weaving it into a new story of courage and meaning.
You can connect with Chris on different platforms. His website has all the details: from social media to podcast details https://www.empoweredgriefjourney.com/ (https://www.empoweredgriefjourney.com/)
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