The Unbarred Woman
Claim This Podcastby Jess Vanrose
Podcast Overview
<p>Life After Trauma is a trauma-informed podcast for women navigating life after survival — or still finding their way through it. Hosted by Jess Vanrose, a trauma-informed guide and fellow survivor, this space holds gentle, honest conversations about healing, nervous system regulation, identity, and learning how to be with yourself again.</p><p>These are not conversations about fixing, forcing, or rushing the process. They’re slow, grounded reflections and shared stories meant to help you feel less alone, more understood, and a little more anchored in your body and your life exactly as it is. You don’t have to be “through it” to be here. This space is for presence, not perfection.</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Jess</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose</a></p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose</a></p><br><p><strong>Want to be a guest on Life After Trauma?</strong> Send Jess a message on PodMatch, here: <a href="https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/lifeaftertrauma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/lifeaftertrauma</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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Recent Episodes
June 23, 2026
It's Time to Remember Yourself | Kristen Crabtree
<p>What if healing isn’t about becoming someone new, but remembering who you were before survival taught you to disappear?</p><br><p>Trigger Warning: This episode contains discussions of trauma, abuse, and other potentially sensitive topics that may be activating for some listeners. Please take care while listening and pause if you need to. Your well-being is what matters most.</p><br><p>In this episode of Life After Trauma, I’m joined by Kristen Crabtree for a conversation about what becomes possible after survival ends.</p><br><p>This episode is an invitation to look beyond the survival story and into the deeper return: the return of your voice, your intuition, your awareness, and a life that finally begins to feel like your own.</p><br><p>In this episode, we talk about:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The difference between self-recovery and self-help</li><li>How survival adaptations can become mistaken for identity</li><li>Why psychological abuse can be so difficult to recognize while you are inside it</li><li>The delayed clarity that can come after leaving survival mode</li><li>The difference between walls and boundaries</li><li>How inner safety begins to form</li><li>Why peace can feel unfamiliar at first</li><li>The role of meditation, mindfulness, and presence in healing</li><li>What it means to remember yourself after trauma</li></ul><p><br></p><p>Reflection question from this episode:</p><p>Where in my life am I beginning to remember myself again?</p><br><p>Connect with Kristen:</p><p>Website:<a href="https://u2point0.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://u2point0.com</a></p><p>Paramour Paradox:<a href="https://paramourparadox.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> https://paramourparadox.com</a></p><br><p>Work with Jess:</p><p>1:1 guided sessions to help you reconnect with yourself, build inner safety, and gently move out of survival mode → <a href="https://www.jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions</a></p><p>Rest & Reset At Home • Tuesday, June 23rd at 7 PM Eastern → <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rest-reset-at-home-a-guided-meditation-for-nervous-system-support-registration-1991874259530?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rest-reset-at-home-a-guided-meditation-for-nervous-system-support-registration-1991874259530?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></p><p><strong>💛 Connect with Jess:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="www.jessicavanrose.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jessicavanrose.com</a></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose</a></p><p>TT: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose</a></p><br><p><strong>🎙️🤩 Want to be a guest on Life After Trauma?</strong> Send Jess a message on PodMatch, here: <a href="https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/jessicavanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/jessicavanrose</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 16, 2026
When Trauma Becomes a Cage | Laura Hoorweg
<p>Rest & Reset At Home:</p><p>Because meditation came up in this episode as one of the first doorways back to yourself, I’d love to invite you to join me for Rest & Reset At Home, a live online guided meditation experience happening <strong>Tuesday, June 23rd at 7 PM ET</strong>.</p><p>This is a gentle 1-hour space for guided meditation, journaling, reflection, and optional sharing, created to help you slow down, reconnect with yourself, and give your nervous system room to soften.</p><p>Reserve your spot here: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rest-reset-at-home-a-guided-meditation-for-nervous-system-support-registration-1991874259530?aff=oddtdtcreator" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/e/rest-reset-at-home-a-guided-meditation-for-nervous-system-support-registration-1991874259530?aff=oddtdtcreator</a></p><br><p>Trauma can feel like a cage, but what if grief, intuition, and the body can help you find the door?</p><br><p>In this episode of Life After Trauma, I’m joined by Laura Hoorweg, a spiritual counselor, intuitive coach, and psychic medium, for a conversation about trauma, grief, intuition, embodiment, and what it means to move toward freedom after survival mode.</p><br><p>In this episode, you’ll walk away with:</p><p>• A deeper understanding of how trauma can disconnect us from trust and intuition</p><p>• A new perspective on grief as a healing process rather than something to fear</p><p>• Signs that you may be avoiding grief or pushing your emotions down</p><p>• Insight into the difference between intuition and a trauma response</p><p>• Gentle practices for reconnecting with yourself, including meditation, nature, journaling, yoga, dance, and sound baths</p><p>• A reminder that life after trauma can mean freedom, presence, and moving from black and white into full colour</p><br><p>Guest Bio:</p><p>Laura Hoorweg is a spiritual counselor, intuitive coach, and psychic medium who supports people through life transitions, grief, trauma, and moments of deep self-reconnection. Her work blends grounded guidance with intuitive insight, helping clients reconnect with themselves, release old patterns, and move toward a greater sense of freedom.</p><br><p>Connect with Laura:</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.spiritspeaks2.me" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">spiritspeaks2.me</a></p><p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/laura.hoorweg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/laura.hoorweg</a></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hoorweglaura" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">instagram.com/hoorweglaura</a></p><p>LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurahoorweg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">linkedin.com/in/laurahoorweg</a></p><p>Twitter/X: <a href="https://www.twitter.com/HoorwegLaura" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">twitter.com/HoorwegLaura</a></p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@laurahoorweg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">youtube.com/@laurahoorweg</a></p><p>Facebook Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SpiritSpeaksToMe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/groups/SpiritSpeaksToMe</a></p><br><p>Work with Jess:</p><p>If this episode stirred something in you and you’re craving a space to feel witnessed, supported, and gently guided, I offer 1:1 Guided Sessions for women navigating healing, self-reconnection, and life after survival mode.</p><p>These sessions are not therapy, but they are a trauma-informed space to reflect, process, and begin coming back home to yourself.</p><p>Learn more: <a href="https://www.jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions</a></p><br><p>Reflection Question:</p><p>Where in your life does trauma still feel like a cage, and what would it look like to gently open the door?</p><p><strong>💛 Connect with Jess:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="www.jessicavanrose.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jessicavanrose.com</a></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose</a></p><p>TT: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose</a></p><br><p><strong>🎙️🤩 Want to be a guest on Life After Trauma?</strong> Send Jess a message on PodMatch, here: <a href="https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/jessicavanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/jessicavanrose</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
June 9, 2026
When Being Invisible Was How You Survived | Kristan Swan
<p>This conversation is for anyone who has ever felt safer being invisible, struggled to take up space, or wondered who they are after years of trying to be what everyone else needed. Stick around to the end of the episode for this week's reflection question to take this episode a little deeper.</p><br><p><strong>Trigger Warning:</strong> This episode contains discussions of trauma, abuse, and other potentially sensitive topics that may be activating for some listeners. Please take care while listening and pause if you need to. Your well-being is what matters most.</p><br><p>In this episode of Life After Trauma, I’m joined by <strong>Kristan Swan</strong> for a conversation about invisibility as a survival skill, the stories we carry from childhood, and what it means to begin discovering who we are beyond the roles we learned to play.</p><br><p>Kristan shares how growing up in a chaotic environment taught her to stay small, be helpful, anticipate others’ needs, and become easy to overlook. Together, we explore how those early survival strategies can follow us into adulthood through people-pleasing, over-responsibility, perfectionism, self-abandonment, and the belief that it is unsafe to be seen.</p><br><p>By listening to this episode, you will walk away with:</p><p><br></p><ul><li>A deeper understanding of how invisibility, people-pleasing, and hypervigilance can become survival skills</li><li>Insight into why self-knowledge can be more healing than constantly trying to improve or fix yourself</li><li>A new way to think about the stories you inherited, the stories you tell yourself, and the stories you are ready to rewrite</li><li>Gentle reflection on how trauma can shape your sense of lovability, visibility, identity, and self-worth</li><li>Encouragement to begin getting curious about who you are beneath the roles, expectations, and survival patterns</li><li>A simple invitation to use journaling, reflection, or quiet walks as tools for reconnecting with yourself</li></ul><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources and links</strong></p><p>Connect with Kristan Swan: <a href="https://kristanswan.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://kristanswan.com/</a></p><p>Clouds to Clear Skies Clarity Workbook free download</p><p><a href="https://kristanswan.com/clouds-to-clear-skies/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://kristanswan.com/clouds-to-clear-skies/</a></p><br><p>Learn more about 1:1 Guided Sessions with Jess: <a href="https://www.jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.jessicavanrose.com/guided-sessions</a></p><br><p>If you haven’t already, it would mean the world to me if you subscribe, and if you learned something new or found inspiration from this episode, please leave a review and share this episode. Until next time, take care of your mind, body, and soul.</p><p><strong>💛 Connect with Jess:</strong></p><p>Website: <a href="www.jessicavanrose.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.jessicavanrose.com</a></p><p>IG: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose</a></p><p>TT: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose</a></p><br><p><strong>🎙️🤩 Want to be a guest on Life After Trauma?</strong> Send Jess a message on PodMatch, here: <a href="https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/jessicavanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/jessicavanrose</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
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- What is The Unbarred Woman?
<p>Life After Trauma is a trauma-informed podcast for women navigating life after survival — or still finding their way through it. Hosted by Jess Vanrose, a trauma-informed guide and fellow survivor, this space holds gentle, honest conversations about healing, nervous system regulation, identity, and learning how to be with yourself again.</p><p>These are not conversations about fixing, forcing, or rushing the process. They’re slow, grounded reflections and shared stories meant to help you feel less alone, more understood, and a little more anchored in your body and your life exactly as it is. You don’t have to be “through it” to be here. This space is for presence, not perfection.</p><br><p><br></p><p><strong>Connect with Jess</strong></p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/jessvanrose</a></p><p>TikTok: <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/@thejessvanrose</a></p><br><p><strong>Want to be a guest on Life After Trauma?</strong> Send Jess a message on PodMatch, here: <a href="https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/lifeaftertrauma" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://podmatch.com/hostdetailpreview/lifeaftertrauma</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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