One of the early Resilience Files episodes featured the powerful story of Max Gleason. Max movingly described his search for meaning and love after tragically losing his wife and two small children when their car was intentionally struck head-on by a man attempting suicide.

At the time of that podcast, Max asked me if his girlfriend Jasmine – and now fiancé – could join our conversation, as she herself was on a profound healing journey having experienced intense turmoil, abuse, and neglect as a child and young woman. I really connected with Jasmine during the podcast and we have since become friends, and met up online where she has facilitated some incredible deep-breathing yoga sessions. The more I learned about what she went through, the more I felt that Jasmine’s full story needed to be heard. So, I have invited Jaz back to tell her story in more detail; it is a remarkable testament to the innate capacity we have as humans – not only to heal from past trauma – but to find peace inside ourselves, after desperately searching for it outside ourselves.

3:15 - Living with an abusive and drug addicted stepmother
12:17 - Feeling responsibility for parents
20:39 - Not being protected as a young person
23:53 - Parents losing their way and finding forgiveness
29:50 - Teenage years: hyper-anxiety, binging, insomnia and substance abuse
39:15 - Is addiction genetic? Realising we are not stuck
50:45 - Making changes and the power of yoga
1:08:19 – Forgiving and loving

https://www.jasminehansonyoga.com/