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Bonus Episode: Crime Scene Review – Healing Your Emotional Baggage (No Police Tape Needed)

Hazel Atkinson-Brown

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In this special bonus episode of Crimes of the Soul: Unraveling the Truth, we dive into the emotional crime scene we all carry with us: our emotional baggage. No police tape required—this isn’t about solving crimes, but about unpacking the hidden wounds, traumas, and unresolved pain that shape our decisions and relationships.

Join host Hazel Atkinson-Brown as we take an honest look at the emotional baggage we all carry and how it impacts our personal growth. In this episode, we explore how unaddressed emotions can affect our actions, just like any crime scene, and how understanding and healing these emotional wounds can lead to profound transformation.

Through relatable stories, reflection prompts, and actionable insights, this episode will guide you on a journey of self-awareness and healing. Whether you’re facing past trauma, past regrets, or simply looking to shed some emotional weight, this episode offers valuable tools to help you clear your emotional crime scene and start living fully in the present.

If you're ready to face your emotional baggage head-on, this bonus episode is for you. Let’s unpack it together.

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Speaker 1:

Okay, hear me out. I know this may feel a little different than what you're used to, but I promise you it's worth it. Welcome to a very experimental episode of it's a Human Experience podcast. Today, we're going to dive into something a little unconventional.

Speaker 2:

For a while now, I wanted to do a true crimes episode and I said to myself maybe you should create your own separate podcast for that and play around with it Now, before you roll your eyes and think, wait, hazel, we didn't sign up for a true crime deep, dark stuff. Today Let me explain. This is not your average true crime podcast, nor will it be. It's just an episode where we're going to talk about betrayal, trust and how human nature can take us to some dark places. But we're also digging deeper into why, behind the crime, like the emotional pain that drives us to make decisions we can't really undo. But here's a twist. It's not about the crime. It's about you and how you learn from these stories, how you grow, how you take these lessons into your own lives. We're not just solving mysteries. We're exploring human nature, confronting our own wounds and learning how we can heal and grow from them. Also, we're doing it messy, we're doing it imperfect and I'm challenging you today to hear me out. Let's take this journey together, even if it's a little out of your comfort zone. After all, what's life without a little risk? So stick with me and let's see where this goes. You ready, let's go.

Speaker 2:

Welcome to Crimes of the Soul, unraveling the Truth. This is where true crime meets the human experience. We don't just explore what happened. We dive into why it happened and how those stories can teach us about our own growth and healing.

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In this episode, we're diving into the dark, painful world of betrayal, something we've all experienced or fear to experience. It's a crime that starts not with an action but with a break in trust, deep wounds that spiral into tragedy, a family, a betrayal, a crime that no one saw coming. This isn't just about what happened. It's about what happens inside us when people we trust the most lets us down. As we uncover the crime, we'll also uncover something bigger the raw truth about the human condition and the power we each have to heal from even the deepest wounds, because when we understand what's at play beneath the surface, we understand ourselves a little better too. If you're new to the podcast, go ahead and scroll up to the top. Hit that follow button, subscribe. Share us with the people that you know need to uncover the truth within their own journey. Let's go ahead and jump into the episode. It begins with an ordinary family member, a picture perfect life on the outside, if you will Meet Henry, a loving spouse, and Gary, a partner-seeming Y'all clearly I messed up.

Speaker 1:

I don't name two men. Okay, let's try to find a female name Oops.

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It begins with an ordinary family, a picture-perfect life on the outside. Meet Gary, a loving spouse, and Amy, a partnership seemingly built on trust. They lived under the same roof, shared the same dreams, so we say, and made plans for the future. But beneath this serene facade, an indigenous seed was being planted. Don't get too fixated on the fact that it's a male and a female. This can be a relationship with your friend, with your boss, with your business partner, with anyone. It happens from the perspectives of thinking that you and someone has built trust and then there's a breakdown in that trust. For years, small cracks appeared in their relationship silent looks, cold shoulders, things left unsaid. But it wasn't until one fateful moment that the betrayal erupted. Gary had no idea that their closest confidant, someone they trusted more than anyone, was hiding a devastating truth. Betrayal in its most indigenous form took root. Betrayal isn't just an act. It's the breaking of the bond, a deep emotional wound, and what's worse, that it was no mere accident. The perpetrator here had their own internal struggles, wounds from the past and a broken heart that had never healed. As the truth unraveled, gary was left in shock, wondering how they could have been so blind. The emotional toil crushing. The trust was shattered and the crime devastating. No one should be surprised. These are things Gary saw coming, amy saw and told Gary about. But within the midst of everything that was unfolding, it all seems so shocking. It all seems so new. But why? Why is it so new? Why is it so shocking? This wasn't the first time they saw that Gary was doing these things. Amy had known Gary to brush things under the rug, to not put things forward, to not follow through. But for some reason, not only were they shocked at what was going on, they were shocked at each other's response.

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In these quiet moments, the true nature of betrayal became evident. The emotional cost of this act for both the victim and the perpetrator was far beyond what anyone expected. What began as a fractured relationship would now spiral into a violent, irreversible crime. And yet, beneath the anger and the heartbreak, there was an undeniable truth. Both parties were trapped by their own unresolved pain, their own trauma, their own triggers, their own lack of healing.

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Betrayal cuts deep. It's one of those wounds that can erode everything. But what we fail to understand is that betrayal isn't just about the act itself. It's about the emotional destruction that leads up to it, sorry. When we ignore our wounds, when we bury the pain, it festers until it has to come out, sometimes in the form of betrayal.

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Let's pause here and reflect. We've all felt it the sting of trust broken, the weight of someone's action shattering our belief in them. But here's where it gets personal. What did the betrayal reveal about you? How do you shake you to your core and how do you respond? Did it push you into self-awareness or did you react blindly, in pain? What if we saw betrayal as an opportunity for growth, not just an emotional wound? What if, instead of reacting in anger or hurt, we took a moment to explore our own emotional landscape? Because here's the truth Betrayal doesn't only reveal the one who betrayed you.

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It reveals you when you look at the perpetrator. It's easy to demoralize them, but, like us, they were driven by their own fears, their own securities, their own emotional baggage. And unless we confront our own pain, we'll keep repeating these same patterns over and over and over and over. This is where self-awareness becomes critical. It's easy to place blame, but true healing it comes when we look within ourselves, when we understand our own vulnerabilities, emotional triggers and what we need to do to heal. Take a second reflect, think about your past betrayals. Don't dwell on the hurt, but try to understand how it shaped you. What are you still carrying from those past wounds? Let's face it betrayal isn't just about the person who wronged us. It is about our response, our ability to heal, and how we build stronger boundaries, moving forward, self-awareness, forgiveness and healing. Emotional healing it starts with understanding the deeper layers of who you are.

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As we close out today's episode, I want to leave you with this Betrayal is painful, no one argues that. But the real question is what will you do with the pain? Will you let it define you or will it be the catalyst for your growth? Every person who's ever felt the sting of betrayal has an opportunity to heal. Healing doesn't mean forgetting the hurt, but rather using it to create stronger, more fulfilling relationships. It's about understanding our own emotional boundaries and being more in tune with our triggers. So take a moment right now. Are there betrayals in your life that you're still holding onto People or situations that hurt you deeply? What would it take for you to begin the process of healing today? Not for them, but for you? Remember, trust is fragile, but it can be rebuilt by learning from the hurt and embracing the lessons it teaches us. How can you use today's story to create a better tomorrow, free from the weight of past betrayals? And this wraps up our first experiment with true crimes, crimes of the soul, unraveling the truth.

Speaker 2:

This episode wasn't just about betrayal. It's about stepping outside the box. It's about taking risks, exploring the experience from a new angle and really being willing to fail out loud. You see, often we think that we have to be perfect before we try. But what if we just live? What if we just embrace the messy, the uncomfortable and the bold moments? We talked a lot in the previous episode about the messy middle and for me, when I realized that the podcast monetized, I said to myself you always wanted to try true crimes. Why not just try it? And I did. And that's what we did with this episode. While it was funky it was definitely funky it was messy.

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I just want to challenge you right now. What's one thing you've been wanting to do, but maybe you've been held back, something's been holding you back from it. What's that one risk you've been afraid to take? Don't wait for the perfect moment, because, guess what? The perfect moment doesn't exist. You have one life, one chance, so why not take the leap? Why not live now? Fail now, laugh now, take the action and watch yourself grow.

Speaker 2:

This episode is a glimpse into the journey. We're all on the journey of living boldly, authentically and fully. And remember, just like on the it's Human Experience podcast because that's what this is I'm not doing a true crime episode for real, in real life. I'm not doing a whole nother podcast. I don't know what I was thinking, but we're here to grow together. We're here to break free from the limitations that hold us back and really embrace the beautiful, messy process of becoming who we're meant to be.

Speaker 2:

So until next time, I'm gonna make sure that I ask you to scroll up to the top. Follow us, share the podcast with your besties. As I said before, we have some amazing guests that are coming on in the next couple of weeks and I just want to make sure that you tap into how you're truly doing and what you need to do to live today. Are you ready to take that leap and live outside the box, to fail to learn, to grow? Live your truth, love your journey and keep embracing this beautiful wild ride, because you only have one life, man. Let's make it count.

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