What if the hardest thing you’ve ever faced… became the very thing that saved your life?

Dan Reilly is a husband, father, and self-proclaimed ordinary guy—until life gave him three wake-up calls: a bank robbery, a wildfire evacuation, and a stage III esophageal cancer diagnosis. In this powerful conversation, Dan shares how he turned crisis into purpose, how writing helped him heal, and what it really means to get it right in midlife.

We talk about resilience, healing, family, faith, and what it means to carry a backpack full of burdens—and finally put it down. If you’ve ever needed a reminder that second chances are real and you’re not too far gone to begin again, this episode is for you.

🎒 Dan’s book Seize Your Second Chance is available now.

🔗 CONNECT WITH US

📖 Grab Dan’s book & connect: www.danielpreilly.com

📸 Dan on Facebook: @dan.reilly.773

🎙 Follow me on Instagram: @iamtiffcarson

🌐 My Website & Free Meditation: www.tiffcarson.com

What if the pain you’re carrying…was never yours to begin with?

In this powerful conversation, Rapid Transformational Therapist Kate Semeniuk shares how she helps people heal the deep subconscious beliefs formed in early childhood—beliefs that still shape our adult lives through anxiety, people-pleasing, burnout, and depression. Kate and I talk about the power of hypnotherapy, healing our inner child, and why we must stop saying “my anxiety” or “my depression.”

This episode is a gift for anyone who’s been stuck in patterns they don’t understand and who’s finally ready to come home to themselves.

00:00 – Welcome + Intro

02:00 – Kate’s “aha” moment that started her healing path

05:00 – The pain wasn’t outside—it was within

07:20 – How childhood beliefs silently shape adult patterns

11:00 – Co-parenting and conscious communication with kids

15:00 – The power of explaining pain to children

21:00 – What a RTT session actually looks like

27:00 – The ego’s grip and identity

30:00 – Depression and the loss of hope

35:00 – Becoming your own loving parent

40:00 – What we say after “I am” shapes our lives

46:00 – It’s time to rewire your beliefs

50:00 – Gratitude, healing, and final thoughts

📲 Stay Connected:

🔗 Connect with Kate on Instagram: @kate.semeniuk

🌐 Learn more or book a session: katesemeniuk.com

🫶 Find healing tools and retreats with me: tiffcarson.com

🎙 Follow on Instagram: @iamtiffcarson

Have you ever whispered to yourself, “I don’t know how much longer I can keep going?” In this raw and powerful episode of Hard Beautiful Journey, Tiff Carson sits down with therapist and podcast host Malisa Hepner, whose story reads like a trauma survivor’s handbook—childhood abuse, parental loss, CPTSD, and burnout so intense it nearly took her life. But what followed is a breathtaking example of choosing healing over perfection, embracing imperfection as power, and learning to love the fire within.

This conversation is for anyone who feels broken, exhausted, or like they’ve lost themselves in the chaos of motherhood, trauma, and people-pleasing. We talk about nervous system regulation, parenting through grief, emotional hygiene, and what it really takes to rebuild a life you actually love.

✨ We also explore Malisa’s incredible upcoming Empowerment Exchange Summit and how it aligns with finding your own timbre—the sound signature of your soul.

Let this be your permission slip to stop holding it all together.

Connect with Malisa Hepner:

Instagram: @malisa.hepner

Website: www.empoweredwithmalisahepner.org

Connect with Tiff Carson:
Instagram:⁠ @iamtiffcarson⁠

Website:⁠ www.tiffcarson.com⁠