What happens when life repeatedly knocks you down? In this powerful episode of TALK! with AUDREY, host Audrey Adams sits down with scientist and author Matin Miryeganeh to discuss her memoir All Is Well. Born during the Iran-Iraq War, Matin experienced childhood loss, emotional neglect, profound loneliness, sexual violence, and institutional betrayal. Yet through every […]
What happens when life repeatedly knocks you down?
In this powerful episode of TALK! with AUDREY, host Audrey Adams sits down with scientist and author Matin Miryeganeh to discuss her memoir All Is Well.
Born during the Iran-Iraq War, Matin experienced childhood loss, emotional neglect, profound loneliness, sexual violence, and institutional betrayal. Yet through every challenge, she chose resilience over victimhood.
During this candid conversation, Matin shares:
• Why she believes we should normalize telling the truth about our lives
• The difference between victimhood and survival
• How she learned to become her own source of strength
• Why trauma does not have to define your future
• The surprising relationship between pain, resilience, and self-love
Her story is both heartbreaking and inspiring—and a reminder that healing is possible even after life’s most difficult experiences.
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This year, Californians faced a number of tragic events, many losing their homes to fire and flooding or experiencing other unexpected traumas. And for some, the emotional and psychological impacts of life-altering events could be difficult to overcome. Joining me with information about how families can recognize when stress and anxiety have exceeded manageable levels and when to ask for help, Nabil El-Ghoroury the Executive Director of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
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DR. ALICIA SALZER, author of BACK TO LIFE, GETTING PAST YOUR PAST WITH RESILIENCE, STRENGTH AND OPTIMISM.
In our midst there are people who remain positive and passionate despite enormous challenges while others just get stuck. BACK TO LIFE is the secret playbook of those people and a celebratory guide for overcoming life’s challenges.
After years of working in the trenches of psychiatry it became clear to trauma psychiatrist Dr. Alicia Salzerthat new methods were needed to help people overcome their experiences. BACK TO LIFE is a creative and empowering way to learn the healthy habits of resilient survivors.
Salzer, has held posts at UCLA, Columbia University, and The Mount Sinai School of Medicine before becoming Director of Aftercare for The Montel Williams Show, where she appeared on more than 100 episodes.
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