In this powerful episode of Survival Mode Disrupted, Leticia sits down with Stephany, a woman who has lived through the kind of plot twists most people only see in movies:

🔹 Two emotionally and psychologically abusive marriages (with legal abuse layered on top)

🔹 A second marriage that ended in physical violence

🔹 A baby born with a rare genetic disorder

🔹 A home destroyed by Hurricane Ian

🔹 Temporary loss of her eyesight

And yet… the most life-changing moment didn’t happen in a courtroom, hospital, or hurricane. It happened on the bathroom floor, at rock bottom, when a quiet inner voice told her: “You’re not seeing your story correctly. It’s time to stop being the victim and become the star.” From that moment, Stephany stopped waiting to be rescued and started rewriting her fairytale.

🎙️ What We Talk About

• How survival mode can look like overstaying in a relationship and calling it “loyalty” or “endurance”
• The truth about thinking someone else will change… and realizing you’re the only one who actually did
• Crying on the bathroom floor: the moment she decided to let go of the victim story
• Losing her house, her sight, and her sense of self – and the inner voice that told her to redefine her story
• The concept of becoming the star of your story instead of a side character in someone else’s
• Why so many women live as the supporting actress in their own life, especially after toxic and narcissistic relationships
• The “cave you fear to enter” and what it really means to go within, get quiet, and face your own shadows
• Identity creation: rewriting your self-concept after years of emotional and psychological abuse
• How delusional vision + aligned action = nervous system recalibration and higher self embodiment
• Why opportunities now come to her because she kept showing up messy, unpolished, and raw in the beginning

🔑 Key Takeaways

“You are not seeing your story correctly. It’s time to stop being the victim and become the star.”

“You are not your past, you are not your trauma, and you are not your shame.”

“If you’re still waiting for someone to come and save you, you’re still stuck in the fairytale.”

“Your nervous system won’t believe you’re ‘her’ until you keep showing up as her on repeat.”

💬 Connect with Stephany

• Instagram: @rewritethefairytale
• Facebook: Stephany Ann
• Book: Magnificent Me: A Formula and Process for Higher Self Creation (for women rewriting identity after narcissistic abuse & trauma)