In this powerful episode, Keana W. Mitchell—trauma-informed relationship coach, songwriter, and emotional strategist—dives deep into how childhood experiences shape our adult relationships. From attachment styles to emotional reflexes, Keana unpacks the invisible scripts we carry and offers a healing roadmap to rewrite them.

🔍 What You’ll Learn:

• How Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) impact emotional and relational health
• The connection between childhood trauma and adult relationship patterns
• Examples of unhealthy vs. healthy relationship dynamics
• How parental relationship models become our emotional blueprint
• Five healing exercises to shift from conflict to connection
• A journaling-based homework assignment to help you respond with compassion instead of reaction

🎶 Plus, this week’s featured song by Emory Rose, “He’s A Playa,” explores the emotional realization of repeating generational patterns—and how awareness can spark transformation.

🧘‍♀️ Healing Tools Included:

• Inner child check-ins
• Boundary rehearsal scripts
• Conflict pause strategies
• Attachment journaling prompts
• Music reflection exercises

📥 Download the free PDF guide with this week’s exercises and journal prompts via the episode description or Keana’s website.

📺 Watch the lyric video for “He’s A Playa” on the Music and Therapy Podcast YouTube channel a visual reflection of emotional safety and the longing to be seen.

💡 If you’ve ever asked, “Why do I keep attracting the same kind of relationship?”—this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a path forward.

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Connect with Keana: 💌 Website: Emory Rose (keanawmitchell.com)

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📘 Facebook: Music and Therapy with Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell | Facebook

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmml1kGinhHSMOXOQ8zdIEQ

🎧 Listen to Last Week's Episode:

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Link to Song “He’s A Playa” by Emory Rose on YouTube: https://youtu.be/UiGTw9-tZ6Q

🧠 Episode Overview

In this week’s episode, Keana W. Mitchell explores the transformative path from codependence to healthy emotional attachment. Drawing from her trauma-informed coaching practice and personal insights, Keana breaks down the subtle signs of codependent behavior, how it often stems from unresolved childhood wounds, and what it takes to build secure, spiritually grounded relationships.

Whether you’ve struggled with people-pleasing, emotional enmeshment, or fear of abandonment, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and practical steps toward healing.

💬 What You’ll Learn

• The difference between codependency and healthy interdependence
• How attachment styles shape our relationship dynamics
• Why spiritual and emotional safety are key to healing
• Steps to begin detaching with love and building secure bonds
• How music and storytelling can support emotional growth

🎶 Featured Segment

Keana shares a reflective song that captures the emotional tension of codependence and the hope of transformation reminding listeners that healing is possible, and connection doesn’t have to cost your identity.

🛠️ Resources & Support

• Link for the 5 Healing Exercises: PDF Journey.pdf
• Join the conversation on Instagram: (2) Instagram

Connect with Keana: 💌 Website: Emory Rose (keanawmitchell.com)

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📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmml1kGinhHSMOXOQ8zdIEQ

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📝 Episode Summary:

In this powerful episode of the Music and Therapy Podcast, Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell explores the hidden wounds of emotional abuse, what it looks like, why it’s so hard to recognize, and how to begin healing. If you’ve ever felt silenced, manipulated, or emotionally unsafe in a relationship, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and practical tools for recovery.

Keana shares real-life examples and five healing exercises to help you reconnect with your voice, set boundaries, and build emotional safety. She also revisits last week’s episode on letting go of resentment and introduces a weekly homework assignment to help you stop conflict and start connecting.

💡 Key Takeaways:

• Emotional abuse often begins subtly and is rooted in control, manipulation, and gaslighting.
• Gaslighting erodes your ability to trust yourself and can lead to anxiety, depression, and chronic stress.
• Many people stay in emotionally abusive relationships due to fear, trauma bonding, or cultural pressure.
• You are allowed to change your mind when a relationship becomes emotionally unsafe.
• Healing begins with truth, boundaries, and connection.

🛠️ Resources Mentioned:

• 📄 When Love Hurts 5 healing excercises pdf.docx
• 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/show/6T8cC9MhmpBiB9mKvRuBoS?si=b6ae9443eb9c4b92
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• 📖 Snyder, H. (2019). Gaslighting: Recognizing manipulative behavior and its impact on mental health.

Connect with Keana: 💌 Website: Emory Rose (keanawmitchell.com)

📸 Instagram: Music and Therapy (@musicandtherapykwm) • Instagram photos and videos

📘 Facebook: Music and Therapy with Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell | Facebook

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmml1kGinhHSMOXOQ8zdIEQ

🎧 Listen to Last Week's Episode:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6T8cC9MhmpBiB9mKvRuBoS?si=10944edd3d7a42db

💬 Episode Summary

In this transformative episode, Keana W. Mitchell explores the emotional weight of resentment and how it can quietly sabotage our relationships, spiritual growth, and personal peace. Drawing from her experience as a relationship coach and trauma-informed creative, Keana offers a healing-centered roadmap for releasing resentment and reclaiming emotional freedom.

Through heartfelt storytelling, biblical insight, and practical strategies, listeners will learn:

• What resentment really is and how it manifests in our lives
• Why holding onto resentment keeps us emotionally stuck
• How forgiveness and spiritual clarity can lead to liberation
• Steps to begin the healing process—even when the hurt runs deep
• How music and reflection can support emotional release and restoration

Whether you're navigating a difficult relationship, healing from past wounds, or simply seeking more peace in your life, this episode offers a safe space to reflect, release, and renew.

Connect with Keana: 💌 Website: Emory Rose (keanawmitchell.com)

📸 Instagram: Music and Therapy (@musicandtherapykwm) • Instagram photos and videos

📘 Facebook: Music and Therapy with Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell | Facebook

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmml1kGinhHSMOXOQ8zdIEQ

🎧 Listen to Last Week's Episode:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6T8cC9MhmpBiB9mKvRuBoS?si=10944edd3d7a42db

💬 Episode Summary:

Betrayal can feel like the ground beneath you has crumbled—whether it’s infidelity, dishonesty, emotional abandonment, or financial deception. In this week’s episode, Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell explores what it really takes to rebuild trust after it’s been broken.

This isn’t about quick fixes or empty promises. It’s about intentional healing, emotional safety, and the slow, sacred work of restoration.

🔑 In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• What rebuilding trust actually looks like in real relationships
• How betrayal impacts the nervous system and emotional regulation
• Why consistency and truth matter more than apologies
• What to say (and what not to say) when trust is broken
• How music can support emotional healing and co-regulation
• Trauma-informed strategies for couples and individuals navigating betrayal

🧠 Keana’s Key Insight:

“Trust isn’t rebuilt with promises. It’s rebuilt with consistency, safety, and truth.”

💞 Who This Episode Is For:

• Anyone healing from betrayal in a romantic relationship
• Partners trying to rebuild trust after infidelity or dishonesty
• Therapists and coaches supporting clients through relational trauma
• Listeners seeking trauma-informed guidance rooted in empathy and evidence

🎧 Listen + Subscribe:

Available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and wherever you tune in.

Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs it.

Connect with Keana: 💌 Website: Emory Rose (keanawmitchell.com)

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📘 Facebook: Music and Therapy with Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell | Facebook

📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmml1kGinhHSMOXOQ8zdIEQ

🎧 Listen to Last Week's Episode:

https://open.spotify.com/show/6T8cC9MhmpBiB9mKvRuBoS?si=10944edd3d7a42db

In this episode of the Music and Therapy podcast Keana explains how repair attempts are small but powerful gestures that help de-escalate tension and reconnect emotionally. She shares:

• 🔄 What repair attempts are: Verbal or nonverbal actions that signal a desire to reconnect after conflict.
• 🧠 Why they matter: According to Gottman, the success of a relationship isn’t about avoiding conflict it’s about how effectively partners repair after it.
• 💬 Examples of repair attempts:
• “Can we take a break and come back to this?”
• “I didn’t mean to hurt you can we talk?”
• A gentle touch, a shared laugh, or even a sincere apology.
• 🛠️ How to use them intentionally:
• Recognize when emotions are escalating.
• Pause and offer a repair attempt before things spiral.
• Stay open to receiving repair attempts from your partner.
• ❤️ Why repair attempts build emotional safety:
• They show humility, empathy, and a willingness to prioritize connection over being right.
• They help both people feel seen and valued even in disagreement.

Keana also reflects on how these tools can be used not just in romantic relationships, but in friendships, family dynamics, and even spiritual communities.

🎶 Song of the Week: “I Messed Up” by Emory Rose

This week’s featured track is “I Messed Up” by Emory Rose a vulnerable, soul-stirring single that echoes the emotional honesty needed for repair. With lyrics that speak to regret, reflection, and the hope of reconciliation, it’s the perfect musical companion to today’s episode.

🔍 Listener Reflection Prompt

Keana invites listeners to ask themselves:

• Have I used a repair attempt recently or missed an opportunity to?
• What’s one phrase or gesture I can use to reconnect after conflict?
• Am I open to receiving repair attempts, even when I’m hurt?

🔜 Next Week’s Episode Preview

Next week on Music and Therapy, Keana will be diving into a deeply personal and powerful topic: How to Rebuild Trust After Betrayal. Whether the betrayal came from a partner, a friend, or even within a spiritual community, rebuilding trust is one of the hardest—and most necessary steps toward healing. Keana will share insights on what trust really means, how to recognize when it’s been broken, and what it takes to restore it with honesty, boundaries, and grace.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Can I trust again?” this episode is for you.

Be sure to subscribe, share, and join us next week for a conversation that could change the way you approach healing and connection.

Connect with Keana: 💌 Website: Emory Rose (keanawmitchell.com)

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📘 Facebook: Music and Therapy with Relationship Coach Keana W. Mitchell | Facebook

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🎧 Listen to Last Week's Episode:

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In this week’s episode, we’re having an honest and heart-centered conversation about the five types of abuse that individuals may experience in a marriage and how to recognize when it’s time to walk away for your emotional, physical, and spiritual safety.

Keana breaks down:

• 🧠 Emotional abuse: Gaslighting, manipulation, and chronic criticism
• 💬 Verbal abuse: Name-calling, threats, and degrading language
• 🛑 Physical abuse: Any form of bodily harm or intimidation
• 💰 Financial abuse: Control over money, sabotage of employment, or economic dependence
• ⚠️ SA: Any non-consensual sexual contact, coercion, or manipulation within the relationship

You’ll also hear:

• 🎶 A new original song that reflects the journey from fear to freedom
• 💡 Practical signs that it may be time to leave and how to do so safely
• 💬 Encouragement for survivors who feel stuck, confused, or afraid to speak up

This episode is a safe space for anyone who’s questioning their relationship, seeking clarity, or supporting someone in crisis. Healing begins with truth, and you deserve love that doesn’t hurt.

Resources Mentioned:

• National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
• thehotline.org

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📝 Episode Summary

In this deeply compassionate episode of Music and Therapy, Keana W. Mitchell opens about the emotional, spiritual, and practical journey of surviving a divorce. Whether you're in the middle of it, still healing from it, or supporting someone who is, this episode offers hope, clarity, and tools for rebuilding your life.

Keana how divorce impacts identity, emotional safety, and spiritual connection and how you can begin to reclaim your peace, purpose, and voice.

💡 What You’ll Learn

• How to process the emotional aftermath of divorce without shame
• Why grief is not a setback—but a sacred part of healing
• How to rebuild your self-worth and rediscover your identity
• Practical steps for creating emotional boundaries and support systems

🧠 Heart Work Prompt

“What part of your story are you still grieving and what would it look like to give yourself permission to heal?”

📲 Connect with Keana

• Instagram: musicandtherapykwm
• Website: keanawmitchell.com
• Email: keanawmitchell@gmail.com

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