307: What if you fell hard for the scam?
This Is Actually Happening
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4.6 • 10.4K Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
A woman growing up in poverty in Jamaica is abandoned by her mother at an early age, and as her story of unworthiness deepens, she falls prey to a cruel world.
Today’s episode featured Donna Hayes. Donna has written a memoir that includes further details about her incredible journey called These Broken Roads, which you can find on Amazon. You can also find out more about her on her website, donna-hayes.com and learn about her coaching practice at distinguishedcoaching.com. You can find her on social media on Instagram @iamdonna_hayes and if you’d like to reach out to her, you can email her at donna@distinguishedcoaching.com.
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Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: animal cruelty, parental neglect, domestic violence, explicit language
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| 0:00.0 | This is actually happening features real experiences that often include traumatic events. |
| 0:04.1 | Please consult the show notes for specific content warnings on each episode and for more information about support services. I can now connect the trauma to my choices. It's like I was under the table and crumbs were falling and I was settled for the |
| 0:26.2 | crumbs because I didn't believe I deserve the loaf. From Wundery, I'm Witt Misleine. You are listening to this is actually happening. Episode 307. |
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| 1:46.0 | What happens now? What happens now? How will I cope? How will I cope? |
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| 2:12.1 | To join us, search Macmillan online community. I was months old when my mom took me to my grandmother and my grandmother raised me for the first 14 years of my life. |
| 2:40.0 | My earliest memories, you know, I just remember being very lonely and longing. |
| 2:46.2 | Those are my most prominent memories. I remember yearning to meet my parents and I think in my young mind I didn't know that they knew that I |
| 2:58.8 | existed but I do remember that one of the ways that I thought I was connecting with them was praying to their pictures that were hanging on the wall. |
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