Welcome to the Trauma Therapist podcast. My name is Guy McPherson. I interview incredible people who've dedicated their lives to helping those who've been impacted by trauma.

A big thank you to our sponsors and our guests who are supporting this show.

So 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1.

Our folks, welcome back to the podcast. Very excited to have as my guest today.

Leah, Marone. Leah, welcome.

Thank you so much for having me.

Leah is a seasoned therapist, keynote speaker, and wellness consultant with over 20 years of

clinical experience and more than 20,000 therapy sessions across three continents.

She helps leaders and people-pleasers learn to support others without self-abandoning,

using our hallmark framework support don't solve to guide teams, organizations, and individuals

toward resilience, boundaries, and authentic self-care.

All right, Leah, just a little bit about you.

Before we get going, share with the listeners where you're from originally and where you

are currently.

Yeah.

So I was born in Dayton, Ohio, and I grew up, though, in Indianapolis, Carmel, Indiana,

just north of Indianapolis, and made my way to Ball State University and University of Texas

and Austin. I was overseas for a bit and my nomadic days are over, I guess, for the time being.

And I have been in Charlotte, North Carolina now for a little over 10 years.

Awesome. Awesome. So let's get into it here. How does all this start for you? How does the journey begin?

How does the journey begin? I guess even from a very young age, I just loved hearing people's stories.

I felt even, gosh, I can remember in elementary school, just even when a friend would open up,

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