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Take this personally with Morgan Hulesman

It's the second episode of Take This Personally.

I'm Morgan. You may know me from the Bobby Bone Show.

I've always found that it's easier to get through some of life's challenges when we feel less alone, which is really why I started this podcast.

I'm hoping you can connect to one of my

guest stories or their pieces of advice. This week I have on Dr. Solomon First, who is beyond an

expert with over 20 years of experience. She studied psychology and women's studies at the

University of Michigan. And she also received her PhD in counseling psychology.

Then I have on country artist Kylie Morgan, who is a friend and came on to share some of the most

vulnerable moments in her life that led her to where her career is now.

I'm so excited to talk to Dr. Solomon right now.

Thank you for joining me.

And I want to get your expertise on several topics. But we're going to dive right into the deep end to start.

I want to talk about trauma and growth.

Do you feel like people have to go through

almost traumatic things to feel that growth? Or do you think they can still feel that growth

without having gone through something terribly bad? I love the idea of gentle awakenings,

right? I'm just sort of, you know, as I remember years and years ago, Oprah Winfrey talked about, you know,

sometimes when we get the first brick upside our head, you know, the first little inkling that we are creating a pattern for ourselves that's painful.

If we don't pay attention to the brick upside the head, then we will get the entire brick wall crashing down upon us. And I think

some of us, yeah, some of us can get a little bit more like, no, no, I got this. I'm good. I don't

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