Mending Families is hosted by Melissa Pemberton and she brings you weekly content that is a mix of trauma aware interviews, parenting tips for those caring for kids from adversity, and stories from people just like you as they share their beautiful messy moments. Melissa hopes that when you listen each week, you will feel encouraged, inspired and take a little something away to help you and your family move from broken to mended.

***TW: The topic of conversation can be hard for some to hear. Kelsea shares her personal story which includes neglect, drugs/alcohol, rape, and suicidal ideations.***
In this conversation, Kelsea Koenreich shares about the importance of self-care, healing, and personal growth, while sharing her experiences with trauma and overcoming challenges. She emphasizes the need for self-reflection, accountability, and breaking negative patterns to achieve personal and professional goals. The conversation also covered Kelsea's journey from personal training to coaching, highlighting the significance of addressing one's own issues to prevent passing trauma to children and offering resources for those starting their healing journey. Enjoy!

Born in Texas and now living in Florida, Kelsea has been an entrepreneur since 2011 and dedicated her life to creating a massive impact in the world. From nightly binge-drinking and three arrests to author, speaker, entrepreneur, wife and mom of 3, her story is proof of what is possible for anyone. After living a life with no intention in her days she went on a quest to find her true purpose and start living a life with intention.. Kelsea shows clients that you don’t have to put your personal well-being or the people you love on the back burner in the pursuit of success or greater impact. She teaches how to lead a sustainable and profitable business through deep thought partnership and strategic advisory to entrepreneurs and founders, specializing in the intersection of motherhood and business.

You can learn more about Kelsea at her website https://www.kelseakoenreich.com/, on Instagram, or on Facebook. Kelsea also hosts the podcast The Moms Founders Table.

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Topics Kelsea mentions:

*Drug court and teen court in Florida are programs that are used to help individuals who want the opportunity to change

*Kelsea found therapy helpful at certain points, and life coaching helpful in other points of her life.

*She also found focusing on her physical health a way to stay focused on life changes

* ”If you really want this, nothing can stop you” is a mantra that Kelsea has lived by to make the changes necessary to be where she is today

*We can’t control our kids; we can only control ourselves.

*Being yourself will attract the people who are your people!

*We can change, but we can’t forget that it takes so much repetition to make new connections in our brain.

*Kelsea recommends finding accountability as you work on healing, find good books and podcasts to help you grow, and taking a look in the mirror to see what you need to do to make change.

*You can find Kelsea’s book Below the Surface HERE

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