Episodes
Enter and face your dragon. Join Janet and Rob and they discuss the quest for truth, developing your personal practice, and the realization that you are your own best expert. It's all about the wise words of martial arts master, Bruce Lee, and the path to mastering the self as we open season two of The Aftermath. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 01/16/20
Join Rob and Janet for Season 2 of The Aftermath dropping January 16 wherever you get your podcasts.
Published 01/02/20
Join Janet and Rob on the final episode of the season! In this episode, we end with a raw discussion over the things that end and the things that begin. We explore how much we have changed since episode one, and where our next steps are taking us on this beautiful journey we call The Aftermath. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 10/03/19
Rob discusses the unique lens on trauma within Stephen King's IT, and the film adaptation recently released. Final episode of the season, Death and Resurrection, coming October 3rd. If you haven't already, please like and favorite us. And, for you iPhone users, please review us on iTunes! 5 Star reviews help others find our show. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 09/19/19
After trauma our brain processes information differently. Join Janet & Rob as they discuss trauma brain and how we interact with different information in new ways after trauma, how to manage the frustration that comes with trauma brain, and the ways in which we become superheroes. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 09/05/19
Who are we really, underneath it all? Join Janet and Rob as they discuss uncovering the beautiful uniqueness that trauma had buried. With or without trauma, the most difficult part of life can be the journey toward being genuine and loving who you see in the mirror. It's time to grab a shovel and dig down to what makes you - you. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 08/15/19
Join Janet & Rob as they discuss getting inked along the journey toward reclaiming the self. Includes another look into The Handmaid's Tale with a viral Reddit post on survivor judgment, and the dark reality of what we do to survive. If you haven't already, please like and favorite us. And, for you iPhone users, please review us on iTunes! 5 Star reviews help others find our show. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 08/01/19
Who was I then, who am I now, and what the @#$% is the matter with you? Join Janet and Rob as they discuss the intricacy of discovering identity and dealing with people that just don't "get" you anymore. Through laughter, tears, and a pop-culture showdown of our favorite characters we relate to, in episode nine we chronicle our fight for finding self. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 07/18/19
A holiday for some, and a hell for others. Join Rob as he gives some tips for relating to PTSD and surviving or supporting on the Fourth of July. If you haven't already, please like and favorite us. And, for you iPhone users, please review us on iTunes! 5 Star reviews help others find our show. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 07/04/19
Are you down with PTG? Yeah, you know me! Join Rob & Janet as they visit with Jean Rhea on what it means to grow through trauma. Jean's TEDx talk, A Place of Heart, is available on YouTube. Stephen Joseph's book, What Doesn't Kill Us: The New Psychology of Post Traumatic Growth, is available on Amazon. If you haven't already, please like and favorite us. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 06/20/19
What happens when your right to choose is taken away? Every decision has a consequence and sometimes those consequences live on well after the trauma or abuse has ended. Join Rob and Janet as they tackle the fallout from the decisions we make. If you haven't already, please like and favorite us. And, for you iPhone users, please review us on iTunes! 5 Star reviews help others find our show. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 06/06/19
Batterer Intervention has been called the beginning of prevention. Join Rob and Janet as they talk with Alicia Landrum, LPC, LMAC, of Aspire ICT about what Batterer Intervention is and how it helps end the cycle of abuse. If you haven't already, please like and favorite us or, for you iPhone users, please review us on iTunes! 5 Star reviews help others find our show. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 05/16/19
How do we face the shame when following orders means violating our personal code? How do we forgive ourselves for decisions we make that upend our sense of right and wrong? Join Rob & Janet as they discuss the consequences of violating our personal moral codes.  To learn more about today's topic, please visit: The Moral  Injury Project and Moral Injury Series on Huffington Post. The book mentioned in the episode is Achilles in Vietnam by Jonathan Shay. If you haven't already, please...
Published 05/02/19
The holiday weekend is coming up and so are your relatives. Join Rob as he shares some tips on how to survive the holidays with a family from hell.  If you haven't already, please review us on iTunes! 5 Star reviews help others find our show. Connect with us on social media. We're on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @AftermathThePod.
Published 04/18/19
All relationships are complicated enough and when you add in trauma it gets even more confusing. Join Janet & Rob as they tackle what it is to "relationship" in the aftermath.
Published 04/04/19
Victim, survivor, monster, abuser; the words used in the aftermath have consequences. Join Janet & Rob as they discuss the language of the aftermath. 
Published 03/21/19
For many of us, free isn't free. Join Janet & Rob as they discuss getting a protective order years after the relationship is over. 
Published 03/07/19
Trauma and abuse are frequent plot devices in TV and film but are they depicted accurately? Join Janet & Rob as they discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of trauma depictions in media. 
Published 02/21/19
The trauma you just left is rarely the first trauma you've experienced. Join Janet & Rob as they discuss how they personally came to journey through the aftermath of trauma. 
Published 02/07/19
You will never be the same, but will you always feel this way? Join Janet and Rob as they discuss the first steps of healing in the aftermath. 
Published 01/24/19
Join Janet Federico and Robert Yates on a journey through the aftermath of trauma and abuse. We all wish we could go back and tell ourselves something that will prepare us for the future. In this teaser, we discuss the one thing we wish we knew about the aftermath.
Published 01/08/19