Living Your Legacy

From Abandoned Child to Healing Others’ Trauma

19 min
May 19, 202611 days ago
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Summary

Tasha Day, founder of Deep Waves Life Coaching, shares her journey from trauma and abuse to becoming a life coach who helps survivors heal through awareness, gratitude, and spiritual practices. The episode explores generational trauma, emotional regulation, and practical techniques like meditation and somatic therapy for transforming pain into purpose.

Insights
  • Generational trauma is biologically inherited through epigenetics and can be broken by individual healing work that prevents transmission to the next generation
  • Awareness of one's emotional state is the foundational step to healing, as emotions drive thoughts which drive actions
  • Skepticism and resistance to healing work can be a barrier; coaches must assess client readiness and alignment before engagement
  • Somatic practices (writing, movement, dancing) are essential for releasing trapped trauma stored in the body, not just cognitive work
  • Perspective shift is more powerful than circumstance change; reframing one's story from disqualification to purpose is transformative
Trends
Growing mainstream acceptance of trauma-informed coaching and holistic healing modalities beyond traditional therapyIntegration of spiritual/energetic frameworks (chakras, manifestation, epigenetics) into life coaching and wellness practicesEmphasis on community-building and peer storytelling as healing mechanisms, particularly through podcasts and digital platformsSomatic therapy and body-based healing approaches gaining prominence in trauma recovery conversationsPersonal narrative reframing as a core business model for coaches and wellness entrepreneursSkepticism toward credentialed-only coaching; market demand for coaches with lived experience and integrated knowledgeMeditation and grounding techniques becoming mainstream wellness practices recommended by non-traditional practitioners
Companies
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People
Tasha Day
Guest discussing her journey from trauma to founding a life coaching practice focused on healing survivors
Ray Gutierrez
Host of the Living Your Legacy podcast conducting the interview with Tasha Day
Quotes
"Let's get rid of that old story. Let's rewrite a new one and let me help you step into your full power, because I know what you're capable of, and I want you to see that as well."
Tasha Day
"Awareness is number one. You have to understand what it is that you're feeling. If you don't know what you're suffering with, then how are you supposed to fix it?"
Tasha Day
"You may think that you're disqualified, right, based off of your story, but that disqualification is only someone else's perspective. Use that disqualification. Get your story out there because you could possibly save someone's life one day with your story."
Tasha Day
"I am two years clean and sober from chaos."
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"Without the light, there is no dark. Without the dark, there is definitely no light. Right. Ying to Yang."
Tasha Day
Full Transcript
You are not alone. There are so many people struggling with abuse and addiction, and whatever the case is. Let's get rid of that old story. Let's rewrite a new one, and let me help you step into your full power, because I know what you're capable of, and I want you to see that as well. Tasha Day is a resilient, purpose-driven life coach and the founder of Deep Waves Life Coaching. Drawing from her journey of overcoming abuse, loss, and adversity, she empowers survivors to heal, reclaim their voice, and transform pain into purpose. A lot of us are stuck in that mindset of, I'm probably gonna die this way. Nobody doesn't have to be like that, you guys. That's the thing. So awareness is number one. You have to understand what it is that you're feeling. If you don't know what you're suffering with, then how are you supposed to fix it? You may think that you're disqualified, right, based off of your story, but that disqualification is only someone else's perspective. Use that disqualification, what you think won't fix you. Get your story out there, because you could possibly save someone's life one day with your story. It spans the globe like a super high's cold into the eldest, ready to fight for fear. Today, Apple is going to reinvent the past. It's not over until I win. The Living Your Legacy podcast. For those who live to leave a legacy. That's extraordinary. The impossible. Oh, that is sensational. Jordan, open. Chicago with the lead. You said Paul is the fastest man on the planet. You can live your dream. Welcome back to another episode of the Living Your Legacy podcast, the Women in Power edition. For Insight Success, I am Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today, oh, what a day. Is Tasha Day. Tasha Day, I've got a cheat sheet here. It says here, Tasha Day is a woman in power because she transforms pain into purpose, guiding others to heal through deep waves, life coaching. Yes, sir. Thank you so much for having me here today. It's a pleasure. Right on, dude. Your energy is radiating as I bounce my microphone back and forth. You clearly just finished filming your episode for Women in Power. Yes. I can tell. Yes. I can, the power is resonating for you. I can feel it. What are we going to learn about you? You're going to learn how to take all of the trauma and the abuse and the chaos that you have lived in your life. And I'm going to teach you to rewrite that, break free from those limiting beliefs and rewrite your story with strength, power and authenticity. I love all that. And you mentioned my life. How about generational trauma? The stuff that I don't even know happened. Exactly. Generational trauma. That's a good question. You bring that up because there is a thing called epigenetics. And that gets carried through our grandmothers, down to our mothers, down to us. So initially what happens is we don't know this, but we do carry on our grandmother's trauma. It is in our genome. So once I started recognizing signs in my own children of depression and my daughter really struggling with suicidal thoughts and stuff right after my mom passed away, I knew that I had to do something within myself so that she wouldn't feel this pain anymore. So it started with me and now it trickles on to her. So I have put in all of the shadow work, all of the generational trauma work that you could possibly think of. And here I am breaking those chains today. Fantastic. I'm all about this, especially for someone that was raised by their grandmother. I am completely familiar with generational trauma. Yeah. Yeah. Talk about how you're empowering folks and educating folks about this trauma that is unseen, but it's very much, very much felt. It is felt and it is silently carried by a lot of us. And what we need to realize is that you are not alone. There are so many people struggling with abuse and addiction, whatever the case is. And my job is to step in there, help you rewrite your story. Because I know that it's been dictated by so many other influences in your life. Most likely friends and family. So let's get rid of that old story. Let's rewrite a new one and let's let me help you step into your full power, because I know what you're capable of. And I want you to see that as well. I love it. Your your your your intonation, your musical tone is nice and high. But I'm sure it hasn't always been that way. I'm sure there was a darker part of your story. Let's let's dive a little deeper. Yeah, I struggled with depression and anxiety. Most of my life, but I started really feeling it in my teens. I suffered an ectopic pregnancy. I dropped out of high school. I've been through so much. I've lost both of my parents. And so I knew that, like, there's more out there. Like, this is not how my story has to end. And I'm going to prove it. So hold my beer and watch this. I love it. Some folks that are truly walking the divine path without even knowing are thrown these miraculously dark challenges and they figure out, wow, that was quite a lesson. If it wasn't for X, Y, Z, I wouldn't be Z, A, B. You know what I mean? Exactly. Exactly. How are you? How are you putting light on this on this subject matter? Because boy, there is a lot of darkness out there and there's a lot of folks that are angry. Yeah, how are you truly putting a light on their day? Yeah, good question. So the most important thing for me is awareness. Awareness is key. If you don't know what you're suffering with, no, then how are you supposed to fix it? Oh, yeah. So we're going to dive deep into your childhood traumas and your past, recognize where you came from and realize that that doesn't have to be you. You can be something else and someone else. I always like to say this is like every time you open up a comic book or watch a Star Wars movie or listen to a song that all that is about you. It just happens to be created by someone else. That's actually you, you and your it's a whole different podcast. No, yeah, totally. Yes, though, I was born and raised in Miami. I figured out all this stuff when I moved out to the West Coast, if you catch my meaning and I'm back in Miami now, I'm I feel like I'm sort of like a weird wizard in front of this microphone. I love that. So I appreciate you coming on the show and making me feel a little less crazy. But no, I have my own podcast show, so I know how it feels. It's OK. All right. On how how are you reacting to folks being attractive to such a bizarre message? Like things suck, but they will get better. Right. And that's where a lot of us are stuck in, is in in that mindset of, huh, I'm probably going to die this way. Right. Yes. Like literally I am. What what do I do? Or in the waking up and go, fuck, really? With this. Exactly. Should I be miserable forever? Yeah. No, but it doesn't have to be like that, you guys. That's the thing. So awareness is number one. You have to understand what it is that you're feeling. And because our emotions create our thoughts and then in turn, our thoughts create our actions. So if we can go back and rewrite our emotions where they really come from, I'm going to emotionally regulate you as what's going to happen. And I'm going to build up your self confidence to to where you're not going to recognize yourself. You're going to be like, oh, my God, who am I? Because that's what happened for me. Oh, yeah. So I know it's possible. I mean, there there were so many nights and years even of me not wanting to get up out of bed and me close nearly to death almost. Oh, yeah. I have an anniversary date. Yeah, I do, too. Yeah. Yeah. So yeah. Yeah, it's it's kind of scary to be a survivor per se, because now you're just like, well, you know, I'm going to do the life thing. But at the same time, I have the ability to to stop. It's that's the way it really works. That's a power that's not really shouldn't be blessed to anyone because we are our divine energy. And I'm going to go on this whole ramp. But I'm going to do. I don't want to solve about you. No, please do. No, no, this is all about you. I'm going to persuade this rent into your energy. What is your daily grind? What is your daily affirmations? You you crawl out of bed and now you're seeing the light and feeling in your heart. Yes. And you spring out. What's the first thing you do? Practice, gratitude. And the first thing I do every single morning is name three things that I'm grateful for. And it could be the socks you're wearing. It could be the air in your lungs that you're breathing. It could be the food you're eating. But that's where it starts is gratitude. Practicing gratitude will open up your heart chakra, which has been closed off for so long. Right. That's what trauma does. It is very much a thing. And so really opening up that heart space. That's when the power of manifestation becomes real. And it becomes aligned with who you are at your core essence. So gratitude and awareness. Awareness are the top two. A gratitude and awareness. Let's let's talk about the awareness. Most folks aren't aware that there is a spiritual warfare happening around. There is. There's tons of frequencies. There's all sorts of photons and protons and dark matter that we do not see. We're not designed to see it. We're just we're just divine humans that use 10 percent of their brain in our eyes are only designed to see what we're allowed to see. How do you educate the folks about what they're not seeing and what they really should be feeling? It's not about the site. It's about the feel. Right. So how I would do that is a lot of shocker work. You are totally unaligned. So we would do body scans. We would check where you're aligned to check where you're not aligned. See, that's the thing is recognize what no longer serves you anymore. And you know what? If it leaves you lonely, which it will, because you're going to take out all the trash and the garbage, right? Because we're rewriting your whole life story. Get rid of the trash, step into your clear mindset and let your creativity just flow. So I'm going to tap into your heart chakra, see where you're at. And I'm going to really open up that heart space, whether you want me to or not. But you're going to be there, obviously, to you want you want me to do the work for you and with you. And I'm absolutely all for that. But those are the things that I'm going to really teach you how to do. Really tap into that heart space, because that's really where it starts. I love all this, but I got to ask, how do you on board the devil's advocate, the skeptic that's like, what are you talking about? The clearly the barriers are up and no one's getting in. How do you start nicking at that energy and going, it's real. The force is real. It is real. Follow the heart. Like, how do you is it a zoom call? You said energy scans and like it goes beyond X-ray. This is a different kind of X-ray. It is. On board me. How does this work? And I am a truly dark empath. And so when I. So when I do that 15 minute on boarding call with my client, I'm going to see if our energies, I can feel energy within like 10 seconds. I can read you within 10 seconds. So I'm already by that conversation. I'm going to know whether I want to work with you or not. It's not great. That is great. So if you are one of those people that's like a skeptic and you don't believe in this stuff, I can't work with you. I literally can't because that's going to drain me and my energy. So if you're like, I, Kasha, I am so broken inside. Help me, please, please help me. Then I will work with you. Yeah, that almost sounds like a prayer, doesn't it? Like you're speaking out and someone's come to help you. Absolutely. Yeah. No, you're so right. It's funny how that works. Gosh, I want to dive a little deeper. What is your tribe look like today? Is it just you and your partner? Is it just you and a camera? Is it a flock? My tribe is so beautiful now. I can't even tell you I came from people who abused me my entire life. So I like to say that I am two years clean and sober from chaos. Wow. Wow. That's just a great way of putting it. And the way that I did that is I built up this community by starting my own podcast show. And with that comes a lot of people that I have interviewed like authors and doctors and psychedelic facilitators. And just everybody that's in the healing community, I can't believe. I never even knew this other world existed before trauma, right? Yeah, I am building this community. And I'm like, oh, my God, you guys are fuel for my soul. And we just have this. Oh, it's beautiful. So start by finding your tribe, finding your community based off of what you feel in your soul and in your gut. Don't base it off of someone else's story. Yeah, things don't happen to you. They happen for you for you. Yeah. And being negative or positive. I when I had my anniversary about a couple of years ago, I went through that process where it's like this is going to take about five years for the whole universe to kind of just. Evolve those five years, right? Let's isolate and hide. No posting, no nothing. Just heal. Yeah. Just heal. Take take five years off. Yeah. And when you figure out a time compressed those five years, I feel like five minutes. And it truly feels like it happened yesterday. Yeah, it's so true. And I was taught when I began my healing journey, believe it or not, the very first piece of information I picked up was the book called The Secret. Oh, gosh, here we go. Yeah, from there, it just literally took off. I'm like, oh, I want to know more. I don't know more than now I'm into sacred geometry. Now I'm into this and this and this and I'm just like, oh, give me more, more, more. So, yeah, the more that I learn, I'm able to help my clients so that they don't have to do the work. I already know mixed with my medical background. That's what sets me apart from most life coaches or therapists. Yeah, that's that's beautiful, because a lot of folks will step into this reality and kind of just wave their arms around and pretend they know what they're saying. And then they succumb to like their own ego and then everyone's in pain. Yes, nothing gets fixed. And I know tons of life coaches that are just I got their certificate. Now I'm life coaching. Well, that's great and dandy, but first the knowledge and the experience behind that. And I guarantee you, these are the life coaches that are always stuck in traffic. Never find a parking in the right time. Nothing is aligned to them. And when you can feel that this alignment, you got to just stop. And what do the Jedis do? They meditate. They meditate. Absolutely. You have to meditate. And if you a lot of people don't know what meditation is, right? Well, meditation is literally just sitting alone in a quiet space with your thoughts. OK, listen to what it's telling you, because we're so stuck in the stuck in this grind. Go, go, go, go. But nobody's sitting for five minutes to listen to what your heart really needs inside. So what it looks like is just sitting. I don't care where you sit on your bed outside on a mat with your dogs. I don't care where you sit. Sit, close your eyes for five minutes. Focus on your breathing. What is your breath doing? Are you holding it? Is it too much? Is it fast? Is it slow? Pay attention to your breathing. Pay attention to the grounding techniques. So like if you are overwhelmed and you get into a panic attack, reach for those five, four, three, two, one grounding techniques that really get you grounded. Exactly. Yeah. Yep. Right on. I've just recently started actually writing. I've got this little remarkable thing called a remarkable and I've I've noticed that I don't like to type digitally anymore. I've said this is AI. Anytime I use this thing, it's going to be an AI thing. It's even me. The real me is going to be writing. Exactly. Even if I'm writing the same thing over and over again, there's a reason why my body saying let it out and I can see my my my anger, my pain, what I'm going through that moment and the way I'm writing and the way I'm. Why is that? Because you have a lot of somatic therapy work that you need to do with yourself. Oh, yeah. Your body is so stuck. Literally. And I don't know if you've heard the book, The Body Keeps a Score, but it is a real thing. It is real. Oh, yeah. And I'm keeping score. I'm like, oh, shit. Yeah. And so that's why writing feels so good. Yes. If you're moving, dancing, singing, humming, you're expressing energy. And while you're doing that, if you're going to the gym, you're doing the same thing. You're releasing that energy to bring you back into a calm state of mind. And there you can meditate from there because it's are you already in a calm state and you feel good. Your endorphins are going to the happy emotions and the feel good are going. So, yeah, I love this. It's very easy to be celebrating on this side of the spectrum. But then there's all the Sith Lords in the darkness, the folks that are thriving in that in that field of dark, but are still very motivated to be light. Talk about folks like me that are in that world and going, yo, black and gold is cool. You know, these other bright colors are great. Why does all great I get, especially as a as a santero color means something. It means something to the energy. Without the light, there is no dark without the dark. There is definitely no light. Right. Ying to Yang. Talk to folks that are still stuck there and are literally going and they're going, well, maybe I shouldn't do this. Please listen to us. I'm so glad you you just did that because that's where I used to be. Literally, I wanted to end my life. I didn't care. However, if I were to take that TV screen and turn it around, what would be on the back of it? Nothing. Yeah, cables and just a cable, right? But when you turn it around and you see that or you see that beautiful painting right there, eyes open. So what does that mean? Perspective. As long as we can change our perspective, we can get our mindset right, because that's where we need to start is in our mindset and listening to motivational speakers and really educating yourself with books and podcasts and everything you can get your hands on. Open up your perspective because, oh, my gosh, it's so beautiful. When you take those glasses off, you're like, oh, yeah, beautiful. Yeah, no, no, no, it's great. Gosh, what a great, phenomenal way to end our and wrap up our Thursday. What's a what's a great place to find you and continue to discover more about you and your journey? You can find me on Facebook and Instagram at Deep Waves Life Coaching. And you can find me on my website at DeepWavesCoaching.com. DeepWavesCoaching.com. The real deal right here. And I'm I perfect. I can feel it. Any closing comments, anything you'd like to say? I would just. I want to leave the audience with this. Your story. Wherever you may be at right now, you may think that you're disqualified, right, based off of your story. But that disqualification is only someone else's perspective. Use that disqualification. What you think won't fix you. Get your story out there because you could possibly save someone's life one day with your story. That's what I'm hoping to do with mine, and I know it's working. So the more we talk about it and the more we release it and show that it's OK to talk about these sensitive subjects, the more people will come out of their shell and be like, OK, she's talking about it. I want to talk about it. Let's talk about it. Right. Let's talk about it. Yes, let's talk about it. Gosh, now we have to stop talking about it because this concludes our podcast. But with that, I'm sure folks are going to continue finding more about you. And gosh, to be continued, I'm already looking forward to your second episode. Yeah, that'd be great. For Insight Success, this is Tasha Day, and I am Ray Gutierrez.