Honest Motherhood: Chronic Pain, Hearing Loss Advocacy, and Finding Her Voice Through Rage Journaling

About this episode

Chanlee Sutoyo shares her transformative journey through chronic pain, motherhood, and the healing power of rage journaling.

Chanlee Sutoyo has had quite the journey! When chronic pain meant she had to retire from her career in law, she later learned that she needed to remove one of her ovaries. But the challenges didn't stop there. After experiencing a miscarriage, she ended up having two beautiful daughters, one of whom experienced hearing loss at a young age. In this powerful episode of Busy Moms Get It Done, we sit down with Chanlee Sutoyo to explore her transformative journey through all the life challenges she faced and the tool she discovered to help her heal emotionally: rage journaling. By bringing her rawest emotions to the page, she not only found a way to alleviate her physical discomfort but also reclaimed her voice. Today, she translates those hard-won motherhood lessons into entrepreneurship, helping other mothers harness the power of storytelling to heal, grow, and reclaim their peace. Key Takeaways The Reality of the Shift: Motherhood and severe chronic pain can completely disrupt your expected career path, forcing a deeper reevaluation of self-care and boundaries. The Power of "Rage Journaling": Confronting and releasing repressed, messy emotions on paper is a powerful catalyst for…

People in this episode

Host: Esther Shittu

Guest: Chanlee Sutoyo

Topics covered

• chronic pain
• motherhood
• rage journaling
• hearing loss advocacy
• entrepreneurship
• emotional healing

Keywords

• chronic pain
• motherhood
• rage journaling
• hearing loss
• emotional healing
• entrepreneurship
• advocacy

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