Advocacy isn’t optional when it’s your family
What happens when life doesn’t just test you…
it tries to break you?
In this episode of Through the Trauma, we sit down with Terez—a mother, wife, author, and now a fierce advocate—whose life was split into before and after the moment her husband was given a 1% chance of survival. For over 10 months, Terez stood in the fire—fighting for her husband’s life, holding her family together, and stepping into a role she never asked for… but was called to become.
This isn’t just a story about survival. It’s a story about identity being forged under pressure. It’s about what happens when love turns into warrior-level advocacy. And about the kind of strength you don’t know you have… until you have no other choice.
Now, through her upcoming book Advocate, Terez is turning her pain into purpose—so others don’t have to walk through their darkest moments alone.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
- The moment everything changed—and how quickly life can flip
- What it really looks like to fight for someone you love when the odds are against you
- The emotional toll of becoming the sole provider overnight
- How trauma forces you to either collapse… or rise
- The mindset that carried her through uncertainty, fear, and exhaustion
- Why advocacy isn’t optional when it comes to your family—it’s necessary
- How her ICU experience shaped the way she now serves others in real estate
- Turning pain into purpose through her upcoming book Advocate
Key Framework
- Strength is often born in moments you never asked for
- Advocacy is a skill—but it’s also a decision
- Trauma can either break your identity… or rebuild it stronger
- When no one shows up for you—you learn to become the one who does
- Your story isn’t just yours—it’s meant to help someone else survive
Action Items
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Because healing doesn’t happen in silence.
It happens when we face it… together.
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