EDm3 Podcast - Tracey Yokas Creates

A Conversation with Caise Rode McHale

About my book Caise says, “This book is a must read guide and tribute to any family in a mental health or eating disorder crisis. The book powerfully explores the concept of healing as a family unit and the complexities of self-discovery, long-term trauma, resilience, and openness. Tracey’s tone in Bloodlines is sharply honest and starkly specific, but it lands the reader in a safer place where healing and hope are vibrant and exciting!”

Wow. It was a dream of mine for folks to find value in the pages of my book. But having this come to fruition in real life rather than just my head is such a gift.

The episode description also clarifies that we discuss when my daughter was diagnosed with complex mental health and eating disorder challenges, I discovered that I could only support her journey if I was willing to truly immerse myself in my own recovery story and begin dispelling generational self-narratives and addressing negative behaviors. I illustrate how shame lives in the silence and how we need to learn to listen, be safer places for each other to land, and redefine self-care to develop a loving relationship with ourselves that eventually enriches our families and, ostensibly, all our relationships.

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Episode Highlights

I share, in part:

How not knowing what we don’t know can impede our ability to understand the dynamics at play and how to help.
Why our own suffering might not be enough to spur us into action.
How I came to the conclusion that my coping mechanisms weren’t much different from my daughter’s, and who was I to judge.
How my understanding of self-care shifted to include the work of uncovering my authentic self as a vehicle to freedom and comfort in my own skin, allowing that to flow out of me, and positively impact all my relationships.
How my husband and I struggled to get on the same page and the impact it had on our relationship.