Nine Lives, One Mission

Season 2 Episode 68

Vitelle knows survival mode too well—single motherhood, abuse, homelessness, “doing fine” while burning out. She breaks down how faith, community, and creativity pulled her from coping to healing. This is a masterclass in surrendering control, rebuilding self-trust, and using your gifts to help others heal.

Survival mode is a mindset—not a life sentence.
Coping isn’t healing; overfunctioning is just stress in pearls.
Faith isn’t church attendance; it’s daily surrender and self-awareness.
Community is medicine—technology should be a bridge, not a bunker.
Ask big, but be ready for the training that comes with the blessing.

🎙️ What We Talk About:

Defining survival mode vs. thriving (and why we slip back)
Homeless with kids: food, water, shelter—and the nervous system cost
Therapy and coaching: the difference, the gaps, and what actually helps
Faith as a practice: surrender > control, presence > performance
Isolation after trauma, and building a real support ecosystem
Tools that move the needle: movement, art, prayer, mentors, environment shifts
Leticia’s 3 phases to exit survival mode—applied to Vitelle’s story:
Self-Awareness: “I’m coping, not healing.”
Reprogramming: Rewriting “strong = numb” into “strong = honest + supported.”
Reinvention: Creating Nine Lives and leading healing through the arts

🔑 Key Takeaways:

“Overfunctioning looks heroic and feels like hollow.”

“Faith is surrender, not micromanagement.”

“Community is a cure—use tech as a bridge, not a hiding place.”

“You don’t have to do ‘grief/trauma right.’ You have to do you.”

🙌 Why This Episode Matters:

High-achieving women can survive anything—and too often, we settle for that. This episode shows the difference between polishing your pain and transforming it. If you’ve been performing “okay,” this conversation hands you language, tools, and permission to stop.

💬 Connect with Vitelle:

Website: vitel.net (as shared in the episode)
Text updates: +1 (770) 626-5075
Founder: US3 Productions
One-woman show: Nine Lives (tour recap book coming soon)

🔗 Resources & Links:

💣 Download the Survival Mode Exit Blueprint
👉🏾 Join the Survival Mode Exodus Membership
🎧 Subscribe to Survival Mode Disrupted: The Podcast on YouTube
✍🏾 Subscribe to Survival Mode Disrupted: The Newsletter on LinkedIn
💬 Book a 1:1 Session with Leticia
📖 Order Survival Mode Exit Plan Book
😉 Join the free FB Group Disrupting Survival Mode