EP 74: Is This The End? Elizabeth Fiorenza Part 2

In this Beyond the 1st Response episode, Christy and Ciara talked with Elizabeth Fiorenza, Anaheim Firefighters Association.   

Is This The End?

 In this episode, Christy and Ciara continue the conversation with Elizabeth about her and Matty’s relationship, her personal struggles, and what may have been the end.

Elizabeth recalls the day Matty had tried to take his life, and she had decisions to make. Death or divorce. Elizabeth knew Matty needed help but was also learning she needed help herself. She needed to get healthy, and that day, she decided to leave. She moved out of their home and started the path of her own program and healing from her traumas. She talks in depth about how she struggled so much with the next phase of her and Matty, she didn’t want to be a victim but also didn’t want to end her marriage because she knew Matty was good he was just sick.

Chicago Reset

 We hear about Elizabeth’s experience going to Chicago and having the treatment Stellate Ganglion Block at Stella Center to have the Stellate Ganglion Block treatment with Matty. The good, bad, and ugly of the trip and how successful it was. She found herself alone in a dangerous city because of anger with Matty. Elizabeth talks about the shot and her “tough neck” with the treatment. She tells us how amazing it was; she was able to stop people pleasing and really stop to smell the roses. Elizabeth tells us about how a walk around Lake Michigan changed her, and she was able to heal from a deep-rooted pain within her and the adoption of her first daughter. 

 We learn about personal health problems Elizabeth had faced and how a little gift happened in Chicago, Ultimately, it changed her path and her desire to be healthier and healthier within their marriage. 

She knew that they both had a lot of work to do bringing a child into the world, and they both needed to really work their programs to move forward healing. 

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