A Contagious Smile Podcast · Victora Cuore; A Contagious Smile, Who Kicked First, Domestic Violence Survivor, Advocate, Motivational Coach, Special Needs, Abuse Support, Life Skill Classes, Special Needs Social Groups

We Share How Writing, Healing, And Community Keep Our Mission Alive

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Victoria calls Johnny Depp a hero for showing that men can be victims of domestic violence.

1. A Contagious Smile Podcast centers this episode on writing, healing, community support, and the costs of keeping the mission active. 2. Victoria Curie is the host and writer, and Michael Curie is her husband, co-host, and on-air foil who reacts to her books and stories. 3. The episode asks what keeps A Contagious Smile alive while Victoria keeps publishing books and helping survivors. 4. Victoria says "Healing from Narcissistic Abuse, 1001 Questions to Help You on Your Journey of Healing" is designed as a guided healing tool. 5. She says making a question-and-answer book is "eight times harder" than writing straight through because of alignment, numbering, and formatting. 6. She describes the book as a way to help people see "who you were, who you are and help you get to where you want to be." 7. Victoria says her next book, "Breaking the Cycle," is over 500 pages and is in the editing process. 8. She says the book is about breaking generational trauma so parents do not pass it on to their kids. 9. Michael says Victoria has written roughly 45 or 46 books in the last seven or eight years, and they compare her pace to James Patterson. 10. They also mention Chris Voss and James Patterson's habit of writing ideas on napkins and by hand. 11. Victoria says she and Michael started A Contagious Smile in 2006 at the request of a chief connected to a medical group helping Faith. 12. She says the podcast later reached the top global 1% and millions of downloads, but has always been funded out of pocket. 13. Victoria says they support women, children, and special-needs families, which is why they avoid heavy advertising. 14. She says the academy was awarded as the first trauma-informed academy internationally and as the best trauma platform internationally by Evergreen. 15. She says Women's Weekly also gave awards, and the academy includes a "buy me a coffee" donation option. 16. Michael says he lost his job while caring for his father, which adds pressure to the show's finances. 17. Victoria says celebrities such as Malcolm Goodwin, Bellamy Young, Lou Diamond Phillips, John Cusack, Tyler Perry, Johnny Depp, Keanu Reeves, and Adam Sandler have connected with them or inspired them. 18. The tone is conversational, unscripted, and playful, with repeated interruptions, laughter, and side comments between the couple. 19. Listeners who like trauma-informed books, recovery stories, and celebrity chatter. 20. Skip if you want a tightly edited, topic-focused interview.

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