The Violetta Show: Wired for Survival. Made for More.
The Quest
What is wired can be rewired.
Violet Rainwater was born into survival mode. The daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors, she was wired for hypervigilance before her first breath. On the show she shares her findings, her framework, and her daily quest to break free, joined by world-class experts.
Including how quantum jumping to your future self can set you free.
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Wired for survival. Made for more. A first look at the quest, the framework, and the conversations ahead.
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New conversations every Tuesday.
Catch up on every episode below, or get the next one the moment it drops.
He Forgave the Man Who Killed His Mother
with Dean Smith
Dean Smith shares what unresolved resentment costs leaders, why forgiveness is not reconciliation, and how letting go can free the person carrying the pain.
October 6, 2026
Dissociation: Why We Check Out and How to Come Back
Violet explains how dissociation became a survival tool, how it later affected her career and health, and the body-based practices that helped her return.
September 29, 2026
How Survival Mode Hijacks Your Nervous System at Work
with DeAnna Nunez
Violet and DeAnna explore why modern work keeps high performers in survival mode and what nervous-system regulation changes about leadership and performance.
September 22, 2026
Why You Keep Quitting Isn't Discipline, It's Safety
The biology behind habits that never stick, why the prefrontal cortex goes offline under threat, and how to create enough safety to keep moving.
September 15, 2026
Uncertainty Feels Like Physical Pain: Survival Mode at Work
with Sara Jean Waters, LPC
Why uncertainty feels like a physical threat, how it affects high performers, and practical ways to regulate a nervous system under pressure.
September 8, 2026
My Biggest Trigger as a Top Producer in Sales
Violet unpacks survival mode behind high performance, the cost of tying self-worth to sales numbers, and the question that began her healing journey.
September 1, 2026
Survival Mode: How to Break Free Before It Costs You
with Jennifer Detloff-Carter (Jennifer DC)
Violet sits down with Jennifer Detloff-Carter (Jennifer DC), a trauma-informed hypnotherapist and growth coach, to explore what really keeps us stuck in survival mode, and how our nervous system can be rewired.
August 25, 2026
I Didn't Know I Was Stuck in Survival Mode
If you're successful on the outside but anxious, hypervigilant, and exhausted on the inside, this episode will explain why. And it will show you the way out.
August 18, 2026
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