Survivor Identity Archives

How Creativity Can Help You Heal from Emotional and Spiritual Abuse

March 8, 2025

Creativity isn’t just for artists—it’s for anyone who wants to reclaim their life after emotional or spiritual abuse. In The Creative Act, Rick Rubin reminds us that creativity isn’t about talent; it’s about being open, trusting yourself, and engaging with life on your own terms. If you’ve spent years being told who you should be, creativity is the antidote to that shrinking. Let’s explore how creativity can help you heal, rediscover your true self, and step into freedom.

What Is C-PTSD, and Do I Have It? Is It Me? [Episode 289]

August 20, 2024

“Do I have C-PTSD? Surely not—it’s not like I was a prisoner of war or something.”

If you’re a victim of emotional abuse, you very well could have C-PTSD. In today’s episode, I want to introduce you to C-PTSD, how emotional and spiritual abuse can cause C-PTSD, what the symptoms are, and some practical ways that you can move forward and heal if you determine that you do have C-PTSD. I also want to debunk the theory that many emotional abusers have that their victims have Borderline Personality Disorder. Let’s dive in, shall we?

Christian Women Don’t Need Permission to be the Leader of Their Own Life

Christian Women Don’t Need Permission to be the Leader in Their Own Life

July 12, 2024

Do you sometimes feel like a bird in a gilded cage? Christian women are often taught they need an authority figure to protect them. Is that true?

Her Rites: Women’s Sacred Journey [Episode 279]

June 11, 2024

Dr. Christy Bauman has written yet another beautifully rich book, and in today’s episode, you will get a sneak peek! Her Rites: A Sacred Journey for the Mind, Body, and Soul takes you on a journey through each of a woman’s six rites of passage and empowers women through words, art, and music.

BONUS EPISODE: New Beliefs for Christian Women in Emotionally and Spiritually Abusive Marriages

January 5, 2024

Christian women in emotionally & spiritually abusive marriages share the new beliefs that are changing their lives and setting them free

I Don’t Consider Myself to be a Victim, so How Do I Accept the Reality of my Abusive Relationship? [Episode 249]

November 14, 2023

Many emotional abuse victims have been accused of having a victim mentality—as if the abuse isn’t real. Some victims don’t like to be labeled a “victim.” It sounds weak and powerless. Recently, one of my listeners asked this question: “How do we accept the reality of abuse without living as a victim?”

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