I will also send you a free PDF copy of the first chapter of my book, Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage as well as the first chapter of the brand new companion workbook. It’s like a super-charged therapy session!Learn how to take responsibility for yourself, make decisions without fear, and move forward with hope and purpose in spite of obstacles and challenges.
Episode 46 – Self-Advocacy: A Key to Your Healing After Emotional or Spiritual Abuse
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Survivor Identity
Episode 45 – How Our Female Bodies Reflect God’s Glory: Interview with Christy Bauman
Christy Bauman, licensed mental health counselor and author of new release, Theology of the Womb, talks about the female body and how the way it works tells a story about God and His love for us.
Episode 37 – What if You’re Starved for Affection?
In this interview with executive director of ARMS, Stacey Womack, we talk about how survivors are often starved for affection. They’ve been told they aren’t worth much, and others have not only NOT loved survivors well, but they have actually sucked survivors dry. This leaves them emotionally emaciated. What do they need to be nourished with affection again?
Episode 33 – Busting Myths About Singleness After Divorce
Gretchen Baskerville, author of Life Saving Divorce, shares tips on how to get the most out of your single years after divorce! Even if you’re still married, you’ll discover how to lean into getting to know who you are and nurturing your friendships, gifts, and vision.
Episode 32 – Narcissistic Abuse in Your Family of Origin
Join me in a conversation with author Cherilyn Christen Clough about the complexities of dealing with narcissistic religious abuse in your family of origin.
Episode 31 – Yikes! What if I’M the Narcissist!
Natalie and Rachel answer two listener questions. 1. Help! I’m divorced and I don’t want to be single forever! 2. Yikes! My husband says I’m the narcissist! What if he is right? We want to set your fears to rest in this episode!
Why the Church Rejects Emotional Abuse Victims (and what you can and can’t do about it!)
When a hurting woman finally puts herself in the vulnerable position of reaching out for help from her church, she often experiences one of the most egregious, shocking, and damaging phases of her journey: rejection and vilification from her church family.
Episode 30 – Taking Back Your Life from the Grip of Abuse
Natalie Collins, a Gender Justice Specialist from the UK, talks about how we take back our lives from abuse as well as from patriarchal teachings that keep us stuck in abusive environments.
This is What Covert Hidden Abuse Looks Like
I think I might be going crazy. I never was before, but now I am. But it’s not like he’s ever really hurt me.