Podcast Episodes

Celebrating the Holidays When Life Is Blowing Up - Part One [201]

Episode 201

The holiday season can be bittersweet, imbued with magic and pain in equal parts. For many people, it can be a very emotional time, with all the Chri…

3 years, 2 months ago

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200th Episode Celebration: The State of the Christian Survivor and Advocate Community [200]

Episode 200

Is abuse more widespread than ever before or are we more aware of it? Are churches listening to the cries of abused women? Is anything getting better…

3 years, 2 months ago

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How Many Years Does a Christian Wife Owe Her Abusive Husband? [199]

Episode 199

Would you play a card game with a cheater? Once maybe, right? Then, it’s a solid H-E-double-hockey-stick no. 

What about for a month? A year? Five yea…

3 years, 3 months ago

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Why Don't I Feel Close to God? [198]

Episode 198

Learning about emotional and spiritual abuse is dangerous. 

You start to see patterns in your marriage, your family, your friendships, your church…and…

3 years, 3 months ago

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A Story About a Family, a Bus, and a Food Fight [197]

Episode 197

I'd like to introduce you to my friend Myrtle. She's a backseat driver. The kind you can't ignore. 

She's MY backseat driver. And yours. Myrtle thinks…

3 years, 3 months ago

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How Far Should I Go to Give My Emotionally Abusive Husband a Chance to Change? [196]

Episode 196

I remember thinking that if I could just hit on the right inflection in my voice maybe or the correct tone or the perfect combination of words or the…

3 years, 3 months ago

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My Abusive Husband Says I’m Unbiblical Unless I Reconcile with Him [195]

Episode 195

“Unless you forgive and come back to me, you’re disobeying God and the Bible!” 

If I were your abusive husband, I’d say the same thing. Why? Cause the…

3 years, 4 months ago

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What Role Does Fear Play in Our Religion and Our Relationships? [194]

Episode 194

“You don’t know God,” the elder leaned forward and said to me. He knew I was preparing to divorce my emotionally abusive husband.

My body began to tre…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Stop Waiting for Your Husband to Die so You Can Live [193]

Episode 193

If marriage is for life, then the only way out is death. Right? 

I’ve been asked that question, or a variation of it, many times. I used to wonder tha…

3 years, 4 months ago

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Confronting Religious Trauma and Reconstructing Faith [192]

Episode 192

“I’m going to be ninety-two next month, and I have waited my entire life for a book like this.” 

 

A woman said this to Tiffany after she spoke to a Su…

3 years, 4 months ago

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