Posts tagged Therapy
Episode 24: You Aren't Your Failures

I was delighted when a friend introduced me to Episode 24’s guest, Cindy Villanueva. We were both unwed teen moms who bounced back from that failure only to end up with divorce, domestic violence, and career setbacks as part of our stories. We both learned that we aren’t our failures. And, thanks to our faith, we’ve also learned that we aren’t what we’ve accomplished. Our identities are more than our degrees, careers, and even our children.

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Episode 23: How to Own Your Story

If you’ve been through any kind of toxic situation whether it was a relationship or a certain work or living environment and you want to learn how to find the gifts in that, how to not only survive it but thrive because of it, then you’ll want to tune into this season. We will look at narcissistic, toxic people and situations. How to spot them and how to deal with them.

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Spiritual Identity Part 2 of 3: Recovery Time

Did you know that our journey with God has stages? And did you know that along that journey there are times of intense doubt where you question everything you once were taught and believed? If you are in that stage right now, what if I told you there is nothing wrong with you? That what you are going through is not only perfectly normal but that it’s also really, really good?

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How can we evolve spiritually?

Episode 17 of the All Gifts Podcast, I’m joined by guest Molly LaCroix who obtained her master’s in marriage and family therapy at a seminary and writes about the intersection of faith and well-being. In this episode, she shares about being diagnosed with breast cancer in April of 2020 and how she relied on a spiritual practice she developed to deal with this in the middle of the pandemic.

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Chronic Illness, Pain, and Anxiety

In Episode 15 of The All Gifts Podcast, I talk with Mary Kate Brown, a writer and homeschool mom of three little girls about her journey with the autoimmune illness Crohn’s Disease. Through the nine months it took to diagnose this inflammatory bowel disease, the birth of her third child, dealing with insurance, hospitalizations and eventually, major surgery, Mary Kate suffered.

When she was at the height of her physical suffering, Mary Kate became aware that she was also battling emotional wounds. She discovered that her inner life was affecting her physical body. God used her condition to unearth unhealed areas of her life and put her on a path of spiritual, emotional, and physical healing.

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The Gift of Empowerment in Isolation

In March, my job which consisted of traveling, meeting with my team, and being in front of customers, shifted to working from home. I went from face-to-face interaction with tons of people to staring at screens all day. Even my church went to digital services . . .

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