Beauty in the Broken

Content note: discussion of depression, anxiety, suicide, sexual assault, and pornography. 

On this special episode of the podcast producer Michael joins our host Mia for a conversation highlighting men’s mental health in honor of Men’s Mental Health Awareness month. Michael gets real talking about depression, anxiety, suicide, sexual abuse, and pornography that causes so many men to live in shame and isolation. 

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This episode features host, Mia, sharing a testimony with the theology of suffering she has discovered through hard seasons in life, discovering how to live in God’s all sufficient grace and not lean on her own understanding. 

Carter had a childhood that was steeped in church culture and there came a point where he couldn’t take it at face value anymore. He spent time researching, not just Christianity, but other religions, and it all pointed him back to Christ. Listen to this conversation with our host Mia as he shares his journey of faith and its intersection with science and art.

Chris Decker knew from a young age that he was neurodivergent however as an adult he learned how deep that ran. Listen in to this conversation about Chris’ journey to understanding himself as a Highly Sensitive Person, the emotions that come with being an HSP, and the importance of setting boundaries to protect his energy.

In a time where millions of people are walking away from the church Clint and Rose of Lighthouse Vineyard share how they have created a space where people are coming back to church, back to God, and finding healing for their brokenness in the process.

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Lilli was born to two parents deep in addiction, for her, though, this was just normal life. She was ultimately removed from her home due to drug activity and sexual abuse. At 12 years old she ran away from the group home she was in which began years of being trafficked and also trafficking drugs. That’s not how her story ends, though, she met Jesus in a jail cell and her life has never been the same. Listen in to our host Mia’s little sister as she shares her story of being trafficked as a team and ultimately becoming a treasured member of a family.

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On this episode of the podcast John shares the journey of growing up in the church to living with an opioid addiction and how the process of recovery taught him what we all should know, we are all recovering from the fall and all need Jesus to live recovered from our sins.

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This episode features Angie, a repeat guest from Season 1, she and host Mia discuss their shared experience of being diagnosed with ADHD in adulthood and the freedom that came with understanding themselves through the lens of neurodivergence.

As Heart Health Awareness Month comes to a close, host Mia discusses the common, but under-discussed mental health piece of heart disease. Listen in as she shares the mental health battle with depression, anxiety, and PTSD that she fought after her heart attack and open heart surgery.

***Content note: mention of drug use, sexual assault, overdose, and domestic violence***

Anisa had a typical millennial childhood in the Bible Belt, but as a teen she experienced a sexual assault and ultimately in adulthood lived through a life threatening meth addiction. Listen to the story of how she found and fought for recovery to finally live free and fully as herself.

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