7 years ago, I almost took my life.

I reached a breaking point where the weight of depression, emotional pain, and unhealed trauma felt like too much to carry. In that moment, I didn’t see a way forward.

But I stayed.

And this episode is my suicide survival story—but more than that, it’s my healing journey.

Over the past 7 years, I’ve learned that survival is not the same as healing. Freedom didn’t happen in a moment—it has been something I’ve had to choose every single day through faith, therapy, growth, and inner healing.

In this deeply personal conversation, I’m sharing:

• My experience with depression and emotional overwhelm

• What led me to my breaking point

• The moment that changed everything

• What healing actually looked like after surviving

• And how I’m still choosing to live free, 7 years later

If you are struggling with depression, emotional exhaustion, or feeling like life is too heavy right now, I need you to hear this—you are not alone, and your story is not over.

There is still purpose on the other side of your pain.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

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Many of us have learned how to manage our pain while continuing to show up, build, lead, and succeed. But managing pain is not the same as healing it.

In this episode, Dorcas talks about what it really means to go deeper in the healing process. Surface healing may help us function, but true healing requires us to confront what’s beneath the surface — the wounds, beliefs, and experiences that still shape how we show up in our lives.

If we want true freedom, wholeness, and the life God has called us to, we cannot keep building on unaddressed pain.

This conversation is an invitation to slow down, lean in, and begin healing beyond the surface.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

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We hear the question all the time: “How are you?”But how often do we actually pause long enough to answer it honestly?

In this special episode of The Dorcas Pittman Podcast, we step away from the normal format to create space for a simple but powerful moment of reflection. Life moves fast. Responsibilities pile up. As leaders, entrepreneurs, and women of faith, we often check on everyone else while neglecting to check in with ourselves.

This episode is an invitation to slow down, remove the mask, and answer the question truthfully before God and before yourself. No pressure to perform. No need to appear strong. Just honesty.

Sometimes healing begins with something as simple—and as brave—as telling the truth about how you’re really doing.

So today, take a moment and ask yourself the question we often rush past: How are you?

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

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Women’s History Month often highlights what women have accomplished — the businesses built, the barriers broken, the platforms gained. But legacy is not just what you build. It’s who you are while building it.

In this episode, “The Woman You’re Becoming Is the Legacy,” we shift from doing to being. Through Galatians 5:22–23, we explore how the fruit of the Spirit — love, peace, faithfulness, self-control — matters more than visibility, applause, or achievement.

If you’re a woman of faith, a leader, or an entrepreneur navigating growth and healing at the same time, this conversation will challenge you to prioritize character over clout and formation over performance.

Because influence without fruit will not sustain you. And history is shaped by who you become — not just what you produce.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

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Perfectionism has convinced many of us that we have to get it all together before we can fully walk in purpose. But what if purpose was never waiting on your perfection — only your presence?

In this episode of The Dorcas Pittman Podcast, we unpack the statement: “Purpose is not for the perfect. It is for the present.” You’ll learn how perfectionism can quietly delay obedience, fuel burnout, and keep you performing instead of participating. We explore how staying present with yourself creates space for God to nurture, refine, and develop the purpose He already placed within you.

If you’re a leader, entrepreneur, or woman of faith who feels like you’re constantly preparing but never arriving, this conversation will challenge you to stop striving for flawlessness and start showing up faithfully.

God’s power is not revealed through your polish — it’s revealed through your presence.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdorcasp 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamdorcasp

Isolation can sound wise. It can look mature. It can even feel like healing. But what if the very thing we’re calling “protecting our peace” is actually protecting our wounds?

In this episode, we unpack the difference between intentional solitude and defensive isolation. As leaders, entrepreneurs, and women of faith, many of us have learned to withdraw when we’re overwhelmed, disappointed, or stretched too thin. But isolation is not self-care — and it is not self-love.

We explore how isolation quietly robs us of the God-ordained connections meant to sharpen, stretch, and strengthen us. Through Scripture and honest reflection, we confront the lie that healing requires disappearing. You’ll learn how to discern whether you’re resetting in God’s presence or retreating out of fear, pride, or past pain.

If you’ve been building, leading, and healing mostly on your own, this conversation will gently challenge you to reconsider what real growth looks like.

You were not designed to do this alone. And choosing connection isn’t weakness — it’s wisdom.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

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So many women have mastered survival but never learned how to tend to themselves. In this episode, we unpack what it truly means to love yourself enough to heal—and why healing is not weakness, selfishness, or a lack of faith.

We explore the difference between survival and love, how healing becomes a boundary that breaks cycles of shame, pride, and fear, and why honoring your healing journey actually honors God. This conversation is a permission slip for the woman who has been strong for too long, silent for too long, and faithful while neglecting herself.

This episode is inviting you to stop surviving and start choosing wholeness with intention, honesty, and faith.

If you’ve been waiting for permission, this is it.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

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In this episode, we confront the Triad of Bondage—Shame, Pride, and Fear (S.P.F.)—and how these three often work together to silence our voice and stall our healing. Drawing from Breaking the Silence: Christianity & Mental Illness, this conversation unpacks how shame distorts identity, pride isolates us under the pressure to “be strong,” and fear keeps us hiding what God is inviting us to bring into the light. This episode is for women—especially leaders and entrepreneurs—who are ready to stop suffering in silence and begin healing in truth, freedom, and alignment with who God says they are.

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Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdorcasp 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamdorcasp

In this episode of The Dorcas Pittman Podcast, Dorcas explores the difference between blame and honesty—and why true healing doesn’t require guilt. This conversation centers on taking a healing inventory: identifying and listing the areas of your life that need healing without spiraling into shame or self-attack.

Many women try to grow by being hard on themselves, believing guilt proves they’re serious about change. But blame keeps us stuck, while honesty creates space for clarity, compassion, and freedom. Dorcas reframes the healing inventory as an act of leadership, not self-punishment, inviting listeners to observe their patterns without condemnation and tell the truth in a way that keeps them present and open to God.

Healing doesn’t come from punishing yourself into better behavior—it comes from honest reflection that leads to realignment and wholeness.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdorcasp 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamdorcasp

In this episode of The Dorcas Pittman Podcast, we take an honest look at self-sabotage—not as a flaw, but as evidence of unhealed survival patterns. Dorcas shares how self-sabotage shows up quietly in relationships and self-worth, often disguised as familiarity or protection. Anchored in Romans 12:2, this conversation invites us to pause, reflect, and allow God to renew our thinking so we can interrupt cycles that no longer serve who we’re becoming. This episode is a reminder that awareness is not condemnation—it’s the doorway to wholeness, freedom, and aligned leadership.

Host: Dorcas Pittman 

Website: https://www.dorcaspittman.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamdorcasp/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@iamdorcasp 

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@iamdorcasp