These two hosts have been on a long journey of healing after traumatizing marriages.  We discuss how we've made sense of our healing journeys and what has worked, what continues to stump us, and how we work hard to heal while managing business, private practice, and personal lives. We talk about our ups and downs and how we are moving forward.

This week we talk through each of our businesses and how our gender impacts the bottom line, the freedom we feel to share our experiences with others, and the pressure to "hustle".  We talk honestly about our personal experiences in business and private practice, as well as the things we sacrifice on a daily or weekly basis in order to chase our dreams. 

Learn ways to take care of yourself, draw important boundaries and actually enjoy the work that you get to do each day!

This week we are interviewing Molly Jensen, a renaissance woman, singer, songwriter, artist, voice-over actor, and beautifully honest human.  She shares a little about growing up in conservative Christianity, the impact this has on her early development and experiences, and her adult life.  Molly walks us through subjects that are often off limits or uncomfortable like masturbation, early childhood sexual abuse, and infidelity in marriage.  You're going to love her honesty, her forthright way of seeing the world and the beautiful art she is making after an incredible story of healing.

We've got a bonus episode for you this week.  We just finished walking through Quincee's marriage and divorce and now we're talking through an awkward experience where Quincee's past relationship came rushing back into focus.  In the middle of this soulful journey, Quincee ran into her ex-husband on while boarding a cross-country flight and she's walking us through her emotional process, what she said to him, and how she's processing it in the aftermath.

This week, we jump into the long-term effects that growing up in a conservative Church background had on Quincee + Erin.  Quincee shares a horrifying experience in college with a mentor and leader that caused anxiety, self-doubt, and tension in a meaningful friendship. We talk about the messages women receive about budding sexuality while growing up in religious environments and the impact this has on understanding needs, wants, and basic humanity while navigating adult relationships. 

We talk seriously about the messages that LGBTQIA+ individuals receive in these environments and the unhealthy impact these messages has on mental, sexual and spiritual health. We discuss creating safe environments for all sexual identities, preferences, and orientations. 

This week we take a deeper dive into the messages that women receive on the daily basis about distrusting their gut instincts.  We hear narratives about women being crazy, hysterical, or overreacting to situations.  This all leads us to feel like our gut instincts (the things that tell us that something just isn't right) have major flaws. This disrupts how we make every decision.  We are forced to move toward relying on others for validation or reassurance, rather than trusting ourselves.  

We take a look at where Quincee learned to distrust her gut and the ways this impacted the decisions she made leading up to the wedding and in marriage.  Now that you've heard the story of her marriage unfold, we are taking a look at the aftermath. 

This week we talk about the intricacies of Quincee's background and her whirlwind marriage.  We are talking about the difficulties in trying to honor an impossible purity culture, while also taking seriously some concerns during the engagement. Quincee + Erin talk about the impact of loneliness and lack of community when trying to make sense of trauma, financial abuse, and sexuality. 

This is an up close look at one woman's journey to understand her traumatic marriage as she looks back on her experiences and memories from eight years ago. She talks about why it's hard to talk about these things all these years later.  

This is the first episode in a 3-part mini-series where we will be discussing Quincee's marriage and what she learned in the aftermath. If you've struggled in painful relationships or humiliating divorces, then you've found your people here with us.  

Today's episode focuses on a subject near and dear to Erin's heart.  In the aftermath of her marriage, she has been on a healing journey of understanding body autonomy and why this is so important for many women leaving unhealthy or toxic relationships.  

We take a deep dive into what body autonomy means for each of us and how this plays out in all of our relationships. We talk through how we take care of ourselves in our journeys towards healing in taking control of our bodies. 

We end the episode with a funny little story that reaches back over years of our friendship.  We are so glad you are here! 

We dove head first into Erin's story of trauma in the previous episode and she had a really normal, although uncomfortable, reaction after we stopped recording. We sat down to discuss her reaction after sharing her experiences in an abusive marriage and how narratives of shame sometimes keep us from telling our whole truth.  

In this episode, we talk through the body's reaction to trauma, how we can bravely tell our stories, and how to overcome some of the shame we experiences when the truth of our relationships are said out loud.  We are talking through ways community and support have been helpful to Erin as she made her way through really painful realizations after her marriage unraveled. 

We are glad you are here.  Grab a cup of coffee or tea, because this is a raw revelation of overcoming trauma.  We are so glad you are here. 

In this episode, we talk about the nitty gritty of Erin's marriage and her experience of healing after abuse.  We talk in depth about red flags, feeling pressured based on social scripts, and the incredible way she found her way out of such difficult circumstances.  This episode focuses on the heartache and the stories we tell ourselves that keep us stuck and in toxic relationships. We talk about safe people and relationships and how you can start to find your way toward heal. 

We promised you real and raw and that's exactly what this episode brings. Erin brings her vulnerability and her fear and she tells her story of trauma and abuse in an incredibly brave way. We are so glad you are here with us.