Healed. Whole. Called.

In this powerful episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy sits down with Katy Parker, a trauma-informed well-being writer, grief and loss coach, and mental health mentor based in England. Katy’s story begins long before her diagnosis of PTSD — rooted in childhood trauma, family loss, and a life shaped by resilience.

Katy shares the moment everything changed: being struck by a car in 2020, suffering serious physical injury, and later experiencing debilitating PTSD. As she describes the long road of recovery, she introduces a concept many people don’t have language for — “living loss.” These are the losses that don’t come with funerals: loss of health, work, identity, independence, dreams, and the future you thought you’d have.

Throughout the conversation, Katy and Wendy explore how grief isn’t limited to death, how comparison silences healing, and why suppressing pain often deepens suffering. Katy speaks honestly about depression, suicidal thoughts, chronic pain, and the spiritual pressure she felt to “be strong” or “stay positive,” even when her body and soul were crying out for care.

A turning point came when Katy allowed herself to feel — and to be honest with God. She shares how therapy, EMDR, faith, community, and learning to listen to her body became essential parts of healing. Rather than striving for perfection, Katy discovered that God’s grace met her most powerfully in weakness.

Today, Katy helps others navigate grief that goes unseen through storytelling, safe community spaces, and trauma-informed support. Her work reminds us that every loss matters, no feeling is final, and healing doesn’t require pretending we’re okay.

This episode is for anyone who has ever thought, “I shouldn’t feel this way,” or “Others have it worse.” Katy’s story gently but boldly reminds us: your pain is valid, your story matters, and healing begins when truth is spoken.

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If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

Tina LeAnn’s journey is anything but ordinary. An adventurer at heart, Tina has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, trekked to Everest Base Camp, lived nomadically, and explored the world both externally and internally. Yet her deepest explorations were not geographic—they were personal. Growing up in a home shaped by addiction, war trauma, and instability, Tina learned early how to survive by becoming invisible. Those early coping mechanisms followed her into adulthood, shaping her nervous system, beliefs, and health.

After spending two decades in corporate America, Tina’s body began to speak loudly. Chronic migraines, adrenal exhaustion, and depression forced her to confront what productivity and willpower could no longer outrun. When Western medicine failed to identify a root cause, Tina began searching deeper—eventually discovering NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming), human design, gene keys, and energetic healing modalities that addressed the subconscious patterns stored in the body.

In this episode, Tina explains NLP in accessible language, breaking down how the subconscious mind processes billions of bits of information each second—and how our beliefs, trauma responses, and emotional patterns filter what we experience as reality. Together, Wendy and Tina explore how repeated thought loops tighten over time, how the nervous system can become trapped in survival, and how healing can happen rapidly once safety, surrender, and choice are present.

Tina shares powerful real-world examples of transformation, including phobias dissolving in minutes, severe allergies releasing, and lifelong fears losing their grip. These stories are not framed as hype, but as evidence of what becomes possible when the body is allowed to feel safe enough to let go. The conversation also addresses misconceptions around hypnosis and trance, reframing them as focused awareness rather than loss of control.

Throughout the episode, faith remains central. Healing is not positioned as self-reliance, but as partnership—with God, with the body He designed, and with truth replacing lies at the subconscious level. Tina offers practical encouragement for listeners who have been told, “There’s nothing more we can do,” reminding them that hopeless diagnoses are not the final authority.

This episode is especially powerful for anyone dealing with chronic illness, anxiety, trauma (big T or little t), burnout, or feeling stuck despite doing “all the right things.” It is an invitation to stop surviving, start listening, and choose freedom—one moment at a time.

Website: https://thesovereignsoul.co

Offerings: NLP sessions, transformational life & business coaching

Sessions: Available worldwide via Zoom

Start Here: Book a 15-minute introductory call directly through her website

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

In this deeply moving episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy sits down with Nathan Wieser, a husband and father whose life has been shaped by both breathtaking love and devastating loss.

Nathan takes listeners back to the beginning — a simple, beautiful love story that started in the Caribbean and led to a decade of island life, adopted dogs, and dreams of building a family. But those dreams were met with repeated heartbreak. Nathan and his wife Lucy endured multiple pregnancy losses, including the traumatic stillbirth of their daughter, Mary, during a medical emergency that nearly took Lucy’s life as well.

The conversation courageously explores the aftermath of trauma: PTSD, grief that isolates, and the quiet strain placed on marriage when suffering is shared but processed differently. Nathan speaks honestly about moments of despair, the temptation to give up, and how faith resurfaced in the darkest places — not as platitudes, but as survival.

The story reaches a turning point with the birth of their son, Otto, born at just 26 weeks and weighing barely two pounds. Listeners are taken inside the NICU, where life hung in the balance daily. Nathan recounts surgeries, alarms, setbacks, and a moment doctors still cannot explain — when a life-threatening heart condition resolved itself just moments before surgery. A miracle.

This episode is not about easy answers. It’s about endurance. About choosing marriage when grief pulls you apart. About honoring children who were lost while celebrating the one who lives. And about the sacred strength it takes to keep believing when the story hasn’t yet turned hopeful.

Nathan’s testimony is especially powerful for fathers, husbands, and anyone who has felt invisible in grief. His message is clear: your pain is real, your story matters, and hope can still be written — even after profound loss.

Nathan is the author of We Did It, a memoir written especially for parents — and fathers in particular — navigating loss, NICU trauma, and faith after heartbreak.

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

In this unforgettable episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy sits down with Bambi Lynn — author, life coach, speaker, event planner, and the founder of Healing Through Stories. Bambi’s life is marked by profound resilience, deep faith, and a relentless commitment to helping others turn their trauma into transformation.

Bambi openly shares her story of surviving childhood sexual abuse, growing up with addiction and violence, and spending eight years in a domestic violence marriage. Rather than allowing trauma to define her identity, she explains how God invited her into healing — not by avoiding the pain, but by walking straight through it with Him.

Using vivid metaphors, Bambi describes healing like being in a burn unit: painful, exposing, and necessary. Just as dead skin must be removed for new skin to grow, emotional and spiritual healing requires allowing God to gently scrub away what no longer serves us. God never forces the process, she explains — He waits for our consent to climb onto the potter’s wheel.

Throughout the conversation, Bambi unpacks why many people remain stuck in a victim identity — not because they want to suffer, but because pain becomes familiar. True freedom begins, she says, with forgiving yourself for things that had nothing to do with you. Abuse, neglect, and trauma were never your fault.

Bambi also shares her hands-on healing framework, which includes tangible exercises designed to help people release pain and reclaim meaning. From writing out life events on a “railroad track” to illustrate how good and bad run together, to creating treasure boxes that hold the blessings born from hardship, her approach allows people to grieve honestly while recognizing God’s redemptive work.

Scripture is woven throughout the episode, reminding listeners that valleys are not places of abandonment — they are places of restoration, still waters, nourishment, and preparation. Healing, Bambi emphasizes, is not a one-time event but a lifelong rhythm of valleys and mountaintops — each serving a purpose.

This episode is for anyone who feels defined by their past, exhausted by pain, or unsure if healing is possible. Bambi’s story declares with clarity and compassion: you are not broken beyond repair, your scars can shine, and God is not finished with your story.

You can Connect with Bambi Here.

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

In this deeply moving episode, Wendy sits down with Amber Johnson, the creator of the BEE Channel (Blessings, Edifying and Encouraging Others), to talk about what it truly means to walk faithfully through long-term caregiving, loss, and grief without losing yourself in the process.

Amber shares her story of spending over 12 years caring for her father after multiple strokes and a life-altering accident, navigating hospital stays, home care, medical trauma, and emotional exhaustion alongside her mother. She speaks candidly about how caregiving can quietly consume your identity, how grief doesn’t follow a straight line, and why God’s kindness sometimes looks like release rather than rescue.

Together, Wendy and Amber explore the tension between compassion and burnout, the spiritual danger of neglecting boundaries, and the freedom that comes from letting God redefine your season. Amber opens up about therapy, grief support groups, journaling, worship “snacks,” and learning that loving others well requires loving yourself first.

This episode is especially powerful for caregivers, adult children, highly empathetic believers, and anyone wrestling with grief, fatigue, or the pressure to be everything for everyone. It’s a reminder that your tears are not wasted, your limits are holy, and your story is still unfolding.

You can follow Amber Johnson and her encouragement journey here:
📸 Instagram: @beechannel27
🎙️ BEE Channel: Blessings, Edifying & Encouraging Others to Live Their Best Lives

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

In this episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy sits down with Jen McClure — wife, mom, Grammy, author, speaker, and mental wellness coach — for a raw and hope-filled conversation about depression, trauma, and the redemptive power of God.

Jen shares that her story didn’t begin with her own breakdown, but generations earlier. Abandonment, emotional absence, and unresolved trauma flowed quietly through her family line, shaping beliefs about safety, worth, and trust long before she had language for them. As a child, Jen learned how to perform wellness while carrying deep wounds — wounds that were compounded by sexual assault, emotional isolation, and later, a marriage deeply impacted by undiagnosed PTSD.

On the outside, Jen appeared successful. On the inside, she was unraveling. Years of unprocessed trauma, disordered eating, financial strain, caregiving demands, and chronic stress eventually led to a complete mental collapse. For four years, Jen describes being unable to function — gripped by depression, panic, and the belief that God had abandoned her and she was beyond redemption.

But God was not absent.

Through persistent prayer, the unwavering love of her mother, faithful community, counseling, and the power of Scripture, Jen began to experience restoration. One pivotal moment came when a friend sent her a song rooted in 1 Corinthians 13, reframing her understanding of love. That biblical definition became a filter — helping her recognize what was not from God, confront spiritual warfare, and reclaim her voice.

Healing did not just restore Jen — it saved her marriage, rewrote her family legacy, and broke generational patterns of depression, silence, and despair. What once nearly ended her life became the foundation of her calling.

Today, Jen helps others walk out of darkness through coaching, teaching, and her book Wisdom from the Wilderness. Her story is living proof that God restores what the enemy tries to steal — and that no season of suffering is wasted when surrendered to Him.

This episode is for the listener who feels numb, overwhelmed, or afraid to ask for help. It is an invitation to stop isolating, to seek godly support, and to believe — even faintly — that healing is possible.

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If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

In this episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy sits down with Kelly Parker, speaker, coach, and founder of Make Your Mark Movement and Reboot the Script, for a deeply honest conversation about identity, mindset, and the subtle lies that quietly derail purpose.

Kelly opens up about spending more than two decades searching for meaningful work outside of motherhood, repeatedly entering direct sales opportunities that looked promising — only to fizzle out. Each attempt reinforced an internal narrative that something was wrong with her: she wasn’t disciplined enough, she didn’t want it badly enough, she wasn’t capable.

The turning point came not through another business model, but through awareness. While journaling, Kelly began to recognize a repeating pattern — beliefs formed in childhood that were never rooted in truth, yet had governed her decisions for years. What she once believed were personal failures were actually symptoms of deeply embedded lies.

As Kelly explains, clarity didn’t arrive overnight. It came through therapy, reflection, prayer, and learning how to interrupt false thoughts and reroute them toward truth. She shares how replacing lies with evidence — and ultimately anchoring truth in Scripture — changed her energy, vision, and confidence. What once felt fuzzy became clear. What once felt impossible became attainable.

Together, Wendy and Kelly explore the power of words, accountability, journaling, and community. They talk candidly about comparison, rejection, offense, social media overload, and the danger of letting unchecked thoughts become strongholds. This episode offers practical, faith-centered steps for identifying limiting beliefs and dismantling them — without shame.

The conversation closes with a heartfelt prayer, inviting listeners to return to God as their first source of truth and to stop living from inherited scripts that were never theirs to carry.

This episode is for the woman who knows there is more — but feels stuck under an invisible ceiling. Kelly’s story is a reminder that you are not broken — you’ve simply been believing the wrong story.

You can Connect with Kelly Here!

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

In this raw and deeply honest episode, Wendy sits down with Amy Nicole Ellis, founder of Fix Yourself and Flaunt It, a human design consulting program for women who are done living on autopilot and pretending everything is fine.

Amy courageously shares her journey through three separate bankruptcies, each one layered with heartbreak, financial collapse, and the quiet fear of, “How did I end up here again?” The first came in her twenties, the second during the 2008 housing crash, and the third — the one that nearly broke her — arrived in her early fifties after doing everything right: calling creditors, making arrangements, cutting expenses, and still ending up served papers by the sheriff.

Instead of letting shame define her, Amy reframes failure as data — information that reveals patterns, seasons, and truth rather than verdicts about worth. That shift became the doorway to transformation.

The real turning point came when Amy confronted comparison head-on. Watching peers soar financially while she rebuilt yet again sent her spiraling — until God led her to human design. What once looked like instability suddenly made sense. Amy realized she wasn’t failing; she was wired for phases, movement, and reinvention. Her story wasn’t proof she was broken — it was evidence she was becoming a guide for others.

Amy explains how human design helped her stop forcing herself into boxes she was never meant to fit inside, and how understanding her design gave her language, permission, and peace. What once felt like inconsistency became clarity. What once felt like defeat became assignment.

Together, Wendy and Amy dismantle the lie that financial collapse equals personal failure, reminding listeners that God does not operate by credit scores, metrics, or worldly data. He redeems process, obedience, and yes.

This episode is especially powerful for anyone who feels defined by past mistakes, financial loss, or repeated patterns — and wonders if they’ve missed their moment. Amy’s story declares: you’re not late, broken, or disqualified. You’re still being formed.

Amy is gifting listeners a FREE Human Design Report + Audio Mini-Series, which walks you through your unique wiring, decision-making strategy, and core design — no guesswork required.

👉 Download the free report here:
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If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

What happens when the life you worked so hard to build no longer aligns with the truth God is calling you to live?

In this unforgettable episode of Healed. Whole. Called., Wendy Melrose sits down with Molly Trotter-Gomez—former CBS news anchor, international speaker, and founder of Signature Story Consulting—for a raw and deeply faith-filled conversation about obedience, identity, and the power of story stewardship.

After five years in broadcast journalism, Molly found herself telling stories driven by fear, division, and ratings rather than truth and transformation. When she refused to compromise the message, she was fired—and what felt like loss became divine redirection. What followed was a bold leap into entrepreneurship, purpose-driven storytelling, and helping others uncover the gold hidden inside their own stories.

Together, Wendy and Molly explore why courage isn’t the goal—obedience is. Why parts of us must die in order for new growth to come. And why your story isn’t meant to glorify you, but to create an emotional bridge that invites others into healing, faith, and forward movement.

This episode is for anyone who knows they’re called—but feels afraid to say yes.

Connect with Molly Here!

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.

Some stories are birthed through pain — but written through purpose.

In this deeply personal episode, Wendy sits down with Tammy Schaefer, a woman whose life has woven together trauma, faith, forgiveness, generational unraveling, and miraculous restoration. For decades, Tammy carried the weight of childhood sexual abuse, emotional abandonment, religious rejection, and the lingering identity-wounds that shaped her adult life. But God did not leave her there.

Through inner healing, layers of forgiveness, a restored relationship with her siblings, and a final, breathtaking moment with her father before his passing, Tammy experienced what she describes as a complete identity shift — a wholeness she didn’t even know was possible.

Now, God is asking her to write.

Tammy shares openly about:

• growing up in a household marked by generational trauma
• the moment her abuse was dismissed and she was expelled from Christian school
• feeling “rejected by God” as a teenager
• the long road of emotional unraveling and inner healing
• the miracle of restored relationships with parents and sisters
• the sacred final weeks with her father
• God removing lifelong emotional weight “in an instant”
• the season of silence that followed — a rebuilding of identity
• the moment God released her to begin writing again

This conversation is gentle, vulnerable, raw, and holy.
It’s the story behind the story — the journey that becomes the book.

If you’ve ever felt God pulling you toward writing but weren’t sure why, Tammy’s process will remind you that some books are written only after God has healed the parts of you that needed His touch first.

If you’re carrying a story or testimony and sense a quiet stirring to do something more with it, but you’re unsure what that next step should be, I’ve created a resource to help you discern that.

The Story Discernment Guide is a reflective guide designed to help you pause, pray, and gain clarity around the story you’re stewarding — before you write, publish, or share it publicly.

You can explore the Story Discernment Guide at storycalling.info.

Your story is not an accident.
You are healed.
You are whole.
You are called — and stewarding your story well matters.