Trauma, such as your parents’ divorce or extreme family dysfunction, doesn’t only affect your emotions. It affects your body too. It quite literally has physical effects. 

In this episode, Dr. Christopher Genn, a physical therapist and expert in applied kinesiology, explains how our bodies respond to trauma and how we can heal. Plus, we discuss:

• A new therapy to treat pain, trauma, and even rewire bad habits
• The story of a girl enduring her parents’ divorce who became physically debilitated 
• How we often lie to ourselves about our families, parents, and past - and why that’s a barrier to healing

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In this episode, you'll hear highlight clips from the podcast in 2023. This episode, and the entire podcast, will help you heal from the trauma of your parents’ divorce, separation, or broken marriage, so you can break the cycle. 

If you’re new to the podcast, this is the perfect way to sample our content and learn how it will help you. If you’re a longtime listener, this is the perfect episode to share with someone you know who needs to hear it.

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There’s an extremely popular lie about how divorce affects the children. In this episode, we discuss that lie with my guest who is an only child from a divorced family, plus:

• The loneliness, addiction, and social problems that stemmed from his family’s breakdown
• The anger and even hatred he felt toward his parents and how he feels now
• A unique thing he and his wife did before they were married to strengthen their relationship

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If there were 10 things you can do to make therapy succeed (or fail), would you want to know them? I know I would. 

In this episode, a therapist joins us to share those tips, plus: 

• The goal of therapy and the temptation to idealize healing
• A tool for dealing with troubling thoughts
• The struggle to put words to your own emotions and experiences of brokenness

If you’ve ever been to therapy and it hasn’t gone well or you’re considering therapy but you’re unsure how to make it successful, this episode is for you.

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If you’re from a broken family, the holidays often bring more stress and challenges than joy. After my parents separated, I faced these challenges:

• A sad, pit-in-the-stomach reminder of my parents’ split and my family’s brokenness
• Pressure to choose between parents and balance time amid many events
• A misled desire to make everyone happy, especially my parents, often at my expense
• My emotions or other people being in control instead of me
• Feeling alone and uncertain of how to deal with it all

If that sounds familiar, this episode is for you. In it, you’ll get 5 tips to navigate the challenges and hopefully, even begin enjoying the holidays again. Using them won’t make your holidays look like a Hallmark movie, but they will improve the experience by putting you in the driver’s seat.

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If you’re from a broken family and you’ve struggled with OCD, relationships, overthinking, and filling a parent role for your siblings or parents, this episode is for you.

In it, Ashton shares how her parents’ divorce has affected her and her relationships. She also talks about what’s helped her heal and even offers some advice for you.

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When trauma occurs, it causes you to ask big questions. That’s where my guest found himself after being brutally attacked, almost to the point of death, by people he was trying to help. 

In this episode, you’ll hear the story of the attack, plus he answers:

• Has forgiveness been difficult for you?
• Why forgive? What are the benefits? What happens if we don’t forgive?
• How do you forgive someone who has hurt you?

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When you’re struggling with unwanted sexual behavior, asking for help is terrifying. The struggle feels so shameful and admitting your weakness feels humiliating. As a result, most men stay stuck for years and years. 

Thankfully, there’s a way out. Asking for help from the right people is the key to overcoming shame, humiliation, and unwanted behavior. Today, a coach specializing in helping men break free from unwanted sexual behavior joins the show to discuss: 

• Is freedom even possible? 
• Why do men deserve that freedom?
• A valuable for you or men you know struggling
• Stories of transformation in the lives of the men he’s coached
• Advice and encouragement for any man struggling right now

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If you’re a woman that struggles with unwanted sexual behavior, you are not alone. The myth of porn, or even lust, being a male problem is just that - a myth. More importantly, healing and freedom are within reach for you. 

In this episode, brave author and speaker Rachael Killackey shares her struggles with unwanted sexual behavior and a valuable resource for women struggling, plus:

• The emotions that sexual struggles brought into her life
• How she found freedom and helps other women now, too
• How you should respond if you have a relapse

Buy Rachael’s Book: Love in Recovery: One Woman's Story of Breaking Free from Shame and Healing from Pornography Addiction

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Our world is very sexually broken. The examples are endless: Pornography use, sexual compulsions, addictions, hookup culture, paying for sex, infidelity, sex trafficking, and much more.

But how did our world become so sexually broken? 

That’s the topic we tackle today with famous author and speaker Christopher West. If you’ve wrestled with sexual brokenness or noticed an ache inside that you that nothing seems to fill, this episode is for you.

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