Yonna Castle, elementary school teacher, shares her story about her own healing journey. 

Show Notes:

"How to Act Right When Your Spouse Acts Wrong" by Leslie Vernick

"The Emotionally Destructive Marriage" by Leslie Vernick

"Boundaries: When to Say Yes, How to Say No to Take Control of Your Life" by Dr. Henry Cloud & Dr. John Townsend

"9 Thoughts That Can Change Your Marriage" by Sheila Wray Gregoire

"The Emotionally Healthy Woman" by Geri Scazzero with Peter Scazzero

"Reclaiming Surrendered Ground: Protecting Your Family from Spiritual Attacks" by Jim Logan

The Healing Journey class: https://www.hishealinglight.org/healing-journey

Meet Leona Graybill, one of 19 siblings from a Mennonite home, growing up along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. Lessons of grit and community that still apply today as a great-grandmother. Stories about how our ancestors influence who we become.

Show Notes:

"Children of the River: Growing up with 18 brothers and sisters along the Susquehanna" book by Rose Stoltzfus Huyard

North Street Community Church: https://www.northstreetcommunity.com/

Monya Tsiknas, peer counselor at the Abuse and Rape Crisis Center (ARCC) in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, shares about the dynamics of abuse, patterns abusive people display, shame and how it keeps people stuck, and peer counseling and how it empowers those who have been harmed by teaching them how to reclaim their voice and their story. ARCC provides a 24/7 hotline; counseling; emergency safe housing; transportation and child care; advocacy and accompaniment for victims and survivors to legal proceedings, appointments, at the emergency room, for forensic rape exams to offer support and options; support groups; and trauma therapy.  Show Notes: National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE RAIN: 1-800-656-HOPE Abuse and Rape Crisis Center (Bradford County, Pennsylvania): 570-265-5333 24/7 hotline; www.arccbc.org; The Healing Journey Class: https://www.hishealinglight.org/healing-journey

Sara Isaacson guest hosts today as she chats with Shawna Bassett about how the combination of journaling and yoga helped her process her emotions, know her own story, and level up her game. Shawna has a passion for helping kid athletes to do the same through her Level Up yoga workshops and for helping women find their voice and know their story through her Wine Down Yoga workshops. She's located in the East Valley of Arizona. Follow her on Instagram to book a workshop.

Show Notes:

Follow Shawna on Instagram: @levelup_sb

Follow Sara: https://www.isaacsonnaturalhealth.com/

Do you ever feel like your voice needs to be heard, but you just don't know where to start? What if you just did it imperfectly? Out loud? And in the process, discovered the truth that you're not alone? That by sharing your story, you discover others like you?

Meet Lois Jea, Shepherd Girl podcast host. Come and see how the different threads of her story (childhood adventure, trauma, creativity, God, the forest, standing up against injustice) blend into one beautiful story that shaped her into who she is today. 

Follow Lois on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lois.jea/

Resources mentioned in the podcast:

Celebrate Recovery: https://www.celebraterecovery.com/

DivorceCare: https://www.divorcecare.org/

The Healing Journey: https://www.hishealinglight.org/healing-journey

Lois Jea chats with Sara Isaacson about the heart of the story behind the Shepherd Girl podcast and how it can give you fresh hope today as you see Jesus in the stories of other women like you. You’re not alone. You are seen. You are loved. You are invited to join this tribe of modern day women loving Jesus by feeding His lambs.

Follow Lois on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lois.jea/

Follow Sara: https://www.isaacsonnaturalhealth.com/