Navigating family during the holidays can feel overwhelming, especially when old expectations and unspoken pressures come rushing back. In this conversation, therapist Sheri offers grounded, compassionate guidance for setting healthy boundaries—without guilt, conflict, or shame.

We talk about why kids melt down at gatherings (and why adults often feel the same way), how to respond when relatives push too hard, and why protecting your peace is an act of love, not rebellion. Sheri also breaks down the myth that “family means we can say anything,” and offers simple, practical ways to create connection without abandoning yourself.

If you’ve ever felt anxious heading into the holidays, struggled with family dynamics, or needed permission to say “I’m not ready for that,” this episode will meet you right where you are.

Topics we explore:
• Setting boundaries with clarity and kindness
• Why “clear is kind” changes everything
• Staying regulated during stressful gatherings
• Giving kids (and yourself) room to breathe
• Letting go of guilt around holiday expectations
• Building meaningful connection outside the pressure of tradition
• How to protect your peace without creating conflict

This conversation is honest, empowering, and full of wisdom for anyone longing to show up to family in a healthier, more grounded way.
 
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Holiday seasons have a way of revealing everything we’ve been trying to hold together.
In this deeply honest and comforting conversation, our resident therapist Sheri Ryland returns to talk with Theresa about why grief, identity loss, and emotional pain feel so much heavier this time of year and what we can actually do about it).

Sheri explains why the holidays magnify grief, whether the loss is a person, a marriage, a role we once filled, or even the version of ourselves we feel disconnected from. Together, they explore what it means to walk into holiday gatherings feeling out of place, how to navigate blended families, the loneliness of being “the outsider,” and how small shifts in communication can change everything.

This episode is a soft place to land for anyone who finds the holiday season emotional, overwhelming, or simply different than it used to be.
You’re not alone, and you don’t have to pretend you’re okay.

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In this heart-opening episode of The Soul Talks, Theresa Bruno sits down with beloved author and speaker Patsy Clairmont, one of the original voices behind Women of Faith, whose humor and honesty have touched millions. Together they explore how laughter, faith, and friendship become the medicine our spirits need most during life’s hardest seasons.

Patsy shares her deeply personal journey—from overcoming agoraphobia to walking through profound grief after losing her husband of sixty years—and how small acts of courage, compassion, and humor helped her find healing. With wit and warmth, she reminds us that even in our darkest moments, the light of God’s word and the gift of connection can bring steadying peace.

A tender, uplifting conversation about resilience, loss, and the sacred power of laughter to heal the soul.

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What happens when the person who makes everyone laugh is walking through heartbreak?

In this episode of The Soul Talks Podcast, Theresa Bruno sits down with beloved comedian, author, and speaker Anita Renfroe to explore how laughter can be both a gift and a lifeline. From standing on a stump singing to cows as a little girl, to finding faith and humor through seasons of deep grief, Anita shares how joy became her ministry.

Together, Theresa and Anita talk about cultivating joy in a heavy world, learning to “step over” what you can’t fix, and discovering glimmers of redemption even in pain.

This conversation will make you smile, maybe cry, and remind you that laughter—especially when life isn’t funny—can be one of the most powerful forms of healing.

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When the life you’ve built begins to fall apart, could it actually be the beginning of something sacred?

In this heartfelt episode of The Soul Talks Podcast, Theresa Bruno sits down with spiritual teacher and author TJ Woodward for a deeply honest conversation about shame, surrender, and the journey back to wholeness.

TJ shares how losing everything — his business, a relationship, and his sense of identity — became the catalyst for profound spiritual transformation. Together, they explore what it means to reframe our past struggles as brilliant coping strategies that once helped us survive, and how true healing begins when we release shame and remember our divine wholeness.

This episode is an invitation to look at your own unraveling not as failure, but as the soul’s call to freedom.

 Listen now to discover how the path of conscious recovery can help you reclaim your spirit and live from your truest self.

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In this deeply moving episode, Theresa Bruno sits down with spiritual teacher, author, and addiction recovery expert TJ Woodward for a powerful conversation about healing, awakening, and the journey back to the self.

TJ shares his story of early childhood joy, disconnection, and eventual addiction—and how those experiences became the foundation for his groundbreaking work in Conscious Recovery. Together, he and Theresa explore how what we often call “coping mechanisms” can be seen instead as brilliant survival strategies, and how true transformation begins when we remember the wholeness that’s always been within us.

With honesty and grace, they also touch on themes of spiritual emptiness, resilience, and the sacred power of being seen and loved into healing. This is a conversation about rediscovering connection, not just to others—but to the divine spark that never leaves us.

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What if the seasons you’re desperate to move through are the very ones shaping who you’re becoming?

In this heartfelt conversation, Terri Matthews Woodall opens up about the lessons she’s learned through surrender, motherhood, marriage, and leadership. She shares the cost of perfectionism, the freedom of saying “no,” and how her faith has reframed what it really means to have balance.

Terri reminds us that the process — the in-between, the waiting, the growing — is where God does His most beautiful work.

 Finding Beauty in the Process is an invitation to slow down, release control, and rediscover the grace woven into every step of your journey.
 
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In this deeply moving episode, Theresa sits down again with entrepreneur and advocate Terri Matthews Woodall for a powerful conversation about calling, surrender, and the miracles that unfold when we say yes to God.

Terri shares the story of her son Jaden’s autism diagnosis—and how what first felt like loss became a divine assignment that transformed her heart, her family, and her purpose. From building Jaden’s Voice, a foundation now impacting families around the world, to watching her son defy every prognosis, Terri’s journey is a testament to faith in action.

She reminds us that God uses ordinary people with willing hearts, that our past does not disqualify us, and that the greatest breakthroughs often begin in surrender.

 “You are not your story. Your story is the preparation for your purpose.” — Terri Matthews Woodall

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In this powerful conversation, Terri Matthews Woodall opens up about the resilience and faith that shaped her journey—from childhood moments of rallying kids to Vacation Bible School for a Barbie doll, to life-changing encounters where obedience to God brought the miraculous. Terri shares candid lessons on honesty, leadership, and trust, revealing how her early experiences prepared her to build businesses, steward relationships, and walk boldly in her calling.

Her story is a reminder that even when the world counts us out, God always counts us in.

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What if the hardest chapters of your life are actually preparation ground? 

In this intimate conversation, Terri Mathews Woodall shares how faith reframed her story. From early adversity to hard-won resilience, she has refused to be defined by her past. 

Terri opens up about the mindset shifts that moved her from survival to assignment, how she transformed “life isn’t fair” into “I’m being formed”, and how faith and surrender shaped her leadership, relationships, and work. 

Perfect for: anyone rebuilding, rewriting, or ready to take the first step. 
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