The Still Waters Podcast

By Julie Adams

This podcast is hosted by the counselors and coaches with The Still Waters. Teri, Rufus, Abrielle, and Julie bring their expertise to this platform to educate, encourage and enlighten the listener.

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September 03, 2026Beyond Stranger Danger: Teaching Kids Real Body Safety
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In a solo Still Waters Podcast episode, Teri explains trauma-informed, age-appropriate body safety education as preparation—like a smoke detector or fire drill—meant to replace fear with a plan. Citing CDC estimates, she notes about one in four girls and one in 13 boys experience sexual abuse before 18, most often by someone known and trusted, making “stranger danger” insufficient; she emphasizes that body safety education increases the likelihood of disclosure. She debunks myths about stealing innocence and give guidance regarding adapting talks by age, applying the rules to digital safety, keeping conversations calm and brief.

00:00 Welcome
02:20 Why It Matters
04:42 Common Myths
08:25 Five Body Safety Rules
14:35 Age Based Guidance
16:53 Online and Screen Safety
19:31 Calm Conversation Tips
23:31 If Your Child Discloses
25:55 Closing

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30min
August 20, 2026Breaking Free from the Chains of Undiagnosed ADHD in Adults
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Host Teri of the Still Waters Life podcast discusses the experience of finally being told “I think this might be ADHD” as an adult and reframing lifelong labels. She explains how ADHD was often missed in the ’80s and ’90s—especially in girls and quieter kids—leading many to compensate while struggling with follow-through, confidence, relationships, and faith. She cites national data and addresses shame around needing systems, emphasizes ADHD as biology not character, connects the topic to scripture, and offers steps for support.
00:00 Could It Be ADHD
01:23 Relief of a Name
01:48 Why Many Were Missed
03:11 The Numbers and Reality
04:37 Shame vs Self Awareness
06:10 Faith and Wiring
07:42 Next Steps to Take
09:11 Closing and Resources

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12min
August 13, 2026Unlocking the Power of Positive Peer Relationships
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In this Still Waters Podcast episode, Teri urges parents in the back-to-school season—whether public, private, or homeschool—to focus on who their child is “doing life” with, since peer networks strongly shape what teens see as normal and influence risk behavior. The episode explains that peer influence can pull teens toward risky choices or serve as a protective factor, and that even one close friend making healthy choices can shift a teen’s trajectory.
00:00 Back to School Social Circle
02:25 Peer Influence Science
04:44 Why One Friend Matters
06:25 Biblical Wisdom on Friends
08:51 Homeschool Peer Pressure Reality
11:48 Practical Steps for Parents
15:04 Talk and Practice Refusal Skills
16:28 Check Ins That Build Trust
18:37 Closing Challenge and Wrap Up
This episode was inspired by the Ascend Universal Standards for Optimal Sexual Development, a K-12 educational framework available at weascend.org.

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23min
August 06, 2026Understanding Trauma-Informed Care: An Encore Episode with The Still Waters
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In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Julie and Teri switch roles as Julie interviews Teri about trauma-informed care. Teri explains how the approach shifts the question from “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?” and explores how trauma can shape behavior, relationships, health, and faith communities. Their conversation highlights common trauma responses, the importance of qualified professional support, and practical ways churches, schools, workplaces, counselors, and ministries can respond with wisdom, safety, and compassion.
00:00 Welcome and Introductions
01:13 What Is Trauma Informed Care
03:39 Defining Trauma vs Crisis
07:53 Symptoms and Body Effects
11:06 ACE Study and Homeostasis
13:09 Why Churches Must Prepare
22:09 Recognizing Trauma in Behavior
25:59 Future of Trauma Informed Care
29:25 Pornography as Ongoing Trauma
31:01 Closing and Resources

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33min
July 30, 2026Faith-Based Healing: Embrace Still Waters for a Transformed Life
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On the Still Waters Podcast, Teri talks with Julie Adams, founder of The Still Waters, about what “still waters” from Psalm 23 means as a faith-based refuge for peace amid life’s storms. They clarify trauma as a “wound” caused by an event, not everyday discomfort, and discuss how emotional and mental wounds can exist without physical injury. The conversation explores why people struggle with rest, how rumination keeps mind and body in hyperarousal, and the need to retrain thoughts, stop cycles, and set boundaries on oneself. They describe healing as a difficult process that may leave scars but no longer rules one’s life, connect healing to faith and Jesus’ question “Do you want to be healed?”, and conclude by describing Still Waters as a safe, team-based place for counseling and support.

00:00 Welcome to Still Waters
01:03 Why Still Waters Began
02:02 Adoption and Trauma Lessons
03:04 Psalm 23 Still Waters
04:36 What Trauma Really Means
06:07 Trauma as a Wound
09:11 Why Rest Is Hard
11:35 Rumination and Retraining
13:11 Breaking Cycles With Boundaries
15:22 Wholeness and Healing
17:14 Scars and Childhood Healing
18:33 Healing Takes Work
19:29 Triggers And Boundaries
21:47 Facing The Perpetrator
22:33 Forgive But Dont Forget
24:34 Do You Want Healing
26:37 Faith Requires Action
28:25 Psalm 23 Still Waters
29:51 Psalm Therapy Practice
30:25 Still Waters Safe Place
31:15 Final Thanks And Farewell

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33min
July 23, 2026Back-to-School Puberty Prep: Helping Parents Navigate Critical Talks
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Today, on The Still Waters Podcast, Teri urges parents—whether using traditional school or homeschooling—to intentionally lead puberty conversations at the start of the school year, warning of a major gap between what kids need and what most education programs cover. Drawing on sexual risk avoidance education, she explains that puberty is not just biology but a turning point involving emotional volatility, increased peer sensitivity, identity formation, and heightened vulnerability to risk. The episode advocates “primary prevention” through early, family-centered, values-based, shame-free discussions, weaving faith and scripture and encouraging parents to open the door to ongoing, safe communication.
00:00 Back to School Setup
01:00 Who Will Talk Puberty
01:47 The Puberty Education Gap
04:24 Four Missing Pieces
09:22 More Than A Checkbox
10:01 Biblical Preparation Model
13:15 Primary Prevention Timing
18:15 What To Include
20:58 Values And Open Door
23:37 15 Minute Challenge
25:16 Closing Encouragement

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29min
July 16, 2026Unmasking Self-Care: The Truth Behind the Instagram Hype Part 2
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In this Still Waters Podcast continuation, Teri, Abrielle and Melissa challenge cultural and faith-based misunderstandings about self-care, reframing “deny yourself” as rejecting selfish desires—not neglecting real physical and emotional needs. Using “love your neighbor as yourself,” they discuss extending the same grace to themselves that they offer others, and highlight 1 Kings 19 as a model of God’s compassionate care for burned-out Elijah. They describe practical self-care habits, coaching strategies, and push back on self-care labels.

00:00 Welcome Back
00:35 Faith and Self Denial
01:34 Love Your Neighbor
04:01 A Lesson in Rest
07:24 Elijah and Burnout
10:50 Not Alone in Struggle
12:08 Oxygen Mask Reframe
13:16 Personal Self Care Habits
19:31 Coaching First Steps
23:05 When Self Care Misleads
26:22 Final Encouragement

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30min
July 09, 2026Unmasking Self-Care: The Truth Behind the Instagram Hype
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Unmasking Self-Care: The Truth Behind the Instagram Hype

On this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri and Still Waters team members Abrielle Davis and Melissa Knight unpack self-care beyond the social-media version, focusing on a biblical view of stewarding mind, body, and spirit. They explain how depletion often shows up as anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and spiritual exhaustion, and describe “self-abandonment” through people-pleasing and lack of boundaries. They discuss healthy self-care as daily renewal modeled by God’s rest and Jesus withdrawing to pray, while warning that spa days and wellness trends can become comfort-focused or escapist if used to avoid hard conversations and needed change. The episode addresses guilt Christian women feel about self-care, the role of societal and works-based pressures, and clarifies that forgiveness is essential but does not remove consequences or eliminate the need for boundaries.

0:00 Introduction
01:23 Depletion Warning Signs
03:07 Self Abandonment Patterns
04:42 Biblical Self Care Reframe
08:21 Wellness Industry Reality Check
10:22 Boundaries Without Guilt
11:33 Why Christian Women Feel Guilty
17:27 Resting Versus Escaping
19:43 Spiritual Busyness Trap
23:15 Forgiveness And Boundaries
26:52 Part One Wrap Up

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29min
July 02, 2026Planting Seeds of Success: The Importance of Early Goal-Setting for Kids
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In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri explains why elementary-age children (ages 6–11) are not too young for goal setting, even though they can’t plan far-off abstract goals. Drawing on child development, research on self-control and executive functioning, and examples from Scripture and history, Teri explains that goal setting is a bundle of teachable skills that that will aid kids later on when they are navigating the teen years and even adulthood.

00:00 Welcome and Big Question
01:13 Why It’s Not Too Early
01:56 How Kids’ Brains Handle Goals
03:00 Goal Setting Is Many Skills
04:15 Research and Standards Support
05:55 Biblical Seed Wisdom
08:45 Loaves Fish and Small Starts
09:45 History and Modern Proof
13:30 What Goals Look Like
16:12 How to Do It at Home
19:30 Your Five Minute Challenge
21:07 Final Encouragement and Wrap

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24min
June 25, 2026From Silence to Safety: Helping Children Report Sexual Abuse
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On today's episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri addresses why childhood sexual abuse is often not reported and why children may stay silent for months, years, or decades, citing estimates that about one in four girls and one in 20 boys in the U.S. experience abuse before the age of 18. The episode explains key barriers to disclosure and describes the mental and physical health costs of unreported abuse.

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