Journey with me as I unfold my evangelical upbringing as a pastor's kid and into adulthood and all the messages I am sifting through to find the truth about God and how to best help those who are in or recovering from toxic relationships. 

I believe this is an important thing to do as many messages have contributed to abuse and betrayal institutionally and domestically. They have kept many in toxic marriages, caused unbearable shame for many, and produced fear instead of hope. 

My best friend of over 30 years, Aimee Perry, joins me with her grace and wisdom. She is a musician, singer, artist, writer, warrior, wife, mom, all the things, (a PK as well) and a needed voice to this discussion! 

In this time where many are deconstructing their faith, I have found myself questioning many messages and experiences of my own. Many have been life-changing and freeing, however; many others have been constraining and not the heart of God.  But God welcomes our curiosity and will meet us in this together. 

Journey with me as I unfold my evangelical upbringing as a pastor's kid and into adulthood and all the messages I am sifting through to find the truth about God and how to best help those who are in or recovering from toxic relationships. 

I believe this is an important thing to do as many messages have contributed to abuse and betrayal institutionally and domestically. They have kept many in toxic marriages, caused unbearable shame for many, and produced fear instead of hope. 

My best friend of over 30 years, Aimee Perry, joins me with her grace and wisdom. She is a musician, singer, artist, writer, warrior, wife, mom, all the things, (a PK as well) and a needed voice to this discussion! 

In this time where many are deconstructing their faith, I have found myself questioning many messages and experiences of my own. Many have been life-changing and freeing, however; many others have been constraining and not the heart of God.  But God welcomes our curiosity and will meet us in this together. 

What exactly is a great sex life and how do you have one? Listen as Rebecca troubleshoots orgasms, libido, barriers, trust, sexual response, and more!

Now that we dove deep into the evangelical messages that messed sex up for a lot of people, (Episode 15 Season 2) let's talk about how to make it great!

Rebecca Lindenbach, co-author of "The Great Sex Rescue" and co-host of the podcast "Bare Marriage" talks with me about all things sex related!  Follow her on social media @rebeccalindenbach !

www.lizayoungcounseling.com

Heather shares her story of trauma from her husband's sex addiction, intimacy anorexia, and abuse, as well as harmful counseling throughout. She shares how she finally found healing and  reconstructed her life and faith!

Listen to Heather and her husband, Nathaniel, on Episodes I and II of Season I.

www.lizayoungcounseling.com

Journey with me as I unfold my evangelical upbringing as a pastor's kid and into adulthood and all the messages I am sifting through to find the truth about God and how to best help those who are in or recovering from toxic relationships. 

I believe this is an important thing to do as many messages have contributed to abuse and betrayal institutionally and domestically. They have kept many in toxic marriages, caused unbearable shame for many, and produced fear instead of hope. 

My best friend of over 30 years, Aimee Perry, joins me with her grace and wisdom. She is a musician, singer, artist, writer, warrior, wife, mom, all the things, (a PK as well) and a needed voice to this discussion! 

In this time where many are deconstructing their faith, I have found myself questioning many messages and experiences of my own. Many have been life-changing and freeing, however; many others have been constraining and not the heart of God.  But God welcomes our curiosity and will meet us in this together. 

You can love God AND still get a divorce!

Listen as Gretchen busts myths on divorce such as "God hates divorce" and "divorce damages children".  She will walk us through several verses that have been misinterpreted. Be encouraged as she shares her own story of hope and healing post divorce.

Gretchen Baskerville lives in the Los Angeles area and has been doing Christian divorce recovery ministry in churches since 1998.  She is the author of "The Life-Saving Divorce: Hope For People Leaving Destructive Relationships".

You can learn more at www.lifesavingdivorce.com. 

Follow her on:
Twitter @GGBaskerville
Facebook: Gretchen Baskerville
Instagram: gretchenbaskerville

Helpful links from Gretchen's website:

• Jesus' Greatest Divorce Sermon - Luke 13 (or watch the Video)
• Pastors Who Accept Physical and Emotional Abuse as Grounds for Divorce
• Myth: The Person Who Files for Divorce Caused the Divorce
• Divorce and the Good Samaritan Story
• Myth: You Must Forgive and Forget Over and Over, Forever
• Myth: Your Marriage Would Be Great if You Just Submitted More
• Myth: Divorce will Destroy Your Children, So Stay for the Sake of Your Kids
• Myth: Divorce is the Unpardonable Sin and "God Hates Divorce"
• Myth: You Just Didn't Try Hard Enough
• Myth: You Don't Take God-Ordained Marriage Seriously
• Myth: Your Divorce Will Shatter the Image of Christ and the Church
• Myth: You Must Forgive and Forget Over and Over, Forever
• Myth: 95% of Divorces are for Falling Out of Love
• 27 Myths about Divorce That Probably Don't Apply to Committed Christians

SPECIAL SERIES!

Journey with me as I unfold my evangelical upbringing as a pastor's kid and into adulthood and all the messages I am sifting through to find the truth about God and how to best help those who are in or recovering from toxic relationships. 

I believe this is an important thing to do as many messages have contributed to abuse and betrayal institutionally and domestically. They have kept many in toxic marriages, caused unbearable shame for many, and produced fear instead of hope. 

My best friend of over 30 years, Aimee Perry, joins me with her grace and wisdom. She is a musician, singer, artist, writer, warrior, wife, mom, all the things, and a needed voice to this discussion! 

In this time where many are deconstructing their faith, I have found myself questioning many messages and experiences of my own. Many have been life-changing and freeing, however; many others have been constraining and not the heart of God.  But God welcomes our curiosity and will meet us in this together. 

Orgasm issues?
Little to no libido?
Vaginismus?
Obligated sex?
Used?
Objectified?

Sheila has been instrumental in pulling back the curtain on exposing the evangelical teachings that have caused many great harm in their sex lives! She teaches us how sex is meant to be as God intended it, mutually fantastic! Be encouraged, validated, and hopeful as you hear messages about sex to throw away and healing messages to keep!

Sheila is an outstanding writer, blogger and speaker. Her podcast, Bare Marriage,  and her blog, To Love Honor and Vacuum, are incredibly helpful!

On this episode we dive deep into her life-changing book, The Great Sex Rescue, The Lives You've Been Taught and How to Recover What God Intended.
 
Sheila is the face behind ToLoveHonorandVacuum.com, the largest single-blogger marriage blog on the internet, with approximately one million page views a month. Her social media reach is over 100,000 and she has an email list of 45,000. She’s also an award-winning author of nine books and a sought-after speaker, but most of all she’s a wife and a mom with a passion for strengthening marriages and families.

Before beginning her writing and blogging career, Sheila earned masters degrees in Sociology and Public Administration from Queens University.

Follow her on social media, podcast, blog, books, all the things!
https://tolovehonorandvacuum.com

https://instagram.com/sheilagregoire

https://facebook.com/sheila.gregoire.books

https://twitter.com/sheilagregoire 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdO1v4LdyqZV-m_VMlH5VGg

https://greatsexrescue.com/

Leslie was married for over 2 decades to an emotionally abusive man. Hear how she began to recognize what she was experiencing as abuse, how her church abandoned her, what it was like for her children, how she began to set boundaries and speak up for herself, how she rediscovered her worth and how she healed  through therapy and her faith.

Originally from the suburbs of Los Angeles, Leslie and her family moved to Montana in 2013. But well before that, she was in an ongoing affair with words. Some encouragement from teachers in her childhood led her to immerse herself in story and writing ever since. The story she can't stop telling is how God saw her, pursued her, and held her through a difficult marriage and then divorce. 

She writes most often about how knowing our identity as Beloved changes everything. She loves any time she gets with her two teenagers, reading all the books, writing, mentoring, and speaking to women, eating good food, and vintage shopping. She always has a mug of tea cooling in a room she's no longer in, and since moving to Montana, her relationship with winter needs prayer. 

Her Instagram is @leslie.trovato and she writes a free, bi-monthly newsletter called Small Affairs, where she shares more of her story and writes about living defined by our Belovedness in every day affairs. 

Do you ever feel like you aren't enough? Worthless? Lonely?
Do you struggle to know what your purpose or passion is?
Do you long to feel authentic and loveable?

Listen as Dr. Kelly Flanagan, a licensed clinical psychologist, author and speaker, shares wisdom from his personal experiences. 
We dive into his books, Loveable and True Companions, in order to look closer at how to heal from shame and dig up our truest self. How to believe we are enough and find our passion again. How to feel loveable!
 
"Dr. Flanagan is  known to millions for the letters he writes to his children and shares on his blog. Loveable is written to the little one in each of us, who is all too ready to be reminded: you are enough, you are not alone, and you matter.

In Loveable, Dr. Flanagan reveals the core insight gleaned from his years of clinical work: you are here for a reason, yet you cannot truly awaken to it until you have first embraced your truest, worthiest self and then allowed yourself to be truly embraced by others.

True Companions shows that we each have within ourselves, exactly the way we are, what we need to cultivate the life-long relationships we are longing for. Whether you are focused on your marriage, your parenting, your friendships, or another important relationship, here you will learn how growing in self-knowledge leads the way to growing in your love for God and others. Discover how you can put your loneliness to work for you in your relationships, rather than against you. Learn how your psychological and emotional defenses can help you to connect more vulnerably rather than protect so defensively. Immerse yourself in the one perspective that assures you will prioritize your companions now the way you will one day wish you had."

For more information on Dr. Kelly you can go to www.drkellyflanagan.com.