Many people assume healing happens simply by talking about what happened. But what if insight alone isn't enough?

In this conversation, I sit down with Matt Wenger, Executive Clinical Director at Begin Again Institute, to explore why experiential therapies like psychodrama often help people access places that traditional talk therapy cannot. We discuss how trauma is stored in the body, why emotional healing requires lived experiences—not just intellectual understanding—and how group therapy creates powerful opportunities for transformation.

Whether you're recovering from childhood trauma, betrayal trauma, compulsive sexual behavior, addiction, or simply trying to understand yourself more deeply, this conversation offers practical insight into how real healing happens through safety, connection, vulnerability, and corrective emotional experiences.

In this episode we discuss:
• What psychodrama actually is
• Why trauma isn't just stored in your memories
• Why many people stay emotionally stuck despite years of therapy
• How group therapy accelerates healing
• Why vulnerability rewires the brain
• The connection between addiction and unresolved trauma
• Why emotional courage—not emotional avoidance—creates lasting freedom

If you've ever wondered why you understand your trauma intellectually but still feel trapped by it emotionally, this conversation is for you.

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 This book is for every Christian woman who has been harmed sexually, whether that happened in childhood, adulthood, or even within your coercive controlling marriage, and you're longing to feel safe in your body again. We talk about the hard stuff, shame, desire, faith, and even questions like, is this sin or is this trauma?

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