Welcome to the Beyond Fear Podcast. We are your hosts, Alexa Sardina and Alissa Ackerman. This podcast is a labor of love, created by two friends and criminologists who have spent their entire careers studying everything about sex crimes. The twist? We are also both survivors of sexual violence and as "survivor scholars" we approach our work with both hats on. Join us as we take you Beyond Fear. Check out our website at www.beyondfearpodcast.com and follow us on Twitter @fearcrimes and Insta ...
The Place We Find Ourselves podcast features private practice therapist Adam Young (LCSW, MDiv) and interview guests as they discuss all things related to story, trauma, attachment, and interpersonal neurobiology. Listen in as Adam unpacks how trauma and abuse impact the heart and mind, as well as how to navigate the path toward healing, wholeness, and restoration. Interview episodes give you a sacred glimpse into the real-life stories of guests who have engaged their own experiences of trau ...
Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, the struggles, surprises, joys and exhaustion, and - holy cow - you’ve become a parent! WHAT NOW?! Jenn is Mom Of 18 (yes - 18 kids!). She has written the blog “Mom’s Running It” since 2011, is a published author, minimalist, runner, NLP ...
Inside Eyes is a podcast that focuses on the use of psychedelics & entheogens to heal from sexual trauma. This show looks at healing and trauma through a spiritual & political lens.
Conversations about the challenges we face, as women, on the path of recovery. The women in these interviews share their life experience, tips and tools, and resources to inspire, motivate and support women who are healing from trauma or painful experiences. We share our stories as medicine, to make the controversial uncontroversial addressing topics such as addiction, depression, anxiety, sexuality, relationships and much more.
Offering support while discussing from his and her perspective the sensitive subjects of sexual, physical & emotional trauma; suicide, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, abandonment, hopelessness and many others. Creating strength in vulnerability - The Tough Stuff Not only for victims but for working with police departments, school districts, and social service agencies while assisting them in understanding from a victim's perspective.
In A Richer Life podcast, we will be exploring courageous people's journeys to A Richer Life. We will move from breakdown to breakthrough, trauma to triumph and pain to purpose. Even though it can feel like it, nobody is alone in their journey and our challenges are common as we all do this 'human' thing together. Together, we are stronger and in community and collaboration, we thrive. No subject is off limits as we dive deep in our interviews and encourage you to journey towards your own Ri ...
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Episode 18: Understanding Trafficking: Part 2
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Human trafficking is an incredibly complex issue that includes several different important topics we felt should be covered during our second season. Due to this complexity, we agreed to dedicate three episodes to cover it. Welcome to Understanding Trafficking Part 2! During this episode, we speak with Dr. Casey Branchini Risko, an expert on intern…
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Family & Foster Care & Faith with Jamie Finn of Foster The Family - Season 6 Episode 15
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Foster the Family exists to support and encourage foster and adoptive families, mobilize and equip the community and church for foster care and adoption, and advocate for vulnerable children. Jamie C. Finn is the executive director of Foster the Family, the host of the Real Mom podcast, the founder and owner of Goods and Better, and a sought-after …
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Certified International Fertility Coach, Educator, and Mom Over 40 with Elizabeth King - Season 6 Episode 15
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Elizabeth King is a Certified Fertility Health Coach, Master Certified ICF Life Coach, Birth & Bereavement Doula, and New Parent Educator. Her mission is to help people of all backgrounds conceive a healthy baby and carry to term. After having 3 children of her own after the age of 40, Elizabeth believes taking a more holistic approach is the key t…
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Postpartum Depression with Sarah MacKay Robinson - Season 6 Episode 14
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• postpartum mental health: experienced PPA, and D-MER • mother athlete / working mom / How I’ve navigated not being the SAHM everyone told me I’d want to be • co-parenting and constant change. There is no finish line to growing into my role as a mother. Sarah is a freelance social media marketing and copywriting expert. IN HER WORDS: As one of the…
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Episode 17: Understanding Trafficking: Part I
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Human trafficking has moved into the public consciousness as a serious offense both domestically and internationally. Over the course of the next three episodes of Beyond Fear, we will cover trafficking from the perspective of researchers and a survivor. Human trafficking, including sex trafficking, is a multi-billion-dollar industry that impacts a…
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Having Unity In The Home - with Edwin & Colleen Thomason - Season 6 Episode 13
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We talked about upbringing, meeting, and dating, her first pregnancy resulting in a miscarriage, then kids being born a year apart. Their commitment to each other, their relationship, and their kids are amazing to hear. They waited to have sex until marriage - and it was Colleen's first time. That allowed them to form other strong connections with …
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Olivia's second delivery & Finding Your Voice - Helping Women feel Seen, Heard, and not Forgotten Season 6 Episode 12
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Hear Olivia's second birth story and how she found her voice! Olivia's Mission: Helping Women feel Seen, Heard, and not Forgotten HER FIRST EPISODE: https://youtu.be/LacXqaHKnzM FIND OLIVIA: https://www.forgetmenotdoulaservices.com/ Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding & relact…
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Surprise Pregnancy at 43, While Getting Her PsyD - with Kristina Rienzi Season 6 Episode 11
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- Didn't think I could get pregnant given past issues - Surprise pregnancy at 43 - New Mom at 44 - Working FT, Writing PT, Going to school for my PsyD with 2 1/2 year old at home Kristina is a Positive Psychology Coach and Bestselling Author of fiction and non-fiction FIND HER HERE: Website: https://kristinarienzi.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/…
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112 The Power of Compassion and Curiosity Toward Ourselves with Aundi Kolber
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I am joined today by Aundi Kolber, the author of Try Softer: A Fresh Approach to Move Us out of Anxiety, Stress, and Survival Mode — and into a Life of Connection and Joy. We discuss the importance of paying attention to what is happening inside your body, as well as having a posture of compassion and curiosity toward your internal experience. We o…
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111 Redeeming Heartache: How Goodness Can Come Out Of Trauma
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Bonus episode! Cathy Loerzel and I dive into why it’s crucial to take your wounds seriously, and how your wounds lead to the “orphan experience,” “stranger experience,” and/or “widow experience.” We also talk about what redemption looks like for each of these three types of wounding. Jesus takes our experiences of trauma and redeems them. That is, …
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Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes Podcast
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Welcome to Season 2 of Beyond Fear: The Sex Crimes Podcast. We are so excited to share this new season with you. This time around, we will be diving deeper into critical issues related to sex crimes. Many of the episodes feature people directly impacted by these topics. Guests include experts as well as people that are directly impacted by them. We…
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Delivering Twins, Not Following Intuition, and Parenting Using Human Design - with Alana Heim Season 6 Episode 10
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- Easy pregnancy 1st child + with twins - Trusted my doctor during both pregnancies - 1st - didn't go to a chiropractor and pregnancy wrecked my back. 2nd - went through with a c-section as highly recommended by doc. Both times, I didn't listen to my own intuition. I have a huge keloid-type scar within my incision. It has given me nothing but pain …
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The Trials Of Following Your Heart Through Birth And Beyond with Laura Staley Season 6 Episode 9
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Chose to become a full-time parent after earning a PhD-left the academic world because I knew I wanted to be a full-time parent-even when this was hugely unpopular and viewed as not being for "women's rights" (and I thought all along it was about having Choices! --I got criticized fiercely by other mothers who said "I will never be on the Mommy Tra…
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110 How Do You Move Through Past Trauma?
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Jerry Sittser is the author of A Grace Disguised: How the Soul Grows Through Loss. He is no stranger to trauma. Jerry and I cover the following topics in this episode: our tendency to try to muscle our way through pain; how adversity in our present life invites us to return to our past story; and how to keep going when facing sadness, anger, exhaus…
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The Long Road To Becoming A Dad with Jonathan McLernon Season 6 Episode 8
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Becoming A Dad with Jonathan McLernon His first interview with me: https://youtu.be/EUxq-btsbFE It took many years to get pregnant (I was 39 when my son was born) Being a father is one of my greatest joys in the world I have an entirely different perspective and respect for motherhood as I watch the endless sacrifice of my wife Learning about pregn…
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Full-Time RV life with a family of 7 with Robyn Robledo of Nomads With A Purpose Season 6 Episode 7
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We discussed parenting 5 kids on the road, homeschooling, and keeping a healthy marriage intact. We went down a short coaching - which is great if you would like Robyn to be your coach! In 2015, Robyn, her husband, and their five kids decided to Defy The Norm, move into an RV, and travel in search of epic hikes, surfing, and rock climbing. Over the…
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109 Anxiety: What It Is and How To Respond To It
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Anxiety can be so debilitating. But what exactly is it? Why do we feel anxious? And how can we address it? Anxiety is what you feel when you are avoiding important unfelt emotions. And your anxiety is almost always related to some particular part of your story.By Adam Young
I am joined today by Jay Stringer to talk about the relationship between our current sexual difficulties and our attachment histories. At some point in our lives, each of us will encounter difficulties in our sexual life. It might be the compulsive use of unwanted sexual behavior or a struggle to locate any sexual desire at all. Sexual struggles ar…
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Endometriosis and Adenomyosis to having a baby with Miranda Oh Season 6 Episode 6
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History of endometriosis and adenomyosis Had a daughter in March 2021 Postpartum migraines As my book 3 of the Chin Up, Tits Out series was being created, my 30th birthday threw me another doozy and slapped me with an Endometriosis and Adenomyosis diagnosis. So naturally, I'm using that as juice for my second series. We know life is going to get me…
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The Pleasure Ladder for Mom’s & Helping Children’s Souls Shine with Bracha Goetz Season 6 Episode 5
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Mother of six children who are all now wonderful parents . Learning to value motherhood . Learning about The Pleasure Ladder . How The Pleasure Ladder can provide a clear understanding for mothers about what brings lasting pleasure in life . How the children's books I write help children's souls to shine - healthy living, disabilities, personal saf…
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107 Racial Trauma: What's Going On? Part 2
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This is part 2 of my interview with Wendell Moss about racial trauma. Today we continue to discuss the importance of naming what has been true of the past so that we might be free from it. We also begin to talk about what the path toward healing looks like, including the role of lament in the healing process.…
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Losing her Mother 2-weeks before the birth of her child with Leslie Lindsey Davis Season 6 Episode 4
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Losing her Mother 2-weeks before the birth of her child with Leslie Lindsey Davis Babies do not come with owner's manuals and neither do small children. My mother died 2 weeks before my first child was born so I really had to make it up as I went along Having a sense of humor helps Find another word to say besides 'no' Time out did not work for me …
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Surprise Childbirth, Chronic Pain, Feeling Unwanted and Alone - Karina Kantas Season 6 Episode 3
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My first child, my water breaks early unexpectedly, I had an embarrassing surprise waiting for me at the hospital, it was 15 hours before I got to see and hold my little girl. I broke down in the car on the way home. My second child a very dark tale involving, a broken, leg, cancer, PND, cyberbullying, chronic pain, unwanted and alone. Karina is a …
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106 Racial Trauma: What's Going On? Part 1
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I am joined today by Wendell Moss. Wendell is a therapist, an instructor at the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology, and part of The Allender Center teaching staff. We discuss a blog post Wendell wrote for The Allender Center called, “Racial Trauma: The Marks We Bear.” Topics covered include the importance of naming what has been true of our …
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Helping Women feel Seen, Heard, and not Forgotten - Olivia's first birth story - Season 6 Episode 2
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Hear Olivia's first birth story and how that changed the trajectory of how she wanted to help other women to NOT lose their voice! Olivia's Mission: Helping Women feel Seen, Heard, and not Forgotten FIND OLIVIA: https://www.forgetmenotdoulaservices.com/ Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, b…
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About The Podcast - And Some Of Jenn's Story Season 6 Episode 1
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Season 6 Episode 1 of Becoming Parents - About the podcast and some of Jenn's story! Sharing stories about infertility, miscarriage, pregnancy, labor and delivery, bottle feeding, breastfeeding and relactation, self-care after birth, sex to get pregnant and after kids, birth options, to medicate or not to medicate, adoption, midwife vs hospital, th…
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105 Complicity: Why Sexual Abuse Is So Damaging and How To Address It
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Complicity often haunts people with a history of trauma more than anything else. The essence of complicity is the sense that I volitionally participated in my own abuse. In today’s episode, I outline four ways in which we may feel complicit in our abuse, and then talk about how to address the feeling of complicity by blessing arousal.…