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   1. Ep 36 | Healing Your Trauma (Pt. 3) – Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, EMDR (2 Of 2)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our fourth series “Healing Your Trauma” by finishing our discussion on Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR). Specifically I’m talking about what EMDR sessions look like, what to expect throughout a healing process using EMDR and how to hire the right EMDR therapist for you.If you’ve ever wanted to try EMDR but have worried about what it would be like, if you’d feel any pain during it or how to even find someone that is trained in your specifi

   May 07,2024 52:20
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   2. Ep 35 | Healing Your Trauma (Pt. 2) – Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing, EMDR (1 of 2)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our conversation on how to heal your trauma, by introducing you to 4 of the main trauma healing techniques. Specifically, today I’m talking about Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (also known as EMDR).If you’ve ever tried to heal trauma in talk therapy, and it didn’t work, or worse yet, traumatized you more, this episode is for you. In it, I talk more about the science of how to heal trauma, and why talk therapy can actually traumatize you more

   Apr 30,2024 31:20
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   3. Ep 34 | Healing Your Trauma (Pt. 1) - Intro (Trauma-Informed Therapy + Trauma Coaching)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m beginning our fourth series on the podcast called “Healing Your Trauma”. This series is here to help you understand what resources are available to help you heal your trauma.Today specifically, I’m introducing the 2 main areas of mental health that can help you heal your trauma: trauma-informed therapy and trauma coaching.Whether you know if you have trauma or not, these resources can help you uncover any if you do, and get you the right help to heal it. You deserve

   Apr 23,2024 28:58
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   4. Ep 33 | What is Trauma (Pt. 10) - What It’s Like to Live With Trauma (Recap)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m finishing our discussion on Trauma, by talking about what it’s like to live with trauma. Specifically I’m bringing together the science, symptoms and types of trauma, into a conversation on what your life might be like if you have trauma.I walk through 2 “a day in the life” scenarios of a woman with trauma - one with acute trauma and one with complex PTSD, to help you see how trauma can impact your life on both ends of the spectrum.If you’ve ever been diagnosed with

   Apr 16,2024 01:12:25
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   5. Ep 32 | What is Trauma (Pt. 9) - In Your Brain & Body (3 of 3)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Trauma, by finishing talking about how trauma wires into your brain and body. Specifically I’m talking about how trauma changes your nervous system, and can actually getting stuck inside of it.If you’ve ever struggled with being on-edge all of time; not being able to control your emotions; feeling one stressor away from blowing a gasket; or being visibly shaky when you’re triggered, anxious or scared; this episode is for you.I’m praying f

   Apr 09,2024 48:31
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   6. Ep 31 | What is Trauma (Pt. 8) - in Your Brain & Body (2 of 3)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Trauma, talking about how trauma wires into your brain and body. Specifically I’m talking about how trauma changes your memories and your belief systems.If you’ve ever struggled with nightmares, not remembered the whole story of the bad things that happened to you, or feel like you’re never going to be loved, safe or worth it in this life - this episode is for you.I’m praying for you Laura——————————————————————READ IT ON THE BLOG:What is

   Apr 02,2024 01:05:45
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   7. Ep 30 | What is Trauma (Pt. 7) - in Your Brain & Body (1 of 3)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Trauma, by talking about how trauma gets wired into your brain and body (the first of 3 episodes on this topic).Specifically I talk about how trauma stores in your survival brain (limbic system), why God designed you this way, and what triggers really are.If you’re a woman struggling with stress, anxiety, anxiety or panic attacks, trauma triggers or PTSD, this episode will help explain what might be happening underneath the surface of you

   Mar 26,2024 35:10
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   8. Ep 29 | What is Trauma (Pt. 6) - Signs & Symptoms (3 of 3)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Trauma, and the signs and symptoms of trauma, by talking about Adverse Childhood Experiences (also known as ACEs).ACEs are the hardships you may have lived through in childhood, which caused trauma (developmental trauma).When you’ve lived these experiences, the trauma you carry is high level, and often comes with high levels of symptoms and illnesses.The study of ACEs has turned into a 10 question assessment that can help you understand i

   Mar 19,2024 42:24
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   9. Ep 28 | What is Trauma (Pt. 5) - Signs & Symptoms (2 of 3)

   Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Trauma, and continuing our conversation on the signs and symptoms of trauma. Specifically today I’m talking about dissociation.Dissociation is when your brain locks away your trauma memories, so you don’t have to feel and relive them day-in and day-out. It’s God’s gift to you to be able to move forward in life after pain. And when left un-healed, it can hurt you later in life with trauma symptoms.If you’re a woman who has parts of your li

   Mar 12,2024 43:31
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    10. Ep 27 | What is Trauma (Pt. 4) - Signs & Symptoms (1 of 2)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our series on Trauma, by starting a discussion on the signs and symptoms of trauma. Specifically, I’m talking about the signs and symptoms of all 5 types of trauma (Acute, Chronic, Secondary, Developmental and Complex), as well as Complex PTSD.Next week I’ll finish this discussion by talking about a major symptom known as dissociation. Along with introducing you to ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences).If you’ve ever wondered if you have trauma, are struggl

    Mar 05,2024 51:22
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    11. Ep 26 | What is Trauma (Pt. 3) - Types of Trauma (2 of 2)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Trauma, by finishing our talk on the 5 different types of trauma. Today I’m talking about developmental and complex traumas, as well as Complex PTSD (the trauma you can carry when you have multiple types of trauma).This episode is a heavy yet important one. If you’re a woman who’s been abused a lot in your life, whether in childhood, domestic violent relationships, war or because of the vulnerabilities of your life - this episode is for y

    Feb 27,2024 47:00
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    12. Ep 25 | What is Trauma (Pt. 2)- Types of Trauma (1 of 2)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our 3rd series, “What is Trauma?”, by introducing you to the 5 different types of trauma. I talk in depth in this episode about 3 of these types: Acute, Chronic and Secondary (also known as caregiver fatigue). And in next week’s episode I’ll cover the remaining 2 types (Developmental and Complex), along with when multiple traumas exist (also known as Complex Trauma).If you’re a woman who’s ever struggled with trauma, or know someone who is, this informatio

    Feb 20,2024 37:23
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    13. Ep 24 | What is Trauma (Pt 1) - Intro

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m beginning our third series on the podcast called “What is Trauma?”. This series is here to help you understand what trauma is, what the signs and symptoms of it are, and how and why God created you in a way that can traumatize.I hope this can help you lay the foundation for getting the right help to heal any trauma you might be carrying. (Trauma is a main root cause of stress in our lives.)As well as help you silence the lies of the enemy that you’re crazy, broken be

    Feb 13,2024 51:46
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    14. Ep 23 | Help for Your Stress - How to Use in Your Life (Part 10)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m wrapping up our discussion on the mental health resources (also called techniques) that can help you turn off your stress, release your emotions and come back to the state of peace in your mind and body.If you’ve ever felt like you have no idea how to add mental health into your life, to help reduce your stress, this episode is for you.It’s also a great recap of the 3 amazing resources I covered in this series “Help for Your Stress” - Emotional Freedom Techniques (EF

    Feb 06,2024 28:36
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    15. Ep 22 | Help for Your Stress - Grounding Techniques (3 of 3) (Part 9)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m finishing our discussion on Grounding Techniques - the mental health techniques designed to turn off your high levels of stress. This includes panic and anxiety attacks, trauma triggers and PTSD.Today specifically, I’m talking about physical Grounding Techniques. These are techniques that work with your body (from the outside in), to tell your brain that you’re safe, so it can turn off your stress response.If you’ve ever struggled with high levels of stress and have

    Jan 30,2024 21:59
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    16. Ep 21 | Help for Your Stress - Grounding Techniques (2 of 3) (Part 8)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Grounding Techniques: the mental health techniques that help you turn off high levels of stress (like panic or anxiety attacks, trauma triggers and PTSD).Today we’re talking specifically about the Psychological Grounding Techniques. These techniques speak directly to the part of your brain responsible for your stress, convincing it to turn all of your stress off.If you’re a woman struggling with high levels of stress, these techniques are

    Jan 23,2024 30:41
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    17. Ep 20 | Help for Your Stress - Grounding Techniques (1 of 3) (Part 7)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m introducing you to our 3rd set of mental health techniques to help you turn off your stress: Grounding Techniques.Grounding Techniques are here to help you turn off your high levels of stress, such as anxiety or panic attacks, trauma triggers and even PTSD. And most in under 10 minutes.If you’re a woman who struggles with any of these high levels of stress (or any kind of stress), these techniques are your go-to’s, to bring you back to the state of peace in your mind

    Jan 16,2024 17:23
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    18. Ep 19 | Help for Your Stress - Inner Child Work Meditation (2 of 2) (Part 6)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Inner Child Work Meditation; a mental health meditation to help you work through and release your emotions.Specifically, today I’m teaching you how to make it Christian by adding Jesus into it.If you’ve ever struggled with emotions and felt like you didn’t have the right support to get you through them, this Christian meditation is for you.At the end, I give you a sneak peak practice round, to try it out for yourself.I’m praying for you L

    Jan 09,2024 24:03
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    19. Ep 18 | Help for Your Stress - Inner Child Work Meditation (1 of 2) (Part 5)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m introducing you to a 2nd mental health technique to help you turn off your stress and release your emotions. So you can find peace in your mind and body.It’s called Inner Child Work Meditation, and it’s a beautiful way to watch yourself being held through all of your emotions.If you’ve ever struggled with bottling up your emotions, feeling like you have no way to get them out of you, and that they’re too much for you to feel, this meditation is for you.I’m praying fo

    Jan 02,2024 24:00
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    20. Ep 17 | Help for Your Stress - Emotional Freedom Techniques, EFT, Tapping (3 of 3) (Part 4)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m wrapping up my teaching for you on Emotional Freedom Techniques (also known as EFT or Tapping).Specifically, I’m talking about the acupressure part of the technique. Which is responsible for calming your brain and body.Then, I’ll be combining this with the psychology part, to teach you the full technique in it’s entirety.And at the end, I’ll be guiding you in a sneak peak practice round, so  that you can try this amazing technique for yourself.I’m praying for you Lau

    Dec 26,2023 49:47
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    21. Ep 16 | Help for Your Stress - Emotional Freedom Techniques, EFT, Tapping (2 of 3) (Part 3)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing our discussion on Emotional Freedom Techniques (also known as EFT or tapping).I’m introducing you to the psychology part of the technique, which includes the words you say.You’re going to learn the 2 phrases that you say when using EFT. Along with modifications to make them specific to the stress you’re going through in your life.This is part 2 in a total of 3 episodes on Tapping (next week we’ll discuss the acupressure part).I’m praying for you Laura—————

    Dec 19,2023 36:17
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    22. Ep 15 | Help for Your Stress - Emotional Freedom Techniques, EFT, Tapping (1 of 3) (Part 2)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m introducing you to the first mental health technique (of three) that will help turn you off your stress.It’s called Emotional Freedom Techniques, also known as EFT, or Tapping.A beautiful fusion of psychology and acupressure, EFT will help you turn off your stress, release your emotions and find peace in your mind and body.You deserve that.I’m praying for you Laura——————————————————————READ IT ON THE BLOG:Help For Your Stress – Emotional Freedom Techniques, EFT, Tapp

    Dec 12,2023 18:34
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    23. Ep 14 | Help for Your Stress - Intro (Part 1)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m introducing you to our 2nd series, called “Help for Your Stress”.I’m teaching you all about the mental health resources (ie. techniques) that can help turn off your stress. Whether you’re suffering with overwhelm, anxiety, panic/anxiety attacks, trauma triggers or PTSD, these techniques can turn it off.Today I’m giving you a sneak peak into what these techniques are and when I’ll be talking about them in this series.You deserve to find peace in your mind and body.I’m

    Dec 05,2023 20:52
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    24. Ep 13 | What is Stress Really - What This Means for Your Life, Recap (Part 10)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m recapping the entire series, “What is Stress Really?”. This episode covers the basics of what stress is, how God created your mind and body and why, and why knowing all of this matters.I pray that learning what’s happening inside of you when you’re stressed (overwhelmed, anxious, in a panic or anxiety attack, or triggered with trauma or PTSD), can bring light into your darkness, to remove any shame you’ve been carrying around being broken.You deserve to love yourself

    Nov 28,2023 48:06
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    25. Ep 12 | What is Stress Really - Living This Out (2 of 2) (Part 9)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing talking about what happens inside of you when you’re stressed, by looking at the new research of Polyvagal Theory.Specifically, we’re talking about what happens emotionally, physically and biochemically when you’re in the different states of stress (from the no stress of peace, to the high stress of anxiety and panic attacks, trauma triggers and PTSD).If you’re a woman who’s been physically or sexually assaulted, and you froze (instead of fighting or runni

    Nov 21,2023 01:00:29
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    26. Ep 11 | What is Stress Really - Living This Out (1 of 2) (Part 8)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m talking about some new research in the mental health world that answers some questions we’ve had throughout this series.Specifically, I’m talking about how your nervous system can have 2 separate survival mode states that differ so immensely. And how your brain and body move you between them to survival (or suffer).What is this new research called?Polyvagal Theory.I also talk about how it has helped you in getting the right help to turn off your stress and heal your

    Nov 14,2023 42:47
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    27. Ep 10 | What is Stress Really - Your Nervous System (2 of 2) (Part 7)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m continuing talking about your nervous system - the part of your body where your stress comes from. Specifically, I’m talking about the main nerve running your stress. In it I describe what it’s like to actually live in the state of stress in your body. How it feels, what organs change function and why, and what bodily systems shut offline and why.This is a great episode to get comfy, close your eyes and let the truth of how God created you, speak to you about your me

    Nov 07,2023 34:45
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    28. Ep 09 | What is Stress Really - Your Nervous System (1 of 2) (Part 6)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m talking about your nervous system - the part your body where your stress comes from.In case you didn’t know this - your stress lives in your body, not your mind. Specifically, it lives in your nervous system, which is the communication line between your brain and body. When you’re stressed, your brain says “danger”, but it’s your nervous system that does the work of shifting you into the state of stress, and keeping you there.Knowing this can bring so much clarity of

    Oct 31,2023 38:47
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    29. Ep 08 | What is Stress Really - Your Brain (Part 5)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m back talking about stress, specifically what is happening in your brain when you’re stressed.You probably have lived the pain of losing your thoughts when you’re stressed - you suddenly can’t think straight (or at all), you lose your keys, you scream at your spouse or kids, etc. There’s a reason for this.Today I’m sharing with you why you lose your mind and cool, why and how it’s God’s design, why and how satan is messing with it, and how it can lead you to sin.I wal

    Oct 24,2023 01:04:56
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    30. Ep 07 | How to Find Peace Amidst War - Resources for Watching the War in Israel + Prayer for Israel

    Hey Beautiful Lady,I’m veering away from our What is Stress Really series to talk about the war in Israel.In this episode I’m giving you resources for how to find peace while watching war on TV - both Christian and Mental Health. Regardless of what war is on TV, it’s always hard, emotional and can wreck your mental health (and your faith) if you’re not careful.In this episode I’m giving you 3 Christian resources and 3 mental health resources to help you find peace in your mind and body to stay g

    Oct 17,2023 46:08
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    31. Ep 06 | What is Stress Really - Fight, Flight, Freeze (Part 4)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m going deeper into the Bad Stress state known as Fight, Flight, Freeze.This state is the most severe end the Stress Spectrum, and is what we often refer to as anxiety, a panic or anxiety attack, trauma trigger or PTSD. It’s also the state where you’ll feel the most helpless. If you’ve ever struggled with one of these states and have felt helpless, terrified and like there’s no end in sight, this episode is for you. We’ll learn about where this state comes from (in you

    Oct 10,2023 58:00
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    32. Ep 05 | What is Stress Really - Bad Stress (Part 3)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m diving into the Bad Stress end of the stress spectrum, to help you understand what’s happening inside of your brain and body when you’re not ok. Bad stress is the stress you’re used to talking about - your stress, overwhelm, anxiety, panic, anxiety/panic attacks, trauma triggers or maybe even PTSD. It’s the survival mode God created you with to keep you alive in this world. So it’s not actually bad, it’s just often distorted by satan to destroy you, and keep you stuc

    Oct 03,2023 42:58
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    33. Ep B3 | God’s Holidays - Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles (Booths))

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m talking about God’s third holiday: Sukkot (also known as the Feast of Tabernacles (or Booths)).When God took His people out of slavery and through the desert, they had nothing. No food, no water, no shelter, no mental health care to deal with the trauma of slavery. They were used to be owned - someone else in control of everything in their lives. The trauma of that abuse would have led their hearts to worship and bow down to the evil around them.It’s hard to relate t

    Sep 30,2023 41:12
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    34. Ep 04 | What is Stress Really - Good Stress (Part 2)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m going deeper into the stress spectrum to help you understand what’s happening inside of you when you’re not ok beginning with Good Stress.Good stress is something most people haven’t heard of, but it’s the BEST kind of stress you can experience in this life. Good stress is the “God stress” as I like to say, because it’s the stress that God designed you to live and thrive in daily. From deep restorative rest, all the way through movement and exercise, Good Stress is t

    Sep 26,2023 30:42
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    35. Ep B2 | God’s Holidays - Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m talking about God’s second holiday: Yom Kippur (also known as the Day of Atonement).This is a holiday of humility and surrender to God through repentance of your sins. God’s first holiday (Rosh Hashanah) got you to turn your heart back to Him, so that you would be ready for today: the Day of Atonement.This is the day you admit your sins to God, because they’re the reason you’re separated from Him. All of that pain you’re carrying has built walls around your heart to

    Sep 25,2023 34:33
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    36. Ep 03 | What is Stress Really - Intro (Part 1)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m starting our first series called “What is Stress Really?”In this series, I’ll be talking about what stress is from a scientific standpoint, as well as a creation standpoint. I hope this better helps you understand what’s actually happening in your brain and body when you’re stressed, and why God created you this way.Awareness is the first step to getting the right help for you. When you know what the problem really is, you can find the right resources to address is,

    Sep 19,2023 24:52
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    37. Ep B1 | God’s Holidays - Rosh Hashanah (Feast of Trumpets)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m talking about God’s first holiday: Rosh Hashanah (also known as the New Year).God’s calendar is a bit different than ours. It starts in the fall on a new moon (usually around mid-September - mid-October) and is counted from the beginning of creation. Today we enter into year 5784.Rosh Hashanah is about turning our hearts back to God, honoring His presence, His glory, His provision and His protection in our lives. And a prophetic sign of God returning to us when Jesus

    Sep 16,2023 26:02
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    38. Ep B0 | God’s Holidays - Intro

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m introducing you to a brand new bonus series I’m doing this year called “God’s Holidays”.When we look at scripture, we find 7 holidays that God asked His people to celebrate. They honor His glory, presence, provision and protection over our lives. And they truly point our hearts to Him, helping us surrender our hearts deeper to Him.* The best healing you can ever receive for your mental health is surrendering your heart deeper to Jesus to let Him heal you.These holida

    Sep 15,2023 09:42
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    39. Ep 02 | My Testimony (of Abuse, Trauma, Rebellion, Sin and Salvation in Jesus Christ)

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Today I’m sharing my testimony of mental health and Jesus. It’s a tough story of abuse, trauma, hating and blaming God, running away from and rebelling from God, almost dying multiple times at the hands of satan, and running back into the arms of Jesus.I hope you’ll join me for this journey of how Jesus saved my life physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. And is healing the broken parts of me now through His unwavering grace and love.* This one is definitely not su

    Sep 12,2023 22:02
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    40. Ep 01 | Welcome to the Stress Release for Christian Women Podcast

    Hey Beautiful Lady,Welcome to the Stress Release for Christian Women Podcast.In today’s episode, I’m introducing both myself and this podcast:Hi, my name’s Laura. I’m a mental health practitioner (Emotional Freedom Techniques, Tapping), a Christian woman and a survivor of abuse (and the trauma and mental health dysfunction that comes with it).In this Podcast, we are going to talk about stress, the mental health resources that turn stress off, and later (maybe next year), we’ll dive deeper into t

    Sep 05,2023 11:40