EP 74: Weaponizing Marriage: Marcy Pusey: Part One

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:41 — 90.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreMarcy Pusey is our fun, interesting and empowering guest for you this week! We had a great conversation about a variety of important topics, we made it a two part series. I was going to come up with some clever way to introduce …

Episode 66: I Don’t Want My Daughter To Suffer The Same Abuse I Did: Bridget Seavey: Part 2

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:09 — 22.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreWe are continuing Bridget Seavey’s incredible story this week. With the birth of her daughter, she realized she did not want the abuse to continue to the next generation. She shares the repeated verbal, physical and sexual abuse that she endured, and what …

Episode 65: Kicked Out Of The Church After Being Abused: Bridget Seavey

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:40 — 21.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreWhy would a church kick a young girl out of the church she loves when she reports she has been abused by someone in the church? This is actually quite common in churches, and it happened more than once to our guest Bridget …

Episode 63: The Power Of Words To Destroy Or Heal: Allen Taylor

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 57:09 — 33.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | More“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but names will never hurt me!” Do you remember that chant from childhood? Well, we will find out from my guest Allen Taylor that verbal abuse is just as damaging as physical abuse. We are talking …

Episode 62: Surviving Abuse From A Therapist: Amy Nordhues

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:04:25 — 36.5MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreImagine being a survivor of multiple abuses from childhood, and then the therapist that you chose to help you to heal from that abuse, abuses you as well. This is exactly what happened to our guest Amy Nordhues. We talk about her childhood, …

Episode 29: Men Too: Dr. Kelli Palfy

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:31 — 62.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreHollywood and pop culture often give us the impression that men can’t be raped or sexually abused. Our guest today, Dr. Kelli Palfy, is here to dispel that myth and to give us the facts gleaned from her vast experience working in correctional …

Episode 27: My Father Is A Pedophile-Jimmy Hinton Part 2

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:58 — 59.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreWe continue our conversation with Pastor Jimmy Hinton this week, who had to turn his own father in to the police for pedophilia. Find out the sequence of events after Jimmy’s father is arrested and placed in prison with a life sentence. Jimmy …

Episode 26: My Father Is A Pedophile: Pastor Jimmy Hinton Part One

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:44 — 56.2MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreCould you turn in your own parent to the police for committing unspeakable crimes of pedophilia? Would you be able to spot a pedophile in your midst? Pastor Jimmy Hinton and his family lived through this horrendous nightmare when he discovered that his …

Watch Me Live On”Inspiration By Marie”!

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I was a live guest on Marie McCarthy’s show Inspirational By Marie(UK). I told my story as it relates to the church and its teachings. There is a long version (1:10) and a short version (14 min) below. Sorry about my yellow tinted screen and my voice not matching my mouth. Squadcast seemed to be the culprit. Long version Short …

Episode 20: Pastor Kyle Fox: What Does A Healthy Church Look Like?

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:02:32 — 67.7MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreDo you know what are the signs of healthy church? Many survivors are shell shocked from the aftermath of abuse that they don’t even know if they can trust a church again. Our guest today is Diana’s pastor, Kyle Fox, Senior Pastor of …

Episode 14: Survivor Story: Sandy Phillips Kirkham – Let Me Prey On You

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:07:10 — 74.0MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreWe have a survivor story of clergy abuse on today’s episode. Our guest is Sandy Phillips Kirkham, author of the book, Let Me Prey Upon You. It tells the horrific story of how she was methodically groomed by her youth pastor when she …

Episode 9: Let’s Talk About Trust Part 2: God and the Bible

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:52 — 39.6MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreCan we trust God and the Bible in the midst of our suffering? Diana explores these questions. She also gives tips on bible study and praying when you don’t feel like it. She extends her Christmas greetings with her favorite Christmas carol, O …

Episode 2: Co-host Brian-Tragedies, Music, and Jesus

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Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 47:34 — 49.8MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Android | RSS | MoreIn this two part series, meet Diana’s husband, Brian, as he talks about his upbringing, the tragedy of his parents’ deaths, and becoming a Christian at 8 years old. He also shares crazy stories of his days as a professional Christian musician in …