Episode 16: Spiritual Abuse, Codependency, and the Power of Healing: Part 1 with Christina Conrad
Release Date: 10/14/2021
Episode 40: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part Two with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lori and Peyton Wade, mother and son. Peyton shares his story of surviving domestic violence and the tremendous pain and fear of escaping an abusive cycle. He expresses the experience of coming to terms with marital abuse as a man, and the undeserved shame of cultural pressures. Lori shares her experience as Peyton's mother and the fear she felt while supporting her son as they worked as a family to extricate him from the abusive relationship....
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Episode 39: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part One with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade
Examine Your Hedman
Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lori and Peyton Wade, mother and son. Peyton shares his story of surviving domestic violence and the tremendous pain and fear of escaping an abusive cycle. He expresses the experience of coming to terms with marital abuse as a man, and the undeserved shame of cultural pressures. Lori shares her experience as Peyton's mother and the fear she felt while supporting her son as they worked as a family to extricate him from the abusive relationship....
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Episode 38: Love Addiction, Family Dynamics, and Healing: Part Two with Heidi Dike Kingston
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Heidi Dike Kingston. Heidi vulnerably shares her family history of alcoholism and how her sibling's needs created a gap in her own needs getting met as a child. And the sexual abuse that transpired alongside the neglect. She shares how she discovered her need for the healthy rhythms of 12-step recovery in Love and Sex Addicts Anonymous and Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families. Heidi talks about the places in her life and heart that...
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Episode 37: Love Addiction, Family Dynamics, and Healing: Part One with Heidi Dike Kingston
Examine Your Hedman
Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Heidi Dike Kingston. Heidi vulnerably shares her family history of alcoholism and how her sibling's needs created a gap in her own needs getting met as a child. And the sexual abuse that transpired alongside the neglect. She shares how she discovered her need for the healthy rhythms of 12-step recovery in Love and Sex Addicts Anonymous and Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families. Heidi talks about the places in her life and heart that required...
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Episode 36: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part Two with Sherrerd Hartness
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Sherrerd Hartness. Sherrerd shares that her sister was brutally murdered at a young age, and how the grief and isolation in the wake of this traumatic event shaped her. She shares the deep and lasting impact this had on her life, and the loneliness she has felt for decades. She walks us through her experience on the day her sister went missing. She shares how the kindnesses extended to her at the most difficult times possibly saved her life....
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Episode 35: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part One with Sherrerd Hartness
Examine Your Hedman
Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Sherrerd Hartness. Sherrerd shares that her sister was brutally murdered at a young age, and how the grief and isolation in the wake of this traumatic event shaped her. She shares the deep and lasting impact this had on her life, and the loneliness she has felt for decades. She walks us through her experience on the day her sister went missing. She shares how the kindnesses extended to her at the most difficult times possibly saved her life....
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Episode 34: Community, Christianity and Healing: Part Two with Kara Galvin-Fischer
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kara Galvin-Fischer. Kara shares her personal journey of discovering unhealed trauma in her life. She shares what has helped her move forward and how connecting with safe community has brought healing. She outlines how choosing to find a church that best fit her shifting belief system has turned things around for her relationally. Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man! *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic...
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Episode 33: Community, Christianity and Healing: Part One with Kara Galvin-Fischer
Examine Your Hedman
Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kara Galvin-Fischer. Kara shares her personal journey of discovering unhealed trauma in her life. She shares what has helped her move forward and how connecting with safe community has brought healing. She outlines how choosing to find a church that best fit her shifting belief system has turned things around for her relationally. Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man! *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic...
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Episode 32: Pastoral Abuse, the Power of Love, and Healing: Part Two with Maggie Jusell
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Maggie Jusell. Maggie shares about her personal journey through spirituality and spiritual trauma. She provides insight into taking back one’s voice amidst a religious tradition that taught her she shouldn't be heard. She shares what loyalty to her pastor cost her, her marriage, and her family. And, she explores the grief and loss that followed her decision to be true to her self, and how worth it it has been. Life really can suck less, so examine...
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Episode 31: Pastoral Abuse, the Power of Love, and Healing: Part One with Maggie Jusell
Examine Your Hedman
Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Maggie Jusell. Maggie shares about her personal journey through spirituality and spiritual trauma. She provides insight into taking back one’s voice amidst a religious tradition that taught her she shouldn't be heard. She shares what loyalty to her pastor cost her, her marriage, and her family. And, she explores the grief and loss that followed her decision to be true to her self, and how worth it it has been. Life really can suck less, so...
info_outlineYour hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome Christina Conrad to today’s episode. Christina shares her story of spiritual abuse, finding safety, the process of deconstruction and healing. She shares about taking responsibility, finding value in her truest self, developing healthy boundaries, and her shifting relationship with spirituality and faith.
Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!
Key Takeaways:
[3:26] Christina shares about what life looks like today.
[5:27] Christina talks about her family structure and her early connection to the church.
[8:15] As a girl Christina felt lonely and confused.
[9:30] In her parents’ eyes Christina was “ok.”
[11:02] Christina shares about codependency in her family.
[15:06] What did codependency look like for Christina growing up?
[18:43] Christina talks about religion growing up.
[20:10] How leaving home impacted her mother.
[26:26] Christina talks about the internship she did.
[30:53] Christina shares about an inappropriate situation with someone she babysat for.
[33:45] Christina shares about her discomfort/struggle confronting him with 2 of her pastors.
[38:22] Christina shares about a dating relationship she had in church.
[41:13] When boundaries are violated but you haven’t learned it’s ok to say ‘no’.
[47:44] Christina shares about her dating experience and the time she dissociated and felt used.
[51:31] Christina shares about feeling like God would require her to marry him.
[53:29] Christina shares about a mission trip she co-led with him and the struggles she had.
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Facing Love Addiction: Giving Yourself the Power to Change the Way You Love, Pia Mellody
Facing Codependency: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives, Pia Mellody
This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional