Episode 18: Childhood Abuse, Addiction and Healing: Part 1 with Jennifer Crosby
Release Date: 10/28/2021
Episode 40: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part Two 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 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 you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Jennifer Crosby.
Jennifer shares openly in today’s episode about the struggles of being raised in a home where Mormonism and Atheism coexisted, where she struggled to feel loved and accepted, and how she found drugs and alcohol as coping mechanisms early in life. Jennifer is now 12 years in recovery and sobriety after gaining an understanding of how sexual, spiritual and religious abuse impacted her life.
Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!
Key Takeaways:
[7:29] Tara talks about who Jennifer is.
[10:02] Jennifer is called the “boss lady”.
[13:27] Jennifer talks about her family of origin.
[16:26] Jennifer talks about the horrifying feeling of being forced to follow certain religious beliefs in order to be accepted.
[19:50] Jennifer felt more accepted between her peers than at home
[20:30] Jennifer talks about her recovery journey after 12 years of being clean.
[21:45] Jennifer became anti-religious.
[29:06] Jennifer describes what it was like to live in a home where Mormonism and atheism coexisted.
[31:32] Jennifer was convinced she was adopted.
[33:48] What is “The Meadows”?
[37:15] Jennifer was told by a psychologist that she was not bipolar.
[40:29] Jennifer dives deep into the particularities of the relationship with her mother.
[43:52] Jennifer talks with her mother about being sexually abused.
[45:17] Jennifer’s father heard her, apologized and acknowledged how his lack of affectionate communication impacted her as a child.
[47:44] Jennifer shares the most helpful part of her experience at The Meadows.
[52:14] Jennifer talks about discovering she was sexually abused and the beginning of her true healing.
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Contact Jennifer at 719-291-3168
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This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional