Category: Healing
Episode 35: Redemptive Suffering and Navigating PTSD – A Conversation with Molly McManus

Episode 35: Redemptive Suffering and Navigating PTSD – A Conversation with Molly McManus

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In this episode, Jacque’s friend Molly talks about her struggles with mental health, specifically PTSD, and about how God has shown up in her suffering and brought beauty and redemption from her pain. 

Episode Resources:

Follow Molly on Instagram

Read Jacque’s original blog interview with Molly

knowHis.love Podcast

“This Too Shall Last” by K.J. Ramsey

“Mary Consoles Eve” by Sr. Grace Remington, Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey

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Episode 31: The Struggles & Beauty of Motherhood

Episode 31: The Struggles & Beauty of Motherhood

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In this episode, Jacque and Megan talk with Jacque’s friend, Haley, about how the struggles and beauty of pregnancy and motherhood. Haley shares her personal fears, growth, changes that were expected and unexpected. A few issues discussed are: body image, marital sex life after a baby, changes in her marriage, and advice for young mothers.

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Episode 29: Purity Culture, Modesty, Body Image, & Healing from Sexual Sin

Episode 29: Purity Culture, Modesty, Body Image, & Healing from Sexual Sin

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Trigger Warning: This episode references sexual assault and disordered eating. 

Jacque and Megan talk to Mary about purity culture: what it is, family dynamics, modesty, body image, and more. Purity Culture is largely understood to be a Christian sub-culture beginning around 1990 in conservative evangelical circles. It is characterized by efforts to promote sexual abstinence prior to marriage as well as emphasizing women to be “appropriately submissive”. While the intentions in this movement may or may not be pure (pun intended), it is important to talk about the lasting effects, and lingering shame, on those who grew up within it. Mary also shares some spectacular wisdom in this episode on healing from sexual sin and managing misplaced shame.

Resources:

History of Purity Culture

 

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Episode 25: When it is Time to End a Friendship

Episode 25: When it is Time to End a Friendship

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We live in a culture where it’s popular to “cut out toxicity”. This leads to many people cutting people out of their life instead of working through problems. However…there are times when a relationship needs to be cut out because it is truly toxic. When is it time to end a friendship and when is it time to seek reconciliation? Is cutting someone out of your life ever loving or Biblical? Jacque and Megan discuss these questions and more with their friend Alé. 

Follow Alé on Instagram

Book Recommendations:

Changes That Heal by Dr. Cloud

Boundaries by Dr. Cloud & Dr. Townsend

Resources:

What a Friend We Have in Jesus

Toxic Friendships: Thirty Minutes with The Perry’s Podcast

 

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Episode 23: Finding God In Your Struggle with Mental Illness – A Conversation with Kristen Deasy

Episode 23: Finding God In Your Struggle with Mental Illness – A Conversation with Kristen Deasy

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TW: This episode discusses mental health struggles such as depression, anxiety, self-harm and suicidality.

Meet Kristen! Jacque and Megan talk with Kristen Deasy, mental health advocate and founder of “The Human Condition”.  The mission of “The Human Condition” is to change the narrative that mental health and faith are mutually exclusive through promoting hope, healing, and conversation. “The Human Condition” hopes to inspire those living with mental illness that God has a plan for them; to be great saints in the midst of their suffering.

This episodes discusses the integration of faith and mental health, self harm, suicide, and finding God in our suffering. 

Resources:

Follow Kristen on Instagram

Follow The Human Condition on Instagram

The Human Condition Website

Like The Human Condition on Facebook

 

 

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Episode 22: Surviving (and Thriving) Through a Breakup

Episode 22: Surviving (and Thriving) Through a Breakup

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Meet Rebecca! In this episode, Jacque and Megan discuss with Rebecca how to survive and thrive through the heartache of a breakup. Rebecca talks about common thoughts and struggles, practical tips, and how God creates something new out of our rubble.

Resources Mentioned:

Be Healed by Dr. Bob Schuchts

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Episode 21: Healthy Sexuality for Women

Episode 21: Healthy Sexuality for Women

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As Christian women, how do we navigate sexual desire, chastity/purity, and attraction in a healthy and Godly way? In this episode, Jacque and Megan discuss harmful views of puberty, sexual desire, women & pornography and give practical tips for pursuing chastity as women.

Resources:

Coming of Age Rituals Around the World

PornHub 2019 Stats

Pornography Statistics & Church

New York Post: Women & Porn

Psychology Today: Women & Porn

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Episode 20: Mental Health & Faith – A Conversation with Catholic Therapist Tommy Tighe

Episode 20: Mental Health & Faith – A Conversation with Catholic Therapist Tommy Tighe

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Meet Tommy! In this episode, Jacque and Megan talk with Tommy Tighe, host of Saint Dymphna’s Playbook, a podcast about finding mental well-being as a Catholic with the help of community and the saints. Tommy is a marriage and family therapist, husband, and father. In each episode Tommy addresses different mental health issues, introduces listeners to a saint who is relevant to mental health and wellness, and responds to questions from Twitter followers. He talks about topics such as fasting and eating disorders, scrupulosity, and vocations and mental illness. 

This episode discusses misconceptions about mental illness, especially in church communities, practical advice for people who are struggling, and answers questions such as whether a Christian should seek out a Christian therapist. 

Resources:

Follow Tommy on Twitter

Tommy’s Podcast: St. Dymphna’s Playbook

Books written by Tommy

History of St. Dymphna

Mental Health Work in Geel, Belgium

 

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Episode 19: Redemption in a Broken Engagement

Episode 19: Redemption in a Broken Engagement

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Meet Michaela! We are thrilled to have Michaela come on and talk about her experience with a broken engagement and God’s healing in her life. Michaela describes her story as, “the most unexpected and unimaginable blessing in my life” and hopes that the truth of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection may be seen in the midst of it.

Resources:

Follow Michaela on Instagram

Read Michaela’s story HERE

Check out Michaela’s work: thrifted & threaded, Litany NYC

Podcast mentioned: The Place We Find Ourselves

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