No woman wants to face the horror of her husband’s betrayal. Or have to recover from the emotional, physical & financial trauma and never-ending consequences. But these courageous women DID. And we’ll walk with you, so YOU can too. If you’re experiencing pain, chaos, and isolation due to your husband’s lying, anger, gaslighting, manipulation, infidelity, and/or emotional abuse… If he’s undermined you and condemned you as an angry, codependent, controlling gold-digger… If you think your husba ...
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This is not a podcast for the mainstream. This is for the silenced, the cast out, and those whose stories never made the headlines. A Groundbreaking Trauma Justice Podcast from a Genocide Survivor and Somatic Therapist. Deeply embodied, politically urgent, and spiritually grounded space led by a therapist who survived war and genocide herself. Ana Mael is not just talking about trauma—she has lived it, survived it, and now guides others through it with radical clarity and compassion. This po ...
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The Art of Flourishing: A Mental Health + Trauma Recovery Podcast
Cristina Ally | Flourish Counseling Co.
The Art of Flourishing is a biweekly podcast discussing mental health and trauma recovery hosted by mental health expert + Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Cristina Ally. We'll have everything from interviews, expert tips, and some advice. You'll also learn more about different therapeutic techniques, concepts, and interventions, hopefully aiding in making good life even better. If you're recovering from trauma, this will help you discover new skills, normalize some of what you're going thr ...
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Think Unbroken with Michael Unbroken | Childhood Trauma, CPTSD, and Mental Health Recovery
Michael Unbroken
Welcome to the Think Unbroken Podcast, where healing begins and transformation takes flight. Join host Michael Unbroken on a journey of self-discovery and empowerment as we delve into the realms of overcoming childhood trauma, narcissistic abuse, PTSD, CPTSD, high ACE scores, anxiety, depression, and various mental health challenges. Unlock the secrets to healing with insights from therapists, trauma coaches, mindset leaders, neuroscientists, entrepreneurs, and researchers. Gain access to pr ...
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Hi there! Welcome to Christian Emotional Recovery, a podcast for survivors of childhood trauma, childhood emotional neglect, childhood narcissistic abuse, and any form of trauma. Many of us spend years trying to heal, and don't get anywhere. We don't always target the trauma itself, which is so often what keeps us stuck. The nature of trauma is that it literally becomes lodged in our brains and bodies. Trauma must be targeted where it's at, deep in our bodies and minds. This podcast is where ...
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Joe delves into the complexities of trauma and its impact on behaviors, emotions, and relationships. He emphasizes the importance of being authentically courageous and vulnerable. Joe shares his expertise and personal experiences to help listeners understand and overcome their struggles. The podcast provides a supportive and empathetic space for individuals to learn, reflect, and take steps towards a more authentic and fulfilling life. For access to all episodes and bonus content, subscribe ...
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Blooming with Self-Love: How to Reclaim Your Worth | with Aneta Waclaw
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49:32In a world where disconnection, self-doubt, and comparison run rampant, how do we return to ourselves? In this powerful episode, Michael Unbroken sits down with author and self-love advocate Aneta Waclaw to unpack the real meaning of self-love, and why it's more than just a buzzword. Aneta shares the raw and inspiring story behind her book Blooming…
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You Need Justice, Not Breathwork: How Silence Shaped You & Society (Part 2)
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33:59Ana is not just teaching about trauma. She’s renaming the moral and political architecture that protects it. She dismantles: Silence as safety Strength as suppression Healing as isolation And replaces them with: Voice as birthright Co-regulation as repair Justice as embodied integrity “Your voice isn’t too much. It’s exactly what was missing. And i…
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The Long-Term Effects Of A Bad Marriage – Florence’s Story
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12:41If you’ve endured repeated betrayal from your husband, you’re not alone. Many women in our community have faced the long-term effects of emotional abuse in their marriage. Florence, a member of the Betrayal Trauma Recovery Community, a victim of her husband’s emotional abuse for over 40 years, shares her story. If you relate, consider attending on …
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Description Do you ever feel like there’s a specific area of your life where you struggle no matter what you do? I spent years doing all the “right” things—vision boards, affirmations, money mindset work, deep dives into my blocks, all in hopes of becoming someone who deserved abundance. But no matter how hard I worked, nothing changed the way I ho…
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Patterns To Look out for in your relationship with Dave Cawley
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32:54If you’re wondering, “Is my relationship safe?” It’s important to look at patterns of abusive behavior. Physical abuse never happens without emotional abuse, so the first step is to understand the patterns of emotional abuse. To discover if your husband is using any one of the 19 different types of emotional abuse, take our free emotional abuse qui…
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Healing Trauma with The Power of The Subconscious Mind | with Todd Goodwin
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50:44Since 2007, Todd Goodwin has helped thousands to overcome unwanted emotions, habits, and trauma in a way that’s faster than talk therapy, more effective than willpower, and safer than medication. He is one of the few hypnotists (1 in 500) to earn the title Board Certified Fellow by the National Guild of Hypnotists. He currently sees clients from co…
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Exiled and Rising isn’t just healing. It’s human rights. It’s survival. It’s resistance. It is : A refuge for the unseen A movement for displaced, exiled, and silenced voices—not just a podcast A justice-centered somatic space, not a self-improvement brand This is not just another podcast about trauma healing. This is a sanctuary for the unseen. A …
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In haunting “Walk Home,” Ana Mael delivers something that is rare and profoundly necessary: A Language for the Unspoken This piece gives voice to the invisible pain of children—and adults—who dread returning to a place that is supposed to feel safe. She does not explain the trauma. She names it. She feels it. And in doing so, she makes it real for …
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Warning Signs Your Husband Is Dangerous – Susan’s Story With Dave Cawley
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35:24If you’re searching for warning signs your husband is dangerous it’s important to know that many victims “only” experience emotional abuse until . . . Anne Blythe, founder of Betrayal Trauma Recovery, talks to Dave Cawley, host of the Cold podcast series, about the Susan Powell case, empowering victims to protect themselves and seek safety now. Thi…
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Episode 3 Season 5: Celebrating Progress, Not Perfection
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1:13:44Description: If you’re feeling tired from trying to hold everything together perfectly — you’re not alone. In today’s episode, we’re having a real, honest conversation about what it looks like to choose progress over perfection. We’ll be looking at it through three lenses: first, how perfectionism shows up for just about everyone when we tie our wo…
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How to Take Control of Your Health and Age Stronger | with Kimberly Verbeke
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58:56In this powerful episode, Michael sits down with longevity and wellness expert Kimberly Verbeke to unpack what it really means to take control of your health—physically, mentally, and emotionally. Kimberly shares her experience working in geriatrics and how watching people die too soon sparked her mission: helping others age better and live stronge…
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How To Protect Yourself Financially If Your Marriage Is Struggling
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37:38It’s shocking how common financial abuse in divorce is. Here are the best ways to protect yourself. Divorce is hard. If you’ve been married to a narcissistic abuser, it can feel even more impossible to break free. These individuals often don’t stop their controlling behavior after a divorce is filed. Instead, they escalate their attempts to assert …
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For Cold Bitches & Emotionless Men: The Strength Behind the Shield
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20:01Have you ever been called a “cold, distant bitch”? Or an emotionless prick? In this episode, Ana Mael reveals the untold story behind these labels and explores how what the world sees as "cold" is actually profound emotional intelligence. Being labeled “cold” is not a weakness—it’s a survival mechanism. This episode is for anyone who has been misun…
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Social Anxiety Isn't Just Nerves: The Trauma Behind Your Fear of Connection
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8:07Social anxiety is not just shyness—it's a battle within your body, a fight for survival in a world that constantly demands you to be seen. But what if I told you that the very same body that holds your fear also holds the key to your healing? Social anxiety is often misunderstood as just being shy or introverted, but it’s far deeper than that—it’s …
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A somatic prayer to call in love that holds, honors, and does not erase you. In this deeply soothing prayer of Exiled & Rising, Ana Mael offers a somatic prayer for those seeking love that does not cost them their truth, their boundaries, or their body. This is not a prayer of performance. It is a prayer of presence—an invitation to receive love th…
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What Is A Therapeutic Disclosure? What You Need To Know If Your Husband Is An Addict
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36:10When a woman uncovers her husband’s infidelity, she might seek help from an addiction therapist. The therapist may recommend a therapeutic disclosure. What is a therapeutic disclosure? To summarize, here are 4 things you need to know. A therapeutic disclosure is a process that involves the addict disclosing their full history to a therapist and his…
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Healing After Religious Trauma | with Alyssa Grenfell
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1:06:30In this episode,Michael invites Alyssa Grenfell, an ex-Mormon influencer, to discuss their journeys of leaving the Mormon church and dealing with religious trauma. Both share their personal experiences, pain, and challenges faced while growing up in a religious environment. Alyssa talks about her work, including her book 'How to Leave the Mormon Ch…
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Whether you are mourning the loss of a loved one, the loss of home, the loss of safety, or the loss of faith in your country or community—this prayer is for you. In this sacred and unedited episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana Mael offers a somatic prayer for those carrying grief that is too heavy to hold alone. This episode is a place to lay your sor…
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Healing Trauma From Hidden Abuse – What Gets In Our Way? Penny’s Take
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31:18Hidden abuse is characterized by lies and manipulation, and it causes trauma that’s hard to recognize. To discover if you’re experiencing any of the 19 types of hidden abuse, take our free emotional abuse quiz. This episode follows Penny’s Story How to Start to Heal From Emotional Abuse – Penny’s Story Healing Trauma From Hidden Abuse – What Gets I…
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I Survived Genocide: This Is What I Didn't Survive—And You Won't Either
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8:37In this unfiltered, soul-witnessing episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana Mael reads directly from page 185 of her memoir The Trauma We Don’t Talk About. This is a reading and reflection—not from the past, but from the living, ongoing truth of what genocide does to the body, the nervous system, and the identity. In a world where genocide is happening i…
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You Need Justice, Not Breathwork: Imprisoned By Others – Part 1
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20:00Why healing becomes a prison when it doesn’t include justice, relational repair, and acknowledgement? In this direct, unfiltered episode of Exiled and Rising, Ana invites you into the truth that most trauma spaces avoid: healing alone is not enough. Drawing from lived experience and years of working with those displaced by war, harmed by family, or…
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How To Start To Heal From Emotional Abuse – Penny’s Story
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34:58Is it possible to heal from emotional abuse and betrayal trauma? Everyday, brave women resist in a variety of ways. Penny shares her story of how she resisted abuse and finally was able to heal from emotional abuse. Attend a Betrayal Trauma Recovery Group Session today to share your story with other women who have endured the same type of emotional…
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In this episode, we delve into the complexities and potential of using psychedelics for mental health and trauma healing with Micah Stover. The discussion highlights how the popularization of psychedelics like mushrooms and ayahuasca has left many people seeking guidance amidst a deluge of information. Stover shares her professional journey and ins…
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Your Wound Is Your Medicine: Turn Harm Into Resistance, Justice, and Power
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9:03“Everything that was done to harm me became the medicine to heal me.” Ana transforms her lived experience—statelessness, war, violations—into a global invitation: your pain can become your political and spirtual quest for justice. “When I was humiliated, I healed by honoring the person in front of me.” Ana’s poetic yet grounded declarations are roo…
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Episode 2 Season 5: Restoring Identity: Remembering Who You Are in Christ, Not in Trauma
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1:07:09When you’ve experienced trauma, it can be hard to separate who you are from what you’ve been through. The way trauma affects the brain can leave you with deep-seated beliefs that you are unworthy, broken, or beyond healing—but that isn’t the truth. You can feel like you're always reactive, angry, and afraid. In this episode, we explore how trauma d…
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Prayer as Resistance: For Marginalized, Censored, Ostracized and Unseen
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15:30This Is Not Just a Prayer. This Is a Protest. This episode is a somatic and spiritual response to systemic exclusion. In a time when book bans, anti-immigration laws, transphobia, genocide, censhorship and the rise of authoritarianism are threatening the safety and dignity of marginalized people ( and everyone with voice), Ana Mael offers a counter…
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For the Anxious Hours When It's All Too Much: Somatic Prayer With Divine
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8:00Use somatic prayer for the moments when your nervous system feels pushed to the edge. Ana Mael offers more than words—she offers a relational space with the Divine, where overwhelm, fear and anxiety softens and the body remembers safety. This episode is not instructional or analytical—it is experiential. Ana Mael guides the listener through a deepl…
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How to Use Your Emotions as a Catalyst for Transformation | with Ashley Frost
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59:20In this episode, Michael delves into the complex relationships people have with anger, featuring guest Ashley Frost, an expert in anger and emotional release. Ashley shares her personal journey with anger and how it has impacted her life and the lives of her clients over the past five years. The conversation covers the importance of understanding a…
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You Don't Need To Forgive: Privileged Tool Of Silencing
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28:49You don’t owe forgiveness to anyone who hurt you. In this unapologetic and deeply validating episode, Ana Mael dismantles the harmful myth that forgiveness is a requirement for healing. With clarity and compassion, Ana speaks directly to marginalized, BIPOC, and harmed individuals who’ve been told—explicitly or subtly—that their healing must includ…
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Terrible Knowledge: What Trauma Taught You That No One Else Can
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12:21Ana’s own history as a genocide and war survivor roots this episode in lived experience, offering not abstract theory—but guidance forged in lived pain. What if the hardest parts of your life—the pain, the silence, the survival—taught you a wisdom more powerful than any degree? In this episode, Ana Mael calls it Terrible Knowledge—the kind of embod…
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Making the decision to divorce is a challenging time for any woman who is facing her husband’s addiction or emotional abuse. Anne Blythe, M.Ed. and Caroline talk about complexities surrounding her decision to divorce, shedding light on the profound impact of her husband’s pornography addiction. If you’re struggling with the impact of your husband’s…
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Withdrawn and Lonely: The Trauma of Not Being Welcomed
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13:41Withdrawal is a deep somatic adaptation to chronic unsafety, invisibility, and social erasure. Ana identifies withdrawal not as a symptom to be “fixed,” but as a brilliant survival strategy when someone has never felt safe, welcomed, or truly allowed to exist as they are. Welcome to Exiled and Rising. Please follow and rate and always share to othe…
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The Trauma of Obedience: Censorship and Somatic Cost of Silencing Yourself
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15:36In a time of increasing political instability, censorship, and erasure of marginalized voices and every other voice who wants to speak up, Ana Mael’s work boldly calls us back to the sacred terrain of the body. This episode is both a blueprint for personal healing and a call to collective resistance. It offers one of the most nuanced, deeply embodi…
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Save Years in Therapy: The Critical First Step to Trauma & PTSD Healing
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21:59If you’ve tried everything to heal but still feel stuck, this one crucial starting point can save you years in therapy. If healing still feels out of reach, it’s not because you’re broken. It’s because healing doesn’t happen in isolation—it happens in a relational space your trauma therpist ( or you ) need do the on somatic embodied level between s…
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Prayer For Depression, Anxiety, And Mental Health: A Guided Somatic Prayer for Inner Piece
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7:22Somatic Healing and the Power of Embodied Prayer. In moments of mental heaviness, when the mind is restless and the heart is exausted, let this prayer be a place of hope and mental rejuvenation. Whether you are seeking comfort, piece, faith, or a guided pause from overwhelming thoughts, morning anxiety and fear this episode offers a gentle space to…
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Prayer for Health and Healing Through Diagnosis and Recovery
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8:43Prayers have a deeply somatic impact, helping restore whole nervous system. Healing is not just physical—it is emotional, spiritual, and deeply personal and the most impact you have with prayers is when prayers are embodied. Whether you are facing a diagnosis, recovering from illness, or supporting a loved one in their healing journey, this prayer …
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