Between Beauty & Heartache

Resources mentioned: The Place We Find Ourselv es podcast by Adam Young The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk National Center for PTSD – U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs complextrauma.org – Complex Trauma Resource The Allender Center: For those seeking deeper healing through story, The Allender Center offers training and care rooted in Narrative Focused Trauma Care® (NFTC). Their miss...

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Chassie references Yoga with Adriene in this episode as a helpful way to tend to your body.  Yoga After Disaster. While she is referring to a physical disaster, Chassie does this Yoga after relational ruptures.  Yoga For Post Traumatic Stress. This is helpful year round for Chassie, but if the holidays bring up challenging feelings, this might be extra helpful right now.  Yoga For Migraines . Grea...

Robyn Kolk courageously shared part of her story with us, and here is a link to  her photography .  The story work approach originated from the Allender Center . If your curious about engaging your own story, visit their website to learn more and find a story work Coach. Robyn mentions Adam Young's podcast, The Place We Find Ourselves , a huge resource for both Robyn & Chassie.  Chassie mentioned...

Here is a link to find out more about our guest, Candice Fraser , LPC, and how her counseling services, as well as her podcast The Couch Next Door might be of interest to you or someone you love.  If you want more conversation with Chassie & Candice, you can listen to their episode on The Couch Next Door: Story Work (with Chassie Anders )

In this episode, Chassie opens up about her personal journey with complex trauma and its impact on her creativity. As a child, she was filled with passion for singing, dancing, and art, but over time, those desires faded. Discover how Chassie is reclaiming her creative spirit through Story Work and Julia Cameron's "The Artist's Way." She shares valuable insights on overcoming creative blocks, the...

"You can't save your spouse, but you can offer connection." – Chassie Anders In this episode of Between Beauty & Heartache, join Chassie and Noah Anders as they continue their story of what it's like to walk alongside one another through healing from trauma and engaging their stories.  They discuss what is happening in our brains and bodies when we or our spouse experience anger and dysregulation,...

In this episode of Between Beauty & Heartache, we're at the part in the Anders' story where Chassie and Noah have recently returned to the U.S. after spending two years serving overseas as missionaries. Despite hoping that their challenges would diminish upon their return, they soon discovered that Chassie's cries for help hinted at deeper issues with significant implications. Join them as they di...

In this episode of Between Beauty & Heartache, Chassie talks with her husband, Noah, about what it's like to walk alongside someone and engage your story in a safe, loving relationship.  They discuss how they met, how they went from "just friends" to a married couple, what it was like to spend two years overseas as missionaries, and what happened when Chassie started to realize that she had unreso...

"Safety is not the absence of threat, it is the presence of connection."— Dr. Gabor Maté Our very nature is rooted in relationships, a truth that resonates across multiple aspects of our lives and stories. Through the lens of the Word of God, we discover the profound truth that Jesus is "Immanuel"— God with us . From a scientific standpoint, our brains are intricately wired to foster secure relati...

In this episode of Between Beauty & Heartache, Chassie Anders invites Cathy Loerzel to discuss the foundations of story work, what it means to attune to the younger parts of ourselves, the importance of the healing journey, why we still experience heartache, and much more.  Cathy spent the last 15 years developing the theory and methodology of a popular new coaching and therapeutic approach called...

"Trauma is not what I thought it was, and how I heal from it is also not what I thought it was."  Chassie wraps up this three-part episode series of sharing her story as a means to invite you into processing your own heartache, as well. If you find yourself stuck in a cycle of pain, grief, or shame, you don't have to stay there and this is not the end of your story.  Listen in as Chassie sets the...

"Heartache feels bigger, but even the tiniest bits of hope help me press on."  When Chassie returned stateside after serving two years in ministry overseas, she started experiencing intense panic attacks. She had gone through anxiety before, but this time was different. Her body was telling her that things needed to change, and there had to be a better way to live and thrive, not just survive anym...

All of us have a "story of our lives". And if we look back far enough, we might just uncover the places and moments that shaped our behaviors, emotions, worldview, self-view, reactions, and more.  What if our story feels too painful to engage? Have we lost sight of the child within us who is asking for help? Are we too far gone to find the road back to our truest selves?  In this episode, Chassie...

Welcome to the Between Beauty & Heartache podcast—I'm so glad you're here! Life is beautiful and life can be downright heartbreaking. So, how do we live a fruitful life amid this tension?  In the first few episodes of this podcast, I'll take you through my story of healing from trauma, navigating life as a creative entrepreneur, and how I search for the beautiful things in life while holding space...