A Woman's Blessing Podcast

Melonie Syrett spent 20 years in tremendous pain every month. From her first bleed as a teenager it was extraordinarily painful and it only got worse. Endometriosis was the diagnosis and her life was consumed around the pain and the timing of her periods. Every single aspect of her life was affected: her love life, social life, career...everything. Finally, put on the Pill, her hormones were subdu...

Jacyn Siebert. A self confessed addict to a compulsion to be there at every single turn and twist for the people in her life: her friends, her job, her partners - co-dependency was her addiction and she had no idea. Exhausted, jumping from one persons call to another: a wake up call caught her unawares in the form of collecting her friends baby when his father found himself in Jail just after the...

In her twenties, Sallie did what was expected of her: she dated a man, she married him and she had children. Soon after their marriage it became clear that her husband had mental health issues she knew nothing about. On his 3rd suicide attempt, after living with massive stress, very little money - when she looked in the cupboards for something to feed her children and there was literally nothing,...

Trina's story is immense, as a young woman she had the whole dream going on, renovating her dream house with her fiancee - the whole small village white picket fence and she was happy - truly truly happy, but as it was all coming together, she miscarried her planned baby and then lost her fiancee in a tragic car accident. THIS is how she rebuilt her life, to travel the world, go from small town gi...

After 35 years of being in an abusive marriage, one day Geraldine Steele had a moment of clarity - and she walked out. Standing in a solicitors office 5 days later in her friends clothes, she was clear and concise - she had started her road to her recovery. Straight talking, deeply honest, proud of herself now - she gave up smoking, began a new career, over came health issues and now volunteers at...

In this episode, I talk to Rosi Withers, my step-daughter about one of the most difficult times of her life, falling pregnant at 18, having to completely re-shape her identity, getting married so young and losing those formative years. She gained immense support and coping strategies in the church, but when she left the church, every single one of her coping strategies went, leaving her feeling is...