Hanging Onto Hope Podcast

Brenda J and Karen W interview Amy and Emily. Amy is an advocate for the City of Mesa and Emily is an advocate for the Town of Gilbert Police Department, both in Arizona. In varying degrees, they all collaborate with Winged Hope Advocacy Center. They discuss what a friend, family member, or advocate should and should NOT do when helping a victim with safety planning. They also go over some common...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Amy and Emily. Amy is an advocate for the City of Mesa and Emily is an advocate for the Town of Gilbert Police Department, both in Arizona. In varying degrees, they all collaborate with Winged Hope Advocacy Center. They discuss how friends, family members, and advocates can help the victim with safety planning.  Both advocates provide so much valuable advice and info...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Amy and Emily. Amy is an advocate for the City of Mesa and Emily is an advocate for the Town of Gilbert Police Department, both in Arizona. In varying degrees, they all collaborate with Winged Hope Advocacy Center. They discuss creating a safety plan and take a deep dive into orders of protection. Both advocates provide so much valuable advice and information based o...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Amy and Emily. Amy is an advocate for the City of Mesa and Emily is an advocate for the Town of Gilbert Police Department, both in Arizona. In varying degrees , they all collaborate with Winged Hope Advocacy Center. They discuss creating a Safety Plan in an Explosive Incident (Timestamp 13:54), including what items to take with you if you need to leave quickly (Times...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Amy and Emily. Amy is an advocate for the City of Mesa and Emily is an advocate for the Town of Gilbert Police Department, both in Arizona. In varying degrees, they all collaborate with Winged Hope Advocacy Center. They discuss creating a safety plan and how critically important it is to make sure your technology is safe in an abusive situation. The following links m...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Sarah McDugal, an author, coach, and survivor. This episode talks about the four seasons of healing, taken from episode 7, How to Forgive Without Enabling. The first season is Safety which is of critical importance to understand for our upcoming safety planning podcasts. Sarah also explains how we need to be in a position of strength, season 3, before we are able to...

Sneak Peek into Episode 112, The Four Seasons Of Healing With Sarah McDugal.

Brenda J and Karen W are so excited to present to you another episode of Real People Real Voices, a series of mini podcasts that focus on healing. We interview abuse survivors that are ready and willing to share their stories so it can bring healing to them and to our listeners. In this episode, we interview Irma and Janie. Irma and Janie both suffered from childhood abuse that led to homelessness...

Sneak peek into Episode 111 Real People Real Voices with Irma and Janie. 

Brenda J and Karen W interview Julie Kenzler, Author and Host of "Hope Follows" on The Holy Spirit Broadcasting Network. She has a new book called Lemonade Stand 3, where she tells her story of how her sister was killed by a drunk driver and the man was found innocent in court. She now lives her life allowing others to tell their stories to bring hope to the world.  hopefollows.com https://hanging...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Katherine Warnock, producer of the popular television series "The Chosen". They discuss a the Gen Z Documentary where 9 Gen Z strangers meet to watch and discuss The Chosen. Most have come from trauma or abuse and Katherine talks about how it was overall a bonding and healing experience for everyone involved, including herself. To watch: https://watch.angelstudios.co...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Katherine Warnock, producer of the popular television series "The Chosen". They discuss a the Gen Z Documentary where 9 Gen Z strangers meet to watch and discuss The Chosen. Most have come from trauma or abuse and Katherine talks about how it was overall a bonding and healing experience for everyone involved, including herself. To watch  https://watch.angelstudios.co...

Sneak peek into Episodes 108 and 109 The Chosen, A Gen Z Documentary With Producer Katherine Warnock.

Brenda J and Karen W interview Ashley Manning, a wife, mother of four, and owner of a floral business called Pretty Things by AE Manning.  Ashley is Brenda's cousin, and also the Founder of the Valentine's Day Widow Outreach Project featured in People Magazine which started out as a small act of kindness and has turned into serving almost 800 widows this Valentine's Day. Not only has this outreach...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Steve Willis , a Purity Coach, Assistant Head Coach, in Ministry Development, and is the Secretary of the Board of Directors of Revive 40. Revive 40 is a men's purity ministry that is devoted to helping men get free from sexual addiction and sexual sin such as pornography. Steve discusses how serious the issue of pornography is and talks about how Revive 40 provides...

Brenda J and Karen W invite you to listen and be part of the conversation of things happening in their communities, in America, and in their personal lives. They speak from their hearts on the topic of homelessness, domestic violence, and shelters based on recent events and advocacy they participated in with their non-profit. They also give an update on their personal lives and future vision of th...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Liz Michaelis, an abuse survivor, social worker, and runs a prison ministry. Liz founded a nonprofit called Hope in Motion, which helps youth in juvenile prison transition into the real world. She has also helped establish programs in the prisons to help with this real life transition. Liz's passion has helped changed the lives of so many youth and young adults. Than...

Sneak Peek into Episode 104, Hope In Motion, with Liz Michaelis

Brenda J and Karen W continue their discussion from episode 100, where they were discussing different episodes, authors, therapists, and survivors. They truly love every podcast and guest and appreciate all of their listeners and are so grateful. Very insightful and helpful to a survivor of any type of abuse. https://hangingontohope.org

Brenda J and Karen W bring back to the show Jet Trudeau, Mandy Hall, Nycole Wilkins, and Danielle Foreman to discuss what has been on their hearts in 2022 that they want to see change in 2023. None of the women know ahead time what each others topic is.  It is inspiring and heartfelt conversation and we hope you are with us in bringing much needed change to the world in 2023! https://hangingontoho...

Brenda J and Karen W bring back to the show Jet Trudeau, Mandy Hall, Nycole Wilkins, and Danielle Foreman to discuss what has been on their hearts in 2022 that they want to see change in 2023. None of the women know ahead time what each others topic is.  It is inspiring and heartfelt conversation and we hope you are with us in bringing much needed change to the world in 2023! https://hangingontoho...

Brenda J and Karen W celebrate their 100th episode by interviewing four of their biggest supporters, Jet Trudeau, Mandy Hall, Nycole Wilkins, and Danielle Foreman. Please join in on the celebration by listening and continuing to support this very important tool in healing from abuse and trauma. https://hangingontohope.org

Brenda J and Karen W interview Jessica Knight and Liz Michealis. They are both trauma and abuse survivors that have used martial arts to heal. They talk about having a trauma informed approach and how to look for an instructor that is educated and experienced with trauma victims, They also discuss the importance of learning from self defense perspective. https://hangingontohope.org

Brenda J and Karen W interview Mary Demuth, International Speaker. Podcaster, and Author of over 40 books! They take a deep dive into the topic of parenting your wayward adult kids and Mary explains how we need to love, pray, and listen to them more as the relationship changes. This subject is rarely talked about and is educational for parents with children of any age. marydemuth.com https://hangi...

Brenda J and Karen W interview Mary Demuth, International Speaker. Podcaster, and Author of over 40 books! They take a deep dive into the topic of parenting your wayward adult kids and Mary explains how we need to love, pray, and listen to them more as the relationship changes. This subject is rarely talked about and is educational for parents with children of any age. marydemuth.com https://hangi...