Redeeming Stories

In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I sit down with Megan Ashton, breathwork facilitator, teacher, and founder of Unity Breathwork, for a conversation about healing, trauma, grief, addiction, and the remarkable tool we all carry with us every day: our breath. Megan shares her personal journey of discovering connected breathwork during her own healing process and how that experience t...

For some women, boundaries do not feel empowering at first. They feel risky. Experts explain that when boundaries once led to conflict; rejection; or harm; the body learns to associate boundaries with danger rather than protection. This reflection explores the difference between knowing what we need; and learning how to express it safely and clearly. More at JulieMLane.com and through the Redeemed...

In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I sit down with Ruth Darlene, Founder and Executive Director of WomenSV: Survivor Voices, for an important conversation about coercive control and the hidden realities of domestic abuse that often go unseen. Ruth has spent years supporting survivors, educating professionals, and helping communities understand how abuse can exist without visible bru...

Many women who have experienced trauma quietly carry responsibility for everything around them. Not just for themselves; but for outcomes; emotions; stability; and the wellbeing of others. Over time; carrying so much can begin to feel normal. But experts remind us that over-responsibility is often adaptation; not identity. This reflection explores what it means to slowly return to ourselves; and t...

There was a time in my life when survival was enough. Survival meant getting through the day, managing responsibilities, building a career, raising my daughters, and continuing to move forward despite the wounds I carried quietly. From the outside, much of my life looked successful. On the inside, I was still trying to understand how childhood trauma, abuse, and years of unhealthy relationships ha...

Who are we outside of adaptation? Trauma does not just shape experience; it can shape identity. Many women learn early how to adjust; accommodate; anticipate; and survive. Over time; those adaptations can begin to feel like personality itself. In this reflection; I explore the quiet question many women eventually ask themselves: Who am I beyond what I needed to become in order to survive? More at...

In this deeply honest episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast , Julie M. Lane welcomes Nesha, creator of @nesha_canvascreations and @vulnerablevoices_podcast, for a conversation about healing through art, vulnerability, and human connection. After surviving suicidal thoughts and emotional despair, Nesha shares how creativity, therapy, holistic healing, and self-awareness became a lifeline that ul...

Many women become so accustomed to survival mode that they no longer recognize it as survival. The constant movement; the pressure to keep going; the inability to rest without guilt; these patterns often begin long before we realize they are there. Experts explain that the nervous system learns through experience; not logic. And sometimes the body continues preparing for danger long after circumst...

Trauma is not just something we remember; it is something the body experiences and holds. As I begin this new rhythm of alternating between podcast conversations and weekly reflections, I wanted to begin with something foundational. So many women move through life questioning themselves, wondering why certain patterns remain even years later. What experts are helping us understand is this: the bod...

In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I sit down with Kristen Giacomini, interior designer and founder of Flow Designs, for a conversation that goes far beyond design. Kristen shares how experiencing deep loss at a young age, along with her own health challenges, shaped the way she sees the world and the spaces we live in. What began as a creative path became something much more intent...

Over the past several weeks, I have been writing more consistently through the Redeeming Hub, not with the intention of having something polished or complete, but simply to process, to reflect, and to better understand my own story as it continues to unfold. In this solo episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I step back and reflect on what has been emerging through that writing. Not just the s...

In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I’m joined by Sarah Wilkinson, an entrepreneur, mother, and advocate who shares her story of navigating profound loss, health challenges, and the realities of continuing to move forward when life feels anything but steady. Sarah’s journey includes raising children with epilepsy, facing her own health struggles, and the devastating loss of her young...

Over the past eight weeks, I’ve had the privilege of sitting with incredible guests; each one sharing their story of pain, healing, resilience, and redemption. And while every story is different, the threads are the same. In this solo episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I take a step back to reflect on what has been woven through these conversations; the patterns that continue to rise to the...

As I speak with Charlie, I’m reminded that healing is not only about what happens inside a therapy room; it’s about whether that room feels safe enough for truth to emerge. At @redeem_thyself, we speak often about redemption as alignment with truth. But alignment requires safety. And safety requires care that honors identity, experience, and dignity. Accessible mental healthcare is not a luxury. I...

In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I’m joined by Caroline Fithen, entrepreneur and Divorce Strategy Advisor, for a deeply honest conversation about motherhood, loss, trauma, and navigating complex family systems. Caroline’s work was shaped by lived experience; including the loss of her infant son, navigating a wrongful death case, and later facing the realities of an abusive marriag...

Emma shares her powerful story of surviving suicidal depression as a teenager and how that experience shaped her life’s mission: helping young people understand that even when life feels unbearable, their story is not over. Today, Emma is a nationally recognized advocate for youth suicide prevention, serving as the Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator for the Nevada Department of Education while w...

In this special episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast , the microphone is turned the other way. I had the privilege of joining Susan Day on her Australian radio program Mental Health Matters: Voice of Change on Goldfields FM 99.1, where we spoke about trauma, healing, and the journey of reclaiming one’s voice and purpose. During this conversation, Susan invited me to share my personal story — f...

This week, there’s no guest. Just me. And maybe that’s fitting; because what I want to talk about today is something I’ve seen in almost every woman I’ve spoken with, and something I’ve lived myself. ⁠Website⁠ ⁠Instagram⁠ ⁠Facebook⁠

In this episode of The Redeeming Stories Podcast, I’m joined by Pamela Zimmer—author, speaker, coach, and retreat leader—for a heartfelt conversation about postpartum depression, healing, and the true meaning of self-care. Pamela shares her journey through six years of postpartum depression and how that difficult season became the foundation for the work she now does. What began as survival eventu...

Redemption is not about erasing your past. It’s about telling the truth about it—and allowing every part of your story to belong. In this episode, I reflect on the deeper thread running through the conversations on The Redeeming Stories Podcast : that healing doesn’t come from forgetting or “moving on.” It comes from integration—from honoring the painful, confusing, and strong parts of our lives w...

So much of the world tells us we need to fix ourselves. Be better. Try harder. Heal faster. Become someone new. But after listening to the stories of my guests—and living my own—I’ve come to a different truth: healing is not about becoming someone else. It’s about returning to the person God created you to be before survival, trauma, and shame reshaped your story. In this episode, I reflect on the...

This episode is a reflection from my heart — and from my life. It comes from the truth that our stories are not accidents, even when they carry threads of pain, loss, and survival. What looks tangled from the back is still being woven with intention from the front. For many years, I believed resilience defined my worth. But healing taught me something different: redemption begins when we agree wit...

This conversation with Carly Morris reminded me that healing doesn’t always look like slowing down — sometimes it looks like being supported in ways that finally allow us to breathe. We talked about overwhelm not as a personal failure, but as a signal that something in our lives needs care, structure, and intention. Carly shared how her daughter, Abby, and the daily realities of navigating systems...

This conversation with Susan Day, a Mindful Arts Therapist, author, and app developer, reminded me that healing doesn’t always begin with words. Sometimes it begins with a line, a color, a sound — or the quiet permission to create without being judged. Susan shared how art therapy became the bridge between her lifelong identity as an artist and her calling to support trauma healing. What stayed wi...

This conversation with Larissa Lopez, an intuitive healer, transformational coach, and hypnotherapist, has given me cause to reflect. We talked about healing as a homecoming — not fixing yourself or becoming someone new, but remembering who you were before survival took over. Larissa shared her own journey of releasing survival patterns, rebuilding self-trust, and guiding others through modalities...