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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Empowering believer’s to overcome the bondage of addiction through recovery that comes from the power of Jesus, not man.
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Episode 17 Season 4: If The Holidays Are Difficult
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Description: In this episode, we explore why the holiday season can be uniquely challenging for many, particularly those coping with grief, strained family dynamics, loneliness, trauma, financial stress, or mental health struggles. For many, the holidays are a time of joy, family, and the celebration of the birth of our savior. For others, the holi…
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Episode 16 Season 4: Embodying Authentic Joy After Trauma
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Description: It can be easy to get caught up in what happened to us, in difficulties, and in the healing work so much, that forget why we're doing this healing work, to experience more joy! The following saying resonated with me and inspired this podcast: "You're not healing to be able to handle trauma. You're used to trauma. You're healing to be a…
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Episode 15 Season 4: Six Types of Self-Care and How They Can Help Your Recovery
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Description: Many of us heard growing up that self-care was "selfish" or "ungodly." However, no one can give from an empty well, and even Jesus escaped the crowds for rest, solitude, and time with God. We all need forms of self-care to heal and restore our bodies, minds, and souls. Healing from trauma requires a holistic approach to self-care, addr…
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Episode 14 Season 4: Types of Narcissists and How to Spot Them
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Description: While it's easy to go down a rabbit hole on the concept of narcissism, it's good to be empowered and educated and protect yourself from narcissistic behaviors in certain others. Please keep in mind that having a certain level of narcissistic traits can be healthy in a balance. However, narcissism exists on a spectrum with some people h…
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Episode 13 Season 4: What Is the Connection Between Mirror Neurons and Childhood Trauma?
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Episode Description Mirror Neurons are one of the main parts of our brain that helps us with learning, cognition, empathy, and relationships. Mirror neurons are what help us respond to and learn from our caretakers as children and learn behavior through imitation, and they are involved in the development of our inner child. Understanding how mirror…
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Episode 12 Season 4: Roles and Relationships in Narcissistic Family Dynamics
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Description: If you were raised in a family where people were narcissists or had high narcissistic traits, understanding the roles and relationship dynamics in a narcissistic family can help you understand your trauma and protect yourself now. When we say narcissistic family, this doesn't mean everyone is in the family has high narcissistic traits,…
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Episode 11 Season 4: How to Heal Trauma Without Blaming Yourself
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Episode Description Even if we know it intellectually not to be true, trauma, abuse, and neglect survivors internalize blame when they are mistreated, particularly those who suffer from childhood abuses and narcissistic abuses. Knowing the difference between blame and self-validation, finding the balance between knowing what happened to you and tak…
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Episode 10 Season 4: Twenty-One Ways to Protect Yourself as an HSP
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Description: An HSP, or Highly Sensitive Person, is a person who has been proven by science to respond to the world differently. You may be more sensitive to light, sound, stimuli, people, and the emotions of others. Being an HSP comes with a unique set of gifts and challenges. While you are more attuned to the beauty around you, you may also be mo…
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Episode 9 Season 4: Why The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance is Everything
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Episode Description Why The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance Is Everything discusses the nature pursuing of peace and acceptance, what it looks like through a beloved character, Winnie the Pooh, and how we can practice this simplicity and acceptance on our healing journey like Pooh, to help overcome trauma with more flow, ease, and simplicity. Overc…
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Episode 8 Season 4: Therapies and Practices to Release Trauma From the Body
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Episode Description If you have experienced trauma, these experiences get stored in your body's memory, literally on a physical or somatic level. This unreleased trauma manifests in our emotions, behaviors, and health since it hasn't been resolved or released, and we pay a price. However, there is hope. We are not stuck with trauma. God has given u…
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Episode 7 Season 4: Coming out of the F.O.G.
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Episode Description In Coming out of the F.O.G., we discuss the acronym, Fear, Obligation, and Guilt, which creates the acronym F.O.G. Much like the word "fog," emotional manipulators will often use fear, obligation, and guilt to confuse and control people, particularly those who are sensitive, compassionate, empathetic, and may be prone to codepen…
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Episode 6 Season 4: Healing Unworthiness: Just a Reminder That You Matter and You Are Loved
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Episode Description This week, this episode reminds you of your worth, both in Christ and your intrinsic worth. Your value comes from both the fact that you are in Christ and that you are you. Sometimes we need to be reminded that we are worthy, that we have unconditional value at our core, and that nothing that has happened to us or that we feel c…
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Episode 5 Season 4: Subtle Types and Forms of Abuse and What to Do About Them
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Episode Description In Subtle Types and Forms of Abuse and What to Do About Them, we discuss the hidden nature of certain types and forms of abuse and why these forms of abuse often go unnoticed, why the survivor doesn't always believe it is abuse, and how certain people use these forms sow doubt and confusion in the survivor as a form of control a…
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Episode 4 Season 4: Trauma Reenactments
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Episode Description In Trauma Reenactments, we discuss what trauma reenactments are, why they happen, and practices to help us identify, stop, and prevent them from happening again. Trauma reenactments are patterns we repeat again and again similar to traumas in the past. They can be pervasive and difficult to notice, because we may believe they ar…
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Episode 3 Season 4: The Power of Shame and What to Do About It
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Episode Description Shame is probably the most powerful and deeply rooted core wound we can have, and it's often a result of abuse, neglect, and trauma. In The Power of Shame and What to Do About It, we discuss what shame is, its origins, and the insidious nature of shame, including how it comes from the enemy. This episode discusses the deep power…
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Episode 2 Season 4: Dealing with Uncertainty
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Episode Description Dealing with Uncertainty is something we all deal with. For those of us on the healing path, dealing with difficult emotions, and trying to work through trauma, uncertainty can be even more challenging bring up a lot of anxiety in the body at times. This episode discusses what to do during times of uncertainty from a trauma info…
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Episode 1 Season 4: Staying on the Healing Path
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Episode Description Welcome to a new season. Staying on the Healing Path starts the new season by sharing with you tips to help you stay on the healing journey. We often think of the healing journey as linear, but it tends to have ebbs, flows, and cycles, even though we move forward overall if we stay on the path. This episode discusses the nature …
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Welcome to Season 4! I'm excited for a new season of Christian Emotional Recovery. This episode includes updates on Season Four of Christian Emotional Recovery and the expenses that go into the podcast for transparency. Ever wonder what goes into making a podcast? When will the new season be out ? What's happening in 2024 on the platform? These que…
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Check out the resources at the website, podcast website, and check out opportunities to support the podcast and free resources linked in the shownotes. Christian Emotional Recovery Resources Podcast Website Access Episodes, Get Free Resources, and More Facebook Group Join Community, Get Support, and Get Weekly Encouragement YouTube Channel Subscrib…
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Episode 17 Season 3: Don't Make Trauma Your Whole Identity
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Episode Description Don't Make Trauma Your Whole Identity, discusses how trauma survivors have their entire brains rewired when they experience trauma. As a result, when we become aware of what has happened to us and start our healing journey, it can be challenging not to make trauma our entire identity. It's easy to get into a loop of overidentify…
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Episode 16 Season 3: What's the Connection Between Love Languages and Healing Trauma?
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Episode Description What's the Connection Between Love Languages and Healing Trauma? discusses how we can harness the Five Love Languages, based on Gary Chapman's 1992 book of the same name, to cultivate a sense of safety, connection, and practice to help us heal trauma. This episode explains what the five love languages are, how they operate, and …
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Episode 15 Season 3: An Interview With Megan Owen Cox
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For FULL Description, GO HERE. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cHI9NbBGvQg5UbcaQrS-R0HQ9r-fDhwOh8r7K2FNa14/edit?usp=sharing Megan's Bio: Fully-certified since 2012 as a crisis pastoral counselor (MAR, Pastoral Counseling), Megan has been successfully companioning clients all over the country while facilitating their self-growth. She offers cris…
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Episode 14: Season 3: Rethinking Our Thoughts Part II: What Is Learned Helplessness and How Can I Overcome It?
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Rethinking Our Thoughts Part II: What Is Learned Helplessness and How Do I Overcome It? is the second part of a two part series. Last episode, we discussed cognitive distortions and how they contribute to the trauma cycle. Similarly, learned helplessness is "a condition in which a person has a sense of powerlessness, arising from a traumatic event …
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Episode 13 Season 3: Rethinking Our Thoughts Part I: What Are Cognitive Distortions and How Can I Overcome Them?
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Episode Description Rethinking Our Thoughts Part I: What Are Cognitive Distortions and How Can I Overcome Them? discusses how hope is not just something we have in Christ, but is also something we can cultivate on the healing journey, even if we're feeling hopeless. We learn hope by practicing it daily. Investing in our healing and taking daily ste…
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Mark and Patricia breakdown Psalm 23 and how it applies to the life of a recovering addict.بقلم Mark McManus
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Mark and Patricia breakdown Psalm 23 and how it applies to the life of a recovering addict.بقلم Mark McManus
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Episode 12 Season 3: The Power of Hope in Emotional Recovery
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The Power of Hope in Emotional Recovery discusses how hope is not just something we have in Christ, but is also something we can cultivate on the healing journey, even if we're feeling hopeless. We learn hope by practicing it daily. Investing in our healing and taking daily steps toward progress today can give us hope for the future. Think about a …
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2023 Podcast Update This unofficial episode includes updates to the platform and podcast. Check out this episode to learn the following: What's new with the podcast Upcoming episodes to the podcast Why I'm taking a *temporary* break from the podcast How you can help the podcast to grow and help more people Upcoming interviews for future podcast epi…
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Episode 11 Season 3: The Connection Between Trauma and Chronic Illness
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Please use this link for episode description and sources. Often, there isn't enough room to include these in this space, so I include links in Google: LINK TO DESCRIPTION, SOURCES, AND RESOURCES https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qnfbc_nUC8cuLecY1_an7JOLRR2O5orI2K4Ip-2g97E/edit?usp=sharing Christian Emotional Recovery Resources Podcast Website Acc…
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How to have a victory mindset in Christ-centered recovery
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Listen as Mark and Patricia share their personal experiences in achieving a victory mindset in Christ-centered recovery.بقلم Mark McManus
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Anti-discouragement vaccine for Christ-centered recovery
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Are you in need of an encouragement booster? Get your booster now!بقلم Mark McManus
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Listen for similarities as Mark and Patricia address the question "when is too much, too much?"بقلم Mark McManus
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In Christ-centered recovery it is easy to get off course by life events. Checking our compass often will keep us headed in the right direction. Listen as Mark and Patricia dive deep into this topic.بقلم Mark McManus
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"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge..." Hosea 4:6. Gain knowledge and understanding as Mark and Patricia unravel the acronym S.H.A.M.E.بقلم Mark McManus
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Episode 10 Season 3: Integrating Our Faith and Practice on the Healing Journey
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Episode Description Integrating Our Faith and Practice on the Healing Journey discusses the relationship between daily practices to heal trauma and our relationship with God. While these may not be completely separated, carving out a space for each separately, as much as we're able, is important. The episode also discusses how to use discernment in…
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5 Love languages in Christ centered recovery
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So often we can find ourselves misunderstood in relationships. Taking the time to learn how to love someone the way they want to be loved, not the way you want to be loved, can be challenging. Mark and Patricia share some personal stories of encouragement and insight.بقلم Mark McManus
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Jesus said we should have child-like faith, but so many people take that to the extreme and act childish....بقلم Mark McManus
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Have you ever thought that you were in a relationship with your addiction? Think about it for a moment. You invite this friend (Addie) with you just about everywhere you go. You don't want to stay away for too long because you miss and long for Addie. After all, this "friend" has been there for you in the good times and the bad. Addie is probably t…
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Episode 9 Season 3: What's Childhood Emotional Neglect Got to Do With Abandonment Trauma?
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Description: The most downloaded episode in the history of the podcast has been Season 2, Episode 12: Childhood Emotional Neglect: A Hidden Epidemic, so there's a need to understand CEN further. What's Childhood Emotional Neglect Got to Do With Abandonment Trauma? discusses the impact of childhood emotional neglect (CEN) on survivors by exploring t…
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Getting back into proper alignment prayer pt 3 of 3
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When we realize that we are not in proper vertical alignment with Jesus Christ. It's important to remember to truly repent and turn towards the only One Who can correct us.بقلم Mark McManus
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Re-aligning oneself with our Heavenly Father pt 2 of 3
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Before we can get into proper alignment with Holy Spirit, we must first take a hard look at ourselves and allow the Great Physician to examine us.بقلم Mark McManus
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Episode 8 Season 3: Why You Need to Be Gentle With Yourself on This Journey
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Episode Description: Why You Need to Be Gentle With Yourself on This Journey is a talk God put on my heart after encountering so many trauma survivors who struggle with their faith because of harsh treatment from people within the Christian community regarding their struggles. Many people have not only not received compassion, love, and understandi…
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Getting into proper alignment in Christ centered recovery pt 1 of 3
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It doesn't take much to get our back of it's proper vertical alignment, that's why we have Chiropractors. Well, it's just as easy to get spiritually out of proper vertical alignment with the Holy Spirit. When we get out of proper vertical alignment, we must first recognize that we are out of alignment, then we must seek correction, give consent to …
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CAR Radio 5 Keys to stability in Christ-centered recovery
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5 keys to help to find stability in your walk on the road to recovery in Jesus, our Lord.بقلم Mark McManus
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Following the acronym T.I.R.E.D. T - talk to about it with others, I - initiate help, R - rest, E - establish boundaries, D - deliberate scheduling. These are some tools that can help your walk and prevent burn out in Christ centered recovery.بقلم Mark McManus
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Forgiveness in Christ centered addiction recovery
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In Christ centered recovery over addition and codependency, we have to be willing to forgive, just as Jesus has forgiven us. That may mean forgiving someone who has hurt you, and it may mean forgiving yourself.بقلم Mark McManus
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Episode 7 Season 3: The Power of Gratitude in Emotional Recovery
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Description: A lot of trauma survivors have been told that they "should just be grateful," as if they can flip a switch, turn off trauma in the body, and suddenly feel grateful. Gratitude for a survivor is more complex than that. We can be grateful, but it needs to be in a way that works with our nervous system, realistic for where we're at, and a …
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Acceptance in Christ centered addiction recovery
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Acceptance is a must when deciding to take that next step towards Christ-centered recovery. What does acceptance look like? And what happens next after we have accepted the reality and the gravity of our life situation?بقلم Mark McManus
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