Scars We Share

Denise is an Award Winning Author, photographer, poet, and artist. She was sexually abused as a child for many years. She talks about some of her experiences around healing from the abuse. She used her beautiful artistic ability to create a book to help other people on their healing journey.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Kathrin talks about growing up in a home that was not a safe space and having absent parents. She went through a lot that a child should never have to. It was becoming a mother herself that pushed her to make a lot of changes. Parenthood comes up a lot in this episode, for obvious reasons!View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Marilyen Kriete talks about being a ward of the province, losing a love, and not dealing with her core grief until later in life.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

O.E. Tearman is a writing duo made up of E.S. Argentum and Olivia Wylie. They talk a lot about mental health, supporting others/community, and so much more.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Doug Lawrence is an amazing man. He talks in-depth about mental health and how he discovered he suffered from PTSD. TW: He also talks about a suicide.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

JJ is a transgender man who lives in California and is a successful actor. He talks about his experiences around being transgender, top surgery, and how he is now.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Chelsea has been through a lot. She talks about sexual assault and issues she encountered in the LDS Church.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Briana shares the scars from coming out as lesbian in the LDS church, being gay at BYU, and she talks about how she is now happily married to a woman.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode022

Jacob is just a phenomenal human being. He talks about being gay in the LDS Church, having supportive parents, and the importance of actually being there for the LGBTQ+ community.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Ben Spackensen is a delightful person. He talks about being disconnected from his emotions and being gay in the LDS Church. He talks about how he was in a heterosexual marriage and is now married to a man.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Julie Rei Goldstein has been through a lot. In this episode she talks a little bit about some of it, including converstion therapy, a suicide attempt, and healthcare.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Travis has done and overcome a lot in his life. He talks about where he is now and where he has been; including being addicted to drugs, and a 10-year incarceration for a non-violent drug offense.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Terry Shepherd is a phenomenal person. He is an author and talks about some of the books and characters he has created. He also talks about depression, family, purpose, and passion. You definitely don't want to miss this episode.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Kayleen is taking a one week break from the show for health reasons. There is a snippet from the episode for next week though!View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Karina is a very positive person who has overcome a lot. She talks about how she wasn't really looked after as a child and how she outgrew her mother and has made a wonderful life for herself.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

We shoot the breeze and talk about Spencer's physical scars, ranging from a split chin, to slicing finger, to appendectomy scars.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Ariel talks about something that so many people can relate to. Not allowing yourself to feel your emotions. So much of the time you push them down and are disconnected from them because you don't want to feel them. It never ends well. Ariel talks about her experience around it all.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Brian talks about so many things in this episode. Mental illness, childhood sexual assault, religious issues, and a narcissistic mother are some of the main things he discusses. He's open, vulnerable, and honest. He has been through Hell and back but still radiates kindness and love.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Benjamin is so vulnerable and honest as he talks in depth about the physical and internal scars around suicide and mental illness.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Khrystalle is lovely, encouraging, and lively as she talks about the internal scars she has from teachings from the LDS Church. She also talks about how important it is to focus on yourself and what is good for you.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Lauri talks about what it was like finding out she had severe scoliosis as a teenager. She also talks about what it was like to be lonely and not supported by her parents through it all.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Evie talks in depth about having chronic illness and the impacts that has on her life, as well as raising a physically disabled daughter.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Susan talks about falling on an escalator in Spain, and the internal scars she has from her children not seeing all that she did for them when they were growing up.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Leah talks about physical and internal scars from allowing other people's thoughts and opinions to have more importance than what she thought of herself.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Mo talks about a long scar from a surgery to help her endometriosis, her internal scar deals with abuse.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available on amazon for just $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Madison opens up and talks about what it as like for her to lose her father to lung cancer when she was a young a teenager.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Christy discusses her experiences around losing both of her parents and getting divorced within a 13-month time frame.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is available for only $15. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Jessie is so honest and vulnerable as she talks about the scars she has from the LDS Church, including being a raped by her boyfriend at the age of 16.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Leah talks about her experiences around being a wife and mother in the LDS Church and some of the pain it has caused.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Marie talks about physical scars from mulitiple surgeries, and she talks in depth about her experience with having a premature baby in the NICU.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Brooke, a sex coach, talks at length about her own sexual trauma and experiences that she has overcome, and continues to work through.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Valerie talks at length about her transition later in life, and how she is still active in the LDS Church.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Nanette goes in depth talking about a 7-year relationship with a narcissist, that included sexual abuse.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Sheila discusses her experience around being verbally and emotionally abused by her now ex-husband.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Lizzie opens up and talks about the scars around being sexually assaulted.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Rose shares about her c-section scar and her internal scar around her miscarriage.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Caitlin shares the scars from a c-section and not getting the medical care and help she needed.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Emilee shares the scars from self-harm, depression, and sexual assault.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Tennielle shares the scars from being sexually abused and assaulted as a child and taking her power back. View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Kathy shares the physical and internal scars she has from going through cancer. View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Stephanie shares the scars around leaving the LDS Church.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Kayleen's aunt, Vickie, shares the scars of battling cancer.View the show notes hereEmpress Journal is on sale for just $10 for the rest of the year. You can also try it for FREE._____Become a patron and support Scars We Share

Kaushay shares scars from high school performance and internalized biases.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode054

Ben, an actor and educator, shares the scars of cancer and hypersensitivity in a toxic world.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode053

Clermont "DJ Joune" shares the scars of starting over in a new country, new culture, and new language.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode052

Patrick shares the scars of childhood sexual abuse and an eating disorder.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode051

Michael shares the scars of toxic masculinity, mental health obstacles, and parenting.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode050

Tyler shares the scars of a severe car accident and loss of a friend.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode049

Tucker shares the scars of chronic illness and the mental illness that accompanies it.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode048

*Trigger Warnings: strong language, psychosis, drug use, self-harmTayler shares the scars of poor mental health.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode047

Seth shares the scars of divorce and mental health challenges.https://www.scarsweshare.com/podcast/episode046