Podcast appearances and mentions of magdalene house

Toni McKinley shares her experience as a survivor of human trafficking and her mission with Magdalene House of Austin, which provides support and rehabilitation for women who have been trafficked. Toni's journey into trafficking began in her childhood, where she experienced familial trafficking. She explains that traffickers often exploit vulnerabilities, and many victims know their traffickers personally. This manipulation can take many forms, including what is known as the grooming process, where the trafficker builds a relationship with the victim before exploiting them.Human trafficking does not discriminate—it can happen to anyone, anywhere. Many people have misconceptions about what trafficking looks like, often envisioning a stereotypical scenario involving kidnapping. In reality, most victims are manipulated into compliance by someone they trust.Magdalene House of Austin is dedicated to providing a safe haven for women who have been trafficked. The mission is clear—no woman should ever be re-exploited or trafficked again. The program offers a two-year residential support system where women can heal, learn, and regain their independence.Toni McKinley's story is a powerful reminder of the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of community in healing. By understanding the realities of human trafficking and supporting organizations like Magdalene House, we can work together to create a safer environment for everyone.If you or someone you know is in need of help, or if you want to support the mission of Magdalene House, visit their website at MagdaleneAustin.org for more information on how to get involved. Together, we can make a difference in the fight against human trafficking.

Send us a Text Message.This episode briefly covers sensitive subjects such as rape, sex trafficking and cults. Listener discretion is advised.Rachel White, known as “the Skeptical Shaman” for her inherent pragmatism and intellectual curiosity,  first appeared on A Psychic's Story in Episode 116: TOTEM Readings. Rachel is back to provide her insight based on research and perspective about cults and multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes.Nichole and Rachel cover some of the basics of cults – how are they defined, what are the characteristics, what are they comprised of, how do they recruit, things to watch out for, and more. Nichole and Rachel also cover what MLM organizations look like and debate whether they are cults or not.Documentaries, shows and the movie discussed in this episode include:Love Has WonEscaping Twin Flames The VowBetting on ZeroSound of FreedomTOTEM Readings' Substack cult-related posts include:Love Has Won: Cult of Mother God The Grift is Real (Part 1)The Grift is Real (Part 2)Some cult and/or coercive control resources are:Rick Ross and the Cult Education Institute (website)A Little Bit Culty podcast on Apple or SpotifyThe above includes only a portion of the sources mentioned in this episode. For all the links discussed, visit the episode page on A Psychic's Story --> Episode 188: Listener Story Ep 17 (with Rachel White) Let's Talk about Cults.For more information about Rachel, her virtual events, coaching services, or to schedule a reading, visit her website or Instagram @totemrach. Check out her podcast the Skeptical Shaman wherever you get your podcasts. The organization Rachel volunteers at is Magdalene House.This podcast is intended to inspire you on your personal journey toward inner peace. The podcast host, co-hosts or guests are not psychologists or medical doctors and do not offer any professional health or medical advice. If you are suffering from any psychological or medical conditions, please seek help from a qualified health professional. Support the Show.

In this episode, Marcus talks with Clemmie Greenlee, Founder and CEO of Nashville Peacemakers/Mothers Over Murder.Clemmie was raised in an environment where poverty and violence were commonplace, and personally suffered the horrors of human sex trafficking that resulted in years of drug addiction, homelessness, prostitution and frequent incarceration. Since being rescued from the streets by the Magdalene House of Nashville, she has been tirelessly “paying it forward”—with a long list of accomplishments that include helping to establish Eden House in New Orleans (working to end sex trafficking), preventing dozens of gang retaliatory shootings, and supporting the basic needs of the homeless, the imprisoned and those disadvantaged by birth and geography.In addition to being honored as “Nashvillian of the Year" by the Nashville Scene and receiving a coveted Soros Justice Fellowship grant for her innovative approach to violence prevention, Greenlee has been bestowed numerous awards for her work from organizations that include Bank of America, Philadelphia-based Mothers in Charge, the Tennessee NAACP, and Nashville-based Community A.L.E.R.T. and The Wesley Foundation Campus Ministry.Laying down to have a kid....kid will love you, but the man may not (14:10)This generation is lost because of US (16:10)Inequalities in business lending (22:45)I needed to find MY Jesus (28:45)God looks for helpers (31:10)Why it's important that a dad love his daughter (35:40)Women need to see the proper way to be treated by men, which starts with the dad (37:00)Quit being a loser and start being a CHOOSER! (38:15)Follow Clemmie:www.https://www.nashvillepeacemakers.org/For as little as $25/month, you would be making a HUGE difference for fatherless children. Please donate at www.strongerthanmyfather.org#causes #dad #dadlife #dadsofinstagram #dogood #education #familytime #father #fatherhood #fatherless #fatherlessdaughters #giveback #grief #griefsupport #healing #help #mentalhealth #momlife #motherhood #motherwound #nonprofit #nonprofitorganization #nonprofits #parenting #parents #selfhealers #support #therapy #traumacore #volunteer

In this episode I am honoured to sit down with an incredible man who I like to call The Energetic Architect - Mark Leib. Mark has a background in traditional architecture and is trained in ancient European and Arabic architecture as well, he specialises in bringing harmony to land, property, and any space we can potentially inhabit on planet Earth. He works on multiple levels, introducing us to the experience of working alongside the music of the Sun, Moon, and planet herself. He has been a fundamental ally and part of the developmental and healing process here at Magdalene House. His energetic work with the land has and will continue to create a deeper sense of harmony, balance, and alignment throughout the space and into the surrounding areas. In this episode we cover sacred geometry, the music of the land, the process of the Magdalene House project, Mark's perspective on vibration and healing, and a lot more!We also touch on how important it is to come into contact with how we can listen to the land horses are living on, as there are a variety of stresses which can cause the land to go out of balance, when we listen, we can interpret what is needed, then take the appropriate steps from a place of connection. There is a lot of information in this episode so make sure you sit down with a good cup of tea to tune in. It was an honour to have this conversation with such a brilliant and talented human being, thank you Mark.Connect with Mark Leib:www.markleib.con 

And we're back! In this solocast I give you an update and a broader sharing on what the horses and I are developing here at home in the New Forest. I touch on the stresses, lessons, and reminders 2023 offered me and give an overview of where I am at in my own energy at the moment.  It feels great to kick of the next round of episodes with this more in-depth explanation of what is being created as I feel it engages you all with what is possible and what life has in store for us in the future.  As always, your feedback is welcome. Please feel free to leave a review and share your thoughts as it really helps the podcast audience grow! Thank you for listening... Connect with Dilara PataudiWebsite - www.dilarapataudi.comInstagram - @dilarapataudi & @divine_nature_of_horses

The Rev. Becca Stevens, Episcopal priest and founder of the Thistle Farms network and the first Magdalene House, joined us for a special Evening Grace service, where she gave this inspiring message on "The Jericho Road."

Jim promises that CircuOsity and more thoughts about living into loving relationships via The Circle Way will be on later this week. For today - Jim considers the deepest meaning of Christ Jesus' instruction to his followers to be fearless and wholehearted.  Jim provides an example of someone, Becca Stevens, and her work with Thistle Farms and Magdalene House  transforms the lives of thousands of people.  Jim's sermon suggests that it is possible for a trip with $2.42 to a foreign land is indeed life-changing and that love heals along with faithfulness to live into an uncertain and divine future is worth the trip. Listen especially for Becca's ABCs to transform your life and the lives of the people around you.   32 “Don’t be afraid, little flock, because your Father delights in giving you the kingdom. 33 Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Make for yourselves wallets that don’t wear out—a treasure in heaven that never runs out. No thief comes near there, and no moth destroys. 34 Where your treasure is, there your heart will be too. (Luke 12 32-34)

Friends, move over and make room for the wonderful Beth Magill! She is an Episcopal priest and currently serves as the Rector of St. Michael’s in Arlington, Virginia. Kari and Beth discuss Magdalene House, which is a two year residential program focused on wholistic healing for women who have experienced trafficking or prostitution. She started a location in Austin, Texas, and modeled it after the original location in Nashville, Tennessee.

Brad Sullivan Proper 25, Year A October 29, 2017 Emmanuel, Houston 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 The Most Powerful Force In the World Becca Stevens is an Episcopal priest and the founder and president of Thistle Farms which she stared 20 years ago with five women who needed healing, survivors of abuse, trafficking, and prostitution. She started with five women in a house called Magdalene, and there these five women found the healing power of love as they lived together, cared for each other, and loved their way back to wholeness. After four years, Becca and the women of Magdalene House realized they also needed women to become economically independent to fully get their lives back, and so they stared making candles, oils, and other healing products. Thistle Farms began, and the women who were survivors of the worst that humanity has to offer began operating this business, Thistle Farms, learning about running a business, while being healed themselves, and while generating revenue so that more women survivors could come and live in one of the houses for the two year program and also be healed. In the twenty years that Thistle Farms has been healing women and sustaining itself through the healing products they make and sell, Becca Stevens has found that “Love is the most powerful force for change in the world.” That sounds a bit like what Jesus taught, doesn’t it. Love God, and love people. That is the only religion Jesus is really interested in us having. When Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God and the close second is to love people, he was talking to the uber religious Pharisees. They were like the extreme high church people of our day. If there was a law, a rule, a rubric about their religious practice, they followed it absolutely to the t. There was nothing particularly wrong about that except for what was in their hearts and the reasons why they were following the law absolutely to the t. See they were following all of their religious practice rules because they thought doing so made them righteous in God’s eyes. They really wanted God to be pleased with them and they wanted to look good before God and others. In other words, their extreme religious observance was mostly selfish and done with a misunderstanding of who God is and what God desires for us. For a timely example, they’d basically turned God into Jobu. For those of you unfamiliar with Jobu, he was a small voodoo idol statue guy who made his cinematic debut in film Major League. In the movie, the Cleveland Indians baseball team were dead last in Major League Baseball and they had a rather rag tag group of players, plenty of talent, but a little rough around the edges. Pedro Cerano was their big heavy hitter and could hit a home run off of a fastball just about every time, but he couldn’t hit a curve ball. So, he kept this little statue named Jobu in his locker, and he prayed to Jobu to help him hit the curve ball. Not only that, he tried to please Jobu by leaving him offerings of cigars and rum, and as he told his teammates, “It’s very bad to drink Jobu’s rum; it’s very bad.” Of course Jobu didn’t actually help him hit the curveball and in the end, he decided he would just hit the curveball himself. The Pharisees had turned God into Jobu. “Yea for us,” they thought, “We’re offering to God all of our proverbial cigars and rum; we’re following every religious practice, every single one, so that God will be pleased with us.” They were even instructing others and even scaring them into trying to do the same so that God would not be angry with them. In other words, “it’s very bad to drink Jobu’s rum.” The Pharisees had forgotten that the point of the law, the point of all of their religious practices was not to please God, but rather to help heal their own hearts so that they might be better able to love others. God doesn’t care about our religious practices. As much as the law of Moses said that people had to sacrifice animals to atone for their sins, the prophets said over and over again, “Would you stop with that animal sacrifice stuff? God doesn’t want it. God doesn’t care. He just wants you to treat each other well, to take care of each other, and to live lives of love.” That’s like the new ultra-revised standard international version, but that was the message. “I don’t care about this stuff. I don’t care about these religious practices. Just love each other.” Love God, and love people. If at any time, obeying a rule of the law forces you to act in a way that is not loving toward God or people, then break the law. If at any time heeding the words of the prophets forces you to act in a way that is not loving toward God or people, then do not heed the words of the prophets. So, if God really isn’t all that into religion, why do we have religion? Why do we have these rituals and routines and ways of life? Well, again I’ll turn to Becca Stevens with Thistle Farms. The point of the ritual and the religion is to help us love God and love people. In her book, Love Heals, Becca writes about the healing power of ritual. She writes about her morning ritual including prayer which took years to work out what truly helped heal her heart each day. She wrote that keeping this morning ritual got her ready for the day and helped heal her heart each day so that she could be more loving toward her family and everyone else she saw during the day. She wrote that “[Keeping these rituals] might mean dinners are simpler, clothes don’t get folded as often, and you miss out on other activities, but for folks like me who can spin out and lose focus, morning rituals are grounding and essential.” “We need some good old-time religious practices,” she wrote, “to infuse our lives so we can use the most powerful force - love - to heal our communities.” Personally, I’ve found healing in old time religious practices, particularly in the last month or so by praying morning prayer each morning. For years, my practice was to pray morning prayer by myself with a cup of coffee, and before having kids, this daily practice worked out pretty well, and there were a couple of years that I found healing every morning through these prayers. Enter children, and I just couldn’t do it for a while. Still, that was my practice, morning prayer every morning, and I rarely followed that practice. Then there was Harvey and praying Compline each night via Facebook life, and those prayers and rituals and the community praying together. One of our vestry members asked if we could do Morning Prayer as well, so the next morning I began praying Morning Prayer Monday through Saturday at about 6:00 each morning and inviting others to join via Facebook Live. There has been a change in my life with this newly rediscovered ritual, especially because I’m getting to pray with others, even if they aren’t present at the time and they join in by watching later. If that particular routine isn’t going to work for you, and it’s not going to be healing for everyone, then find another routine, some other old-time religious practice that does heal your heart. Time to breathe, time to center in prayer, letting all that is pass by and simply be in the moment. Look at the beauty of the earth, the trees, the sky, the beauty of the people around, giving thanks, feeling our connectedness, noticing the daily gift of the sunrise and sunset. Breathe, be still, light a candle to cast out the darkness, pray through scripture and the words of Jesus. Join with others in prayer. Having routine and practices, religious rituals is a wonderful, healing way to live, not because God cares one whit if we pray morning prayer, but because these rituals help to heal our hearts, to reconnect us to the source of all life and love, the God who created all that is. Then, with our hearts healed, we can live out that love toward others. God cares about our healing and our love for one another quite a lot. That’s why God would be pleased with our religious practices, that these rituals may heal us so that we will be better able to love. If we don’t follow religious practices, God’s not offended. God is not Jobu upset that we didn’t offer him rum. Rather, God offers us religious practices and rituals because God knows we’ll find healing by connecting to him each day, because God is love, and “love is the most powerful force for [healing and] change in the world.”

Brad Sullivan Proper 25, Year A October 29, 2017 Emmanuel, Houston 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Matthew 22:34-46 The Most Powerful Force In the World Becca Stevens is an Episcopal priest and the founder and president of Thistle Farms which she stared 20 years ago with five women who needed healing, survivors of abuse, trafficking, and prostitution. She started with five women in a house called Magdalene, and there these five women found the healing power of love as they lived together, cared for each other, and loved their way back to wholeness. After four years, Becca and the women of Magdalene House realized they also needed women to become economically independent to fully get their lives back, and so they stared making candles, oils, and other healing products. Thistle Farms began, and the women who were survivors of the worst that humanity has to offer began operating this business, Thistle Farms, learning about running a business, while being healed themselves, and while generating revenue so that more women survivors could come and live in one of the houses for the two year program and also be healed. In the twenty years that Thistle Farms has been healing women and sustaining itself through the healing products they make and sell, Becca Stevens has found that “Love is the most powerful force for change in the world.” That sounds a bit like what Jesus taught, doesn’t it. Love God, and love people. That is the only religion Jesus is really interested in us having. When Jesus said the greatest commandment is to love God and the close second is to love people, he was talking to the uber religious Pharisees. They were like the extreme high church people of our day. If there was a law, a rule, a rubric about their religious practice, they followed it absolutely to the t. There was nothing particularly wrong about that except for what was in their hearts and the reasons why they were following the law absolutely to the t. See they were following all of their religious practice rules because they thought doing so made them righteous in God’s eyes. They really wanted God to be pleased with them and they wanted to look good before God and others. In other words, their extreme religious observance was mostly selfish and done with a misunderstanding of who God is and what God desires for us. For a timely example, they’d basically turned God into Jobu. For those of you unfamiliar with Jobu, he was a small voodoo idol statue guy who made his cinematic debut in film Major League. In the movie, the Cleveland Indians baseball team were dead last in Major League Baseball and they had a rather rag tag group of players, plenty of talent, but a little rough around the edges. Pedro Cerano was their big heavy hitter and could hit a home run off of a fastball just about every time, but he couldn’t hit a curve ball. So, he kept this little statue named Jobu in his locker, and he prayed to Jobu to help him hit the curve ball. Not only that, he tried to please Jobu by leaving him offerings of cigars and rum, and as he told his teammates, “It’s very bad to drink Jobu’s rum; it’s very bad.” Of course Jobu didn’t actually help him hit the curveball and in the end, he decided he would just hit the curveball himself. The Pharisees had turned God into Jobu. “Yea for us,” they thought, “We’re offering to God all of our proverbial cigars and rum; we’re following every religious practice, every single one, so that God will be pleased with us.” They were even instructing others and even scaring them into trying to do the same so that God would not be angry with them. In other words, “it’s very bad to drink Jobu’s rum.” The Pharisees had forgotten that the point of the law, the point of all of their religious practices was not to please God, but rather to help heal their own hearts so that they might be better able to love others. God doesn’t care about our religious practices. As much as the law of Moses said that people had to sacrifice animals to atone for their sins, the prophets said over and over again, “Would you stop with that animal sacrifice stuff? God doesn’t want it. God doesn’t care. He just wants you to treat each other well, to take care of each other, and to live lives of love.” That’s like the new ultra-revised standard international version, but that was the message. “I don’t care about this stuff. I don’t care about these religious practices. Just love each other.” Love God, and love people. If at any time, obeying a rule of the law forces you to act in a way that is not loving toward God or people, then break the law. If at any time heeding the words of the prophets forces you to act in a way that is not loving toward God or people, then do not heed the words of the prophets. So, if God really isn’t all that into religion, why do we have religion? Why do we have these rituals and routines and ways of life? Well, again I’ll turn to Becca Stevens with Thistle Farms. The point of the ritual and the religion is to help us love God and love people. In her book, Love Heals, Becca writes about the healing power of ritual. She writes about her morning ritual including prayer which took years to work out what truly helped heal her heart each day. She wrote that keeping this morning ritual got her ready for the day and helped heal her heart each day so that she could be more loving toward her family and everyone else she saw during the day. She wrote that “[Keeping these rituals] might mean dinners are simpler, clothes don’t get folded as often, and you miss out on other activities, but for folks like me who can spin out and lose focus, morning rituals are grounding and essential.” “We need some good old-time religious practices,” she wrote, “to infuse our lives so we can use the most powerful force - love - to heal our communities.” Personally, I’ve found healing in old time religious practices, particularly in the last month or so by praying morning prayer each morning. For years, my practice was to pray morning prayer by myself with a cup of coffee, and before having kids, this daily practice worked out pretty well, and there were a couple of years that I found healing every morning through these prayers. Enter children, and I just couldn’t do it for a while. Still, that was my practice, morning prayer every morning, and I rarely followed that practice. Then there was Harvey and praying Compline each night via Facebook life, and those prayers and rituals and the community praying together. One of our vestry members asked if we could do Morning Prayer as well, so the next morning I began praying Morning Prayer Monday through Saturday at about 6:00 each morning and inviting others to join via Facebook Live. There has been a change in my life with this newly rediscovered ritual, especially because I’m getting to pray with others, even if they aren’t present at the time and they join in by watching later. If that particular routine isn’t going to work for you, and it’s not going to be healing for everyone, then find another routine, some other old-time religious practice that does heal your heart. Time to breathe, time to center in prayer, letting all that is pass by and simply be in the moment. Look at the beauty of the earth, the trees, the sky, the beauty of the people around, giving thanks, feeling our connectedness, noticing the daily gift of the sunrise and sunset. Breathe, be still, light a candle to cast out the darkness, pray through scripture and the words of Jesus. Join with others in prayer. Having routine and practices, religious rituals is a wonderful, healing way to live, not because God cares one whit if we pray morning prayer, but because these rituals help to heal our hearts, to reconnect us to the source of all life and love, the God who created all that is. Then, with our hearts healed, we can live out that love toward others. God cares about our healing and our love for one another quite a lot. That’s why God would be pleased with our religious practices, that these rituals may heal us so that we will be better able to love. If we don’t follow religious practices, God’s not offended. God is not Jobu upset that we didn’t offer him rum. Rather, God offers us religious practices and rituals because God knows we’ll find healing by connecting to him each day, because God is love, and “love is the most powerful force for [healing and] change in the world.”

The Rev. Hope Jernagen, Executive Director of Magdalene House joined us as we inaugurated our new partnership housing Magdalene graduates.

The Rev. Hope Jernagen, executive director of Magdalene St. Louis preaches at Holy Communion and asks us to approach one another with compassion rather than judgement.

Mark Hart, executive vice president, Lifeteen, author, speaker, radio host,  known as The Bible Geek gives us insight into St. Paul. Joe Lange, CEO, Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Homes helps us understand how the funeral is a work of mercy and moment of evangelization. Miranda Maciel talks with director general of Magdalene House, Leticia Sanchez about the daily life in a Maggie's Place home. Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted reflects on fatherhood in his weekly message. Today's broadcast is made possible by Catholic Cemeteries and Funeral Homes http://www.dopccfh.org/  

Today's sermon is by special guest, Rev. Becca Stevens, Episcopal Chaplain at Vanderbilt University and also founder of Thistle Farms and Magdalene House. Pentecost Sunday. Read Dr. Brown's blog, Pentecost Preparation, posted on February 22, 2016.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the average age of entry into prostitution in the United States is 12-14. Eden House is a two-year residential program for women who have been commercially and sexually exploited. Modeled after Magdalene House in Nashville, Tennessee, Eden House provides six to eight women a safe and supportive home for two years, free of cost.

Tricia Rolan-Hamilton and Celeste Smith of the Magdalene House founded a home where women who have suffered serious trauma can recover in a safe and supportive community. They provide education, job training, and love so that women graduate after two years with the ability to be self-sufficient and successful.

Tricia Rolan-Hamilton and Celeste Smith of the Magdalene House founded a home where women who have suffered serious trauma can recover in a safe and supportive community. They provide education, job training, and love so that women graduate after two years with the ability to be self-sufficient and successful.

Tricia Rolan-Hamilton and Celeste Smith of the Magdalene House founded a home where women who have suffered serious trauma can recover in a safe and supportive community. They provide education, job training, and love so that women graduate after two years with the ability to be self-sufficient and successful.

Tricia Rolan-Hamilton and Celeste Smith of the Magdalene House founded a home where women who have suffered serious trauma can recover in a safe and supportive community. They provide education, job training, and love so that women graduate after two years with the ability to be self-sufficient and successful.

Love Heals. That is Shana Goodwin's overwhelming message as she tells her story and experience working with a non-profit and social enterprise.  Shana Goodwin is a Sales Representative for Thistle Farms which sells handmade and all natural bath and body products.  Thistle Farms is the Social Enterprise of Magdalene House, which provides housing, rehabilitation services, and opportunity to learn responsibility and valuable job skills to women living on the streets of Nashville, Tennessee.  All of the revenue from Thistle Farms goes towards funding the operations of Magdalene House.  Shana Goodwin speaks openly about her life being born into drug addiction and trafficking that left her living on the streets or in jail.  She was court appointed to live at the M --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/dollaranddifference/support

Interview with Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of the Magdalene House and Thistle Farms.

A quick run down of the news of the week and then we feature representatives from the two organizations we are adopting this holiday season. Listen to our interviews with Rev. Becca Stevens, founder of Magdalene House and Thistle Farms, and J.C. Smith, Outreach and Alumni Program Coordinator for Operation Stand Down Nashville. [20.3MB]