What would you do if, after dedicating your life to the teachings of Jesus Christ to help cope with childhood physical and sexual abuse, you were excommunicated from your church? Would you, perhaps, develop an addiction or two? Literally claw your own face off? Struggle against a daily urge to end your own life? Understandable. But would you then befriend a psychotic 15 year old girl who tried to murder her mother and, through that unlikely relationship, discover your own self worth? Would you develop your own system to heal from all those layers of trauma and create healthy boundaries for yourself? And would you start teaching that system to suicidal teens, chronic cheaters, addicts, and anyone else who could use a solid sense of self-worth? You would if you were this week's guest, Rene Schultz. To learn more, find Rene on IG: @thatwickedsmahtchick.
Highlight Reel:
3:45 Excommunicated!
9:00 Rene hits rock bottom and learns to stop handing people her worth on a silver platter
10:30 Rene discovers that mentoring others can help her heal
12:00 Some tools for healing from trauma and addiction
20:00 Tips on shaping a memoir
21:00 Rene's memoir "Imagine If I Looked Like Me": healing from dysmorphia and low self-image
25:50 Boundaries are FOR you, not against you
26:45 The Respect Test: are they relationship material?
31:00 How the cycle of abuse perpetuates itself, and how to put a stop to it
