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Mamahood After Trauma | Trauma Informed Parenting, Emotional Regulation for MomsBreaking the Cycle of Shame Embracing Self Worth After TraumaHave you ever felt like your past was holding you hostage, preventing you from fully embracing motherhood? For many of us, childhood trauma casts a long shadow, making the journey through parenthood feel like navigating a minefield of triggers and self-doubt.
In this raw and powerful episode, I sit down with Kristin Duncombe, a therapist and advocate for survivors of sexual abuse. Kristin bravely shares her personal story of childhood sexual abuse and the long-lasting impact it had on her life.
From Silence to Strength: A Survivor's Journey
The insidious nature of abuse that often hides...2025-07-2433 min
Nourished Inside Out with Aneta WaclawHealing After Betrayal: How Kristin Duncombe Turned Trauma Into TruthSend us a textWhat happens when the system protects the predator instead of the victims? In this gripping episode, we’re joined by Kristin Louise Duncombe — licensed therapist, life coach, and bestselling author of OBJECT, a chilling true crime memoir that exposes how the U.S. government shielded a serial pedophile for over 30 years. Kristin opens up about: Her personal connection to this harrowing storyHow to navigate complex trauma and betrayalWhy storytelling is a form of empowermentTools for healing and building the life you deserve...2025-07-1147 min
The KAJ Masterclass LIVEAuthor Spotlight: Kristin Louise Duncombe – OBJECT: A Memoir | Author's Voice with KAJA special interview with author Kristin Louise Duncombe on her book “OBJECT: A Memoir of Childhood Abuse and a Shocking Cover-Up at the Highest Ranks of Government.”🔔 Enjoying KAJ Masterclass?Go beyond the episode — connect with Host KAJ to learn, grow, collaborate, or appear on the showhttps://www.thekajmasterclass.live/=================================👤 *FEATURED GUEST*Kristin Louise Duncombe's books chronicle the journey of an American woman who gives up everything for love...and learns the hard way that love is never enough. Her latest book is OBJECT: A Memoir, which recounts the US State Department’s protection of a serial pedophile in the 1980s, and...2025-07-0129 min
KAJ Business & Money LIVEAuthor Spotlight: Kristin Louise Duncombe – OBJECT: A Memoir | Author's Voice with KAJA special interview with author Kristin Louise Duncombe on her book “OBJECT: A Memoir of Childhood Abuse and a Shocking Cover-Up at the Highest Ranks of Government.”🔔 Enjoying KAJ Masterclass?Go beyond the episode — connect with Host KAJ to learn, grow, collaborate, or appear on the showhttps://www.thekajmasterclass.live/=================================👤 *FEATURED GUEST*Kristin Louise Duncombe's books chronicle the journey of an American woman who gives up everything for love...and learns the hard way that love is never enough. Her latest book is OBJECT: A Memoir, which recounts the US State Department’s protection of a serial pedophile in the 1980s, and the con...2025-07-0129 minThe KAJ Masterclass LIVEKristin Duncombe on Healing Complex Trauma and Reclaiming Your VoiceStruggling with the weight of past trauma or people-pleasing patterns? Therapist and author Kristin Duncombe shares raw truths and healing insights from her own journey and work with survivors of complex trauma. Learn how to recognize hidden wounds, stop passing on pain, and reclaim your power with compassion and clarity.==========================================👤 *FEATURED GUEST*Kristin Louise Duncombe is an American psychotherapist, life coach, and author based in Paris. Her award-winning books provide a narrative blueprint for finding meaning and purpose, and recovering from complex-PTSD. Both TRAILING and FIVE FLIGHTS UP are renowned in the global community for exposing the identity loss and...2025-06-2134 minKAJ Business & Money LIVEKristin Duncombe on Healing Complex Trauma and Reclaiming Your VoiceStruggling with the weight of past trauma or people-pleasing patterns? Therapist and author Kristin Duncombe shares raw truths and healing insights from her own journey and work with survivors of complex trauma. Learn how to recognize hidden wounds, stop passing on pain, and reclaim your power with compassion and clarity.==========================================👤 *FEATURED GUEST*Kristin Louise Duncombe is an American psychotherapist, life coach, and author based in Paris. Her award-winning books provide a narrative blueprint for finding meaning and purpose, and recovering from complex-PTSD. Both TRAILING and FIVE FLIGHTS UP are renowned in the global community for exposing the identity loss and rel...2025-06-2134 min
The Silver Linings Handbook153. Behind the Veil: A Diplomatic Sexual Abuse Scandal with Kristin Louise DuncombeKristin Louise Duncombe grew up traveling the world as the daughter of a U.S. State Department foreign service officer. But Kristin’s childhood and those of at least six other girls were shattered when they crossed paths with an American diplomat in Africa who sexually abused them. After one of the girls came forward with her story, the State Department swiftly sent him back to Washington, but officials declined to refer the case for investigation or prosecution. Kristin kept the secret for decades until she heard about the cover-up of sexual abuse by U.S. Gymnastics doctor Larry Na...2025-06-171h 02
Think Unbroken with Michael Unbroken | Childhood Trauma, CPTSD, and Mental Health RecoveryFrom Silence to Strength: Healing After Trauma | with Kristin DuncombeIn this powerful and deeply personal episode, Michael sits down with trauma therapist and author Kristin Duncombe to explore the long shadows cast by childhood abuse—and the courageous path to healing.Kristin shares her story of surviving chronic sexual abuse at the hands of a U.S. diplomat while living overseas, the institutional cover-up that followed, and the profound sense of unworthiness that shaped her adolescence and adult relationships. Together, she and Michael dive into the realities of complex trauma: the coping mechanisms we develop to survive, the patterns we unconsciously repeat, and the radical, uncomfortable, ne...2025-06-121h 01
Friends & FictionFriends & Ficiton with Patti Callahan HenryOn this episode, the full F&F family—Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, plus Ron & Meg—gather with Patti Callahan Henry for a celebration of her new historical novel, The Story She Left Behind. These live launch episodes are always a great time, so you don’t want to miss it. We hear there may even be a reprise of Friends & Fiction Theater! Patti is the New York Times bestselling author of eighteen novels, including The Secret Book of Flora Lea, Surviving Savannah, and Becoming Mrs. Lewis. She has received numerous awards including the Harper Lee Award...2025-03-141h 11
Friends & FictionFriends & Fiction with Colleen OakleyOn this episode, Kristin Harmel & Mary Kay Andrews welcome bestselling author Colleen Oakley to discuss her new novel, Jane and Dan at the End of the World, a hilariously insightful take on midlife and marriage in which date night goes off the rails when one unhappy couple find themselves at the heart of a crime in progress. Colleen Oakley is the USA Today bestselling author of six novels including The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise and The Invisible Husband of Frick Island. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages, have been optioned for film, and...2025-03-0740 min
Simple. Handmade. Everyday.Episode 112: In Which I Chat About My Long Absence, Fabulous Quilting Books, Plus Lots of Book & TV Show RecommendationsIn this episode, I chat about my unintentionally long absence from the podcast, some fabulous quilting books, plus lots of book recommendations (including the new Louise Penny book The Grey Wolf.
For complete show notes, please visit the Simple Handmade Everyday blog.
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Friends & FictionFriends & Fiction with Louise PennyOn this episode, Kristin Harmel & Patti Callahan Henry welcome #1 bestselling author Louise Penny to discuss her new novel The Grey Wolf, the 19th installment in her wildly successful Armand Gamache mystery series. Louise Penny is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling author of the Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels. She was also the co-author with Hillary Rodham Clinton of the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller State of Terror. A former journalist with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and a recipient of the Order of Canada for her contributions to Canadian culture, Louise has won numerous...2024-11-0146 min
The Dr Louise Newson Podcast274 - The great menopause mythJoining Dr Louise on this week’s podcast are US-based Kristin Johnson and Maria Claps, authors of new book The Great Menopause Myth: The Truth on Mastering Midlife Hormonal Mayhem, Beating Uncomfortable Symptoms, and Aging to Thrive.
Kristin and Maria share their own menopause stories, why they wanted to write a book to help others and why menopause can be the best time of your life.
The pair also share the four things, besides hormones, that can help women during this time:
Education
Exercise
Nourishing your body with the right foods
Managing stress
Fo...2024-09-1733 min
Happy Thoughts PodcastS2; Ep 11: EASE 🧘Happy Thoughts Podcast Season 2, episode 11 is all about the tricky challenge of finding simplicity’s byproduct, ease.
You have been criticizing yourself for years, try approving of yourself and see what happens. -Louise L Hay
I got a little off topic, definitely still figuring it all out, but I still think I’m onto something with this ease stuff.
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Happy Thoughts are also available on Amazon, Etsy, and Faire for wholesale!2024-05-0915 min
Solidarity Sister!The Late Bloomers' Club and The Art of Community - Book Reviews | Ep 46Send us a textThree book reviews this week! Learn which one I couldn't finish, which one was sweet, and which one gave me more tools for community building.Lady Violet Investigates by Grace BurrowesThe Late Bloomers' Club by Louise MillerThe Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging by Charles H. Vogl*************************************If you're a woman who appreciates connecting with other women in community with vulnerability and compassion, please join us in the Solidarity Sister! Facebook group at:https://www.facebook.com/groups/716800349946338/...2024-04-3009 min
The Ambitious Introvert® PodcastEpisode 172: The Introvert’s Guide to Biohacking, Optimal Health and Boundless Energy with Kristin WeitzelHere at The Ambitious Introvert® I’m often talking about our energy in terms of leaky boundaries, mindset gremlins and not enough ‘me’ time to recharge. But our physiology also plays a huge part in how much charge is in our social battery, and this week I’m talking to an absolute expert in the field of biohacking and health optimisation, Kristin Weitzel.Kristin is a health and high performance coach, and certified fitness trainer, who supports her clients through the latest biohacking research. She is also the founder of Sherpa Breath and Cold, where she trains instructo...2024-01-081h 12
Friends & FictionFriends & Fiction with Colleen Oakley & Julie Carrick Dalton, plus Stephanie Marie Thornton on the After ShowOn tonight’s episode, we are so thrilled to have THREE authors joining us LIVE!First we talk to the USA Today bestselling author of five novels, Colleen Oakley. Colleen’s books (including The Invisible Husband of Frick Island and Before I Go) have been translated into more than 21 languages, optioned for film, long-listed for the Southern Book Prize, and named best books by People, Us Weekly, Library Journal, and Real Simple. A former magazine editor, Colleen’s articles and essays have been featured in The New York Times and Ladies’ Home Journal among many other outlets. She join...2023-03-231h 09
Friends & FictionFriends & Fiction with Hank Phillippi RyanOn this episode, we are so excited to welcome back our good friend, the USA Today bestselling author of 14 psychological thrillers, Hank Phillippi Ryan.Hank has won the most prestigious awards in the genre: five Agathas, five Anthonys, and the coveted Mary Higgins Clark Award. She’s also an on-air investigative reporter for Boston’s WHDH-TV, with an astounding 37 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors to her credit. A truly good literary citizen, Hank is a founder of Mystery Writers of America University, host of CRIME TIME on A Mighty Blaze, and co-host of First Chapter Fun and...2023-03-021h 00
Goddess In SweatsWhat can you do to maintain your inner peace in uncertain times?If you're struggling with the state of the world the only thing I can recommend at this point is to do what you can to maintain inner peace. In this episode, I share what I've been doing (that's actually working!!!) to keep myself centered and at peace. It's not easy.
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Ask the Doulas PodcastNavigating Life After Loss with Michelle Valiukenas of the Colette Louise Tisdahl FoundationSend us a textKristin Revere Chats with Michelle Valiukenas from the Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation about navigating life after loss.Please leave a review on our podcast if you enjoyed this episode, so we can reach more listeners like you!Subscribe to our newsletter, check out Kristin’s birth and baby book, and see more about our Doula services & online courses below:https://linktr.ee/goldcoastdoulasKeywords: Life After Loss | Michelle Valiukenas | Colette Louise Tisdahl Foundation | Grief Su...2023-02-0530 min
Diving In59. Books for Younger ReadersFrom soccer teams, eerie forests, dysfunctional families and loyal companions, Louise and Virginia ventured back into the world of books for younger readers. BooksA Walk in the Dark by Jane Godwin – Lothian HachetteFootball Fever by Kristin Darell - PenguinTake Me with You When You Go by David Levithan and Jennifer Niven – Penguin 2022Runt by Craig Silvey – Allen and Unwin 2022, Illustrated by Sara ActonTake a Bow, Noah Mitchell by Tobias Madden – Penguin 2022PodcastsMaintenance Phase – Debunking junk science beh...2023-01-1952 minGoddess In SweatsWhen You Feel Like a Hipocrite.The struggle is real. You will die on the hill of loving yourself as you are but then struggle to actually embody it. Enjoy my thought process through this.
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Friends & FictionFriends & Fiction with Louise Penny & Rae MeadowsOn this episode, we're thrilled and honored to welcome the incomparable Louise Penny! As a bonus treat we are joined by Rae Meadows on the After Show.Louise Penny is the author of the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Globe and Mail bestselling series of Chief Inspector Armand Gamache novels, and coauthor with Hillary Rodham Clinton of the #1 New York Times bestselling thriller, State of Terror. Louise joins us to discuss her latest novel, A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES, the 18th book in her Gamache series which devuted at #1 on the NYT bestsller list in its first...2022-12-081h 09Goddess In SweatsLet's Talk About Death?Warning!! This episode may be triggering. So if you are someone who is triggered by conversations of death, this may not be the episode for you.
Death is one of those taboo topics. It makes people uncomfortable and you can see the fear wash over faces when the topic comes up. But it's one of those inevitabilities of live. The only way out is through death. So how can we start talking about death to make it easier as we get older?
How do we prep ourselves and coming generations how to deal with death? T...2022-11-1117 min
Goddess In SweatsThings I wish I was prepared for when I got my tubal ligation.When you make a life-altering decision, you're bound to feel some regret and sadness even if you really wanted it. It's okay. I wish I was prepped for what I was going/could feel after having my tubes tied.
I'm sharing my story, so other women who are feeling this can know they're not alone.
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the animal eatsBetter questionsYou may not believe this but I f*****g love reflection and retrospect. God I love learning my lessons. Like probably everyone else, I’m less good at breaking cycles and making different choices. But if there’s one thing I’ll do it’s look for the lesson. I take my workshops and write my morning pages and pull cards and make maps and every other week my insurance company pays a woman called Louise to let me spin for an hour in her capable hands and I surround myself with piles of books and poems...2022-04-1703 min
Podcast & AmplifyHow Energy Clearing Can Expand Your Mindset & BusinessToday we have a special guest on the show, Business Strategist & Mindset coach for ambitious introverts, Emma-Louise Parkes. Emma-Louise was my coach in 2021 and during our time working together, she introduced energy clearing into her coaching. My experience had such a profound effect on me that I knew I had to have her on the show to share more about energy work and its impact.
In this episode, Emma-Louise shares how she first realized energy healing work, breaks down the principles behind energy clearing, and the massive impact it’s had on her clients.
We al...2022-03-2836 min
Books, Business, GrowthKristin Louise - How To Learn, Power of Networking, High Level Multi-TaskingIn this episode, Kristin and I talk about:Her journey finding Amazon.How to learn. Intellgent ways to gain knowledge rapidly in a given niche.Getting into the wholesale business model.The benefits of joining and participating in Facebook Groups.Juggling multiple businesses with family life.What makes a good life.And much more...Kristin is still relatively new to Amazon and has taken to it like a duck to water.Listeners will be able to learn a great deal from someone who has really hit the ground running with the...2022-03-161h 12Goddess In SweatsReflections on a Philosophy Chapter 1 - ThoughtI'm back... from Outerspace. We're doing things a little differently for a few episodes. I'm taking these next 5 episodes to read you a book. Enjoy
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/goddessinsweats/message2022-02-2721 min