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Mary's Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for WomenEp. 255: How to Love Yourself Amidst Trauma, Grief, and Chronic Pain with Ruthie Lindsey (Encore)Ruthie Lindsey joins us for a powerful and tender conversation about healing, self-compassion, and what it truly means to love yourself. As a speaker and author, Ruthie shares her journey of navigating chronic pain, deep grief, and religious trauma. Her story reminds us that even in the most painful chapters of life, there is beauty to be found—and that healing is possible when we learn to come home to ourselves.In this episode, you’ll hear:How Ruthie “came back to life” after both physical and emotional traumaThe ongoing journey of processing grief, including the loss of...2025-06-191h 03
Rethinking Our HistoryEpisode 23: The Murder of Ruthie Mae McCoySend us a textIn 1992 the cult classic movie Candyman made it's way to movie theaters, and more than a few people recognized the story line to be much more than just a nightmare. For folks living in the ABLA homes, the thought of someone breaking in through their bathroom cabinets was not an irrational fear, but one they lived with daily.In comes 52 year old Ruthie Mae who had been a resident of Abbott homes for four years. Having lived a long hard life Ruthies was on the path to freedom and safety, but...2025-03-1022 min
Everlutionary: Healing and Transforming the WorldE18 - The Eagle and the Mouse: Finding Wholeness with Ruthie LindseyWhat if your greatest pain could become your greatest teacher?At just 17 years old, Ruthie Lindsey was hit by an ambulance outside a gas station in rural Louisiana. She broke her neck, punctured her lungs, and ruptured her spleen, leaving her with a 5% chance of survival and a 1% chance of ever walking again. In this episode, our host, Hawah Kasat, sits down with Ruthie Lindsey, celebrated speaker, author, and podcast host, to discuss her extraordinary journey overcoming debilitating chronic pain and a long battle with dependency on painkillers. Ruthie shares how she discovered healing through self-compassion, wholeness...2025-01-2853 min
A Little Crazy with David MageeHealing, Escaping Death and Paralysis with Ruthie Lindsey | E19Today we’re joined with my new found sister Ruthie Lindsey, who has an amazing story of healing from near death and excruciating pain. Ruthie dives even deeper on this episode, sharing all the details of her accident where she died, came back to life, and everything she went through in the healing process. It is a miracle she’s here with us today and ultimately was not left paralyzed or addicted to painkillers. Ruthie’s story is an inspiration with lessons and tips for all to manage life’s difficulties. PLU...2025-01-1455 min
Not Young. Better.Ruthie Lindsey: The Near-Death Accident, Addiction, and Radical Healing That Transformed Her LifeIn today’s episode, I sit down with Ruthie Lindsey, Nashville-based speaker, coach, and author of the memoir There I Am: The Journey From Hopelessness To Healing.
Ruthie shares her remarkable story of surviving a near-fatal car accident as a teenager and the surgery that both saved and destroyed her body.
Chronic pain led Ruthie into years of unimaginable struggle—losing her marriage, her faith, her family, and even herself. She spent seven years confined to a bed, battling debilitating physical and emotional pain and addiction to high-dose narcotics. But in the depths of despair, Ruth...2024-12-0555 minA Little Crazy with David MageeRuthie Lindsey on Unlearning and Rediscovery | E6David's new-found sister, Ruthie Lindsey, joins to discuss her journey with battles, including perfectionism and control issues that ultimately led to an eating disorder, nearly dying, and being prescribed high doses of paralyzing opioids, to unlearning the negative thoughts and expectations she has put upon herself. This episode concerns growth, finding family (including how she and David found one another), finding oneself, and learning what truly matters.Follow A Little CrazyInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/alittlecrazypodcast/TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@alittlecrazypodcastFacebook - https://www...2024-10-1559 min
The Shift"You Are Not Broken" with Ruthie LindseyEpisode 44: On this episode of The Shift, Christie (@quotesbychristie) speaks with author, speaker and coach, Ruthie Lindsey (@ruthielindsey). Ruthie describes herself as a "midwife of souls." She talks about her emotional, physical and mentally painful journey to a place of healing. She emphasizes how we are not broken when we come to this "earth school" and that we are of "inherent worth." Take a listen to this inspiring episode...----** Submit something you need advice on here and Christie will share it anonymously on the show with a favorite quote or bit of advice that...2024-01-2536 min
Plenty with Kate Northrup18. From Hopelessness to Healing: Finding Our Own Version of God with Ruthie LindseyReady to be inspired by a story of resilience and courage? Today I have the privilege of speaking with the remarkable Ruthie Lindsey. Ruthie Lindsey, author of “There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing,” shares her inspiring story of overcoming chronic pain and finding healing and love. After surviving a severe accident and spending 7 years in bed, she transitioned from interior design to becoming a speaker, coach, and writer. Through exploring the mind-body connection and trauma’s role in pain, she rediscovered her belief in God through plant medicine and shifted her perspective. Ruthie now works with client...2024-01-091h 19
Plenty with Kate Northrup18. From Hopelessness to Healing: Finding Our Own Version of God with Ruthie LindseyReady to be inspired by a story of resilience and courage? Today I have the privilege of speaking with the remarkable Ruthie Lindsey. Ruthie Lindsey, author of “There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing,” shares her inspiring story of overcoming chronic pain and finding healing and love. After surviving a severe accident and spending 7 years in bed, she transitioned from interior design to becoming a speaker, coach, and writer. Through exploring the mind-body connection and trauma’s role in pain, she rediscovered her belief in God through plant medicine and shifted her perspective. Ruthie now works with client...2024-01-091h 19
Love And A Cup Of TeaS1 Ep 10 Love and a Cup of Tea with Ruthie LindseyMy final guest for this season is Ruthie Lindsey, author of the memoir There I Am, The Journey From Hopelessness To Healing, a Nashville-based speaker, coach, and midwife of souls. She helps people become endeared to their own life, soul and body. I have followed Ruthie on Instagram for a long time and I've always wanted to talk to her. It’s not an exaggeration to say that this was one of the most impactful conversations I’ve ever had. We talked about:Ruthie’s remarkable story of survival despite the oddsHow she became deeply identified with he...2023-12-0657 min
This Juicy LifeBody Liberation and Coming Home to Ourselves with Ruthie Lindsey | #28What if our Soul signed up for all of this human experience? We are so jazzed to bring you this yummy conversation with the remarkable Ruthie Lindsey.
Ruthie is a writer, speaker, and midwife of souls, helping people feel endeared to their own life, body and spirit. She believes love is always inviting us back home to ourselves, to our bodies, and to healing.
Ruthie has an incredible story of surviving an accident with a 5% chance to live, that left her riddled with chronic pain. She now invites us to see the invitation of pain...2023-11-221h 35
Permission for PleasureLiving With Chronic Pain: A Conversation With Ruthie LindseyMy guest Ruthie Lindsey invites us into the liberating process of unlearning the stories we have been told about our bodies and finding delight in reclaiming pleasure. Having survived a catastrophic accident that left her living in chronic pain, Ruthie shares her journey toward embodied living and the many tools she’s found to help her along the way. Although the pain still visits her, Ruthie has found healing by learning to love and listen to her body. “Love is always inviting us back home to ourselves, to our bodies, and to healing.”Learn more about Ruthie...2023-11-0151 min