Episode 104: Turning Dark Into Light – Twentyone Olive Trees: A Mother’s Walk Through the Grief of Suicide ft. Laura Formentini
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 103: Holding the Evangelical Church Accountable ft. Shelly Snow Pordea Laura Formentini was in Ethiopia when her son Blaise died by suicide. An empath like her, he had difficulty connecting to the material world and day to day life often felt overwhelming for him. Though it took years and has been […]
Episode 103: Holding the Evangelical Church Accountable ft. Shelly Snow Pordea
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 103: Holding the Evangelical Church Accountable ft. Shelly Snow Pordea When Shelly Snow Pordea reached out to church leaders about the sexual abuse she suffered as a child she found no support, no advocacy; instead the process of telling her story to church elders revictimized her. She would come to discover […]
Episode 102: Inside Passage: A Missing Father, A Fractured Childhood, and The Redemptive Power Of Music ft. Sisters Keema and Tekla Waterfield
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 102: Inside Passage: A Missing Father, A Fractured Childhood, and The Redemptive Power Of Music ft. Sisters Keema and Tekla Waterfield Keema and Tekla Waterfield were raised by a young single mother in Southeast Alaska after their father left the family. With very little money but a passion for music and […]
Episode 101: Leaving the Unification Church after an Arranged Marriage ft. Limi Marie Bauer
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 101: Leaving the Unification Church after an Arranged Marriage ft. Limi Marie Bauer Limi Marie Bauer was born into the cult where her parents met via an arranged marriage. They raised Limi in the Unification Church, known as the Moonies in popular culture, and Limi knew from a young age she […]
Celebrating 100 Episodes: The Most Downloaded Episodes
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Celebrating 100 Episodes: The Most Downloaded Episodes This week is the 100th episode celebration for And Then Everything Changed! I started the podcast on Halloween of 2019 with my first guest, Paul who took a chance on a new show and a new host, and we created one of my favorite episodes […]
Episode 100: Caring For and Writing About The Mother Who Betrayed You ft. Laura Davis
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 100: Caring For and Writing About The Mother Who Betrayed You ft. Laura Davis Laura Davis, celebrated author and advocate, joins And Then Everything Changed for episode 100! When Laura’s groundbreaking first book, The Courage to Heal was released decades ago it was the first of its kind to document hundreds […]
Episode 99: Cults in Our Midst ft. Jen Kiaba
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 99: Cults in Our Midst ft. Jen Kiaba When Jen Kiaba was growing up in the Unification Church, known as the Moonies in popular culture, a main mantra was “absolute faith, absolute love, absolute obedience” which did not leave most people much room to question authority. Violence was not condoned but […]
Episode 98: Sexuality IS Sacred ft. Suzanne Najarian
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 98: Sexuality IS Sacred ft. Suzanne Najarian Suzanne Najarian had been married for two decades when she realized the sexual desire between her and her husband had all but disappeared. From the outside their relationship they had no deeper sexual connection. She began to study the nature of desire and had […]
Episode 97: Becoming the Person You’re Meant to Be After Childhood Violence, Drugs, and Neglect ft. Treveal Lynch
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 97: Becoming the Person You’re Meant to Be After Childhood Violence, Drugs, and Neglect ft. Treveal Lynch When he was growing up, Treveal Lynch’s father was out of the picture, his mom was a addicted to drugs and he faced emotional trauma almost on a daily basis. As a teenager he […]
Episode 96: Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops ft. Allison Hong Merrill
EPISODE SHOW NOTES Episode 96: Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops ft. Allison Hong Merrill Sonia Frontera, a collaborative divorce lawyer and author of divorce and relationship-related books, survived a 7-year toxic marriage. She married at 24 and on the flight to her honeymoon right after the wedding, her husband became a whole new person. He went from […]