Why did I go silent on this podcast for six years? This full-length episode is the honest answer, covering a toxic on-and-off relationship, codependency, alcohol, and the shame that silenced a faith-based coach from telling her own story.
This is the most personal episode I have ever recorded. For six years I told you "life happened." That was true, but it wasn't the whole truth. In this episode, I'm sharing the whole truth: a relationship I was too ashamed to post publicly, alcohol that quietly became something I had to manage, and the shame that kept me from telling my own story while teaching other women how to heal from theirs.
This episode covers emotional sobriety, codependency recovery, identity in Christ, and what it actually looks like to mourn who you used to be so God can use who you're becoming. If you're a Christian woman who has ever lived two lives, one public and one private, this episode is for you.
This is a longer episode than usual, built to give this story the room it needed.
CODA: Co-dependents Anonymous - https://coda.org
A little about this show: Real with Melanie is a faith-based podcast for Christian women navigating mental health, emotional healing, and the journey to wholeness in Christ. Every episode speaks into codependency recovery, shame and guilt, boundaries, people pleasing, and identity in Christ, the real stuff so many of us carry quietly. This episode speaks to emotional sobriety, codependency recovery, and alcohol and codependency, part of the larger journey toward emotional freedom and focus. If you searched for a Christian podcast for emotional healing and mental health, or how to heal from a toxic relationship as a Christian woman, you are exactly who this show was made for.
Next step: If this episode met you somewhere real, start My Path Method, a free 5-day coaching framework built from the same journals I talk about in this episode. Start now at mypathtowholeness.com/mypathmethod
If what surfaced today feels bigger than five days can hold, Kingdom Happily Ever After is a 20-lesson biblical guide to codependency recovery and emotional sobriety, written from the same place this episode came from. Get it at kingdomhappilyeverafter.com
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