Top 5% Globally Ranked Podcast for Christian Women Healing from Emotional Trauma Have you ever felt like your past disqualified you from purpose? Are you smiling on the outside, but silently suffocating under shame, rejection, or unhealed trauma? Do you know all the scriptures but still struggle to believe God really sees you—flawed, fragile, and still worthy? If you whispered “yes,” sis… you’re in the right place. This podcast will help you heal from trauma, break free from shame, and rediscover your identity in Christ, giving you the clarity and confidence to walk in purpose. I am Shakera, widowed mother of two, Best-Selling Author, Transformation Speaker, and Christian Life Coach. For 14 years, I carried the weight of shame from childhood trauma and deep personal loss. I tried avoiding my past because I thought it disqualified me and I needed to prove my worth. I finally realized that God couldn’t heal what I didn’t reveal and if I wanted to move from brokenness to wholeness, I needed to identify who I was in Christ Jesus. I went on a healing journey to face my truth and recover what trauma tried to steal. I developed spiritually, emotionally, and intentionally so I could show up confidently and build a Kingdom legacy. Now, I’m ready to help you heal, grow, and glow… If your heart is craving a clear, faith-filled roadmap from Broken 2 Whole — made for the Christian woman who refuses to stay stuck… ✨ To recover what trauma tried to steal… ✨ To reclaim your voice and God-given identity… ✨ To renew your faith, mind, and emotions… ✨ To rise boldly into the woman He created you to be… This podcast is for you! So grab your journal, favorite pen and a heart ready to receive because we’re about to dig in.
When the noise fades and the crowd is gone… what will remain?
In this visionary close to the Legacy Series, I’m helping you answer the question most women avoid: What will outlive me? This isn’t about titles or timelines—it’s about trusting God enough to walk boldly in the assignment He gave you, not the one you felt pressured to perform.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
✨ How t...
What if silence isn’t abandonment—it’s refinement?
In this intimate episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on what it really feels like to walk with God when Heaven seems quiet. You’ll hear how I navigated a hidden season that stripped me of striving, rebuilt my trust in God’s character, and revealed the truth: legacy isn’t loud—it’s faithful.
💎 Inside this episode, we’ll cover:
You don’t build legacy by ignoring your wounds—you build it by healing them.
In this episode, I’m showing you how unhealed emotional pain silently shapes your confidence, decisions, and destiny. We’re flipping the script: instead of hiding your hurt, you’ll learn how to steward it—and walk in the kind of boldness that leaves generational impact.
💛 You’ll learn:
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What if your most painful chapters are the very places God plans to build legacy?
In this raw and redemptive episode, I’m sharing my personal testimony of how trauma became the training ground for purpose. If you’ve ever wondered if your story is too broken for God to use, this episode will shift your entire perspective. Sis, nothing is wasted—not the wounds, not the tears, not the trauma.
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Ever feel like you’re falling behind in purpose or not doing “enough” to leave a legacy? Sis, let me remind you—your legacy is not built in grand gestures. It’s built in daily yeses to God.
In this deeply affirming episode, we’re flipping the pressure of perfection and replacing it with faithful obedience. Because Proverbs 13:22 doesn’t say a perfect person leaves an inheritance—it says a good one does. ...
What if your praise is what breaks the pattern?
In this victory-filled episode, we’re closing out the month with a reminder that gratitude isn’t just about being polite—it’s a prophetic declaration. When you choose to thank God even after trauma, you’re not just healing your heart… you’re healing your lineage.
I’m sharing how God took the very pain that tried to silence me and turned it int...
Sometimes God is silent—not because He’s absent, but because He’s working.
In this tender and timely episode, I’m unpacking what it means to find gratitude in the quiet. When emotional pain lingers and answers don’t come quickly, it’s easy to feel forgotten. But what if the silence is where purpose is being formed?
God’s plan often unfolds behind the scenes, in hidden places, in still momen...
Shame says, “You don’t deserve to be thankful.” But gratitude? It silences that lie.
In this healing episode, I’m diving into how gratitude becomes a weapon when shame tries to steal your joy, your voice, and your confidence. If you’ve been battling emotional pain, silent shame, or self-doubt—even while trying to trust God—this is your moment to reclaim peace.
You’ll learn why gratitude and...
Gratitude doesn’t ignore what broke you—it honors the One who rebuilt you.
In this vulnerable episode, I’m opening up about how trauma became the very soil where trust in God took root. We often think we can only thank God after we’ve healed… but what if gratitude is part of the healing?
If you’ve wrestled with why God allowed certain pain or wondered how to find peace with your past, this ...
You don’t have to figure it all out.
In this gentle yet powerful episode, I’m sharing how trauma taught me to strive—to perform, protect, and make things happen. But God? He invited me into rest. Into trust. Into a deeper confidence that isn’t rooted in my ability, but in His.
If shame, silence, or fear have made you doubt God’s promises, this conversation will help you lay down survival mo...
You prayed for freedom… now it’s time to live it.
In this episode, I’m helping you walk out your freedom with boldness—no more hiding behind masks, shame, or fear of what people might think. You’ve been healed, sis. Now it’s time to show up fully as the woman God created you to be.
We’re talking real confidence, authentic identity, and how to stop shrinking when God is calling you to shine.
...You want to be confident. You want to walk boldly in your identity. But the truth is—confidence after trauma doesn’t come easy. Shame lingers. Doubt creeps in. And healing? It takes real work.
In this episode, I’m walking with you through the journey of rebuilding confidence after experiencing trauma and emotional pain. Whether it was childhood wounds, church hurt, abuse, or rejection—this conversation i...
After having an abortion at 14, I carried the shame of that decision like a secret chain. For years, I wondered: Can God really redeem this? Could He still use me?
Maybe you’ve asked yourself similar questions.
In this episode, I’m sharing how the truth of God’s Word broke the lies I believed about shame, trauma, and being “too far gone.” I want to show you that your past doesn’t disqualify...
For years, I said I was healed… but I was still hiding behind shame.
Shame from choices I made, things I never told anyone, and pain I tried to pretend wasn’t there.
In this episode, I’m sharing my journey of carrying silent shame after having an abortion at 14—and how the love of Jesus gave me the power to finally break free.
If you’ve ever thought:
Have you ever prayed… and heard nothing? Like you’re showing up, staying faithful, doing the work—and Heaven is just quiet?
This episode is for the woman who’s walking through the wilderness—where things feel dry, direction feels unclear, and God’s voice feels distant. I know what it’s like to crave a word from the Lord and wonder, “God, did I miss You? Are You still with me?”
But what I’ve...
Whew...this one is personal. I know what it’s like to stay in relationships longer than I should have, hoping they’d change, thinking if I prayed harder, loved better, or kept quiet, maybe it would get better. But wisdom doesn’t always say “stay and fight”—sometimes, wisdom says walk away.
In this episode, I’m sharing what God taught me about releasing relationships that were hurting more than healing. W...
I used to believe that if I could just manage everything perfectly: my emotions, my kids, my goals, then healing would come. But God had to show me: healing doesn’t flow from control, it flows from surrender.
In this episode, I’m getting real about the exhausting cycle of trying to fix what only God can restore. We’ll talk about the kind of wisdom it takes to loosen your grip and truly trust Him even whe...
Have you ever wondered why your confidence feels shaky—even though you love God, read your Bible, and pray? In this episode, I’m getting real about the hidden battles Christian women face when it comes to self-worth and identity.
I’ll share how trauma, comparison, and performance pressure can quietly chip away at your confidence—and how I’ve personally had to confront those lies in my own life.
Have you ever felt like your past mistakes disqualified you from being used by God? Like no matter how much you try, shame keeps whispering that you’re not enough, not worthy, not lovable? In this episode, I’m sharing a part of my story I once thought I’d never speak out loud—my abortion at 14—and how God met me in the middle of that shame and said, “Shakera, speak.”
We’re diving deep into how shame dist...
Are you afraid that slowing down means falling behind? Are you exhausted from doing all the things—yet still feeling empty, burned out, and unsure of your purpose?
In this episode, I’m sharing why slowing down is not a setback, but a setup. Discover how dialing back actually strengthens your confidence in Christ, deepens your healing journey, and brings fresh clarity in your purpose.
Dialing back is not a setback—it’s God’s strateg...
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The Burden is a documentary series that takes listeners into the hidden places where justice is done (and undone). It dives deep into the lives of heroes and villains. And it focuses a spotlight on those who triumph even when the odds are against them. Season 5 - The Burden: Death & Deceit in Alliance On April Fools Day 1999, 26-year-old Yvonne Layne was found murdered in her Alliance, Ohio home. David Thorne, her ex-boyfriend and father of one of her children, was instantly a suspect. Another young man admitted to the murder, and David breathed a sigh of relief, until the confessed murderer fingered David; “He paid me to do it.” David was sentenced to life without parole. Two decades later, Pulitzer winner and podcast host, Maggie Freleng (Bone Valley Season 3: Graves County, Wrongful Conviction, Suave) launched a “live” investigation into David's conviction alongside Jason Baldwin (himself wrongfully convicted as a member of the West Memphis Three). Maggie had come to believe that the entire investigation of David was botched by the tiny local police department, or worse, covered up the real killer. Was Maggie correct? Was David’s claim of innocence credible? In Death and Deceit in Alliance, Maggie recounts the case that launched her career, and ultimately, “broke” her.” The results will shock the listener and reduce Maggie to tears and self-doubt. This is not your typical wrongful conviction story. In fact, it turns the genre on its head. It asks the question: What if our champions are foolish? Season 4 - The Burden: Get the Money and Run “Trying to murder my father, this was the thing that put me on the path.” That’s Joe Loya and that path was bank robbery. Bank, bank, bank, bank, bank. In season 4 of The Burden: Get the Money and Run, we hear from Joe who was once the most prolific bank robber in Southern California, and beyond. He used disguises, body doubles, proxies. He leaped over counters, grabbed the money and ran. Even as the FBI was closing in. It was a showdown between a daring bank robber, and a patient FBI agent. Joe was no ordinary bank robber. He was bright, articulate, charismatic, and driven by a dark rage that he summoned up at will. In seven episodes, Joe tells all: the what, the how… and the why. Including why he tried to murder his father. Season 3 - The Burden: Avenger Miriam Lewin is one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the streets of Buenos Aires for her political activism and thrown into a concentration camp. Thousands of her fellow inmates were executed, tossed alive from a cargo plane into the ocean. Miriam, along with a handful of others, will survive the camp. Then as a journalist, she will wage a decades long campaign to bring her tormentors to justice. Avenger is about one woman’s triumphant battle against unbelievable odds to survive torture, claim justice for the crimes done against her and others like her, and change the future of her country. Season 2 - The Burden: Empire on Blood Empire on Blood is set in the Bronx, NY, in the early 90s, when two young drug dealers ruled an intersection known as “The Corner on Blood.” The boss, Calvin Buari, lived large. He and a protege swore they would build an empire on blood. Then the relationship frayed and the protege accused Calvin of a double homicide which he claimed he didn’t do. But did he? Award-winning journalist Steve Fishman spent seven years to answer that question. This is the story of one man’s last chance to overturn his life sentence. He may prevail, but someone’s gotta pay. The Burden: Empire on Blood is the director’s cut of the true crime classic which reached #1 on the charts when it was first released half a dozen years ago. Season 1 - The Burden In the 1990s, Detective Louis N. Scarcella was legendary. In a city overrun by violent crime, he cracked the toughest cases and put away the worst criminals. “The Hulk” was his nickname. Then the story changed. Scarcella ran into a group of convicted murderers who all say they are innocent. They turned themselves into jailhouse-lawyers and in prison founded a lway firm. When they realized Scarcella helped put many of them away, they set their sights on taking him down. And with the help of a NY Times reporter they have a chance. For years, Scarcella insisted he did nothing wrong. But that’s all he’d say. Until we tracked Scarcella to a sauna in a Russian bathhouse, where he started to talk..and talk and talk. “The guilty have gone free,” he whispered. And then agreed to take us into the belly of the beast. Welcome to The Burden.
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