Stories of the Forged Podcast

Stories of the Forged Podcast

Sisters, Ashleigh and Erin, discussing growing up in chaos and abuse, experiencing Complex PTSD in adolescence and adulthood, and what they've done and do to heal, grow and move forward into creating lives they love.

Episodes

November 11, 2024 68 mins
Hello Beautiful Humans!

We're happy to bring this episode to you, albeit late. We're still working on the balance between our passion for the pod and regular life. We feel blessed to have this platform and want use it to create goodness through our upraised voices. We'll just have to be okay with making some mistakes along the way. We appreciate your support and grace as we work it all out.

We forgot to recor...
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Happy Halloween!

In this episode we discuss how spirituality has played a role in our survival and healing and how we interact with it now as we continue to heal and grow.

We share paranormal experiences, personal moments of faith and healing and share our understanding of how and why our beliefs are so important in our healing.

We work to be inclusive of all views while sharing from the only perspec...
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October 21, 2024 80 mins
In this episode we discuss our experiences with therapy both bad and great. We talk through the different types of therapy we've experienced and researched and what we think is best for trauma survivors to heal, and move forward into lives they love!

Resources from our discussion:
-The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. and Sean Pratt
-The Huberman Lab Podcast, A Science-Supported Journaling Prot...
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October 14, 2024 67 mins
In this episode we discuss forgiveness. We discuss what it is, what it isn't and how forgiveness for a childhood trauma survivor is quite different than any other situation.  This is a heavier episode. We discuss mental illness such as Complex PTSD and dissociation. We discuss in some detail physical, verbal and sexual abuses we experienced. We also discuss how we have each navigated the complexities of relationships with fami...
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In this episode we discuss how what we went through affected our relationships in adulthood. We cover topics from going shame, to no contact, to discussing sexuality and how it affects our ability to make friends.

We've learned through experience, research and working with professionals that one of the easiest ways to extinguish the burn of shame, is to bring it all out into the light.

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September 30, 2024 54 mins
In this episode we discuss how grief is a skill to build and be practiced for loss of loved ones through death but also the significant loss from trauma. The loss of potential, relationships, innocence and more. Healing is building the skills of processing and grieving. Healing means taking responsibility for your grief and moving through it with intention. It's never easy but it's always worth it.

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September 23, 2024 87 mins
Welcome beautiful humans! In episode 1 you'll meet us, Ashleigh and Erin. You'll hear our stories from birth to now and the reason why we feel compelled to raise our voices and share our stories.

We do share a summary of the episode topics at the beginning but also want to preface here. We are discussing child abuse of every kind, mental health struggles and mental illness, and abuse of adults of every kind. We want t...
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September 22, 2024 1 min
A snip of episode 1 that gives listeners an idea of who we are and how we do things.

Also, a disclaimer. We are not mental health professionals and don't intend anything we say to replace the help of a professional. Please take care of responsibility for your health. We want the absolute best for you!

Thank you for giving a us a listen!
We sincerely hope it helps you as you heal!

Love,
Ashlei...
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