Triggered and True
If you feel emotionally overwhelmed, stuck in cycles of shame, blame, and judgment, or just exhausted from trying to fix yourself, this is a place to breathe.
Triggered & True® is a podcast about emotional healing, grief, and self-compassion with Laura Duncan, creator of the Compassion Method™, and co-host Brian Freise. Each episode Laura and Brian get honest about shame, anger, anxiety, and the triggers that run our lives — and walk through healing that begins with compassion instead of self-improvement.
For over 14 years, Laura has helped people through trauma, loss, and grief. The grief that doesn't follow a timeline and comes in waves. Brian is living proof it works: after years of debilitating panic attacks, he found actual relief through the Compassion Method.
The method is three words: Awareness, Comfort, Discovery. Or put simply: Feel your pain. Get comfort. Go play. Because healing isn't becoming someone new — it's returning to who you've always been. New episodes monthly on the third Saturday.
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Triggered and True
(Ep. 73) Does God Even Hear Me? Why Prayer Feels So Hard
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You believe God loves you. So why does it feel like he isn't listening? 🙏
Prayer feels hard for so many devoted believers — not because their faith is weak, but because an old wound is whispering that God isn't really listening. In this episode, Laura Duncan and client-turned-co-host Brian Freise trace that feeling to its root: Brian shares the childhood memory that quietly taught him his voice didn't matter, and Laura shows how The Compassion Method heals the emotional triggers underneath so you can pray from your true self, receive love you don't have to earn, and become more — not less — of who you were made to be.
In this episode:
🔹 Why prayer feels hard even when you believe — and the childhood wound that whispers "God isn't listening"
🔹 How deflating moments imprint like "a pin on a balloon" — and why the fall hurts more than the moment
🔹 The check-in that changes everything: "Am I praying from my true self, or my triggered self?"
🔹 Why "introvert" might really be parts of yourself you put away as a child — and how healing brings back your joy
🔹 What are we becoming — more or less? Why pain shrinks your world and healing expands it.
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Triggered and True is an emotional health podcast where Laura Duncan teaches The Compassion Method — a process for understanding emotional triggers, healing from shame, and reconnecting with your true self.