Shadows to Serenity
Shadows to Serenity is a podcast for people who have survived addiction, trauma, and loss, and are trying to build a life rooted in faith, truth, and recovery.
Hosted by Christi Wedel, author of Shadows to Serenity, the show features honest conversations at the intersection of trauma, addiction, healing, and faith.
Each episode explores what it actually takes to move from survival to transformation, naming the wreckage without getting stuck in it, and making room for real hope that is earned, not forced.
If you are clawing your way out of the dark or learning how to breathe again after everything has fallen apart, this space was made for you.
We do not sugarcoat the pain, but we do not stay there.
This is where the wreckage ends and the rising begins.
Shadows to Serenity
When Someone Believes in You Before You Can
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Welcome to the debut episode of Shadows to Serenity, where the wreckage ends and the rising begins.
Today’s guest is more than a mentor, she’s the woman who walked with me through the fire. Elizabeth was the one who walked me through my first couple of years of sobriety, my first safe place in sobriety, and the first person who saw something in me when I couldn't even look in the mirror.
In this foundational conversation, we talk about addiction, shame, surrender, and the sacred process of becoming whole. It’s not just an interview, it’s a reckoning. A raw, real, redemptive reflection on what it means to fight your way back from the dark.
If you’re barely hanging on, this episode is for you!
Listen in, and meet the woman who helped me believe that even broken stories can still rise.