The Still Waters Podcast
This podcast is hosted by the counselors and coaches with The Still Waters. Teri, Rufus, Abrielle, and Julie bring their expertise to this platform to educate, encourage and enlighten the listener. Various topics will be discussed in the hopes of helping with healing or bringing awareness to culture and community.
Episodes
53 episodes
Healing Journey: Reclaiming Your Life After Abuse
In this Still Waters Podcast episode airing April 23, 2026, Teri continues a series on abuse by explaining how abuse affects people during and after the experience, impacting the body, mind, inner life, and sometimes faith. The episode describe...
The Battlefield of Technology: Parenting Lessons on Pornography and Integrity
On this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri recaps a weekend at a Cincinnati homeschool conference where she ran a vendor booth for the AIM (Acknowledging Integrity Matters) sexual risk avoidance curriculum and launched a new level for ag...
Empowering Survivors: Katrina Terry's Fight Against Child Trafficking
On the newest episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri interviews Indianapolis-based nonprofit leader Katrina Terry, founder of Lion 195 Against Trafficking and Resilient Gemstones. Katrina shares her history of childhood kidnapping and sexual...
From Nursing to The Still Waters: Introducing New Team Member Melissa Knight
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri welcomes Melissa Knight, a nurse and mentor who helps students complete their programs, especially in nursing cybersecurity and data analytics. Melissa discusses her background, her path to coac...
Guarding Against Camp Abuse: Parental Guidance for Safer Summers
On The Still Waters Podcast, Teri and Julie shift from their abuse series to discuss child safety at summer camp, urging parents not to assume camps—especially church camps—are automatically safe. They advise investigating who camp directors re...
Spiritual Abuse-Is it Real?
In episode 48 of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri addresses spiritual abuse—often experienced as “church hurt”—as a form of power and control that uses God, scripture, or spiritual authority to manipulate, silence, and trap people in churches, fa...
Sexual Abuse and Healing: Essential Knowledge and Support
In the newest Still Waters Podcast episode, Teri issues a content warning and discusses sexual abuse amid renewed attention from the Epstein files. Citing recent CDC and advocacy data, the episode highlights the prevalence of sexual violence an...
Money Matters: Shedding Light on Financial Abuse in Relationships
The newest episode of The Still Waters Podcast continues a series on abuse by focusing on financial (economic) abuse—when money shifts from a shared tool to a weapon used for power and control. Research indicates financial abuse occurs in 99% o...
Digital Abuse in the Age of Technology: A Guide to Safe Relationships
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, part of an ongoing series exploring abuse, Teri explains digital abuse as a pattern of technology-facilitated behaviors used for power and control, emphasizing that abuse is not only physical a...
Recognizing Early Warning Signs of Physical Abuse in Relationships
This Still Waters Podcast episode examines physical abuse as a means of power and control, often starting before visible injuries. Referencing Darby Strickland’s definition, it addresses both overt harm (hitting, slapping, choking) and su...
Emotional Abuse Unveiled: Identifying Patterns and Finding Support
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, host Teri White dives into the second part of a series on abuse, inspired by Darby A. Strickland's book, 'Is It Abuse?'. The episode emphasizes that abuse is not confined to physical acts but can als...
Understanding Abuse: Power, Control, and Safety in Relationships
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri introduces a series on abuse, inspired by Darby Strickland’s book 'Is It Abuse?'. She clarifies that abuse involves power and control, not just anger, and offers practical examples to help disti...
Progress Over Perfection
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, the topic of perfectionism is thoroughly explored. The discussion begins by defining perfectionism and differentiating it from simply caring deeply or trying one's best. It then delves into the subtl...
Introducing the Digital Alibi: How The Still Waters Team is Helping Combat Abuse
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, hosts Julie and Teri explore the exciting introduction of a new tool on the Still Waters website called Digital Alibi. This tool allows individuals to report abuse, harassment, or other unethical con...
Emotional Safety 101: Protecting Your Mental Health
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri White explores the concept of emotional safety, emphasizing its importance in our overall well-being. She discusses how emotional safety can be compromised in various relationships, including th...
From Resolutions to Reality: Setting Achievable Goals in 2026
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri and Rudy delve into the often conflated concepts of resolutions and goals, clarifying the distinctions between them. A resolution is characterized as a promise to oneself without a specific time...
Moving from Resolutions to Intentional Parenting Goals for 2026: Guiding Kids Toward Sexual Risk Avoidance
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, the focus is on helping parents shift from making vague New Year's resolutions to setting intentional, specific goals regarding teaching their children about sexual risk avoidance. The discussion emp...
2025 Year in Review: Counseling & Coaching Takeaways from The Still Waters Team
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, the team – Julie, Rufus, Abrielle, and Teri – gather to discuss their experiences from the year 2025 as counselors and coaches. They touch upon the fragmentation within families, sexual abuse, dysfun...
The Loneliness Epidemic: Insights and Solutions
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri and Abrielle discuss the growing issue of loneliness and social disconnection. They explore the emotional intricacies of loneliness, how it can affect both extroverts and introverts differently,...
Rethinking & Overcoming Purity Culture
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, host Teri White addresses a comment from a parent regarding the harmful effects of purity culture, particularly on girls, and introduces the 'Acknowledging Integrity Matters' (AIM) prog...
Holiday Cheer without Tears: Managing Stress and Triggers
Navigating Holiday Stress and Family Dynamics In this episode, Teri delves into the common experience of holiday stress and the family dynamics that often exacerbate it. She explores why the holiday season feels so i...
Breaking the Silence of Domestic Abuse in the Church: Insights from Brett Hogland (PART 2)
In PART 2 of our podcast with Brett Hogland, we delve into a discussion on domestic abuse, highlighting that it encompasses more than just physical violence and includes emotional, sexual, economic, psychological, and technological abuse. The c...
Breaking the Silence of Domestic Abuse in the Church: Insights from Brett Hogland (PART 1)
Breaking the Silence of Domestic Abuse in the Church: Insights from Brett Hogland In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast, Teri White and Julie Adams are joined by Brett Hogland, an evangelist and elder from the Sou...
Survival and Strength: A Survivor's Story with Sadie Soliday PART 2
In this episode of The Still Waters Podcast we continue our conversation with Sadie Soliday, a courageous survivor of domestic violence. Tune in to hear how she overcame an unthinkable near-fatal situation and how she's breaking her silen...
Survival and Strength: A Survivor's Story with Sadie Soliday PART 1
Surviving the UnthinkableIn this episode of the Still Waters Podcast, host Teri White welcomes Sadie Soliday, a courageous survivor of domestic violence. Sadie shares her harrowing journey from the early days of her relationship w...