Lessons in Discernment
Lessons in Discernment is a podcast about healing after emotional abuse—and learning to trust your truth again.
Hosted by Stéphanie St-Jean, a survivor, author and advocate, each episode explores the tender, transformative space between trauma and recovery through storytelling, reflection, and soul-deep conversations.
From EMDR to gaslighting, therapy to self-trust, this podcast is a place to examine the systems we’ve internalized, the language we’ve inherited, and the stories we’re ready to rewrite. Because the most powerful voice in your healing journey is your own.
Find Stéphanie on Substack: lessonsindiscernment.substack.com
Check out her Linktree to view her children's book on self-worth, and download a free digital resource for survivors, by survivors: linktr.ee/lessonsindiscernment
Find Stéphanie on Instagram: instagram.com/lessonsindiscernment
Lessons in Discernment
Seeing What They Tried to Make Us Unsee: Abuse, Data, and Healing with Dr. Ruth
What if the very thing your abuser tried to shame you for became the source of your strength?
This week on Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Dr. Ruth—statistician, survivor, and founder of Healing by the Numbers. Blind in one eye and with limited vision in the other, Ruth endured years of cruelty from an abuser who weaponized her difference. Today, she transforms those scars into clarity: breaking down patterns of abuse through both numbers and story, and reminding survivors they are not alone.
We talk about the subtle moments that reveal abuse, the power of naming what really happened, and how healing becomes possible when we reclaim our narrative.
Find Dr. Ruth on Instagram: instagram.com/healingbythenumbers
Find Dr. Ruth on Substack: healingbythenumbers.substack.com
Find me on Instagram: instagram.com/lessonsindiscernment
Check out my Linktree to view my children's book on self-worth, and download a free digital resource for survivors, by survivors: linktr.ee/lessonsindiscernment
Find me on Substack: lessonsindiscernment.substack.com