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
From Abuse to Authenticity: Religious Conditioning, Sexual Trauma, and Self-Reclamation with Amy Watkins
What happens when abuse and conditioning erase your sense of self, and the only way you believe you can be loved is as a sex object?
This week on Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Amy Watkins—a therapist turned truth teller and the voice behind @ms.emotionallyslutty. Amy shares her story of growing up under religious conditioning and neglect, surviving sexual abuse, and how those experiences shaped her identity for years. At the same time, she carried a fire inside that refused to go out.
In this conversation, we talk about how abuse becomes an identity, what it takes to dismantle false narratives, and the power of reclaiming self-worth through honesty and discernment.
Find Amy on Instagram: instagram.com/ms.emotionallyslutty
Visit Amy’s website: amywatkinsstudio.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