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
Protecting Children from Coercive Control: Bill C-223 with MP Lisa Hepfner
When the courts don’t recognize coercive control, children pay the price.
This week on Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Canadian Member of Parliament Lisa Hepfner, sponsor of Bill C-223: The Keeping Children Safe Act—a groundbreaking piece of legislation that could transform how family violence is recognized and prevented in Canada.
We talk about the stories that inspired the bill, the cultural shift it represents, and what it would mean for survivors and children to finally be protected from coercive control in the eyes of the law.
Find Lisa Hepfner on Instagram: instagram.com/lisahepfnermp
Learn more about Bill C-223: nawl.ca/stop-parental-alienation-accusations
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