
Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery
Hi there! Welcome to Christian Emotional Recovery, a podcast for survivors of childhood trauma, childhood emotional neglect, childhood narcissistic abuse, and any form of trauma. Many of us spend years trying to heal, and don't get anywhere. We don't always target the trauma itself, which is so often what keeps us stuck. The nature of trauma is that it literally becomes lodged in our brains and bodies. Trauma must be targeted where it's at, deep in our bodies and minds. This podcast is where faith meets science. I’m Rachel Leroy, a college professor and trauma survivor. I’m an emotional recovery expert with twenty years of experience applying healing modalities that helped me start making progress after nothing else worked. I'll show you how to do the same. We use traditional methods for drawing close to Christ, but we also use strategies and modalities such as meditation, EFT, and body work. Each week we'll cover a topic that will show you how to heal trauma for good. I'll teach you to access the deeper parts of your mind where the key to healing resides through specific and concrete strategies that will help you get into those deeper places in the mind--the places where you'll find the healing you've always sought and never gotten. God does heal, but not always in the ways we expect. Recovery takes time.This podcast is for people who are serious about healing and are willing to do the hard, difficult work to heal. Healing ain't for the faint-hearted! This groups offers actionable strategies that target the nature and root of trauma and get actual results. Please check out the website and show notes at Christianemotionalrecovery.com and join the Facebook community, Trauma Survivors Unite: Christian Emotional Recovery. Subscribe to Christian Emotional Recovery Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4a5jGXZ0-qzPINAspnLwPw?view_as=subscribe
Episodes
92 episodes
Episode 2 Season 5: Restoring Identity: Remembering Who You Are in Christ, Not in Trauma
When you’ve experienced trauma, it can be hard to separate who you are from what you’ve been through. The way trauma affects the brain can leave you with deep-seated beliefs that you are unworthy, broken, or beyond healing—but that isn’t the tr...
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Episode 2
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Episode 1 Season 5: Harmful Statements Trauma-Uninformed People Say & What to Tell Yourself Instead
Description:In this first episode of the season, we’re tackling the impact of words—how well-meaning but uninformed people and abusers use language to dismiss, shame, or control survivors. These statements can keep you stuck in self-...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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2025 Podcast Update #2
2025 Podcast Update #2I share an update on the future direction of the podcast and my life. New episodes are coming, but they have been delayed and I will need to cut back on the podcast to focus on other areas of life. God bless you and...
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Season 5
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2025 Podcast Update
Sign up for newsletter, upcoming blog, reach out:https://www.rachelleroy.comhttps://christianemotionalrecovery.com/rachel@rachel-leroy-consulting.comPodcast expenses https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vZjQLESN_oY7TBJ...
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Episode 17 Season 4: If The Holidays Are Difficult
Description:In this episode, we explore why the holiday season can be uniquely challenging for many, particularly those coping with grief, strained family dynamics, loneliness, trauma, financial stress, or mental health s...
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Season 4
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Episode 17
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31:54

Episode 16 Season 4: Embodying Authentic Joy After Trauma
Description:It can be easy to get caught up in what happened to us, in difficulties, and in the healing work so much, that forget why we're doing this healing work, to experience more joy! The following saying resonated with me an...
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Episode 16
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Episode 15 Season 4: Six Types of Self-Care and How They Can Help Your Recovery
Description:Many of us heard growing up that self-care was "selfish" or "ungodly." However, no one can give from an empty well, and even Jesus escaped the crowds for rest, solitude, and time with God. We all need forms of self-car...
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Episode 15
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Episode 14 Season 4: Types of Narcissists and How to Spot Them
Description: While it's easy to go down a rabbit hole on the concept of narcissism, it's good to be empowered and educated and protect yourself from narcissistic behaviors in certain others. Please keep in mind that having a ...
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Episode 14
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Episode 13 Season 4: What Is the Connection Between Mirror Neurons and Childhood Trauma?
Episode DescriptionMirror Neurons are one of the main parts of our brain that helps us with learning, cognition, empathy, and relationships. Mirror neurons are what help us respond to and learn from our caretakers as children and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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Podcast Update #3
YouTubehttps://www.youtube.com/@christianemotionalrecoveryFacebookhttps://www.facebook.com/groups/christianemotionalrecoveryPodcast Website https://christianemotionalrecovery.com/Store h...
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Episode 12 Season 4: Roles and Relationships in Narcissistic Family Dynamics
Description:If you were raised in a family where people were narcissists or had high narcissistic traits, understanding the roles and relationship dynamics in a narcissistic family can help you understand your trauma and protect y...
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Episode 12
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Episode 11 Season 4: How to Heal Trauma Without Blaming Yourself
Episode DescriptionEven if we know it intellectually not to be true, trauma, abuse, and neglect survivors internalize blame when they are mistreated, particularly those who suffer from childhood abuses and narcissistic abuses. Knowin...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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41:55

Episode 10 Season 4: Twenty-One Ways to Protect Yourself as an HSP
Description: An HSP, or Highly Sensitive Person, is a person who has been proven by science to respond to the world differently. You may be more sensitive to light, sound, stimuli, people, and the emotions of others. Being an...
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Episode 10
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Episode 9 Season 4: Why The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance is Everything
Episode DescriptionWhy The Pursuit of Peace and Acceptance Is Everything discusses the nature pursuing of peace and acceptance, what it looks like through a beloved character, Winnie the Pooh, and how we can practice this simplici...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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52:41

Episode 8 Season 4: Therapies and Practices to Release Trauma From the Body
Episode DescriptionIf you have experienced trauma, these experiences get stored in your body's memory, literally on a physical or somatic level. This unreleased trauma manifests in our emotions, behaviors, and health since it hasn't ...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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48:54

Episode 7 Season 4: Coming out of the F.O.G.
Episode DescriptionIn Coming out of the F.O.G., we discuss the acronym, Fear, Obligation, and Guilt, which creates the acronym F.O.G. Much like the word "fog," emotional manipulators will often use fear, obligation, and guilt to conf...
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Episode 7
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Episode 6 Season 4: Healing Unworthiness: Just a Reminder That You Matter and You Are Loved
Episode DescriptionThis week, this episode reminds you of your worth, both in Christ and your intrinsic worth. Your value comes from both the fact that you are in Christ and that you are you. Sometimes we need to be reminded that ...
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Episode 6
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Episode 5 Season 4: Subtle Types and Forms of Abuse and What to Do About Them
Episode DescriptionIn Subtle Types and Forms of Abuse and What to Do About Them, we discuss the hidden nature of certain types and forms of abuse and why these forms of abuse often go unnoticed, why the survivor doesn't always bel...
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Episode 5
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Episode 4 Season 4: Trauma Reenactments
Episode DescriptionIn Trauma Reenactments, we discuss what trauma reenactments are, why they happen, and practices to help us identify, stop, and prevent them from happening again. Trauma reenactments are patterns we repeat again ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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46:22

Episode 3 Season 4: The Power of Shame and What to Do About It
Episode DescriptionShame is probably the most powerful and deeply rooted core wound we can have, and it's often a result of abuse, neglect, and trauma. In The Power of Shame and What to Do About It, we discuss what shame is, its o...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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46:53

Episode 2 Season 4: Dealing with Uncertainty
Episode DescriptionDealing with Uncertainty is something we all deal with. For those of us on the healing path, dealing with difficult emotions, and trying to work through trauma, uncertainty can be even more challenging bring up ...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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45:22

Episode 1 Season 4: Staying on the Healing Path
Episode DescriptionWelcome to a new season. Staying on the Healing Path starts the new season by sharing with you tips to help you stay on the healing journey. We often think of the healing journey as linear, but it tends to have ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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28:49

2024 Podcast Update #2
Welcome to Season 4! I'm excited for a new season of Christian Emotional Recovery. This episode includes updates on Season Four of Christian Emotional Recovery and the expenses that go into the podcast for transparency.Ever wonder w...
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Season 4
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2024 Update
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Episode 17 Season 3: Don't Make Trauma Your Whole Identity
Episode DescriptionDon't Make Trauma Your Whole Identity, discusses how trauma survivors have their entire brains rewired when they experience trauma. As a result, when we become aware of what has happened to us and start our heal...
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Episode 17
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