The Healing Journey
Anxiety, resilience & emotional wellness
Hosted by Deanna Shailer · New episodes daily
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Guilt for Joy: Finding Peace While the World Burns | The Healing Journey
In this episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the heavy, often unspoken guilt that accompanies moments of joy during times of global crisis. Many of us feel a deep sense of shame when we laugh, relax, or savor simple…
You Are Not Alone: Finding Solidarity in Chronic Illness | The Healing Journey
In this episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the profound isolation and loneliness that often accompany chronic illness, offering a compassionate guide to finding solidarity and emotional wellness. This conversation…
The Quiet Rage of Wasted Potential: Reclaiming Your Story | The Healing Journey
In this episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the complex and often unspoken emotion of 'quiet rage' associated with wasted potential. This is not a story about toxic regret or self-pity, but rather a compassionate…
When Faith Feels Like a Knife: Healing from Religious Betrayal | The Healing Journey
In this episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the profound and often unspoken pain of religious betrayal. This guide is essential for anyone who has experienced spiritual abuse, left a high-control group, or feels…
When Parents Were Just People: Grief, Grace & Letting Go | The Healing Journey
In this deeply reflective episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the profound emotional shift that occurs when we stop viewing our parents as infallible giants and start seeing them as flawed, complex human beings…
Breaking the Cycle of People Pleasing Inherited from Parents | The Healing Journey
In this episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the deep psychological roots of people-pleasing, revealing it not as a character flaw but as an inherited survival skill passed down from parents who needed their…
The Quiet Panic of Turning Thirty Without a Plan | The Healing Journey
This episode of The Healing Journey, hosted by Deanna Shailer, addresses the specific anxiety and emotional overwhelm many experience when turning thirty without a clear life plan or career trajectory. It is designed for listeners in their…
When Friends Fade: Making Peace with the Silence They Leave Behind | The Healing Journey
In this episode of The Healing Journey, host Deanna Shailer explores the profound and often unspoken pain of friends fading away without explanation. This is not about dramatic breakups or betrayals, but rather the slow, quiet erosion of…