The Examine Your Hedman podcast brings you true stories of real people and the courageous paths they have taken as they fight for the lives they've desired. We dive deep into the details of their journeys. We explore love, loss, and longing, but more importantly...healing, and the many paths taken to find it. Tara Hedman, owner of Hedman Wellness and Hedman Counseling Center, is your host. Come explore stories of healing with us.
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Join us on a transformative journey with the She Says podcast, blog and community events hosted by Noma Hedman and Tara Johnson. We invite you to discover the empowering truth of your identity in Christ, exploring how this understanding shapes your unique voice within the Christian faith. Together, we'll delve into themes of obedience, authentic living, and the profound impact of recognizing your God-given role in both the church and society. This podcast is your personal invitation to embar ...
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In Episode 10 of the "She Says" podcast, Tara and Noma explore the theme of self-discovery and personal introspection. They discuss the importance of understanding one's own preferences and desires, separate from external roles and expectations. Using the metaphor of how one likes their eggs, the episode delves into identifying personal likes and a…
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In Episode 9 of the "She Says" podcast, Tara and Noma discuss Noma's significant transition back into youth ministry, marking a pivotal moment in her journey of faith and leadership. They reflect on the signs and confirmations leading to this shift, emphasizing the importance of being attuned to God's guidance during seasons of change. The episode …
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In Episode 8 of the "She Says" podcast, Tara and Noma engage in a heartfelt discussion from their favorite coffee shop, reflecting on the concept of life's seasons and transitions. They explore how each season, whether of joy, challenge, or change, holds opportunities for growth and learning. This episode encourages listeners to embrace their curre…
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In Episode 7 of the "She Says" podcast, Tara and Noma continue their series of personal interviews, this time with Tara in the spotlight. They discuss a range of topics, from guilty pleasures and favorite holidays to deeper questions about fear, memorable books, and desired superpowers. The episode offers a blend of lighthearted banter and profound…
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In this special episode of the "She Says" podcast, hosts Noma and Tara offer listeners a unique and intimate glimpse into their lives outside of the podcast. Through a series of unscripted questions, they share personal favorites, laugh over memorable moments, and discuss the deeper facets of life that shape their identities. This episode invites t…
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This episode of the "She Says" podcast, hosted by Noma Hedman and Tara Johnson, navigates the themes of restoration, obedience, and the unpredictability of life's journey from a faith-based perspective. The hosts share personal stories of navigating financial hardships, ministry challenges, and the process of buying a house, reflecting on how these…
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This episode of the "She Says" podcast, hosted by Noma Hedman and Tara Johnson, delves into the powerful theme of using one's kingdom voice for truth and transformation. The hosts engage in a profound discussion on the distinction between being nice and being kind, emphasizing the importance of speaking truth in love, accountability, and standing f…
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This episode of the "She Says" podcast with Noma Hedman and Tara Johnson delves into the concept of living a life yoked to Jesus, emphasizing the importance of finding rest and prioritizing what truly matters. The hosts share personal stories and insights on managing the busyness of life through a spiritual lens, offering practical advice on mainta…
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In this episode of the She Says podcast, Tara and Noma delve into the crucial role of hunger and revival in the Christian faith. Together, they explore how a deep-seated hunger for God can act as a powerful catalyst for personal change and spiritual transformation. They also discuss the sacrifices that come with walking alongside God. This episode …
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This episode of the "She Says" podcast, hosted by Tara and Noma, embarks on a heartfelt and empowering journey for women. The hosts discuss the significance of women's voices in the Christian faith, exploring themes of empowerment, obedience, and the role of women in both the church and society. They emphasize the importance of authentic living, ch…
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Episode 40: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part Two with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lori and Peyton Wade, mother and son. Peyton shares his story of surviving domestic violence and the tremendous pain and fear of escaping an abusive cycle. He expresses the experience of coming to terms with marital abu…
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Episode 39: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part One with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lori and Peyton Wade, mother and son. Peyton shares his story of surviving domestic violence and the tremendous pain and fear of escaping an abusive cycle. He expresses the experience of coming to terms with marital abu…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Heidi Dike Kingston. Heidi vulnerably shares her family history of alcoholism and how her sibling's needs created a gap in her own needs getting met as a child. And the sexual abuse that transpired alongside the neglect…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Heidi Dike Kingston. Heidi vulnerably shares her family history of alcoholism and how her sibling's needs created a gap in her own needs getting met as a child. And the sexual abuse that transpired alongside the neglect…
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Episode 36: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part Two with Sherrerd Hartness
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Sherrerd Hartness. Sherrerd shares that her sister was brutally murdered at a young age, and how the grief and isolation in the wake of this traumatic event shaped her. She shares the deep and lasting impact this had on…
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Episode 35: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part One with Sherrerd Hartness
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Sherrerd Hartness. Sherrerd shares that her sister was brutally murdered at a young age, and how the grief and isolation in the wake of this traumatic event shaped her. She shares the deep and lasting impact this had on…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kara Galvin-Fischer. Kara shares her personal journey of discovering unhealed trauma in her life. She shares what has helped her move forward and how connecting with safe community has brought healing. She outlines how …
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kara Galvin-Fischer. Kara shares her personal journey of discovering unhealed trauma in her life. She shares what has helped her move forward and how connecting with safe community has brought healing. She outlines how …
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Maggie Jusell. Maggie shares about her personal journey through spirituality and spiritual trauma. She provides insight into taking back one’s voice amidst a religious tradition that taught her she shouldn't be heard. S…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Maggie Jusell. Maggie shares about her personal journey through spirituality and spiritual trauma. She provides insight into taking back one’s voice amidst a religious tradition that taught her she shouldn't be heard. S…
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Episode 30: Healing as a Couple, Marriage, and True Connection: Part Three with Kevin and Jenni Uzri
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kevin and Jenni Uzri. Kevin and Jenni are married (to each other) and are both Licensed Professional Counselors. They have been generous enough to share their stories with remarkable vulnerability in this three part ser…
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Episode 29: Healing as a Couple, Marriage, and True Connection: Part Two with Kevin and Jenni Uzri
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kevin and Jenni Uzri. Kevin and Jenni are married (to each other) and are both Licensed Professional Counselors. They have been generous enough to share their stories with remarkable vulnerability in this three part ser…
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Episode 28: Healing as a Couple, Marriage, and True Connection: Part One with Kevin and Jenni Uzri
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Kevin and Jenni Uzri. Kevin and Jenni are married (to each other) and are both Licensed Professional Counselors. They have been generous enough to share their stories with remarkable vulnerability in this three part ser…
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Episode 27: Spiritual Trauma, Telling the Truth, and Healing: Part Two with Christopher Harrell
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Christopher Harrell. Christopher shares about his personal journey and struggle through the complexities of spirituality, religion and relationships over time. He shares about the essential need for deep self discovery …
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Episode 26: Spiritual Trauma, Telling the Truth, and Healing: Part One with Christopher Harrell
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Christopher Harrell. Christopher shares about his personal journey and struggle through the complexities of spirituality, religion and relationships over time. He shares about the essential need for deep self discovery …
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Episode 25: Codependency, Leaps of Faith, and Healing: Part Two with Shirl Lee Huscher
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Shirl Lee Huscher. Shirl Lee shares about her struggle with codependency and the toxic environment of alcoholism and abuse, and the expectation that it was her duty to stay. Shirl Lee also shares about her healing journ…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Shirl Lee Huscher. Shirl Lee shares about her struggle with codependency and the toxic environment of alcoholism and abuse, and the expectation that it was her duty to stay. Shirl Lee also shares about her healing journ…
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A Family of Helpers, Hollywood and Healing: Episode 23: Part Two with Jen Kleiner
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome Jen Kleiner to today's episode of the Examine Your Hedman Podcast. Jen shares the beauty and challenges of growing up with therapists as parents, working in Hollywood, and the struggle to live in one's authentic Self in the face of a world that rejects the essence of clarity, compassion, and openn…
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A Family of Helpers, Hollywood, and Healing: Episode 22: Part One with Jen Kleiner
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome Jen Kleiner to today's episode of the Examine Your Hedman Podcast. Jen shares the beauty and challenges of growing up with therapists as parents, working in Hollywood, and the struggle to live in one's authentic Self in the face of a world that rejects the essence of clarity, compassion, and openn…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lalena Fischer. In part 2, Lalena shares openly about her story of horrific childhood trauma, her experience in foster care, and finding true connection, healing, and forgiveness. She shares vulnerably about how her own…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lalena Fischer. In part I, Lalena shares openly about her story of horrific childhood trauma, her experience in foster care, and finding true connection, healing, and forgiveness. She shares vulnerably about how her own…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Jennifer Crosby. In this second part of the conversation, Jennifer shares the role of addictive behaviors in her life and how they ‘saved her life’ until they stopped working. Jennifer also shares her therapeutic journe…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Jennifer Crosby. Jennifer shares openly in today’s episode about the struggles of being raised in a home where Mormonism and Atheism coexisted, where she struggled to feel loved and accepted, and how she found drugs and…
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Episode 17: Spiritual Abuse, Codependency, and the Power of Healing: Part 2 with Christina Conrad
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome Christina Conrad to today’s episode for the second part of an insightful conversation. Christina shares more of her story of spiritual trauma, the power differential that contributes to abuse, and the healing that came after. She shares about discovering an authentic spirituality after a heart-wren…
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Episode 16: Spiritual Abuse, Codependency, and the Power of Healing: Part 1 with Christina Conrad
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome Christina Conrad to today’s episode. Christina shares her story of spiritual abuse, finding safety, the process of deconstruction and healing. She shares about taking responsibility, finding value in her truest self, developing healthy boundaries, and her shifting relationship with spirituality and…
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Episode 15: Expecting a Child with a Disability and How Hearts Grow in Love and Healing: Part 2 with Kim Coe
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson are joined today by Kim Coe for the second part of an insightful conversation about life as a mother of five, including two beautiful girls with Down Syndrome. One little girl from Kim’s last pregnancy, and another little girl who was adopted. Kim shares how raising them has presented different challenges,…
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Episode 14: Expecting a Child with a Disability and How Hearts Grow in Love and Healing: Part 1 with Kim Coe
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. In today’s episode, they are joined by Kim Coe, a friend of Tara’s since Junior High. Kim shares her journey as a mother of five beautiful children, two with disabilities, and the challenges and beauty of adoption. Life really can suck less, so…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson are welcoming Laurel Justice to today’s episode. Laurel is an artist, a psychotherapist, and a retreat curator, today, she shares her story and healing journey. Laurel dives deep into her upbringing and how those years impacted her emotionally. Laurel also talks about her role as a wife and mother of three…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson are welcoming Laurel Justice to today’s episode. Laurel is an artist, a psychotherapist, and a retreat curator, today, she shares her story and healing journey. Laurel dives deep into her upbringing and how those years impacted her emotionally. Laurel also talks about her role as a wife and mother of three…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. Today, they are joined by Brian Nelson for the second part of this insightful conversation. In this episode, Brian shares about his parents' decision to adopt four children after Beau passed away, his grieving journey through the years, and ho…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. Today, they are joined by Brian Nelson who has known Tara from Junior High, even before she met Diane. Brian shares in this episode about losing his 10-year-old brother, Beau, when he was 19 and how that impacted his entire family. Brian openl…
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Episode 009: Part 2 Unspeakable Losses, Grief and Healing with Stacy Hladek, LPC
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome Stacy Hladek, LPC, to today’s episode. Stacy lost both of her parents to a drunk driver 20 years ago. Ten years later, her daughter also passed away in a car accident, and in today’s episode (the second of two), she dives deep into the details of this terrible incident that changed her life forever…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome Stacy Hladek, LPC, to today’s episode. Stacy lost both of her parents to a drunk driver 20 years ago. Ten years later, her daughter also passed away in a car accident. Today is the first of two episodes, where Stacy openly shares her experience of shock, trauma, grief, and loss. She also speaks on …
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Episode 007: Sex Addiction, Getting Needs Met and Healing, Part 2 with Kevin Uzri, LPC
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman. They are accompanied today by Kevin Uzri, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), who specializes in sex and love addiction, he owns his own practice, Sojourn Counseling Center in Monument, CO as well as a software development company for Neurofeedback…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman. They are accompanied today by Kevin Uzri, LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor), who specializes in sex and love addiction, he owns his own practice, Sojourn Counseling Center in Monument, CO as well as a software development company for Neurofeedback…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., nationally known trauma-informed author & advocate. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Masters in Education: Neuroscience & Trauma) and serves on the Board…
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Episode 004: Buried Wounds and Healing at Any Age, Part 1 with Janyne McConnaughey Ph.D.
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Janyne McConnaughey, Ph.D., nationally known trauma-informed author & advocate. She is currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor at Tabor College (Masters in Education: Neuroscience & Trauma) and serves on the Board…
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Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson, welcome Barb Torgerson to today’s show for the second part of a moving and insightful conversation. In today’s episode, Barb shares her experience going to college and realizing her family was not normal, that her childhood and adolescence were not like what most other people encountered in their upbringi…
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