Broken to Beloved Podcast

In this episode, neighbor and author Shannan Martin shares her “counterweights” practice—how we move forward by carrying life’s heaviness with equal measures of rest, joy, and community. Together, we explore how to navigate the burdens we carry and the importance of community, grief, and hope.Shannan shares why we often can’t set our burdens down (and how privilege shapes who can), how grief is a counterweight to loss, and how naming both our weights and counterweights becomes a path to healing. From jailhouse church to backyard gardens, she shows how neighbors, embodied practices, and hope as a renewable resource keep us upright in a complicated and lopsided world.You’ll hear:How grief functions as a healing counterweight to lossSimple counterweights that aren’t just self care or spiritual bypassingHow being a neighbor can help and serve the vulnerable in your communityWhy curiosity over certainty can be a counterweight in a changing faith—and how to rebuild belongingGuest Spotlight ✨Shannan Martin is the bestselling author of several books, including Start with Hello, The Ministry of Ordinary Places, and the popular Substack The Soup. Shannan is a wannabe gardener, a news geek, a fighter for justice, and a thrift store stalker. She and her family live as grateful neighbors in Goshen, Indiana, where Shannan is on staff at the local community kitchen.Links & Resources 🔗 Website | Instagram | SubstackCounterweights by Shannan Martin | Amazon | BookshopGood Soil by Jeff Chu | Amazon | Bookshop—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Have you ever heard people using a word that sounds important and like something you should already know about?Misogyny can feel like one of those words, and this week, we’re talking with author and journalist Dorothy Greco about her newest book, For the Love of Women. She expands the definition of misogyny beyond “hatred of women,” explores how it permeates everyday life—including the church—while offering a path toward healing and change.We talk about the spectrum of misogyny from subtle bias to overt abuse, how power and theology get misused in spiritual spaces, and practical ways men and communities can become allies, advocates, and interrupters. The conversation closes with hopeful practices for healing, boundaries, and cultivating beauty.You’ll hear:Why power dynamics matter and the difference between patriarchy, complementarianism, and misogynyPractical steps to confront misogyny: ally, advocate, and interruptorHow entitlement fuels harm and how men can begin with grief, empathy, and listeningWhy anger can be a faithful, constructive response to injustice—and how to process itGuest Spotlight ✨  Dorothy Greco has worked as a photojournalist for more than forty years. She is a three-time author and has written for many publications including Christianity Today, Missio Alliance, Christians for Biblical Equality, and The Common Good. She is the mother of three grown men and a wife to one husband. Links & Resources 🔗 Website | Substack | InstagramFor the Love of Women: Uprooting and Healing Misogyny in America by Dorothy Greco | Amazon | BookshopSimilar Episodes You Might LikeEpisode 42: Safeguarding the Church against Sexism and Abuse with Dr. Andrew BaumanEpisode 41: Ordinary Women of Faith and Ministry with Beth Allison BarrEpisode 21: Deconstructing Deconstruction with Scot McKnight & Tommy Preson Phillips—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

We’re back for Season 4 of the podcast next week!I can’t wait to share these conversations with some of the incredible guests you just heard like Tiffany Brooks, Dorothy Greco, Shannan Martin, and lots more.A huge thank you to our listeners who make this show possible through their financial support. You can support our work by becoming a donor today. Just head to brokentobeloved.org/support or click the link to donate in the show notes.Links & Resources 🔗Website | Instagram | Substack—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

That's a wrap on Season 3 of the podcast!We're so grateful for each of you taking the time to listen and engage with our episodes, and I hope you've found these conversations to be helpful and hope-filled.We'll be back next year after the Annual Summit (January 26–29) with new episodes. Until then, it'll be pretty quiet around here as we prepare for the Summit. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss new episodes when they drop.Consider supporting the Podcast by setting up a monthly donation. Just $89 would cover our podcast expenses each month!It also helps us so much when you share these episodes with a friend, and when you leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. I'd love to hear from you—did you have a favorite episode this season? What was one thing you found helpful?Thanks again for being here, and I look forward to creating en episodes next year. Here's to moving toward healing and wholeness. Together. See you next time!Links & Resources 🔗 Website | Instagram | Substack—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Were you raised (and maybe harmed) in a Christian household that did parenting "by the book?"Maybe you were a parent who was looking for resources to parent "the right way," Regardless of intent, research and time have shown the harmful impact of Christian parenting books and the myths they perpetuated. In this conversation, we dive into the very real and lived effects on generations of children and adults, and how we look for more informed and honoring ways to move forward. We'll talk about patriarchy and hierarchy, spanking and discipline, and the ways that these messages set up compliant Christian children for future abuse.Listen in for a compassionate look at at how we can approach parenting (and learning to reconcile with our own stories of how we were raised) with a more informed lens that balances both therapy and theology through a trauma-informed lens.Guest Spotlight ✨ Marissa Franks Burt is a novelist, editor, teacher, and cohost of the At Home with the Lectionary and In the Church Library podcasts. She lives in a small town in Washington's Snoqualmie Valley with her husband, six children, and heaps of books.Kelsey Kramer McGinnis is a musicologist, educator, and correspondent for Christianity Today, writing on worship practices and Christian subculture. She is an adjunct professor at Grand View University in Des Moines and previously worked at the University of Iowa Center for Human Rights.Meaghan Hampton is a Christian therapist, writer, and parenting educator passionate about integrating faith, psychology, and neuroscience to support families on their journey toward healing and wholeness.Links & Resources 🔗 Marissa: Website | Instagram | SubstackKelsey: Website | Instagram | Substack | “In the Church Library” podcastThe Myth of Good Christian Parenting by Marissa Burt and Kelsey McGinnis | Amazon | Bookshop—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Scott Latta, an award-winning journalist and author of "Gods of the Smoke Machine," dives deep into the troubling connections between megachurch culture, Christian nationalism, and spiritual abuse. He reveals how successful evangelical churches perpetuate systemic misconduct and explores the personal stories of survivors. Latta highlights patterns of power consolidation, accountability gaps, and the impact of mega-pastors on vulnerable congregants. He calls for a normalization of discussions around spiritual abuse and envisions healing for survivors amidst a shifting landscape.

Do you feel broken beyond repair and just want life to be...better?In this episode with Ian Morgan Cron, we talk about the use of the 12 steps—not just for managing common addictions, but for general well-being. You'll enjoy his perspective as a priest, author, and psychotherapist, as he emphasizes the importance of finding wholeness through making amends, releasing shame, and pursuing post-traumatic growth. Let's dive into his most recent book, The Fix, and explore how working the steps can benefit people who have experienced spiritual trauma.Guest Spotlight ✨ Ian Morgan Cron is a bestselling author, psychotherapist, Enneagram teacher, Episcopal priest, and the host of the wildly popular podcast, "Typology," which has over 20 million downloads. His books include the Enneagram primer The Road Back to You, which has sold over one million copies; as well as Chasing Francis; Jesus, My Father, the CIA, and Me; The Story of You; and his newest book, The Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone In Between.Links & Resources 🔗 Website | Instagram | Typology Institute | Typology PodcastThe Fix: How the Twelve Steps Offer a Surprising Path of Transformation for the Well-Adjusted, the Down-and-Out, and Everyone In Between | Amazon | Bookshop.orgThe Story of You | Amazon | Bookshop.orgThe Road Back to You | Amazon | Bookshop.org—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Are you looking for practical ways to heal from spiritual trauma?In this episode with Dr. Arielle Schwartz, a licensed psychologist, you'll learn how to regulate, rebalance, and rewire your nervous system without having to relive your trauma. After spiritual abuse, it's common to feel on edge, in high alert, or entirely shut down. She explains why this happens and how to connect with our bodies again through breath, co-regulation, and other embodied practices for healing. Listen in for a practical understanding of polyvagal theory.Get the full show notes and links here. 📄Guest Spotlight ✨ Dr. Arielle Schwartz is a licensed psychologist and leading voice in the healing of trauma. She is an internationally sought-out teacher and author of eight books including The Post-Traumatic Growth Guidebook, Therapeutic Yoga for Trauma, and Applied Polyvagal Theory in Yoga. As the founder of the Center for Resilience Informed Therapy, she offers a mind-body approach to therapy for trauma and informational mental health and wellness updates through her writing, public speaking, social media presence, and blog. She believes that the journey of trauma recovery is an awakening of the spiritual heart.Website | Instagram | YouTubeLinks & Resources 🔗The Polyvagal Theory Workbook for Trauma by Arielle Schwartz | Amazon | BookshopThe Complex PTSD Workbook | Amazon | BookshopCenter for Resilience Informed Therapy—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Have you ever needed a hug but got a spiritual platitude instead?In this episode, we discuss spiritual bypassing—what it is, how to identify it, and what to do when we’ve experienced it. I am joined by Peridot "Peri" Gilbert-Reed, Ph.D., a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist. She has conducted extensive research on spiritual bypassing and shares her findings with us, along with several examples of what it sounds like. If you've experienced the intentional or unintentional harm of someone minimizing or demonizing your pain, listen in.Get the full show notes and links here. 📄Guest Spotlight ✨ Peridot Gilbert-Reed, Ph.D., is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Play Therapist as well as a supervisor in both areas. She received her Doctor of Philosophy in Psychology with a concentration in theology from Liberty University. Her research focuses on spiritual abuse and spiritual bypass (as received by another person). Her research, combined with her own lived experience with spiritual abuse, provides a unique lens into spiritual trauma and its impact. She is an adjunct professor for Liberty University.Website | Instagram | FacebookLinks & Resources 🔗988 Crisis HotlineWounding Words: A Phenomenological Study of How Individuals Experience Receiving Spiritual Bypass | Dissertation by Peridot Reed, 2023"Don't Spiritually Bypass Your Church-Hurt Neighbor" | Article by Peridot Reed with Christianity Today—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.

Why does Broken to Beloved exist? And what difference does it make?Over the last 2 years since we were founded as an organization, we've worked to provide quality resources for you to move toward healing and wholeness. And through programs like our Annual Summit, Cohorts, Book Club, and this Podcast, we've seen over 60,000 of you engage with us!Thank you.Thank you for being here, for your time, and for trusting us to continue working to create these programs for you.And, we need your help. As we move to close out 2025, we're hoping to raise $7,000 in one-time donations and $3,100 in monthly donations. Giving Tuesday is December 2, and this is your invitation to join us in supporting our mission.Donations make up almost 30% of our annual income, and we truly can't survive without you and your support. You are the heroes that allow us to continue this work.Last year, it only took 55 people to help us raise over $10,000! This year, we're hoping a few more of you will join us reach our goal. We're looking for:5 donors at $100/month20 donors at $50/month40 donors at $25/month60 donors at $10/monthWould you consider becoming one of our 125 heroes by clicking here to support our mission? If you can give more, less, or want to give a one-time donation, you can also set that up here. Get the full show notes here. 📄—————We need your help. Your gift of just $25 will make a big difference and help us continue this work. Donate today.—————Sign up to receive our weekly Podcast Newsletter with new episodes, updates, exclusive discounts, and more!Subscribe using your favorite podcast app:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | YouTubeLeave us a rating and review on Apple or on Spotify. This all helps us to grow and continue providing quality content for you and our community of listeners.—————As an Amazon and Bookshop.org affiliate, I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.