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You’re the Third Parent: How to Break Free Without Hurting Your Siblings | Celeste: #172
In this episode, Celeste shares what it was like to grow up as the “third parent” in a family where divorce was unthinkable — and what that responsibility did to her nervous system, her faith, and her ability to trust.
How to Build Healthy Relationships After Growing Up in a Broken Family
Growing up in a broken family changes the way you approach relationships, often in ways you don’t fully realize until later in life.
Low Confidence? Here’s How to Build It | Dr. Nicole Gabana Chiesa: #171
Learn how to build self confidence even if your family didn’t model it.
Money Stress in a Broken Family Forces You to Grow Up | Liz: #170
What if your anxiety about money didn’t start in adulthood, but in your dysfunctional family during childhood?
I Believed I Ruined Their Marriage
When I was 15…my dad told me that he and my mom were in love, best friends, and had a good marriage... until I was born. At dark times, I wondered if there was any purpose or positivity in the fact that I was born.
Dating is a Mess: A NEW Way to Meet High Quality, Virtuous People | Emily Wilson Hussem: #169
Emily shares what she’s learned from helping nearly 20 couples get married through her viral matchmaking posts, why you can’t “analyze” your way into certainty, and how real discernment only happens when you actually meet people in real life
Why Having Divorced Parents as an Only Child Feels Heavy
Being an only child with divorced parents can feel overwhelming. There’s no sibling to lean on and no one to help carry the emotional load.
Your Phone Might Be Blocking Your Healing (Here’s the Plan) | Christen Routh: #168
In this episode, I’ll mentor three people LIVE through real-life situations that people like us from broken families face.
Why You’re Not Healthier: The Real Fix Nobody Talks About | Brandon Hall: #167
In this episode, I’ll mentor three people LIVE through real-life situations that people like us from broken families face.
When It Hit Me, I Collapsed
That night, my sister and brother-in-law slowly walked down the basement stairs and turned right at the bottom, entering my mom’s office…My sister turned on the PC and opened my mom’s email. Moments later, she told me not to come into the room. I looked anyway—and I wish I hadn’t.
“My Mom Overshares and Relies on Me Too Much. What Do I Do?” | Live Call In: #166
In this episode, I’ll mentor three people LIVE through real-life situations that people like us from broken families face.
How to Heal the Physical Cost of Your Parents’ Divorce | Dakota Lane: #165
If you grew up in a divorced or dysfunctional home, chronic stress can get stored in your nervous system — quietly shaping your sleep, energy, digestion, hormones, and mental health years later.
Best of 2025 | Restored Podcast Highlights: #164
In this episode, you'll hear highlight clips from the podcast in 2025.
How to Heal Your Nervous System Impacted by Your Parents' Divorce | Sr. Mary Stephen
In this episode you will learn simple tools to calm your nervous system, process stored trauma, build internal safety, and integrate all of this with your spiritual life.
The Bible’s Messiest Families & What They Reveal About Yours | Deacon Ryan Budd: #162
Family brokenness is far more common than anyone talks about. And God has been dealing with messy family dynamics since the beginning of time.
His Parents Divorce Led Him to Alcoholism: Here's How He Broke Free | Scott Weeman: #161
What if your parents’ divorce, or the chaos you grew up in, didn’t just hurt you emotionally but actually wired you to seek relief through addiction?
How to Start Healing After Growing Up in a Broken Family
Growing up in a broken family leaves marks you can't always name. If love felt missing and trust was hard, this is the first step toward healing for real.
The Mentor Who Became the Father I Never Had | Brandon Allaman | 160
What if the person you need the most in your life is a mentor who finally shows you the love and guidance you never got at home?
“Should I Ask My Divorced Parents for Relationship Advice?” Live Call In! | 159
In this episode, I’ll mentor three people live, right here on the show. Each of them brings a raw, honest question—things most of us from broken families have wrestled with.
It Was Like Slowly Boiling Water
I thought [my dad] would be back in a month, but he never moved back home. Instead, he found a girlfriend, a new common-law wife, and her kids became his new family. He never called, and I basically didn’t see him for four years.