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Archive for May, 2019

Episode 11: Carrie Crane – Abusive Childhood, Pregnant 3 Times in High School, Adoption, Divorce and Making Something of Yourself

By Jourdan on May 30, 2019

Episode 10: Janaya Jessalyn – Sexually Abused by a Babysitter as a Child

By Jourdan on May 28, 2019

Episode 9: Nicole Beutler – 9 Years of Infertility, Miracle Baby and Secondary Infertility

By Jourdan on May 23, 2019

Episode 8: Vicki Averett – Ectopic Pregnancy, Overcoming a Drug Addiction, Divorce, Dating, Raising a Blended Family with 6 Kids

By Jourdan on May 21, 2019

Episode 6: Shailee Garnier – Loss of a Brother and Ways to Deal with Grief

By Jourdan on May 16, 2019

Episode 5: JaKale Park – Dealing with Depression and Anxiety, as well as a Child with Anxiety

By Jourdan on May 14, 2019

FINALLY Available on Apple Podcast + Some Other Fun Things

By Jourdan on May 13, 2019

Episode 4: Carissa Makinen – Dealing with Two Miscarriages and How She Makes Her Marriage Strong

By Jourdan on May 9, 2019

Episode 3: Casey Hudgens – Loss of a Sister, Domestic Abuse, Divorce and Life of a Single Mom

By Jourdan on May 7, 2019

Episode 2: Emilie Farrer – Living with Type 1 Diabetes and Being a Single Mom

By Jourdan on May 2, 2019

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Bre didn’t know who she was anymore. She was so worried about the boy hating her. She didn’t know what she’d done and she didn’t feel like life was worth living without him. Bre loaded her gun and planned to take her life. Then her dad walked in. Bre describes being in “the devil’s grasp” during that time. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with my friend Bre (@rockin_h) about being raised by a single mom, moving as a teenager and the struggles that came with that, being in an unhealthy relationship with someone who was mentally and physically abusive and a marriage that ended in divorce, which led to her being a single mother. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Bre had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #thestoryofhardknocks #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #verbalabuse #toxicrelationship #mentalabuse #lifegoeson #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

Things were on and off for about a year. He was always the one to break up with her and he was always the one to beg her back. “By this time, I was in love with him.” When Carly (@gwendalyncarly) graduated, he asked her to move in with him, so she did. “At this point, things were very bad. He was very controlling and manipulative.” There was no trust from him. Carly would have to constantly send him pictures of where she was and who she was with. When he was home, he was always drunk. Carly would go to bed by herself because he had passed out hours before. He wouldn’t let her talk to anyone – he would constantly check her phone. She could leave only a few minutes before she had to work and had to be right home after work. If she was a few minutes late getting home, she was questioned. He would put her down constantly. “I didn’t even dare go into the kitchen to get something to eat because he would say ‘you’re hungry already?’ or ‘should you really be eating that?'” He completely isolated her from her friends and family. “I was up in the night if I thought I could go home for the weekend.” 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Carly had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #thestoryofhardknocks #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #verbalabuse #toxicrelationship #mentalabuse #lifegoeson #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

One night, after dinner, Jessica’s father asked her if she had taken her pill. They could tell she was on edge and acting different than normal. She stormed downstairs and slammed what Christine assumed to be her bedroom door. About 30 minutes later, Christine’s oldest daughter yelled for them to get downstairs and it turned out, Jessica had locked herself in the bathroom and was not responding. Christine’s husband broke down the door. There they saw the lifeless body of Jessica and her empty bottle of pills. They called 911, but it would take too long for them to get to their house, so Christine and her husband loaded Jessica in the car and raced her to the hospital. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with the sweetest lady! Christine shares a very powerful story! This is one EVERY SINGLE PERSON needs to hear. She shares her own story of what it’s like to be the mother of a child who attempted suicide, as well as statistics and warning signs that her own child was showing and she didn’t even see, until it was almost too late. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Christine had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #thestoryofhardknocks #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #suicidesurvivor #amotherspov #suicideprevention #lifegoeson #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

After a long on-again-off-again relationship that was very toxic and filled with a lot of shame and blame, Kourtney realized that she didn't have to save him. She realized that for her own health and sanity, she had to let him go and move on. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with one of my best childhood friends, Kourtney (@kourtneyuncorked). She talks about growing up in an LDS community and how she made choices that go against those beliefs, which in turn led her to being bullied and in some toxic relationships. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Kourtney had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #thestoryofhardknocks #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #toxicrelationship #lethimgo #breakup #lifegoeson #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

Amy makes a lot of good points about how being home-schooled didn’t really set her up for the real world. I don’t mean to sound harsh when I say that because I know there are pros and cons to every situation, but I’ve seen this one over and over. She feels like she didn’t know how to be friends with or even talk to anyone outside of her home because she never learned that. All she knew was her parents and siblings. “We could say we hate each other and 10 minutes later it would be fine. But if you tell someone that at school, they’re going to take it personally and you’re going to hate each other.” 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with my friend Amy (@coll.am) about the loss of her father when she was just barely 13 years old. Amy tells all about how she felt at the time, after and how she feels to this day. She shares about her anxiety and depression, as well as the struggles being home-schooled has also made her face. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Amy had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #thestoryofhardknocks #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #lossoffather #lifeafterloss #homeschooling #lifegoeson #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

One year at Christmas time, Justice’s mom had made him mad, so he took all of the money and wouldn’t let the kids have Christmas. Unfortunately for the children, their mom had to break the news to them that Santa wasn’t real and that they weren’t getting anything that year because she had no money. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 In this episode, I chat with Justice (@justicejacobs16) about the physical and then sexual abuse she endured by her step-dad. Justice tells how they got out of the situation and the repercussions of not getting help when she needed it. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 Please share this episode with anyone that you think could benefit or relate to the things Justice had to share. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 You can listen to this episode on any major podcast platform, including Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spotify, iHeartRadio, Castbox, Stitcher, Podcast Addicts app and TuneIn. 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 If you have your own story to tell, send me a DM or email (hardknockspod@gmail) or visit the website - ourhardknocks.com. Sign up for email notifications on the website! 🖤🤜🏻🤛🏻🖤 I would also love for you to rate and subscribe to the podcast so that more people can find it! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #hardknockspodcast #thestoryofhardknocks #tellyourstory #shareyourstory #podcast #tellingmystory #youarenotalone #selflove #sexualabuse #brokenisstillbeautiful #toxicmother #lifegoeson #ownyourtruth #knowyourworth #lifeisgood #girlwashyourface #risingtidesociety #riseabove #endthestigma #awareness #lifelessons #lessonslearned #girlstopapologizing #believeinyourself #dontgiveup #flashesofdelight #thehonesttruth #boldbraveyou #honestyisthebestpolicy #selfhelp

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