Courage to Hurt & Heal
Pain has a way of writing stories about us—stories that aren't true but feel impossible to escape. And sometimes, faith communities accidentally teach us to bury those stories instead of heal them. Courage to Hurt & Heal is where hosts Vicki Diemert and Dave Shrein bring honest conversations about the wounds we carry and the healing that's actually available. Vicki brings her experience as a Biblical counselor and story work facilitator, offering practical tools for naming what hurts and rewriting the narratives that have kept you stuck. Together, they explore how faith becomes a genuine source of healing rather than a way to rush past pain. This podcast delivers wisdom for ordinary life—not just crisis moments—because healing isn't reserved for rock bottom. It's available now.
Episodes
You set a hard boundary years ago because you had to. Someone's dysfunction was bleeding into your family, and you cut it off. That boundary worked. Your kids are safer. Your gatherings are calmer. You finally have peace.
Now that person says they've changed. And maybe they actually have. But something in you still refuses. And everyone — your parents, people who care about you — they're saying that makes you unforgiv...
You get hurt at work and tell yourself to toughen up. Or you get hurt at work and spiral. But what if there's a third way — one that's honest about the pain and wise about what it actually means?
Dave and Vicki walk through what happens when you feel overlooked, undermined, or publicly dismissed. And more importantly, how to actually process it — not ignore it, not catastrophize it, but move through it with clarity.
Unpack...
Family gatherings are supposed to feel like home. But sometimes they feel more like the octagon—you're bracing for impact before you even walk through the door.
What if you had a game plan instead of just powering through?
Vicki and Dave talk strategy:
- Why having an exit plan might actually help you stay longer
- How to interrupt a conversation that's going sideways without making it weird
- What to do when someone keeps fish...
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