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  • Breaking the Silence, April 20, 2025
    2025/04/21
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams Guest, Marlena Compston - Speaker, Evangelist and author of Love Illuminated: A Devotional Journal to Awaken and Deepen Your Faith This week's Special Guest is Marlena Compston. She is a podcaster, author, and evangelist dedicated to her restoration call. She is committed to nurturing restoration within the Christian community. Having triumphed over her own childhood trauma, she extends hope and healing through inspiration, prayer, and the teachings of the Bible. She is the author of "Love Illuminated: A Journey to Awaken and Deepen your Faith." Don't forget to check out Marlena Compston's book: "Love Illuminated: A Devotional Journal to Awaken and Deepen Your Faith"
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    56 分
  • Breaking the Silence, April 13, 2025
    2025/04/14
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams Guest, Sally McQuillen, author of Reaching for Beautiful A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child This week's Special Guest will be Sally McQuillen. She is a psychotherapist in private practice, specializing in addiction recovery, grief and trauma healing. She earned a Master's Degree in Social Work. She is also the author her book: "Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child" in which she tells about losing her 21-year-old son in a tragic boating accident. Joins as Sally tells us her inspiring and impactful story. Don't forget to check out Sally's book: "Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child" Short description of "Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child" from Amazon. A luminous story of how love triumphs over pain, love transcends fear and love never dies; this debut memoir from a mother grieving her young-adult son’s death is a must-read for any parent who has lost a child, is raising a child from the edge of their seat, or whose family struggles with addiction. When Sally’s twenty-one-year-old son died in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction. In this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while reflecting on her own childhood and family’s legacy of alcoholism. Sally shares insights about what it’s like to experience the emotional aftershocks of acute grief, filtered through the lens of her personal experience as a mother and her professional vantage point as a psychotherapist. Even if they have not been touched by loss in this way, readers may see themselves in Sally’s bittersweet illusion of trying to keep her son safe, in how she is challenged to let go of her fear, guilt, and regret in order to forgive herself, and in the ways grief teaches her about the power of love.
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    59 分
  • Breaking the Silence, March 23, 2025
    2025/03/24
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams With Guest, Alretha Thomas, author of The Daughter Between Them This week's Special Guest will Alretha Thomas. She is a series regular on "Tyler Perrys Assisted Living", a television program on BET that's in its 5th year. She is the author of "The Daughter Between Them." She suffered childhood trauma, including physical abuse and molestation but has lived with resilience and faith to handle what comes her way.
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    58 分
  • Breaking the Silence, March 9, 2025
    2025/03/10
    Breaking the Silence Live With Host Dr. Gregory Williams With Guest, Diane Young, Artist, Survivor and Author of: "Wilderness Woman: A Triumphant Spirit" This week's Special Guest will be Diane Young. Diane is an Author and Artist/Photographer from the Kansas City, Missouri area. She has had numerous illustrations in local and national publications. Her ink-wash illustration called "The Nativity" was published in Max Lucado's book "God Came Near." She is a survivor and a women filled with faith. Don't forget to check out Diane's book, "Wilderness Woman: A Triumphant Spirit" at Amazon!
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    59 分
  • Breaking the Silence, March 2, 2025
    2025/03/03
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams With Guest, Seth Gehle, Motivational Speak and Author of Strength Beyond the Shadows This week's Special Guest will be Seth Ghele. Seth is a professional speaker committed to empowering others to embrace their warrior spirit and overcome any adversity or trauma in their life. Enduring 16 years of abuse, Seth Transformed his pain into purpose, using his voice as an author and motivational speaker to help others heal and find their own strength. Don't forget to check out Seth's book, "Strength Beyond the Shadows" at Amazon! Here is a small description of the book from Amazon: Seth Gehle's story is a testament to the courage and strength within each of us to overcome adversity and our personal traumas. For nearly sixteen years, Seth suffered unspeakable crimes and endured tragedy that no human should have to face. Growing up in a broken home filled with abuse and neglect, a young Seth left and found himself further down the path to hell. In this painfully honest account, Seth describes the horrific trauma and sexual abuse he withstood as a child. Seth’s story is all too common. What makes him an anomaly is his willingness to recount his experiences, bringing understanding of not only what he endured but the devastating aftermath suffered by millions who are victims of childhood trauma. Through an unrelenting will to survive, Seth fought for his life and discovered the power of the human spirit. His ability to articulate the darkest moments of his life as well as his courage to live beyond such horrendous suffering are found within the pages of Strength beyond the Shadows.
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    59 分
  • Breaking the Silence, February 23, 2025
    2025/02/24
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams With Guest, Alretha Thomas, author of The Daughter Between Them This week's Special Guest will be Alretha Thomas. Alretha is a series regular on Tyler Perry's Assisted Living, a television program on BET that's in its fifth year. She is the author of "The Daughter Between Them." She suffered childhood trauma, including physical abuse and molestation but has lived with resilience and faith to handle what comes her way.
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    59 分
  • Breaking the Silence, February 16, 2025
    2025/02/17
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams With Special Guest, Dr. Ran Anbar - Author and board-certified physician in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics Dr. Anbar is a board-certified physician in both pediatric pulmonology and general pediatrics. Dr. Anbar is the founder of Center Point Medicine, serving the mission of making mental health care more assessable for children. Dr. Anbar is the author of the book: "The Life Guide for Teens: Harnessing Your Inner Power to be Healthy, Happy, and Confident." Don't forget to check out more about our guest Dr. Ran Anbar at the links below! You can find out more about Dr. Anbar at: https://centerpointhypnosis.com/ Also Check out Dr. Anbar's book: "The Life Guide for Teens: Harnessing Your Inner Power to be Healthy, Happy, and Confident." Here is a brief summary of Dr. Anbar's book from Amazon: A new kind of self-help book for teenagers, empowering them to take ownership of their own wellness. Today’s generation of teenagers are living in a world no one could have imagined just a couple decades ago, a world of social media and an endless flow of information (and disinformation). They are also more likely to be lonely, depressed, stressed out, and diagnosed with mental health issues than any generation before them. But they can learn to take control of their own wellness—and Dr. Ran Anbar gives them the tools to do just that. In The Life Guide for Teens: Harnessing Your Inner Power to be Healthy, Happy, and Confident, Dr. Anbar uses clear, empowering terms to take a deep dive into the most prevalent wellness concerns for teens. He guides readers through such topics as anxiety, relationships, sleep, making tough decisions, and communicating effectively with easy-to-implement tools and advice from experts and teens who’ve been there. Throughout, he offers encouragement, reassurance, and strength to teens who are struggling, showing them how they can develop a positive, healthy self-image and promote self-care. Dr. Anbar has helped thousands of teens work through their personal challenges, not by solving their problems for them, but by helping them learn to tap into their inner wisdom, strength, and resilience. With 180 actionable tools teens can use on their personal journey to wellness, The Life Guide for Teens is an invaluable resource for anyone wanting to feel calm, capable, and confident.
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    58 分
  • Breaking the Silence, February 2, 2025
    2025/02/03
    Breaking the Silence with host Dr. Gregory Williams With Special Guest, will be Toni McKinley LPC-S - Executive Director of Magdalene House Austin Toni is the Executive Director of Magdalene House Austin. She is a licensed professional counselor supervisor and has counseled those who have been trafficked and struggled with SUD and helped their families with the aftermath of the trafficking trauma that their loved sones suffered. She is the author of "What Happened to Me? A Trafficking Survivors Guide to Healing and Empowerment." Don't forget to check out more about our guest Toni McKinley at the links below! You can find out more about Toni McKinley at: https://www.tonimckinley.com/ Find out more about Magdalene House Austin and their work and efforts in empowering women who have experienced sex trafficking at: https://www.magdaleneaustin.org/ Also Check out Toni McKinley's book: What Happened to Me: A Survivor’s Guide to Healing and Empowerment: Expanded Edition: Comprehensive Tools for Trauma Recovery and Resilience
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    58 分