Here Not There: Finding Our Way Back to Presence, Connection, & Delight
Here Not There is a Christian podcast about coming home to ourselves by slowing down and honestly acknowledging where we’ve been, where we really are, and how our stories shape the way we live.
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Finding Your Way Back After Grief and Loss (opens the original)
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In this deeply moving conversation, Wendy — a certified grief educator trained under David Kessler and the late Dr. H. Norman Wright — joins host Colleen to unpack what grief actually is, why it's so often misunderstood, and why "time heals" is only half true. They explore the difference between intuitive and practical grievers, why grief bursts can resurface decades later, how to tell grief apart from depression, and why sitting with uncomfortable feelings — rather than fixing them — is the rea
Janyne McConnaughey: When Faith Feels Exhausting, The Problem May Not Be Spiritual (opens the original)
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What if your exhausted faith is not a spiritual failure at all, but a nervous system issue? Colleen sits down with Janyne McConnaughey, PhD to unpack the counterintuitive idea at the heart of An Exhausted Faith: What If the Struggle Isn't Spiritual - and why so many believers are trying to pray, worship, and "try harder" their way through trauma without realizing their bodies are the ones sounding the alarm. Janyne shares the lived experience behind her work on trauma, religious trauma, and nerv
Healing From Spiritual Abuse: Tabitha Westbrook Interviews Colleen On Her Book The Shattered Soul (opens the original)
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Tabitha Westbrook interviews your host, therapist, and author Colleen Ramser about her new book, The Shattered Soul. Colleen shares practical, somatic tools for healing from spiritual abuse and trauma, and she explains concepts like titration, parts work, and spiritual enmeshment, and emphasizes gentle, paced recovery over forcing faith practices. Colleen offers compassionate guidance for grief, differentiation, and rebuilding trust in faith and community, inviting listeners to find small glimme
Chuck Degroat and his new book Who You're Becoming: The Slow and Courageous Work of Cultivating Character in a Narcissistic Age (opens the original)
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On this episode, Colleen interviews Chuck DeGroat about his new book coming this fall, Who You're Becoming: The Slow and Courageous Work of Cultivating Character in a Narcissistic Age. They explore how character is formed and transformed in a narcissistic age, why awareness alone isn’t enough, and how nervous-system regulation, presence, elders, and community create the conditions for deep change. Chuck shares practical insights for anyone longing for more integrity and connection, and invites h
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