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The School of Hard Knocks is a podcast for women who’ve been through hell and aren’t staying stuck there.I’m Darcie Burtch—trauma survivor, glam-ma, caregiver, and full-time comeback queen.This space is raw, real, and faith-filled—made for the woman who’s ready to take her…
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EP 151: Victory In The Valley | Marcia Earharts Story (opens the original)
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🍁 Leave It Behind: Fall in Love with You” series 🍁 Follow The School of Hard Knocks and add it to your library so you never miss an episode. About Our Guest: Professionally and personally, Marcia Earhart is a leading expert in grief and trauma. She is a trained educator, a certified Life, Grief, Trauma, Brain, and Mental Health Coach, a Mediator, and a Heartsync Minister. Her extensive academic preparation, combined with her deep personal experience, makes her a powerful coach for those navigati
EP: 150 From Unimaginable Loss To Becoming: Niky Hamiltons Story (opens the original)
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🍁 Leave It Behind: Fall in Love with You” series 🍁 Follow The School of Hard Knocks and add it to your library so you never miss an episode. About Our Guest: Niky Hamilton is a resilience speaker, coach and retreat facilitator who helps women and leaders navigate life’s setbacks and rise into stronger self-leadership. Originally trained as a physiotherapist, Niky built a successful physiotherapy practice on the Sunshine Coast, growing a team of 14 women and developing a deep passion for leadersh
EP 149: When His Truth Unlocked Mine — Featuring Janus Valeo (opens the original)
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🍁 Leave It Behind: Fall in Love with You” series 🍁 Follow The School of Hard Knocks and add it to your library so you never miss an episode. About Our Guest: Janus Valeo works at the intersection of lived experience, deep listening, and systemic understanding. Rather than isolating events or reducing behavior to single causes, he traces how family dynamics, culture, trauma, belief, and environment interact over time. He holds conflicting truths without simplifying them, revealing patterns that r
EP 148: Nothing Wasted: How God Turned Christina Stephens’ Pain Into Purpose (opens the original)
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🍁 Leave It Behind: Fall in Love with You” series 🍁 Follow The School of Hard Knocks and add it to your library so you never miss an episode. About Our Guest: Christina Stephens is a wife, mom, and proud grandmother who has walked through addiction, trauma, and deep personal brokenness, and found lasting healing through her faith. She has dedicated the past six years to working with survivors of trafficking at Refuge for Women North Texas, serving five of those years as Program Director. Today, s
EP 147: Choosing Faith Over Familiarity: Tracy Rugg’s Story of Surrender and Obedience (opens the original)
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🍁 Leave It Behind: Fall in Love with You” series 🍁 Follow The School of Hard Knocks and add it to your library so you never miss an episode. About Our Guest: Tracy grew up in Nashville Tennessee and now lives in northern Illinois. She’s a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Christian, biblical perspective. 12 years ago she walked away from the gay lifestyle after 27 years due to her faith and obedience to God's word. How to reach Tracy: Facebook: Tracy Rugg “This is the place we get unstuck f
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