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Elyse Fitzpatrick – Book Release

Summer Reading Series
With deep personal insight and decades of ministry experience, Elyse challenges us to reconsider how we view the mischaracterized women of Scripture and to embrace the truth that God calls us beloved, even when our stories have been distorted or dismissed.

Unloved: The Rejected Saints God Calls Beloved

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Episode 1

Tabitha Westbrook – Book Release

Summer Reading Series
In this powerful Summer Reading Series conversation, Safe to Hope host Julia Fillnow and Help[H]er Executive Director Ann Maree Goudzwaard sit down with therapist, author, and advocate Tabitha Westbrook to explore the sacred journey of healing after trauma. Drawing from her book, Body & Soul, Healed & Whole, Tabitha speaks candidly about sexuality, consent, coercive control, embodiment, and the intersection of theology and trauma recovery. Together, they discuss how survivors can reconnect with their bodies, challenge internalized shame, and discern the difference between biblical teaching and spiritual manipulation. Tabitha’s clinical wisdom and personal vulnerability offer a compassionate, truth-filled roadmap for women navigating abuse, recovery, and intimacy.

Body & Soul, Healed & Whole: An Invitational Guide to Healthy Sexuality after Trauma, Abuse, and Coercive Control

Tabitha Westbrook

Called to Peace

Bearing Witness: Episode 2: Jesus is My Captain

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Season 6 Episode 8

Dr Jim Wilder – Expert Contributor

Bearing Witness
In Episode 8, neurotheologian Dr. Jim Wilder joins us to explore the spiritual, psychological, and relational dynamics of ritual abuse and recovery. With gentle clarity, he unpacks the logic of evil, the power of gratitude, and the vital role of community in healing. This conversation offers profound insight for anyone seeking to walk with others through unspeakable trauma—without losing sight of who God created us to be.

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Season 6 Episode 7

Carya’s Story – Part 2

Bearing Witness
In one of the most difficult episodes of the season, Carya shares how ritual abuse and satanic worship were not only part of her story—but were carried out under the cover of Christian institutions. With clarity and courage, she invites listeners to reckon with the reality that evil can flourish where it should be most opposed. Her story confronts us with questions about spiritual deception, trauma, and the sacred call to protect the vulnerable. This episode bears witness to truth many would prefer to ignore.

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Season 6 Episode 6

Dr Heather Evans – Expert Contributor

Bearing Witness
With insight, compassion, and conviction, Dr Evans reminds us that change begins not with a rescue, but with relationship—and that listening is an act of justice.

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Season 6 Episode 5

Carya’s Story – Part 1

Bearing Witness
How do you prepare your heart and mind to hear stories of deep suffering without becoming overwhelmed — or walking away untouched? In this today’s episode of the Safe to Hope podcast, Self-Care with Julia and Ann Maree, we pause before beginning this season’s difficult story to talk about something equally important: how to listen well. Ann Maree is joined by licensed therapist and Help[H]er board member, Julia, to explore the weighty but necessary practice of bearing witness — not only to unimaginable trauma but also to the redemptive thread running through the darkness. Together, they discuss what it means to listen with wisdom, vigilance, and compassion. You’ll hear practical self-care strategies, spiritual insights, and thoughtful encouragement for anyone who wants to enter into another’s story without losing themselves in the process. Whether you’re a caregiver, pastor, counselor, advocate, or simply someone who desires to learn how to care well, this episode offers important guidance on how to hold hard stories — and hold yourself — with care.

Bearing Witness Episode 1 Introduction
Bearing Witness Episode 3 Julia, Ann Maree and Carya
Bearing Witness Episode 4 Self-Care

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Season 6 Episode 4

Self-Care with Julia and Ann Maree

Bearing Witness
How Do You Listen Well to Hard Stories? How do you prepare your heart and mind to hear stories of deep suffering without becoming overwhelmed — or walking away untouched? In this today’s episode of the Safe to Hope podcast, Self-Care with Julia and Ann Maree, we pause before beginning this season’s difficult story to talk about something equally important: how to listen well. Ann Maree is joined by licensed therapist and Help[H]er board member, Julia, to explore the weighty but necessary practice of bearing witness — not only to unimaginable trauma but also to the redemptive thread running through the darkness. Together, they discuss what it means to listen with wisdom, vigilance, and compassion. You’ll hear practical self-care strategies, spiritual insights, and thoughtful encouragement for anyone who wants to enter into another’s story without losing themselves in the process. Whether you’re a caregiver, pastor, counselor, advocate, or simply someone who desires to learn how to care well, this episode offers important guidance on how to hold hard stories — and hold yourself — with care.

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Season 6 Bonus 1

Season 6 Listening Beyond the Panic – Bonus Episode

Bearing Witness
Sometimes, stories unfold side by side—but not always in harmony. Recently, a well-known Christian podcast released a new series exploring topics like trauma, mental illness, and abuse—many of the same themes we're addressing this year on Safe to Hope. Understandably, some of our listeners are engaging with both, and a few have already shared how conflicted or invalidated they felt. In response, we’ve released a special bonus episode. Not to criticize, but to care. To gently offer a different perspective—one shaped by the lived experiences of survivors and informed by experts in trauma care and memory science. Whether or not you’ve heard the other podcast, this episode frames the heart of our season: why believing survivors matters, and how we hold sacred space for stories that are hard to tell.

Season 6 Introduction (Episode 1)

Season 1 Significance of Story

Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence – From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Lewis Herman

Remember my Affliction:Advent Through Lamentations  by Kimrey Dillon

Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

What is a Girl Worth?  by Rachel Denhollander

Living in His Presence by Sylvia Gunter (The articulation of Luke 11:24-26 and demons was derived from.)

Keith Evans quotes from https://youtu.be/nxPxss963SI?si=NbqKx7DFCqX0KyGs

Honoring the Truth: A Response to the Backlash by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis

Misquoted number of 20,000; correct is 12,000 reports of satanic ritual abuse

Misquoted 1 Timothy instead of 2 Timothy 3:16-17

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Season 6 Episode 3

Julia, Carya & Ann Maree in Conversation

Bearing Witness
This week on Safe to Hope, we talk about the process of storytelling, self-care, and grief, and why survivors need time, patience, and space to make sense of what they’ve been through. Carya shares how putting words to her story changed how she saw it, but also how she wrestles with grief and the need for lament. Together, we explore why survivors often feel alone in their experiences and how we, as listeners, can create a safe place for healing—without rushing to fix, minimize, or explain away the pain. We also talk about Jesus in suffering—how He is strong yet gentle, never hurried, never harsh, and always present. If you’ve ever struggled to sit with hard truths, hold space for grief, or find hope after deep pain, this conversation is for you. Tune in and walk with us in the land of the living.

Season 1 Significance of Story

Season 6 Introduction (Episode 1)

Season 6 Jesus is My Captain

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Season 6 Episode 2

Jesus is My Captain

Bearing Witness
In this episode of Safe to Hope, we meet Carya, our storyteller for Season 6. Instead of starting at the beginning of her story, we begin with where she has landed—a place of deep wrestling, but also profound hope. Through the lens of Jesus is My Captain, Carya shares the mystery of suffering, the presence of Christ in unimaginable pain, and the reality that following Him is not always safe, but it is good. Her words are a testament to the severe mercy of God, who calls us not to escape suffering, but to walk with Him through it.

Season 6 Introduction (Episode 1)

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