What does it mean to forgive someone? Do I have to forgive my abuser? Why is everyone hellbent of getting me to forgive my coparent? These are questions that come up a lot in recovery circles. If we were clear about what forgiveness is, these questions wouldn't come up. Forgiveness is not the same as reconciling. It's something you do for yourself, and the other person never needs to know. They'll smell the shift, but they don't need to get a memo. Welcome back to season two

This post explains my vision for the podcast. I intend to "cross-educate". For example, bringing trauma-informed strategies to single motherhood. Or, looking at narcissistic personality disorder through a spiritual lens. Or, showing how the autistic brain can perform in a superior manner in family court. Or, bringing the tools that the Church gives us access to, into your PTSD recovery. Or, linking regulation in mothers with trauma, to how they can handle PDA kids. Etc. Welco

In this episode we explore how to reduce the levels of the stress hormones in the brain to become free from the trauma bond. Being autistic means you can have very methodical trauma bond recovery strategies. If you're also Catholic, that means you have an array of tools at your disposal to heal the trauma bond. Let's explore 6 different ways you can break the addiction to chaos, break the trauma bond and journey towards Emotional Detachment as a Tactical Advantage for Family

Solo parenting can be a beautiful journey, but it can also be incredibly challenging. When crises arise, single mothers can feel like they're battling something bigger than what they can see and touch. Whether it’s a family conflict, a health scare, or a financial struggle, mothers often find themselves in spiritual warfare. The devil loves to target mothers, and families. So in these moments, it is essential to leverage the strategies the Catholic Church gives us, to ward of

We talked about what it means to let peace be your defense, to stand calm when the battle finds you, in the first episode. Today I want to talk about something simple, and yet for many of us, it's the hardest thing in the world: faith. Not the poetic, flowery kind, but the literal kind. This is the transc ript for Episode 2 . Literal faith is what you hold when logic runs out. It's what you cling to when everything looks impossible, when you've done all you can and all that's

I'm Faustina, and this space is for mothers who are learning to find peace and faith in the middle of life's hardest seasons. Sometimes we don't choose the fight. The fight finds us. It shows up as heartbreak, exhaustion, betrayal, or endless responsibilities that never seem to stop. For me, it showed up through motherhood, through trauma, through co-parenting, through moments that tested everything I thought I believed. When the battle found me, I used to think peace meant e