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Christian Women Healing from Shame, Fear & Codependency: Real with MelanieAuthor: Melanie Reyes, Faith-Based Coach for Christian Women
This podcast is for Christian women navigating mental health, emotional healing, focus, and codependency recovery, women who love Jesus but still feel stuck, ashamed, or bound by patterns they can't seem to break. I'm Melanie Reyes, and I get it, because I've lived it. I'm a Certified Faith-Based Coach also known as your Focus Bestie, and this is Real with Melanie: Christian Women Healing from Shame, Fear & Codependency. Each episode blends honest reflection, journal entries, and life lessons rooted in biblical truth and real-life healing, including the Open Letter series, raw letter-style episodes written to meet you exactly where you are, along with honest conversations with guests sharing their own stories of faith, focus, and healing. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions such as: - Why do I feel so far behind everyone else? - How do I heal from a toxic relationship as a Christian woman? - Why can't I break this cycle of people pleasing and shame? - How do I stay focused on God's plan when my mind feels scattered and overwhelmed? - Why do I keep starting over and never finishing what God called me to do? - How do I quiet the anxiety and fear that keep me stuck? - How do I trust God's timing when I feel like I'm running out of it? - Why do I feel like an imposter even in the areas where I've grown the most? Because around here, we believe transformation doesn't come from pretending everything is okay. It comes from owning your story and aligning it with God's grace. Faith Intentions Transformation. Connect with Me at hello@mypathtowholeness.com or on Instagram @MsMelanieReyes Language: en Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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37: An Open Letter to the Woman Learning to Practice Emotional Sobriety
Monday, 5 October, 2026
How do you practice emotional sobriety in everyday life when you still want to check, explain, rescue, or undo a boundary? In Episode 37 of Real with Melanie, Melanie Reyes shares how fear of missing out kept her connected to unhealthy friendships and a relationship longer than it should have, and the practical changes she made after detaching. From unfollowing connected accounts to stepping away from familiar gathering places, this open letter explores how everyday choices can stop feeding old patterns and create room to surrender what we cannot control to Christ. This is Part 3 of the four-part Emotional Sobriety Open Letter series: PRACTICE. We explore five everyday practices: 1. Pay attention to what you keep giving access to your mind. 2. Pause before you respond. 3. Allow discomfort without immediately changing your decision. 4. Consider what help is actually yours to give. 5. Give your attention somewhere faithful to go. Through Proverbs 4:23 and Philippians 4:8–9, we consider guarding our hearts, directing our thoughts, and putting what we learn into practice. The episode weaves in Lesson 5 of Kingdom Happily Ever After, "Boundaries Are Biblical, Not Mean." Go deeper: Kingdom Happily Ever After, twenty biblical lessons in emotional freedom. https://kingdomhappilyeverafter.com About this show: Real with Melanie is a faith-based podcast for Christian women navigating mental health, emotional healing, and the journey to wholeness in Christ. Every episode speaks into codependency recovery, shame and guilt, boundaries, people pleasing, and identity in Christ, the real stuff so many of us carry quietly. This episode speaks to practicing emotional sobriety, fear of missing out, overexplaining, rescuing, and healthy boundaries, part of the larger journey toward emotional freedom and focus. If you searched for a Christian podcast for emotional healing and mental health, or how to practice emotional sobriety in everyday life as a Christian woman, you are exactly who this show was made for. Connect with Melanie: Instagram: @msmelaniereyes Email: hello@mypathtowholeness.com Website: mypathtowholeness.com New episodes drop every Monday. Faith + Intentions = Transformation.
