Artwork for podcast New View Advice
Reflections #9 - That Time I Found Faith as a Trauma Survivor
Bonus Episode • 27th December 2024 • New View Advice • Amanda Durocher
00:00:00 00:11:36

Share Episode

Shownotes

In the final episode of Season 1 of Reflections, I dive into the question I am most commonly asked - after everything I have survived, how do I still have faith?

This story is about how leaning into faith helped me to survive my darkest days. I share the intimate story of grappling with suicidal thoughts and how an astonishing midnight miracle helped reignite my hope after the death of my close friend and sexual assault.

And for anyone who relates to thoughts of suicide, I promise you it does get better. Your life matters.

Thank you so much for joining me on this journey of Reflections.

Timestamps

  • 0:00 Introduction
  • 1:00 Story - That Time I Found Faith as a Trauma Survivor
  • 9:40 Final Thoughts

You can also read this story on my website: https://www.newviewadvice.com/reflections

For FREE Resources for the healing journey, check out: https://www.newviewadvice.com/

Like Poems? Check out my poems about the healing journey: https://www.newviewadvice.com/poems

Chapters

Video

More from YouTube

More Episodes
bonus Reflections #9 - That Time I Found Faith as a Trauma Survivor
00:11:36
bonus Reflections #8 - That Time I Made People Uncomfortable Surviving Sexual Assault
00:11:39
115. 115: Holiday Season Sadness & Depression: Embracing Self-Love & Reconnecting with Your Inner Child
00:22:17
bonus Reflections #7 - That Time I Survived the Bystander Effect: A Story Healing from Rape
00:10:20
bonus Reflections #6 - That Time I Was Betrayed by Women After Being Raped
00:12:32
114. 114: How to Be Comfortable with Physical Touch After Sexual Assault
00:29:26
bonus Reflections #5 - That Time I Had Survivors Guilt
00:10:36
113. 113: Repressed Memories of Childhood Trauma: How to Trust Yourself & Your Body
00:31:43
bonus Reflections #4 - That Time I Met the Devil: A Poem About the Healing Journey
00:04:15
112. 112: Why Do I Seek Parental Validation as an Adult?
00:36:04
bonus Reflections #3 - That Time I Met a Black Widow Spider - A Story of Sexual Violence and Death in the Woods
00:15:45
111. 111: Sexual Assault by a Family Member: Navigating Family Relationships After Trauma
00:32:36
bonus Reflections #2 - That Time I Stalked My Stalker (Healing from Sexual Violence)
00:11:41
110. 110: Should I Stay or Should I Leave?
00:25:02
bonus Reflections #1 - That Time the Guy Who Raped Me Got Engaged & I Lost My Sh*t
00:07:19
109. 109: Embracing Creativity as a Trauma Survivor: Let the Pressure Go & Begin Creating
00:30:03
108. 108: How to Support Yourself After Sexual Assault, Rape, & Sexual Trauma
00:27:05
107. 107: How to Forgive Yourself for Regrets: Regretting Telling the Truth
00:27:20
106. 106: Why Do I Always Feel Alone? Healing from the Feeling of Loneliness
00:42:19
105. 105: Grief of a Break Up: Feeling & Navigating the Break Up Grieving Process
00:18:10
104. 104: 6 Pillars of the Self-Love System: How Practicing Self-Love Helps Us to Feel Enough for Loving Relationships
00:25:48
103. 103: Self-Love: Why So Many People Struggle with Self-Love & Why Self-Compassion is the Key
00:20:17
102. 102: Self-Trust with Erica Wernick: Why Self-Trust Feels Hard & Learning to Trust Yourself Before It's Logical
00:54:47
101. 101: Can You Cheat on Someone Who You Aren’t Technically Dating?
00:23:10
100. 100: Get to Know Amanda Durocher: Why I Started New View Advice & Reflections on 100 Episodes
00:27:59
99. 99: Imposter Syndrome at Work: How to Identify & Overcome Being an Imposter
00:25:17
98. 98: How to Support Survivors of Sexual Assault, Rape, & Sexual Trauma
00:26:54
97. 97: I Am Afraid to Put Myself Out There: Fear of Abandonment & Embracing Courage & Vulnerability
00:24:53
96. 96: Help! I'm in Love with My Best Friend
00:23:33
95. 95: Reflections on the Healing Journey
00:18:33
94. 94: How to Develop Emotional Maturity as an Adult
00:24:03
93. 93: EMDR: What I Wish Someone Told Me Before Starting EMDR
00:23:31
92. 92: Honoring Our Ancestors & Letting Go of the Guilt and Suffering of the Past
00:23:35
91. 91: Why Do I Date Bad Men?: Feeling Naive & The Importance of Empathy
00:23:22
90. 90: Generational Trauma: How to Heal the Impact of Family & Parental Trauma
00:27:29
89. 89: Healing Low Self-Esteem & Building Self-Confidence (One Step at a Time)
00:34:38
88. 88: Men & Vulnerability: How to Practice Vulnerability in Your Relationship & Why Criticism Hurts
00:39:53
87. 87: Why Am I Triggered by Being a Third Wheel? Processing Feelings of Sadness, Jealousy, and Not Being Enough
00:27:16
86. 86: Why Perseverance is Important for the Healing Journey
00:23:54
85. 85: Love Letter to the New View Advice Community
00:04:57
84. 84: Healing the Female Friendship Wound
00:34:34
83. 83: Steps to Overcome Fear: Why Do I Fear Everything & Have So Many Fearful Thoughts and Anxiety?
00:31:28
82. 82: How to Survive the Holidays as a People Pleaser or Empath: 5 Tips to Find Joy this Holiday Season
00:41:25
81. 81: Help! My Boyfriend’s Parents Don’t Approve Because I’m From a Different Culture: Navigating Family Relationships, Disagreements, and the Decision to Wait or Move On
00:28:00
80. 80: Why Does Disappointment Hurt So Much? How to Navigate Feeling Disappointed
00:27:27
79. 79: Healing Your Inner Teenager: Why Beliefs from Your Teen Years are Still Impacting Your Life
00:35:56
78. 78: Rebuilding Self-Worth After Sexual Assault & Rape
00:26:51
77. 77: Denial after Infidelity: How to Tell if You are in Denial or Listening to Your Heart
00:41:35
76. 76: Why Do I Feel Like I’m Not Good Enough? How to Heal the Feelings of Low Self-Worth, Shame, and Inadequacy
00:41:00
75. 75: How to Heal Feelings of Rejection in Relationships (Fear of Rejection)
00:48:01
74. 74: Learnings from Grief & Death: Why Grief Can Lead to Major Life Changes & Grieving the Loss of a Dog
00:38:22
73. 73: How to Rebuild Trust in a Relationship after Trust is Broken: Healing After Hurting Loved Ones and How to Forgive Yourself
00:46:25
72. 72: How to Get Over Your Ex & Advice for Grieving Your Relationship with Break Up Coach Dorothy
00:46:09
71. 71: Religious/Spiritual Trauma and Catholic Guilt: How to Heal Past Experiences, Find Your Truth, and Empower Yourself
00:51:56
70. 70: Pandemic Hangover: How to Heal Your Post-Covid Mental and Emotional Health (Anxiety and Depression) and Reacclimate to the Post-Pandemic World
00:47:51
69. 69: Cheater’s Guilt & Shame: How to Heal Yourself and Your Relationship after Emotional and Physical Infidelity
00:40:49
68. 68: Emotional Abuse & Gaslighting: How to Heal from Relationships with Emotional Abuse, Gaslighting, and Lying
00:52:05
67. 67: Healing from Broken Trust, Trust Issues & Betrayal: Learning to Trust Ourselves & How to Rebuild Trust in Relationships
00:35:46
66. 66: The Father Wound (or Daddy Issues): How to Heal from Absent Fathers and Emotionally Unavailable Fathers (& Fatherly Caregivers)
00:48:38
65. 65: Overcoming Self-Doubt: 4 Tips to Heal & Overcome Self-Doubt in Your Life
00:21:26
64. 64: Unrequited Love & Limerence: What's Unrequited Love & How to Heal from Unrequited Love & Limerence
00:47:55
63. 63: Cheating in Relationships & Hard Feelings: Learning to Process Guilt & How to Handle Conflict After Infidelity
00:40:29
62. 62: How to Heal a Broken Heart: Advice for Healing from Heartbreak & Moving On After a Break Up with No Closure
00:41:48
61. 61: Healing from Dissociation and the Returning of Memories
00:35:42
60. 60: Healing from Sexual Assault and Rape: Should I Press Charges and Where Should I Begin When Healing from Rape
00:34:36
59. 59: Why Self-Compassion is Important and How to Start Being Self-Compassionate Today
00:26:52
58. 58: Workplace Anxiety: How to Heal Imposter Syndrome & Deal with a Difficult Boss
00:46:33
57. 57: We Both Cheated on Each Other: Advice for Moving Forward After Affairs
00:25:51
56. 56: How to Stop a Negative Thought Cycle: The 4 Cs
00:08:45
55. 55: Overcoming the Long Term Effects of Bullying: Healing Low Self-Esteem, Abandonment Wound, & Mean Friends
00:41:38
54. 54: How Porn Addiction Impacts Relationships
00:37:50
53. 53: 3 Things that Helped Me to Heal from PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)
00:23:41
52. 52: Why Feeling Anger & Rage is Important & How to Release Your Anger & Rage in a Good Way
00:27:48
51. 51: How to Heal from Infidelity with Andrea Giles
00:51:13
50. 50: What is Self-Care & Why It's Important for the Healing Journey
00:31:36
49. 49: Healing Body Image Issues: Advice for Body Image Acceptance & Healing Negative Self-Talk
00:38:58
48. 48: 4 Steps for Letting Go of Expectations of Yourself and Others
00:24:42
47. 47: The Mother Wound: Advice for Healing Your Relationship with Your Mother
00:53:48
46. 46: Healing Sexual Trauma: Recovering from Sexual Assault & Rape through Healing One Layer at a Time
00:53:53
45. 45: Adult Children of Divorce: Healing the Effects of Your Parents' Divorce
00:39:48
44. 44: Advice for Depression: How to Move through Seasons of Depression with Self-Care, Self-Awareness, & Self-Compassion
00:48:15
43. 43: Family Dynamics & The Holidays: How to Set Boundaries & Prioritize Yourself (Part 2)
00:47:14
42. 42: Family & Relationships: My Family Doesn’t Approve of My Partner & I Don’t Like My Boyfriend’s Family
00:43:30
41. 41: 10 Lessons from My 30th Year
00:45:04
40. 40: Cheating: Being the Other Woman & Should I Tell His Girlfriend He Cheated (With Me)
00:33:28
39. 39: Advice for Healing & Feeling Sad About Getting Older & Feeling Sad About Being Single
00:48:55
38. 38: Healing Trauma with Maryann Samreth
00:55:55
37. 37: Healing Your Grieving Heart: Feeling the Feelings of Grief
00:39:43
36. 36: Healing & Feeling Relationship Resentment: How to Let Go of Resentment
00:35:39
35. 35: Relationship Communication: How to Talk About Emotions & Feelings in a Relationship
00:49:23
34. 34: Break Up Advice: Should I Get Back Together With My Ex?
00:43:56
33. 33: Healing Shame with Sophia Wise One
01:01:52
32. 32: Healing Cheating Regrets: Advice for Forgiving Yourself After Cheating in a Relationship
00:36:59
31. 31: "I Cheated On My Partner While Drinking": Advice for Healing
00:51:28
30. 30: Healing from Infidelity: Advice for Healing Rejection & Emotional Cheating in Relationships
00:48:11
29. 29: How to Heal from Being Cheated On in Relationships
00:52:49
28. 28: How to Overcome the Fear & Uncertainty of Your Next Steps with Katerina Eleftheriou
01:18:04
27. 27: Why Following Your Intuition & Inner Guidance is the Key to Getting Everything You Really Want with Erica Wernick (PART 2)
01:05:26
26. 26: Why Following Your Intuition & Inner Guidance is the Key to Getting Everything You Really Want with Erica Wernick (PART 1)
00:45:05
24. 24: Healing Past Relationships: How Your Past Relationships Can Affect Your Future Relationships
00:58:26
23. 23: Body Image Advice: Healing Our Relationships with our Bodies, Body Size, & Weight
00:42:53
22. 22: Cheating in Relationships Advice: Healing from Cheating & Being Cheated On
01:00:58
21. 21: Family Dynamics & The Holidays: Healing our Family Triggers
00:46:04
20. 20: Healing from Bullying (Part 2): Embracing Self-Love & Self Acceptance
00:57:33
19. 19: Comparison & Social Media: Healing from Comparison Syndrome
00:39:18
18. 18: Sobriety: Lessons and Guidance from My Sober Journey
01:04:11
17. 17: Why Life is Unfair: How When We Stop Believing Life Is Supposed to Be Fair We Can Empower Ourselves to Move Forward
00:57:06
16. 16: Grief Guilt: How to Heal Your Relationship with Guilt Throughout the Grieving Process
00:48:41
15. 15: Healing from Bullying: How Being Bullied in the Past May be Affecting Your Present
01:00:08
14. 14: My Sober Journey: Why I Decided to Do 12 Months of Sobriety
00:51:13
13. 13: Learning to Trust Yourself & How to Connect to Your Intuition
00:52:46
12. 12: Friend Breakups: Healing from Friendships, Gossip, and How to Know When to End a Friendship
00:53:44
11. 11: Jobs, Careers, and Finding Fulfillment: Advice on Burnout and How to Know When It's Time to Switch Careers
00:52:43
10. 10: Coping with Alcohol, Food, and Shopping: Moving from Unhealthy to Healthy Coping Strategies
00:52:50
9. 9: Anxiety Relief: Healing Anxious Thoughts, Social Anxiety, and the Fear of the Future
00:55:48
8. 8: Healing from Rape & Sexual Assault: Learning to Love Ourselves Again After Sexual Violence
01:02:04
7. 7: Healing from Heartbreak: How to Heal, Feel, and Forgive a Break Up
00:49:32
6. 6: Conscious Relationship Advice: How to Let Go of Control & Codependency in Relationships
00:55:43
5. 5: Back to Basics: Self-Love, Inner Child, & Forgiveness
00:46:07
4. 4: Let's Talk About Suicide: Healing from the Death of Loved Ones By Suicide
00:49:02
3. 3: Grief is a B*tch: Advice on How to Heal from Grief and the Death of Loved Ones
00:45:42
2. 2: Advice on Life In the Pandemic: Dealing with Depression, Relationships, & Becoming Sober Curious
00:38:22
1. 1: Introducing New View Advice
00:15:16
trailer Trailer: New View Advice
00:01:15