Joy Equals Strength Podcast
On the Joy Equals Strength podcast, Beth and Robin draw on their experiences in abusive marriages and their own healing journeys to provide education, encouragement, hope, and support. We share how our loving Heavenly Father led our healing. We pull wisdom from scripture. We are transparent and open in sharing what we experienced and recommend not listening while children are present.
Episodes
33 episodes
Your Future is Bright, Go After Your Dreams
Dreaming is important. Robin and Beth enjoy a conversation on dreaming and going after their dreams after life threw them curveballs. We encourage you to dream and dream big!
Live Life Abundantly After Abuse and Infidelity
Yeshua/Jesus came to give us life abundant. What prevents us from living it? Beth and Robin discuss what an abundant life is to them and how they live their lives with abundance.
Transform Your Life: Dust Off Your Dreams
Robin and Beth discuss dreams they had as young women getting married. They talk about how they had these dreams and gave them up. They discuss how their dreams have changed and grown, too.
How to Prepare for Financial Abuse During Divorce
Beth and Robin discuss what financial abuse looked like for them. Beth gives some sound advice for preparing for divorce and financial abuse that may result from it.Here is the link that Robin mentioned during the show:
Why We didn't Walk Away from Our Faith
Many women question their faith in a God that doesn't stop abuse of them and their children. Robin and Beth discuss why they didn't walk away from their faith in the face of the abuse they endured. (Listener discretion is advised.)
Love: How Did it Start and How Did it End?
Beth and Robin talk about how they met and felt in love with their former spouses. They also discuss how that love died and why. (This episode is explicit listener discretion is strongly advised.)
Shame, Abuse, Addiction and How We Shared it with Others
Robin and Beth discuss how they shared about the abuse and addiction in their homes with others. They also discuss what gossip is and is not in relation to sharing about the effects of abuse and addiction in your home with others.
How to Overcome Abandonment
Robin and Beth agree they have not perfected the overcoming of abandonment. In this episode we share scripture and encouragement as you continue to work on overcoming!
How to Build Your Faith Community
Robin and Beth discuss how they each build the faith community that surrounded their families with love, encouragement and most importantly prayer.
Challenges We Faced and Overcame thru Divorce and the Singlehood that Comes After
Life is challenging after divorce. Finances have potentially changed, parenting has changed, where you live may have changed ... It does not have to be overwhelming or make life harder. Beth and Robin share the challenges they faced. There is l...
Healing During Separation vs After Divorce
A friend shared with Beth that she had been told to wait until the divorce was over to start focusing on healing. Beth was shocked and did not agree with that advice at all. Robin and Beth believe that we should start healing as soon as we poss...
Essential Validation for Caregiving as the Ultimate Loving Act It Is
I, Beth, felt so validated when I read the book Prodepence: Moving Beyond Codepedency. I wasn't co-dependent. I was doing my best to love the addict I was married to and hold my family together in spite of the bad advice I had been given. I bre...
Revealing Exactly How We Asked Our Husbands To Move Out
Beth and Robin share exactly how it came to asking their husbands to move out of the family home. While we do not endorse separation or divorce, we also know that it comes to that for safety of self and the family at times. We do not cast stone...
We're Excited To Actually Unveil Our Authentic Selves
Who are Beth and Robin? Who were they created to be? We share more about who we actually are in this episode.
Admitting to Truth Over Years
Beth and Robin talk about how Beth expierenced trickle disclosure over 23 years. Beth shares her journey to healing. She also shares how a CSAT therapist helped her and why everyone who has experienced betrayal trauma should find one to work wi...
Resources for a Domestic Violence Exit Plan
Beth and Robin talk about resources to use in escaping domestic violence safely. We include resources that we didn't know were available to us in hope that others will leave sooner than we did. We also speak to those who maybe witnessing domest...
How to Support Someone in a Domestic Violence Relationship
If you find yourself in the position of being honored with someone story of domestic violence while they are still in it, this episode is for you. It is an honor so support someone who is in a domestic violence situation because it means you ha...
Broken and Beautiful
This episode was so fun to record! Robin and Beth well know the feeling of being broken. We talk about feeling so broken in this episode and why broken can still be beautiful. W e discuss everything from pottery to olives and have so much fun d...
Keeping Your Faith after being in an Abusive Marriage
So many women question "Where was Yahweh when I going through all of that?" Does He even care about me and my children? In this episode Robin and Beth share how they clung to their faith and it carried them through the abuse and the di...
How to Discern between Religious and Spiritual Abuse
Beth and Robin delve deep into what religious abuse is and how it differs from spiritual abuse. We also discuss if there can be religious abuse by an unbelieving husband. We give examples of both types of abuse in our homes, and by others aroun...
The Enormous First Steps After Realizing It WAS Domestic Violence
It was scary, daunting and we weren’t sure we would make it but look at us now! Having the realization that we were living with domestic violence hit each of us a little differently and we took different steps to deal with it. We trust our stor...
How To Support Yourself When Others Don't
Robin and Beth draw from their own experiences of not being supported during one of the most vulnerable and trying times in their lives. We share how to support yourself when others aren't supporting you. Everything from self-care to buying fro...
How Did We Know We Were Free to Divorce?
In this episode we discuss the Bible ways we knew we were free to divorce. While they are similar, they are also different. Different things showed us individually that let us know we were released from our marriages. Yahweh showed up for us in...
Did You Know Domestic Violence is in The Bible?
Robin shares her fears about the potential of being abused by her former husband. She shares how she was scared to call child protective services and the police, and her debate within herself about if she made the correct decision. Beth shares ...
What was the Most Beneficial Thing You did for Healing?
There are so many really good nuggets in this episode! Follow along as Beth and Robin share the most beneficial things they did for healing. Beth after realizing she was dealing with trickle disclosure and Robin after walking on eggshells for s...