When Healing Gets Honest: Trauma, Boundaries, and Finding Real Freedom

About this episode

Dr. Dawnmarie Risley-Childs shares her journey through trauma and healing, emphasizing the importance of boundaries and responsibility.

This conversation with Dr. Dawnmarie Risley-Childs stays with you. Not because it’s easy to hear, but because it’s real. Dawnmarie shares her story of growing up in severe abuse and how that shaped her path into psychiatry, and eventually into a much deeper kind of healing. What stands out isn’t just what she’s been through, it’s how she talks about responsibility, boundaries, and what it actually takes to move forward when your past feels overwhelming. There’s an honest look at things many w...

People in this episode

Host: Shelby

Guest: Dr. Dawnmarie Risley-Childs

Topics covered

• trauma
• boundaries
• healing
• mental health
• responsibility
• freedom

Keywords

• trauma
• boundaries
• mental health
• healing
• freedom
• responsibility
• abuse

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