When You Heal the Mother, You Heal the Child
From Faith Over Addiction | Biblical Idenity and Boundaries for Loving Someone with Addiction by Tanya Gioia
February 14, 2026 · 43 min · Season 4 · Episode 5
About this episode
Tanya Gioia and Dr. Dawnmarie Risley-Childs discuss the journey from childhood trauma to healing and freedom.
In this profound and vulnerable conversation, host Tanya Gioia sits down with Dr. Dawnmarie Risley-Childs, a board-certified psychiatrist and author, to explore the complex journey from childhood trauma to authentic healing and freedom. Dr. Risley-Childs shares her powerful story of surviving abuse, breaking generational cycles, and discovering her true identity beyond suffering. From a childhood near-drowning experience that revealed a glimpse of divine peace, to her courageous work with psychedelic medicine for trauma treatment, Dawnmarie offers both clinical expertise and hard-won personal wisdom about what it truly means to heal. Whether you're struggling with addiction, toxic relationships, workaholism, or the legacy of childhood trauma, this conversation offers hope, practical wisdom, and the reminder that freedom is always possible. Key Points The Ocean and the Wave Analogy Addiction to Suffering The Scapegoat Child Dynamic Work as Addiction Breaking Generational Cycles Relationship Patterns Repeat "If You Can't Let It Go, Work It Through" Forgiveness Without Returning to Abuse Receiving as a Gift The Burden Falls Off Resources & Links Book: The Offering: A Physician's…
People in this episode
Host: Tanya Gioia
Guest: Dr Dawnmarie Risley-Childs
Topics covered
- childhood trauma
- healing
- addiction
- psychedelic medicine
- generational cycles
Keywords
- authentic healing
- freedom
- toxic relationships
- workaholism
Mentioned in this episode
Products: psychedelic medicine
Books & works: The Offering: A Physician's Journey Through Abuse, Psychedelics, and the Freedom of Forgiveness-https://a.co/d/hR9bEXZ
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