From Trauma to Triumph: Surviving Childhood Abuse, Psychedelics, and the Power of Faith with Psychiatrist Dawnmarie Risley-Childs, DO
From The Made to Thrive Show by Steve Stavs
February 25, 2026 · 56 min · Season 1 · Episode 298
About this episode
Dawnmarie Risley-Childs shares her harrowing journey from childhood abuse to healing through psychedelics and faith.
This episode isn’t for the faint at heart. Because Dawnmarie’s story and the stories she shares are heartbreaking. The data and her clinical experience indicates that one in four girls are abused in the household before 18 years old, and most of that abuse happens before age 6. And while having a step-parent is the number one risk , unfortunately they are often not the only person at blame. DawnMarie is a survivor in the truest sense, having taken her past of horrible abuse and turning the pa...
People in this episode
Host: Steve Stavs
Guest: Dawnmarie Risley-Childs
Topics covered
- childhood abuse
- psychedelics
- faith
- trauma recovery
- mental health
Keywords
- trauma
- abuse
- psychedelics
- faith
- mental health
- survivor
- childhood
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