We Are the Compassionate Revolution

It’s not uncommon for compassionate people to feel confused or guilty for not trusting a partner or loved one… even after years of lies and hurtful behavior. In this episode, Molly answers a question from someone being told her lack of trust signifies that she has control issues or a spiritual deficit. Listener Question: “After 8 years of my partner’s repeated lies, he’s recently had a religious experience and claims he will never lie again. The problem is, I still don’t trust him — and now he says my lack of trust is actually a 'control issue' or a spiritual problem. Am I being a terrible partner, or am I right not to trust him?” In this episode, Molly explains: Why demanding trust is a red flag and it needs to be built by actions over time. The difference between bodily wisdom and actual control issues. How setting boundaries supports healthy change for both partners. If you’ve ever been made to feel guilty or like you have a character flaw for not trusting someone whose behavior has been consistently problematic, this episode will bring you clarity! ***** Ask Molly a question at her voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly. Take Molly’s FREE Boundaries Breakthrough mini-course to discover which of the 4 most common relationship traps has you in its grip (and how to break free)! Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

In this deep-diving episode, Molly addresses an important question from a listener who has done a ton of personal growth but still struggles with intellectualizing and stuffing feelings. Listener Question: "I collect mental health tips and self-help books, but I’m realizing it’s just a fancy way of avoiding my feelings. Now that I'm caregiving for my elderly parents, all the feelings I've 'stuffed' are coming back up and I'm turning to food to cope. Help! Any tips you can give me are welcome.” Molly explores how society — and even many popular healing modalities — rewards us for intellectualizing emotions, "coping" well, and staying productive at the expense of our emotional health. In this episode, learn: why intellectualizing feelings can keep us stuck how our bodies are healthy, wise, and intelligent for sending us alarm signals – even when they’re unpleasant and unwanted in the moment a practical exercise for transmuting stuffed feelings through gratitude, honor, and invocation how to transition from head knowledge to heart-centered healing. ***** Ask Molly a question at her voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly. Check out the revamped version of Molly’s FREE Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course and discover which of the 4 toxic relationship traps has you in its grip (and how to break free)! Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

Listener Question: "How can I help the world when I feel like nothing I do is enough? It just feels like the problems are too big and I'm just one person. Burying my head in the sand isn't the answer, but I want to." — Feeling Overwhelmed on the East Coast In this episode, Molly answers a listener question about how to stay compassionate without drowning in hopelessness from all the terrible things happening in our world right now. Molly breaks down how our desire to help often becomes trapped inside our dominant culture’s mindset, demanding immediate results and perfect outcomes. When we treat compassion like a job to be mastered, our emotional health tanks. Using the powerful stories of Harriet Tubman and the original creator of Monopoly, Elizabeth Magie (whose original vision for the game was VERY different than the popular version many of us know), Molly illustrates how we can reclaim our heart-centered power by focusing on the unique role we’re supposed to play in this world rather than focusing on trying to fix all the broken systems alone. In this episode, you’ll learn: How to spot the “performance rubric” in your own life. Why releasing the need for a specific outcome is a key to preventing burnout. How to find your unique calling and trust in the "compassionate revolution." No need to bury your head in the sand: All you need to do is start moving into heart-centered power, one small action at a time. ***** Ask Molly a question at her voicemail box here: https://www.speakpipe.com/AskMolly. Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey. Order Molly's new book: The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

It’s easy to feel overwhelmed as a compassionate person in the world right now. We care so deeply, and seeing all the pain and injustice unfolding around us hurts our precious hearts. But when we carry all that pain around inside us – rather than feeling, honoring, and releasing it – we don’t help the world become any better. We just collect more and more pain until we’re dysregulated and at risk of burnout. More than ever, our world needs compassionate people grounded, regulated, and resourced. This guided meditation supports you in finding steadiness, presence, and calm connection to your body in moments when the world feels too heavy. This meditation will help you: Come back into your body and the generous present moment Release the tension you’re holding Let your compassionate heart feel – but not keep – the pain Infuse love and light into the center of your being Allow yourself to simply be as you are right now ***** Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free. Thank you to Alan_Frijns via Pixabay for the beautiful background music “Meditation at the River.” Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

What does a love-based movement look like in practice? This week, Molly interviews Minnesotan and narrative specialist Amy K. Thompson to talk about what she’s witnessing on the ground in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Amy holds a doctorate in physical therapy and a master’s degree in community and public health; she’s also a talented musician, artist, and poet. (We are also proud to have her as a coach inside Molly's Becoming Boundaried Bootcamp). Molly and Amy reflect on the concept of compassionate nonviolence, taking inspiration from great leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Mahatma Gandhi. They uncover how practices of community care and creative expression can help people metabolize fear and grief into something greater. They also examine the idea that pain (physical, emotional, spiritual, and cultural) is transformed through witnessing, truth-telling, and love. Remember: Love is not just a feeling, but can be a form of empowered action. In this episode (recorded January 29, 2026), Molly and Amy explore: what’s unfolding on the ground in Minnesota, and how this movement reveals both our historical wounds and deep collective capacity for change. why the act of witnessing is a doorway to healing, both individually and collectively. what it looks like to show up in the face of fear without losing your center. how community gathering can help transmute grief and outrage into love in action. Amy’s poem “How to Kill a Poet” and how there are things violence cannot destroy. the deeper truth beneath this moment in history: that what we’re seeing in Minnesota is reflective of what’s possible when compassionate people stand together in their power. ***** Today’s Guest: Amy K. Thompson has been in the narrative space professionally for ten years, and much longer as an artist, writer, musician, and poet. As a narrative specialist she's traveled the world speaking, listening, teaching, coaching, and facilitating narrative workshops and depth work with clients ranging from beekeepers to professional athletes, grandmothers to first graders – all to do one thing: to feel for the truth, to tell it, to do good with it, and to heal. Her journey into this work was through a doorway of pain, and her heart sings to work with the deep-hearted, soulful persons of this world – activists and creatives and change-makers to do good work while we're here, and find our way back to love. If you are ready to touch your story and let love tell it, she would love to meet you. Find Amy and learn more about her services at: https://www.storywell.org/. Amy also shared a couple of ways you can support those in Minnesota right now. You can find a list of grassroots efforts in Minnesota collecting donations HERE. Another neat way to spread the love is by sending a brief message of hope, inspiration or gratitude to folks working on the frontlines, which you can do HERE. ***** Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

Molly was interviewed by Rachel Strong Smith on The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Bookshelf Podcast, and this week we’re bringing listeners part one of that interview – with part two arriving next week! In this episode, Molly and Rachel explore boundaries through a wider, more spacious lens – one that moves beyond rules, ultimatums, or control and into meaning, symbolism, and self-honoring truth. Inspired by Molly’s upcoming book, The Great All: A Parable of Hope, New Beginnings, and You, this conversation invites a zoomed-out perspective on boundaries. Rooted in compassion and dignity, the two explore what it means to truly honor yourself and others. For those navigating betrayal trauma, boundaries often feel confusing, heavy, or weaponized and something you’re told to “set” without ever being taught how to feel your way into them. This episode offers a different entry point. Molly and Rachel discuss: Boundaries as symbols of self-respect rather than defenses What it means to honor me / honor you without self-abandonment How parables and story can bypass shame and speak directly to the nervous system Why boundaries are not punishments, but expressions of truth The “compassionate revolution” and choosing integrity over control This is a reflective, meaning-rich conversation, especially for those healing from betrayal who are tired of black-and-white rules and longing for something more humane, spacious, and soul-honoring. ***** Today’s Guest: Rachel Smith Strong understands betrayal trauma because she’s lived it. After experiencing the devastating impact of betrayal firsthand, Rachel found support that helped transform her life from constant trauma, isolation, and emotional suppression into authentic connection and boundaried living. She now helps guide others through their own healing process. Rachel holds a Master of Science in Social Work (MSW), is a Board Certified Coach (BCC), and is an APSATS CPC-Candidate. In her work, Rachel focuses on boundary development, gaslighting recovery, addiction-related betrayal, emotional exploration, and mindfulness-based healing. The approach blends evidence-based techniques with deep empathy, guiding clients to reconnect with their authentic selves, create sustainable boundaries, and reclaim their voices. Rachel emphasizes that each healing journey is unique and offers both professional tools and heartfelt support to help individuals transform pain into purpose and trauma into authentic strength. Find Rachel at The Betrayal Trauma Recovery Bookshelf Podcast, sign up for a free consultation with Rachel here, or join her on Instagram and Facebook. ***** Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

What happens after you survive the unimaginable at a young age? How do you begin to face what happened and find a way toward healing? In this episode, Molly sits down with her dear friend Jennifer Evridge, a survivor and truth-teller whose story is living proof that healing is possible — even after years of long-term abuse. Jennifer shares her experience navigating repeated abuse by people in positions of authority, how fear and shame ended up running the show in her adult life, and what changed when she finally began to look directly at what happened — and step toward healing. This conversation is tender, raw, and hopeful: a reminder that the parts of you that were buried for survival are often the very parts that can lead you home to self-worth, self-trust, and self-love. In this episode, you’ll hear about: The fear so many survivors carry: “If I open up that box, I’ll never stop crying.” How shame and self-blame can keep people trapped for decades Why boundaries can become the first real crack of freedom for a survivor How meditation and inner listening can reconnect you to a loving presence within How healing can coexist alongside grief, anger, and complex relationships A powerful reminder: you have a voice inside you that knows the way During their conversation, Jennifer mentions fawning and how Dr. Ingrid Clayton’s work impacted her. You can learn more in Episode 23, Ingrid Clayton: Fawning, Trauma, & the Healing Path Home to Self, where they unpack fawning as a trauma response and what healing can look like on the other side. Today’s Guest: Jennifer Evridge Jennifer describes herself as “spiritual being having a human experience.” She is a survivor and truth-teller with a background as a successful businesswoman, 911 dispatcher, and criminal defense investigator. She is also the creator of Talk2MeAboutLove: Field Notes from a Spiritual Investigator. Through interviews and reflections, Jennifer travels the world talking with everyday people about their spiritual experiences, awakenings, and inner truths — exploring what it means to be human, to heal, and to live with honesty and love. You can follow Jennifer and Talk2MeAboutLove on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok. ***** Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE – and kickstart your boundaries journey. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All, and get an illustrated copy of the companion journal for free. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls: follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or leave a review. Remember: Love is the way!

This week, Molly is joined by Samuel Ohana — a social worker and compassionate human who embodies love. Together, they explore what it means to love people in a world where people also hurt people… and how we can hold a “both/and”: naming harmful behavior clearly while still recognizing the untouched humanity underneath. At the heart of this conversation is attachment. Sam breaks down attachment styles in a way that’s clear, compassionate, and helpful — and how a deeper understanding of attachment styles helped him start understanding everybody better – like “seeing the code written behind the program.” Molly and Samuel discuss: believing in the goodness of humanity while making sense of bad things that people do how attachment styles form when we are preverbal and become our default blueprint for love what “macro attachment” looks like in our dominant cultural context why diversity is natural — and why insecure systems try to stamp it out the incredible power of allowing people be themselves and change their minds about who they are how to speak up with courage and integrity when someone says or does something hurtful Today’s Guest: Samuel Ohana is a social worker in nonprofit work with a deep love for people, families, and community well-being. Sam’s work is rooted in compassion, systems thinking, and the belief that secure, loving connection is something we can practice — personally and collectively. He is also a gender-expansive human and leads a gender-expansive group, holding space for belonging and safety in a time when many in the LGBTQ+ community are under increased stress and threat. ***** If overgiving, people-pleasing, or guilt around boundaries has been holding you back, Molly’s Boundaries Breakthrough mini course is currently free.Start here: www.boundaried.com/breakthrough Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way.

Molly sits down with Christi Byerly, MCC, founder and CEO of Awaken Coach Institute, to explore how religious trauma, fear-based theology, and high-control faith systems shape a child’s identity, sense of worth, and ability to trust. Christi shares her personal story of growing up in a strict fundamentalist Christian environment where obedience, hierarchy, and punishment were normalized – and how that upbringing led to depression, anxiety, and lifelong confusion about goodness, desire, and love. Together, Molly and Christi unpack the invisible ways spiritual abuse fractures a compassionate person’s inner world, how fear becomes a first language, and why so many survivors struggle with boundaries, self-trust, and worthiness well into adulthood. This is an episode about waking up from fear and waking into love – reclaiming your voice, your body, your desires, and your right to a spacious, grounded, joyful life. Molly and Christi discuss: how hierarchies and obedience-based teachings shape a child’s developing brain. why compassionate people are more vulnerable to spiritual abuse. how fear-based theology disconnects us from our intuition, emotions, and desires. why self-care feels wrong for survivors of fundamentalism. what it means to move from hierarchy and fear into love and equality. the spiritual (and beautifully human) process of awakening. ***** Today’s Guest: Christi is the CEO and founder of Awaken Coach Institute, an ICF-accredited coach training school that is, at its heart, a school of love. Awaken Coach Institute trains coaches, healers, helpers, and compassionate humans to listen deeply, grow spiritually, and awaken to their own inner wisdom. Christi has helped shape the journeys of hundreds of coaches and clients. Explore free classes, group programs, Q&A calls, book updates, and Christi's upcoming 2026 Spain retreat at: https://www.awakencoachinstitute.com/. ***** For boundaries resources for compassionate people, find Molly at: www.boundaried.com. Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path. Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!

This week, Molly sits down with poet, minister, and Abstract Voices founder Taikeya J to explore how poetry – and the stillness beneath it – can reconnect compassionate people to their truth, emotions, and deepest dreams. Taikeya shares how poetry became her sanctuary, how a high school poem about slavery was deemed “too strong” to publish, and how anger, healing, ancestry, and creativity can intertwine in the work of reclaiming one’s voice. What if the doorway back to your voice wasn’t through force… but through tenderness, creativity, and quiet? Together, Molly and Taikeya explore: why compassion often leads to self-silencing. how anger can be a righteous, clarifying emotion that signals a boundary violation. why poetry and creativity create a safe space for emotions that were once shamed. how ancestral stories and trauma echo in our bodies and beliefs and benefit from having a place to be expressed and heard. why many compassionate people stop dreaming – and what it takes to start again. Today’s Guest: Taikeya J is a poetic voice, non-profit leader, change-maker, family historian, minister and faith-rooted creative whose work bridges art, identity, and spiritual healing. She inspires audiences to rediscover wholeness, purpose, and divine rhythm. Taikeya holds a Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management and a master’s degree in ministry. She also founded Abstract Voices, a creative movement originally launched as a student poetry organization; it evolved into a dynamic community that bridges artistry, healing, and empowerment through written and spoken expression: https://abstractvoices.com/. ***** Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way! For boundaries resources for compassionate people, find Molly at: www.boundaried.com.Step into a 30-day Guided Boundaries Journey with Molly at: www.boundaried.com/path.Pre-order Molly's new book, The Great All.

This week, Molly and clinical psychologist Dr. Molly Tucker – co-author of Saying the Wrong Thing – explore how compassionate people can speak up in emotionally charged moments. You’ll learn about psychological flexibility vs. rigidity, how to assess situational safety, what to try in the moment, and how to repair relationships when you’ve said (or not said) the “wrong” thing. They also introduce a simple challenge: One Bold Thing per week through 2025 – small, values-aligned actions that build courage and change culture. Will you join us? Build the skill (and nervous-system capacity) to speak up – kindly, safely, and consistently. This packed episode covers: tools for speaking up with courage (and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, or ACT). why being “afraid to say the wrong thing” is common. the cost of chronic peace-keeping. staying in hard talks without shutting down or exploding. how to gauge situational safety, micro-advocacy at the dinner table, and advocating for a trans family member ideas for repair after saying the “wrong” thing. Today’s Guest: Dr. Molly Tucker is the co-author of the newly released book Saying the Wrong Thing: How to Speak Up in Difficult, Controversial, or Emotionally Charged Conversations. (Order and receive a 25% discount with code SPEAKUP25: https://www.pesi.com/item/saying-wrong-thing-156754.) She has been interested in relationships and mental health since the fifth grade when she first was trained as a “Peer Mediator” to help fellow students resolve disputes. That’s when she knew she wanted to be a Clinical Psychologist. Dr. Tucker received her M.S. and Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Texas. She then completed her predoctoral internship and postdoctoral fellowship at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System, with a specialty in Advanced Interprofessional Mental Health. Beyond formal training in multiple Empirically Supported Treatments (ESTs), she has also received extensive training in administration and interpretation of cognitive, personality, and vocational psychological assessments. If you're looking to find meaning and engage fully with life, she would be honored to walk alongside you in that journey. ***** Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way! Check out therapist and author Molly Davis Moon’s website: www.boundaried.com. Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE (limited-time offer). Explore the Compassionate Revolution Swag Store for t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and more! Visit the We Are the Compassionate Revolution pod page. Follow Molly on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

In this powerful conversation, Molly sits down with Neha Bhat (ABT, ATR-P), a licensed arts-based sexual trauma psychotherapist, visual artist, entrepreneurial coach, and bestselling author of Unashamed: Notes from the Diary of a Sex Therapist. Neha is also the creator of India’s first Global Sexual Trauma Healer’s Collective. Together, Molly and Neha explore how sexual trauma, shame, spirituality, and culture intertwine – in the East and the West – and what true healing looks like when we reconnect to our hearts, bodies, and creative life force. They also dive into taboo topics with tenderness and truth: the generational silence around sexuality, the impact of religious and cultural conditioning, the psycho-spiritual dimensions of trauma, and the sacred work of reclaiming the body as our own. This episode is both a deep dive into embodied healing and a compassionate invitation to slow down, integrate, and honor your becoming. ***** In this episode, Molly and Neha explore: the intersection of spirituality, intuition, and psychology in healing work. cultural shame around sex and its lasting impact on the body and soul. community as medicine: why deep work in groups compliments one-on-one therapy. how cultural polarization between East and West mirrors the inner split between head and heart. healing not as a straight line but a circle – slowing down, tending the body, and reclaiming self-trust Connect with Neha: Neha Bhat is an Indian arts-based sexual trauma-focused psychotherapist, bestselling author, and expressive arts practitioner weaving together the clinical and the mystical between India and the US. Instagram: @indiansextherapist Facebook: @neha.n.bhat Website: www.nehabhat.org Book: Unashamed: Notes from the Diary of a Sex Therapist – available wherever books are sold. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way! Check out therapist and author Molly Davis Moon’s website: www.boundaried.com. Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE (limited-time offer). Explore the Compassionate Revolution Swag Store for t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and more! Visit the We Are the Compassionate Revolution pod page. Follow Molly on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

So many compassionate people are incredible at caring for everyone else yet struggle to turn that same care inward. Today, Molly offers a 16-minute guided meditation that invites you to pause, reconnect with yourself, and remember that your needs matter, too. Let this be your reminder that self-care is not selfish: It’s love in action. Check out therapist and author Molly Davis Moon’s website: www.boundaried.com. Get the Boundaries Breakthrough Mini Course for FREE (limited-time offer). Explore the Compassionate Revolution Swag Store for t-shirts, mugs, stickers, and more! Visit the We Are the Compassionate Revolution pod page. Follow Molly on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube. Thank you to NaturesEye via Pixabay for the beautiful background music “Elumias.” ***** This meditation will help you: ground into the present moment and release the pressure to perform. send love and attention to the parts of you that need it most. envision a “future you” who honors their needs with ease and joy. feel what it’s like to treat your needs as sacred. Thanks for listening to We Are the Compassionate Revolution! If you love the show, please help support it (at no cost) so we can reach more compassionate souls like you: Follow or subscribe wherever you listen, rate it five stars, or write a happy review. See you next week and remember: Love is the way!