43 episodes

The Examine Your Hedman podcast brings you true stories of real people and the courageous paths they have taken as they fight for the lives they've desired. We dive deep into the details of their journeys. We explore love, loss, and longing, but more importantly...healing, and the many paths taken to find it. Tara Hedman, owner of Hedman Wellness and Hedman Counseling Center, is your host. Come explore stories of healing with us.

Examine Your Hedman Tara Hedman

    • Health & Fitness

The Examine Your Hedman podcast brings you true stories of real people and the courageous paths they have taken as they fight for the lives they've desired. We dive deep into the details of their journeys. We explore love, loss, and longing, but more importantly...healing, and the many paths taken to find it. Tara Hedman, owner of Hedman Wellness and Hedman Counseling Center, is your host. Come explore stories of healing with us.

    Episode 40: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part Two with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade

    Episode 40: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part Two with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade

    Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lori and Peyton Wade, mother and son.
     
    Peyton shares his story of surviving domestic violence and the tremendous pain and fear of escaping an abusive cycle. He expresses the experience of coming to terms with marital abuse as a man, and the undeserved shame of cultural pressures.
     
    Lori shares her experience as Peyton's mother and the fear she felt while supporting her son as they worked as a family to extricate him from the abusive relationship. Together they share the beauty of safe connection and deep healing after a storm of chaos and fear.
     
     
    Life really can suck less, so examine your head man!
     
     
    *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional.*

    • 55 min
    Episode 39: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part One with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade

    Episode 39: Masculinity, Domestic Violence, Parenting and Healing: Part One with Lori Wade and Peyton Wade

    Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Lori and Peyton Wade, mother and son.
     
    Peyton shares his story of surviving domestic violence and the tremendous pain and fear of escaping an abusive cycle. He expresses the experience of coming to terms with marital abuse as a man, and the undeserved shame of cultural pressures.
     
    Lori shares her experience as Peyton's mother and the fear she felt while supporting her son as they worked as a family to extricate him from the abusive relationship. Together they share the beauty of safe connection and deep healing after a storm of chaos and fear.
     
     
    Life really can suck less, so examine your head man!
     
     
    *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional.*

    • 53 min
    Episode 38: Love Addiction, Family Dynamics, and Healing: Part Two with Heidi Dike Kingston

    Episode 38: Love Addiction, Family Dynamics, and Healing: Part Two with Heidi Dike Kingston

    Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Heidi Dike Kingston.
     
    Heidi vulnerably shares her family history of alcoholism and how her sibling's needs created a gap in her own needs getting met as a child. And the sexual abuse that transpired alongside the neglect. She shares how she discovered her need for the healthy rhythms of 12-step recovery in Love and Sex Addicts Anonymous and Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families. Heidi talks about the places in her life and heart that required self-care and the many paths that can take to find healing. Her voice of experience is uplifting and authentic. 
     
    Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!
     
    *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional.*

    • 52 min
    Episode 37: Love Addiction, Family Dynamics, and Healing: Part One with Heidi Dike Kingston

    Episode 37: Love Addiction, Family Dynamics, and Healing: Part One with Heidi Dike Kingston

    Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Heidi Dike Kingston.
    Heidi vulnerably shares her family history of alcoholism and how her sibling's needs created a gap in her own needs getting met as a child. And the sexual abuse that transpired alongside the neglect. She shares how she discovered her need for the healthy rhythms of 12-step recovery in Love and Sex Addicts Anonymous and Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families. Heidi talks about the places in her life and heart that required self-care and the many paths that can take to find healing. Her voice of experience is uplifting and authentic. 
    Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!
    *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional.*

    • 50 min
    Episode 36: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part Two with Sherrerd Hartness

    Episode 36: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part Two with Sherrerd Hartness

    Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Sherrerd Hartness.
    Sherrerd shares that her sister was brutally murdered at a young age, and how the grief and isolation in the wake of this traumatic event shaped her. She shares the deep and lasting impact this had on her life, and the loneliness she has felt for decades. She walks us through her experience on the day her sister went missing. She shares how the kindnesses extended to her at the most difficult times possibly saved her life. She provides a beautiful picture of how after her family’s horrific loss she has learned to use her voice of experience for others.

    Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!

     

    *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional.*

    • 59 min
    Episode 35: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part One with Sherrerd Hartness

    Episode 35: A Murdered Sister, Decades of Silence, and Healing: Part One with Sherrerd Hartness

    Your hosts, Tara Hedman and Diane Thompson welcome you to another episode of Examine Your Hedman Podcast. They are joined today by Sherrerd Hartness.
    Sherrerd shares that her sister was brutally murdered at a young age, and how the grief and isolation in the wake of this traumatic event shaped her. She shares the deep and lasting impact this had on her life, and the loneliness she has felt for decades. She walks us through her experience on the day her sister went missing. She shares how the kindnesses extended to her at the most difficult times possibly saved her life. She provides a beautiful picture of how after her family’s horrific loss she has learned to use her voice of experience for others.

    Life really can suck less, so examine your head, man!

     

    *This podcast is not a substitute for a therapeutic relationship with a mental health professional.*

    • 56 min

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