Not That Girl Anymore

Dawn Bouillion
  • 5.0 (10)
  • Mental Health

A podcast for women reclaiming their voice, their worth, and their story. This is a space for women on their healing journey, because they know they aren't that girl anymore. Each episode, we'll sit down with women who walked through fire and found their way back to themselves. You'll hear raw, powerful stories, not just of pain, but of rising. We believe women. We amplify their voices. We hold space for the truth. This isn't just a podcast. It's a movement, a sisterhood rooted in healing, wholeness, and radical bravery. Here, your voice matters, your story matters, and your dreams matter too. Subscribe now to Not That Girl Anymore, a show on the Liminal Network.

  1. 1h ago

    You Don't Have to Lose Yourself to Be Loved

    Women are exhausted—but not because they’re weak, demanding, or impossible to please. In this powerful episode, Dawn explores the hidden emotional burdens many women have carried for years: the responsibility to keep the peace, manage relationships, sacrifice their needs, and earn love through self-abandonment. She challenges the belief that love should require losing yourself and invites listeners into a deeper conversation about healing, accountability, emotional safety, and the ways both women and men are impacted by unhealthy cultural expectations. This is not a conversation about blame—it’s a conversation about truth, growth, and creating healthier relationships, families, and communities for future generations. If you've ever felt exhausted from carrying more than your share, this episode is a reminder that peace, partnership, and authenticity are not too much to ask for.

    16 min

  2. Jun 10

    How Trauma Heals: The Off Campus Version

    Why did a fictional love story spark such powerful conversations about trauma, healing, and hope? In this episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon explores the deeper psychological themes behind the hit series Off Campus and why so many survivors see pieces of themselves in the journeys of Hannah and Garrett. Through the lens of trauma therapy, Dawn unpacks how trauma lives in the nervous system, why anxiety, hypervigilance, flashbacks, and disconnection are often survival responses—not signs of weakness—and how healing begins when we stop asking, "What's wrong with me?" and start asking, "What happened to me?" Together, we'll explore childhood trauma, sexual trauma, abuse, nervous system regulation, attachment wounds, and the powerful role safe relationships play in healing. Dawn also shares why healing doesn't require the perfect romantic partner—but it does require connection, authenticity, and people who help us feel seen, valued, and safe. If you've ever wondered whether healing is truly possible after trauma, this conversation offers both insight and hope. Because your story matters, your pain matters, and your healing matters. Topics Covered: Trauma responses and nervous system survival patternsAnxiety, panic attacks, hypervigilance, and dissociationChildhood abuse and breaking generational cyclesSexual trauma and reclaiming safetyThe connection between relationships and healingWhy safe people matter in recoveryHope, resilience, and post-traumatic growth #TraumaHealing #NervousSystemHealing #ComplexTrauma #ChildhoodTrauma #EmotionalHealing #MentalHealthPodcast #HealingJourney #TraumaRecovery #PersonalGrowth #NotThatGirlAnymore #EmbraceYourBrave #RelationshipHealing #PTSDRecovery #SelfWorth #HealingAfterTrauma

    25 min

  3. Jun 3

    Why Off Campus Feels Like A Healing Movement

    Why has Off Campus impacted so many people so deeply? Why are millions of viewers crying at the same scenes, rewatching episodes, and having emotional conversations with friends, partners, children, and therapists? In this deeply personal episode, Dawn explores why this story feels bigger than just a television show. Through the lens of trauma healing, emotional safety, healthy relationships, and connection, she unpacks how Off Campus is opening conversations about trust, consent, grief, shame, healing, and what it means to finally feel seen. As a trauma therapist, Dawn reflects on the ways the story portrays healing—not through perfect people, but through wounded people learning to trust again, break cycles, and help each other heal. She shares personal reflections about motherhood, friendship, emotional safety, and why safe relationships are often where healing truly begins. This episode is a powerful conversation about trauma, hope, belonging, healthy intimacy, and the possibility of becoming more than what happened to us. If you’ve ever longed to feel understood, safe, valued, or connected… this conversation is for you. Embraceyourbrave.com

    17 min

  4. May 27

    Authenticity Requires Boundaries

    What if the version of you that everyone praises… is actually the version of you that abandoned yourself to survive? In this deeply honest and emotionally powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon explores the hidden cost of people-pleasing, over-functioning, perfectionism, and chronic self-abandonment. She unpacks why authenticity can feel terrifying, especially for women who learned early in life that love, safety, and belonging depended on keeping everyone else comfortable. Through conversations about trauma, nervous system conditioning, fawning, boundaries, anxiety, burnout, and healing, Dawn explains how many women became disconnected from their own voice, needs, and identity in order to stay accepted and loved. She shares how boundaries are not punishment or selfishness — they are honesty, self-respect, and protection for the authentic self. This episode is for the woman who is exhausted from performing strength, happiness, perfection, or “being fine” while quietly drowning underneath it all. It’s for the woman learning that she no longer has to earn love through exhaustion, silence, or self-sacrifice.

    24 min

  5. May 20

    The Courage to Be Yourself: Boundaries, Shame & Authentic Healing

    What happens when life falls apart and you’re forced to rediscover who you really are? In this deeply honest and empowering episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn Bouillon sits down with licensed professional counselor, supervisor, and founder of The Authenticity Center, Melissa Bowen, for a powerful conversation about authenticity, shame, boundaries, vulnerability, and healing. Melissa shares her personal journey from the restaurant industry to becoming a therapist after Hurricane Katrina and the loss of her career forced her into a season of deep self-exploration. Together, Dawn and Melissa unpack what it really means to lose yourself in relationships, people-pleasing, perfectionism, motherhood, hustle culture, and trauma — and how reclaiming your authentic self becomes the path back to healing and belonging. The conversation dives into: Brené Brown’s research on shame, vulnerability, and courageWhy authenticity feels so riskyThe hidden cost of self-abandonmentBoundaries as self-respect, not punishmentHow people-pleasing disconnects us from ourselvesWhy healing requires curiosity instead of judgmentThe importance of culturally safe vulnerability and storytellingHow authenticity creates deeper connection, healthier relationships, and true belonging This episode is for anyone who has ever felt lost inside relationships, exhausted from trying to please everyone, or afraid to fully be themselves. It’s a reminder that healing isn’t about becoming someone else — it’s about finally coming home to yourself. If you’ve been craving deeper connection, healthier boundaries, and permission to take up space as your authentic self, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are. Melissa-Bowen Website: https://www.theauthenticitycenter.com/

    49 min

  6. May 13

    We Normalize What Harms Us & Stigmatize What Heals Us

    In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and coach Dawn Bouillon explores the painful truth behind modern burnout, anxiety, emotional suppression, people-pleasing, and self-abandonment. From toxic relationships and hustle culture to religious trauma, nervous system exhaustion, and chronic stress, Dawn unpacks how society normalizes suffering while stigmatizing healing. This deeply validating conversation offers hope, compassion, and insight for women healing from trauma, narcissistic abuse, burnout, anxiety, depression, and emotional disconnection. If you’ve ever felt exhausted from performing, surviving, or carrying everyone else’s emotional load, this episode is your reminder that healing is brave — and your humanity is not the problem.

    22 min

  7. May 6

    Stop Calling Abuse Mental Illness

    shorter, please. Show moreShow less In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and founder of Embrace Your Brave, Dawn Bouillon challenges the dangerous habit of labeling abuse and violence as “mental illness” instead of calling it what it is: coercive control, entitlement, manipulation, and abuse. Dawn explores the realities of emotional abuse, domestic violence, victim safety, and why leaving abusive relationships is often the most dangerous time for survivors. This compassionate but direct conversation calls for accountability, prevention, healthier relationship education, and believing victims sooner. If you’ve ever questioned your reality, walked on eggshells, or confused control with love, this episode is for you. #TraumaRecovery #DomesticViolenceAwareness #CoerciveControl #EmotionalAbuse #HealingJourney #HealthyRelationships #SurvivorSupport

    9 min

  8. Apr 29

    The Truth We Can’t Ignore: Abuse, Trafficking, and Violence Against Women and Children

    This is not an easy episode—but it’s an important one. In this raw and deeply honest conversation, we step into the weight of what’s happening around us: violence against women and children, abuse, trafficking, and the heartbreaking stories that too often become headlines we scroll past. This episode is a call to feel again. To refuse numbness. To remember that these are not just stories—they are real people, real lives, real families. Through the lens of motherhood, grief, and truth, this conversation challenges us to: Stop normalizing what should break our heartsBelieve and protect women and children soonerHold systems and leaders accountableRaise the next generation with empathy, consent, and emotional awareness But this isn’t just about awareness—it’s about action, healing, and reclaiming power. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the state of the world… If you’ve ever questioned whether your voice matters… If you’ve ever needed a reminder that you are not alone… This episode is for you. You matter. Your story matters. And you are not that girl anymore.

    14 min
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A podcast for women reclaiming their voice, their worth, and their story. This is a space for women on their healing journey, because they know they aren't that girl anymore. Each episode, we'll sit down with women who walked through fire and found their way back to themselves. You'll hear raw, powerful stories, not just of pain, but of rising. We believe women. We amplify their voices. We hold space for the truth. This isn't just a podcast. It's a movement, a sisterhood rooted in healing, wholeness, and radical bravery. Here, your voice matters, your story matters, and your dreams matter too. Subscribe now to Not That Girl Anymore, a show on the Liminal Network.

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  • Creator
    Dawn Bouillion
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    48
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © @ Not That Girl Anymore
  • Show Website
    Not That Girl Anymore

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