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A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Elly Brown and Isa Banks Nieves

36 episodes

2 days ago

The holiday season can bring joy and ... it can also bring stress, pressure, and familiar shame spirals. In this solo episode, Eleanor L. Brown, Licensed Professional Counselor and faith based therapist serving Texas and Florida, shares how pottery has become a grounding creative practice that helps her find peace during overwhelming seasons. (Most people call her Elly, and you’ll hear her use that throughout the episode.) From centering clay on the wheel to navigating collapsed pots, Elly ex...

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Religion & Spirituality,

Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness

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The holiday season can bring joy and ... it can also bring stress, pressure, and familiar shame spirals. In this solo episode, Eleanor L. Brown, Licensed Professional Counselor and faith based therapist serving Texas and Florida, shares how pottery has become a grounding creative practice that helps her find peace during overwhelming seasons. (Most people call her Elly, and you’ll hear her use that throughout the episode.) From centering clay on the wheel to navigating collapsed pots, Elly ex...

Show more...

Religion & Spirituality,

Self-Improvement,

Health & Fitness

Episodes (20/36)

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Self Care During the Holidays: What Pottery Teaches Me About Finding Peace

The holiday season can bring joy and ... it can also bring stress, pressure, and familiar shame spirals. In this solo episode, Eleanor L. Brown, Licensed Professional Counselor and faith based therapist serving Texas and Florida, shares how pottery has become a grounding creative practice that helps her find peace during overwhelming seasons. (Most people call her Elly, and you’ll hear her use that throughout the episode.) From centering clay on the wheel to navigating collapsed pots, Elly ex...

2 days ago

26 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Presence Over Perfection: Three Simple Steps to Reduce Holiday Stress

Holiday overwhelm is real, and choosing presence over perfection can feel harder than it sounds. In this episode, we share three simple steps to reduce holiday stress and make the season feel lighter: breathe and simplify, protect your peace, and practice daily renewal. As a faith based therapist serving Texas and Florida, Elly brings the emotional wellness lens, while Isa brings the real life, down to earth perspective listeners love. Together we talk about setting gentle boundaries, navigat...

1 week ago

20 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Stop Walking on Eggshells: A Better Way to Heal One Sided Friendships

Ever feel like you’re walking on eggshells with a friend? In this episode of A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy, Elly, a faith based therapist in Central Texas, and co-host Isa explore what it means to be caught in a one sided friendship—and how to move toward healthier, more balanced connections. They unpack texting misunderstandings, anxious attachment, people pleasing, and mismatched seasons of life, then share a simple Notice Name Nurture framework to help you set boundaries,...

2 weeks ago

36 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Healing Holiday Relationships Part 2: Connection and When to Step Away

In Part 2 of Healing Holiday Relationships, Elly and Isa continue the conversation about what it really takes to find peace and connection during the holidays. This episode dives into how to adjust expectations, build small safe connections, and recognize when it’s time to gracefully step away. You’ll hear real stories and faith-filled insights about setting boundaries, extending grace, and protecting your peace when family dynamics get complicated. Together, they explore how faith and ther...

3 weeks ago

31 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Healing Holiday Relationships Part 1: Triggers and Boundaries

As the holidays approach, family gatherings can stir up old wounds as easily as warm memories. In this episode, Elly and Isa explore how to heal holiday relationships by identifying emotional triggers and protecting your peace. Licensed Professional Counselor and Central Texas trauma therapist Eleanor L. Brown shares faith-based insights and practical therapy tools for navigating family dynamics through the lens of Christian counseling. Together with co-host Isamary Nieves Banks, she blends S...

4 weeks ago

28 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

From Dysfunction to Connection: Creative Holiday Rituals That Bond Families

Holidays can renew a family or reopen old wounds. We’re choosing renewal. In this heart-level conversation, trauma therapist Eleanor Brown, LPC, based in Central Texas, and co-host Isamary Nieves Banks trade chaos for connection with three simple traditions you can start right away: A gratitude-and-story night that invites reflection without rehashing traumaCreate-together rituals that turn crafts and games into easy bonding Memory-making practices that honor loss, spark laughter, and an...

1 month ago

16 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Mental Health Awareness: Breaking the Stigma, Finding Hope

What if the feelings you’re hiding aren’t proof you’re broken—but clues pointing you toward care? In this episode of Shame Free Sunday, we sit down with Harmony (our shame-free bear) to explore Mental Health Awareness Week through a grounded, faith-informed lens. We talk about how anxiety, depression, and grief are not flaws to hide but signals to understand—and how shame often twists struggle into identity. Naming what hurts is the beginning of relief. You’ll hear about simple nervous system...

1 month ago

22 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

3 Signs It Is Church Hurt Not Your Faith and What to Do

The wounds that cut the deepest often come from the places we expect to feel safest. When church hurt becomes part of your story, how do you navigate that pain without walking away from your faith? In this honest conversation, licensed professional counselor Eleanor (Elly) Brown, based in Central Texas, and co-host Isa dive into the topic of church hurt and religious trauma with vulnerability and grace. Together, they unpack 3 clear signs you may be experiencing church hurt: Avoiding church b...

1 month ago

35 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Trauma Healing: Finding Your Identity Beyond the Shards

Have you ever felt like your worst experiences define who you are? A painful moment, traumatic event, or difficult season can color how you see yourself, others, and even God. Trauma has a way of embedding itself into our identity, convincing us that what happened to us is who we are. In this episode of A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy, licensed professional counselor Eleanor Brown and co-host Isa explore the critical difference between experiencing trauma and becoming trauma. ...

2 months ago

25 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

5 Tips for Panic Attacks That Really Work

Struggling does not mean lack of faith. In this episode, we share why struggle is part of faith — and 5 practical tips to calm panic attacks. Does struggling mean you lack faith? In this episode of A Better Way to Heal, Elly and Isa dig into that big question with wisdom from Elijah, David, and Job. We talk about why pain and faith can coexist — and why honest struggle is not weakness but part of our faith journey. Along the way, we also get practical. Panic attacks can feel overwhelming, bu...

2 months ago

30 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Grieving Your Way: Three Things You Don't Need to Do

Grief does not come with a rulebook. Yet society often places unspoken expectations that make the journey even harder. In this episode of A Better Way to Heal, cohosts Elly and Isa share three things you do not need to do while grieving, from pretending you are fine to following a strict timeline. They begin by challenging the pressure to care for everyone else while neglecting your own emotional needs. Drawing from personal stories and biblical wisdom, they explore how well mean...

2 months ago

21 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Toxic Shame in Marriage: How to Build Trust and Intimacy

Three small steps to reduce shame in your marriage and grow trust, empathy, and real connection. Shame whispers I am not good enough and it can quietly damage even healthy marriages. In this Shame Free Sunday short from A Better Way to Heal, Elly and Harmony unpack how shame blocks trust, fuels defensive talk, and feeds unworthy beliefs that lead to self sabotage. You will learn three simple practices you can start today. Share feelings in small, safe steps to build trust. Practice active lis...

2 months ago

9 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

What Is Shame The Invisible Emotion Inside Out 2 Missed

Inside Out 2 skips shame; here is what shame is, how it hides under other feelings, and one small step to start healing. Ever wonder why shame was not featured among the emotions in Inside Out 2 If you have asked what is shame you are not alone. This powerful and often invisible emotion works behind the scenes, shaping how we experience everything else. Shame has a unique way of hiding within other feelings. When you feel embarrassed, shame may whisper you are not good enough. When you ...

3 months ago

7 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Don’t Speak, You’ll Sound Stupid: Healing Shame’s Voice in Your Head

A Shame Free Sunday Episode from A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy Shame silently shapes our lives—how we speak, how we connect, and how we see ourselves—often without us realizing it. Have you ever stopped mid-sentence, convinced your thoughts weren’t worth sharing? Or felt completely alone in a crowded room because “if they really knew me, they wouldn’t want me here”? You’re not alone. You’re experiencing shame’s powerful grip. In this special Shame Free Sunday episode, Licens...

4 months ago

18 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Silent Suffering: How Shame Fuels Suicidal Thoughts

In this deeply personal Shame-Free Sunday episode, Eleanor and Harmony open up about the heavy connection between shame and suicidal thoughts. You’ll hear a powerful conversation about what it feels like to carry shame in silence, why it distorts our sense of worth, and how it can lead to emotional isolation and hopelessness. This episode was originally recorded with September’s Suicide Prevention Awareness in mind—but these truths matter every month. If you or someone you love is struggling,...

4 months ago

10 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Why You’re Always Stressed: The Hidden Impact of Childhood Trauma

Why are you always stressed, even when life is calm? This episode reveals how childhood trauma rewires your body and what it really takes to heal. If you’re constantly on edge, even when life seems calm, you’re not alone. Chronic stress often traces back to childhood trauma that reshapes your nervous system, locking your body into survival mode long after the original threat is gone. In this episode, Elly and Isa unpack how trauma affects the body, why rest can feel impossible, and what real ...

5 months ago

43 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

The Hidden Dynamics of Chronic Pain: Exploring Dissociation and Trauma

In this episode of A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy, Elly and Harmony dive into The Hidden Dynamics of Chronic Pain—exploring how dissociation, trauma, and shame impact your experience of pain. Learn why some days the smallest triggers can send you over the edge, while other days leave you feeling numb and disconnected. Elly shares personal stories, insights from trauma-informed care, and explains the window of tolerance—your emotional zone of safety—and how it shapes your phys...

5 months ago

11 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Healing from Shame: Overcoming Emotional Walls in Your Relationships (Part 2)

In Part 1, we explored how shame creates emotional walls—how it whispers “I am the problem” and quietly sabotages our relationships, faith, and self-worth. Now, in Part 2, we go deeper. Elly, Isa, and guest counselor Jeffrey Warner continue this powerful conversation by unpacking what happens after we recognize shame. What does healing actually look like? How do we begin to tear down those walls and reclaim connection? This episode speaks to the heart of emotional vulnerability and spiritual ...

6 months ago

32 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

You’re Not Broken: A Trauma Therapist’s Real-Life Story of Shame, Self-Compassion, and Emotional Healing

Shame lurks in the shadows of our minds, whispering that we’re not enough, unlovable, or damaged beyond repair. But what if those whispers are lies — and there’s a better way? In this intimate episode of Shame-Free Sundays, I share a personal moment that brought my own shame spiral front and center: a livestream gone wrong. As a trauma therapist, I often help others navigate self-blame, but even I’m not immune to the voice that says, “You messed up. You always mess up.” What I do with that vo...

6 months ago

7 minutes

A Better Way to Heal: Where Faith Meets Therapy

Healing from Shame: Overcoming Emotional Walls in Your Relationships (Part 1)

Shame is more than a passing emotion—it’s a deep-rooted belief that whispers, “I am the problem.” In this powerful conversation, Elly and Isa are joined by guest Christian counselor and couples coach Jeffrey Warner—a breakout leader from the A Better Way Conference—as they explore how shame creates invisible walls that block love, connection, and emotional intimacy. Together, they unpack: ✔️ What shame-based thinking looks like in everyday life ✔️ How shame sabotages re...

7 months ago

32 minutes