Wounding does not get the final word! Michelle shares the kind of testimony that changes how you see trauma, healing, and the quiet ways that God keeps showing up when life has been shattered again and again.

From a childhood marked by abuse, instability, foster care, and fear, to a life shaped by psychology, counseling, marriage, adoption, and inner healing prayer, Michelle tells the story of how faith became real - not as a theory, but as survival, rescue, and restoration. If you have ever wondered whether God can meet you inside the most painful parts of your story, this conversation will meet you there.

You’ll hear about:

• the childhood moments that planted the first seed of faith
• surviving a head-on collision with a semi truck and what happened in the days after
• the complicated path from Jesus to Father God to Holy Spirit
• how trauma, memory, and body-based pain can surface years later
• why inner healing models like Theophostic and Sozo Prayer changed her approach to recovery
• the difference between forgiveness and reconciliation
• what it means to keep moving toward God when your instinct is to run

Michelle also opens up about the realities of complex trauma, the long shadow of sexual abuse, and the hard-won wisdom she has gained as both a survivor and a trauma counselor.

Dr. J. brings thoughtful questions from a clinical perspective, creating a conversation that bridges faith, psychology, and the messy middle where healing actually happens.This episode matters because so many people are carrying pain they have never named, memories they do not know how to process, or faith wounds that make God feel unsafe. Michelle’s story offers a different invitation - that running to God, not away from him, is where safety begins.

Essential listening if you need hope, if you work with trauma, or if you have ever asked whether God can still be good in the middle of suffering. This conversation is honest, deeply human, and full of the kind of truth that stays with you long after it ends.