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In this deeply important episode of The Way of Valor, Angie Taylor sits down with trauma therapist and sexual abuse survivor Veronica Thompson for a courageous conversation every parent needs to hear.

With over 20 years of experience helping children, teens, and families heal from trauma, Veronica shares both her professional insight and her personal story of surviving childhood sexual abuse, disrupted family relationships, and generational trauma. Through it all, she points to the healing power of faith, truth, community, and wise counsel.

This episode is not fear-driven it is empowering, equipping, and filled with truth. Whether you’ve personally experienced trauma or believe your family is untouched by it, this conversation will help you parent with greater awareness, wisdom, and courage.

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What happens when a family chooses obedience over comfort and steps into the unknown? In this powerful episode, Angie Taylor sits down with Alison and Brody Howard, a mother-son duo who share their life changing experience on their first international mission trip to Guatemala.

From financial uncertainty to radical faith, from culture shock to deep emotional transformation, their story reveals how serving others reshapes perspective, purpose, and what it truly means to live a meaningful life. This conversation beautifully connects real-life testimony with the deeper idea that joy is found not in comfort or success—but in service, sacrifice, and surrender.

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How do we raise truly happy kids and help them develop a faith that actually lasts?

What if those two goals are more connected than you think?

In this unique episode, Angie shares real, unfiltered moments from student interviews following their recent mission trips to the Philippines, Guatemala, and Kenya. Through their own words, you’ll hear how these experiences have shaped not only their joy and gratitude but also a deeply personal relationship with God that extends beyond their parents and beyond Valor.

For over a decade, Valor has been guiding students through a year-long spiritual journey culminating in global mission experiences. While the results have been undeniable greater happiness, stronger faith, and increased resilience Angie now connects these outcomes to research that explains why this model is so effective.

This is Part 1 of a special series, featuring student voices and insights from the field. In Part 2, Angie will dive deeper into the research behind these outcomes and what it means for you as a parent.

If your child is struggling with anxiety, depression, or a lack of purpose or if you know another parent who is this episode offers both hope and a practical model that works.

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When chronic illness turned Sydney Bennett’s life upside down, she faced questions many believers wrestle with: Where is God in suffering? Why doesn’t healing always come?

In this powerful conversation, Sydney shares her journey with functional neurological disorder, navigating disability, marriage, motherhood, and faith in the midst of profound weakness. She opens up about shame, acceptance, and learning to rely on God when her own strength was gone.

If you’re battling physical, emotional, or spiritual struggles and wondering where God is in the middle of it, this episode offers deep encouragement and hope.

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AI companions, apps and chatbots designed to act like friends, are becoming common among kids and teens, yet many parents aren’t aware. In this episode, Angie Taylor explains what AI companions are, why kids use them, and the potential risks, including emotional dependence, privacy issues, and misleading advice. She also shares practical strategies for parents, how to start conversations without judgment, set boundaries, teach healthy tech habits, and encourage real-world connections. Learn how to guide your kids safely in the age of AI companions.

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In this episode, Angie Taylor explores how fear often drives our parenting without us realizing it. Unnamed fears about our children’s safety, future, and success can come out as overreactions, control, or harsh responses. While fear is normal, parenting from a place of trust allows us to guide and coach our children rather than react from anxiety.

Angie shares practical ways to recognize fear-based parenting and shift toward calm, intentional leadership that helps children develop confidence and peace.

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Many kids today feel lonely, and friendship doesn’t always come naturally. The good news? Social connection is a skill that can be taught.
In this episode, Angie shares practical, research-backed ways to help your child make friends and be a great friend. Learn how to coach (not rescue), teach emotional regulation, build confidence, and develop the self-awareness kids need to form healthy, lasting relationships.
You’ll walk away with simple tools to help your child initiate conversations, handle setbacks, repair mistakes, and grow socially, at school, on teams, and in everyday life.
Because friendship isn’t luck, it’s learned.

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AI isn’t the future it’s already shaping your child’s world.

From homework and learning to friendships and identity, artificial intelligence is changing how kids think, create, and relate. Whether you feel tech-savvy or not, parents can’t afford to ignore it.

In this episode, Angie sits down with pastor, technologist, and dad of three Matt Shandera to unpack the benefits, risks, and practical realities of AI and how Christian parents can guide their kids with wisdom, discernment, and faith.

You’ll learn how to explore AI together as a family, teach critical thinking, protect real relationships, and help your kids thrive in a rapidly changing world.

In this episode:

• Why parents must engage with AI now
• The opportunities and dangers for kids
• How AI affects school, work, and relationships
• What skills matter most moving forward
• Simple, practical steps to start today

Use AI as a tool not a substitute for humanity.
Because raising wise, grounded kids in today’s world is the Way of Valor.

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