Have you ever felt a quiet whisper telling you to trust something bigger than yourself… even when it makes no logical sense?

What if religion and spirituality were never meant to compete, but to walk side by side?

In this episode of The Healing in Sharing, Jennifer “Jen” Lee sits down with intuitive and spiritual guide Jax, a woman who learned to trust the whisper long before the miracle appeared.

Jax received a message she couldn’t ignore: sell the house, leave New Jersey, and start fresh. She trusted it, packed up her life with her husband, and stepped into the unknown. But just as a new chapter was about to begin, everything changed. Her husband fell nearly thirty feet at work and ended up in the hospital, turning their leap of faith into a test of endurance overnight.

Instead of letting fear dominate, Jax leaned further into faith, healing practices, and the power of words. In this conversation, she explains Reiki and energy work in simple terms and how they can support the body’s healing alongside practical tools like physical therapy, anti-inflammatory nutrition, meditation, and intentional speech. The words we repeat about ourselves—strength, hope, capability—shape the outcome more than we realize.

Jax also shares what it looks like to build a life where religion and spirituality hold hands. From navigating an interfaith marriage to creating a kosher home rooted in respect and clarity, she shows how two belief systems can coexist without losing personal truth.

If you’ve ever wrestled with faith and spirituality, questioned your intuition, or wondered if healing can come from both tradition and personal connection to the divine, this episode offers a powerful reminder: it doesn’t have to be either/or. Sometimes, the answer is both.

You don’t have to carry it alone. Start with a conversation.

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Breaking the Silence of Abuse. Reclaiming Power After Faith-Based Shame. Embracing Healing and Restoration.

Donna shares her journey growing up in the 70s and 80s, a time when women were expected to “protect the marriage,” “don’t embarrass the family,” and keep domestic struggles hidden. Enduring religious shame and domestic abuse, she faced fear, isolation, and near tragedy, yet found the courage to reclaim her life.

In this deeply honest episode, Donna opens up about confronting trauma, seeking faith and counseling, and leaning on community to turn shame into restoration. If you’ve ever wondered whether it’s too late to heal, this conversation shows that hope endures, strength can be rebuilt, and your voice can finally be heard.

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Where there has been silence, there can be sharing.

Is this the end of I Need Blue… or a new beginning?

I started I Need Blue to share stories of survival, truth, and resilience. Over time, I saw a deeper need: women carrying experiences, past and present, that still shape their hearts and lives.

So I made a decision: I Need Blue is becoming The Healing in Sharing.

This isn’t an ending. It’s a refining of the mission. Here, women tell their stories honestly, courageously, and without shame. We grow when we share, rebuild when we are seen, and find healing together.

Whether you’ve been with us from the start or are just arriving, welcome. We’re stepping into something more focused, more defined, and more powerful. And we’re just getting started.

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Healing from Dating Abuse. Turning Trauma into Purpose. Empowering Youth.

Mika’s story is one of incredible resilience. Growing up in a hardworking immigrant family, she survived a violent and abusive relationship; a relationship so dangerous that her father was tragically murdered protecting her from her boyfriend. Trauma, grief, and fear could have defined her life, but Mika chose to transform pain into strength and purpose.

In this powerful episode, she opens up about recognizing red flags in toxic and abusive relationships, rebuilding self-worth, and embracing forgiveness. If you’re healing from dating abuse, breaking cycles, or reclaiming your life, this conversation will inspire and empower you.

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Personal Instagram:

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Business URL:

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Surviving sexual assault. Grieving a murdered brother. Choosing forgiveness anyway.

Dharasena’s story is raw, courageous, and deeply redemptive. After enduring sexual assault and losing her brother to murder, she faced disbelief when she reported the crime. While pursuing justice for her family, she quietly battled PTSD and addiction.

In this moving episode, Dharasena shares how faith and forgiveness became the breakthrough that shifted her from anger and survival mode to true healing. If you’re navigating trauma recovery, grief, betrayal, or injustice, this conversation will speak to your heart and remind you that healing is possible and that your story is not over.

Connect with Dharasena:

Email: journey2overcome@gmail.com
Dharasena would love to pray with you or pray for you.

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A teenager working as a bookmaker while loading books for the Teamsters, a young man sprinting into the Marines to outrun the mob, and a veteran who discovers that the loudest battles begin after you come home. Mark’s story pulls you from Philadelphia’s streets to the Gulf War, across a kibbutz in Israel, and into a quiet Florida room where thirty minutes of stillness begin to change everything.

We explore the human cost of pressure and war, and the small, repetitive practices that rebuild a nervous system and a life. Mark opens the chapters with rarely told stories of surviving when friends don’t, of masking panic behind success, and of the first awkward steps toward help at a Veteran Center.

Through Zen meditation, filmmaking, public service, and spiritual communities, he discovers how the body learns steadiness and how the mind is guided.

If you’re navigating trauma, PTSD, addiction, or the quiet ache of being “high-functioning” yet unwell, this conversation offers grounded tools and proof that change is possible.

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Documentary on YouTube: Woke Up Alive (A Unique and Honest Spiritual Journey)

https://stareatthewall.org/

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By sharing the hidden lines of our stories, we remind each other we are not alone — together, we step out of hiding and into healing.

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Memoir: Why I Survived, by Jennifer Lee on Amazon

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"It's going to be the work of the Holy Spirit that ultimately breaks through the barriers that people build." ~ BJ

BJ, a 24-year firefighter and special operations responder, opens up about the calls that never leave you—the wreckage he’s witnessed, the scenes he grew up around, and the cumulative weight of what first responders carry long after the sirens fade. His story reveals how years of service and personal loss pushed him to rethink what real healing looks like.

This episode explores why mental health is more than mindset—how sleep debt, hormone imbalance, gut health, and chronic stress impact the brain and body—and how faith, paired with biology, became a path forward.

As CEO of Healing Hometown Heroes, BJ shares practical tools that actually work: post-shift decompression, peer support, honest family conversations, and movement as medicine.

If you serve—or love someone who does—this conversation offers hope you can use today.

Subscribe, share with a first responder, and leave a review telling us which tool you’ll try first.
You don’t have to carry this alone.

Connect with BJ and Healing Hometown Heroes:

https://www.h3adventures.com/

Mailing Address: 5851 Marion County Rd. Lady Lake, FL 32159

Email: info@h3adventures.org

Tel: 352-250-5615

Hear Marly's episode: What if stress is the brain's response, not something wrong with you? https://www.buzzsprout.com/1771834/episodes/18288924

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Healing from Trauma. Rebuilding Brain Health. Boosting Resilience.

Burnout, chronic stress, and high-alert living take a serious toll on the brain and body. Neurotrainer and TBI survivor Marly Jones explains that trauma, toxins, and relentless stress overload the limbic system, resulting in brain fog, irritability, poor sleep, and inflammation.

In this episode, she shares practical strategies to reset the nervous system, including improving sleep, reducing inflammatory triggers, boosting resilience, and engaging in gentle neurotraining. As a naturopath and certified brain health expert, Marly leads Change Your Brain, a seminar that helps people rebuild strength and wellness from the inside out.

Connect with Marly:

Website: https://harmonyneurofeedback.com

FB: https://www.facebook.com/harmonyneurofeedback/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/harmonyneurofeedback/

Schedule your consultation: https://mindrenewalmethod.com/

Podcast: Healing Chronic Illness with Marly

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Book: Why I Survived; Where Survival Becomes Strength

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