Genuine Life Recovery With Jodie Stevens

12/16/2025

Got this shot of a Hooded Merganser. They’re everywhere this time of year but easy to miss if you're in a hurry. Recovery has taught me to appreciate the beauty of nature, hobbies, and slowing down.

12/09/2025

Hi friends, If you’ve ever looked at your life and thought, “This is not how it was supposed to be,” you are not alone. That’s why I created the Genuine Life Recovery podcast—because so many of us are walking around with addiction, trauma, and heartbreak just below the surface, wondering if there’s really any hope.

On this show, we don’t hide from hard stuff. We talk about the fallout of trauma—abuse, betrayal, grief, church hurt, family dysfunction—and how those wounds drive us to numb out, cope, and sometimes destroy the lives we want to save. You’ll hear raw, real stories from people who have hit the bottom and slowly found their way back through recovery, faith, community, and the kind of honesty that finally lets healing in.

If you’re tired of pretending you’re okay, and you’re hungry for real conversations, and real hope, I’d love for you to join me. Listen/watch here: https://jodiestevens.org/podcasts/ or search Genuine Life Recovery with Jodie Stevens on Podbean or your favorite podcast app, and let’s walk this healing journey together.

https://jodiestevens.org/podcasts/

12/06/2025

Christmas lights! State Park. During summer, these are large beautiful gardens that transform into a Christmas wonderland during the holidays. 

12/05/2025

12/03/2025

Welcome back David Zailer to the Genuine Life Recovery Podcast-one of my favorite guests.👂 📺 to see why!
Grace in Recovery (Pt. 2 • Ep. 182)
✅ A raw story of addiction + healing with author/counselor David Zailer.
✅ Why the 12 steps work — and how they rise straight out of Scripture.
✅ Addiction isn’t defectiveness — it’s pain, trauma, and survival.
✅ Real hope: You can live sober, honest, and deeply loved, one day at a time.

Grace in Recovery: A Biblical Walk through the 12 Steps (Pt. 2 Ep. 182)

11/19/2025

📣 Part 1 Is Out Now!

I’m excited to share Part 1 of a powerful two-part series with author and recovery leader DDavid Zailer
In this episode, David opens up about surviving childhood abuse within the church, growing up with a narcissistic parent, and how those early wounds shaped his identity and addiction. We talk openly about gaslighting, family dysfunction, shame, coping mechanisms, and the key moments that led him toward healing through therapy, faith, and safe community.

This conversation is raw, honest, and filled with hope for anyone walking through their own healing or supporting someone they love.

🎙 Part 1: Courageous Conversations — Childhood Trauma, Faith, and Healing
✨ Part 2 — where we walk through the Christian 12 Steps — drops the Tuesday after Thanksgiving!

👉 Listen to Part 1 here:

Courageous Conversations: Childhood Trauma, Faith, & Healing - Pt 1 (Ep. 181)

11/18/2025

New Two-Part Podcast Series starts tomorrow at 7 PM Pacific!

Join me and author David Zailer as we dive into his journey from trauma to recovery — and the biblical wisdom of the 12 Steps.

🔹 Part 1: Courageous Conversations — childhood trauma, church hurt, addiction, and healing through faith and therapy.

🔹 Part 2: Grace in Recovery — walking through the Christian 12 Steps, and how they lead to real transformation.

🎧 Don’t miss Part 1 tomorrow! Listen here: https://jodiestevensshow.podbean.com/

11/14/2025

I’ve had lots of powerful conversations on Genuine Life Recovery — here’s one of the most meaningful.

If childhood wounds still shape your adult life, or certain moments still trigger you… or if you’re simply trying to make peace with your past — these episodes will speak to you.

Episodes 75 & 76 — Part 1 & 2 — feature Co***rd Hogan’s story of growing up as the child of an alcoholic and how that trauma followed him into adulthood, even through his time serving in Vietnam.

His honesty and hope are a reminder that healing is possible… and you are worth the work. 💛

🎧 Listen here:
🔗 [Part 1 ] https://jodiestevensshow.podbean.com/e/adult-children-of-alcoholics-surviving-trauma-episode-75-part-1/
🔗 [Part 2] https://jodiestevensshow.podbean.com/e/adult-children-of-alcoholics-stories-and-solutions-episode-76-part-2/

11/06/2025

NEW EPISODE! Hi friends, join us for this powerful episode of Genuine Life Recovery, with author and speaker Emily Wierenga, who nearly starved to death as a young girl but now feeds bodies and souls with the love of God. Emily shares her remarkable journey from battling anorexia and fear to finding healing, identity, and purpose through Christ.

As the author of The God Who Became Bread: A True Story of Starving, Feasting, and Feeding Others, Emily opens up about the moment God met her in a hospital room, the deep faith lessons she learned in Africa, and how those experiences led her to found The Lulu Tree, a nonprofit ministry serving mothers and children in Uganda and Sierra Leone.

Her story reminds us that God still works miracles — in our hearts, our families, and across the world. Through surrender, grace, and community, we can all learn what it means to be truly fed.

The God Who Became Bread: A True Story of Starving, Feasting, & Feeding Others (Ep. 180).

11/04/2025

She nearly starved to death… then God met her in a hospital room and changed everything.
✨ The God Who Became Bread: From Starving to Fed by Grace premieres Tuesday, Nov. 4 at 7 PM Pacific on Genuine Life Recovery with Jodie Stevens.
🎧 Don’t miss this powerful story of redemption, faith, and healing.