Season Two
Episode 01
Trauma, Triggers, + AI Therapy (Part 1)
In this conversation, Josh + Katie sit down to unpack the effects of trauma with licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Andie McQuitty. Katie shares how her own flashbacks completely stopped after going through the process of EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). As a trained practitioner of EMDR, Andie pulls back the curtain on what's actually happening when trauma gets stuck in the body: why the brain creates a disturbance loop, what triggers really are, and how something as simple as back-and-forth eye movement can wake the brain up and let it do what it was actually designed to do.
Episode 02
Trauma, Triggers, + AI Therapy (Part 2)
In part two of this conversation, Katie and Josh continue with Andie, moving from EMDR into something just as foundational: the words we use to describe our pain. They talk about what "trauma" actually means in a culture that's started applying the word to everything, the difference between describing an experience and naming an identity, and why kids who never get to struggle through something hard end up more fragile, not less. They also get into where the "healing journey" can quietly become a ditch, and the moment Andie knows a client is finally ready to walk out her door for good.
Episode 03
Gentle Parenting, Making Obedient Disciples, and the Language of Behavior with Abby Christian
In this conversation, Katie and Josh sit down with Pastor Abby Christian to dismantle one of the most common (and most exhausting) lenses parents carry: that bad behavior just means a bad kid. Abby walks through what's actually happening underneath the outburst — an unmet need, a lie the child believes, even an immature gift trying to take shape — and what it looks like to respond to all of it with both connection and structure. They explore how to "scaffold" a child toward a skill instead of expecting them to have it immediately, why surprising kids with transitions sets everyone up to fail, and what to do the moment things start to escalate.