Forgiveness Is For YOU - Overcome Trauma Through Forgiveness

S2E50: Revisiting "Overcoming Resentment": Let go in 2026

Friends,

As we bid farewell to 2025 and step into a new year, I revisit another favorite conversation from Season 1: Overcoming Resentment in the Forgiveness Process. The holidays have a way of stirring old wounds and unresolved emotions, and resentment often rises to the surface when we least expect it. As you listen to this episode, consider what it will take to let go in 2026.

In this reflection episode, I explore:

• Why resentment often resurfaces during the holidays
  
• How pushing it down actually strengthens unforgiveness
  
• What it looks like to face resentment honestly and gently
  
• Practical steps for moving forward in the forgiveness process
  
• How releasing resentment prepares you to enter 2026 with freedom and clarity
  

As Season 2 of Forgiveness is for YOU comes to an end, I share my gratitude for each of you who listen, share, support, and pray for this work. This podcast has been a labor of love, and your presence in this community means more than you know.

If this podcast has made a difference in your life, please consider making a year-end financial gift to support production by clicking the Podcast Gift button at www.drcarron.com. Your generosity helps this message of authentic forgiveness reach more hearts in 2026.

May this episode help you release what no longer serves you, and step into the new year with peace, openness, and hope.

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S2E49: Forgiveness Myths Debunked: A Holiday Reset (S1E5 Revisit)

Friends,

In this episode of the Holiday Reflection Series, I'm revisiting one of the most-loved episodes from Season 1: What Forgiveness Is Not. The holiday season can stir up old wounds, from family dynamics, absence, grief, to unresolved tension. Many of us feel pressure to “just forgive,” even when our hearts aren’t ready.

This episode offers gentle clarity: a grounded look at what forgiveness does not require, so you can release confusion, relieve pressure, and move toward peace at a pace that honors your healing.

You’ll also hear two heartfelt listener reviews that remind us how powerful this healing journey can be.

If you’d like me to read your review in a future episode, follow the instructions in the show notes and leave one on Apple Podcasts. Your words help this podcast reach more people who need compassion, understanding, and hope.

If you have a story of overcoming adversity, faith and forgiveness, I'd love to connect. I'm lining up guests for 2026, and your story might just be what someone on the other side of the world needs to hear. Just email me at info@drcarron.com to see if we're a good fit. Thank you in advance!

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S2E48: Reflection, Healing and Choice: Your Favorite Forgiveness Lessons

Friends,

This episode is the first of three in a Holiday Mini-Series on Reflection, Healing, and Choice. As we enter the holy days of Christmas and prepare to bid farewell to 2025, I'm revisiting one of the most listened-to episodes of the Forgiveness is for YOU podcast: Self-Forgiveness & Internal Family Systems (IFS).

The holidays often invite reflection, and sometimes a tendency to be hard on ourselves. This conversation offers a gentle reminder to approach every part of yourself with compassion. Through the lens of IFS, I explore:

• Why self-forgiveness is foundational to healing
  
• How IFS helps us understand and care for our “internal parts”
  
• The power of small, grace-filled steps toward wholeness
  
• How to meet yourself with patience, kindness, and truth
  

As you listen, I invite you to slow down, breathe, and offer yourself the same tenderness God offers you. May this episode bring peace and encouragement to your Advent season.

If you have a story to tell about overcoming adversity, returning to faith and forgiveness, I am lining up guests for 2026. Reach out to me at info@drcarron.com. I'd love to see if we're a good fit!

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S2E47: From Prodigal to Purpose: Rosa Alejandro's Return to Faith and Forgiveness

Friends,

In this episode, I’m joined by Rosa Alejandro, founder of The Intentional Christian Woman and a woman whose story beautifully embodies grace, courage, and new beginnings. Rosa shares her journey through what she calls her “prodigal daughter” season, a time marked by stepping away from her faith, experiencing the pain of betrayal, and facing the end of her first marriage.

With honesty and tenderness, Rosa talks about learning to trust again, choosing forgiveness even when it felt impossible, and how God gently led her back to faith and purpose. Today, she helps women return to God with intention, clarity, and hope.

If you’ve ever questioned your faith, struggled with forgiveness, or wondered whether God can rebuild your life after heartbreak, this conversation is for you. It’s a reminder that restoration is always possible — and often begins in the places we least expect.

Rosa's Links:

Instagram: @Rosielovestheword
Podcast: Her Faith Restored
Website: https://theintentionalchristianwoman.com/

Have a story of redemption, forgiveness, or renewed faith?

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If the Forgiveness is for YOU podcast resonates with you, please rate, share on social media, write a review, and subscribe.

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Thank you, and remember Friend, Forgiveness is for YOU!

I’m lining up guests for 2026.
Reach out at info@drcarron.com. Someone in the world is waiting to be inspired by you.

 

 

 

S2E46 A Living Legacy: Family Relationship Patterns & Forgiveness with Dr. Ilene Cohen

Friends, 

We inherit more than DNA — we inherit stories, beliefs, and wounds. But we also inherit the power to heal them.
In this episode of Forgiveness is for You, Dr. Ilene Cohen, LMFT, shares how her grandfather’s legacy as a Holocaust survivor shaped her work in forgiveness and family systems therapy. It’s a conversation about breaking cycles and creating new legacies of love.

Dr. Ilene's links: 

Website: www.doctorilene.com

IG: @doctorilene

info@drilene.com

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If the Forgiveness is for YOU podcast resonates with you, please rate, share on social media, write a review, and subscribe.

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S2E45: Unconscious Inheritance: A Mother-Daughter Conversation on Generational Trauma & Forgiveness

Friends, 

In this episode, my adult daughter, Ashlene Silva Dybus, and I talk about what it was like for her to grow up with me — a mother still learning to heal from the effects of Complex PTSD, and how we’ve both come to see the ways trauma quietly travels through generations. 

Together, we explore how awareness, compassion, and forgiveness are helping us reshape our family story, one revelation at a time.

In this episode, we talk about:

• How trauma shows up in parent–child relationships

• Seeing family patterns with fresh understanding

• The impact of unhealed pain on parenting

• The power of forgiveness in breaking generational cycles

• How generational values impact adult-child-parent relationships

If you’ve ever wondered how to mend the past or make peace with where you come from, this conversation is for you.

Reference: It Didn't Start with You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle by Mark Wolynn

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If the Forgiveness is for YOU podcast resonates with you, please rate, share on social media, write a review, and subscribe.

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S2E44: Beyond Labels: Addiction, Identity and Forgiveness

Friends, 

What happens when the label that once helped you heal begins to hold you back?

In this follow-up to S2E43: Alcohol, the Brain and the Holidays, I continues my conversation with Christie Walker, the Catholic Sobriety Coach, who has been sober for nearly 29 years. What began as a practical talk about staying alcohol-free during the holidays evolved into a deeper reflection on identity, faith, and forgiveness.

We explore the powerful question:

“Do you still identify as a recovering alcoholic after nearly three decades of sobriety?”

The answer opens the door to a heartfelt discussion about how recovery — like trauma healing — transforms not just our habits, but our sense of self. Together, we examine how forgiveness, grace, and spiritual growth help us release old labels and embrace who we’ve become.

In This Episode

• The Catholic Sobriety Coach’s honest perspective on long-term recovery and identity
  
• How labels like addict or survivor can help at first — but limit us later
  
• Why forgiveness allows us to release shame and embrace a new self-concept
  
• The role of faith and grace in transforming identity
  
• Parallels between addiction recovery and trauma healing

Christie Walker's Links: 

Website: http://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/

IG: @thecatholicsobrietycoach

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-sobriety-podcast/id1658622848

5 Day FREE Sobriety Kickstart: https://the-catholic-sobriety-coach.myflodesk.com/5-day-sobriety-kick-start

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If the Forgiveness is for YOU podcast resonates with you, please rate, share on social media, write a review, and subscribe.

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S2E43: Alcohol, the Brain and the Holidays with Christie Walker

Friends, 

The holidays can be full of joy — but also full of challenges when alcohol is part of every celebration. In this episode of Forgiveness is for YOU, I welcome back Christie Walker, the Catholic Sobriety Coach, to talk about how alcohol affects the brain and how to navigate the season sober, grounded, and at peace.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• How alcohol impacts the brain and behavior
  
• Why identity matters in recovery and sobriety
  
• Practical strategies for navigating family and work events
• How to protect children in environments where drinking is problematic

Christie Walker's links: 

Website: http://thecatholicsobrietycoach.com/

Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-catholic-sobriety-podcast/id1658622848

5 Day FREE Sacred Sobriety Kickstart: https://the-catholic-sobriety-coach.myflodesk.com/5-day-sobriety-kick-start

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1. Need someone to accompany you on your journey to freedom in a shame-free, nonjudgmental space? Come into coaching with me. To schedule a free consultation click on this link and let's chat!

Note: Opinions expressed by guests on this podcast are their personal opinions and do not necessarily represent those of the host. The host understands that guests have the right to freedom of expression. 

If the Forgiveness is for YOU podcast resonates with you, please rate, share on social media, write a review, and subscribe.

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