🎧 Episode 13 (Season 3): Strong but Silent — The Hidden Pressure Survivors Carry

“You’re so strong.”

It sounds like a compliment, but for many survivors it feels like dismissal. Always being told to “stay strong” can create silent pressure, emotional suppression, and loneliness.

In this episode, best-selling author and board-certified brain and mental health coach Coach Gigi opens up about hearing “you’re so strong” her whole life — even while surviving sexual abuse, narcissistic abuse, physical and financial abuse. She explores the hidden psychological toll of being labeled strong, and what Scripture really says about God’s strength in our weakness.

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📞 Need help? National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-SAFE (7233) or text START to 88788.

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🌐 Connect with Coach Gigi

• Website & donations: focusfaithmentalhealth.com

• Books: Amazon Author Page

• Coaching sessions: Book here or on Christian Care Connect — search Geleta Parker

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🎶 Music Credit

Be Still and Know That I Am God — composed by Geleta “Gigi” Parker. Piano accompaniment and arrangement by DeBary Thompson.