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Echoes & Edges
Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast is a storytelling and healing podcast hosted by Patria Rector — coach, mentor, and founder of The Broken and Beautiful. Through trauma-informed storywork, the Enneagram, and real-life relationship insights, Patria explores what it means to grow, grieve, and live with authenticity.
Listeners will hear personal narratives, practical tools for emotional health, and gentle practices for self-awareness. Each episode invites you to discover beauty in…
Episodes
- Echoes & Edges
The Living Room Part 3: Where Desire and Need Both Belong
Echoes and Edges, The Broken and Beautiful Podcast | Integrity Series Episode Summary What if growth didn't mean becoming the opposite of yourself? In this…
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The Living Room Part 2: Why We Leave Ourselves
Integrity, Accountability, and Self-Trust Why can it be so difficult to stay connected to ourselves when someone we love is disappointed in us? We may…
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The Living Room: Belonging Without Self-Abandonment
Integrity, Accountability, and Self-Trust What if staying connected to yourself didn't mean shutting other people out? What if it meant learning to remain…
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The Courtroom: When Someone Else’s Story Becomes Your Case Against Yourself
The Courtroom Integrity, Accountability, and Self-Trust What happens when someone else’s story about you becomes the case against yourself? This episode begins…
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Rerelease: When Faith Breaks Trust: A Sacred Story - Part Two with Hannah May
Part Two continues the sacred conversation begun in Part One, turning toward voice, integrity, and life after spiritual harm has been named. Listener note…
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Rerelease: When Faith Breaks Trust: A Sacred Story - Part One with Hannah May
Listener note: This episode includes discussion of grooming and spiritual abuse. Content is non-graphic but may be activating. Please listen with care. In this…
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The Front Door Was Never Locked
The Enneagram and the Way Back to Ourselves Enneagram Series, Part 1 What if the thing you’ve spent your life searching for was never actually missing? Before…
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Rerelease: Toxic Power w/ Kate Petersen & Stephanie Rose
In this rerelease of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector continues the conversation with Kate Petersen and Stephanie Rose, exploring the dynamics of toxic…
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Rerelease: Spiritual Disillusionment w/ Kate Petersen & Stephanie Rose
In this rerelease of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector joins Kate Petersen and Stephanie Rose to explore spiritual harm, heartache, and the ways religious…
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You Can't Think Your Way Into Safety with Janet Friesen
What if understanding why you feel unsafe isn't enough to actually feel safe? In Part 2 of this conversation, Patria and Janet Friesen explore what happens…
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Why Does Safety Feel So Unfamiliar? with Janet Friesen
What happens when chaos becomes so familiar that peace no longer feels safe? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, Patria sits down with Janet Friesen to…
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Receiving Grace: Rituals, Trauma & Becoming Whole with Lindsey Morris
Many trauma survivors become experts at giving—but struggle deeply to receive. In the final installment of this conversation, Patria and Lindsay explore how…
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Sourdough, Plants & the Mystery of Becoming with Lindsey Morris
What if healing isn't something we accomplish—but something we participate in? Lindsay Morris shares how ordinary practices like baking sourdough, tending…
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From Survival to Abundance: The Courage to Want More with Lindsey Morris
Healing often begins with understanding our stories—but eventually it asks something more of us. It invites us to live differently. In this conversation…
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Survival Adaptations Are Not Your Identity with Aundi Kolber
How do we tell the difference between who we truly are and who we had to become to survive? In Part 2 of this conversation, Patria and trauma therapist Aundi…
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Experiencing God as Safe After Trauma with Aundi Kolber
In this conversation, Patria sits down with trauma therapist and author Aundi Kolber to explore how trauma fragments our experience, why healing is less about…
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You Were Never Disqualified with Sher Nyquist
What if the very things you believe disqualify you are actually the places where your deepest wisdom is being formed? In this final conversation, Sher and…
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When Love Interrupts Shame with Sher Nyquist
Most of us already know we are supposed to be loved, valued, and worthy. The challenge is that knowing something intellectually and experiencing it emotionally…
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The Deep Dark Secret Was Never What Happened to Me with Sher Nyquist
What if the deepest wound isn't what happened to you—but what you came to believe about yourself because of it? In this conversation, Sher Nyquist shares her…
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Hidden Enneagram Narratives: Head Center (Types 5,6,7) with Ro Elliott
What if fear isn’t meant to control you… but inform you? In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria Rector and Ro Elliott…
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Hidden Enneagram Narratives: Heart Center (Types 2,3,4) with Ro Elliott
What if the image you protect is also the thing keeping you disconnected? In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria Rector…
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Hidden Enneagram Narratives: Gut Center (Types 8,9,1) with Ro Elliott
What if anger isn’t the problem… but the signal? In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria Rector and Ro Elliott explore…
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Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 4 - From Shame to Wholeness w/ Daniel Herron
In this final conversation, Daniel and Patria move beyond awareness into integration. They explore what it actually looks like to live from a grounded sense of…
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Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 3 - Reclaiming What Shame Buried w/ Daniel Herron
Many people grow up believing their emotions, sensitivity, curiosity, or instincts are “too much.” In this episode, Daniel and Patria explore what it looks…
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Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 2 - The Stories That Keep Shame Alive w/ Daniel Herron (Re-Release)
Shame rarely survives alone. In this episode, Daniel and Patria explore the narratives, secrecy, and systems that protect shame from ever being questioned…
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Shame and the Hidden Narrative: Pt. 1 - When Shame Becomes Identity w/ Daniel Herron (Re-Release)
In this opening conversation, Daniel Herron and Patria explore the hidden narratives that shape how we see ourselves, others, and even God. Together, they…
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When Your Nervous System Is Running Your Relationships with Laurie Proctor
Why do the same patterns keep showing up in your relationships—no matter how self-aware you are? In this episode, we unpack how dysregulation quietly shapes…
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The Healing Power of Creativity: Reclaiming Imagination After Trauma with Sher Nyquist
What if healing didn’t have to be forced… or figured out… or even put into words? In this episode of Echoes and Edges, Patria sits down with trauma-informed…
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When Dysregulation Shapes the Way We Love with Laurie Proctor
In this episode, host Patria Rector continues the conversation with coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, and Enneagram instructor Laurie Proctor about…
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How Inner Work Changes the Way We Love with Laurie Proctor
In this episode, host Patria Rector welcomes coach, Internal Family Systems practitioner, and Enneagram instructor Laurie Proctor for a thoughtful conversation…
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The Arc of Integration (Part 2 of 2) with Adam Young
This is Part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Adam Young — and it goes deeper into the places most of us were taught to avoid. In this episode, Patria and Adam…
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The Arc of Integration (Part 1 of 2) with Adam Young
In this episode, Patria sits down with Adam Young — licensed clinical social worker, teacher at the Allender Center, host of The Place We Find Ourselves, and…
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Finding Your Voice After Spiritual Harm Pt 2 w/ Kate Petersen, Stephanie Rose, & Stephen R. Sanders
Safety, Belonging, and Rebuilding Without Self-Betrayal In Part 2 of Finding Your Voice After Spiritual Harm, Patria Rector continues the conversation with…
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Finding Your Voice After Spiritual Harm Pt 1 w/ Kate Petersen, Stephanie Rose, & Stephen R. Sanders
Silence, Survival, and the Cost of Telling the Truth In Part 1 of Finding Your Voice After Spiritual Harm, host Patria Rector is joined by Kate Petersen…
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Rising Together: The Enneagram and Relationships w/ Julie McClay, Steve McClay & Jerry Rector
In this episode of Echoes and Edges, host Petria, founder of The Broken and Beautiful, is joined by her husband Jerry, along with longtime friends Julie and…
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When Faith Breaks Trust: A Sacred Story - Part Two with Hannah May
Part Two continues the sacred conversation begun in Part One, turning toward voice, integrity, and life after spiritual harm has been named. Listener note…
- Echoes & Edges
When Faith Breaks Trust: A Sacred Story - Part One with Hannah May
Listener note: This episode includes discussion of grooming and spiritual abuse. Content is non-graphic but may be activating. Please listen with care. In this…
- Echoes & Edges
Returning to Yourself After a Long Season of Disconnection with Janet Friesen, LMHP
In this episode of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector and therapist Janet Friesen discuss the theme for 2026, 'Rise with Us: Voices that Heal, Stories that…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 9 w/ Ro Elliott
In this mini episode, Patria and Ro explore the inner world of Enneagram Type Nines—the Peacemaker, Mediator, and Adaptive Presence—especially as the holidays…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 8 w/ Ro Elliott
In this mini episode, Patria and Ro explore the inner world of Enneagram Type Eights—the Challenger, Protector, and Leader—especially as their energy shows up…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 7 w/ Ro Elliott
In this episode, Patria and Ro explore Enneagram Type Seven—the Enthusiast who seeks joy, possibility, and freedom. We talk about how Sevens use optimism and…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 6 w/ Ro Elliott
In this mini episode, Patria and Ro explore how Enneagram Type Sixes experience the holidays—often scanning for what could go wrong, bracing for conflict, or…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 5 w/ Ro Elliott
In this mini episode, Patria and Ro explore how Enneagram Type Fives tend to move through the holidays—often managing overwhelm by pulling inward, conserving…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 4 w/ Ro Elliott
In this mini episode, Patria and Ro explore how Enneagram Type Fours experience the holidays—often feeling a mix of longing, emotional intensity, and the sense…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 3 w/ Ro Elliott
In this mini episode, Patria and Ro explore how Enneagram Type Threes navigate the holiday season—often feeling pressure to keep things polished, productive…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 2 w/ Ro Elliott
In this short, supportive episode, Patria and Ro explore how Enneagram Type Twos often take on the emotional load of the season—giving, helping, and smoothing…
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Holiday Support for Enneagram Type 1 w/ Ro Elliott
In this short, grounded conversation, Patria and Ro offer compassionate support for Enneagram Type Ones navigating the holiday season. They explore how the…
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Navigating Holiday Dynamics Through the Enneagram w/ Ro Elliott
In this conversation, host Patria Rector and guest Ro Elliott explore the Enneagram as a map for understanding the defenses, longings, and relational patterns…
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Navigating Holiday Family Dynamics w/ Shay Eveland, Daniel Herron & Carla Rousseau
In this episode of Echoes and Edges, Host Patria Rector explores the themes of healing, transformation, and the complexities of family dynamics during the…
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Toxic Power: Facing Exploitation & Manipulation w/ Kate Petersen & Stephanie Rose
In this episode of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector joins guests Kate Petersen and Stephanie Rose todelve into the themes of spiritual harm and heartache…
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Spiritual Disillusionment: Naming Harm, Finding Healing w/ Kate Petersen & Stephanie Rose
In this episode of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector joins guests Kate Petersen and Stephanie Rose to delve into the themes of spiritual harm and heartache…
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Building New Relationships & Choosing Wellbeing w/ Monica Aksamit
This is the second episode of a two part series on "The Cost of Connecting to Yourself." In this episode of Echoes and Edges, Patria Rector and…
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Redefining Identity & Having Hard Conversations w/ Carla Rousseau
This is the first episode of a two part series on "The Cost of Connecting to Yourself." In this episode of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector and spiritual…
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"Type 6 or 9?" Enneagram Session Pt.2 w/ Stephen R. Sanders
In Part 2 of this behind the scenes coaching session, Patria and Stephen delve into the complexities of personality traits, particularly focusing on…
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Ep.10: "Type 6 or 9?" Enneagram Session Pt.1 w/ Stephen R. Sanders
In this conversation, Stephen R. Sanders joins Patria Rector to explore his ongoing journey of self-discovery through the Enneagram, particularly his…
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Ep.9: Double Nines: Marriage on the Enneagram (with Jerry & Patria Rector)
In this tender and insightful episode, Patria is joined by her husband, Jerry, for an honest conversation about what it’s like to be two Enneagram Nines in…
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Ep.8: Raised to Obey, Learning to Choose (Interview with Stephanie Rose)
In this episode of Echoes and Edges, host Patria Rector engages in a profound conversation with Stephanie Rose, who shares her journey of navigating a coerced…
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Ep.7: Navigating Attunement, Containment & Repair (Storywork Pt.2 with Christine Schuele)
In this episode, Patria Rector and Christine Schuele delve into the concepts of attunement, containment, and repair within the context of storywork. They…
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Ep.6: How Our Stories Shape Our Perspective (Storywork: Pt.1)
In this episode of Echoes and Edges: The Broken and Beautiful Podcast, Patria introduces the practice of storywork, a narrative-focused trauma care approach…
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Ep. 5: The Head Triad of the Enneagram: Types 5, 6, 7
In this final installment of our Enneagram triad deep dive, Patria Rector explores the Head Triad—Types Five, Six, and Seven—also known as the Fear Triad…