Invisible Scars
autor: Jessalynn Biederstadt
Najnowszy odcinek
When Silence Is Strength
When Silence Is Strength
O tym podcaście
What if your deepest wounds were never meant to break you, but to awaken you?
Welcome to Invisible Scars, a podcast about the beauty, brutality, and becoming that follow trauma. Hosted by Jessalynn Elizabeth Biederstadt — survivor, storyteller, and mental health advocate — each episode explores the truths we were never taught to say out loud: the silence we inherit, the shame we carry, and the freedom we reclaim when we finally stop performing for acceptance and start choosing ourselves.
Through unfiltered solo episodes and raw conversations with healers, athletes, psychologists, and survivors, Jessalynn reveals what healing actually looks like — messy, nonlinear, deeply human, and entirely your own.
This is not about fixing yourself. It’s about remembering who you were before the world told you to quiet down.
Invisible Scars is for anyone who’s ever felt misunderstood, misrepresented, or tired of explaining their pain. Here, you’ll find validation, real talk, and the language to make peace with your past while building the life you deserve.
Because healing isn’t about forgetting what happened — it’s about reclaiming the parts of you that survived it.
🎧 Listen when you’re ready to stop hiding your scars… and start owning your story.
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- When Silence Is Strength · 22 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 88There’s a kind of silence that feels like surrender — and another kind that feels like peace. In this episode, Jessalynn shares the moment everything changed: when she stopped…
- Silence: The Cost of Staying Quiet · 20 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 87Silence can look like strength — calm, composure, self-control — but for many of us, it’s actually a trauma response dressed up as maturity. In this raw, soul-level episode…
- Widowhood, Shame, and Choosing Yourself with Emily Budac · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 86What does it really take to rebuild a life after losing the person you thought you’d grow old with? In this raw and deeply honest conversation, Emily Budac returns to Invisible…
- Shame Is Not Your Identity · 19 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 85Shame has a way of convincing us our mistakes—or the lies told about us—are our identity. In the first episode of this three-part series, I open up about my earliest memory of…
- No More Hiding — Welcome to Season 3 · 20 min · Sezon 3 Odcinek 84Season 3 of Invisible Scars is here — and it feels different. After one of the hardest seasons of my life — attacks online, family upheaval, heartbreak, and healing — I’m…
- From NHL Star to Survivor: Theo Fleury on Trauma, Truth & Taking His Life Back · 1 godz. 0 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 83This is not just a story about hockey. It’s a story about surviving what no one sees. NHL legend Theo Fleury opens up like never before in this unfiltered conversation about…
- This Is Bigger Than Hockey: Sexual Assault, Power, and the Truth We Can’t Ignore · 29 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 82⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode contains sensitive content including discussions of sexual assault, power imbalance, and institutional silence. Hockey culture is at a…
- Breakups, Block Buttons & Becoming Her: A Conversation with Lucy Price · 53 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 81You know that breakup you should be over by now—but you're still spiraling in the “what ifs,” checking their story views, and wondering why you can't let go? In this soul-shaking…
- Strong Girls Get Tired Too: The Emotional Cost of Being Everyone’s Rock · 34 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 80This one's for the strong girls who are bone tired. For the moms holding it together while their world falls apart. For the ones who create emotional safety for everyone else—but…
- Redefining Grief: Living Alongside Loss with Krista St-Germain · 37 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 79In this deeply moving episode of Invisible Scars, Jessalynn sits down with grief expert and widowed mom coach, Krista St-Germain, to unravel the complex and often misunderstood…
- Holding the Line: Advocacy, Boundaries & Speaking Up with Love · 31 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 78This episode is one of the most personal I’ve ever shared.Recently, my daughter and I walked through something incredibly painful in a space that was supposed to be safe. When I…
- Grief, Art, and Finding Light in the Darkness: Valarie Allen’s Story of Loss, Healing & Legacy · 1 godz. 1 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 77Grief changes everything. It reshapes who we are, how we move through the world, and the way we see life itself. In this powerful episode, Valarie Allen shares her deeply…
- When Success Feels Hollow: Rediscovering My Why · 28 min · Sezon 2 Odcinek 76What happens when the thing you worked so hard to build suddenly doesn’t feel like you anymore? That’s exactly where I found myself with Invisible Scars. After months of feeling…
- Unlocking Alignment: How to Trust Your Energy, Take Bold Action & Redefine Success with Anna Lozano · 1 godz. 9 minHow do you go from feeling stuck and burnt out to fully aligned and unstoppable? In this powerful episode of Invisible Scars, I sit down with the incredible Anna Lozano…
- Breaking Free from Inadequacy with JB Copeland · 1 godz. 25 minFormer high school and college football star JB Copeland joins Jessalynn for an emotional and eye-opening conversation about inadequacy, addiction, and healing. JB opens up about…
- Stories That Transform Us with Mason McCulley · 51 minActor and playwright Mason McCulley joins Jessalynn for a heartfelt conversation about loss, healing, and transformation. From the deaths of his mother and friend Carol Cook to…
- Make Good Famous: Carolina Garcia Jayaram’s Vision for Change · 46 minIn this inspiring episode, Jessalynn chats with Carolina Garcia Jayaram, CEO of the Elevate Prize Foundation, about their mission to "Make Good Famous" by amplifying the work of…
- One for Jackie: Rett Madison’s Healing Journey · 39 minIn this heartfelt episode of Invisible Scars, Jessalynn sits down with singer-songwriter Rett Madison to discuss her moving album One for Jackie, a tribute to her late mother…
- Setting Boundaries during the Holiday Season with Susie Sidsworth - (Revisited) · 33 minThis week, Jessalynn and Susie are back with a timely rerun of their holiday boundaries chat! The festive season can be joyous yet triggering, especially for those navigating…
- Holiday Boundaries and New Traditions with Jessalynn · 29 minIn this vulnerable solo episode, Jessalynn opens up about the emotional complexities of the holiday season, sharing her personal challenges with grief, family dynamics, and…
