Lessons in Discernment
Lessons in Discernment is a podcast about healing after emotional abuse—and learning to trust your truth again.
Hosted by Stéphanie St-Jean, a survivor, author and advocate, each episode explores the tender, transformative space between trauma and recovery through storytelling, reflection, and soul-deep conversations.
From EMDR to gaslighting, therapy to self-trust, this podcast is a place to examine the systems we’ve internalized, the language we’ve inherited, and the stories we’re ready to rewrite. Because the most powerful voice in your healing journey is your own.
Find Stéphanie on Substack: lessonsindiscernment.substack.com
Check out her Linktree to view her children's book on self-worth, and download a free digital resource for survivors, by survivors: linktr.ee/lessonsindiscernment
Find Stéphanie on Instagram: instagram.com/lessonsindiscernment
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 20 minutes
- Episodes
- 6
- Years Active
- 2025
Discerning the Stories We Consume: Dark Psychology & Cultural Mirrors with Julie Theis
In this episode of Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Julie Theis—creator of a powerful YouTube channel unpacking the dark psychology of celebrities, and a cast member on Netflix’s The Trust.
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From Abuse to Authenticity: Religious Conditioning, Sexual Trauma, and Self-Reclamation with Amy Watkins
What happens when abuse and conditioning erase your sense of self, and the only way you believe you can be loved is as a sex object?
This week on Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Amy Watkins—a th…
Seeing What They Tried to Make Us Unsee: Abuse, Data, and Healing with Dr. Ruth
What if the very thing your abuser tried to shame you for became the source of your strength?
This week on Lessons in Discernment, I’m joined by Dr. Ruth—statistician, survivor, and founder of Healing…
The Truth I Tried Not to Know: Remembering, Naming, and Breaking the Spell
What changes when you finally say the word? In this raw and unfiltered episode of Lessons in Discernment, I share the quiet but life-altering moment I named my experience for what it was: abuse. Not …
The Voice They Tried to Silence: Speaking, Remembering and Trusting the Truth
In this episode, I share a story I spent years trying to write in silence—hidden in journals, unsent letters, and notes on my phone. It’s the beginning of my unraveling, and of my return.
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When The Conversation Pauses: Healing, Waiting and Trusting the Timing
This solo episode wasn’t the one I originally planned—but maybe it’s the one I was meant to record.
After a delayed interview with a special guest, I sat with the discomfort of the pause and uncovere…