Warrior Words | Stories of Hope | Finding Beauty After Battles & Thriving After Surviving Trauma
Are you walking through a storm that feels like it will never end?
Do you wonder if life’s storms have stolen the beauty from your life for good?
You’re in the right place. My name is Heather and, like you, I’ve been through a storm or two and wondered if life would ever be beautiful again.
Here we share Warriors’ Words ~ stories of discovering beauty after battles and the worth in your wounds.
Pick up your sword - or boxing gloves - and join the battle. Your words are powerful, my friends. Make them Warrior Words.
Become more involved in this journey at @MyWarriorWords and @HeatherGaffneyAuthor on Instagram. I can also be found on X at @HGaffneyAuthor and on YouTube at @warriorwords and @BeautyAfterBattles
Join us in our community at https://www.facebook.com/groups/warriorwords
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 122
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
61. Beauty of Love (BoBB)
Welcome to Episode 61 of the Warrior Words podcast!
In this short Bits of Biblical Beauty (BoBB) episode, I look at the beauty of love in this season usually associated with love.
How is love beaut…
60. Rising From the Ashes ~ Thriving After Tragedy with Shelly Edwards Jorgensen
Welcome to Episode 60 of the Warrior Words podcast!
Wasn't Shelly's story incredible? If you didn't get a chance to listen, please head over to Part One before listening to today's episode.
I know …
59. Is Beauty Flawless? (BoBB)
Welcome to Episode 59 of the Warrior Words podcast!
In this short Bits of Biblical Beauty (BoBB) episode, I look at Song of Songs, Song of Solomon, or Canticle of Canticles 4:7.
Is your beauty flaw…
58. Domestic Violence, Murder, and Beauty with Shelly Edwards Jorgensen
Welcome to Episode 58 of the Warrior Words podcast!
We've all heard of the beautiful phoenix who rises from the ashes. But that's the stuff legends are made of... is it truly possible to find beaut…
57. Beauty In The Eye Of The Beholder (BoBB)
Welcome to Episode 57 of the Warrior Words podcast!
In this short Bits of Biblical Beauty (BoBB) episode, I look at the meaning and origins of the phrase, "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
Ho…
56. A Daughter's Devastating Diagnosis ~ Cancer Story with Dineen Miller
Welcome to Episode 56 of the Warrior Words podcast!
It's hard enough to hear your own devastating diagnosis, but what about when that diagnosis involves your child?
Sure, both involve questions, fe…
55. Bits Of Biblical Beauty ~ What Is Beauty?
Welcome to Episode 55 of the Warrior Words podcast!
It may be episode 55 on the podcast, but this is the first episode of a segment called Bits of Biblical Beauty. These are short episodes centerin…
54. Celebrating Small Wins is Essential to Thriving After Trauma
Welcome to Episode 54 of the Warrior Words podcast!
"Celebrate Good Times..." (Cue Kool & The Gang!)
You're welcome. Now you'll be singing it all day!
"Celebrate Life!"
Today's episode is a celebra…
53. Are Your New Year's Goals Different When You're Walking Through A Storm?
Welcome to Episode 53 of the Warrior Words podcast!
We are a week into the new year - have you abandoned your resolutions yet? I've never been much for resolutions, but I do try to set goals.
In th…
52. Alcohol Took Her Breath Away | The Search For Community with Christie Walker
Welcome to Episode 52 of the Warrior Words podcast!
We talk a lot about community and that's what this week's guest kept searching for. However, her method of finding that community had a detriment…
51. Christmas Isn't Always the Same for Trauma Survivors - I See You
Welcome to Episode 51 of the Warrior Words podcast!
This episode is my Christmas message and I share some things that may help, or at least provoke thought, you navigate this season of profound pea…
50. Grief Doesn't Take a Holiday: The Loss of a Child with Teresa Davis
Welcome to Episode 50 of the Warrior Words podcast!
It's the holiday season and the world tells us we should be happy and joyful; busy with an excess of merriment.
However, that's not reality.
Last…
49. Surviving Three Back-to-Back Traumas with Nichole Haugen
Welcome to Episode 49 of the Warrior Words podcast!
Strike one. Strike two. Strike three.
What comes next?
You're out, right? Well, not for this week's guest!
Nichole was hit with three strikes in…
48. Live Out Love: Surviving Rare Cancer with Shawn Elizabeth George
Welcome to Episode 48 of the Warrior Words podcast!
We talk about voice a lot on this podcast - finding your voice, using your words. But what if cancer literally takes part of your body that helps…
47. Diagnosed with Cancer at a Young Age Fueled Her Fire to Help Others Share Their Stories with April Stearns
Welcome to Episode 47 of the Warrior Words podcast!
Cancer is a disease of older people, right?
Sadly, this is not true. Children, teens, and young adults are being diagnosed more and more. What do…
46. Surviving Pregnancy: The Trauma of Medically Difficult Births with Brigid Tebaldi
Welcome to Episode 46 of the Warrior Words podcast!
Pregnancy is something women have been experiencing since the beginning of time. Some women have phenomenal experiences and others' experiences c…
45. Is it Possible to Find Gratitude in Your Storms? To Be Grateful in Hard Things?
Welcome to Episode 45 of the Warrior Words podcast!
November is typically associated with gratitude (and maybe football and family feasting!).
To that end, I wanted to share some thoughts on gratit…
44. Divorce & Being a Single Mom - What is Free-Will? with Kerri Bishop
Welcome to Episode 44 of the Warrior Words podcast!
Being a single mom is hard. Being the single mom of five boys is harder.
I'm pretty sure we've all heard about the concept of free will, but just…
43. Breast Cancer: Perspective & Passions with Cancer Crusher Fitz Koehler
Welcome to Episode 43 of the Warrior Words podcast!
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month AND Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I WAS a victim of both and now I am a SURVIVOR. I am dedicating t…
42. Light on the Path of Freedom from Domestic Violence with April T. Giauque
Welcome to Episode 42 of the Warrior Words podcast!
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month AND Breast Cancer Awareness Month. I WAS a victim of both and now I am a SURVIVOR. I am dedicating t…