The Martha Trowbridge Radio Hour
Soothing Inspiration For Suffering Women
Today’s women endure unprecedented stressors. An alarming percentage have experienced relational or random violence; an equally alarming percentage continue to suffer the ravages of childhood emotional, mental and/or sexual abuse. Adding to their anguish, many mothers have children in serious trouble. And the pain is not confined to suffering women. Happy women feel it as well, when they have close personal connections with troubled, depressed, traumatized, or grief-stricken women. Frame this within a cultural context of unbridled entitlement, whole-scale lack of respect, rejection of personal accountability, inappropriate male demand for sexual relations, socially accepted rage responses to little provocation, ‘normalized’ daily violence, the dissolution of a sense of safety anywhere, disappearing recreational / replenishment time, overall overwhelm, and degradation of classic moral values, and what emerges is an epidemic of women in emotional and mental crisis.
The Martha Trowbridge Radio Hour has as its mission the alleviation of emotional and mental suffering in women via empathic, validating, inspirational, informative programming. Emanating from Martha’s core premise that depression and post-traumatic stress disorder are legitimate, logical responses by a woman’s Spirit to overwhelming stressors, Martha and her Guest Experts help the suffering woman commence solid reconstruction of what Martha terms her ‘Sacred Inner Universe’, securely placing her upon her path to glorious rebirth.
Topics: depression, trauma, PTSD, emotional agony, mental agony, grief, complicated grief, mental collapse, anguish, anxiety, distress, shame, terror, fear, phobias, guilt, victimization by violence, betrayal, degradation, humiliation, failure, heart-break, loneliness, homelessness, aging-related depression, emptiness, despair
CURRENT SHOWS:
Breaking Trauma’s Grip: The Powerful Treatment Of EMDR with Dr. Francine Shapiro, originator and developer of EMDR Trauma Treatment, the frontline treatment for trauma in numerous international practices. EMDR has been hailed by the American Psychiatric Association, The Department of Veterans Affairs and The Department of Defense, which in 2004 placed EMDR in their “A” category as “strongly recommended” for the treatment of trauma.
Soothing Our Emotional And Mental Agonies: The Mindful Path To Self-Compassion with Dr. Chris Germer, Clinical Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School and a founding member of The Institute For Psychotherapy And Meditation
The Abuser Within: The Lifelong Effects Of Early Emotional Abuse, And What You Can Do To Stop Maltreating Yourself with
Dr. Frank Summers, supervising and training analyst at The Chicago Institute For Psychoanalysis and Associate Professor at Northwestern University Medical School
The Giving Spirit: Helping Homeless Women And Their Families in Los Angeles with Tom Bagamane, Founder and CEO, The Giving Spirit
Light At The End Of The Tunnel: When Someone You Love Suffers Depression with Life Coach and Radio Show Host Sallie Felton.
Powerful Woman, Crushed Wife: Spousal Emotional Abuse Of High-Functioning Women with Dr. Joan Lachkar, emotional abuse expert and author of The ‘V’ Spot: Healing Your Innermost Vulnerabilities From Emotional Abuse and The Many Faces Of Abuse: Treating The Emotional Abuse Of High-Functioning Women.
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Angels Of God with Mike Aquilina, author of Angels Of God: The Bible, The Church And The Heavenly Hosts. In this lovely show, Mike presents sound theological evidence for the reality of Angels, for their nature, and for their heavenly roles, and teaches us how to converse — and work — with Angels.
UPCOMING SHOWS include:
“Complicated Grief: A Series” with Guest Experts to be announced. This series examines the various triggers of long-term grief in a woman’s life, severely impairing her ability to fully, happily live. Aging, death of a child, loss of functionality, long-term illness, lost opportunities, death of a beloved pet, loss of a home, death of a spouse, childhood and/or adult abuse experiences, unwise life choices, and grave marital, social, financial or professional struggles are among the topics upon which this series will focus.
“Enlightening Evenings: A Study Of The Vital Work Of Alice Miller, M.D.” A series of radio shows offering introspections for women suffering emotional and mental agonies with Host Martha Trowbridge. Guest Experts to be announced.
Series One: From The Body Never Lies by Alice Miller, M.D.
“Healing The Scars Of Emotional Abuse” with Dr. Gregg L. Jantz
“Deceived, Disheartened: Balm For The Betrayed Woman’s Spirit” with Guest Expert to be announced.
“Recognizing Re-Traumatization” with Guest Expert to be announced.
“Swamped With Depression: Techniques For Emerging, Revitalized” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Expert to be announced.
“Wings Of Self-Love: Inspiration For Shattered Women” excerpts and contemplations from her upcoming book with Host Martha Trowbridge.
“Embracing Your Imagination: Your Powerful, Marvelous, Intimate Ally” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Experts to be announced.
“The Shabby Self: When Shame Imbues Your Spirit” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Expert to be announced.
“The Trauma Of Togetherness: Emotionally And Mentally Menacing Mates” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Expert to be announced.
“Promising Advances In Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Therapy” with Guest Experts to be announced.
“Managing Severe Family Stressors” with Guest Experts to be announced.
“A Woman’s Core: Why Relationships Matter” with Guest Experts in the psychology of women / relational-cultural theory.
“Hopelessness — The Unbearable PsychAche” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Expert on the work of Dr. Edwin Shneidman.
“The Wisdom Of Madness: Why Are Your Agonies Tormenting You?” Excerpts and contemplations with Host Martha Trowbridge.
“Creativity: The Healing Magic Of Making” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Experts to be announced.
“Employing ‘Primary Maternal Preoccupation’ In Your Self’s Healing” with Host Martha Trowbridge and D.W. Winnicott Guest Expert.
“Re-framing Your Sufferings: Contribution And Empowerment” with Host Martha Trowbridge and Guest Expert to be announced.
