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Healing and Made Free with Janet Boynes

Healing and Made Free with Janet Boynes

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 Janet Boynes' story is one of struggling and overcoming drug addiction, eating disorders, homosexuality, depression, and thoughts of suicide. You may be struggling with many of the same things. By the grace of God, Janet Boynes survived. She realized that if God could help her, He could help and heal many others as well. Get encouragement and inspiration from her powerful story. This will help and equip you on your journey to freedom and healing. You might be able to relate to many of the people that Janet has interviewed on the podcast. Our hope is that you will draw strength from God through these powerful testimonies. God's word reminds us, "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free". John 8:32 NIV We believe that when you know better, you will do better. What God has done for Janet and many others, He will also do for you and your loved ones. Christianity Social Sciences Spirituality
Episodes
  • 109: Former Suicide Hotline Counselor Reveals What Happens Behind the Calls"

    109: Former Suicide Hotline Counselor Reveals What Happens Behind the Calls"
    Mar 31 2026
    Former crisis counselor Jamie Brooks shares her experience working inside a national suicide hotline call center and explains why she ultimately resigned. In this interview with Janet Boynes, Jamie discusses mental health crisis counseling, working with vulnerable youth, mandatory reporting, and the ethical challenges she encountered while helping callers in distress. In this episode you will hear: • What it's like working as a suicide hotline crisis counselor • The training counselors receive when working with callers in crisis • How hotline counselors assess suicide risk and stabilize callers • Ethical dilemmas inside large mental-health call centers • Why Jamie ultimately chose to leave the organization • The importance of protecting vulnerable children and supporting families Jamie also shares how her background in social work, foster care, and victim advocacy shaped her perspective and why she now works helping victims through the county attorney's office. This conversation explores mental health support systems, the challenges facing crisis hotlines, and the importance of ethical accountability when helping vulnerable individuals. If you care about mental health, suicide prevention, and protecting vulnerable youth, this is an important conversation. Chapters: 00:00 Introduction to Jamie Brooks 02:30 Why Jamie Became a Crisis Counselor 05:30 Working Inside a Suicide Hotline 08:30 Training and Workplace Culture 13:30 Calls from Vulnerable Youth 20:20 Suicide Risk Assessments Explained 23:00 Self-Harm and Crisis Calls 28:30 Mandatory Reporting Challenges 32:00 Why Jamie Resigned 33:30 Her Upcoming Book and Advocacy Work 35:00 Final Thoughts on Protecting Children
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    39 mins
  • 108: Nine and a Half Years, Then Gone: How Melissa Richman Found God's Faithfulness After Losing Her Husband to Stage 4 Colon Cancer

    108: Nine and a Half Years, Then Gone: How Melissa Richman Found God's Faithfulness After Losing Her Husband to Stage 4 Colon Cancer
    Mar 17 2026
    In this deeply moving episode of Healing and Made Free, Janet Boynes sits down with her longtime friend Melissa Richman — a mother, business owner, and woman of faith from the Twin Cities — for an honest, heartfelt conversation about love, loss, grief, and the faithfulness of God. Melissa shares the story of her marriage to Matt Richman — a healthy, faith-filled, 37-year-old pharmaceutical executive — and the shock of hearing the words "stage four colon cancer" during what should have been a routine lab check. Over the next three and a half years, Melissa and Matt fought together, celebrated a year of no evidence of disease, and watched it come back with a vengeance. In February 2020 — two weeks before the world shut down for a pandemic — Matt passed away. He left behind Melissa and their three young children, ages five, six, and seven. Melissa opens up about the devastating first year of widowhood: the numbness, the isolation, the moment she prayed God would take her too, and the slow, painful journey back to healing. She talks about the power of wise counsel and therapy, allowing safe people to love her and her children, and how God — even in the deepest suffering — was never far away. Janet also shares her own grief journey, opening up about losing her best friend to cancer and her struggle with loneliness as a single woman. Together they offer hope to anyone walking through grief, loss, or a season that feels like God has forgotten them. 👉 If you or someone you love has lost a spouse, is walking through cancer, or is struggling with grief and loneliness — this episode is for you. Please share it. Topics Covered: • Meeting and marrying Matt — barefoot on the beach in Captiva Island, Florida • Navigating a blended family and the importance of pre-marital counseling • The hike where Melissa first knew something was wrong • Receiving a stage 4 colon cancer diagnosis for a 37-year-old in perfect health • Three and a half years of fighting cancer together — and the win that didn't last • Matt's final trip to Captiva — and what Melissa now knows it meant • Losing a husband two weeks before the pandemic — grief and the lockdown • Praying God would take her too — and choosing to stay for her kids • Wrestling with God and finding him in the mess • Counseling, community, and letting people love you through grief • Janet's personal story of loneliness and grief as a single woman • A message of hope for anyone who feels forgotten by God • Why colon cancer screenings can save your life (men: get checked at 40)
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    36 mins
  • 107: From Stud to Surrendered: How Keiana Parks Left the Lesbian Life, Got Married, Backslid, and Found God's Grace Again

    107: From Stud to Surrendered: How Keiana Parks Left the Lesbian Life, Got Married, Backslid, and Found God's Grace Again
    Mar 3 2026
    In this powerful episode of Healing and Made Free, host Janet Boynes sits down with minister, Christian hip hop artist, and overcomer Keiana Parks for an honest, in-depth conversation about growing up in the church, living as a lesbian, getting married, backsliding, and ultimately experiencing the transforming grace of God. Keiana opens up about how confusion about her identity began as early as elementary school, the role absent and hurtful male figures played in her rejection of femininity, and how she became fully immersed in the lesbian lifestyle as a "stud" in college. She shares the hope she found when God sent godly friends and accountability partners into her life, and how she gave her heart to the Lord. But the story doesn't stop there. Keiana vulnerably walks through her marriage to a man, the unhealed wounds that sabotaged it, and the painful season of backsliding that followed. She explains what it feels like to "go back" — and why surface-level freedom from homosexuality is never enough without deep inner healing. After years of struggle, God made a way of escape. Today, Keiana stands as a minister, speaker, and testimony of grace — and she has a message for every parent, pastor, and young person watching: you don't have to learn the hard way. 👉 If you have a daughter living this lifestyle — or you know someone who does — please share this episode. Her story may be exactly what someone needs to hear today. Topics Covered: Growing up in church while secretly struggling with sexualityHow absent/harmful male figures fueled rejection of femininityLiving as a "stud" in college and the role accountability played in early transformationGetting married to a man — and why it didn't lastBacksliding and what it feels like to go back after years of freedomWhy surface-level deliverance isn't enough — you must deal with the rootChurch hurt and how to overcome itHow God made a way of escape and restored Keiana's lifeWhy Gen Z and Millennials are walking away from their faithThe role of accountability in lasting freedom 📧 To book Keiana Parks for your church, conference, or youth event: kp_booking@aol.com 📚 Learn about the Triple Threat Curriculum (Janet Boynes + David Pickup + Jonathan Alexander): Visit JanetBoynesMinistries.com for more information. 🔔 Subscribe & turn on notifications so you never miss an episode!
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    37 mins
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