Welcome to another powerful episode of Marriage, Motherhood, and PTSD with your host, Coach Leah. In this heartfelt and deeply practical conversation, Leah equips women with real strategies to protect their peace and emotional health—especially when walking away from a toxic environment isn't an option.

Whether it's a job, a family relationship, or even your marriage, this episode helps you reclaim your power and thrive—even when the chaos around you is constant. Through biblical wisdom, mindset shifts, and soul care practices, you’ll learn how to rise above the negativity and stand firm in who you are.

• What makes an environment toxic (and how to identify it)
• The difference between surviving and thriving in dysfunction
• How to recognize and regulate your emotional triggers
• Why emotional accountability is key to peace
• Self-care and soul care strategies that build inner strength
• How to respond to conflict with wisdom, not emotion
• The spiritual roots of peace and resilience
• Ways to guard your heart, focus your mind, and preserve your energy

• Proverbs 4:23 – "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."
• Philippians 4:8 – “Whatever is true… think on these things.”
• Romans 12:17-18 – “Do not repay evil for evil… live at peace with everyone.”
• Ephesians 6:11-12 – “Put on the full armor of God… we wrestle not against flesh and blood.”
• Matthew 5:46-47 – “There is no reward in only loving those who love you.”

Coach Leah walks you through a powerful 3-step personal peace plan:

1. Identify Your Triggers – Write down three things in your environment that drain your peace.
2. Control vs. Release – Mark what you can control (C) vs. what you can’t (NC), and release the rest to God.
3. Create a Peace Plan – Choose one daily activity to guard your heart and protect your peace this week.

Close out your journaling with a powerful affirmation, like: