18. From Hopelessness to Healing: Finding Our Own Version of God with Ruthie Lindsey
Plenty with Kate Northrup
Kate Northrup
4.8 • 697 Ratings
🗓️ 9 January 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
Ready to be inspired by a story of resilience and courage? Today I have the privilege of speaking with the remarkable Ruthie Lindsey. Ruthie Lindsey, author of “There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing,” shares her inspiring story of overcoming chronic pain and finding healing and love. After surviving a severe accident and spending 7 years in bed, she transitioned from interior design to becoming a speaker, coach, and writer. Through exploring the mind-body connection and trauma’s role in pain, she rediscovered her belief in God through plant medicine and shifted her perspective. Ruthie now works with clients on parts work, shadow work, and embodiment, emphasizing the importance of honoring and loving the body.
Key Takeaways
- Ruthie Lindsey’s journey involved a significant shift from being defined by her pain story to embracing her worth and agency.
- Somatic therapy played an important role in Ruthie’s healing journey and helped her reconnect with her body.
- Ruthie’s spiritual awakening through a plant medicine experience helped her find a deeper sense of purpose and connection to God.
- Ruthie’s relationship with money strengthened through mindset shifts and nervous system healing.
- Ruthie’s partner, Eric, played a significant role in her healing journey, providing love, support, and a sense of safety.
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About The Guest
Ruthie Lindsey is the author of “There I Am: The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing.” After surviving a severe accident and spending 7 years in bed, she transitioned from design to become a speaker, coach, and writer. Through exploring the mind-body connection and trauma’s role in pain, she rediscovered her belief in God through plant medicine and shifted her perspective. Ruthie now works with clients on parts work, shadow work, and embodiment, emphasizing the importance of honoring and loving the body.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, welcome to Plenty. I am so excited to introduce you today to Ruthie Lindsay, who is the author |
| 0:08.6 | of the bestselling memoir. There I am, The Journey from Hopelessness to Healing. She's a Nashville |
| 0:15.7 | based speaker and incredible coach, and she is a midwife of souls. So Ruthie survived a really intense accident |
| 0:26.2 | as a teenager where she had only a 5% chance of living. And the surgery that both brought her |
| 0:34.2 | back to life, but also set her up for a very intense journey with chronic pain |
| 0:40.0 | followed. She spent seven years in bed, and today she's sharing with us the story of |
| 0:46.7 | letting go of the pain story and why and how she married her body, how she has opened up to receiving |
| 0:57.6 | the biggest romantic love of her life, how she's healed her relationship with money, |
| 1:04.1 | how she created a career getting paid to be herself, and so much more. So I know you're |
| 1:10.3 | just going to absolutely love Ruthie. |
| 1:12.3 | She's an incredible storyteller. She's a beautiful loving soul. The way we met is also really |
| 1:17.8 | magical and our stories have been intertwined in a certain way in the last six months. So enjoy the |
| 1:23.5 | episode. Welcome to Plenty. I'm your host, Kate Northrop, and together we are going on a journey |
| 1:31.7 | to help you have an incredible relationship with money, time, and energy, and to have abundance |
| 1:40.0 | on every possible level. Every week, we're going to dive in with experts and insights to help |
| 1:47.4 | you unlock a life of Plenty. Let's go fill our cups. Please note that the opinions and |
| 1:55.7 | perspectives of guests on the Plenty podcast are not necessarily reflective of the opinions and perspectives |
| 2:02.8 | of Kate Northrop or anyone who works within the Kate Norsep brand. |
| 2:07.9 | Hi, sister. |
| 2:08.7 | Thank you for being here. |
| 2:09.7 | Oh, my gosh. |
| 2:10.4 | This is such a pleasure. |
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