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Not That Girl Anymore

Not That Girl Anymore

Dawn Bouillion 54 Episodes Oct 14, 2026

A podcast for women on a healing journey, reclaiming their voice, worth, and personal story. Each episode features conversations with women who have endured hardship and found their way back to themselves, sharing raw and powerful stories of pain and rising. The show is a space for truth-telling, amplifying women's voices, and building a sisterhood rooted in healing, wholeness, and radical bravery.

Episodes

The Grief of Becoming Free; When doing the right thing still breaks your heart.
The Grief of Becoming Free; When doing the right thing still breaks your heart. Oct 14, 2026 27:08 What happens when you finally find the courage to leave a relationship, belief system, or environment that has been hurting you, but instead of feeling only relief, you find yourself grieving?In this deeply personal episode of Not That Girl Anymore, we explore the grief that comes with freedom—the complicated emotions that arise when you choose yourself, set boundaries, and begin healing from rela
Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse
Beyond Survival: Reclaiming Yourself After Narcissistic Abuse Oct 7, 2026 30:23 Leaving an abusive situation is only part of the story. What comes next—and how do you learn to trust yourself again?In this episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn welcomes podcast producer Brooke Haynes for an honest conversation about narcissistic abuse, religious trauma, and rebuilding a life that feels like your own. Brooke shares her personal experience with domestic violence, while Dawn disc
Finding My Way Home; A Love Letter To My Parents
Finding My Way Home; A Love Letter To My Parents Sep 30, 2026 29:36 What happens when you stop trying to save the people you love and finally begin to see them?In this deeply personal episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn celebrates her parents’ 50th wedding anniversary by sharing the story of how they found their way back to one another. She opens up about the religious beliefs that taught her to judge her parents, the grief of years spent confusing fear with lo
You Get To Become Her.
You Get To Become Her. Sep 23, 2026 17:39 What if you’re not supposed to “find yourself”—because you’re finally getting the chance to choose who you want to become?In this episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn explores what happens when healing moves beyond understanding what happened to you and becomes an invitation to discover who you are now. After years of being the good girl, keeping the peace, ignoring your own needs, and becoming
Good Girls Don't Protect Themselves
Good Girls Don't Protect Themselves Sep 16, 2026 30:55 What happens when girls are taught that being “good” means being nice, forgiving, selfless, obedient, and endlessly understanding—even when something inside them is screaming that they aren’t safe?In this deeply personal episode of Not That Girl Anymore, Dawn explores how women can be conditioned to override their instinct for self-preservation. From religion and purity culture to marriage, sexual
Death of a Pastor’s Wife: Religious Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse
Death of a Pastor’s Wife: Religious Trauma & Narcissistic Abuse Sep 9, 2026 01:06:17 In this raw and deeply personal episode, Dawn is joined by Meg and Misha for a powerful conversation sparked by the documentary Death of a Pastor’s Wife. What begins as a discussion about the story quickly becomes something much bigger: an exploration of religious trauma, narcissistic abuse, purity culture, coercive control, and what can happen when women are taught to sacrifice their own identity
What is Narcissistic Abuse?
What is Narcissistic Abuse? Sep 2, 2026 23:29 What is narcissistic abuse—and how do you know if it’s happening to you?In this episode, Dawn goes back to the basics to explain what narcissistic abuse actually looks and feels like. Narcissistic abuse isn’t simply dealing with someone who is selfish, difficult, or hurtful. It is a pattern of emotional and psychological abuse that can slowly undermine your ability to trust your own reality, feeli
Healing Trauma with EMDR: Reclaiming Your Power After Emotional Abuse
Healing Trauma with EMDR: Reclaiming Your Power After Emotional Abuse Aug 26, 2026 01:11:46 What happens when you stop looking at your past only through the lens of what happened to you and begin recognizing the strength that was inside you all along?In this raw and deeply personal conversation, Dawn and Meg continue exploring Meg’s journey of healing from emotional abuse, manipulation, complex PTSD, and painful relationship and family dynamics. Meg shares how EMDR therapy is helping her
Religious Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse & Deconstruction: Seminary Wives to Divorced AF (And FREE) Part 2
Religious Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse & Deconstruction: Seminary Wives to Divorced AF (And FREE) Part 2 Aug 19, 2026 01:10:48 In Part 2 of this deeply personal conversation, Meg picks up exactly where Part 1 left off: “And so I moved to the beach.” But leaving was only the beginning.Meg opens up about what it looks like to rebuild your life after abusive relationships, religious trauma, and years of being taught to put everyone else before yourself. She shares what she is learning about self-love, freedom, boundaries, an
Religious Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse & Deconstruction: Seminary Wives to Divorced AF (And FREE)
Religious Trauma, Narcissistic Abuse & Deconstruction: Seminary Wives to Divorced AF (And FREE) Aug 12, 2026 01:00:44 n Part 1 of this powerful conversation, Dawn sits down with her longtime friend Meg to unpack a story that began years ago in seminary—and eventually forced Meg to question everything she had been taught about marriage, faith, womanhood, and herself.Meg opens up about life inside an abusive marriage, the religious expectations that kept her trying to make it work, and what happened when she finall
Who Taught You Not To Trust Yourself
Who Taught You Not To Trust Yourself Aug 5, 2026 16:39 Have you ever stopped to ask yourself: Who taught you not to trust yourself?In this powerful episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist and coach Dawn Bouillon explores one of the deepest wounds many survivors carry—the loss of self-trust. Whether you've experienced narcissistic abuse, emotional abuse, religious trauma, childhood trauma, gaslighting, or codependency, healing often begins b
The Wrong Question: Are Therapists Breaking Up Families?
The Wrong Question: Are Therapists Breaking Up Families? Jul 29, 2026 14:02 Are therapists really encouraging people to cut off their families—or are we asking the wrong question?In this thought-provoking episode of Not That Girl Anymore, trauma therapist Dylan Bunion explores the growing debate around family estrangement and therapy. Rather than asking whether therapists are breaking families apart, Dylan challenges us to consider a deeper question: Why are so many peopl

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