What if the moment you thought would define your shame… was actually the seed of your calling?

In this powerful and deeply faith-centered episode of Heat Up Your Retreats, I sit down with Donna Tashjian to talk about trauma, identity, spiritual intelligence, and what it really means to rise into holy confidence.

Donna shares her story of standing in front of a mirror at 15 years old — pregnant, afraid, and carrying an identity she didn’t choose. What could have been a life marked by shame became the starting point of a calling.

God met her there.

And that encounter changed everything.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Turning trauma into spiritual authority
• How shame quietly shapes high-performing leaders
• The difference between striving an ...