58. Domestic Violence, Murder, and Beauty with Shelly Edwards Jorgensen

Welcome to Episode 58 of the Warrior Words podcast!   We've all heard of the beautiful phoenix who rises from the ashes. But that's the stuff legends are made of... is it truly possible to find beauty after a fire kills someone you love? While that may sound like a difficult enough thing to do, that's not all of my guest's story. It's a story that could take 4-5 episodes - or more - to tell fully. But Shelly and I did it in two. This week and next week, you will hear Shelly Edwards Jorgensen tell a lot of the story of her young life. She's on a mission to share the beauty of healing with as many people as possible. I marked the first part of Shelly's story with the explicit tag and I mentioned it in the episode itself because this is not a story for little ears. Some parts of Shelly's story may be disturbing.   Learn more about Shelly: Website: https://www.beautifulashesmemoir.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beautifulashesmemoir/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/beautifulashesmemoir/ X: https://x.com/BeautifulAshes7 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCF5RGyotMcj6Tb9kTxq0nZw Beautiful Ashes: https://amzn.to/3PSn5UJ   Donate to the Star of the Sea Guild through our fiscal sponsor! https://raisedonors.com/xaviermissionfund/star-of-the-sea-guild   Armor Up. Fight the Good Fight. Seek Beauty. Make Your Words Warrior Words. Merch Store: https://heather-clr-shop.fourthwall.com   Join your fellow Warriors: https://subscribepage.io/pearlsofwisdom YT: https://www.youtube.com/@beautyafterbattlesart YT: https://www.youtube.com/@warriorwords IG: https://www.instagram.com/mywarriorwords/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/heathergaffneyauthor/   People and sponsors/affiliates who helped make this podcast possible. Please support them and help keep Warrior Words on the air! Editor & Music Composer: AgentSecret24 - https://www.youtube.com/@Agentsecret24 Podcast to Profit Podcast Course (aff): https://heatherg--stefaniegass.thrivecart.com/podcasttoprofitmastermind/ Podbean Podcast Hosting (aff): https://www.podbean.com/WarriorWords Gabriella Batel's Editing Services: https://bonepiercer.com/editing/first-chapter-packages/ 1st Phorm for your Health Goals (aff): https://1stphorm.sjv.io/K01j3e Catholic Owned (aff): Get 10% off any Business or Speed Networking membership with my code WARRIOR at https://catholicowned.com/   NOTE: Beliefs, practices, and opinions expressed by guests of the Warrior Words podcast are not necessarily the same as those of the host. One of the purposes of this podcast is to share stories. This cannot be effective if everyone is identical. * Links marked with (aff) are affiliate links. I receive a small commission with your purchase at no additional cost to you if you click through my links.