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The Bridge
by Maddie Durbin
Welcome to the Bridge, the place where we all meet each other. The Bridge is a growing platform for breaking down walls and bridging gaps through conversation about spirituality, politics, religion, consciousness, and the human experience. By sharing our stories and individual truths, we come closer to understanding. Your host across the bridge is Maddie Durbin, a woman who lived as a transgender man for six years. Maddie detransitioned after healing from trauma and is passionate about sharing her experience to help others.
Episodes
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Detransitioner Interviews the Truthful Therapist | The Bridge S2 Ep8
In this episode of The Bridge, your host Maddie Durbin, a detransitioned woman, interviews Pamela Garfield-Jaeger, aka The Truthful Therapist. Pamela shares how she feels it was her calling to begin speaking out about what she saw within the mental health field post-covid when affirmation culture...
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Jonni Skinner's Story - from Childhood Transition and Medical Abuse to Truth | The Bridge S2 Ep7
Tune in for another episode of The Bridge's Detransitioner Interview Series, in which your host, Maddie Durbin, a detransitioned woman, interviews other detransitioners. In this episode, Maddie interviews Jonni Skinner, a 23-year-old detransitioned man. Jonni began his medical transition from…
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Detrans Man Finds Inner Peace after FFS: Kieran's Story | The Bridge S2 Ep6
Tune in for another episode of The Bridge's Detransitioner Interview Series, in which your host, Maddie Durbin, a detransitioned woman, interviews other detransitioners. This interview is with Kieran, a 30-year-old detransitioned man from the UK. Kieran lived as a "trans woman" for about five...
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Finding Purpose After Detransition - Soren Aldaco's Story |The Bridge S2 Ep5
"There are so many ways to solve a single problem, and as soon as you realize that, I think it gives you more freedom than any physical intervention ever will, because your mindset is the lens you view life through." - Soren AldacoTune in for another episode of The Bridge's Detransitioner…
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Detrans Woman Finds Self Love and Acceptance thru Faith: Victoria's Story | The Bridge S2 Ep4
In this episode of The Bridge, your host Maddie, a detransitioned woman, interviews a fellow detransitioned woman, Victoria Santiago. Victoria tells her story of identifying as and living as a "trans man" from age 19 onwards, when she began taking testosterone, followed by electing for a double...
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Gender Studies to Detransition: Sierra's Story of experimental gender medicine | The Bridge S2 Ep3
In this installment of The Bridge, your host Maddie Durbin, a detransitioned woman, interviews Sierra aka Exulsanic, also a detransitioned woman. Sierra began identifying as "transmasculine" at age 22, in college, as a gender studies major. Sierra shares her story of how her natural discomfort…
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Canadian Detransitioner Shares Her Story - FAITH | The Bridge S2 Ep2
Tune in for the first interview of The Bridge's Detransitioner Interview Series, in which your host, Maddie Durbin, a detransitioned woman, interviews other detransitioners. This interview is with Faith, a Canadian detransitioned woman and advocate. Faith shares her story of how her mental health...
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Welcome back to The Bridge: Introducing Detransitioner Interview Series & Where I've Been | S2 Ep1
After a many-month haitus, your host, Maddie Durbin, is back on The Bridge. A lot has changed since I started this platform and I've surely grown a lot as a person, but I am still here, and committed to sharing stories that bring us closer to a mutually-agreed-upon truth. In this episode, I talk...
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I lost my friends when I detransitioned, but I gained so much more | Ep. 7
In Episode 7 of the Bridge, your host Maddie reflects on where life has taken her since detransitioning and beginning to share her story online. Although I have lost nearly all of my former friends in the LGBTQ community, I have gained a deeper love for self, faith in God, greater purpose in…
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Mage's Journey Back to Self: Detransition, Sobriety, and Healing Childhood Wounds | Ep. 5
In episode 5 of The Bridge, your host, Maddie Durbin, interviews guest Mage Fisher, a 24-year-old detrans woman, artist, and writer in recovery. Mage began identifying as a trans man at age 15 and started hormones at 16, whilst struggling with the modern challenges of being a teenager including...
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Dear Trans People: Letter from a Detransitioner | Ep. 4
Dear Trans People, You are some of the kindest, wisest people I know. People who are in touch with their soul’s true nature, which is genderless, creative, expressive, and loving. We live in a confusing world which can convolute those beautiful qualities in a person. I am a detransitioner with a...
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From Trans Man to Motherhood: Sophie's Story of Detransition | Ep. 3
In Episode 3 of The Bridge, host Maddie Durbin sits down with her friend Sophie Zuniga to explore her journey of self-discovery. Despite never meeting in person, Maddie and Sophie lived parallel lives as trans men in Washington, D.C., and have since both detransitioned, having found peace and...
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My Detransition Story: Healing from Trauma with Plant Medicine | Ep. 2
In this second episode of The Bridge, your host, Maddie, opens up further about her personal, spiritual journey of detransition. After living as a transgender man for five years, Maddie shares what it has been like to return to herself as a woman. She reflects on how her work with psychedelic…
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Confessions of a Woman Who Lived as a Man (A Detransition Story) | Ep. 1
Welcome to the first episode of The Bridge!In this deeply personal debut, your host, Maddie Durbin, shares her journey from living as a transgender man for five years, to finding deep healing and self-acceptance. Through self-reflection, deep inner work, and the plant medicine of Ayahuasca, she...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Bridge, the place where we all meet each other. The Bridge is a growing platform for breaking down walls and bridging gaps through conversation about spirituality, politics, religion, consciousness, and the human experience. By sharing our stories and individual truths, we come closer to understanding. Your host across the bridge is Maddie Durbin, a woman who lived as a transgender man for six years. Maddie detransitioned after healing from trauma and is passionate about sharing her experience to help others.
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The Bridge currently has 14 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Welcome to the Bridge, the place where we all meet each other. The Bridge is a growing platform for breaking down walls and bridging gaps through conversation about spirituality, politics, religion, consciousness, and the human experience. By sharing our stories and individual truths, we come...
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The Bridge has 14 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
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The Bridge is created and hosted by Maddie Durbin.
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