<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb with Amy Dial]]></title><description><![CDATA[Honest conversations for women carrying hidden abortion pain who are ready for healing, freedom from shame, and true identity restoration through an intimate relationship with Jesus. Where religion ends and healing begins.
]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Yxwg!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8ea1f256-38ad-4e69-b8fd-3a9558d0f47b_1280x1280.png</url><title>The Worthy Womb with Amy Dial</title><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 16:53:54 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Amy Dial]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[theworthywomb@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[theworthywomb@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[theworthywomb@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[theworthywomb@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[When You Need to Talk About What the Church Often Leaves Unsaid ]]></title><description><![CDATA[A front porch conversation about abortion shame, hidden guilt, religious striving, and the healing Jesus still offers when you are tired of carrying it all alone.]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/005-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/005-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 22:15:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p><em>A lot can be said on a front porch swing between friends. </em>Not the polished kind of surface-level &#8220;Christian ease&#8221; pleasantries.   I mean the kind where the tea is sweating in the glass, the world gets quiet for a minute, and somebody <strong>finally</strong> tells the raw truth.</p><p><strong>That is the kind of conversation I want to have with you today.</strong></p><blockquote><p>Look, let&#8217;s be real&#8230;.. There are some things we do not always hear talked about from the pulpit, but that does not mean they are not sitting in the pews.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p><em>Abortion shame is sitting there.</em></p><p><em>Hidden guilt is sitting there.</em></p><p><em>Private grief is sitting there.</em></p><p><em>Religious striving is sitting there.</em></p><p><em>Fear of being found out is sitting there.</em></p><p><em>The woman who loves Jesus but still feels disqualified is sitting there too.</em></p><p><em><strong>And maybe that woman is you?</strong></em></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>Could it be that you have been sitting in church for years, smiling when you are supposed to, serving when there is a need, raising your hands in worship, and doing your best to look like everything is fine, but underneath all of that, there is a place that still hurts?</p></div><p>Maybe it is tied to abortion. Maybe it is tied to a choice you made, <em>a choice you almost made</em>, or a moment you have never been able to fully talk about without feeling that knot rise up in your chest. Maybe it is tied to shame, guilt, fear, regret, or the lie that if people really knew your story, they would never look at you the same. So you keep it tucked away.</p><p>You tell yourself you are fine. You stay busy. You serve harder. You try to be a good wife, a good mom, a good Christian, a good friend, a good everything, hoping that maybe if you do enough good now, it will<em> finally quiet what still aches from back then.</em></p><p>But sister, let&#8217;s just tell the truth right here on the porch&#8230;..You cannot outwork shame and you  cannot serve your way into peace.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HBfB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png" width="1545" height="1675" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/60e6f8cd-443b-43bb-a299-f48962b0c31b_1545x1675.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1675,&quot;width&quot;:1545,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:5491772,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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And truth is where the chain starts breaking and the prison door swings open, the question is: are you brave enough to get real with the pain and lay it before</strong> <strong>Jesus so true healing can happen?</strong></em></p></blockquote><p>For years, I thought if I just kept going, kept serving, kept showing up, and kept doing all the right Christian things, maybe the pain would eventually go away. Maybe God would see how hard I was trying and decide I was useful again. Maybe I could somehow make up for the places where I felt like I had failed.</p><div><hr></div><p>Here is where you need to be careful, striving is <strong>sneaky.</strong> It can look holy on the outside while fear is still running the show on the inside. Sometimes we are not serving from freedom. Sometimes, we are serving from the desperate need to prove we are still worth loving.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>If you are not already inside our community, make sure that you hit the subscribe button and come sit down on my porch swing. I am always here to talk!</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p>Jesus did not die on the cross so you could spend the rest of your life trying to earn what He already paid for. <strong>Hear me clearly, this is not about throwing stones at the church. I love the church. I believe in the Body of Christ, the gathering, the Word, the worship, the altar, the shepherding, and the community.</strong> <em>I also believe there are women sitting in sanctuaries every week carrying pain they have never had a safe place to say out loud. Silence does not heal shame. It feeds it!</em></p><p>The enemy loves to take one chapter of your life and tell you it is the whole book. He will point to <em>one moment, one decision, one season, one trauma, one secre</em>t, and try to convince you it has the final word over your identity. He will call you dirty, disqualified, too far gone, unusable, and forgotten. The enemy is a liar, and honestly, he has been running the same tired playbook since Genesis. Shame, hiding, fear, accusation. Same trash, different outfit.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>God is not confused about your story. He is not pacing Heaven trying to figure out what to do with you now. He already saw the whole thing, every hidden place, every silent tear, every moment you wished you could undo, and every prayer you were too ashamed to pray out loud. He still came for you.</p></div><p>That is the part that shame does not want you to believe. Shame wants you isolated, but Jesus comes close. Shame tells you to hide, but Jesus calls you by name. Shame says you ruined everything, but Jesus says He makes all things new. Shame says you are what happened, but Jesus says you are His.</p><p>There is a big difference between knowing <em>about</em> the grace of God and actually letting yourself <em>receive it</em> in the place where you feel most unworthy. A lot of women believe God forgives other people, but when it comes to their own hidden pain, they quietly live as if there is an exception clause with their name on it. Trust me, there isn&#8217;t.</p><p>The cross did not<em> almos</em>t cover you. The blood of Jesus did not <em>barely </em>redeem your story. His mercy <em>did not run out</em> when it got to the part you are scared to talk about. <em>He is not asking you to perform your way back home. He is inviting you to lay the weight down.</em></p><p>Laying it down does not mean pretending it never hurt. It does not mean minimizing grief or throwing a Bible verse over a deep wound and calling it healed because that is what good church girls are supposed to do. </p><p>Real healing is more honest than that. Real healing looks like telling Jesus the truth. It looks like letting Him into the room you have kept locked. It looks like admitting you have been carrying abortion shame, hidden guilt, fear, regret, or self-condemnation longer than you were ever meant to carry it. <em><strong>Then, it looks like letting Him tell you who you are.</strong></em></p><blockquote><p><em>Not who shame says you are. Not who fear says you are. Not who the enemy says you are. Not even who you have called yourself in the dark. Who He says you are. Chosen. Loved. Redeemed. Restored. Still His.</em></p></blockquote><p>That is identity restoration. It is not behavior modification, religious performance, or learning how to look more healed while still bleeding inside. It is coming back into agreement with the truth of God after shame trained you to believe a lie.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>Your purpose did not die in your past. Your calling was not erased by your pain. Your womb, your story, your voice, your life, your future, and your place in the Kingdom were not handed over to the enemy because of one chapter. The Lord still knows your name.</em></p></div><p>Maybe you feel that little pull in your heart right now, that quiet place that says, &#8220;I want to believe this is true for me, but I do not know how.&#8221; You do not have to have perfect faith to take the next step. You just need enough courage to stop pretending you are fine when you are not. Healing usually starts right there, not in the polished places, but in the honest ones. You do not have to perform here. You do not have to clean yourself up before Jesus comes near. You do not have to explain away your pain or pretend it was not heavy. You can tell the truth. You can stop hiding. You can let the Lord restore what shame tried to steal. </p><p><strong>If this is stirring something in your heart and you are ready to stop hiding and start healing, I invite you to book a <a href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min">complimentary connection call</a>. We can talk about what identity restoration and healing God&#8217;s way could look like for you.</strong></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/amydial/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Book A Free Discovery Call&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min"><span>Book A Free Discovery Call</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>You can stop hiding.</em></p><p><em>You can let the Lord restore what shame tried to steal.</em></p><p><em>And you can<strong> remember who you are.</strong></em></p><p><em>Your story is not over. Not even close.</em></p><p>There is room on this porch for honest conversations about abortion shame, grief, hidden guilt, religious striving, intimacy with Jesus, and the kind of freedom that does not require a mask.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fasting From Negative Thoughts]]></title><description><![CDATA[Renewing Your Mind and Restoring Your Identity in Christ]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/004-the-worthy-womb-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/004-the-worthy-womb-podcast</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:59:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203193603/6f210b81b746f263418e9941ae24736c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>What if the biggest obstacle standing between you and healing isn&#8217;t your past?  What if it&#8217;s the thoughts you&#8217;ve been believing about yourself ever since?</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Many Christian women who have experienced abortion, a near abortion, or another painful life event genuinely love Jesus. They&#8217;ve asked for forgiveness. They&#8217;ve returned to church. They&#8217;ve tried to move forward. Yet years later, they still find themselves battling shame, guilt, fear, self-condemnation, and a nagging feeling that they are somehow less worthy than everyone around them.</p></div><p><strong>The problem is often not a lack of faith. It&#8217;s an agreement with a lie.</strong></p><p>Sometimes those lies sound like:</p><p><em>&#8220;God forgives other people, but not someone like me.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;My past has disqualified me.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;If people knew the truth about me, they would see me differently.&#8221;</em></p><p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;ll always carry this shame.&#8221;</em></p><p>The longer those thoughts replay in our minds, the more they begin to sound like truth.</p><div><hr></div><p>In this week&#8217;s episode of <strong>The Worthy Womb Podcast</strong>, we&#8217;re talking about fasting, but not the type that you may be thinking.  We are not discussing fasting from food; we are tackling fasting from negative thoughts. Fasting from self-condemnation. Fasting from the lies that keep us trapped in cycles of striving, hiding, and fear.</p><p>Together, we&#8217;ll look at two powerful biblical examples and discover why the thoughts we repeatedly agree with often shape the direction of our lives more than we realize.</p><p>Most importantly, we&#8217;ll discuss how God&#8217;s Word gives us a <strong>practical path</strong> to renew our minds and walk in the freedom Jesus already purchased for us. If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to receive God&#8217;s love, forgive yourself, or believe that He can still use your life after your past, this episode was recorded with you in mind.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7wkW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7wkW!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7wkW!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7wkW!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7wkW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7wkW!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png" width="1200" height="628" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1bffd607-56e1-4009-a363-04f875b3ee72_1200x628.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:628,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:928228,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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We&#8217;ll also look at the twelve spies and how the way they saw themselves shaped the way they saw the promise in front of them.</p><p>This conversation takes us deeper into my signature WOMB Protocol&#8482;, specifically the &#8220;O,&#8221; which stands for Overcoming the Lie. In previous episodes, we focused on the &#8220;W,&#8221; Witnessing the Lie, because before we can overcome a lie, we first have to recognize it. If you missed those earlier episodes, you can go back and listen here: </p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/theworthywomb/p/theworthywomb002?r=c96ru&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Previous Epsiode&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/theworthywomb/p/theworthywomb002?r=c96ru&amp;utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web"><span>Previous Epsiode</span></a></p><p></p><blockquote><p>If you have ever felt stuck in shame, fear, guilt, or self-condemnation, this episode will help you begin recognizing the thoughts you have been agreeing with and invite you to<em><strong> start replacing them with the truth of what God says about you.</strong></em></p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p>Some of us know how to fast from food, but we have never learned how to stop feeding the lies. We keep feeding the shame. We keep feeding the fear. We keep feeding the thought that says, &#8220;My past has disqualified me.&#8221; And the longer that lie plays on repeat, the more it begins to sound like truth.</p><p>That is why this episode matters so much.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>Your past may explain part of your story, but it does not get to define your identity.</em></p><p></p></div><p>In this episode, we are going to talk about what it looks like to stop partnering with the voice of shame and start agreeing with the voice of your Father. We are going to look at how fear can pull you into hiding, how negative thoughts can shape the way you see yourself, and how God&#8217;s truth can begin tearing down what shame has been building in your mind for years.</p><p>Remember&#8230;</p><p><strong>You are not what shame says.</strong></p><p><strong>You are not what fear says.</strong></p><p><strong>You are not what your past says.</strong></p><p><em><strong>You are who God says you are.</strong></em></p><p>If, after listening, you realize this is something you do not want to keep walking through alone, I would love to link arms with you. I offer a<a href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min"> free discovery call </a>where we can talk about where you are, where you feel stuck, and whether one-on-one coaching would be a good fit for you.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/amydial/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Book A Free Discovery Call&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min"><span>Book A Free Discovery Call</span></a></p><h3></h3><div><hr></div><p>Friend, you do not have to keep letting shame preach sermons in your mind.  You do not have to keep rehearsing the worst parts of your story like they have the final word. They don&#8217;t, <em>Jesus does. </em> If this episode stirred something in you, do not shove it back down and keep marching like you&#8217;re fine. Bring it into the light. Let the Lord put His truth where shame has been sitting for far too long.</p><p><em>You are not too far gone.</em></p><p><em>You are not disqualified.</em></p><p><em>You are not beyond healing.</em></p><p><em>You are still His.</em></p><p><em>And there is still a seat for you on this porch swing.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Surrendering The Shame - How God Rescues Women From Abortion Trauma]]></title><description><![CDATA[The wilderness, the winepress, and the lie that's keeping many women stuck long after Jesus has already purchased their freedom.]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/003the-worthy-womb-podcast</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/003the-worthy-womb-podcast</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:02:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/200945265/d17bd9076db7426ea632ec65a129ad75.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever felt that God wanted you to move forward, but something kept pulling you back? Following an encounter with abortion, it is very common to get stuck in shame and guilt.  Have you ever felt frustrated and limited in your Christian walk because you wanted to be free from shame, but you did not know how, because healing always seemed beyond your grasp?   I know this was true for me, but what I failed to understand was that<em> fear was feeding the monster of shame.</em></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>I want you to take a real look at it, but do not stop there.  If you keep peeling back the painful layers, you will realize that<em> fear itself is rarely the real problem</em>. <em>Identity is</em>. Once fear convinces you of the wrong identity, every decision gets filtered through that belief. If you believe you&#8217;re disqualified, you&#8217;ll act disqualified. If you believe you&#8217;re broken, you&#8217;ll live from brokenness. If you believe God can&#8217;t use you, you&#8217;ll never fully step into what He&#8217;s calling you to do.</p></div><p>For women carrying the hidden weight of abortion trauma, fear doesn&#8217;t just whisper. It settles in and begins rewriting what they believe about themselves. It says you&#8217;re damaged. It says you&#8217;ve gone too far. It says your story disqualifies you. It says God may forgive you, but He certainly couldn&#8217;t use you.</p><p>The problem isn&#8217;t that you don&#8217;t love Jesus. The problem isn&#8217;t that you don&#8217;t want healing. <em><strong>The problem is that underneath every fear is a lie, and until that lie is exposed, fear keeps driving the car.</strong></em></p><blockquote><p>In Episode 2 of <em><strong>The Worthy Womb Podcast</strong></em>, we looked at the woman at the well. Shame had her hiding in plain sight, coming to the well at noon to avoid people, avoid judgment, and avoid the pain she carried inside. This is pivotal for you to understand about shame&#8230;. shame left unhealed doesn&#8217;t stay still. Eventually, it gives birth to<em> fear</em>. <em><strong>Shame pulls you back into your past. Fear steals your future.</strong></em></p></blockquote><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption"><em>Make sure to subscribe to join The Worthy Womb Community, so you never miss an episode or teaching.</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><div><hr></div><p>Fear sounds reasonable on the inside. &#8220;<em>What if people find out? What if they look at me differently? What if I fail? What if God can&#8217;t use someone like me after what I&#8217;ve done?&#8221; </em>That&#8217;s what makes fear so dangerous. It doesn&#8217;t show up looking like an enemy. It sounds like wisdom. It sounds like caution. It sounds like self-protection. All the while, it&#8217;s quietly stealing everything God wants to do in and through your life.</p><p>In Episode 3 of <em><strong>The Worthy Womb Podcas</strong></em>t, we go deeper into the stories of Hagar and Gideon, unpack the <em>O in the W.O.M.B. Protocol</em>, and talk about what it actually looks like to stop letting fear lead your life and start agreeing with God&#8217;s truth.</p><p>We see this pattern throughout Scripture&#8230;.</p><ul><li><p>Hagar <em>ran</em> because of fear.</p></li><li><p>Gideon <em>hid</em> because of fear.</p></li></ul><p>They both believed lies about themselves. They both felt unqualified. They both found themselves in places they never expected to be&#8230;..<em>And, God met both of them there.</em></p><p>When we meet Hagar in Genesis 16, she&#8217;s running through the wilderness carrying rejection, pain, and uncertainty about her future. Maybe you&#8217;ve never run into a physical wilderness, but perhaps you&#8217;ve run from healing. Maybe you&#8217;ve run from grief. Maybe you&#8217;ve run from community because carrying it alone felt safer than risking being seen. Maybe you&#8217;ve run from sharing your story because fear convinced you people would see you differently if they knew. Here is the really cool part, God didn&#8217;t wait for Hagar to get everything together before He showed up. <em>He met her in the wilderness, right in the middle of her fear.</em> In that encounter, Hagar became the first person in Scripture to give God a name. El Roi, the God who sees me. Not the God who sees my mistakes. Not the God who sees my failures. The God who sees me. Friend, some of you need that reminder today. God sees the grief you&#8217;ve never spoken about. He sees the tears nobody knows about. He sees the abortion experience you&#8217;ve carried in silence. He sees the fear that keeps telling you to stay hidden, and He has not turned away from you.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>Fear has a way of convincing us that hiding is safer than healing.</p></div><p>Gideon&#8217;s fear looked different. Fear didn&#8217;t make him run. <em>It made him shrink. </em>When we meet him in Judges 6, he&#8217;s threshing wheat in a winepress, hiding from the Midianites. He was still working. Still functioning. Still showing up. But he was doing it from a place of <em>fear.</em></p><p>How many women are doing the same thing? Still serving. Still smiling. Still showing up at church. Still helping everyone else, yet <em>shrinking back from the very purpose God has placed inside them?</em></p><p>What I want you to see about Gideon is that  God shows up and calls him something he cannot see in himself.<em><strong> &#8220;Mighty warrior.&#8221; </strong></em>Gideon sees weakness. God sees purpose. Gideon sees limitations. God sees calling and when Gideon starts giving God every reason he&#8217;s the wrong choice, God doesn&#8217;t argue with him.<em> He simply says, &#8220;I am with you.&#8221; Those four words changed everything.</em></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>God&#8217;s presence has always been greater than our qualifications.</em></p></div><p>Many women carrying abortion trauma continue to make Gideon&#8217;s argument. It may sound something like,<em> &#8220;I&#8217;m not qualified; I messed up too badly; God could never use me; My story disqualifies me.&#8221;</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png" width="1200" height="628" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:628,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1076502,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - Identity Restoration Coach&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://theworthywomb.substack.com/i/200945265?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Amy Dial - Identity Restoration Coach" title="Amy Dial - Identity Restoration Coach" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CfwP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa10bf283-d9e8-4db1-bf0e-50a74011775a_1200x628.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em><strong>The abortion experience becomes the evidence fear uses to build its entire case against us.</strong></em></figcaption></figure></div><div><hr></div><p>This is what I&#8217;ve learned: <em>the lie itself isn&#8217;t the problem. Our agreement with the lie is the problem. </em><strong>That&#8217;s why the O in the W.O.M.B. Protocol stands for Overcoming the Lie.</strong></p><ul><li><p>For Hagar, the lie was, &#8220;No one sees me.&#8221; <em>God&#8217;s truth was, &#8220;I see you.&#8221;</em></p></li><li><p>For Gideon, the lie was, &#8220;I&#8217;m not enough.&#8221; <em>God&#8217;s truth was, &#8220;I am with you.&#8221;</em></p></li></ul><p>As long as those lies go unchallenged, fear gets to drive every decision we make. Freedom begins when the agreement with the lie ends and agreement with God&#8217;s truth begins, not when fear disappears, not when we suddenly feel brave, not even when everything becomes comfortable.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Freedom begins when we stop believing what fear says and start believing what God says.</strong></p></div><p>This week, I want to encourage you to sit with Jesus and ask Him two simple questions. &#8220;Lord, what lie have I been agreeing with?&#8221; Then ask, &#8220;Lord, what do You say is true?&#8221; Write down what He shows you.<em> Don&#8217;t edit it. Don&#8217;t overthink it. Just receive it. </em><strong>Then say it out loud</strong>.</p><p><strong>&#8220;Lord, I reject the lie that ______.&#8221;</strong></p><p><strong>&#8220;Lord, I receive Your truth that ______.&#8221;</strong></p><p>There is power in bringing darkness into the light.</p><blockquote><p>The same God who met Hagar in the wilderness and Gideon in the winepress is meeting women today. Not after they heal. Not after they get everything together. Not after they become brave enough. Right now. In the middle of the questions.In the middle of the grief. In the middle of the fear.</p><div><hr></div></blockquote><p><em><strong>You are not too broken to be called. You are not too messy to be used. You are not too far gone to be foun</strong></em>d. The God who saw Hagar still sees you. The God who called Gideon out of hiding is still calling you. </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>The fear you&#8217;ve been listening to does not get the final word. God does.</em></p></div><p>If you&#8217;re ready to stop carrying this alone, I invite you to book a complimentary <a href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min">Discovery Call</a>. Together, we&#8217;ll identify the lie that&#8217;s been driving the fear and begin building a roadmap toward healing, freedom, and restored identity in Christ.</p><p> <em><strong>If this article encouraged you, subscribe so you never miss an episode. There is always room for you on the porch swing.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[She’s Sitting Right There. And Nobody Knows.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Christian women silently carry abortion shame and grief. Discover healing, freedom, and restored identity in Christ.]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/004-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/004-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversation</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 00:44:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/52ee06ed-e373-425a-854a-b4a7f4267abc_1200x628.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Thirty-two of you said yes.</strong></p><p>You didn&#8217;t have to. You could have scrolled past, kept the secret tucked where you&#8217;ve been keeping it, and moved on. But something in you stirred, and you clicked, and here you are. I want you to know this was not an accident. This was Jesus being intentional about you before you even knew what you were looking for.</p><p>So before I say anything else, I need to say thank you. Not a quick, polite, social-media thank-you. A real one. From the part of me who has sat in your shoes, carried what you&#8217;re carrying, and wondered if anyone would ever say what needed to be said out loud.</p><p><em><strong>You are the reason this exists.</strong></em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Make sure to hit the subscribe button if you are not already inside of our community so you never miss anything happening @ <em>The Worthy Womb Podcast</em></p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><div><hr></div><p>Maybe this is you&#8230;..</p><p>You show up on Sunday. You sing the songs. You may even raise your hand during worship. But there is something you have not told a single person in the building. Something you carry out to the parking lot every week, buckle into the car, and drive home with. You sit with it at the dinner table. You carry it into the quiet moments when the house gets still, and the thoughts get loud.</p><p><em>You have been affected by an abortion</em></p><p>And you have been hiding it like it&#8217;s the thing disqualifying you from everything else God might want to do in your life.</p><p>Let me be clear&#8230;&#8230;</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em><strong>You are not disqualified. You are not too far gone. You are not the exception to the grace that everybody else in the room gets to receive. I will continue to proclaim this message because Jesus died for ALL of us, and His heart is that each one of us who are imprisoned in shame and guilt be set free.  </strong></em><strong>This is what we need to be hearing from the pulpits.</strong></p></div><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The church has a silence problem.</strong></p><p>I love the church. I am not here to tear it down. But I will tell you the truth:<em> the church has not always known what to do with pain from abortion</em>. So, instead of doing the hard thing, we have done the <em>quiet thing</em>. We have preached around it, danced beside it, built programs almost touching it but not quite. As a result, many women have learned<em> this</em> particular wound does not get named in <em>this</em> particular place.</p><div class="pullquote"><p><strong>Sitting in silence is not healing, it is just hiding behind a religious Christian mask.</strong></p></div><p><em>The Worthy Womb</em> exists because we deserve a place where the hard conversation actually gets to happen&#8230;where someone will sit across from the weight of what is being carried and not flinch&#8230;where we can call it what it is, grieve it like it deserves to be grieved, and then<strong> <mark data-color="#d9d2e9" style="background-color: rgb(217, 210, 233); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">let Jesus do what only He can do</mark></strong><mark data-color="#d9d2e9" style="background-color: rgb(217, 210, 233); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</mark></p><p><em><strong>This is that place.</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EOhr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b06c2f1-60c4-4558-be12-d54cd7c7da30_1200x628.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EOhr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b06c2f1-60c4-4558-be12-d54cd7c7da30_1200x628.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EOhr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b06c2f1-60c4-4558-be12-d54cd7c7da30_1200x628.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EOhr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3b06c2f1-60c4-4558-be12-d54cd7c7da30_1200x628.png 1272w, 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg role="img" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><title></title><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>Jesus is not waiting for you to clean yourself up first.</strong></p><p>Religious performance will wear you out. It tells you you have to arrive presentable. Fixed. Further along. It tells you healing is somewhere on the other side of doing enough, being enough, praying enough. So you perform. You exhaust yourself. And the wound stays exactly where it was.</p><p><em><strong>But that is not who Jesus is</strong></em>.</p><p>He did not wait for the woman at the well to get her story straight before He sat down next to her. He knew everything she had ever done, everything she was ashamed of, every man, every choice, every secret. And He sat down anyway. He initiated. He went out of His way to be right where she was.</p><p><em><strong>He is doing the same thing with you right now.</strong></em></p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em>He is not looking at you through the lens of your worst moment. He is looking at you through the lens of who He created you to be before anything else got written on top of it. Shame will tell you what happened defines you. But God&#8217;s Word says something completely different.</em></p></div><p><em>&#8220;<strong>Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here.&#8221;</strong></em><strong> 2 Corinthians 5:17</strong></p><p>The old is gone. Not buried. Not on probation. <strong>Gone. </strong>The new is already here, and it has your name on it. Your identity is not up for debate. It just needs to be restored back to what HE says about you, not what shame and guilt have been saying for years.</p><div><hr></div><p><strong>This is the mission.</strong></p><p>One billion women. I know how audacious it sounds. Good. So was the cross.</p><blockquote><p>We are going after every woman sitting in silence in a pew, in a car, in the dark of her bedroom wondering if she is the only one. We are going after her with the truth healing is not only possible, it is available right now. Jesus is not a last resort. He is a first response. Her identity was never actually taken from her. It was buried under guilt and grief and years of performance. But He knows exactly where it is, and He is intentional about getting it back to her.</p></blockquote><p>This is the work. <em>And you are now part of it.</em></p><p>Whether you are here because this is your story, or because you love someone living theirs, or because something just said show up, you are not here by mistake.</p><p><strong>Welcome to</strong><em><strong> The Worthy Womb.</strong></em></p><p>The conversation starts here. And it does not stop until every woman who needs to hear it, hears it.</p><p>Let&#8217;s go.</p><p><em>Coach Amy</em> <em>Fit 4 The Kingdom Ministries</em> <em>theworthywomb.substack.com</em></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Ready to stop hiding and start healing? Reply to this post or reach out directly at <a href="mailto:theworthywomb@substack.com">theworthywomb@substack.com</a>. You do not have to figure out the next step alone.</em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Remember Who You Are]]></title><description><![CDATA[Learning to let go of the lies and live from the truth of the Cross.]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/003-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/003-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:02:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>She Sits in the Third Row, and No One Knows</p><p>She got up this morning and made breakfast for her kids.</p><p>She helped her husband find his keys. She got dressed, fixed her hair, and showed up to church looking like she had it together &#8212; <em>because she always looks like she has it together</em>. She sang the worship songs. She said amen at the right times.</p><p>And the whole time, she was carrying something no one in that building knows about, not even her spouse.   Something she has never said out loud. A moment she came s<em>o close to</em> &#8212; a choice she almost made, a door she almost walked through &#8212; and the shame of it has been sitting in the seat next to her ever since.</p><p><em>Maybe that is you?</em></p><p>Maybe you have been sitting in that pew for years, holding your secret like something fragile and explosive at the same time, terrified that if anyone ever found out, they would see you differently. That God already sees you differently. That the woman you <em>almost</em> became &#8212;<em> or the choice you made that you cannot take back</em> &#8212; has disqualified you from something you cannot quite name but desperately want.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>You look fine. You serve in the nursery, lead the Bible study, and smile at the pastor. But inside, you are exhausted from carrying this and exhausted from pretending. Exhausted from striving so hard to be good enough to outrun what you did or almost did or almost let yourself become.</p></div><p><em><strong>I want to talk to that woman. I want to sit down with you in the third row and tell you what I know to be true.</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><p><strong>The Lie You Have Been Living Under</strong></p><p>The lie is this: <em>that what happened &#8212; or what almost happened &#8212; has permanently altered how God sees you</em>. That you crossed a line, or came too close to one, and something in the relationship broke. That you are on the wrong side of grace now. Too far gone. Too compromised. Too complicated for a clean story.</p><p>The lie says you can be used by God, but <em>only if you work hard enough.</em> Serve enough. Prove enough. Suppress the memory enough. The lie says healing is for other women. The women with cleaner pasts. The ones who did not almost do what you almost did. The ones who do not wake up at 3 a.m. remembering.</p><blockquote><p>The lie is that you are worthless.  The lie is so old, and so loud, and so familiar, that you have started to mistake it for the truth.</p></blockquote><div><hr></div><p><strong>What Actually Happened to Me</strong></p><p>I know what it feels like to live in this place of lies because I once came to the edge myself.  I laid on that cold, lonely table, resolved to follow through with the most painful choice of my life, and to end my pain by taking my own life once I was done.   Then,  something happened that I cannot explain in any natural terms. </p><blockquote><p><em><strong>When all hope was lost, Jesus appeared to me and said, &#8220;Remember who you are.&#8221;</strong></em></p></blockquote><p><em>That is all He said. Four words. But those four words shook me back to myself, and I fled. I did not go through with it. I was supernaturally rescued before the procedure was ever performed.</em></p><p>You would think that would be the end of the shame. That I would walk out of that parking lot and into freedom.  Sadly, I did not.</p><p>For sixteen years, I hid what almost happened, what I had almost chosen it. The fact that I had walked myself to that door. The guilt and shame of how close I had come was enough to swallow me whole. I ran from God. I told myself I was too complicated, too contradictory, too messy for Him to actually want me close to Him again.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hPRN!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png" width="1200" height="628" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/058b0d73-737b-4c31-8ffd-183c780d8215_1200x628.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:628,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1444932,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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I served. I strived. I became the woman who showed up early and stayed late and checked every box. Martha at full speed, working herself to exhaustion, trying to earn something that was already freely given.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>It did not work. I was still empty. The shame was still there.</p></div><p>Then one day Jesus got me to sit still before Him &#8212; truly still &#8212; and in that quiet, I heard myself say out loud what I had never admitted: <em>I feel worthless.</em></p><p>And He said: <em>You are priceless.</em></p><p>Not eventually. Not after you clean yourself up. Not once you have served enough or suffered enough or proved enough.</p><p>Priceless. Right now. As you are. In the worst moment of your story.</p><p><em><strong>That is the God I know. That is the God who sees you in the third row.</strong></em></p><p><strong>You are not too far gone.</strong></p><p>I want you to understand something about the women I minister to. They are not all women who almost made a choice. Many of them made the choice. They walked through that door. And they have been carrying the weight of it ever since &#8212; in the pew, in their marriage, in the hollow place behind their eyes when they try to worship.</p><div class="pullquote"><p>He is not standing at a distance cataloguing your failures. He is not waiting for you to earn back your standing. He is the God who comes looking for you in your hiding place, who calls you by your name in the wilderness, who tells you who you actually are when all you can see is what you have done.</p></div><p>The shame you are carrying &#8212; whether it is about a choice you made or a door you nearly walked through &#8212; it is not the last word on your life. It is not even close to the last word.</p><p>But shame does not release itself. It requires a safe place to be brought into the light. It requires someone who will not flinch, who will not pull away, who will sit with you in the full weight of it and say: <em>I know. And you are still priceless.</em></p><p><strong>This Is Why The Worthy Womb Exist</strong></p><p>I started <em>The Worthy Womb</em> because I know what it is to sit in that pew holding the secret. I know what it is to look like you have it together while something is eating you alive inside. I know what it is to run from God, and to run back to Him and immediately start performing instead of actually healing.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p>And I know what happens when a woman finally lets herself stop running.</p></div><p>This podcast is a safe place for the woman who has never said this out loud. The woman affected by abortion &#8212; whether that means she made the choice herself, or she almost did, or she was touched by someone else&#8217;s choice and has never healed from it. The woman who is sitting in her church completely alone in her pain even when she is surrounded by people.</p><p><em>This is not a podcast about condemnation. It is not about politics. It is not even really about the choice itself.</em></p><p>It is about you. The real you. The daughter God called priceless when you were in your worst moment. The woman He has not given up on and will not give up on. The warrior He is calling to rise.</p><p>You have been sitting in that shame long enough. There is a seat for you here.</p><div><hr></div><p>Come find it at <strong><a href="https://theworthywomb.substack.com/">The Worthy Womb on Substack</a></strong>.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><div><hr></div><p><em>Amy Dial is a prophetic identity coach, certified personal trainer, abortion survivor, and founder of Fit 4 The Kingdom Ministries, Inc. She is the author of &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221; and a local leader of 40 Days for Life. Her mission is to help women break free from shame and reclaim their God-given identity in Christ. She ministers out of Southeast Texas and virtually to women everywhere who are ready to stop hiding and start healing. Connect with Amy at <a href="https://theworthywomb.substack.com/">theworthywomb.substack.com</a>.</em></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[| Faith-Based Abortion Recovery: Dropping the "Good Christian" Mask and Overcoming Secret Shame ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Listen now (25 mins) | Overcoming Abortion Shame for Christian Women: Finding Jesus in Your Hidden Trauma]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/theworthywomb002</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/theworthywomb002</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 09:02:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/199270864/f13d9e9004b5d6268704bbedb98fb23c.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever smiled through worship while secretly hoping nobody asks how you&#8217;re <em>really</em> doing? Maybe they won&#8217;t ask. Maybe they won&#8217;t look a little closer.</p><p>Have you learned how to blend in right in the middle of a crowd so that no one <em>really sees you?</em> I was once there too. </p><h3>&#128214; Drop me a message to grab your free sample of <em>Ring of Fire: Journey Through Pain, Purpose, and God&#8217;s Power to Restore,  </em>where you can learn about how shame and guilt from an abortion encounter kept me at arm&#8217;s length from God and others.</h3><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:20584074,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p></p><div><hr></div><p>I get it, you love Jesus deeply. You still show up and serve. You still do all the things the &#8220;normal&#8221; Christians do, and you play the part well as you hold it all together on the outside, but behind the mask, you have buried a deep pain. </p><p>As a result, somewhere along the way, you&#8217;ve started pulling back little by little, and you learned how to hide in plain sight as an act of survival.</p><p>It may sounds like:</p><ul><li><p>"I'm just tired, I will sit this one out.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>"I'm okay, I don&#8217;t want to burden anyone.&#8221;</p></li><li><p>"I'm dealing with it on my own.&#8221;</p></li></ul><div class="pullquote"><p>Shame is often the hidden reason we fear true connection. It convinces us that hiding is safer, until the walls we built to protect our hearts slowly become prisons we don't know how to escape.</p></div><h3>In today's porch swing conversation, we're walking down what I call &#8220;<em><strong>The Noonday Road</strong></em><strong>&#8221;</strong> as we look at the woman at the well through the lens of hidden trauma, abortion shame, guilt, and identity restoration.</h3><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p>Jesus wasn&#8217;t lost when He went through Samaria. He was intentional. He sat beside a well and <em><strong>waited.</strong></em></p><p>And friend, <em>He still does that today.</em></p><p><em>He still sits beside hidden places</em>.</p><p><em>He still reaches toward women carrying grief, guilt, trauma, and stories they&#8217;ve never said out loud.</em></p><p>He still says:</p><p><em>&#8220;I want all of you. Not the polished version. All of you.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aRqO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aRqO!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aRqO!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aRqO!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aRqO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aRqO!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg" width="728" height="485.5" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f5286316-31b6-490f-8fff-3ce2741b8703_4104x2736.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;normal&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:728,&quot;bytes&quot;:1135443,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197035628/ee53be1b10e97554d604835e155eb59a.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>Martha, You Don&#8217;t Have to Earn Love Here</h1><h2>When Serving God Becomes Hiding from Him</h2><p>I think there are a lot more &#8220;Martha women&#8221; in the church than we realize.</p><p>Women who love Jesus deeply&#8230;<br>but secretly feel exhausted from constantly trying to prove their worth through serving, striving, performing, and staying busy for God.</p><h4>In this very first episode of <em>The Worthy Womb Podcast</em>, I&#8217;m opening the door to one of the hardest conversations many women are quietly carrying&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<br></h4><h4>What happens when hidden shame turns our relationship with Jesus into performance instead of intimacy?</h4><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Dial&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div><p></p><div><hr></div><p>We also begin unpacking the <em>Martha vs. Mary</em> mindset and why so many women become spiritually exhausted trying to work for what Jesus has already freely offered through relationship with Him.</p><p><em><strong>Inside this episode:</strong></em><br>&#8226; Why hidden shame often leads to religious striving<br>&#8226; The difference between hiding behind service and sitting at the Master&#8217;s feet<br>&#8226; Why trauma affects both the mind and body<br>&#8226; A first look into my W.O.M.B. Protocol&#8482; for identity restoration<br>&#8226; The invitation Jesus is still extending to exhausted women today</p><div><hr></div><h4>Friend&#8230; you do not have to earn love here.</h4><p>&#127911; Press play and let&#8217;s begin the conversation.</p><div><hr></div><p>You are not too far gone.<br><em><strong>And you do not have to carry this alone anymore.</strong></em></p><p></p><h4>Want to read my entire story?  You can grab your own copy here</h4><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://a.co/d/04aydvT8&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Order \&quot;Ring of Fire\&quot;&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://a.co/d/04aydvT8"><span>Order "Ring of Fire"</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h2><em>&#8220;Shame keeps women from sitting at the feet of Jesus because it convinces them they have to work their way back into an identity He never took from them.&#8221;</em></h2><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><div><hr></div><h2>&#8220;And honestly, I think that&#8217;s why the story of Martha hits differently when you&#8217;ve lived through hidden shame&#8230;&#8221;</h2><h2><em>Ready to stop hiding and start healing?</em></h2><p>If this episode resonated with you and you&#8217;re ready to explore identity restoration and healing God&#8217;s way, I&#8217;d love to invite you into a free connection call to see if we&#8217;re a fit for<a href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min"> private coaching.</a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/amydial/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Book Complimentary Consult&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min"><span>Book Complimentary Consult</span></a></p><p></p><p></p><div><hr></div><h2>Subscribe to The Worthy Womb Podcast</h2><p>Follow along on Substack so you never miss future conversations about healing, identity restoration, intimacy with Jesus, and freedom from religious striving.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?"><span>Subscribe now</span></a></p><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Still Carrying Abortion Shame? Come Sit on the Porch Swing with Amy Dial]]></title><description><![CDATA[If abortion guilt, shame, or self-hatred still affect your life, discover how Jesus brings healing, freedom, and identity restoration.]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/002-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/002-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2026 10:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9f5f7118-1978-4a33-9274-73ffccc28285_1200x628.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p><em><strong>The Worthy Womb</strong></em> exists for the woman who is tired of carrying her pain in silence. Through honest conversations, biblical truth, and practical encouragement, you&#8217;ll find a safe place to step out of hiding, lay down shame, and discover that your story is not beyond God&#8217;s power to redeem.</p></div><div><hr></div><h1>Meet Amy</h1><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IaLr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IaLr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IaLr!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IaLr!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IaLr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!IaLr!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png" width="1200" height="628" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fe45d283-2fd5-4506-b159-c9b3d187168a_1200x628.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:628,&quot;width&quot;:1200,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1145784,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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After years of carrying the shame of a near-abortion experience and trying to earn my way back to God through performance and religious striving, Jesus led me on a journey of healing that transformed my life.</p><p>Today, I help women come out of hiding, heal from shame, and remember who they are in Christ through coaching, speaking, <em><strong>The Worthy Womb Podcast</strong></em>, and my signature <em><strong>W.O.M.B. Protocol</strong></em>. My passion is helping women uncover the lies shame planted about their worth, encounter the healing love of Jesus, and walk confidently in the identity He has always spoken over them.</p><blockquote><p><em>When Jesus finally got me to surrender and tell the truth about the pain I had buried for years, everything changed.</em></p></blockquote><p>The shame I had carried for so long told me I was worthless, damaged, and disqualified. But when I finally brought my brokenness into the light, I discovered something unexpected.</p><p>Jesus was not standing there with condemnation.</p><p>He was standing there with <em><strong>redemption.</strong></em></p><div class="pullquote"><p>When I felt worthless, He still called me priceless.</p></div><p>That moment became the beginning of a healing journey that changed the course of my life and showed me that my past was never stronger than His love.</p><p>What Jesus did in my life, He can do in yours. Today, I have the privilege of walking alongside women who are ready to stop hiding, stop striving, and experience the freedom that comes from living in the truth of who God says they are.</p><div><hr></div><h1>Credentials &amp; Experience</h1><p>&#8226; Author of <em><strong>Ring of Fire</strong></em></p><p>&#8226; Host of <em><strong>The Worthy Womb</strong></em> Podcast</p><p>&#8226; Certified <strong>God Talks</strong> Coach</p><p>&#8226; Identity Restoration Coach</p><p>&#8226; International Speaker</p><p>&#8226; Founder of <em><strong>Fit 4 The Kingdom Ministries</strong></em></p><div><hr></div><h1>The W.O.M.B. Protocol</h1><p>My signature <em><strong>W.O.M.B. Protocol</strong></em> helps women move from hidden shame and religious striving into restored identity through Christ-centered, Holy Spirit-led healing.</p><p>Developed from both my personal healing journey and years of walking alongside women, this framework helps uncover the lies shame has planted, reconnect with God&#8217;s truth, and build a life rooted in freedom and identity in Christ.</p><div><hr></div><h1><a href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min">Schedule a Free Call</a></h1><p>If you&#8217;re ready to stop carrying your pain alone and take the next step toward healing and freedom, I&#8217;d be honored to walk alongside you.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://calendly.com/amydial/30min&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Book A Free Discovery Call&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://calendly.com/amydial/30min"><span>Book A Free Discovery Call</span></a></p><div><hr></div><h1>It&#8217;s Time To Remember Who You Are</h1><p>Healing is possible.</p><p>Freedom is possible.</p><p>And your story is<em> never beyond God&#8217;s power to redeem.</em></p><div><hr></div><h1>Let&#8217;s Connect!</h1><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Sign up to join our Worthy Womb Community and stay up to date with everything here.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb Prequel: Why Your Story Isn’t Over Yet ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Welcome To The Worthy Womb Podcast]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/theworthywomb-prequel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/theworthywomb-prequel</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 10:01:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/197032602/820c306ecefb94ad975ba4770df68a90.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p> You&#8217;ve been carrying a weight you weren&#8217;t meant to hold. You&#8217;re smiling in the church pew on Mother&#8217;s Day, serving others, and trying to look the part. But inside, you are exhausted by the secret cost of your past.</p><p>In this prequel to <em>The Worthy Womb</em>, host Amy Dial shares the truth of her own abortion experience. In 2005, she stood at the doorway of a life-altering choice, trapped by shame, fear, and the lie that her value had been erased. But God had a different ending to her story.</p><p>If you&#8217;ve been trying to work your way back to God, or if you&#8217;re tired of carrying guilt and shame while calling it devotion, it&#8217;s time to stop striving. It&#8217;s time to sit on the porch, pour a glass of tea, and have the honest conversation you&#8217;ve been whispering to yourself.</p><p>Your purpose didn&#8217;t die. Your calling wasn&#8217;t erased. You are chosen, restored, and deeply loved.</p><p></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OUo8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OUo8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OUo8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OUo8!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OUo8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OUo8!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png" width="1456" height="1456" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/89f9acdc-a617-402b-a1cc-d73ffe1d7679_3000x3000.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1456,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:10320220,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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He&#8217;s just inviting you to lay down the pain and receive your true identity.</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p></p><p>&#8221;Ready to stop hiding and start healing?</p><p>If this episode resonated with you and you&#8217;re ready to explore identity restoration and healing God&#8217;s way, I&#8217;d love to invite you into a free connection call to see if we&#8217;re a fit for<a href="https://amydial.com/"> private coaching.</a></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://amydial.com/&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Book Complimentary Call&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://amydial.com/"><span>Book Complimentary Call</span></a></p><p></p><div><hr></div><h2>Subscribe to The Worthy Womb Podcast</h2><p>Follow along on Substack so you never miss future conversations about healing, identity restoration, intimacy with Jesus, and freedom from religious striving.</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Welcome to The Worthy Womb]]></title><description><![CDATA[If you're struggling with abortion guilt, hidden shame, or spiritual exhaustion, discover biblical healing and identity restoration through Jesus.]]></description><link>https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/001-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.theworthywomb.com/p/001-the-worthy-womb-porchswing-conversations</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Worthy Womb · Amy Dial]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2026 04:01:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>This space was created for the hard conversations many women are not hearing in church.</h3><div><hr></div><p>The conversations about abortion.<br>About hidden shame.<br>About religious striving.<br>About identity.<br>About grief.<br>About healing.<br>About what happens when women spend years performing for worth while secretly feeling disconnected from it.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Thanks for reading! Subscribe for free to receive new posts so you never miss an episode.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>Too many women are sitting faithfully on church pews carrying silent pain they believe they have to take to the grave. Silence does not heal wounds, and striving does not restore identity.</p><div><hr></div><h2>Healing begins when we stop hiding.</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!68VI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png" width="1080" height="1350" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1d34b095-d5ff-4ed6-9501-1938a1f4cdf8_1080x1350.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1350,&quot;width&quot;:1080,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1123612,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Amy Dial - 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I lived from a place of shame and guilt after my encounter with almost choosing abortion and suicide, letting my past determine how I lived in the present and what I saw for my future.  You can read all about it in my recent memoir, &#8220;Ring of Fire&#8221;, which reached #4 in the Christian Counseling category.</p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://a.co/d/04aydvT8&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Purchase \&quot;Ring of Fire\&quot;&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://a.co/d/04aydvT8"><span>Purchase "Ring of Fire"</span></a></p><p></p><div><hr></div><h4>You are not too far gone.<br>You are not disqualified.<br>And you do not have to carry this alone anymore.</h4><p><em>I&#8217;m honored you&#8217;re here.</em></p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.theworthywomb.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Join The Movement</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>