In this episode of Unspoken with aggie park, i sit with Dorsey Ross and we talk about the kind of pain that doesn’t resolve neatly—or quickly.

Dorsey was born with Apert syndrome and has endured 68 surgeries. But this conversation isn’t about numbers or shock value. It's about identity. It’s about what it costs to live in a body the world doesn’t understand. To be stared at before being known. To be judged before being heard.

Dorsey shares honestly about growing up feeling different, about carrying pain for years, and about the quiet moments where he wrestled with whether he was enough—or whether life was worth continuing at all. He opens up about the thoughts no one wants to admit, the seasons when faith felt fragile, and how he had to relearn—again and again—who he is in Christ when the world kept trying to define him by what it could see.

We talk about the truth many don’t say out loud—that walking with Jesus doesn’t remove the pain, and faith often means learning how to stay when the suffering doesn’t leave.

This isn’t a story about being strong.It’s about being honest.About surviving days you didn’t think you could survive.
About choosing life when hope felt thin.

Dorsey is also the host of the Dorsey Ross Show, an author, and an evangelist—but more than anything, he’s a living reminder that you don’t have to be healed, fixed, or whole to be deeply loved by God.

If you’ve ever felt unseen in your suffering…If you’ve ever questioned your worth because of your body, your past, or your pain…If you’ve ever wondered whether your faith still “counts” when the struggle doesn’t go away…

This conversation is for you.

Still His image.
Still His masterpiece.

Connect with Dorsey here:

https://www.instagram.com/dorsey.ross

https://www.dorseyrossshow.com/

In this episode, i wrestle out loud with a question many of us quietly carry:
Is self-love always wrong—or did we misunderstand what God was asking of us?

Yes, Jesus calls us to love.
Yes, He calls us to forgive—even our enemies.
But love and forgiveness do not automatically mean access, proximity, or relationship.

Sometimes we confuse being “Christ-like” with being constantly available, tolerating harm, or shrinking ourselves to keep the peace.
But staying in relationships that consistently belittle, wound, or drain you does not honor God—it slowly prevents you from becoming who Jesus created you to be.

This episode is a reminder that:

• Love doesn’t have to look like being best friends with everyone

• Forgiveness doesn’t require reconciliation in every situation

• It is okay—holy, even—to love people from a distance

God never called us to live exhausted, resentful, or empty while trying to love well.
He desires our obedience with joy, and that joy flows when our cup is filled with Him.

Jesus isn’t only present in church or spiritual moments.
He’s with us in the everyday—in rest, movement, creativity, errands, and caring for the body and life He entrusted to us.

Loving yourself the right way isn’t selfish.
It’s stewardship.
Remember, your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, and your life matters to God to you know. If you’ve ever felt guilty for needing boundaries…If you’ve stayed too long out of fear, obligation, or shame…This conversation is for you.

Follow and connect with me here:

socials: @un_spokenpod | @aggie_pouredoutforJesus

web: www.theunspokenpod.com

Welcome to the very first story of season 2 of Unspoken with Aggie Park—a space where we tell the truth about healing. The parts we’ve walked through and the parts we’re still walking through. Because even in the middle of it all, we are deeply loved and already redeemed.

Today’s conversation is really special to me. i get to sit down with my dear sister Neena Perez—and her story is one that carries so much honesty, courage, and grace.

Neena has walked through abuse, teen pregnancy, domestic violence and homelessness. And instead of letting those chapters define her, God has rewrote her pain into purpose. Today, she’s using the very scars she’s still healing from to bring hope to others through her ministry, The Purpose-Filled Kitchen.

And i love this so much because i love food! Anyone else? ^.^ And even though food is simple, it’s powerful. It brings people together. It slows us down. It creates space. And Neena shows us how God can use something so ordinary to do something deeply healing and sacred.

This episode fits right into the heart of Season 2—being real, raw, and honest about our current struggles. Neena doesn’t come on sharing a perfect ending. She shares the middle. The tension. The waiting. The places where faith and pain exist at the same time.

• How trauma can distort how we see ourselves—and how God gently restores our identity

• What God has already healed, and what He is still healing

• How to keep trusting Jesus when you believe He can heal you, but it hasn’t happened yet

• Encouragement for anyone who feels like their setbacks outweigh their victories

• How God called Neena to minister through food as a way to bring healing and hope

• Why slowing down is so hard—and how to learn to rest with Jesus without guilt or fear

If you’ve ever felt discouraged in your healing…
If you’ve wondered why it feels harder instead of easier…
If you’ve questioned whether God is still working in you…

This conversation is for you.

Neena’s life is a reminder that healing doesn’t have to be complete for God to use it. That being in process doesn’t disqualify you. And that showing up—honestly, imperfectly, and surrendered—is enough.

To everyone listening: you are not weak for struggling. you are not behind. you are not failing.
God sees you. He is with you. And He is still writing your story.

If this episode encouraged you, please share it. Someone you love may be quietly carrying more than they can carry, and this could be the reminder they need—that they are not alone, that healing is real, and that Jesus still brings victory, even in seasons that feel unfinished.

If you’re carrying something heavy, you can always DM me or Neena on instagram @un_spokenpod and @chefneenaperez
you don’t have to carry it alone, because you were never meant to.

Thank you for being part of the Unspoken family.
Until next time—keep choosing honesty, keep choosing grace, and keep showing up, even when healing feels unfinished!

More about Neena:

https://sleek.bio/chefneenaperez

https://www.instagram.com/chefneenaperez

https://www.youtube.com/@chefneenaperez

https://www.facebook.com/neena.perez

https://www.tiktok.com/@chefneenaperez

When The LORD placed the dream of starting a podcast in my heart, i had no experience, no blueprint, and no idea how it would work. i only heard Him whisper, “Just trust Me.”

And some days, that was all i had—His voice, holding me together when nothing else made sense.

Still, i said yes.

Not because i felt qualified or ready—but because i remembered who HE is.

When doubt crept in, i looked back at the countless times Jesus had already come through. One of the clearest was when i was 17 years old and moved from Indonesia to the United States completely alone. No plan. No provision. No idea where i would live.

But God…
but GOD.

Just three days before college started, He placed me in a home where the landlord was an elder and a pastor. i know their prayers covered me in ways i didn’t understand back then—but they shaped my walk with Jesus in ways i still see today.

What looked like an impossible, dead-end situation became a place of safety, growth, and purpose.

That’s why i believe remembering His faithfulness matters. Because memory becomes fuel. It strengthens our faith for the next step—the next seemingly impossible yes.

The Bible tells us the ten lepers were healed as they walked. The miracle didn’t come after clarity—it came IN obedience.

This episode is for anyone standing in the in-between. If God has asked you to move and fear is louder than answers, remember this: the same God who carried you before will carry you again.

When He leads, He provides.When He calls, He equips.

May remembering all He has already done give you courage for your next yes to Jesus—the one that feels too big, too scary, too impossible.

Keep walking. Keep trusting. Keep believing. Keep doing. And all in and for Jesus' praiseworthy Name!

If you have any prayer requests, you can email me at theunspokenpodwithaggie@gmail.com or DM me on instagram at @un_spokenpod. And if this episode encouraged you, please like, follow, and share it—so hope can reach someone else who needs it today. 🤍

Hi Unspoken family 🤍

i hope through season 1 you’ve felt seen, held, and less alone. i’ve prayed over every episode—that each story would reach the heart that feels tired, confused, or quietly breaking, and remind them that hope and healing are still possible—even in the middle of the mess.

As i step into season 2, i’ve been sitting with The LORD and asking a harder question—one that doesn’t come with easy answers:
What do You want to reveal now, not after i’m healed, but while i’m still becoming?

Unspoken will always be raw, real, and redeemed. But God has gently convicted me of something i can’t ignore: people don’t just need stories of victory. They need honesty about the process.

If you haven’t listened to the very first episode where i shared my testimony, here’s the heart behind this next season:

i grew up in abuse, neglect, bullying, and silence. i learned early that it wasn’t safe to be myself. Pieces of who God created me to be were buried under survival, shame, and pain.

Jesus has redeemed my story and restored my God-given identity—but healing hasn’t been instant, clean, or complete. it’s often messy, discouraging, and exhausting—requiring patience, grace, and the courage to keep showing up even when nothing feels resolved.Healing isn’t a finish line. It’s a daily choosing—to stay, to feel, to fight. i still struggle.
with food.with exercise.
with depression.with suicidal thoughts.
with self-harm.

And saying that out loud is part of the healing.

Yes—you can love Jesus deeply.
Yes—you can be in therapy.
And yes—you can still wrestle in ways that feel heavy, confusing, and exhausting.

Faith doesn’t erase wounds. And silence only keeps people trapped in shame.

Alongside this season, i’m also in the process of writing a 40-day devotional—a journey of becoming who Jesus created us to be before pain, trauma, and survival patterns stole pieces of us away. It’s being written in real time, with honesty—not just sharing what God has healed, but also the places where i’m still learning to trust Him, still unlearning lies, still choosing truth on hard days.

This season, and this devotional, come from the same place: a desire to be honest about what redemption looks like in motion. To share wisdom God has given me through healing—and to be just as open about where i am still struggling, still surrendering, still asking Him to meet me again.

If we only share the highlight reels, how can anyone believe healing is possible right now—in the middle of their pain? Not someday. Not once they’re “fixed.” Not when everything feels put together.

My prayer is that my honesty gives others permission to stop hiding. To come before Jesus and each other exactly as they are—scarred, tender, imperfect, but still loved.

Because the truth is: none of us are perfect. Not here. Not yet.
On this side of eternity, we are all carrying something. And if we can’t be honest with one another, how can true healing ever begin?

For season 2, God is calling me into a series focused on the struggles i am walking through right now—the ones He is still redeeming in real time. i don’t have all the answers. i don’t know exactly what this will look like. But i trust His leading.

Episodes may come weekly, biweekly, monthly, or unexpectedly often—because i don’t want to rush His process. i want to remain surrendered to His timing and the stories He wants told, not the ones that feel safest.

Thank you for being part of the Unspoken family. Thank you for holding space for truth, tension, and grace. i pray we continue this journey together—learning, unlearning, and becoming who He always intended us to be, in awe of His power, His patience, and His faithfulness.

With much love,

aggie

Today’s guest is living proof that life doesn’t shrink as you get older — it EXPANDS (sometimes with a passport, a crown, and Scripture memorized along the way 😅).

Kerry Damiano — aka Ms. World Traveler — has visited 130+ countries, all 50 states, designed her own clothes and jewelry, coached generations of pageant queens, and built a lasting legacy in the fashion and beauty industry… all while hiding God’s Word in her heart like a spiritual ninja. Honestly Kerry, you put the rest of us to shame — in the best way.

She’s bold, single, joy-filled, stylish, unafraid to start over (even after failed businesses), and now living financially free and fully alive. This episode is especially close to my heart because we dive into the big questions many in the beauty, fashion, and pageant world quietly wrestle with:

👉 Can a faithful Christ-follower compete in pageants and still honor the Lord?
👉 Is loving beauty and fashion sinful — or misunderstood?
👉 What happens when trust and obedience lead the way?

Spoiler alert: God is not afraid of beauty. He created it.

In this honest and joy-filled conversation, Kerry shares:

✨ Why she said yes to traveling the world — and how those 130+ countries shaped her faith, courage, and identity
✨ How business failure didn’t disqualify her — it refined her
✨ The freedom and fulfillment found in singleness, purpose, and adventure
✨ The biggest misconceptions about pageants (yes, even in Christian circles) — and the truth behind them
✨ A biblical response to verses often used to shame women for loving beauty, style, or femininity
✨ How Christian women can confidently honor God while competing, creating, and expressing beauty
✨ What pageants are really about once you peel back the clichés
✨ How Scripture, purpose, and ministry have anchored her life
✨ And a powerful reminder for anyone who feels it’s “too late” — it’s not

This episode is for the woman who loves Jesus and lipstick.
For the creative who’s been told to dim her light.
For the dreamer who buried her calling because fear got louder than faith.

Kerry reminds us that beauty and purpose can coexist, that loving fashion isn’t a sin, and that trust and obedience to God change everything. Walking with Him is not boring — it’s the greatest adventure you’ll ever live.

🎥 Follow Kerry’s world of glamour, grit, Scripture, and truth:👉 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ms.worldtraveler5897📸 Instagram: @kerrymsworldtraveler

If this episode encouraged you, please rate, review, and share it — you never know whose calling might be unlocked through your obedience!

There are people whose lives remind you that God is still writing wild, unexplainable, miraculous stories on the earth… and today, you’re about to meet one of them.

Byron Easterling has spent 46 years in ministry, logged over three million miles in the air, and stepped into more nations than most people will ever dream of. His life is full of stories — prison cells in Turkey, healings in Scotland, moments of danger, moments of glory, and the relentless goodness of God woven through every chapter.

What i love about Byron is this:
he doesn’t tell these stories to make himself look strong.
He tells them to make Jesus look faithful.

He reminds us that the same Jesus who healed the blind, raised the dead, and conquered sin, hell, and death…
is still moving today.
Still speaking.
Still breaking chains.
Still meeting ordinary people with extraordinary grace.

His life is a reminder that obedience is the foundation of everything, that miracles still happen, and that faith isn’t theory — it’s lived, walked, wrestled with, and trusted one brave step at a time.

May Byron’s stories awaken something deep in you —the courage to say yes again,the humility to listen again,and the boldness to believe God for more than what you’ve seen.

If today stirred your heart, don’t push it down.

God is inviting you into a bigger story.

In this episode, we walk through:

1. How did 46 years of ministry even begin — and how did God confirm the calling?

2. What moment broke Byron open the most… and how did God meet him there?

3. After decades of ministry across nations, what has surprised him most about how God speaks?

4. What would he say to skeptics who believe miracles only happened “back then”?

5. When did obedience cost him the most — and how did it transform his faith?

6. What would he tell believers who feel numb, weary, or like God is silent?

7. Which story from his upcoming “Curious Tales of a Common Man” series does the world need right now?

8. And after a lifetime of global ministry — what’s the one truth he wants every listener to carry?

Website: https://www.byroneasterling.comBooks: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Byron-Easterling/author/B00DM8NU2M

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Today’s episode is not a polished “how-to” on overcoming addiction. It’s a conversation about the fight — the real, gritty, in-the-middle fight — where Jesus steps into the mess long before we ever reach the finish line.

My guest, Hampig, founder of Turning Point Journey (turningpointjourney.com | IG: @turningpointjourney), knows firsthand what it means to battle addiction with Jesus, not after getting clean, not after hitting perfection — but right in the chaos of the struggle.

He doesn’t speak from theory. He speaks from trenches, relapse, grace, and the relentless love of a God who refuses to walk away.

In this episode, we talk about:

• What life looked like for Hampig before the turning point

• How he began letting God into the fight instead of hiding the fight from God

• The “middle space” — where you’re not who you used to be, but not free yet

• Showing up again after setbacks, slips, or slow progress

• Learning that grace is part of recovery, not evidence of failure

• How God rebuilds identity, trust, faith, and hope after addiction

• The kind of community a struggling person really needs

• What Hampig knows about God’s love now… that he didn’t understand before

• A message for the listener who’s ashamed, tired, or still hiding

This episode is for anyone who is fighting, falling, or getting back up again — anyone who thinks their mess disqualifies them from God’s love.

It doesn’t.

Jesus doesn’t wait for the story to be pretty.
He meets you in the middle of the chaos — and that’s where healing begins.