ABOUT LAURA AND BRIAN

One built it.
One lived it.

Two different starting points. Here's how they connect.

ABOUT LAURA AND BRIAN

One built it.
One lived it.

Two different starting points. Here's how they connect.

ABOUT LAURA AND BRIAN

One built it.
One lived it.

Two different starting points. Here's how they connect.

Laura Duncan smiling in a tan cardigan and light blue top, standing against a brick wall.

LAURA'S STORY

She built The Compassion Method out of her own grief.

Laura's husband died of ALS, and the grief that followed didn't follow a timeline. It kept coming back in waves. Instead of fixing it, she learned to meet it with compassion. That became The Compassion Method, first shared with a room of men carrying unspoken shame. She's spent 14 years helping others do the same.

Laura Duncan smiling in a tan cardigan and light blue top, standing against a brick wall.

LAURA'S STORY

She built The Compassion Method out of her own grief.

Laura's husband died of ALS, and the grief that followed didn't follow a timeline. It kept coming back in waves. Instead of fixing it, she learned to meet it with compassion. That became The Compassion Method, first shared with a room of men carrying unspoken shame. She's spent 14 years helping others do the same.

Laura Duncan smiling in a tan cardigan and light blue top, standing against a brick wall.

LAURA'S STORY

She built The Compassion Method out of her own grief.

Laura's husband died of ALS, and the grief that followed didn't follow a timeline. It kept coming back in waves. Instead of fixing it, she learned to meet it with compassion. That became The Compassion Method, first shared with a room of men carrying unspoken shame. She's spent 14 years helping others do the same.

BRIAN'S STORY

He had it all together. Then he didn't.

Brian built a business and a life that looked, from the outside, exactly like it was supposed to. Then it came apart. Not all at once, but enough that the version of himself he'd been performing stopped holding together. What followed was a long road back, years of it, not a single breakthrough. That road is what the podcast, and now the book, are about.

Brian Freise standing outdoors in a white button-up shirt with one hand in his pocket, leaning against a stone wall.

BRIAN'S STORY

He had it all together. Then he didn't.

Brian built a business and a life that looked, from the outside, exactly like it was supposed to. Then it came apart. Not all at once, but enough that the version of himself he'd been performing stopped holding together. What followed was a long road back, years of it, not a single breakthrough. That road is what the podcast, and now the book, are about.

Brian Freise standing outdoors in a white button-up shirt with one hand in his pocket, leaning against a stone wall.

BRIAN'S STORY

He had it all together. Then he didn't.

Brian built a business and a life that looked, from the outside, exactly like it was supposed to. Then it came apart. Not all at once, but enough that the version of himself he'd been performing stopped holding together. What followed was a long road back, years of it, not a single breakthrough. That road is what the podcast, and now the book, are about.

Brian Freise standing outdoors in a white button-up shirt with one hand in his pocket, leaning against a stone wall.

WHAT CHANGED

Freedom. Peace. Rest.

Being present with his kids instead of just in the room with them. Meeting God instead of performing for Him.

WHAT CHANGED

Freedom. Peace. Rest.

Being present with his kids instead of just in the room with them. Meeting God instead of performing for Him.

WHAT CHANGED

Freedom. Peace. Rest.

Being present with his kids instead of just in the room with them. Meeting God instead of performing for Him.

WHERE THE METHOD FITS IN

Laura Duncan's Compassion Method.

Laura created The Compassion Method after her own grief, Healing comes not from fixing pain, or feeling it alone, but from meeting it with compassion. Years later, when Brian's life fell apart, he found her work and went through the method himself. That became a conversation between two people, and now a podcast and a book.

WHERE THE METHOD FITS IN

Laura Duncan's Compassion Method.

Laura created The Compassion Method after her own grief, Healing comes not from fixing pain, or feeling it alone, but from meeting it with compassion. Years later, when Brian's life fell apart, he found her work and went through the method himself. That became a conversation between two people, and now a podcast and a book.

WHERE THE METHOD FITS IN

Laura Duncan's Compassion Method.

Laura created The Compassion Method after her own grief, Healing comes not from fixing pain, or feeling it alone, but from meeting it with compassion. Years later, when Brian's life fell apart, he found her work and went through the method himself. That became a conversation between two people, and now a podcast and a book.

FROM LISTENERS

From people who showed up.

Triggered and True is real and relatable. It's helped me process pain and come to peace with myself. Now I like who I am, it's safe to be me. I don't have to be perfect, just free to be. Reconnecting to my True Self, as God created me, has been transforming.

Pauline

Above All Else is a wonderful true-life testimony and practical discipleship guide to discovering the roots of our pain and finding lasting transformation. I pray that whoever reads it will take time with the Lord to sit with the truths and wisdom in this honest, uplifting book.

Kyle

This podcast has helped me breakthrough the affects of childhood trauma in such a precious and beautiful way. Shame is lifting and true healing happens as I discover who l've always been. Thank you Laura and Brian for sharing your experiences, this is life changing!

Ardrar

FROM LISTENERS

From people who showed up.

Triggered and True is real and relatable. It's helped me process pain and come to peace with myself. Now I like who I am, it's safe to be me. I don't have to be perfect, just free to be. Reconnecting to my True Self, as God created me, has been transforming.

Pauline

Above All Else is a wonderful true-life testimony and practical discipleship guide to discovering the roots of our pain and finding lasting transformation. I pray that whoever reads it will take time with the Lord to sit with the truths and wisdom in this honest, uplifting book.

Kyle

This podcast has helped me breakthrough the affects of childhood trauma in such a precious and beautiful way. Shame is lifting and true healing happens as I discover who l've always been. Thank you Laura and Brian for sharing your experiences, this is life changing!

Ardrar

FROM LISTENERS

From people who showed up.

Triggered and True is real and relatable. It's helped me process pain and come to peace with myself. Now I like who I am, it's safe to be me. I don't have to be perfect, just free to be. Reconnecting to my True Self, as God created me, has been transforming.

Pauline

Above All Else is a wonderful true-life testimony and practical discipleship guide to discovering the roots of our pain and finding lasting transformation. I pray that whoever reads it will take time with the Lord to sit with the truths and wisdom in this honest, uplifting book.

Kyle

This podcast has helped me breakthrough the affects of childhood trauma in such a precious and beautiful way. Shame is lifting and true healing happens as I discover who l've always been. Thank you Laura and Brian for sharing your experiences, this is life changing!

Ardrar

Your process is uniquely yours. However you feel is worth caring for.

LAURA DUNCAN

Your process is uniquely yours. However you feel is worth caring for.

LAURA DUNCAN

Your process is uniquely yours. However you feel is worth caring for.

LAURA DUNCAN

Triggered and true

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Hear more of this, every week.