Broken and Beautiful Souls

An interview with Lindsey gives us a glorious example of risk and determination to equip her church with the ability to hold stories, even trauma stories, well. Learn what to avoid and how to hold stories in relationship with skill and honor.

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“In a profound way, our intentionality is a key ingredient in determining whether we notice God everywhere, or only in church, or only in suffering, or nowhere. It all depends on how we choose to fashion our world.” ~ Elizabeth Dryer

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Kindness in holding yours and other’s stories takes practice. The holding space is sacred, can be scary, and often comes at a high price. And yet, if done well, holding stories can bring healing to ourselves, others, and relationships. Let’s take seriously and creatively our God given stories.

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“I would like to beg you dear sir, as well as I can, to have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves as if they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language.” ~Rainier Maria Rilk

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Holding story and creating space to hold a story well is discussed and context is considered. Friendship includes creating space to hold stories. This is particularly true if a friend shares a trauma story or a story that needs healing. Listen also to how one woman shared from her heart and how her story was dropped, much to her dismay.

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“Don’t be afraid to risk joining someone in their pain. It’s worth it. It’s worth it to the other person.” ~Krishana Kraft

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Repairing your relationship as an adult with your parents can be extremely difficult waters to navigate. Whether the break in relationship was from childhood wounding, trauma, or from a recent argument, the tensions and risk involved in a repair attempt can leave you feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. Listen in today to hear how one woman faced these troubled waters and survived.

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“A story of redemption is always more beautiful than one of innocence.” ~Dawn Woods

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Repairing your relationship as an adult with your parents can be extremely difficult waters to navigate. Whether the break in relationship was from childhood wounding, trauma, or from a recent argument, the tensions and risk involved in a repair attempt can leave you feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. Listen in today to hear how one woman faced these troubled waters and survived.

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“A story of redemption is always more beautiful than one of innocence.” ~Dawn Woods

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How in the world are you supposed to manage a relationship with your parents when fraught with manipulation, stress, anger, trauma, etc? You love your parents, you want more from them.  However, the desire for repair becomes dull as you fear reliving some uncomfortable, painful dance from the past. 

Listen in to today’s podcast for hope towards repair in the adult child/parent relationship.

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“A baby is born with a need to be loved—and never out grows it.” ~Frank A. Clark

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How in the world are you supposed to manage a relationship with your parents when fraught with manipulation, stress, anger, trauma, etc? You love your parents, you want more from them.  However, the desire for repair becomes dull as you fear reliving some uncomfortable, painful dance from the past.  Listen in to today’s podcast for hope towards repair in the adult child/parent relationship.

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“Parenting is a two-way relationship where you learn from each other.”   ~Juhi Chawla 

Listen in to how one Mom takes what she is learning about paying attention to her body while applying this learning to her parenting skills. Hear how her failure and success can offer encouragement to do the hard work of attuning. 

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“The way we talk to our children becomes their inner voice.”

~Peggy O’Mara

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How your parents related to you as a child significantly impacts how you relate to your children. What does a healthy parent/child bond look like? Listen today to discover the powerful role affection can have with repair, as well as, learn other tips and tricks along the way.

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“The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.” ~ Bessel van der Kolk

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How your parents related to you as a child significantly impacts how you relate to your children. What does a healthy parent/child bond look like? Listen today to discover the powerful role affection can have with repair, as well as, learn other tips and tricks along the way.

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“The parent-child connection is the most powerful mental health intervention known to mankind.” ~ Bessel van der Kolk

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