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We go spiritually deep in this episode. Beginning with a quote from Mark Nepo: “Being broken is never fun. No one seeks being broken. No one asks for it. But like erosion, being broken is a developmental phase of growth, not a deficiency. We have stigmatized being broken as a sign of damage or weakness. Yet mysteriously, it is being broken open that leads to all transformation. Rather than deny or resist this phase of growth - it is inevitable we might better focus our efforts on mapping the new terrain on the other side of the break. What new way of thinking, feeling, or being are we being led to?”
How do people endure extreme challenges in life? How do we navigate when those ‘perfect storms’ arrive at our doorstep? How many hard things can we do all at once? Being broken open is raw and sometimes excruciatingly painful. We have to limit our exposure to toxic people and energy-draining activities. Friends and family often don’t know how to help us when we are broken, so they stay away or worse, become boundary-less with their support. It can be very isolating. When we are vulnerable, we naturally withdraw. But that often means we are left alone in our darkest hours.
We also explore how we use control to navigate these difficult seasons of life. And how control actually makes it worse in the long run. As a recovering control freak, I share how that need to control takes root in the most vulnerable times and often strangles my own growth.
In this episode, we are sharing more stories of brokenness and vulnerability with you. Not to become victims of our own stories, but because if we are here to grow and deepen our connection to God, to one another, and to life itself, we have to know how to not only break open… but how to let our vulnerability be known… and then to allow the energy of growth to take root in our hope and our faith…. With love.

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