When Loving Our Kids Reveals What Needs Healing in Us

Welcome to the Called to Love Podcast!

For this episode, I am joined by Stasi Eldredge. Stasi Eldredge loves writing and speaking to women about the goodness of God. She became a Christian her junior year in college and dove into the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ.  After graduating, Stasi joined Youth for Christ, heading up a ministry to pregnant teenagers and teen mothers. She has been active in ministry ever since, including theater ministry, crisis pregnancy center ministry, women’s ministry, and children’s ministry. She is married to author, counselor, and teacher John Eldredge, and she herself is an author and podcaster. Her recent book is titled, “The Ladder of Love: A Pathway to Emotional Healing and Spiritual Intimacy With Jesus.”

In our conversation today, we discuss how knowing just how much God loves you can truly change how you approach life. We dive into how much healing needs to happen within us and how it can happen through relationships and challenges in our life. One of the biggest things Stasi encourages us, as foster and adoptive parents, is to never isolate because isolation leads to decay! God doesn’t want you alone, He wants you in both His presence and in the presence of others who also love you.

Let’s dive in!

Key topics in this episode:

Healing from wounds and lies believed about oneselfThe importance of vulnerability and trust in relationshipsHow relationship with God reveals our true identityThe impact of secondary trauma on foster and adoptive parentsPractical steps to deepen intimacy with GodThe significance of small daily moments in spiritual lifeEncouragement for women feeling overwhelmed and exhaustedThe role of secure attachment in healing and trust

Learn more about Stasi, her ministry Wild at Heart, and her new book on her website: https://wildatheart.org/the-ladder-of-love

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