The Naming the Real Podcast: What is Happening Here?
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From your favorite one-time pastor/podcast host (of a podcast hosted by a pastor and a therapist), comes a new offering: The Naming the Real Podcast. This is another preview episode of this new podcast, which you can find and subscribe to at Apple Podcasts, on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. But wait...there's more! Be excited, because new content is coming from Susette right here in the Desire Line Podcast feed very soon!
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The Naming the Real Podcast: Are You Happy Now?
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From your favorite one-time pastor/podcast host (of a podcast hosted by a pastor and a therapist), comes a new offering: The Naming the Real Podcast. Because--as you may remember--the right naming of things is the beginning of wisdom.
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72 | Until We Meet Again
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Brandon and Susette announce, The Desireline Podcast is coming to an end. In this final episode they reminisce over their favorite memories from the past 3 years and recognize the wonderful content produced and relationships formed because of it. Susette and Brandon have exciting projects coming up; to stay up to date on them follow their social media channels.
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71 | Social Distancing, CoronaVirus, and Coping with Anxiety
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We jumped on mic for a bit for a raw episode talking about the CoronaVirus, Social Distancing, and how we're coping with this change.
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70 | Flourishing Beyond Abuse Part 2
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We are finishing our arc on abuse and discussion on recovery from abuse. Susette and Brandon bring up how family of origin affect abuse experiences, common phrases they hear that dismiss abuse, and the importance of creating boundaries on the path to forgiveness. There is no limit to how much we can thrive and flourish.
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69 | Flourishing Beyond Abuse Part 1
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Susette and Brandon wrap up our arc on abuse by talking about recovery and how we can flourish, thrive and triumph in the face of our trauma. In this episode Susette shares experiences in which her body and mind show in a miraculous way how they are intertwined and Brandon calls us to live in compassion, not comparison, for ourselves and others who are in trauma.
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68 | Forgiving Reality | Mental Health and the Church
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Last episode we continued our discussion on spiritual abuse. This week Brandon Cook shares a sermon he gave titled Forgiving Reality. In light of our arc on abuse we have explored the place forgiveness has on our path to healing from our trauma. Brandon takes the discussion a step further by suggesting that we have the choice to also forgive reality and the difficult circumstances and truths it brings.
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67 | Spiritual Abuse Part 2 | Mental Health and the Church
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Join us as we continue our conversation on spiritual abuse as we strive for differentiation and being well informed to identify health church relationships.
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66 | Spiritual Abuse | Mental Health and the Church
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Susette and Brandon explore the topic of spiritual abuse. They recognize that leaders who have authority of the spiritual lives of others have a great impact however a powerful ability to hurt those they lead.
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65 | Emotional Abuse | Mental Health and the Church
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Susette and Brandon discuss what qualifies as emotional abuse and what does not. Although it is difficult to identify emotional abuse, they outline language and tools to help us be aware of the possible unhealthy power dynamics of relationships.
info_outlineThis week Susette Magana shares a sermon on recognizing and accepting our emotions, learning to regulate them and integrating them in our relationship with God.
Emotions (all of them) are normal.
- EMOTIONS and BEHAVIORS are different. When we feel something, we then make a choice to act.
“Ignoring our emotions is turning our back on reality; listening to our emotions ushers us into reality. And reality is where we meet God.” Dan Allendar.
- God created us to experience a full range of emotions, but not to be subject to them (let them run our lives).
- If we don’t deal with painful emotions, like anger, fear, sadness, they can become WAYS OF LIFE or part of our IDENTITY, like being resentful, anxious, or hopeless.
Ezekiel 36:26 NLT I will take your stony, stubborn heart, and give you a tender, responsive heart.
- Emotional regulation: Once we know what’s happening, we can learn to regulate it.
- Our Body: deep breathing, exercise, muscle relaxation for tension
- Our Mind/Heart: Acknowledging our pain & fear, resisting shame, & asking for help.
Psalm 13
For the director of music. A psalm of David.
1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever?
How long will you hide your face from me?
2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts
and day after day have sorrow in my heart?
How long will my enemy triumph over me?
3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God.
Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,
4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,”
and my foes will rejoice when I fall.
5 But I trust in your unfailing love;
my heart rejoices in your salvation.
6 I will sing the Lord’s praise,
for he has been good to me.
The soul seeks harmony, connection, and integration.
Dallas Willard
PROBLEM:
DISINTEGRATION: When these parts of our soul feel disconnected (from self or others) or overwhelmed.
If we don’t deal with painful emotions, like anger, fear, sadness, they can become WAYS OF LIFE or part of our IDENTITY, like being resentful, anxious, or hopeless. These are more postures that our soul takes than emotional responses.
In order to NOT fall into these ways of living, we need to acknowledge them or confess them before God and trusted people, and work to keep our hearts and minds tender & responsive towards others.
Ezekiel 36:26 NLT
I will take your stony, stubborn heart, and give you a tender, responsive heart.
WHAT IF:
- We could feel a full range of emotions, without self-judgement, but that we have enough wisdom to not “REACT” to them, but to “make decisions & respond” when we feel them.
- What if emotions were a normal part of our daily life, instead of something that we avoid or demand attention for?
- What if, as the family of God, we invited a full range of emotions into our prayers, song, and relationships?