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How do you handle your pain as an adult child of divorce? That’s what we are discussing on Episode 16 of Heart in a Drawer. It’s the first episode on this four-week series of episodes on personal growth as adult children of divorce.
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Show Notes: How We Handle Our Pain
1:15
Take Your Life Back – We’re basing our discussion on Chapter 4, Reacting to Pain. I’m touching on several of these today, and I encourage you to order your own copy of the book with my Amazon affiliate link or my CBD affliate link.
2:25
Get your free worksheet on the coping mechanisms we use HERE.
5:05
A few devotions I’ve written about loving alcoholics that may help you.
When Addiction Afflicts Your Family
How to Fight Fear When You Love an Addict
8:53
A memory of being a latchkey kid on this post and how it affected me in the winter.
15:38
A post on how eating for comfort hurt me, and how I choose to eat healthy now to fight winter blues.
16:15
A post on how my father wound affected my view of men.
17:30
Quote from Helen Keller: “The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”
18:20
You can read my testimony of setting boundaries and getting that great compliment on this post.
20:30
God has total control, and I’ve learned to surrender to him. More on this post about it.
21:00
I’m including a chapter about self-harm in my upcoming book for teen girls that releases in October 2021. To be the first to know about the launch team and the book, sign up in the pink boxes on this page. You’ll get my Tea on Tuesdays newsletter, plus access to my library of printables, just for signing up.
22:20
You can read the post about how God delivered me from my suicidal depression HERE.
24:30
Listen to the episode on the fear of abandonment HERE.
25:30
A few strategies to help you fight isolation on these posts:
How to Reach Out and Fight Off Winter Blues
How to Ease Loneliness Through Faith and Fellowship
27:15
Meditate on all of Psalm 69 HERE.
34:00
Contact Focus on the Family for a free, one-time 30-minute counseling call, plus a referral to a Christian counselor in your area, HERE.
Free Printable: How We Handle Our Pain
You can download your free worksheet to help you meditate on Psalm 69:29 and reflect on the lessons in this podcast HERE.
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Episode 16: Heart in a Drawer
Watch Episode 16: Heart in a Drawer on YouTube here.