Fellow therapist Mary Ellen Owen joins me today to share her journey with sorrow. Like many people with trauma, it took Mary Ellen years to find her tears, years to befriend her sorrow. Although she cognitively knew that grief was necessary for healing, something within her said “hell no” to feeling the unfelt sorrow. In this final episode in a series on grief and sorrow, Mary Ellen shares how she came to befriend her sorrow. In the words of Fredrick Buechner, “Whenever you find tears in your eyes, especially unexpected tears, it is well to pay the closest attention. They are not only telling you something about the secret of who you are but, more often than not, God is speaking to you through them of the mystery of where you have come from and is summoning you to where, if your soul is to be saved, you should go to next.”
115 Why It’s So Important To Tell Your Story To An Attuned Listener with Curt Thompson
114 Making Sense of Your Story: Why It's Necessary To Name Intentionality Part 2
113 Making Sense of Your Story: Why It’s Necessary to Name Intentionality Part 1
112 The Power of Compassion and Curiosity Toward Ourselves with Aundi Kolber
111 Redeeming Heartache: How Goodness Can Come Out Of Trauma
110 How Do You Move Through Past Trauma?
109 Anxiety: What It Is and How To Respond To It
108 Your Story And Your Sexuality
107 Racial Trauma: What's Going On? Part 2
106 Racial Trauma: What's Going On? Part 1
105 Complicity: Why Sexual Abuse Is So Damaging and How To Address It
104 When The Church Harms You
103 How To Engage Another Person's Story
102 Talking To Your Children About Sex: The Practical Stuff
101 Talking To Your Children About Sex: Two Stories
100 No Cure For Being Human with Kate Bowler
99 Redeeming Heartache: How Past Suffering Reveals Our True Calling (Bonus Episode)
98 Engaging With Someone Who Has Harmed You Part 5
97 The Story Your Body Is Telling (Bonus Episode)
96 Engaging With Someone Who Has Harmed You Part 4
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