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.”
134 How to Heal from Sorrow and Grief Part 3
133 How to Heal from Sorrow and Grief Part 2
132 How to Heal from Sorrow and Grief Part 1
131 Engaging Your Family of Origin Story with Dan Allender
130 But Then Something Happened
129 What Gets in the Way of Healing? Four Obstacles
128 When Bible Verses Are Used Against You (or, Is Your Heart Really Trustworthy?)
127 Trauma, Fragmentation, and the Soothing Certainty of Dogmatism
126 When Neglect Is Not Really Neglect
125 Spiritual Wounding: What It Is and How To Heal Part 2
124 Spiritual Wounding: What It Is and How to Heal Part 1
123 Is Hope Reasonable?
122 A Pastor’s Journey of Exploring His Story and Addressing His Trauma with Rich Villodas
121 Why It's So Important To Understand Your Story
120 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 4
119 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 3
118 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 2
117 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 1
116 Restorative Practices: How to Care for Our Hearts and Bodies in the Wake of Trauma with John Eldredge
115 Why It’s So Important To Tell Your Story To An Attuned Listener with Curt Thompson
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