121. Light Breaking Through (with Julie Thomas)

God Hears Her Podcast

Our Daily Bread Ministries

Society & Culture, Bible, Womensministry, Womensbiblestudy, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Women, Female

4.9 • 689 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Guest Bio: Julie Thomas is a wife, mother of two, life coach and author. After the birth of her second son, Julie battled a severe case of postpartum depression. For years, emotions of anxiety, confusion, and shame consumed her life, leading to isolation and suicidal thoughts. In her darkest hour, she felt God’s undeniable call to share her story with others. With the release of her novel, HOPE Inside Out, and her willingness to be open and transparent, Julie was able to find healing for herself and help others do the same.

Show Summary: We’ve all been scared at one point or another. Fear can have a tight grip on us, especially in the midst of big life changes. Julie Thomas was diagnosed with postpartum depression as the cause for her deep-rooted fear and discouragement, but the path to healing was long. Join Julie on this episode of God Hears Her as she talks with hosts Elisa Morgan and Eryn Eddy about how her life drastically changed after the birth of her second son.

Notes and Quotes:

“I would spring out of the bed and just run.” —Julie Thomas

“Our God is so confident in who He is and how He loves and pursues us that even our anger does not deter Him from us. In fact it builds intimacy with us.” —Eryn Eddy

“I would close every drape in the house and pin it down so no light could come in.” —Julie Thomas

“I opened the Word and desperately looked for people who suffered like me.” —Julie Thomas

“I regularly sought prayer.” —Julie Thomas

“I think many of us feel so helpless when someone we love is suffering.” —Elisa Morgan

Links:

Julie Thomas website: https://julsthomas.com/
Hope Inside Out book: Amazon
Suicide Hotline phone number: 9-8-8
Resources for Battling Depression:
https://988lifeline.org/
https://www.cdc.gov/reproductivehealth/depression/resources.htm
God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
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Elisa’s Instagram: elisa morgan author
Eryn’s Instagram: eryneddy

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0:00.0	When I was going through the thick of the depression, I would close every window, every drape in the house,
0:07.0	and I would pin it to the wall or tape it down so the light didn't even creep in when it was daytime.
0:12.0	Wow. That's how much light scared me, the outside scared me.
0:16.0	And so that morning at about five, I'm not exactly sure of the exact time, but I knew there was
0:22.3	sunlight and sunlight crept into the room.
0:30.8	You're listening to God Hears Her, a podcast for women, where we explore the stunning
0:35.5	truth that God hears you, he sees you, and he loves you
0:38.9	because you are his. Find out how these realities free you today on God hears her.
0:45.6	Welcome to God Hears Her. I'm Elisa Morgan. And I'm Aaron Eddy. Fear is such an overwhelming
0:52.8	feeling.
1:00.0	It can make us run and hide, freeze in place, or completely shut down our personality.
1:05.7	For Julie Thomas, fear became a constant companion after the birth of her second son.
1:12.6	Her diagnosis of postpartum depression brought with it a deep darkness that caused her to block out the light in every way possible. Julie is a wife, a mother of two, life coach and author, the release of her
1:20.3	novel, Hope Inside Out, and her willingness to be open and transparent has allowed her to find
1:26.5	healing for herself and to help others do the same.
1:30.1	Join us on this episode of God hears her as we learn about Julie's big life change and her path of
1:36.2	healing. My upbringing was in the Middle East. In a Gulf nation, it's called Kuwait.
1:42.1	Probably heard of it during the big war in the 1990s. But that's
1:46.8	where I grew up and I moved here after I met my husband and I've been here for 20 plus years now.
1:53.5	And you're meaning Dallas or do you mean the United States? Yeah, United States, but Dallas
1:58.3	in general and it's been here ever since. This is home now.
2:02.8	So tell everybody, what did you think your life would look like compared to what it does look like?
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