#567 – Michelle Smith – Healing After Abandonment
The Sister Circle Podcast
Chrystal Evans Hurst
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
What does healing look like when life doesn’t turn out the way you planned? In this episode, I sit down with my friend Michelle Smith to talk about forgiveness, abandonment, boundaries, and trusting God after deep disappointment. Michelle shares her journey through adoption, divorce, single parenting, and learning how to forgive — not once, but over a lifetime.
This conversation is honest, tender, and filled with hope for anyone walking through unresolved pain. If you’ve ever wondered how to keep trusting God when other people’s choices changed your life, this episode will meet you right where you are.
Highlights from Today’s Episode
- Choosing forgiveness as an ongoing decision
- Learning to trust God after abandonment and betrayal
- Setting boundaries without closing your heart
Related Resources
- Connect with Michelle Smith on her website.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast. My name is Crystal Evans-Hurst, |
| 0:09.5 | and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you |
| 0:15.7 | live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. |
| 0:31.4 | So welcome back to another episode of the Sister Circle podcast. Sometimes I am interviewing people that you already know. |
| 0:39.4 | You already know them before I ever cut the camera to their face or say their name. |
| 0:44.6 | But sometimes and often, I love to bring on the podcast, someone who you don't know, but who you should and who you definitely should learn from. |
| 0:54.0 | So I'm glad to welcome |
| 0:55.4 | my friend, Ms. Michelle Smith, to the podcast today. I'm so glad to be here. Okay, so I know |
| 1:01.6 | you, Michelle, for a variety of reasons. Currently, and in the past, but currently, I'm always |
| 1:10.1 | tugging on you and pulling you to come and teach |
| 1:12.2 | at women's stuff. So life on life. We're going to do something for Wednesday nights, |
| 1:18.2 | hopefully this spring. And I know we've talked a couple of times where you, first of all, |
| 1:29.7 | let me start, let me start, let me back up. |
| 1:34.8 | There are moments in my life, and I want to know, have you ever had this moment where when you're talking to someone and you realize that things have shifted? |
| 1:39.6 | Because you are my mother's friend. |
| 1:41.8 | Yeah. |
| 1:42.7 | And then we went to lunch one time. Yeah. And I was like, oh my gosh, I'm talking to my mother's friend. Yeah. And then we went to lunch one time. Yeah. And I was like, |
| 1:46.1 | oh my gosh, I'm talking to my mother's friend. Has that ever happened to you? Yeah. Yeah. Like you're my friend. Wait, how did you, how did this happen? Yes. Well, then I was like, I'm old enough and she's talking to me like I'm grown. That's how I felt. Yeah. Yeah. But now she's now yeah, it's transitioned. |
| 1:59.9 | Yes. |
| 2:00.5 | I mean, you're my, you've always been my friend, but it, you were my mother's friend first. |
| 2:04.2 | And guess is what I should say. And so, um, not only do you have, um, a lot of wisdom that I love to hear from you personally and make sure that you are in the position to share with other people. |
| 2:18.2 | But you also have been a source of wisdom. |
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