Breaking the Patterns That Break You | Tori Hope Petersen (EP21)
Minimalist Moms Podcast | Purposeful Life & Parenting Tips
Diane Boden
4.7 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
This podcast is part of the Clear Intentions series of the show.
For those that are new around here, I release bonus episodes that serve a niche part of my audience, I have listeners of all faith backgrounds that listen to the podcast. This episode is coming from a christian perspective so if that’s something that doesn’t fit what you’re looking for, check out the other episode that dropped this week or join me back here next Tuesday for a conversation that you don’t want to miss!
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My guest today, Tori Hope Petersen grew up in an unpredictable, dysfunctional and abusive environment, moving through more than twelve foster homes before she turned eighteen. Now a sought-after national speaker, bestselling author and host of the I Love You Already Podcast, she inspires other women, moms and children with painful pasts to overcome adversity and change the world. Today we will discuss her book, Breaking the Patterns that Break You and focus the conversation on assessing the subtle signs of a self-destructive cycle, how our brokenness isn’t something to be discarded (but something to be embraced), breaking through thought patterns and more...
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- Connect with Tori:
- Website
- Book: Breaking the Patterns That Break You by Tori Anne Petersen
- Podcast: I Love You Already Podcast
About Tori|
Tori Hope Petersen is an author, speaker, Bible teacher, and lover of people. Since coming to faith, she has shared her testimony and life as authentically as she can to help and offer hope to others. Tori is known for her fierce advocacy work for foster care, adoption, and vulnerable children. At home she is a wife and mama who enjoys cooking with her children. With a deep value for family, community, and hospitality, Tori and her family love to make extra food for whoever might stop by.
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| 1:09.0 | have listeners of all faith backgrounds |
| 1:10.9 | that listen to this podcast. |
| 1:12.7 | Today's episode is coming from a Christian perspective. |
| 1:15.2 | So if that's something that doesn't fit what you're looking for, check out one of the other |
| 1:18.3 | episodes that dropped this week or join me back here next week for conversations that you don't |
| 1:22.8 | want to miss. |
| 1:24.4 | These patterns are so hard to break because they're often what we've always known. When you grow up in dysfunction, you know like, okay, this is what I don't want, but it can be really hard to figure out what you do want. |
| 1:37.1 | Research shows that we are more likely to enter into dysfunction and to fall into these patterns that we grew up with because |
| 1:46.4 | it's actually where our brains find comfort. If you're having some patterns or if you are in just |
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