We don't grow in the dark, growth happens in the light.

I'm challenging you to come out of hiding, to shed secrets, to step beyond shame.

I'm challenging you to stand in the light of truth.

Why go to therapy because it's defined work?

When you are emotionally healthy, you are more powerful spiritually.

You are now listening to the in the light podcast hosted by Dr. Anita Phillips.

Hey, hey, hey in the light fam, it's Dr. Anita and I am back in the light.

So glad to have you here with me as we are basking in the holiday season.

And I do hope you are doing some basking.

The holidays can get super crazy and we're always trying to accomplish so many things.

But please don't let the joy of the season be drained by what you perceive to be the demands of the season.

I am so happy to have my son and daughter home from Chicago.

They are in Dallas with us and there's nothing more special to me than to have the Phillips Fab 4 as we refer to ourselves together again.

It blesses me so much to spend time with them and to see how they have just grown into two young people that I'm very, very proud of.

And to see all that we poured into them, paying off, we're reaping with joy.

Parenthood can be difficult and we definitely sowed some tears along the way but it's so wonderful to reap the joy as well.

So if you have little ones, know that everything that you're doing matters.

If you have twins, preteens, whatever they're called now, teenagers, whatever age they are.

If they're your children, your nieces, your nephews, your got children, the children in the church ministry, everything you sow into the life of a young person matters.

Matters matters matters.

So make sure that anybody you can get your hands on who's developing into an adult feels loved by you, feels accepted by you, is embraced by you.

It could make all the difference in their life.

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