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're now listening to the In the Light podcast hosted by Dr. Anita Phillips.

Hey in the light fam, Dr. Anita Phillips here and welcome back.

We are rolling through our summer edition and this week there is a little twist.

The sound on this episode may not be as perfect as it usually is because I am not in my podcast studio today.

My podcast studio by the way is a walk-in closet in my house with audio padding on the walls.

That being said, I am traveling, so I'm using my trustee podcast travel microphone.

And if you hear a sound that probably comes across a static or white noise, it's not.

It's waves, it's the ocean, it's the beach because that is where I am.

So I'm going to ask you to have a little patience with me and free us all from perfectionism at another level by rolling with what might not be my ideal best sound quality.

Okay, I am on the road and I brought you with me.

Last week, my husband and I celebrated 25 years of marriage.

I can barely believe that we have been married for 25 years.

And of course, we've seen it coming, right?

God grace us to still be alive.

And so we've been talking about it, leading up to it, and was on August 10th.

But for it to actually happen was really big.

Sometimes certain milestones are closed and so it's like we were close to 25 years.

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