How do I deal with fear of judgment in the Church?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2023

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In this episode I talk with Jess and answer the question, “How do I deal with fear of judgment in the Church?” Jess especially worries about what others think of her clothing choices. This has impeded her from fully enjoying activities ranging from attending Church to going to the beach with her family.I ask Jess to do the following when she notices herself worrying about her clothing: notice that she is worried, and accept the thought without judgment. I also invite Jess to consider getting ...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your fate. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.6	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.5	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:43.0	with tools to find healing.
0:45.4	I'm so happy to welcome Jess to the podcast today.
0:48.6	Welcome, Jess.
0:49.6	Hi there.
0:50.6	How are you?
0:51.6	I'm good.
0:52.6	Thanks for being here.
0:53.6	Thank you. I'm excited to have this conversation with you. I appreciate it.
0:58.1	Sure. Hey, what is your question for me today? My biggest thing with the church right now is pushing through those
1:05.0	questions and fears and worries about the judgment. And basically the judgment in the church, I've always wondered what people thought,
1:15.5	but I was raised very judgmental because of the rules in a sense.
1:20.2	And so I always question if I'm being judged because of my actions or my clothes or anything
1:27.0	like that. And so I would like to discuss
1:29.5	how I can help myself through this fear of judgment in a place that I really do love and
1:35.3	they have a testimony of. Okay. So what are there certain areas that you're fearful about being judged?
1:43.8	To be honest, clothes are probably the number one thing for me.
1:48.6	I'm 38 years old and I still question, what are people going to say if I wear this?
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