How do I learn to trust myself when I feel a disconnect between what I learn in therapy and what I hear at Church?

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Dr. Julie Hanks

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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In today’s episode, I talk with Kelly and answer the question “How do I learn to trust myself when I feel a disconnect between what I learn in therapy and what I hear at Church?” I know that a lot of listeners are going to relate to our discussion.Kelly shares that she feels two parts of her life—therapy and the Church—have been influential and helpful, but that they are currently at odds. During our time together we talk about Fowler’s Stages of Faith and how Kelly is moving from trusting ex...

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0:00.0	Hi, friends. Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks podcast. I'm so glad you're here.
0:13.2	In each episode, I coach a listener through a tough question about mental health, personal
0:18.3	growth, family relationships, or faith journeys.
0:21.6	My goal is to help you think, feel, or do something differently to improve your life because
0:27.2	you listen to this podcast.
0:29.5	I want you to step into your power and create a life you love.
0:33.9	Let's get started.
0:36.2	I'm so happy to welcome Kelly to the podcast. Welcome, Kelly.
0:41.2	Hi.
0:42.5	What is your question for me today?
0:45.5	My question is, as I've been expanding both my faith and my mental health, I've noticed an
0:52.1	increasing disconnect between what I'm learning in therapy
0:55.7	and what I'm being taught at church. How do I start to blend the two and learn to trust myself
1:01.1	above one or the other? I love that. Such a good question. Okay, can you give me an example of where the teachings at church are conflicting with what you're learning in therapy?
1:18.6	Yeah, I think most of it comes down to like a big thing that I've been working on is like walking the middle path and um holding like two different things to be true
1:31.4	and i feel like the church is just very like there's no gray area and you can't be a fence center
1:40.9	um a specific recent example is i had a calling that I just felt like
1:48.2	wasn't working for me and I needed to be spending the time doing something else that would
1:53.9	like help my relationship with Christ. And I, so I asked to be released. and there was, of course, like a little, I felt a little
2:05.9	judgment when I asked, but then I was like, okay, it's all right. And then I listened to a general
2:11.9	conference and it was like, you should accept every calling. And I just feel like I keep running into these points where I'm like,
2:21.6	I feel comfortable doing what's best for me.
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