Hi, I'm Susie Larson.

Thanks for listening to the podcast of Susie Larson Live.

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Welcome to Susie larsen live always honored to get to spend this time with you in fact i look forward to

bringing you conversations every single day that hopefully inspire you in your faith walk

that deepen your understanding of god's word and that heightens your awareness of his very real

presence in your

life. Here are a few questions for you to kick off today's show. Are you ready? And I want an honest

answer. How kind are you to yourself? When was the last time you practice self-compassion?

And what do you do with your emotions? Do you stuff them? Do you let them lead? Do you learn from them? And finally, what do you sense with your emotions do you stuff them do you let them lead do you learn from them and finally

what do you sense is your purpose in this season that you're in where what is god doing

where is he taking you i'd love to know your thoughts on all those things licensed therapist

kim frederickson wrote this she says research shows that self-criticism is strongly linked to depression, which is linked

to a lack of resilience. People who are self-critical and depressed do not rebound well from the

difficulties of life. Instead, they tend to be very self-focused as they try to survive depression,

anxiety, and the bully beating them up on the inside. Do you have a bully beating you up on the inside?

If so, you came to the right place because we're going to talk today about self-compassion,

about befriending our emotions and about sensing your purpose, your divine purpose in this season.

My friend, spiritual director and counselor Pamela Nelson joins me again today.

We're going to get her on in just a moment.

But you've been hearing about our fall fundraiser is next week. And we do this thing

with called match gifts. And we have some regular donors who are so amazingly generous with laying

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