S10 E5 | How To Accept a Future You Never Wanted
Therapy and Theology
Proverbs 31 Ministries
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2025
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
The cure for grief isn’t time — it’s acceptance. Acceptance helps you process what has been lost, let go of what will never be, and discover new meaning and purpose moving forward.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- The five stages of grief and why grief recovery is a continual loop — not a simple, linear process.
- How to stop romanticizing the past and use healthy reality checks to overcome nostalgia.
- Practical ways to reconcile good memories while healing after loss or moving on from a past relationship.
- How to take back your power by asking one life-changing question instead of obsessing over what you can’t control.
A special thank-you to our partner for this season: Convoy of Hope. For over 30 years, Convoy of Hope has helped vulnerable communities around the world — and empowering women and girls is a key part of that mission. Convoy of Hope partners with women so they can start their own businesses to better support themselves and their families. Because when women are empowered, entire communities are transformed. Visit convoy.org/p31 to help empower women and girls today.
Links and Resources We'll Mention in This Episode:
- Get your copy of Surviving an Unwanted Divorce by Lysa TerKeurst, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, and Jim Cress.
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- The Therapy & Theology podcast is brought to you by Proverbs 31 Ministries. Proverbs 31 Ministries exists to help women encounter the Truth of God's Word in every season. Learn more here!
- Click here to download a transcript of this episode.
Go Deeper:
- Listen to "Moving Through the Impact of Trauma."
- Listen to "Mile Markers of Healing."
- Watch "You’ve Been Through So Much — Now Let God Use It."
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Proverbs 31 is proud to partner with Convoy of Hope to sponsor this season of therapy and theology. |
| 0:06.9 | For over 30 years, Convoy of Hope has helped vulnerable communities around the world, and |
| 0:11.5 | empowering women and girls is a key part of that mission. Convoy of Hope partners with women |
| 0:16.4 | so that they can start their own businesses to better support themselves and their families. |
| 0:24.3 | They also help young girls realize their worth and find their voice, |
| 0:28.1 | because when women are empowered, entire communities are transformed. |
| 0:34.0 | You can empower women and girls today by visiting convoy.org slash p31. |
| 0:48.3 | That's convoy.org slash P31. Hi, friends. Welcome back to the Therapy and Theology podcast brought to you by Proverbs 31 Ministries, where we help you work through what you walk through. I'm your host, |
| 0:52.2 | Shea Hill, and I'm so grateful that you're tuning in today. |
| 0:55.2 | This season, we've been diving into honest conversations about the painful, heartbreaking reality |
| 0:59.8 | of divorce. And each conversation has been inspired by the new book that Lisa Turkers, Dr. Joel |
| 1:06.0 | Mudamale, and Jim Cress wrote called Surviving an Unwanted Divorce. We have another great episode planned for you |
| 1:11.7 | today where we're going to learn about acceptance and the role acceptance can play in healing, |
| 1:16.7 | but also learning to accept the life that we never imagined for ourselves. Whether you've been |
| 1:21.4 | affected by divorce personally or you have had another life circumstance, wreck your normal. |
| 1:27.2 | I pray that today's conversation will speak to you personally. |
| 1:30.5 | Also, remember, you can subscribe to receive all new episodes straight to your inbox. |
| 1:34.7 | So just visit the link in our show notes and we'll send those over to your email. |
| 1:38.3 | Okay, guys, are you ready for episode five of season 10? |
| 1:41.1 | Here we go. |
| 1:43.0 | Welcome to episode five of this series called Surviving an Unwanted Divorce. |
| 1:48.4 | And of course, I'm here with Dr. Joel Mutumali and Jim Kress. |
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