S7 E5 | Am I Trying To Control What Is Actually out of My Control?
Therapy and Theology
Proverbs 31 Ministries
4.8 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
When you have experienced heartbreak or betrayal, it’s hard not to fall into thought spirals. You may find yourself bracing for impact as you think: If this worst-case scenario happened in the past, when will something else bad happen again?
But if we’re honest … So many times, we spiral in our thoughts about things we can’t control.
In this episode, Lysa, Jim and Joel will help you see that even when you're spiraling, you may feel powerless but you have choices you can make to find your way forward.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Lisa Turkurst and you're listening to therapy and theology. |
| 0:10.0 | Before we get into today's conversation, I'd like to thank the American Association of Christian |
| 0:15.6 | Councillors for sponsoring season 7 of therapy and theology. |
| 0:20.0 | I love the work that my friends and I get to do through this podcast that allows for therapeutic |
| 0:25.2 | wisdom and deep theological insights to be accessible to anyone from anywhere. |
| 0:31.5 | But we're really only able to scratch the surface. I know there are |
| 0:35.2 | thousands of individual needs represented in our listeners as they navigate |
| 0:39.8 | their own life and relationships and that's why I always love recommending the American |
| 0:45.5 | Association of Christian Counselors. They know asking for help is hard but finding |
| 0:50.9 | help shouldn't be. They created the Mental Health Coach Training Program |
| 0:55.3 | to equip you to know how to respond when a friend comes to you for help. |
| 1:00.1 | Featuring some of the world's leading mental health and ministry leaders, this online video-based |
| 1:06.1 | mental health coach training program teaches you how to talk through the tough issues, |
| 1:11.9 | like what we talk about here on therapy and |
| 1:14.4 | theology and how to respond to them. |
| 1:17.2 | Visit mental health coach.org to learn how you can sign up for their |
| 1:22.2 | mental health coach program or |
| 1:24.2 | visit the link in the show notes to learn more. |
| 1:26.8 | When you've been hurt or experienced real heartbreak or betrayal, |
| 1:34.0 | it's so hard then to not fall into thought spirals. |
| 1:40.0 | Now, let me explain what I mean by thought spirals. I will have a fear usually like I'll see |
| 1:46.7 | something and I'll fear like oh no and I can instantly jump to worst case scenario. I'm an expert at worst case |
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