Hi, I'm Susie Larson. Here's the podcast from Susie Larson Live. Enjoy the conversation.

You're listening to an encore presentation of Susie Larson Live.

Welcome to Susie Larson Live. I'm Sissy Larson, and 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, the deep in your understanding of God's Word, and that heightens your awareness of his very real presence in your life.

Here's a few questions

for you. One is, is your inner critic alive and well? I mean, do you hear that voice pretty

regularly? Do you find yourself berating yourself for not having enough faith or for all the things

you should do or shouldn't have done? Or maybe you berate yourself while we're not getting enough laundry

down, or your inbox is too full, or because your feelings feel like a burden.

Well, my guest today says this.

Change starts when you finally stop beating yourself up for the way you feel and instead

say, you know what?

I do feel this way, and I'm going to do something about it.

Dr. Allison Cook joins me today to talk about how to discern the difference between false guilt and God-given conviction,

how to move from comfortable numbing to courageous conversations, how to name what you're feeling and then move to a plan of action.

We'll draw from her brand new book, I Shouldn't Feel this way. Name what's hard, tame your guilt,

and transform self-sabotage into brave action. Got a handful of copies to give away today. You can text

the word book if you want in on the drawing. 877-933-2484. Quick announcement before we hear

from Dr. Cook. If you're new to the Faith Radio listening family, which we've got new listeners

all the time, we want to say, first of all, welcome, and we'd sure love to send you a welcome pack.

You can request that pack today by texting the word welcome. And here's the number. Text the word

welcome to 877-933-2484. Now let me tell you about my guest. We'll get her on the show. Dr. Allison Cook is a therapist and host of the Best of You podcast. She's certified in internal family systems therapy. She's the author of The Best of You, co-author of Boundaries for Your Soul, widely recognized as an expert at intersection of faith in psychology. Dr. Allison empowers individuals to heal from past wounds, develop a strong

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