Episode 71: What Your Feelings Are Asking of You with Adam Young

Good Hard Story Podcast

I’ve been healed in so many ways by learning to tell my story. But there’s some work that needs to happen before we can tell our stories. That work starts with our emotions.

The stories of your life and mine are hidden beneath our emotions. When we understand the emotions, we understand the story. And, as I said, understanding our own stories is totally crucial to healing and wholeness. (Why do you think I tell my story for a living?!)

This conversation with Adam Young is a bucket list item for me. Adam is a brilliant trauma therapist who specializes in supporting people in understanding the story of their lives. The harm, the heartache, and the miraculous joy to be found in the midst of all the hurt. His work has been transformative for me.

Friend, you cannot miss this conversation because God might just use Adam’s wisdom to transform you too.

If you join me on this episode of the GoodHard Story Podcast, here’s what you’ll take away:

• Why the past might still feel present to you

• How we know negative emotions belong in the “Christian plot”

• Why your biggest trauma isn’t the only story that matters in your life

• How to stop minimizing your experience of hurt so you can move toward healing

• How to gather a community that can bear witness to your hurt and healing

If you’re searching for an empathetic guide to emotional health, this episode is for you.

Show Notes:

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Bessel van der Kolk - https://www.besselvanderkolk.com/

Ep. 16 Why Lament (Surprisingly) Leads to Life and Freedom

Dan Allender

Curt Thompson

GoodHard Story Podcast Episode 68 with Debra Fileta

Confessional communities

Treasures in the Dark

Scriptures referenced in this episode:

• Job 9 and 10

• John 11:35

• Jeremiah 6 and 8

• Habakkuk 3:17-18

• Genesis 50:20

• Psalm 119:32

• Romans 12:15

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