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Stacey said something every woman needs to hear: You are the spiritual leader of your own journey.
When we reclaim that truth, we stop needing someone else to tell us what to do.
We can choose community instead of clinging to it. We can discern whether someone is truly safe or just controlling.
And Diana added this: Let’s not be the ones putting leaders on pedestals in the first place. Yes, they may have training. Yes, they may know theology.
But that doesn’t mean they know you better than you know yourself. Check in with yourself. You already have wisdom within.
Want to watch the rest of today's episode of the Divorced Christian Woman Podcast? Head over to youtu.be/hlJ7tg0BVuM
#flyingfreepodcast #spiritualabuse #faithjourney #reclaimyourpower #deconstruction #churchtrauma #christianwomen #healingjourney #emotionalabuse
Stacey said something every woman needs to hear: You are the spiritual leader of your own journey.
When we reclaim that truth, we stop needing someone else to tell us what to do.
We can choose community instead of clinging to it. We can discern whether someone is truly safe or just controlling.
And Diana added this: Let’s not be the ones putting leaders on pedestals in the first place. Yes, they may have training. Yes, they may know theology.
But that doesn’t mean they know you better than you know yourself. Check in with yourself. You already have wisdom within.
Want to watch the rest of today's episode of the Divorced Christian Woman Podcast? Head over to youtu.be/hlJ7tg0BVuM
#flyingfreepodcast #spiritualabuse #faithjourney #reclaimyourpower #deconstruction #churchtrauma #christianwomen #healingjourney #emotionalabuse
![Finding Your Freedom, Autonomy, and Independence - High Functioning Women Series Part Four [377]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Klz-1tlf-Ts/mqdefault.jpg "Finding Your Freedom, Autonomy, and Independence - High Functioning Women Series Part Four [377]
This is part four of the High Functioning Christian Women in Destructive Marriages series, and today we talk about a concept that ties the whole series together: sovereignty.
Synonyms for sovereignty include: freedom, autonomy, and independence.
If youve spent years managing everyones needs, shrinking your own, and building an identity around your capacity to give without limit, this episode will challenge a misunderstood theology that was never meant for women who are already pouring out from an empty cup.
🔑 Key Takeaways:
- Theres a critical difference between two things that look almost identical from the outside, and which one youre living in changes everything about how you understand your marriage.
- The die to self command youve been handed your whole life? It may have been written for the exact opposite kind of person from you.
- Why does even asking yourself what do I need? feel like a threat to your survival, not just a little uncomfortable?
- What Jesus actually modeled about rest, limits, and saying no might completely reframe what you think faithful living looks like.
- The one question you could ask yourself in the mirror every single morning that could quietly begin to change everything.
Get Today’s Free Resource:
🧐 Are you wondering what is happening inside your own painful and confusing marriage? I wrote a book just for you called Is It Me? Making Sense of Your Confusing Marriage. Get a free chapter by going to isitmebook.com
I will also send you my weekly Hope Letters for Christian women in emotionally and spiritually abusive marriages.")
