When Loving Our Kids Reveals What Needs Healing in Us

Welcome to the Called to Love Podcast! 

For this episode, I am joined by Stasi Eldredge. Stasi Eldredge loves writing and speaking to women about the goodness of God. She became a Christian her junior year in college and dove into the ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ.  After graduating, Stasi joined Youth for Christ, heading up a ministry to pregnant teenagers and teen mothers. She has been active in ministry ever since, including theater ministry, crisis pregnancy center ministry, women’s ministry, and children’s ministry. She is married to author, counselor, and teacher John Eldredge, and she herself is an author and podcaster. Her recent book is titled, “The Ladder of Love: A Pathway to Emotional Healing and Spiritual Intimacy With Jesus.” 

In our conversation today, we discuss how knowing just how much God loves you can truly change how you approach life. We dive into how much healing needs to happen within us and how it can happen through relationships and challenges in our life. One of the biggest things Stasi encourages us, as foster and adoptive parents, is to never isolate because isolation leads to decay! God doesn’t want you alone, He wants you in both His presence and in the presence of others who also love you. 

Let’s dive in! 

Key topics in this episode: 

• Healing from wounds and lies believed about oneself
• The importance of vulnerability and trust in relationships
• How relationship with God reveals our true identity
• The impact of secondary trauma on foster and adoptive parents
• Practical steps to deepen intimacy with God
• The significance of small daily moments in spiritual life
• Encouragement for women feeling overwhelmed and exhausted
• The role of secure attachment in healing and trust

Learn more about Stasi, her ministry Wild at Heart, and her new book on her website: https://wildatheart.org/the-ladder-of-love 

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You can email me your questions about adoption and foster care at somercolbert@gmail.com. 

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