Stepping Into ANEW You

How Do You Trust Again?What happens when you've trusted someone...and they broke that trust?Maybe they lied.Maybe they disappointed you.Maybe they said one thing and did another.Maybe you gave someone access to your heart, and they mishandled it.And now you find yourself thinking:"I don't trust people anymore."Maybe you don't even realize how much that experience changed you.You became more guarded.You question people's motives.You look for the other shoe to drop.You keep people at a distance.And part of you thinks that's wisdom.But I want you to ask yourself something: Is this discernment... or is this protection?Because there's a difference between learning from what happened and allowing what happened to control every relationship that comes after it.You don't have to become naïve again.You can have boundaries.You can take your time.You can watch someone's consistency.You can pay attention to patterns.You can listen to your intuition.You can pray.But you don't have to build a wall around your heart and call it healing. Sometimes healing means learning how to trust wisely again. And that includes learning to trust yourself. Because maybe one of the people you stopped trusting was you."How did I not see it?""Why did I stay?""Why did I believe them?"Beautiful, you know more now than you knew then. Let that matter.This week, I want you to think about the difference between walls and boundaries. Where have you built a wall because somebody hurt you?And what might it look like to replace that wall with wisdom?#brokentrust #disappointed #woundedheart #woundedsoul #anewyou #exposeit #learningtotrustagain

Trusting When You Don't UnderstandWhat if the reason you're struggling to trust God isn't because you don't have faith...but because you really want to know what's going to happen?You want to know how it's going to work out. You want to know when it's going to happen. You want to know what the next season looks like. You want to know whether the thing you've been praying about is actually going to happen.And honestly?I understand. Because trusting God is a lot easier when you already know the outcome.But what if trust isn't about knowing?What if trust is about knowing Who you're trusting?You don't have to understand every detail to believe that God is faithful. You don't have to know the entire plan to take the next step. And you don't have to pretend you aren't afraid.You can tell God:"I'm scared.""I don't understand.""I don't know what's going to happen."And then still say:"But I trust You."That's faith.So this week, I want you to think about one area where you've been trying to figure everything out.Where are you asking God for the whole map when He may only be asking you to take the next step?You don't need the whole picture.You need enough faith for today.And sometimes that's enough.What's the one thing you're being asked to trust God with right now?#trustinggod #faith #faithjourney #healingjourney #woundedsoul #ANEWYou #exposeit

Your Next ChapterYour next chapter does not have to look like your last one. Maybe your last chapter was painful. Maybe it was confusing. Maybe you made decisions you wouldn't make today. Maybe you spent years trying to survive, trying to figure things out, trying to please everybody else, or simply trying to make it through the day. And maybe you've been looking back at that chapter wondering how you're ever going to become the woman you know you're supposed to be.But here's the thing.You are not required to repeat what you've already survived.You can learn.You can grow.You can make a different choice.You can establish a new boundary.You can finally say what you were afraid to say.You can try something you've never tried before.You can become more intentional about who you allow into your life.You can begin again.And beginning again doesn't mean that everything that happened before was wasted. Sometimes the very things we wish we could erase become the things God uses to give us wisdom, compassion, discernment and a deeper understanding of who we are.That's why I love this scripture in Isaiah 43.God says:'See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?'#steppingintoanewyou #exposeit #anewyou #emotionalwellness #nextchapter #anewthing

God Can Handle Your HonestyI want to be very clear about what I mean when I say confession.I'm not talking about shame. I'm not talking about beating yourself up. And I'm not talking about making yourself feel worse about what you've already experienced. I'm talking about putting your voice to what's really happening inside of you.Because sometimes we've acknowledged something happened, but we still haven't actually said what it did to us. And that's where confession becomes powerful.Psalm 62:8 says, 'Pour out your hearts to him, for God is our refuge.'Pour it out.#steppingintoanewyou #exposeit #anewyou #behonest #bereal #emotionalhealing #emotionalwellness

You Can't Heal If You Don't Acknowledge ItToday I want to talk about something that sounds simple, but it can be one of the hardest things we ever do. Acknowledging the truth.In my work with women, I have learned that many of us are incredibly good at surviving. We know how to keep going. We know how to take care of everybody else. We know how to smile. We know how to say, 'I'm fine.'But sometimes we become so good at functioning that we don't realize we're carrying something that still needs our attention. And that's why the first step in my Expose It process is Acknowledge It.John 8:32 — “Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”#steppingintoanewyou #exposeit #heal #emotionalwellness #stoprunning #emotionalhealing