Today's show is going to be a special one! We're interviewing Kristen Vincent of Prayerworks Studio about healing spiritual wounds caused by pain and trauma, and her unique relationship to and teachings around prayer beads!

Kristen will share how healing and wholeness from pain requires not just physical and emotional healing, but spiritual healing as well. She recently published a book in which she shares her own story of childhood trauma and spiritual healing, and offer...s a guide for others who seek healing.

On the Spiritual Charlotte Podcast, she'll talk about the need to a) speak your truth before God; b) heal your spirit by addressing the various issues related to your trauma (grief, anger, shame, etc.); and c) experience God's peace through trust, love, forgiveness, peace, etc.. She'll also share how prayer beads can serve as a tool for spiritual healing.

Kristen is the author of Beads of Healing: Prayer, Trauma, and Spiritual Wholeness (Upper Room Books, 2017). She also wrote A Bead and Prayer: A Beginner's Guide to Protestant Prayer Beads (Upper Room Books, 2013), and Another Bead, Another Prayer: Devotions for Use with Protestant Prayer Beads (Upper Room Books, 2015).

She is the survivor of childhood sexual assault who experienced profound spiritual healing during her time in The Academy for Spiritual Formation, from which she graduated from in May 2014.

You can learn more about her here: www.prayerworksstudio.com