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In today’s episode of her STORY by her.BIBLE, be encouraged by this conversation with Elizabeth Laing Thompson as she shares how God meets female athletes in the pressure, challenges, and triumphs of competition. From sharing her own journey to creating a devotional for young student athletes, Elizabeth reminds us that our identity is so much more than our performance, stats, or achievements. […]

Have you ever felt a little lost when something that once defined your days suddenly changed? Children grow up. Careers shift. Ministries evolve. Dreams unfold differently than we imagined. Sometimes a season ends long before we are ready—and when our identity has become tangled up in what we do, that change can leave us wondering who we are. This week on The Love Offering Podcast, I’m talking with my friend Elizabeth Laing Thompson about her new 90-day devotional, In Season. Although the book was written for young female athletes, our conversation is for ever...

Have you ever felt a little lost when something that once defined your days suddenly changed? Children grow up. Careers shift. Ministries evolve. Dreams unfold differently than we imagined. Sometimes a season ends long before we are ready—and when our identity has become tangled up in what we do, that change can leave us wondering who we are. This week on The Love Offering Podcast, I’m talking with my friend Elizabeth Laing Thompson about her new 90-day devotional, In Season. Although the book was written for young female athletes, our conversation is for ever...

Today, we chat with author Elizabeth Laing Thompson and explore the complexities of friendship loss. Elizabeth shares insights from her book, When a Friendship Falls Apart, discussing the importance of understanding emotions, the challenges of navigating friendships, and the biblical perspective on forgiveness and healing. She also shares practical tools, friendship myths, and necessary steps for reconciliation. In this episode, be encouraged to embrace new friendships despite past hurts. Elizabeth Laing Thompson is a speaker and novelist, and the author of many inspirational books for women and teens, including All the Feels, All the Feels for Teens , When God Says "Wait, " and When a Friendship Falls Apart. She writes to help others find hope when they're waiting, help when they're hurting, and humor in holiness. Her work has appeared in numerous outlets including Proverbs 31, Ann Voskamp's website, Focus on the Family Magazine , and Brio Magazine . After a long struggle with infertility, Elizabeth and her husband, Kevin, became the always exhausted but totally grateful parents of four children, three of whom are now teenagers. When she's not inhaling Starbucks mochas and plotting her next book, Elizabeth works from home as an editor and church volunteer (that's code for "preacher's wife"), and as a snack maker, couch snuggler, laundry slayer, floor mopper, not-so-gourmet chef, and interpreter-slash-counselor of teenage feelings. She prays the lessons she is learning, trying to wrestle Christ into the chaos of daily life, will give others hope, practical help, and a lot of good laughs.

When a friendship or other close relationship falls apart, it’s hard to know what comes next. There are probably countless people willing to give you advice, but is it good advice? Godly advice? On today’s episode of the podcast, we’ve invited Elizabeth Laing Thompson to share some biblical wisdom and her own personal experiences to point us to God’s path for healing, forgiveness and (maybe) help letting go. You can connect with Elizabeth and find her books at LizzyLife.com . Grab your free scripture journal at PrayingChristianWomen.com/journal today! Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

We are in February. And February, in the United States in particular, has to do with Valentine's Day and romantic relationships in specifically, but more in general, relationships and friendships. And so I have an interesting conversation with Elizabeth Laing Thompson about her new book, “When a Friendship Falls Apart.” I absolutely fell in love with her! It's a thick volume, especially by modern day standards where it seems like, publishing houses give us shorter and shorter books. This is not the case. Her book is a massive compilation of all the tips, all the advice, everything you need to know if you've ever been in a friendship that ended badly or that is going poorly or that has hurt you in any way, shape, or form. Through this book Elizabeth hopes to minister to those who are experiencing this often undiagnosed, unrecognized grief of friendship loss or friendship breakup, as she calls it. There are difficult emotions that accompany friendship hardship. So, she and I talk about important things, like: - friendship breakups: coping with loss and pain; - healing and forgiveness: overcoming bitterness; - Biblical wisdom: applying Scripture to relationships; - trust and vulnerability: rebuilding connections; - grieving and mourning: processing friendship loss; - finding beauty in brokenness: embracing imperfections; - prayer and guidance: seeking God's direction. Elizabeth acknowledges that the hardest part in navigating a friendship breakup is finding the right people to talk to about it. She acts as this one friend you need. She keeps you company. She points you to Gospel counsel as you navigate the loss of the friendship as it was. And then she offers wisdom for navigating future friendships after a loss because that's absolutely key. How do you even dare to open your heart again after it's been wounded? She is grounded in Scripture. She points to God's views on forgiveness, reconciliation, and healing after hurt. And then she gives us the best practical tools for navigating those conversations. How do you initiate a reconciliation conversation? What words can you use that are going to be most productive without escalating potential conflict? She is blending personal story, biblical examples, faith filled wisdom. I love all of the many, many interactions with Scripture that she gives us. She asks, how do we guard against the poison of bitterness so we can process the hurt and move forward? Elizabeth talks about when and how we can seek this reconciliation and what does look like. And this is anything but cliche. I promise you that. How do we know if the time has come to actually leave a friendship behind? How do we open up again and then trust our freshly wounded hearts to new friendships? Friendship loss is this unique kind of grief. It's a private and confusing kind of grief. And as we struggle to digest the pain and we wonder, how could this happen? What do I do now? Elizabeth is here to help hurting hearts find healing, find lessons to learn from the past, and stay open to new friendships in the future. Again, it's so full of hope. Some of the key advice I will remember from the book are, - Learn to navigate and overcome the pain and challenges of friendship breakups with grace and biblical wisdom. - Cultivate trust in relationships, acknowledging that past hurts can affect future connections but not define them. - 10. Find joy and hold onto positive memories even when some friendships can't be repaired, allowing healing to take place. - Protect your heart in extreme friendship scenarios by seeking comfort in prayer and scripture. - Give oneself permission to grieve and process the loss of friendships - Seek beauty in broken friendships and adopt a more open-minded and accepting approach to making co

We all long for "forever friends," but what happens when forever ends? Friends are the family we choose, and with that choice comes great joy, but also great risk… because sometimes those friendships fall apart. So today, author Elizabeth Laing Thompson will give you practical tools for friendships that may be faltering, fractured, or on the verge of failure. We'll deal with forgiveness, reconciliation, expectations, and how to know if and when it's time to walk away. Whether things are a little rocky with your BFF or you've been burned by friendship and are nervous to try again, this conversation is for you! SHOW NOTES: 413Podcast.com/276

There are a lot of conversations about how to have healthy relationships. There are also a lot about how to navigate when a romantic relationship ends. But no one talks about what it looks like when a friendship ends. Our friend and author Elizabeth Laing Thompson knows what it's like to experience the heartbreak of losing friends you used to be so close to. Learn biblical ways to handle those relationship fallouts without personally falling apart. While not all relationships can be mended, we do have a friend in Jesus, who always stays close and has personally felt the sting of betrayal, hurt and rejection. Related Resources: For more on this topic, order Elizabeth's book, When a Friendship Falls Apart: Finding God’s Path for Healing, Forgiveness and (Maybe) Help Letting Go . Download our free First 5 mobile app and spend the first moments of your day with God before the hustle of your to-do list begins. We also have study guides to help you dig a little deeper into God's Word. Stay connected to Elizabeth on Instagram, @elizabethlaingthompson, and her website, lizzylife.com. Click here to download a transcript of this episode. Proverbs 31 Ministries is a nonprofit organization, and this podcast is funded thanks to the generous support of our one-time and monthly donors. To learn more about how to partner with us, click here! We want to hear how this podcast has impacted you! Share your story with us here.

In this episode of Radical Radiance, host Rebecca George welcomes author and friend Elizabeth Lang Thompson to discuss her new book When a Friendship Falls Apart: Finding God’s Path for Healing, Forgiveness, and (Maybe) Help Letting Go. The conversation includes talk about friendship breakups, offering listeners wisdom, insight, and advice on navigating these difficult experiences in a Christ-like manner. Elizabeth shares her personal journey with friendship loss and emphasizes the importance of addressing emotional well-being when grappling with deep loss. Elizabeth Laing Thompson writes at LizzyLife.com about clinging to Christ through the chaos of daily life. As a speaker and novelist, she is always seeking humor in holiness and hope in heartache. She is the author of many books for women and teens, including When God Says, "Wait," All the Feels, All the Feels for Teens, When a Friendship Falls Apart, and the rest of the When God Says series. Elizabeth lives in North Carolina with her husband and children, and they were totally worth the wait. Rebecca and Elizabeth chat about: Identifying what went wrong in a friendship loss through prayer and seeking guidance from God. Elizabeth's experience with a friendship falling apart due to built-up bitterness. Grieving and processing friendship loss. The increasing popularity of discussing friendship breakups in recent years. The concept of friendship loss and the analogy of broken mugs representing broken friendships. Navigating friendship loss in a wise and Christ-like manner. Processing and working through emotions such as shame, regret, guilt, fear, insecurity, and resentment associated with friendship loss. The role of forgiveness in healing from friendship loss. Order When a Friendship Falls Apart: Finding God’s Path for Healing, Forgiveness, and (Maybe) Help Letting Go Rebecca's Reads book for October ⁠Order Numbering Our Days: Combating Anxiety in the Power of Small Intentional Moments by Nichole Suvar on Amazon⁠ Sponsors ⁠Shop Blue Planet Optics⁠ __________________________________________ PSSSSSST! Did you know that Rebecca's debut book, ⁠⁠⁠Do the Thing: Gospel-Centered Goals, Gumption, and Grace for the Go-Getter Girl⁠⁠⁠ is available wherever books are sold? If you’re ready to… See your gifts and talents from a gospel-centered perspective. Prioritize goals related to your calling as you move forward with gumption and grace. Maximize your passions in the work you do every day. Actively partner with God to serve Him and love others. Overcome negative thought patterns so you can brainstorm, develop, and create with the confidence of a go-getter girl! …then order today <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Do-Thing-Six-Session-Gospel-Centered-Go-Getter/dp/0830784357?maas=maas_adg_2103B6F4ED6251966E12561736AD9B51_afap_abs&ref_

We all long for “friends forever”―but what happens when forever ends? They say friends are the family we choose. And that choosing―the joy of loving and being loved by someone who isn’t genetically obligated to share life with us―adds priceless worth to our days, but also great risk. Because hurt can happen even in the closest friendships, and sometimes friendships fall apart. The loss can be staggering. As we struggle to digest the pain and confusion, we wonder, How could this happen? And what do I do now? Elizabeth Laing Thompson is on the show today chatting about her book When a Friendship Falls Apart and helps us as we process our struggling friendships―the faltering, the fractured, and the failed. Join us as we chat about: How do we guard against the poison of bitterness so we can process the hurt and move forward? When and how do we seek reconciliation? What does forgiveness look like? How do we know when it’s time to leave a friendship behind? How do we open up again and entrust our wounded hearts to new friendships? If you find yourself in the midst of a friendship that’s falling apart, or you’re grappling with past hurts and regrets, this episode is for you. May it be a comfort and help, leading you closer to the Friend who will never leave. Connect with Elizabeth: https://lizzylife.com Support the Show: https://rachaelkadams.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

We all long for "friends forever"--but what happens when forever ends? This week, we are hanging out with Elizabeth Laing Thompson as she shares with us how to process struggling friendships--the faltering, the fractured, and the failed. Her new book, "When a Friendship Falls Apart" will be available Oct. 17th, but this convo is a great glimpse into those heartfelt pages!! In this episode we chat about... -Friendship break-ups -How to have tough conversations well -What Scripture says about friendship and the loss of friendship -A few "forgiveness myths" we need to debunk -Advice to the friend wanting to reconcile a friendship I pray this episode brings some beautiful things into the light! I pray you would feel seen, loved, AND heard. YOU will ALWAYS have a friend in me. love ya so much! & I can't wait to see ya next week! -GB Has this episode, or any of our conversations here on Without Ceasing impacted you? Please leave us a 5 star review! We would love to hear from you ! Instagram Youtube Website

Hey friends! Welcome to Girls’ Night! At the moment we’re in between seasons here on the show. But while we’re waiting for our next official season to begin, we thought this would be a great time to pull some of our favorite episodes out of the Girls Night archive. This is the perfect time to catch up on episodes you might have missed, or listen again to old favorites. When I first became a Christian, I remember hearing someone say that God answers prayers in one of three ways. He either says, “Yes,” “No,” or “Not right now.” I think this insight was supposed to be helpful, but instead, it left me more confused than ever. Because especially when I’m coming up on a gigantic decision, or praying for something I want with my whole entire heart, I don’t want to know what God MIGHT say, I want to know what He IS saying. And in the process of trying to figure it out, I end up acting like an amateur detective as I piece together clues. “I didn’t get the job, does that mean that God is saying no? Or not right now? Or yes, but I have to just keep going?” “I haven’t gotten pregnant yet, so does that mean that God is saying not right now, or yes, but we need to just keep trying for a while. Or, is God trying to tell me that I’m not meant to be a mom? Does God say that to people? Is that a thing?” “I really really want this relationship to work out. Is this the person God has for me? How do I know?” And in all of these gigantic life moments, how do we know if faith looks like making the best decision we can with the information we have and moving forward, OR if it looks like stopping and waiting for a clear answer from God before we take another step? Anyone know what I’m talking about here? That’s why I’m so excited about today’s episode. Today I’m talking with my friend Elizabeth Laing Thompson , and she’s going to help us get out of our heads and finally find some clarity here. In this episode we’re talking about: Whether we need a clear yes or no from God about every decision in our lives How to know if God is saying no or not right now How long we should keep trying before we give up on something How to deal with the disappointment when God does say no How to stay close to God even when He doesn’t give us the answer we want If it’s okay to ask God to change His mind about something And so much more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to the Love Where You Are podcast! In today’s episode I am joined with Elizabeth Laing Thompson. Elizabeth is a pastor’s wife, mother of four and author of the new book When a Friendship Falls Apart . She has also written other amazing books like All the Feels, When God Says No , and When God Says Go . In this episode, Elizabeth and I dive deep into friendships and when they fall apart. God has designed us for community and relationships but thanks to sin, those relationships sometimes end in “break-up” and it can be hard to navigate. It can be hard to even maintain healthy relationships, period! Elizabeth and I talk about the importance of communication skills, spiritual skills, and self-control so that we can be prepared for not if something goes wrong but when it goes wrong in our relationships. We also talk about examples in scripture of broken relationships, forgiveness, and mismatched expectations. There is a lot to unpack, so let’s dive in! You can connect with Elizabeth through Facebook , Instagram , and her website . You can also order her new book! FAVORITE TAKE-AWAYS: -There is a need here, to discuss broken relationships. -We need to learn how to exercise our spiritual muscles, self control, and communication skills. -Another person's response is not in our control but it is our responsibility to address problems when they arise. REMEMBER: -It's okay and actually important to grieve the loss of a friendship. -It is hard to let people go but sometimes we have to. -There are examples in the Bible of people in broken relationships (they weren't perfect either!) Connect with Somer! Stay connected to Somer and the Love Where You Are podcast through her Facebook & Instagram ! Love Where You Are is a part of the Christian Parenting Podcast Network. To find practical and spiritual advice to help you grow into the parent you want to be visit www.ChristianParenting.org

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! **Quick Announcement** This month only (November 2021), the Dare to Be Devotional for Teen Girls is 50% off! Find it here: Dare to Be Devotional Also don't miss out on a really exciting announcement coming to your inbox this week! Get in the know by going to the UncommonTEEN App and signing up for our email list under the "Don't Miss A Thing" tab. Or, go to www.UncommonTEEN.com and sign up there! You don't want to miss this week's episode as we talk to Elizabeth Laing Thompson about her new book, "All the Feels for Teens." Elizabeth is dynamic and I truly believe that she has a message from God straight to you! "If there’s ever been a time when feelings seem like a tangled mess, it’s now. You may find yourself flitting from joyful to tearful, selfish to selfless, confident to anxious, with a heaping side of angst—all within sixty seconds. Dealing with all the feelings all the time can be exhausting and confusing. But feelings are not the enemy. In fact, God himself is the author of feelings! His Word provides a guide to hep you celebrate your emotions—and harness them when they run away from you. All the Feels for Teens provides scriptural foundations and practical strategies for handling even the most turbulent feelings and to remind you that no matter how wild your feelings, you’re not weird—and never alone. Get ready to step into the wondrously complex and emotional person God created you to be!" "God loves the real you--the you with no makeup, no filters and no retakes." Elizabeth Laing Thompson Connect with Elizabeth: www.ElizabethLaingThompson.com IG: ElizabethLaingThompson Youtube: Elizabeth Laing Thompson Connect with UncommonTEEN www.UncommonTEEN.com IG: u ncommon.teen Download the UncommonTEEN App available on both Apple and Android devices Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Emotions—love them or hate them, we’ve all got them. And we’ve all got to figure out what to do with them. But wait—can we do anything about our emotions? Can we learn how to identify, express, experience—and yes, sometimes wrangle—our feelings in order to live a vibrant, healthy, fruitful life for Jesus? Elizabeth Laing Thompson uses her experiences as a big feeler to encourage and equip different kinds of feelers with the biblical perspectives, practical tools, and scriptural reservoir they need through her book All the Feels (Tyndale) and All the Feels for Teens (Wander). As a woman who has lived every day of her life having All The Big Feelings All The Day Long, Elizabeth knows what it’s like to live life through our emotions—and how important it is to understand, take control of, and grow from those emotions. Whether you have a sensitive soul with more feelings than you know how to name, a logical personality that doesn’t quite know what to do with feelings, or a steady flow of emotions somewhere in the middle, this episode will help you: ▫️discover your own God-designed “feelings style” and how it impacts your life and relationships, ▫️distinguish fact from feeling and figure out which feelings you can trust, and ▫️understand which emotional gifts God wants you to expand, explore, and enjoy. Get ready to throw open the doors of your heart, bringing God to your emotions and your emotions to God—the One who invented feelings and who always welcomes yours. Plus we chat about Elizabeth's other books When God Says No (Barbour), When God Says Wait, and When God Says Go (Shiloh)! So much goodness in one episode! This week’s love offering is to “love someone else through their hard time. Comfort those who need comforted. That is how we redeem those difficult times.” Connect with Elizabeth: http://LizzyLife.com https://facebook.com/alizzylife https://instagram.com/elizabethlaingthompson Support the Show: https://rachaelkadams.com/ Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us .

When you're hurt, do you tend to retreat, withdraw or withhold? Elizabeth Laing Thompson, author of All the Feels: Discover Why Emotions Are (Mostly) Awesome and How to Untangle Them When They’re Not , unpacks for us why this happens and what we can do to avoid putting up these walls in our hearts. Listen in and learn with us! Elizabeth Laing Thompson is wife to the world’s most patient husband, Kevin—she calls him Mr. Tall, Dark and Handsome, which might be why he’s so patient with her. Mom to the Crazies, her four sweetly wacky kids—kids they never thought they’d be able to conceive: Cassidy (9), Blake (7), Avery (6), and Sawyer (2). Elizabeth writes fiction for tweens and teens, and Christian inspiration books for women. When she’s not inhaling Starbucks mochas and plotting her next book, she works from home as a part-time editor and women’s minister, and as a full-time diaper changer, baby snuggler, laundry slayer, floor mopper, not-so-gourmet chef, homework helper, kid chauffeur, and tantrum tamer. She is living proof that geeky girls can live happily ever after. Find her here, at lizzylife.com ! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/awifelikeme/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/awifelikeme/support Support the show

In this episode, my guest, Elizabeth Laing Thompson, shares how you can better understand your emotions, embrace your emotions, filter your emotions, control some of your emotions, and grow from all of them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Laing Thompson is a writer, speaker, and volunteer youth minister. An author of several Bible studies, devotionals, teen novels, and books on Christian parenting, her work has appeared in the Huffington Post and Chicken Soup for the Soul. Elizabeth lives with her husband and four children in North Carolina, where you can find her with a Starbucks drink in hand. We chatted about: The heart behind your new book When God Says "No". How to stay encouraged when God answers our prayers differently than we expected God's goodness in the midst of sickness and other hard seasons How scripture will never contradict scripture (and how God's character won't either!) How to receive a hard "no" in your calling

My guest, Elizabeth Laing Thompson, is going to teach us what to do if it doesn’t feel like you’re getting a clear “yes” or “no” from God. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Psalms 90:13-15 • How do you know if God is saying, “no” or if he’s saying, “wait”? How do you open your heart to new dreams after God closes a door? Elizabeth Thompson joins the podcast to unpack these questions and guides our hearts to Biblical truth in today’s episode. E’s new book, “When God Says, No” is out May 1st!

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“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?” Luke 12:25 2020 has been an emotional roller coaster. This year has been nuts. Add to that the fact that motherhood can feel nuts some times and comes along with so many emotions that you just don’t know about until you’re in the thick of it. A lot of moms I talk with (myself included!) talk about how these emotions can feel like they get out of control sometimes. And our guest today, Elizabeth Laing Thompson , is here to talk about just that as she shares insights into emotions, motherhood, types of feelers, self-awareness, anxiety, and offer ideas for us from her new book: All the Feels: Why Emotions are (Mostly) Awesome & How to Untangle Them When They’re Not. Elizabeth’s Bio: Elizabeth Laing Thompson is the author of All the Feels, When God Says, "Wait," and When God Says, "Go." She writes at LizzyLife.com about clinging to Christ through the chaos of daily life. As a speaker and novelist, she loves finding humor in holiness and hope in heartache. Elizabeth lives in North Carolina with her preacher husband and four spunky kids, and they make her feel humbled but happy, exhausted but exhilarated, sometimes stressed but often silly—well, you know . . . all the feels. As a Big Feeler, I needed this book and this conversation. Elizabeth’s insights really helped me learn more about how people come at conflict, stress, and anxiety in different ways. Her fresh, loving perspective gives us ways we can come to understand ourselves—and our emotions—in a really freeing way. ************************** In this episode we talk about: · Being a “preacher’s wife” & how it influenced her book · Preacher’s kid to preacher’s wife…and all the stereotypes that come along with that · How ministry families aren’t perfect and are not trying to be perfect · The three types of feelers: Big Feelers, Steady Feeler, Reluctant Feeler · Our spiritual self & spiritual health · Prayer & feelings · What happens when we stay stuck in our own thoughts and narratives · The power of reflection…slowing down and taking time to get to know ourselves better · Ways Elizabeth encourages people to slow down · How both of us find that slow down time while our kids are asleep · Journaling our feelings as a way to identify our feelings, upsets, etc. · Anxiety (is anxiety even an emotion?) · Sources of anxiety and stress · Variety within stress and anxiety · How to equip ourselves to handle stress and anxiety · Feelings on caffeine · Taking personal responsibility for our emotions and lives · Becoming empowered by accepting this personal responsibility · How we are not stuck with our emotions · “The Happy House” · How moms set the emotional barometer of the house…we set the mood · Having a house where everyone feels comfortable and safe communicating their feelings · One person’s feelings are not allowed to dominate the house · Selflessness · Self Control · Self Awareness · “Doing the work” as moms · Being aware of our gifts and how they are helpful…and how knowing that can help us understand others · Empowered to grow Elizabeth’s Links: Website: http://LizzyLife.com Facebook: https://facebook.com/aLizzyLife Instagram: @elizabethlaingthompson Elevating Motherhood Links: Website: www.elevatingmotherhood.com Sponsors: www.elevatingmotherhood.com/sponsors (Blossom & Root) Instagram: @loribethauldridge

Are you someone who feels "All the Feels?" Or perhaps you'd prefer to not have to bother with emotions at all? Either way - you'll love today's conversation with Elizabeth Laing Thompson where we talk about why emotions are so wonderful, how we can use them for good, and what to do when our emotions try to lead us astray. NEW WORKSHOP: No More Overwhelm Busy ALL DAY... but somehow still behind? Join me September 24th for a FREE live, hands-on workshop where you’ll create simple routines that work for YOUR real life—so your days feel less chaotic and you always have time for what matters most. Grab your free seat here: equippinggodlywomen.com/workshops/no-more-overwhelm/ Support the show

The one where I sit down with author Elizabeth Laing Thompson ! Elizabeth Laing Thompson writes at LizzyLife.com about clinging to Christ through the chaos of daily life. As a minister, speaker, and novelist, she is always seeking humor in holiness and hope in heartache. Her new books, When God Says "Wait" and When God Says, "Go," are now available from Barbour Publishing (Shiloh Run Press). Elizabeth lives in North Carolina with her husband and children, and they were totally worth the wait. When God Says "Wait" is Elizabeth's first book through a traditional press, although she has previously published through independent presses. Some of her other books include a young adult novel, The Thirteenth Summer, and a book for mothers of preschoolers, The Tender Years: Parenting Preschoolers (coauthored with her mother, Geri Laing). Elizabeth's essays and poetry have appeared in The Huffington Post, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Power for Living, Mamalode, Coffee + Crumbs, and BonBon Break. Elizabeth married her college sweetheart, Kevin Thompson, after spending several years swooning over him from the passenger seat of his Dodge Avenger on the drive to church every Sunday. Together the newlyweds went to work serving campus ministries in North Carolina and Georgia. After a long struggle with infertility, Kevin and Elizabeth became the always exhausted but totally grateful parents of one large dog and four loud kids. Now after 19 years of marriage, they still like each other even though Elizabeth beats Kevin at Ping-Pong and buys too many scandalously overpriced mochas. We chat about: The 3 different kinds of "feelers" Whether or not God cares about our emotions How being a feeler can be frustrating at times Are we allowed to truly express our emotions to God How to create emotional boundaries How understanding emotions can lead to a more meaningful prayer life The best piece of advice she's ever been given Go listen wherever you like to download your podcasts! Connect with Rebecca Dotson George Instagram | @rebeccadotsongeorge Facebook | Rebecca Dotson George Website | Do The Thing Movement Connect about Speaking | www.rebeccadotsongeorge.com Email | Say hello! Pinterest | Do The Thing Movement Become An Insider | Sign up here!

In this episode, Elizabeth Laing Thompson teaches us how to navigate and manage our feelings and how we can use them for good. We also talk about the role feelings play in our faith! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Laing Thompson is a church-planting minister's wife, mom of four following a long season of infertility, and author of the new book, All the Feels: Discover Why Emotions Are (Mostly) Awesome and How to Untangle Them When They’re Not . She comes on the show today to talk all about emotions and feelings and how we can walk by the Spirit in the midst of them. What We Chat About in Today's Episode: ~Elizabeth's new book, what led her to write it, and what readers can expect ~Elizabeth's own experience and life story of being a big feeler ~Understanding a Biblical view of our feelings and how God views emotions; battling some of the myths and stereotypes surrounding emotions and feelings in Christian circles ~The problems that a legalistic view, rather than a Biblically balanced view, on emotions lead to ~My own experiences as a big feeler also raising a big feeler ~Wisdom and advice for those who are parenting big feelers ~Emotional boundaries and striking the right balance between knowing we have a God-given personality that might lead to big feelings when the reality that that personality also cannot excuse away sinful behavior ~The impact of our minds and thoughts, especially on our feelings ~The practical nature of God's Word ~The problem big feelers have of crossing boundaries over into taking on other people's burdens as their own rather than bearing them together; how to be empathetic but not give over into debilitating co-dependence; striking that balance ~The power of prayer ~Making choices about how you feel rather than allowing your feelings to drive your life and make you into a martyr with a victim mentality; strategies for untangling those hard feelings ~Standing our deceptive feelings up to the truths of Scripture ~And more! For full show notes, head to www.hargraveshomeandhearth.com/podcast Get full access to Beyond the Boxes at rebekahhargraves.substack.com/subscribe