103 | Why Healing Feels Worse Before It Feels Better

Can we normalize the emotional backlash that often follows confession, cutting contact, and choosing healing? In today's episode, I share my own experience of how the early weeks after ending my affair felt heavier, not lighter, and why that doesn’t mean healing isn’t working.

We talk about:
- Why grief, loneliness, and temptation intensify before freedom settles in
- The danger of “shoulds” and rushing the healing process
- How God designed growth, repair, and restoration to unfold over time
- Why your nervous system needs compassion, not pressure
- How community provides a safe place to land in the middle of the mess
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f you’re in a season where healing feels hard and emotions feel louder, this episode is a reminder: you are not failing! You are healing.

You don’t have to carry this alone 🤍

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