Our culture is saturated with pain. And, our brains don't distinguish between a physical threat and an emotional threat.  In painful circumstances, our automated response is fight--or flight.

Fight and flight can look like an argument, hiding in front of a screen, divorce, addiction, or suicide.  It can look like the trauma of terrorism and mass shootings.  

How do we begin to navigate pain--including the real pain of loneliness--in a way that is healthy, instead of toxic?  If we learn how, we can help our children learn a healing response to pain, too.

Join us on this episode that offers a practical conversation from a BRAVE LOVE subscriber--and these TAKE AWAYS:

• What story does our pain tell us?  Is our pain a place of shame or healing?
• God tells you the truth--about who He is, about who you are, about school, and about loneliness.  He knows that when you trust Him, you'll begin to let the truth of your identity sit in the driver's seat of your decisions--instead of giving your emotions the keys to your behavior.
• In this life, you will be lonely.  Loneliness is like dust.  It is real--and it is not you.  Lonely is an emotion.  It is a dusty emotion, instead of a glittery one.  It's one we don't enjoy.  When we let loneliness build up, it's like plaque on our teeth or cholesterol in our arteries.  Love is an antidote to loneliness.  Love tells us the truth.  Will we trust LOVE or dust?

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We mention these resources in this episode:

Waking Up Slowly by Dave Burchett. https://www.amazon.com/Waking-Up-Slowly-Spiritual-Unexpected/dp/1496415825/

A blog to read to your child about school:  http://thesweetspot.apps-1and1.com/a-true-story-about-you-and-god-and-school-a-blog-post-to-read-to-your-child

John 15 Academy https://john15academy.com 

Education by Design, Not Default by Janet Newberry https://www.amazon.com/Education-Design-Not-Default-Fearless/dp/057840835X/