Emotional Health for Christian Women

Holiday gatherings can quickly activate old wounds, family roles, and emotional triggers - especially for women healing from betrayal trauma, loss, or chronic stress. In Part 2 of the Grounded for the Holidays series, we focus on what happens in the moment - when your nervous system is activated and you need practical tools to stay grounded without abandoning yourself.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to regulate your emotions in real time, hold internal and external boundaries, and respond with clarity instead of old survival patterns. Through trauma-informed teaching and biblical wisdom, you’ll gain simple, actionable strategies to stay calm, connected, and spiritually anchored even when others don’t change.

This is Part 2 of a 3-part series on navigating the holidays before, during, and after difficult interactions. Be sure to download the free Grounded for the Holidays Guide on my website, ourrelentlesspursuit.com - which includes practical exercises and reflection tools that pair with this episode.

The holiday season can be overwhelming, especially for Christian women navigating betrayal trauma, family conflict, and emotional triggers. In this first episode of a three-part series on staying grounded before, during, and after holiday gatherings, Lisa teaches practical strategies for holiday emotional regulation, including how to set internal and external boundaries, manage expectations, and stay anchored in your faith.

Whether you’re dealing with anxiety around family gatherings, people-pleasing tendencies, or past trauma, this episode provides a trauma-informed approach to preparing your heart and mind. Be sure to stay tuned for Episode 2, where we cover how to stay regulated during the gathering, and Episode 3, where we focus on post-gathering recovery and reflection.

Plus, Lisa offers a free downloadable guide on her website with practical tools and exercises featured in the podcast, so you can apply these strategies immediately and navigate the holidays with confidence, clarity, and God-centered emotional health.

Have you ever felt stuck in the same emotional cycles — people-pleasing, reacting out of fear, or carrying the weight of everyone else’s happiness? In this episode, Lisa shares the three foundational skills every Christian woman needs to build lasting emotional health: Awareness, Alignment, and Action.

You’ll learn how to:

• Recognize and name what’s really going on inside you
• Filter your thoughts through God’s truth
• Take small, practical steps toward healing and freedom

Packed with scripture, relatable stories, and actionable tools, this episode will help you move from surviving to thriving, responding with wisdom and grace rather than reacting out of old patterns.

 Bonus: Grab Lisa’s free 7-Day Emotional Reset Challenge to start building healthier thoughts, emotions, and habits today: OurRelentlessPursuit.com

Healing from betrayal trauma or emotional crisis can feel impossible at first — like you’re in the ICU just trying to survive. In this episode, Lisa takes you through the stages of emotional recovery, from the initial overwhelm to thriving with resilience and purpose.

You’ll learn how to:

• Navigate the early “ICU” stage, giving yourself permission to simply survive and receive care
• Stabilize through safe relationships, grounding habits, and small daily practices
• Step into outpatient recovery, learning emotional skills and rebuilding routines
• Thrive as an “emotional marathoner,” equipped for endurance, healthier relationships, and purpose-driven living

Packed with scripture, practical tools, and real-life illustrations, this episode will encourage you to trust God in every stage of healing and show you that freedom, strength, and wholeness are possible — mile by mile, prayer by prayer, boundary by boundary.

In this powerful first episode, Lisa opens her heart and shares the deeply personal story behind Emotional Health for Christian Women. She takes listeners into the hardest season of her marriage - a time marked by confusion, emotional distance, unanswered prayers, and the eventual revelation of decades-long betrayal and addiction. With honesty and vulnerability, she describes the moment her world collapsed, the shock and trauma that followed, and how God met her in the ashes with supernatural comfort, guidance, and healing.

Lisa introduces the ICU-to-marathon analogy she uses to explain the journey of recovering from betrayal trauma - moving from barely surviving to learning to walk again, and eventually becoming stronger and more emotionally whole than before. She explains why she created this podcast: to give Christian women a compassionate, faith-filled place to heal, grow, and pursue emotional freedom.

Listeners will learn what to expect in the coming episodes: biblical truth, practical emotional health tools, wisdom on boundaries and relationships, and encouragement to step boldly into their God-given purpose. Above all, Lisa reminds women that God relentlessly pursues them with goodness, heals their deepest wounds, and transforms ashes into beauty. This episode sets the tone for a podcast rooted in hope, honesty, and the unwavering faithfulness of God.

In this powerful first episode, Lisa opens her heart and shares the deeply personal story behind Emotional Health for Christian Women. She takes listeners into the hardest season of her marriage—a time marked by confusion, emotional distance, unanswered prayers, and the eventual revelation of decades-long betrayal and addiction. With honesty and vulnerability, she describes the moment her world collapsed, the shock and trauma that followed, and how God met her in the ashes with supernatural comfort, guidance, and healing.

Lisa introduces the ICU-to-marathon analogy she uses to explain the journey of recovering from betrayal trauma—moving from barely surviving to learning to walk again, and eventually becoming stronger and more emotionally whole than before. She explains why she created this podcast: to give Christian women a compassionate, faith-filled place to heal, grow, and pursue emotional freedom.

Listeners will learn what to expect in the coming episodes: biblical truth, practical emotional health tools, wisdom on boundaries and relationships, and encouragement to step boldly into their God-given purpose. Above all, Lisa reminds women that God relentlessly pursues them with goodness, heals their deepest wounds, and transforms ashes into beauty. This episode sets the tone for a podcast rooted in hope, honesty, and the unwavering faithfulness of God.