🎙️ Episode 42: Learning to Discern: When to React, and When to Wait

Have you ever walked away from a moment wishing you had responded differently? Or felt the pressure to act immediately when something in you said to wait?

Discernment isn’t about having everything figured out. It’s about learning how to respond wisely when life is messy, emotions are loud, and clarity feels just out of reach.

Discernment doesn’t grow in perfect conditions. It grows in the middle of real life.
 
In this episode, Tony and Kristy talk through discernment as a skill that develops slowly over time. They explore the difference between reacting and responding, maturity and discernment, and why survival mode can make everything feel urgent even when it’s not.
 
This conversation is for anyone who feels stretched thin, emotionally tired, or unsure of the next right step and wants to move forward with steadiness instead of pressure.
 
🔶 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

•  Discernment versus reaction  
•  Maturity and why it’s often misunderstood  
•  How survival mode shapes decision-making  
•  When to speak up and when to wait  
•  How discernment creates emotional safety in families and leadership  

 
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