When Life Feels Out of Control - Coping With Challenging Emotions

Have you ever found yourself crumbling from overwhelming stress and the pressure of trying to manage all your responsibilities and other people's expectations? Do you find yourself feeling enslaved not just to your tumultuous emotions but also to ways you've attempted to cope? In this episode, author Angie Haskell encourages us to move past our unhealthy coping mechanisms to experience deep freedom. 

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Resource mentioned: Sugarcoated: Finding Sweet Release from Cravings that Control Us

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Discussion/reflective Questions:

1. What resonated with you most in this episode?
2. When are you most tempted to turn to unhealthy coping mechanisms?
3. What are your "go-to" coping mechanisms when life feels stressed?
4. Do those coping mechanisms help you experience true, long term peace, or do they leave you with shame or regret?
5. What are some coping mechanisms you learned from your family of origin, and how have they shown up in your life?
6. What is one action step God might be asking you to take having listened to this episode?

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