The Parts of You That Still Need Jesus: Trauma, Healing, and IFS with Kimberly Miller

About this episode

In this episode, Jon Seidl interviews Kimberly Miller about trauma, healing, and the Internal Family Systems approach in the context of addiction and spirituality.

"The younger we are when things happen to us and the more serious they are, the stronger the feelings are and the more often those feelings show up.” Those are the words of therapist and author Kimberly Miller, one of the kindest and most genuine people I have ever met. Kim’s work has profoundly shaped not only this podcast, but also my own sobriety journey and ministry. Her book Boundaries for Your Soul —which she co-authored with Dr. Alison Cook (who I've also interviewed)—is one of the most important books I’ve ever read. It shaped the way I think about addiction, healing, sanctification, and the hidden parts of ourselves we often spend years trying to avoid—and gave me words to describe it. There are concepts and phrases in this episode that have become foundational to the work I now do in recovery ministry and discipleship. In this deeply thoughtful and vulnerable conversation, Kim talks about Internal Family Systems (IFS), parts work, trauma, addiction, sanctification, and what it means to invite Jesus into the hidden places of our souls. We explore why so many Christians struggle to understand their own reactions, compulsions, anxieties…

People in this episode

Host: Jon Seidl

Guest: Kimberly Miller

Topics covered

• trauma
• healing
• Internal Family Systems
• addiction
• sanctification
• Christianity

Keywords

• trauma
• healing
• IFS
• addiction
• sanctification
• Christianity
• parts work
• mental health

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Boundaries for Your Soul

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