🎙️EP163 Reclamation, Part 1: When Jesus Reclaims What Was Lost

🎙️EP163 Reclamation, Part 1: When Jesus Reclaims What Was Lost

From Embracing Brokenness by Steve and Colleen Adams

March 9, 2026 · 39 min

About this episode

Steve and Colleen discuss the process of reclaiming one's true self through Christ amidst trauma and pain.

What does it mean to reclaim the parts of yourself that trauma, shame, and pain taught you to hide? In Part 1 of this two-part conversation on Reclamation , Steve and Colleen explore how Jesus restores what was lost through wounds, false beliefs, and spiritual fragmentation. Colleen shares deeply from her own story of abuse, abandonment, healing, and the reclaiming of the true self through Christ. This is a conversation about more than pain from the past. It’s about the renewing work of God in the present—and the hope of restoration for the future. Chapters: 00:00 Trauma, the true self, and the cost to our relationship with God 00:44 Welcome + introducing the Reclamation series (Embracing the Way) 01:59 War, current events, and the unseen reality of spiritual warfare 03:18 Defining reclamation: reclaiming what was lost in God, self, others, purpose 04:29 Reclaiming the Imago Dei + Joel 2:25 (“years the locusts have eaten”) 08:28 “Altar moments” + how healing unfolds over time 10:13 Fragmentation and “orphan parts” (IFS) through a Christ-centered lens 13:02 Colleen’s story: abuse, walls, and rejecting the vulnerable self 18:32 The “bitter root” memory + Jesus brings integration…

People in this episode

Hosts: Steve Adams, Colleen Adams

Guest: Colleen

Topics covered

  • reclamation
  • healing
  • trauma
  • spirituality
  • identity
  • restoration

Keywords

  • reclaim
  • trauma
  • shame
  • healing
  • spiritual fragmentation
  • Imago Dei
  • abuse
  • restoration

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