Hopeful Sorrow: Bringing Honest Pain and Questions to God With Julie Busler

About this episode

Julie Busler shares her personal journey of healing from childhood wounds and grief while discussing her new book.

Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of childhood wounds, emotional trauma, and suicidal thoughts. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode of the Empowered Homes Podcast, hosts Bobby Cooley and Meghan Landi welcome Bible teacher and author Julie Busler to discuss her new book, Hopeful Sorrow: Turning to God in Hope When Childhood Wounds Have You Turning Away. Julie shares her deeply personal story of healing from childhood wounds, grief from her mother's death and her fat...

People in this episode

Hosts: Bobby Cooley, Meghan Landi

Guest: Julie Busler

Topics covered

• childhood wounds
• emotional trauma
• grief
• faith
• healing

Keywords

• suicidal thoughts
• turning to God
• hope
• pain

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Hopeful Sorrow: Turning to God in Hope When Childhood Wounds Have You Turning Away

Books & works: Hopeful Sorrow: Bringing Honest Pain and Questions, Bible, Hopeful Sorrow: Turning to God in Hope

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