Painkillers and Band-Aids: Because Some Fixes Don't Fix Anything

About this episode

Sherry explores the difference between temporary relief and lasting healing in coping with life's pain.

Send Sherry a Text Message When life hurts, where do you turn? Food. Busyness. Social media. Serial dating. Avoiding the hard things. We all have our "fix"- something that helps numb the pain, distract us from reality, or make us feel better for a moment. But what happens when the fix isn't fixing anything? In this heartfelt and honest episode of It's a Single Mom Thing, Sherry explores the difference between temporary relief and lasting healing. Building on last week's episode, Healing Is an...

People in this episode

Host: Sherry

Topics covered

• pain management
• temporary relief
• lasting healing
• coping mechanisms
• single motherhood

Keywords

• painkillers
• band-aids
• numbing pain
• distraction
• healing

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