I have a question.

This question has been tumbling around in my brain for 40 years.

How did “human” Jesus know who he was?

I asked people. I asked my mom.

I asked the church leaders.

They said, “God told him” or “he just knew” or “maybe he will tell you that when you get to paradise”.

As I grew and became an adult—the answers expanded to include “well, he was God in the flesh-how could he not know” and other similar answers that were all based on how people understood and expressed their interpretation of the “Jesus Story”.

And I struggled to accept these answers because I was being asked to “be like Jesus”. How can I ever “be like Jesus” when I don’t have the tools he had? I felt like I was being set up for failure. I also could not see how “human” Jesus had any free will if he was just being guided and handheld and went through the motions of being human just to have that experience.

I survived some terrible times in my late teens and early 20s, after being excommunicated and shunned from one high control group and being recruited into a different high control group by people I knew and trusted.

My relationship with God became nonexistent. There was no active participation on my part. The “Golden Rule” became my way to live and that was all I could do as I recovered and tried to undo the programming from the high control groups and recover from the abusive situations I found myself in because the cult programming made my situations seem “normal”.

And the question still tumbled around in my head: How did “human” Jesus know who he was?

I truly enjoyed sharing and talking about this with my friend and partner, Monica Artrip, who is the tech person behind the scenes for Healing Forward Support.

You can read more about how I came to answer this question along with other resources and findings in our Healing Forward Support Blog.

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The road to healing from trauma looks so different for every single person.

Join us today as our special Guest Lisa Meister shares her story!

I originally found Lisa on another podcast

(https://anchor.fm/monique34/episodes/Healing-From-Sexual-And-Ritual-Abuse-with-Lisa-Meister-esfv2s) and I was really drawn to one particular thing she said.

You can find Lisa and learn more about her story on her podcast page at

https://anchor.fm/lisa-meister/ or follow her on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/lisamarie4242

If you're interested in Lisa's upcoming books you can find them on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Lisa-Meister/e/B074PXSPLY/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk

During the show we mention a couple of other books which you can find here:

The Body Keeps the Score

https://www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2Q9TCVTZU1YXD&keywords=the+body+keeps+the+score&qid=1643844816&s=books&sprefix=the+%2Cstripbooks%2C169&sr=1-1

Released From Shame

https://www.amazon.com/Released-Shame-Moving-Beyond-Pain/dp/0830823344/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PGGF0YWI3DQH&keywords=released+from+shame&qid=1643844889&s=books&sprefix=released+fr%2Cstripbooks%2C317&sr=1-1

Thank you so much for joining today!

If you ever feel like you need someone to talk to through your healing process, we have a “you are not alone” support group every Wednesday at 10 am PT/1 PM ET.

Please go to www.healingforwardsupport.com/workshop to sign up to receive the private link for the support group each week, we would be so glad to have you there.

In order to keep my services and support to others completely FREE and available to people when they need it, we need your help!!

If you have found value in what has been shared today, please donate at www.healingforwardsupport.com/becomeapatron or

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HealingForward

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Sometimes the lives we imagined for ourselves and our children are simply not in the card we're dealt. This is something that I've had to work through and have come to a place of acceptance and understanding. Grief comes in many forms and every single one is valid. My hope is that some of these observations I've experienced can help you on your journey. Listen for more-

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Sources for this episode:

https://dictionary.apa.org/grief

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grief

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grief

Thank you for joining me today!

I am going to be honest: I want to keep my services and support to others FREE! And I need an income to be able to be available to people when they need me. If you have found value in what has been shared today, please donate at www.healingforwardsupport.com/becomeapatron or

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/HealingForward

We would also like to invite you to our “you are not alone” support group every Wednesday at 930 am PT/1230 PM ET. Please go to www.healingforwardsupport.com/workshop to sign up to receive the private link for the support group each week.

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