Families: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | Therapy & Theology with Lysa Terkeurst
Channel: Official Proverbs 31 Ministries
Date: 2024-03-18

We don't get to choose the families we are born into, yet we are deeply affected by our family of origin. 

Families: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly | Therapy & Theology with Lysa Terkeurst. Whether you're currently working through difficult conversations with your children, trying to figure out how to honor your parents, or wondering how to break unhealthy patterns that have trickled down from past generations, Therapy & Theology is here to help!

This episode is a part of the newest season of Therapy & Theology: "You Asked ... We're Answering." Through podcast reviews, direct messages on social media, and more, Lysa TerKeurst; Licensed Professional Counselor Jim Cress; and Proverbs 31 Ministries' Director of Theological Research, Dr. Joel Muddamalle, collected your most asked questions. Now they're spending an entire season answering!

Related Resources:
- Download the free Listener Guide for this episode! Complete with statements to hold on to and scriptures to call to mind, this guide will help you apply what you learned in this conversation. https://proverbs31.org/read/resource-library/resources/2024/03/18/therapy-theology-listener-guide-season-6-episode-3?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=yt-thth-ep6-3
- How do we talk about hard things in a safe and loving way? Lysa TerKeurst and Licensed Professional Counselor Jim Cress created a FREE resource with 12 guidelines that will help provide a healthier environment for challenging discussions. Download "A Healthy Way To Have Hard Conversations" today! https://proverbs31.org/read/resource-library/resources/2022/05/19/good-boundaries-and-goodbyes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=yt-thth-ep6-3
- Stop navigating difficult relationships alone, and utilize the biblical and therapeutic wisdom inside Lysa TerKeurst's book Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are. Order your copy today! https://www.p31bookstore.com/products/good-boundaries-and-goodbyes?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=yt-thth-ep6-3
- Stay connected with Lysa TerKeurst, Jim Cress and Dr. Joel Muddamalle on Instagram.https://www.instagram.com/lysaterkeurst/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/jimcress/?hl=en
https://www.instagram.com/muddamalle/?hl=en
- Proverbs 31 Ministries reaches women in the middle of their busy days through free devotions; podcasts; speaking events; conferences; resources; Bible studies; and training in the call to write, speak and lead others. Learn more by visiting our website! https://proverbs31.org/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=yt-thth-ep6-3

0:00 Intro
00:48 Adult children with a strained relationship
02:33 What is triangulation?
04:59 What is this hitting in you?
08:29 Asking the right questions can provide a healthier discussion
11:13 What are generational curses?
18:15 Trauma is stored on the cellular level in the body
19:58 God has given us common grace
21:02 We live in the tension of the already, but not yet