Podcast Description:

What happens when you finally realize the betrayal wasn’t only what THEY did to you…

but how many times you abandoned yourself trying to keep them?

In this deeply honest and transformational episode of Faith & Focus: A Moment for Your Mind, Coach Gigi explores the painful reality of self-abandonment, survival mode, people pleasing, emotional exhaustion, and what healing looks like when God begins opening your eyes to the patterns you normalized just to keep connection.

This episode dives into:

• self-abandonment and emotional neglect

• people pleasing and overfunctioning

• nervous system survival patterns

• shame versus accountability

• why familiar does not always mean healthy

• emotional wandering and repeated cycles

• grief attached to old versions of yourself

• psychological and biblical healing

• practical ways to pivot toward alignment

Coach Gigi also breaks down how unresolved trauma and chronic survival mode can train the body and brain to normalize dysfunction, causing many people to repeatedly tolerate environments, relationships, and behaviors that grieve their spirit.

With real-life examples, biblical truth, psychological insight, and practical reflection questions, this episode reminds listeners that healing is not perfection.

Healing is awareness followed by alignment.

Scriptures referenced include:

• Ecclesiastes 3

• Romans 8:1

• 1 Corinthians 14:33

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To our Faith & Focus family listening in 56 countries and growing, thank you for being part of this healing community.

Stay connected with FOCUS Faith & Mental Health to learn more about:

• The Healing Table

• The Healing Is Holy Summit

• coaching and wellness resources

• community outreach initiatives

• and ways to partner with us as we continue serving women, children, and families.

Register for the Healing Is Holy Summit:

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Explore Coach Gigi’s books and healing resources:

Now What? I Married a Narcissist

Withholding Love: When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon

My Body Is God’s Gift

If you are experiencing domestic violence, call or text 1-800-799-7233 or visit thehotline.org.

If you are struggling emotionally or experiencing suicidal thoughts, call or text 988.

Music Credit:

Written and composed by Geleta Gigi Parker.

Arrangement and piano accompaniment by Debary Thompson.