Episode 13: When Healing Changes the Way You Love

Home for the Holidays Series

Faith & Focus: A Moment for Your Mind

Healing does not just change how you think.

It changes how you love, how you respond, and what you no longer tolerate.

In this episode of Faith & Focus: A Moment for Your Mind, Coach Geleta “Gigi” Parker invites listeners into a deeper conversation about what happens when healing begins to take root in the heart and nervous system. As we move through the holiday season and into a new year, many women find themselves loving differently, more slowly, more wisely, and with greater discernment.

Through Scripture, neuroscience, and lived experience, this episode explores how healing reshapes attachment, boundaries, expectations, and emotional safety in relationships. Listeners will learn why healed love feels unfamiliar at first, why growth can disrupt old relational patterns, and how to remain grounded without shrinking, chasing, or abandoning yourself.

Rooted in Exodus 15, this episode reminds us that healing is holy and that God is deeply concerned with how our bodies, minds, and spirits experience love. This conversation offers practical grounding tools, biblical truth, reflection questions, prayer, and next steps for support.

This episode is for women who are learning to love from a healed place, even when others are still operating from wounds.

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Books by Coach Gigi

Featured Book

Withholding Love: When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon

Available on Amazon: https://a.co/d/8sD1MEq

Author website: https://geletaparker.com/

Children’s Books

Chef Gigi Saves the Day

https://a.co/d/7cprHL7

Gigi’s French Bakery

https://a.co/d/5lUJ9Qy

My Body Is God’s Gift

https://a.co/d/iEwYbVx

Adult Faith and Healing Titles

Beautifully Broken

Catch and Release: Seeds of Deception

Jesus Lover of My Soul: Helping Women Worship Through Grief

Amazon links:

https://a.co/d/8NzA35Z

https://a.co/d/a4AViP5

https://a.co/d/bBCiNIw

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Support, Coaching, and Community

Learn more about our work, request prayer, book coaching, or explore our programs at

https://focusfaithmentalhealth.com/

FOCUS: Faith & Mental Health, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization where mental health meets the ministry of hope.

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FOCUS Academy Lite 2.0

FOCUS Academy Lite 2.0 is a faith-based, neuroscience-informed program designed to help women build emotional regulation, clarity, and spiritual grounding. Information and access are available in the Focus Academy section of our website.

FOCUS Academy Lite 2.0 is not a replacement for professional therapy, professional counseling, or treatment with a licensed mental health professional. It is designed to support growth and grounding alongside appropriate professional care, not instead of it.

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Important Resources

If you are experiencing domestic violence, help is available through the National Domestic Violence Hotline.

Call 1-800-799-7233 or text START to 88788.

Help is available 24/7, confidential, and free.

If you are feeling emotionally overwhelmed or in distress, you can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

Reaching out is wisdom, not weakness.

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Podcast Disclaimer

This podcast is intended for faith-based education, encouragement, and support. It is not a substitute for professional therapy, counseling, medical advice, or crisis services. If you are experiencing significant emotional distress or safety concerns, please seek care from a licensed professional or local emergency resources.

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Music Credit

“Be Still and Know That I Am God”

Written and composed by Geleta Gigi Parker.

Arrangement and piano accompaniment by Debary Thompson.