Finding God’s Freedom from Trauma with Dr. Elizabeth Stevens

Sometimes, we can try to cover up our past pain with that which we can control-achievement, performance, productivity. But at some point, those coping mechanisms cannot mask the hurt we are feeling deep inside anymore. What do you do when what you've done to run from your past no longer works to hide what you're truly feeling?
For Dr. Elizabeth (Ellie) Stevens, there came a point when what she did to keep the pain from her childhood sexual abuse at bay, no longer worked. She found that she could no longer hide behind performance and her achievements and instead had to face what was below the surface. It took another string of traumas including a sexual assault and traumatic brain injury to bring up the ache she had been ignoring, but when she did, she found that God invited her towards something new: freedom. Even when her poor decisions heaped shame on top of all she was enduring, she was able to start to experience the depth of God's love in the middle of the mess of emotions she was enduring. Now, as a psychiatrist, trauma survivor and veteran, Dr. Stevens has taken what she has learned in her own journey to help veterans and first responders in theirs.
In this conversation, Davey talks with Dr. Stevens about how we often use achievement and performance to cope with our past, the power of God shown through our weakness, and how trauma can help us move from conditional to unconditional love.
If you find yourself trying to hide your past pain through achievement and performance and you are ready to experience the freedom God has for you, this episode will encourage you that God wants to release you from that which threatens to hold you back from.
Website: www.drelizabethstevens.com
www.advancingwarriors.org
Book: Unshackled: Finding God's Freedom from Trauma
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[@ThompsonHomestead]

I can't believe how similar I am and my life experience has been to this ❤ SO thankful that God ALWAYS works things for good and his existence is not questionable 💞 Conditional love exists and THANK God for the peace 🕊️ and freedom 🙏

[@navishamoodley8784]

Hi Navisha from Durban South Africa, Elizabeth you are amazing and just encouraged me to lean into being unconditionally loved and cared for by our loving papa Jesus

[@Michel-Klus]

Dang...I'm really good at repressing and stuffing things down. I'm impressed with how you always start with God's good news...I will try to follow.

[@acatslifepisicaslife105]

I read Dr. Steven's book and I highly recommend it.

[@christyhowe-ql1bv]

I'm broke

[@christyhowe-ql1bv]

Please keep writing and speaking and healing and praying. Thank you

[@christyhowe-ql1bv]

I overreact somtimes

[@christyhowe-ql1bv]

I think I've had tmi undiagnosed. My neurologist is Dr tummalspenta

[@agnesmutai8410]

For God so Loved the world that He gave His only Begotten son that who ever believed in Him should not perished but have everlasting life.(John 3:16) God love us all even in our situations, He still loves us.

[@davidverlaney7764]

Watch some Nick Vucijic who was born with no arms and legs if you want some inspiration.

[@eagyinjection]

Why does god give us trauma instead of love. Why do we have to accept cruelty and be a punching bag for god to love us.

[@davidverlaney7764]

❤ yes we all ask that. Ask for God's wisdom that the Holy Spirit give it to you and read and pray the Lord's prayer quietly and out loud. When you forgive others that opens the door for the Holy Spirit to work on the other peoples lives. Watch some videos on KZbin about the book 23 minutes in Hell. the evil that Paul talked about in Ephesians 6: and it really helped me and he talks about it and he gives hundreds of biblical scriptures that you want to forgive those people because he talks about no matter how evil anybody ever treated you and you might've retaliated and done some things or just done things yourself you don't want anybody to spend eternity in hell. And Jesus died for all of us. But it's tough. and we battle it every day. ❤