37 | Why Emotions Still Can Take Over Out of Nowhere - And How One Sacred Space Can Change Your Healing After Betrayal and Broken Trust

Do your emotions still take over out of nowhere. maybe in the car, in the middle of a normal conversation, right before you fall asleep and you cannot figure out why you are still feeling this way? Have you been powering through, staying busy, keeping the routines and yet something still feels tender and unresolved underneath all of that functioning? Have you ever wondered if what you are calling exhaustion or numbness or irritability might actually be grief that has simply had nowhere safe to go? "Sometimes what we call being tired is actually grief that has had nowhere to go." In this Monday Heart Check we are continuing our grief series and this week I want to give you one of the most practical and relieving tools in the entire healing journey after betrayal. In this episode I am sharing a simple three step practice for creating a sacred space for your grief, a specific time, a specific place, and a gentle way to tend the vineyard of your heart with God, so that grief stops ambushing you in the moments you least expect it and starts moving through you the way it was always meant to. Because a grief container does not mean grief gets to run your whole life. It means grief is allowed to be here, in its own space, with God, and where it can finally begin to move. Grief showing up again does not mean you failed. It may simply mean another layer is ready to be tended. This episode is for the woman who has been strong for everyone else and has not yet given her own heart somewhere safe to land. RESOURCES AND LINKS MENTIONED 📖 Proverbs 4:23 a picture of the heart as a vineyard and you as its keeper, introduced in Episode 35 and carried throughout this series 🎙️ Episode 33 "You Can't Grieve What You Can't Name: 3 Steps to Begin Grieving the Loss After Marriage Betrayal”  - start here if you are new to the series! 🎙️ Episode 34  "Why Do I Still Feel This Way: Understanding the Grief Nobody Talks About After Marriage Betrayal and Broken Trust" 🎙️ Episode 35  "What Has the Storm of Betrayal and Broken Trust Left Behind in Your Heart? A Simple Practice to Name the Hidden Losses" 🎙️ Episode 36 "Why I Still Can't Forgive: 8 Hidden Layers of Loss After Betrayal and Broken Trust" 💌 Subscribe to receive a weekly love note from Julia 🔜 Join the Heart Work Healing Circle Waitlist  A private healing community for women doing the hard holy work of rebuilding after betrayal. Be the first to know when doors open! ❓ Have a question or topic idea? Ask Julia here CONNECT WITH JULIA AND NEXT STEPS Contact → [email protected] Podcast → Heart Work After Betrayal on Apple Podcasts Next Steps: Step 1: Sign up to receive weekly encouragement and practical support and be the first to know what's coming! → Subscribe to receive a weekly love note from me Step 2: Have a question for me or a topic you'd love for me to cover on the podcast? → Ask me a question Step 3: Want more personal support? If you are tired of carrying this alone, together we will work on rebuilding clarity, learning to trust yourself again, and taking your next step with God, yourself, and your marriage. → Apply for a 1:1 Private Clarity Call with me HEART WORK HEALING CIRCLE *** COMING SOON ***A private healing community for women doing the hard holy work of rebuilding after betrayal in their marriage. Get your name on the waitlist, you will be the first to know when the doors open. → Join the Heart Work Healing Circle Waitlist   DISCLAIMER: This podcast is for informational and encouragement purposes only and is not a substitute for professional therapy or counseling. If you are in crisis please reach out to a licensed mental health professional.