A Place at My Table: What God Said to Me on the Beach

I was walking on a beach when God said something I wasn't ready to hear. Not comfort. Not ease. Peace. "If you don't bring me peace, you don't get a place at my table." I thought I understood what that meant. I didn't. I thought protecting my peace meant cutting out anyone who challenged me. But challenge is not the enemy of peace — emotional hijacking is. Some people don't challenge you. They hijack you. You leave every interaction drained, defensive, replaying the conversation in the shower at 2am. That's not growth — it's an open loop quietly stealing your energy, and it won't close itself. If you're tired of draining relationships that never change, this episode gives you a way to discern who belongs at your table — and the courage to stop setting a place for those who don't. In this episode: • The difference between a holy challenge and emotional hijacking • The "aftermath test" — one question that reveals who stays at your table • 4 practical steps to protect your peace — no drama, no guilt • Why protecting your peace is stewardship, not selfishness This is the heart of Stop Stealing From Yourself — starting with the relationships you keep saying yes to. 📖 Stop Stealing From Yourself → https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H427G18R 💬 Work with Robin → skool.com/peopleskillz Timestamps: 0:00 — The sentence 1:05 — What it doesn't mean 2:31 — The real test: challenge vs. chaos 3:00 — Emotional hijacking explained 5:08 — Draining relationships as open loops 6:08 — The 4 steps 7:39 — Protecting your peace is stewardship This is Part 1 of a series walking through Stop Stealing From Yourself. Next up: CLOSE — my five-step process for actually closing the open loops we talked about today. Then PEACE — how to have the hard conversation without blowing up or shutting down. Follow the show so you don't miss them. If this resonated, there's probably an open loop of your own worth closing. My free Close the Loop tool walks you through it in about 15 minutes — a gentle place to start. 💛 → closetheloopsnow.com/tool