(Ep. 45) Connecting the Compassion Method™ to your Faith

What if doing all the right things for God has quietly left your heart untended — and there's a way to have faith without the shame?In this episode of Triggered & True, Laura Duncan and co-host Brian Freise go deep on something listeners have been asking for: the Compassion Method in the context of the Christian faith — how it helps you actually live your faith, and where the whole method began. It's a candid, scripture-grounded conversation for Christians wrestling with shame, and an illuminating look for anyone curious about the roots of the work.Laura shares her own journey: raised in the church, recommitting at 18, reading the Bible as a to-do list of good behavior — and being "good at being good" until she wasn't, which left her feeling hopeless. The turning point came when she felt God say, "Stop medicating with Me." She'd gone through her husband's death still praying, still worshiping, still believing — but she was bringing God her pain to make it disappear rather than letting Him be with her in it. From there she and Brian unpack faith without shame: Proverbs 4:23 ("above all else, guard your heart") as the practical heart of the method, why spirituality alone doesn't tend the heart (and how that sets even anointed leaders up for moral failure), why your triggered self can't grow spiritually, and the prodigal-son homecoming — coming back to your true self and finding God was there, waiting, the whole time.In this episode: 🔹 Laura's faith journey — reading the Bible as a behavior checklist, and the hopelessness that followed 🔹 "Stop medicating with Me": how going to God to erase pain can suppress it instead of healing it 🔹 Proverbs 4:23 and guarding your heart — the Compassion Method as a practical way to live it 🔹 Why spirituality alone doesn't tend the heart — and how that sets even faithful leaders up to fall 🔹 The prodigal-son homecoming: why your triggered self can't grow, and how God waits as you return to yourselfThis is part one of a two-part faith conversation — part two continues in episode forty-six.📩 Get your free Weekly Dose of Compassion — two short notes in your inbox every week. One to speak over yourself. One from Laura: https://www.lauraduncan.com/pl/2148814868🔗 Learn more: https://triggeredandtrue.comhttps://lauraduncan.com