The Healing Habit

Learn about the impact of past hurts on your feelings now. Learn to identify the feelings you are feeling now.

Cassandra Sharp interviews Renatha Lollis about Forgiving, The Healing Habit.  They discuss the importance of inviting trustworthy family and friends into conversation about how a person can resolve conflict in a manner designed for added safety from future injury. 

Dr. Renatha Lollis and Cassandra Sharp discuss the benefits that come when we forgive- and more!

Why do we keep reacting the same way… even when we don't want to? In this episode of The Healing Habit, we explore how unresolved injury can quietly shape our thinking, relationships, and emotional responses. After we've been hurt, the brain often creates protective patterns: shortcuts designed to keep us safe. But sometimes those patterns keep us stuck. We talk about: How the brain reinforces what it agrees with Why betrayal can become a lens we see everything through The difference between reacting and responding Why emotions are information, not decision-makers How we unintentionally re-injure ourselves Why healing begins in the mirror Protection is natural. But programming is not permanent. Breaking the cycle starts with awareness. It continues with choice.   If this conversation brings up heavy emotions or unresolved trauma, professional support is available: • Find a licensed therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists • Find Christian counseling options (if desired): https://www.aacc.net/resources/find-a-counselor/ • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://www.nami.org • If you are in crisis in the U.S., call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.   For continued reflection prompts, practical tools, and community conversation, follow us on Instagram: 👉 @TheHealingHabitPod   You do not have to remain programmed. Healing is possible.

Healing is more than just "moving on." In this first episode of The Healing Habit, we explore what healing actually means and what it requires. When we experience injury (whether physical, emotional, or mental), something is taken from us. Healing is the intentional process of restoring what the injury tried to remove. But here's the part we don't talk about enough: unresolved hurt doesn't just sit quietly. It compounds. It affects our stress levels, our nervous system, our relationships, and even our physical health. In this episode, we discuss: The true definition of healing The difference between healing and reconciliation Why healing is a decision before it's ever a feeling How holding onto hurt impacts your body and mind Why boundaries and healing can coexist What it means to build healing as a habit This conversation is not about pretending something didn't hurt. It's about reclaiming your freedom and protecting your peace. If this episode brings up heavy emotions or unresolved trauma, please know that professional support is available: • Find a licensed therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists • Find Christian counseling options (if desired): https://www.aacc.net/resources/find-a-counselor/ • National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI): https://www.nami.org • If you are in crisis in the U.S., call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.   For continued conversation, reflection prompts, and practical tools, follow us on Instagram: 👉 @TheHealingHabit   Healing is a practice. And you don't have to do it alone.