Restored: Helping Children of Divorce

I just learned about this podcast recently so I’m working my way through from the beginning. It has been so helpful to hear the experiences of other children of divorce to help make sense of my own story. Thank you!

What an excellent podcast. I’ve listened to three episodes so far and I can relate to so much of this. There is so much isolation with being a child of divorce and I feel I’ve found community with this podcast. Love the Christ-centered tips surrounding every piece of advice.

I feel so grateful for this podcast. After my parents’ divorce, I was left with a lot of unanswered questions and feelings leaving me confused and isolated. My friends and family did there best to be present for me and counseling helped, but this community of others who have walked the same road and chosen a different path-one of love, peace and forgiveness-continues to encourage me years later. Wonderful, practical and hope giving.

The more I learn about my Catholic Faith and human formation, the more I trace back so much of what’s going on around me and in my own life to the destruction of marriage and family, and it’s something I’m passionate about. Though I’m not married yet, I believe in my bones that any job I do, skills I learn, or accomplishent I achieve means so little to me if I don’t build a good home life in my future, because that’s how we transform the future generations and reclaim our culture to one where the dignity of the whole person is recognized and celebrated. I’m thankful that this podcast exists because it’s inspiring to hear stories of people that built exactly what I want to build, despite their foundation being shattered and broken. It’s also to be able to know that it’s possible. For example, once the 4-minute mile was achieved the first time, MANY people after that achieved it because finally they BELIEVED IT WAS POSSIBLE. It’s the same thing with building a healthy, holy, and happy marriage and family when all you’ve seen is that “it’s not possible”. It’s also an incredibly powerful resource to share with peers. So many people come from brokenness, and it’s not their fault; so being provided the tools to change the trajectory of your family tree is nothing short of a generous gift. Thank you so much for the work that you do.