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29. Acceptance. How to Surrender to God when life is painful. Feeling stuck? Or buried by shame or despair? The things we can do to build an AMAZING empowered life. Conversation w/ Therapist Jim Beebe A HOLY MESS - CHRISTIAN, ANXIOUS, REGRET, SHAME, GRIEF, AA

    • Christianity

Hello my friends!
Ok, by popular demand—my Therapist Jim Beebe is back! If you are struggling with any difficult places in your life, Jim continues to unwrap this concept of acceptance and surrender. Not acceptance in the sense of 'approval' necessarily, but acceptance as a way of surrender and not fighting reality any more. Fighting reality is exhausting and reality only wins 100% of the time, I've been told. ;)
Jim talks about how we are living in the ‘age of anxiety’ and he dives into what he calls “the gap”—the gap between what we think our lives or specific situations ‘should be’ and what they actually are—the gap is where hurt, disappointment, regret, sadness, resentment, bitterness, anxiety and everything else negative lives at times. Closing that gap IS possible and is magical as it happens. I'm seeing it happen in my own life. 
If we have been victimized in any way, our power was taken from us. Jim unpacks and explains how we get our power back, one day at a time. 
He mentions The Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference. 
Other mentions:
“Small hinges swing big doors.”
Romans 7:15  “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.”
“Acceptance and how we are talking about it, is not approval necessarily. But it’s recognizing that the facts of reality are what they are. And fighting reality does not change reality.” 
More conversations with Jim:
Episodes: 5.
Episode 6.
Link to Jim’s article.
Also, so pumped to invite you to jump into my new course that I’ve been practicing and teaching at retreats and to women’s groups for years— “The Spiritual Intentions Framework—12 Foundational Principles to Spiritual Growth When All Else Fails” —these practices are game changers! To learn more:
https://www.danisumner.com/spiritualintentionsframework
Enjoy the episode!
Also, if you’d like to get in touch with Jim—here’s his info:
jimbeebemft@gmail.com 
818-787-1242
If you’d like to join his email list community—email him to join. He sends encouraging quotes by inspiring authors out a few times a week as a way of helping us. The quotes are awesome!
Much love,
Dani :)
To learn more about the Spiritual Intentions Framework-12 steps to Spiritual Growth when all else fails:
https://www.danisumner.com/spiritualintentionsframework
To learn more about Dani:
www.danisumner.com
Need prayer or have questions? Contact Us At—> hello@danisumner.com 
To get in touch on Social Media: Facebook and Instagram

Hello my friends!
Ok, by popular demand—my Therapist Jim Beebe is back! If you are struggling with any difficult places in your life, Jim continues to unwrap this concept of acceptance and surrender. Not acceptance in the sense of 'approval' necessarily, but acceptance as a way of surrender and not fighting reality any more. Fighting reality is exhausting and reality only wins 100% of the time, I've been told. ;)
Jim talks about how we are living in the ‘age of anxiety’ and he dives into what he calls “the gap”—the gap between what we think our lives or specific situations ‘should be’ and what they actually are—the gap is where hurt, disappointment, regret, sadness, resentment, bitterness, anxiety and everything else negative lives at times. Closing that gap IS possible and is magical as it happens. I'm seeing it happen in my own life. 
If we have been victimized in any way, our power was taken from us. Jim unpacks and explains how we get our power back, one day at a time. 
He mentions The Serenity Prayer:
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change
The courage to change the things I can
And the wisdom to know the difference. 
Other mentions:
“Small hinges swing big doors.”
Romans 7:15  “I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do.”
“Acceptance and how we are talking about it, is not approval necessarily. But it’s recognizing that the facts of reality are what they are. And fighting reality does not change reality.” 
More conversations with Jim:
Episodes: 5.
Episode 6.
Link to Jim’s article.
Also, so pumped to invite you to jump into my new course that I’ve been practicing and teaching at retreats and to women’s groups for years— “The Spiritual Intentions Framework—12 Foundational Principles to Spiritual Growth When All Else Fails” —these practices are game changers! To learn more:
https://www.danisumner.com/spiritualintentionsframework
Enjoy the episode!
Also, if you’d like to get in touch with Jim—here’s his info:
jimbeebemft@gmail.com 
818-787-1242
If you’d like to join his email list community—email him to join. He sends encouraging quotes by inspiring authors out a few times a week as a way of helping us. The quotes are awesome!
Much love,
Dani :)
To learn more about the Spiritual Intentions Framework-12 steps to Spiritual Growth when all else fails:
https://www.danisumner.com/spiritualintentionsframework
To learn more about Dani:
www.danisumner.com
Need prayer or have questions? Contact Us At—> hello@danisumner.com 
To get in touch on Social Media: Facebook and Instagram

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