3 Dimensions of Love: God, Self and Others
The fullness of our relationship with God cannot happen apart from our relationship with others and with ourselves. While we can distinguish between our relationship with God, others, and ourselves, these connections are deeply intertwined. Complex trauma affects all of them.
It impacts our connection with God, our relationship with ourselves, and how we relate to others and the world around us. These relationships influence each other, creating a ripple effect that shapes our lives in profound ways.
Listen to EP 142 | How Does God Heal Complex Trauma?
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Genuine Love and Attunement Reveals God's True Nature
I've learned so much about love and attunement through my experiences with my dog. Every moment of truly connecting with her reveals something new—something that heals my nervous system and brings me closer to understanding God's love.
When I attune to her, when I give and receive love without conditions, I glimpse God's face. It's a reminder that God is present in every experience of genuine love. This love is so much more real and true than the brokenness I grew up with, the dysfunctional relationships I once thought reflected God's nature.
I used to believe those distorted, painful experiences were what love and God looked like because that was all I knew. But now, I see they were just flawed, fragmented reflections of something so much greater. Real love, the kind I experience in these simple, everyday moments, is a truer reflection of who God really is.
Listen to EP 142 | How Does God Heal Complex Trauma?
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Trauma Prevents Blocks Us from Encountering God Within.mp4
God transcends us—He's beyond us—but He's also incredibly immanent and present within us. When God draws close to us, how does He connect with us except through the very person, the very body, the very being He has given us? He speaks to us not only through our thoughts but also through our imaginations, our emotions, and our physical sensations. It's through all these aspects of who we are that God comes near, impressing Himself upon us and communicating with us.
But for those of us who have experienced complex trauma, one of the deep consequences is a fractured sense of self. This blocks us from being able to receive in our bodies the experience of being loved - even by God.
This journey is about reclaiming that trust in ourselves, recognizing that God can speak through all parts of our being. It's about healing and learning to honor that inner voice again.
I invite you to listen to EP 142 | How Does God Heal Complex Trauma?
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You Are Loved As You Are Right Now.mp4
God is saying to me—and to you:
“Do you know that I love you completely and perfectly right now? Not some future, more polished, more perfect version of you, but you, exactly as you are at this moment.
With all your flaws, doubts, and whatever stories you tell yourself—I love you, right here, right now. There isn’t a future, better version of you that I love more than who you are today. Because, simply put, there is no ‘better’ version of you to me.
The you in this very moment is who I love, fully and without condition.”
Are we able to let this land in our hearts? I wasn't able to. I share why in this podcast episode!
I invite you to listen to EP 142 | How Does God Heal Complex Trauma?
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God Delights Even In the Messiness of Our Healing
For those of us who have experienced trauma, the idea of spiritual freedom can feel out of reach. So many basic aspects of our humanity—like owning and exercising our freedom—were never fully developed. We were often too afraid to choose freely, fearing our choices would upset others and lead to our rejection or abandonment. So, we forfeited our freedom without ever learning how to use it.�
But healing takes us back to the point where we stopped growing. And yes, it may look messy or even irresponsible at first, but God delights in this process. He desires our healing, our growth, and our freedom to become who we are meant to be.
�Listen to EP 141 | How Healing Complex Trauma Transforms Our Image of God
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How Healing Changed My Relationship with Desire
For so long, I didn’t trust my own desires. I was constantly asking God, “Is this what You want me to want? Is this right?” It caused so much anxiety and guilt because I feared my desires didn’t align with His will.�
But as I heal, I’ve discovered something amazing: God delights in walking with me through my desires, exploring them together. Instead of fearing my desires, I’ve realised they are often God’s way of initiating a deeper dialogue with me.�
Learning to trust that God communicates through the desires He’s placed in me has brought me to a new place of hope, healing, and inner freedom.
Listen to EP 141 | How Healing Complex Trauma Transforms Our Image of God
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Giving Up What I Thought I Knew About God.mp4
I realised something profound: I’ve struggled to sense God’s love, not because He’s distant, but because I believed He had to love me, as if it were an obligation. I thought I knew Him, that my relationship with God was solid—especially after some powerful conversion experiences in my relationship with him. But deep down, I always had this distorted image of him and I never even knew it . I couldn't fully receive His forgiveness, His love, because I didn’t truly know who He is.
So, I prayed, 'Lord, I surrender everything I thought I knew about You. Give me new eyes, new ears, and a new heart to see You, know You, and receive Your love.'
Listen to EP 141 | How Healing Complex Trauma Transforms Our Image of God
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The True Essence of Discernment Mutual Love and Freedom.mp4
Discernment isn’t about feeling pressured or coerced into figuring out exactly what God wants. It’s not about making the "perfect" or "holiest" choice out of fear or perfectionism.
True discernment happens in a relationship of mutual love and freedom—between God and us. When we feel the weight of compulsion to get everything right, that’s not discernment, and it can be a reflection of deeper unresolved trauma.
Listen to EP 140 | How Complex Trauma Impacts Spiritual Discernment
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Living in Constant Hyper-Vigilance Due to Trauma.mp4
When we carry unhealed trauma, it can feel like our nervous system is constantly in an agitated, hyper-vigilant, and stressed state. This makes it harder to fully act with clarity or purpose because our brain shifts into survival mode.
In this state, fear can dominate our discernment process and we might focus on pleasing God out of anxiety or uncertainty instead of having the freedom to choose out of secure love.
Healing complex trauma isn't just about emotional recovery – it's about reclaiming our ability to think clearly, act freely, and exercise spiritual discernment from a place of authentic love for God.
Listen to EP 140 | How Complex Trauma Impacts Spiritual Discernment
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Finding Authenticity in God's Love.mp4
More important than our ability to say "yes" to everything we feel God asks of us is our ability to feel safe in His love, safe enough to give our genuine, authentic answer.
It's okay to say, "Lord, if this is what You're asking, I’m not ready. I can’t do that yet."
That kind of honesty honours God so much more than an obligatory "yes" driven by fear of punishment or consequences. God values the relationship we build through trust, honesty, and openness more than He values a fearful "yes."
Let your answer come from a place of love, not fear.
I invite you to listen to Episode 140 | How Complex Trauma Impacts Spiritual Discernment
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One of the simplest yet most powerful things we can do in our spiritual journey is to ask God to help us experience His love. It’s easy to forget, but Jesus promised — ask and you shall receive. You don’t need the perfect words or elaborate prayers, just a humble heart open to receiving His love. Keep asking and trust that He will answer in His way and time.
It’s also important to remember that experiencing God’s love isn’t just a spiritual or intellectual exercise — it’s an embodied experience. Many of us have a subtle distrust of our bodies, emotions, or even the physical world, as if they hold us back from God. But our faith teaches that our bodies, given to us by God, are part of how we encounter Him.
Don’t be afraid to involve your whole self—heart, body, and soul—in your relationship with God. Trust your senses, emotions, and experiences as ways He reaches out to you.
I invite you to listen to Episode 139 | How can I experience the unconditional love of God?
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Our bodies are a divine gift, intricately designed to connect us with the world—and with God. Yet, many of us have grown distant from this truth. We've learned to distrust our senses, believing pleasure to be something undeserved or even wrong.
But here's the reality: God created our bodies and senses to encounter Him. Through touch, taste, sound, sight, and smell, we can experience His presence in a profound way. Pleasure itself is a gift from God — a reflection of His delight in us.
It's time to heal our fear of sensuality and rediscover how God reaches us through the beauty and joy in the physical world. From the warmth of sunlight on our skin to the taste of a delicious meal, these moments can draw us closer to Him if we allow them. We have to embrace the fullness of our humanity and encounter God through our senses.
To find out more, I invite you to listen to Episode 139 of the Becoming Me Podcast | How can I experience the unconditional love of God?
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