• Ep 02 #548 Get to the root with Confession, ‘Tis the Season
    2025/12/05
    If you’re already in spiraling self-medication mode, this episode is your rescue plan. Continually confessing “I drank too much," "I yelled,” or “I ate the whole pie” will never fix what’s really broken. Using real-life examples and Scripture, I'll walk you straight past the surface symptoms to the root your holiday triggers are screaming about: wounded love showing up in fear, control, unforgiveness, worthlessness, pride. You’ll discover: why the same sins keep showing up every Christmas, the exact questions to ask yourself before you step into the confessional, and why “name & number” confession is good…but why confessing the root changes everything. Advent is a penitential season for a reason. Stop band-aiding symptoms. Get to the root with confession and walk into the new year lighter than you’ve felt in years. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Nancy R; Cynthia C; and Michael G, for loving and lifting me. Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us for our next Monthly Meetup Bible study on the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) When's the last time you went to Confession? Isn't it time? Advent is a penitential season, the time to get to the wounded love at the root of your self-medication, and let God love and heal you there. V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential, the glory for which I was created. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – addictions and abstinence; not a counseling session; name and number Minutes 15:01-30:00 – finding the predominant fault, the root; guilt and shame; stages of purification and healing Minutes 30:01-60:00 – "sin will have no dominion over you"; the open door; applying the right medicine to the right place in the soul Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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    50 分
  • Ep 01 #547 ‘Tis the Season! Boundaries that save the holidays
    2025/11/21
    If the mere thought of Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year’s gatherings already has your stomach in knots, your heart racing, or your temper flaring weeks in advance—this episode is your lifeline. We're kicking off a brand-new holiday survival series, Tis the Season, with the one thing that actually works when family triggers, old wounds, and impossible expectations threaten to steal your peace: boundaries. Whether you’re bracing for difficult parents, in-laws, divorced-family logistics, grief anniversaries, or the annual political/religion blow-up at the dinner table—the holidays don’t have to wreck you. You can love your family, honor your vocation, and still protect the gift of peace God died to give you. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show for loving and lifting me. Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us for our next Monthly Meetup Bible study on the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) What's one new boundary you can put in place to add peace to your holidays for yourself and your family this year? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential, the glory for which I was created. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – Great Expectations; what is "abuse"?; inappropriate behaviors Minutes 15:01-30:00 – fight or flight; recognizing trauma bonds; guilt associated with boundaries Minutes 30:01-60:00 – 6 P's: Predict, Plan, Priorities, Prepare, Protect, Peace Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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    56 分
  • Ep 08 #546 Free to play! God “wants” you to play?
    2025/11/07
    What if He *made* you to do the stuff that feels the most like play to you? What’s holding you back from "playing" - living fully alive? In this series finale, we wrap up Free Indeed with the ultimate freedom: play as God’s child. From Peter’s recommissioning, to pop quizzes, to healing from fear, discover how God's divine judgment isn’t wrath—it’s gentle transformation. Break free from scruples, sin, and the fear of death, purgatory, or deprivation. Step into the joy Jesus restored; love the Lord with all of your heart, soul, mind, and strength; and learn to play again. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Kimberly P; Kim L; Gary K; Christine C; Louie M; Elizabeth M-K; Denise E; and Jeanne K, for loving and lifting me. Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us for our next Monthly Meetup Bible study on the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) In my work with people one-on-one, I have found that most have no idea what even feels like play to them anymore. They have no idea what they like; they have few or no hobbies. Life is all WORK! Spend some time talking to God about creativity, hobbies, the stuff you LIKE to do and desire to do. What if that's also what He made you for and *wants* you to do more of? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential, the glory for which I was created. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – glory of God is man fully alive; freedom from scruples, indecision, sin, and a few of the Four Last Things Minutes 15:01-30:00 – Peter's judgment, and our judgment; it happens NOW Minutes 30:01-60:00 – Catholic Morality is ultimately "happiness" Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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    41 分
  • Ep 06 #544 Freedom from Fear of Purgatory: Was everything you learned about purgatory wrong?
    2025/09/26
    Is purgatory a place or a Person? Afraid of suffering and purification? Be free from the fear of God's punishment and delve into the mysteries of sanctification with me in this episode of our series on Christian freedom. Discover purgatory not as a fiery torture chamber of punishment, but as God's purifying love, as I share how our Heavenly Father healed me from a rage-fueled father wound in this truth. Explore what the Bible calls God's "consuming fire" (Hebrews 12:29) -- from Genesis' covenant torch to the Holy Spirit's descent -- distinguishing eternal/temporal punishment and mortal/venial sin. Unpack particular judgment as a loving revelation, not wrath, and sanctification as a state of the soul in divine mercy (1 Cor 3:15). Embrace purification, recognize suffering as personal growth, and find freedom from the fear of it. Reflect on God's tenderness, cooperate with His healing, and step into His grace. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show. Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us for our next Monthly Meetup Bible study on the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.)  O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does this view on purgatory clear up any fear associated with it for you? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – OT types of God as "fire" Minutes 15:01-30:00 – What the Church says about purgatory Minutes 30:01-45:00 – Heaven, hell, and purgatory as states of the soul in God; Thomas Aquinas on purgatory as a Person Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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    44 分
  • Ep 07 #545 Freedom from Fear of Deprivation: Why is God “late” on purpose?
    2025/10/31
    Wondering how to turn life’s dry seasons into growth? Through Sonja’s story of (what seemed like) a shattered ministry promise, church splits, and learning to rest amid fear, discover how pop quizzes expose the roots of your fear, how to silence complaints and multiply provision with thanksgiving, and why “God is late on purpose” in a crisis of faith. This seventh episode of Free Indeed: "Thrive in the Desert" reveals the desert as God’s classroom— where deprivation after deprivation builds unshakeable faith in His provision and perfect timing. Building on the series’ journey to Christian freedom, begin the process of learning to be free of the fear of trials. This episode unpacks the Exodus template: God’s ways of the desert, repetition, and daily Word (Hebrews 3-4). Reflect daily on His Word, surrender your anxiety, and watch your desert bloom into the Promised Land of peace. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Kimberly P; Kim L; Gary K; Christine C; Louie M; Elizabeth M-K; Denise E; and Jeanne K, for loving and lifting me. Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us for our next Monthly Meetup Bible study on the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Deprivations cause a crisis of faith, where we are challenged to believe God will provide and is good despite what looks like contrary evidence. Where in your life are you experiencing deprivations that provoke fear in you? What are the roots of that fear? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential, the glory for which I was created. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – Just Rest book; two Baptist church splits; Heb 3-4 Minutes 15:01-30:00 – God's "ways": desert, repetition, Word Minutes 30:01-60:00 – Pop quizzes in the Exodus Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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  • Ep 05 #543 Freedom from Fear of Death: Reincarnation? Pre-existing souls? Why do we die? What happens after?
    2025/09/19
    Should we fear death? Why do we? "Memento Mori" is the ancient practice of remembering death, and how Christ’s resurrection turns it into a hopeful transition (Phil 1:21, "to die is gain"). Probe the mystery of Jesus’ descent to the dead, the Church’s teachings on near-death experiences, reincarnation, pre-existing souls, and a cautious perspective on psychedelics, marrying centuries of timeless wisdom from the Church Fathers and Catechism with modern insights. Learn to embrace the Holy Spirit's divine illumination, and prepare for eternity in love and peace. Whether you’re pondering the resurrection, mourning a loved one, or are just curious about the soul’s eternal journey, this episode offers a roadmap to freedom from the fear of death. Weigh the mysteries of death and learn to anticipate a new frontier of wonder with me. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show. Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us Monday the 22nd for our Monthly Meetup Bible study as we finish up the Gospel of John, and begin to study the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Does death seem exciting to you at all? What do you need to do to prepare better for the inevitability of your death? What do you want to say to God about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – Christ's death and "Harrowing of Hell" Minutes 15:01-30:00 – Thomas Aquinas' eight articles on death Minutes 30:01-45:00 – near-death experiences, reincarnation, pre-existing souls Minutes 45:01-60:00 – the Church Fathers on death Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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    52 分
  • Ep 04 #542 Freedom from God’s Wrath: Is God Angry at Me?
    2025/09/12
    Does God want to scare us? Death. Judgment. Hell. My own or someone else's. This is what most Christians fear the most. But fear of God and The Last Things is about punishment. And the Bible says there is no punishment in love. What does it mean to "fear" God, if "there is no fear in love" (1 Jn 4:18)?Unpack the shift from fear to love, exploring death, judgment, heaven, and purgatory as a journey of purifying love. Embrace the Holy Spirit's grace, dare to be transparent with God, and step into hope. Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Gina S; Theresa VP; Denise H; Colette G; Angela C; Noel N; Sharon T; Estelle C; Carolyn McG*; and Katy P, for loving and lifting me! (*special thank you ;) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us Monday the 22nd for our Monthly Meetup Bible study as we finish up the Gospel of John, and begin to study the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Were you convicted of something in this episode that you need to bring to God for discussion and illumination? Ask Him, now, to bring anything to mind that He might want you to know. V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-15:00 – The Four Last Things; explanation of eternal life Minutes 15:01-30:00 – definition of "wrath"; why wrath "abides on the ungodly" Minutes 30:01-45:00 – death, judgment, heaven, & hell are all "a development of premises set by people in this life" (JPII) Minutes 45:01-60:00 – wrath for the unrepentant, mercy for the children Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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  • Ep 03 #541 Freedom from Sin: How to Escape Habitual Sin, Free Indeed Series
    2025/09/05
    If you're confessing the same sin over and over, you probably feel like you're never going to be free of it. But that's a lie of the enemy, meant to keep you enslaved. Let's strategize with St. Augustine’s three stages of sin (suggestion, pleasure, consent) and Sonja's proven 4-step STOP method, and get you free in Jesus!Conquer addictions like porn, anxiety, or overeating. Learn to walk in the Spirit, rewire your brain, and shatter shame’s chains with practical tools. From personal battles to biblical wisdom, this episode and series equips you to live "free indeed"! Thank you with all my heart to my newest Friends of the Show, Gina S; Theresa VP; Denise H; Colette G; Angela C; Noel N; Sharon T; Estelle C; Carolyn McG*; and Katy P, for loving and lifting me! (*special thank you ;) Friends of the Show get all Premium Content and access to our monthly Bible study! What are you waiting for? Come join us for our Monthly Meetup Bible study as we finish up the Gospel of John, and begin to study the Sacred Holy Trinity! LOVE the Word® is a Bible study method based on Mary’s own practice: lectio without the Latin. Get the book based on Sonja’s method in the right margin, How to Pray Like Mary. L | Listen (Receive the Word via audio or video.) O | Observe (Connect the passage to your life and recent events.) Take a few moments to strategize what you will do to battle your usual tempting thoughts the next time they arise. What will you distract yourself with? With what will you replace the usual behavior? For instance, when I battle self-medication, I make a cup of my favorite tea rather than reaching for the usual "thing." Typically, in the time it takes, and the almost-ceremonial process of making tea, the temptation has subsided enough that I can resist it. What will your new "replacement strategy" be? What do you want to say to the Holy Spirit about that? V | Verbalize (Pray about your thoughts and emotions.) Remembering that He loves you and that you are in His presence, talk to God about the particulars of your O – Observe step. You may want to write your reflections in your LOVE the Word® journal. Or, get a free journal page and guide in the right-hand margin. E | Entrust (Rest in the Word.) Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom, with the Holy Spirit your Beloved Spouse, lend me your wisdom and illumine my heart and mind so I may become free to glorify God by reaching my full potential. Amen + Love Heals. Learn More. Connect Join me (click here) in the Sacred Healing community for our Masterclass and Consultation Group coaching calls, healing prayer livestreams, monthly Bible studies, LOVE the Word® takeaways, a healing masterclass and other courses, a dynamic phone app, and a flourishing community to help you find help, support, and experience deeper healing. What We Discussed | Show Notes Overview: Minutes 00:00-12:00 – what is "sin," exactly?; is my body evil? Minutes 12:01-24:00 – Augustine's stages of sin; suggestion Minutes 24:01-36:00 – second and third stages of sin; learning to STOP Minutes 36:01-48:00 – S-sin not; T-tell God; O-Offer the right sacrifice; P-put your trust in God Transcript Transcripts and CC are now provided automatically within both the audio and video players.
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    55 分