Thank you for sharing. Our hearts do absolutely need to be validated. Unfortunately, the majority of people ( I used to be in that crew) have never been taught how to do that. If you or anybody else reading this post has an opportunity. I highly recommend taking Seth’s course. That includes the grief recovery method. It’s a game changer and gets to the root of hurt and pain and other emotions that need to be completed by being validated.

Sandi is awesome! You will not want to miss this! I’m super bummed that I will be missing it because of my son‘s game.

I remember feeling similar things when I first started leading worship many years ago. I remember one of the first times I sang in front of people, if they could have seen my legs behind the podium they would see I was doing a very bad impersonation of Elvis because I was so nervous.😂. What has worked for me is to be so connected with Papa God and sing to him as if there’s nobody else in the room. Like I do when I worship at home. When I am face-to-face and connected with him, it does not matter what anybody else thinks or doesn’t think about me because if my focus is on him, then their focus will be on him. If their focus is not on him, that’s between that person and God, not me. I have found that worship leading is really just an extension of my personal worship time with God. It’s about connecting with Him. When I am face-to-face with him or just throughout my day I practice hearing his voice and doing what he says to do. This practice allows me to know His voice and lead accordingly during a service. Then no matter what the service it will be like any other time worshiping him where I am connected to him and I just do and sing what he says to do and sing. It’s quite freeing when you let go of the fear of man/what others think, and let his voice be the One you let lead you. I encourage you to ask him how he sees you and what he thinks of you. If you hear any other voice inside your head say something opposite of that, even if it’s in your own voice, tell it to be quiet and focus on what he says. Because that is what is true.

So good and so true!!

I think it depends on the type of therapy and if it’s actually effective. If the therapy is not allowing the heart to be processed, heard and validated in order for the hurt and pain to be healed then I have found it to be a waste of time and money. So for example, I have been in counseling situations where honestly I just kept spinning in the same hurt and pain. I talked about it 1 million times with the counselor and felt brief relief but then the hurt and pain continued to come up because it wasn’t truly processed in an effective way. I was just talking about it. there was no true healing from the pain. That’s why I have found that what Seth does in Emotionally Whole Family and how he used the Grief Recovery Method along with some other tools to be the most effective thing I’ve ever gone through and the most healing. and I’ve done a lot of different things within the church and without the church. So I guess it would depend on what your goals and hopes are for in the therapy.