"No matter how I wake up feeling within myself and within my frame of mind—however my mental health is doing—it doesn't change the fact that we're tethered." -Adriel Booker

When the initial shock waves begin to settle after a job loss, a diagnosis, a relationship breakdown, a season of grief or intense change, or a jarring shift in faith or identity, we find ourselves in the crisis after the crisis—the aftermath of whatever it is that has splayed our hearts wide open. These lonely, liminal spaces between who we were and who we're becoming are disorienting and confusing. It can be hard to hold on to hope when our bearings feel illusive.

In the exhausting tension between here and there where pain and confusion feel loud, Adriel Booker helps you perceive God's quiet kindness that has been there all along, hidden in plain sight on the underside of crisis, change, and all the spaces in between.

Adriel lights a candle in your darkness and companions you as you adjust to the low light and begin to apprehend the reality that you're already tethered to hope—even when you feel anything but.

Join us for this conversation about navigating the liminal spaces between where you are and where you are going—and how to practice self-compassion as God meets you with kindness along the way. We talk about things like:

• How metaphors can give us language to help us name where we are
• Redefining liminal spaces as thresholds of transformation
• Permission to practice self-compassion rooted in God's compassion
• Adriel's process of writing 'Tethered to Hope' during personal struggles
• Exploring God's maternal heart and hope as an umbilical cord
• Navigating doubt, deconstruction, and spiritual redefinition as normal parts of the faith journey
• The reality that we are already tethered to hope—we don't have to do a thing

Adriel Booker is a writer, speaker, and curator who believes the best things in life happen while gathered around the table. She lives with her family among the gum trees and sea breezes of a small town on Ngarrindjeri Country in the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia, where they own and operate a vintage café, guesthouse, and coworking studio for creatives. Adriel is the author of Grace Like Scarlett, writes at The Foundry on Substack, and can also be found @adrielbooker and AdrielBooker.com.

RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:

• Get your copy of Tethered to Hope at https://adrielbooker.com/books/.
• Connect with Adriel on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/adrielbooker/, on Substack at https://adrielbooker.substack.com/ or on her website at adrielbooker.com.
• Grab your free Gentle Framework reflection guide to help you practice self-compassion: https://jilliandebritz.myflodesk.com/gentleframework.

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