Season 4, Episode 3

Home for the Holidays: When Peace Feels Complicated

Welcome back to Faith & Focus: A Moment for Your Mind. I’m Coach Gigi, best-selling author, board-certified brain and mental health coach, and CEO and Founder of FOCUS: Faith & Mental Health, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit where faith and mental health meet and where we believe healing is holy.

In this episode, we continue the Home for the Holidays series by naming a truth many people carry quietly. The holidays can stir joy and grief at the same time. For some, home feels warm and familiar. For others, it feels tense, triggering, or emotionally complicated. And for many, it is all of the above.

This conversation blends Scripture and psychology as we explore peace, emotional safety, boundaries, and why familiar environments often activate old patterns. We talk about how the nervous system responds during the holidays and how God invites us to create holy space without abandoning our well-being. This episode includes biblical encouragement, psychological insight, prayer, and a reminder that you are allowed to care for your heart while still honoring God.

This episode is sponsored by FOCUS: Faith & Mental Health, Inc., serving women, children, and families through faith-centered mental health coaching, education, and community outreach.

Community and Gratitude

We extend heartfelt thanks to No Child Goes Hungry in Virginia for their continued generosity and major food donations supporting families in Paulding County. We are also grateful to Publix for providing gift cards that helped make our holiday food baskets possible. Your partnership is changing lives.

You’re invited to support our work by attending The Healing Table fundraising dinner on Saturday, December 20 at 5 PM. Visit the Contact Us page on our website for details. You can also support our outreach through our Amazon Wishlist, with items going directly to families in need.

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Books by Coach Gigi

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Withholding Love: When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon

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Background music credit

Written and composed by Geleta “Gigi” Parker. Arrangement and piano accompaniment by Debary Thompson.

Thank you for listening and for allowing God to meet you in real life, not a picture-perfect version of it. Breathe deep, stay prayed up, remember you are not too far gone, you are never alone, and stay focused