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What happens when life takes away the very thing you thought you needed to feel like yourself?

Kelly Neal built a career as a master hairstylist known for her “growing hands”—helping other people care for, restore, and feel beautiful in their hair. Then, over the course of just 44 days, Kelly lost the hair on her entire body.

What followed was more than a physical transformation.

Kelly had to confront fear, identity, self-esteem, faith, the wounds she had carried since childhood—and the realization that her hair had become more than something she loved. It had become a covering.

And then came the questions and comments.

Why are you bald?

Do you have cancer?

What does your husband think?

You actually look better without hair.

Those experiences eventually inspired Kelly's book, Why You Ballhead: Mastering Graceful Responses to Life’s Uninvited Conversations.

But the book didn't become what Kelly originally thought it would be.

Instead of simply teaching people what not to say, God began showing Kelly something deeper: We can't always control what people say to us—but we can learn to control how we respond.

One of my favorite truths from this conversation?

You don't have to match their energy. You can set the standard.

If you've ever allowed someone else's comment, behavior, or opinion to hijack your peace—or if life has ever taken something from you that you thought you couldn't live without—this Good Talk is for you.

👇🏾 Tell me in the comments: Which step do you need to practice most—Pause, Discern, Choose, or Respond?

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