Hey friend,

You are going to love this conversation with Tabitha Yates. She is an author, speaker, and mental health advocate who is passionate about bridging the gap between faith and emotional wellness. Her book Jesus and Therapy invites readers to explore healing through both spiritual practices and therapeutic tools. Tabitha is also a mom, and she shares how motherhood has been one of the most powerful catalysts in her journey of self-love and growth.

In this episode, we talk about the deep kind of joy that isn’t dependent on circumstances, but one that’s discovered through healing. Tabitha shares her story of walking through trauma, the challenges of writing her book, and how she’s learned to embrace continued healing without shame. It’s an honest, powerful conversation about how God meets us in our pain and invites us into wholeness.

Here are a couple of things I hope you carry with you:

Your story, even the painful parts, has purpose. Sharing it might be the very thing someone else needs to hear so they can take their next step toward healing.

Healing is ongoing and holy work. There’s no shame in needing time, space, therapy, or community. God is present in every part of that process.

If you’ve ever felt like your pain disqualified you, or wondered how God could use your story, this conversation is for you. Let’s keep returning to Jesus, even in the hard places.

Truly Yours,

Jen

Grab your copy of Return to Jesus - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747877/return-to-jesus-by-jen-thompson/

Grab your copy of Jesus and Therapy and check out more from Tabitha Yates!

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Website- www.theredeemedmama.com

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This is the last episode of the season! Thank you for tuning in to Season 1 of the Return to Jesus Podcast. Stay tuned for a bonus episode between Seasons 1 and 2 with author, Laura Smith.

Thank you for all the ways you continue to support me and this journey. My heart is so grateful!

Also, my book, Return to Jesus: An Invitation to Abide with Him in Every Beautiful, Stressful, or Tedious Moment is officially released! Yay! Be sure to grab your copy today! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/747877/return-to-jesus-by-jen-thompson/

In this episode of the Return to Jesus Podcast, host Jen Thompson, talks to author, Natasha Smith, about all things related to grief and grace.

Natasha Smith is a Certified Grief Educator, grief advocate, speaker, and podcast host. She shares from a place of 30-plus years of lived grief experience, research, and biblical study. Her work has appeared in Guideposts, Propel Women, Influence Magazine, HerBible, and elsewhere. She and her husband, Clinton, have four children and live outside of Raleigh, NC.

Her book Can You Just Sith With Me: Healthy Grieving for the Losses of Life and Black Woman Grief: A Guide to Hope and Wholeness are available wherever books are sold. Connect with her at imnatashasmith.com.

This is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

In this episode of the Return to Jesus Podcast, host Jen Thompson, talks to emotional stability coach, speaker, somatic healing practitioner, and founder of Dancing in the Mess, Jill Howell about all things related to learning to heal and regulate your mind, body and spirit - and of course, grace.

Jill has overcome Complex PTSD, chronic pain, IBS, chronic fatigue, anxiety, and depression. She guides women to transform the relationship they have with themselves + embody peace and joy again. Jill’s holistic mind-body-spirit coaching equips women to listen to their body, rewire their nervous systems, heal mind-body symptoms, + break free from survival mode + the negative patterns of emotional suppression.

Jill can be found on Instagram + Facebook @Dancinginthemess and online at www.dancinginthemess.com

In this episode of the Return to Jesus Podcast, host, Jen Thompson, talks with her oldest daughter, Sophia Thompson, about all things related to parenting, grace, the teenage years and relationships between siblings and parents. This is conversation you won’t want to miss!

This is the second part of host, Jen Thompson’s, interview with her husband about all things related to grace, marriage and family.

This is a fun conversation that you won’t want to miss....especially if you’ve been waiting for that cliffhanger to be answered!

In this episode of the podcast, host Jen Thompson, talks with her husband, Patrick Thompson, about all things related to marriage, grace and raising a family.

This episode had some recording mishaps - so it’s real life grace in action. Sometimes, this is life, folks. It’s real. It’s messy. And we learn to roll with the punches as they come.

This episode of the Return to Jesus Podcast is short and sweet. Host, Jen Thompson, talks with her listeners about going with Plan B when life throws you a curve ball, and learning how to give yourself grace when things don’t go as planned.

This wasn’t the episode that was intended, but this is real life and this is real grace in action.

Tune in next week for a conversation between Jen and her husband, Patrick, about all things grace, family and marriage.