Your Pain Has A Name

In this episode, Monica DiCristina shares insights on the importance of naming our pain, understanding our pain narratives, and coming home to ourselves to find healing and freedom in Christ.

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Monica DiCristina is a therapist in Atlanta, where she runs a private practice serving individuals and couples. She became a therapist after one changed her life. Monica shares therapeutic content through her Still Becoming podcast, newsletter, speaking, and her book, that is being translated into 9 different languages: Your Pain Has a Name: A Therapist’s Invitation to Understanding Your Story and Sorting Out Who You Are From What Hurts.

We dive into:

The importance of naming pain for healing
How pain stories shape our identity
Curiosity as a tool for self-discovery
The role of faith in processing pain
Sharing pain and the risk of invalidation
Unwinding identity from pain
Coming home to oneself in Christ

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Personal Context
02:08 Why Naming Our Pain Is Crucial
03:19 Examples of Pain Stories and Their Impact
04:10 How to Name Your Pain and Its Significance
05:01 Curiosity as a Key to Self-Understanding
06:27 Recognizing and Naming Childhood Pain
07:44 The Impact of Not Naming Pain
09:08 Honesty and Safety in Facing Pain
10:13 Pain as a Namer, Not a Definer
11:21 Sharing Pain and Its Challenges
12:43 Christian Culture and Pain
14:15 Jesus and the Model of Suffering
15:12 Unwinding Identity from Pain
16:24 The Process of Healing and Self-Discovery
17:23 Pain as Experience, Not Identity
18:48 Living Beyond Pain in Christ
21:20 Coming Home to Yourself
22:28 The Goal of Knowing God and Ourselves
23:15 Encouragement to Practice Self-Discovery and Healing

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