Trust isn't something you manufacture through effort — it's something you receive through relationship. In this episode, Dr. Greg Bottaro concludes the series on OCPD and perfectionism by exploring why control feels so necessary, how our earliest relationships shape our ability to trust God, and why freedom begins not when we become perfect, but when we allow ourselves to be loved. Because holiness isn't built on mastering the perfect spiritual routine — it's built on learning to rest in the love that has always been pursuing you.
Key Topics:
Why trust can't be built through more effort, more surrender, or the right devotion
How "trying harder" to trust God is actually the pattern itself, not the way out of it
How the parts of us that need control aren't bad, but are protecting something deeper
Why compassion, not correction, is the first step toward healing a controlling part
How self-possession exists for the sake of self-gift — and why you can't give what you don't have
Why holiness was never meant to end fear of hell, but to end the need to earn love in the first place
How real healing only happens in relationship — not in a program, a podcast, or a novena
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