Overcoming My Parent’s Divorce and Becoming an Orphan at 10 Years Old

Episode 9 of the Relentless Hope Podcast

The Relentless Hope Podcast, hosted by Steve Gatena, founder of PRAY.COM shares vulnerable testimonies from the world's most passionate Christian leaders who overcame extreme trials through God's faithfulness.

Esther Fleece Allen shares about her traumatic childhood and how she vowed to be strong and never reveal her emotions. She identifies some unhealthy coping mechanisms: faking it to appear strong, minimizing what she’s gone through, avoiding vulnerability, repressing the past, and believing that emotions are a weakness and reminds us that God doesn’t expect us to be perfect, and the Bible shows us the messiness of human emotions and anguish.

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