Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace
Estrangement: Turning Pain into Peace Podcast is hosted by me, Becky Kolb. I help Christian women navigating đź’”estranged relationships with adult children and next generation family members.
You never thought you would be experiencing estrangement with a loved one and you are looking for support from someone who's been there. That's me.
Estrangement brings grief, guilt, shame, confusion and isolation. Women say they feel pressure to forgive or reconcile before they full understand what that means. And sometimes you may not be in a place mentally or spiritually to do that. I understand and felt similarly.
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My estrangement story began with a divorce and remarriage and some decisions around that. The guilt and shame was overwhelming as most of my family didn't speak to me for several years.
Growing up in a Christian family, I struggled with some of the decisions I made and even more so with family who judged and rejected me. I felt God was judging me and had also abandoned me. But it was during that estrangement that God met me where I was and overwhelmingly poured out his đź’–love and mercy and forgiveness.
The God I thought rejected me was standing with arms wide open waiting for me to turn around. Consequences from some of my decisions lingered but his ❤️love and forgiveness carried me through. It was a relationship God wanted with me. Not religion. It was life changing. And it's what brought about reconciliation and restoration of my family. Relationships today that are 💪stronger than ever before.
I learned that you can't force reconciliation. Any attempt to change another person is fruitless. The only control you and I have is ourselves and my podcast and coaching focus is on WHOLENESS - creating space to feel grief, discover clarity around responsibility, establish healthy boundaries and gain a renewed sense of self and purpose so that you can live grounded.
There are podcasts and coaching that focus on how to reconcile an estranged relationship. I cover some of that, but the primary focus and my passion is you. Helping you heal your heart and discovering who God says you are. Loved, adored and sought after. While others reject, God does not. Discover the inner peace that comes only from a relationship with him. That is the starting point.
I offer free no pressure, no obligation discovery calls to see if coaching is right for you. It's not a sales pitch. If that's something you seek, navigate to www.beckykolb.com/work-with-becky and let's have a conversation.
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hey, I’ve been following your podcast for a while. I appreciate your perspective. My sister estranged herself from our entire family over two years ago now. She did it in the form of an email in which she asked us not to contact her and that she needed space from our parents and didn’t want us to be the go-between. She stated that any contact or efforts to contact word. “only set our relationship back when we reconnect“, but she said she looked forward to reconnecting when the time is right, and when she was ready. This feels so one-sided and unfair. I’m left, hoping for something in the future and with time diminishing hope that that will ever be a meaningful relationship to me, but who is willing to drop me like this at any time based on their whims. Left in front of this has been heartbreaking for my parents, despite their faults, are very loving and kind. My sister only sided the “toxic nature of their communication quote, but did not elaborate further or give us siblings. Any other explanation for her doing this, other than saying, it was what she needed for her mental health. I’m finding it hard to move on. I wish I could just send her a Christmas card or something to say I love her. It feels deeply unfair that she has made it so I can’t communicate in any way to let her know that I would welcome her back if she wants to have any sort of contact. I don’t know when or how to ever do that and I’m worried that overtime. The distance will galvanize and we will never have a relationship again. If I needed to, I could work on that and move on, but s