The Valley of Grace Podcast

It's good to have a set of values, beliefs, standards, and principles that you live by. However, when your belief systems leave out basic human decency relationship needs, you're headed for a world of trouble. #healing #love #mercy #beliefsystems

Keith Cole and I discussed the importance of vulnerability and seeking help during difficult times, emphasizing that true strength comes from being able to talk about struggles and emotions rather than pretending to be tough. When we Cover up pain with a "Band-Aid" approach, it can lead to deeper issues because societal pressure often leads people to believe that "being strong"...

It's easy to see how the other individual hurt us, but what about the role that we play in toxic relationships? Let's dive deep into this topic with Lorina Manzanita to see how unresolved childhood trauma leads to difficulty processing emotions, understanding our body's signals, and choosing our partners. #relationship #love #freedom #healing #healingjourney #childhood #emotionalbaggag...

It’s easy to say you’re moving on. It’s not so easy to move forward. Moving forward involves processing trauma. Moving on pretends like the trauma and situations never existed. Listen in to learn how Jacob moved forward. #podcast #healing #cycles #emotional #emotionalbaggage

It's so easy to point the finger at everybody else. But what about you? What is the toxic dance cycle that you play both with yourself and others? #breakingcycles #trauma #healing #love #freedom

Self-righteous narcissists are often hidden in plain sight. They look like responsible, intellectual people, except when you are in close proximity with them. Over time, the mask falls off. It had been falling off over the course of your friendship with him or her, but their intellectual, responsible cover blinded you from seeing them for who they really are: individuals who possess the spirit of...

Vulnerable narcissists are pouty, sullen, anxious, and deal with bouts of depression. Combine that with thinking you know everything and you’ve got the cerebral vulnerable narcissist. Listen in and be blessed! #podcast #relationship #love #freedom

When you hear the term gaslighting, you associate it with the words that people say that throw you into a spiral because of their delusional reality. Gaslighting is actually involving more than that. People gaslight with hopes that it will ruin self-confidence, self-esteem, self-worth, and self perception and reality overtime #Gaslighting #Love #Freedom #Narcissist #CovertNarcissist #ChristianNarc...

An infection occurs because the original wound is not attended to. The same thing happens when it comes to projection. Our souls are infected with projection when we refuse to own the fact that we have been wounded and that there is residual pieces of trauma in our operating system. But how do you tackle this problem? Or, do you choose to live a life of slavery to this spirit? Listen and be blesse...

It’s easy to wait and make our move when somebody else makes their move. But that’s not how healing works. You will be waiting until Jesus comes for someone else to get their act together in order for you to walk in the freedom and bond us the crisis promised each and everyone of us.#Freedom #Love #Relationships #healing

When you’re vulnerable, you’re also open to the wiles of the devil. These wiles include being love-bombed and reeled back in in by your ex-narcissistic partner. Listen to some of these phrases so you’ll know how to protect yourself. #healing #podcast #narcissism

Woman of God, Minister, Author, Speaker, & Life & Grief Coach, Celeste Houston sits down with me and discusses toxic relationships, healing, communication, duality, and coloring your way through grief. Be blessed and healed by this conversation! For coaching, books, podcasts, blog posts, speaking, & podcast guest interviews, you can contact Katina Horton @ 224-855-1017, katinahorton@th...

The Jezebel Spirit is not about the 2-inch splits, makeup , or garments you wear as we were told by older church folk back in the day.  It is a gaslighting spirit of control, using anything and anyone, including spiritual practices and rituals itself to further its agenda.   Listen in to this podcast episode as I discuss its plan, purpose, and behaviors.   Be blessed!!! 

It’s confusing. It’s mind blowing. It’s validating and normal. And yet you can’t figure him or her out. Is it you or is it them? Listen in as we dissect the truth about covert narcissists. Be blessed! #love #relationship #narcissist

Flying monkeys find themselves in a pickle at all times. Whether narcissistic or not, they alternate between trying to balance loyalty to the narcissist and betraying themselves. But how does being an instigator relate to the flying monkey role? Listen in. #love #relationship #loyalty #flyingmonkeys

Flying monkeys are individuals who are tested time and time again for their loyalty to the narcissist. They are usually good candidates because of their inability to maintain decent boundaries, and usually possessing low self-esteem, low self-worth, and low self-confidence. Listen in to see if you've ever had to deal with flying monkeys, and or have unknowingly been a flying monkey yourself. #flyi...

What if no one ever told you that you were in emotional, psychological, and spiritual danger? That was the case with therapist Angie Harvey. People saw and thought things, but they never confronted her about them. When we are not challenged, we do not grow. Listen in to therapist Angie Harvey as she dissects how she left codependency for self-care, self-love, and self-worth. Be blessed! #love #fre...

We know a lot of things. But do we know how to spot the fruit(behavior) of other individuals without judging it? Meaning, do you know how to have grace, compassion, and boundaries set for individuals having different brokenness than yours, but still not allow their brokenness to affect you? Listen in. #love #freedom #relationships Love ❤️ and Freedom Toxic Relationship Recovery Coach Our Mission,...

When it comes to judgmental people, there is a whole slew of things mixed in a cocktail that they're often drinking. Be careful, or you'll get wooed in by their spirits. Listen in to see how this behavior affects society in general. #love #freedom #relationship #podcast

It's easy to talk about what you would have, should have, could have done in somebody else's situation. But what about when that person is you, and you are presented with the same scenario? Listen in. #love #freedom #podcast

It's tempting to go to the store, head to the producesection, pick up a fruit, and then start judging it by its appearance. But what's wrong in this situation is that the appearance of the fruit speaks for itself. There's no need to judge it. And so it is with people. We often look at people, judge them, and make ourselves feel and look superior to them. The part we're missing is that knowledge of...

It seemed like a good idea at the time. You had no idea that going to therapy with a narcissist and or individual with emotional immaturity, arrested development, and compounded unresolved trauma was a bad idea. But nowthat you're there in the therapist's office, you're going to find out. And the end result is not what you'd expect. #love #freedom #relationship

People can be super messy. But what if the super messy is actually headed into the spiritual direction of the toxic narcissism of Satan himself? Listen in. #love #freedom #relationships If you're struggling to recover from narcissistic abuse, head over to thevalleyofgrace.com and book a call for Individual & Group Coaching on Tuesdays. Be blessed!

We often walk around looking like we have it all together. The problem is, we don't. We look the part, but we don't play the part. Instead of working on healing our bodies, we work on unintentionally destroying others through gossip, judgmentalism, criticism, and micromanaging their lives. Listen in. #love #freedom #relationships Head over to thevalleyofgrace.com to book a Love & Freedom Toxic...

We often think that we are suffering for the cause of Christ when we keep ourselves so busy that we either don't have time to understand our needs, and or we're so caught up micromanaging and judging other people's lives that we miss the mark in our own. Listen in to this bible talk. Blessings!#love #freedom #relationship