Episode 6: Was That God, or Was That My Brain?

Cassie Korte and Eric Miller on what happens in the room when trauma work turns spiritual.

You’re a few years sober. You’ve done the steps, worked the program, put in the reps. And then one day something old just let’s go, and for a second you feel held, or forgiven, or met, and you can’t explain it. So, you do what a lot of guys do. You talk yourself out of it. Was that God? Or was that just my brain firing? And which answer are you even allowed to trust?

Here’s the problem. Your therapist won’t always name it. The guys at the table might change the subject. So, the most important thing that’s happened to you in years gets tucked away and never spoken about, and the doubt eats it alive.

In this one, Cassie Korte comes at it from the clinical chair and Eric Miller comes at it from spiritual direction, and they sit right on the seam where trauma work and the spiritual life meet. What it looks like when something releases. Whether naming it helps or ruins it. When a therapist should refer out, and when a spiritual director should. Two disciplines, one room, and the moment most of us go through alone.

If you’ve ever had one of those moments and didn’t know what to do with it, this is the conversation.

Connect with Cassie Korte: https://www.shineconsciously.org/

If you want to talk through your own version of this, grab a free 30-minute chemistry call with Eric Miller: https://www.newmindsetpathways.com

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