🎙️ Episode 21 – “The Mirror Work: Healing the Image After Abuse”

After abuse, many of us struggle to look in the mirror and recognize the woman staring back.

We see strength, but we also see scars — physical, emotional, and spiritual. In this episode, Coach Gigi invites you to pause and do the “mirror work,” the sacred practice of seeing yourself through God’s eyes, not through the pain of your past.

You’ll discover how survival mode can disguise itself as productivity, how rest becomes resistance, and how the brain begins to heal when the body finally learns safety again.

This isn’t just about self-care, sis — it’s about restoration, renewal, and remembering who you are in Christ.

💜 Scripture: Exodus 33:14, Genesis 2:2, Psalm 4:8

💜 Key Themes: Rest as resistance, trauma recovery, self-worth, boundaries, mind-body healing, emotional restoration

💜 Faith + Psychology Moment: How rest rewires the brain — from fight-or-flight to rest and repair

✨ Books Mentioned:

• My Body Is God’s Gift (available now on Amazon)

• Withholding Love: When Intimacy Becomes a Weapon (coming soon)

• Now What? I Married a Narcissist (coming soon)

• Beautifully Broken and Catch & Release: Seeds of Deception

🌐 Visit focusfaithmentalhealth.com to donate, enroll in Focus Academy workshops, or connect for coaching.

🎶 Background Music:

“Be Still and Know That I Am God”

Written and composed by Geleta Parker

Arrangement and piano accompaniment by DeBary Thompson

📞 If you are in danger or need immediate support:

Call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)

or text START to 88788 — help is available 24/7.