065. All the Feels: Why Emotions are (Mostly) Awesome & How to Untangle Them When They’re Not with Elizabeth Laing Thompson

<p><em>“Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to your life?” Luke 12:25</em></p> <p>2020 has been an emotional roller coaster. This year has been nuts. Add to that the fact that motherhood can feel nuts some times and comes along with so many emotions that you just don’t know about until you’re in the thick of it.</p> <p>A lot of moms I talk with (myself included!) talk about how these emotions can feel like they get out of control sometimes. And our guest today, <strong>Elizabeth Laing Thompson</strong>, is here to talk about just that as she shares insights into emotions, motherhood, types of feelers, self-awareness, anxiety, and offer ideas for us from her new book: <em>All the Feels: Why Emotions are (Mostly) Awesome &amp; How to Untangle Them When They’re Not.</em></p> <p><strong>Elizabeth’s Bio:</strong> Elizabeth Laing Thompson is the author of All the Feels, When God Says, "Wait," and When God Says, "Go." She writes at LizzyLife.com about clinging to Christ through the chaos of daily life. As a speaker and novelist, she loves finding humor in holiness and hope in heartache. Elizabeth lives in North Carolina with her preacher husband and four spunky kids, and they make her feel humbled but happy, exhausted but exhilarated, sometimes stressed but often silly—well, you know . . . all the feels.</p> <p>As a Big Feeler, I needed this book <em>and </em>this conversation. Elizabeth’s insights really helped me learn more about how people come at conflict, stress, and anxiety in different ways. Her fresh, loving perspective gives us ways we can come to understand ourselves—and our emotions—in a really freeing way.</p> <p>**************************</p> <p><strong>In this episode we talk about:</strong></p> <p>· Being a “preacher’s wife” &amp; how it influenced her book</p> <p>· Preacher’s kid to preacher’s wife…and all the stereotypes that come along with that</p> <p>· How ministry families aren’t perfect and are not trying to be perfect</p> <p>· The three types of feelers: Big Feelers, Steady Feeler, Reluct