What if staying present in your body isn't just a therapeutic skill—what if it's an act of faith?

In this episode, Christina explores what comes after noticing: how to stay with uncomfortable sensations, emotions, and memories without rushing to fix, explain, or spiritualize them away. Drawing on clinical frameworks like Polyvagal theory and somatic experiencing, alongside biblical examples from the Psalms and Jesus in Gethsemane, this episode reframes "staying" as embodied prayer.

Many of us learned that spiritual maturity means getting past our feelings quickly enough to arrive at the "right" answer. But what if God doesn't need us to have it figured out before He meets us? What if He's already present—in the tightness in your chest, the flutter in your stomach, the moments when your nervous system says "not yet"?

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