What a Ripoff!

Ever felt like parts of your identity are being stripped away? Like your roles, routines, and “go-to strengths” are vanishing — and with them, your sense of self?

Me too.

In this deeply personal episode, I reflect on the crucifixion of Christ — not just as a historical event, but as a mirror for our own painful transitions. I ask:

🩸 What do we look like without all the “muscle”?

🪞 What if the identity we’re mourning… was never the full picture?

🙌 And what if the stripping away is actually how we find real life?

✨ In this episode:

• ​ The emotional + spiritual gut-punch of identity loss
• ​ How Jesus’ suffering helps us redefine strength
• ​ Romans 8: a Father who doesn’t reject, but teaches
• ​ Why “keeping it together” might be the very thing holding you back

💬 “He didn’t look like a savior. But He was never any less of a king.”

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📚 Mentioned in this episode:

📖 Problems to Proverbs: Ancient Wisdom for the Modern World, Vol. 2

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🎨 Yes You Are Creative (FREE ebook)

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📝 Reflection Questions:

• ​ What identity is being peeled away right now? Does it hurt?
• ​ What have you let define you… that God is gently (or not-so-gently) asking you to surrender?
• ​ What version of “life” are you being invited to lose — so that you can truly find it?

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