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February 5 Feeling Pain Without Losing Yourself | Devotions for Deconstructing

Devotions for Deconstruction is a daily reflection series for those questioning, unpacking, or healing from evangelical Christianity and other toxic religious systems. Each day, we explore three popular devotionals — The Book of Awakening, Jesus Calling, and My Utmost for His Highest — through a trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware, and honest lens. This series is not about telling you what to believe. It’s about helping you reconnect with your body, your intuition, your critical thinking, and your humanity — without shame, fear, or spiritual bypassing. I’m a certified hypnotherapist who supports people healing from religious trauma and rebuilding a relationship with themselves. You can book a free consultation call here: https://CandidCoachingCo.com Want to support our work? https://buymeacoffee.com/danandcan Today’s devotional starts:    • February 5 Feeling Pain Without Losing You...   The Book of Awakening – Feeling Pain Instead of Thinking Around It Mark Nepo invites us to stop intellectualizing our pain and allow it to be felt — in the body, not just the mind. Grief, anger, loss, and disappointment are not problems to solve; they are experiences that move through us when we allow them space. When emotions are suppressed, the nervous system stays stuck in fight, flight, or shutdown. But when we let the body participate — through movement, breath, expression, and rest — pain softens and connection returns. We don’t get stuck by feeling; we get stuck by avoiding. Jesus Calling – Trust vs. Worry Today’s message frames nearly every decision as a choice between worry and trust. While trust can calm the nervous system, the question becomes: what exactly are we trusting? Blind trust can easily turn into disengagement — trusting that “God will fix it” while ignoring our responsibility to listen, reflect, and act with compassion. Peace doesn’t come from suppressing concern; it comes from staying grounded, aware, and involved without letting fear consume us. My Utmost for His Highest – The Danger of Holy Self-Erasure Oswald Chambers presents suffering, exhaustion, and invisibility as spiritual virtues — encouraging believers to pour themselves out endlessly, even when depleted. This teaching is especially dangerous for those already conditioned to serve, submit, and disappear — often women, caregivers, and trauma survivors. Self-sacrifice without boundaries doesn’t produce holiness; it produces resentment, burnout, and abuse. True humanity is not found in becoming nothing — it’s found in honoring limits, agency, and embodied dignity. These three devotionals offer radically different responses to suffering: Feel it and let it move. Trust without disengaging. Or erase yourself entirely. Only one of these leads to healing — not just for you, but for the world around you. Choose wisely. #DevotionsForDeconstruction #CandidCoaching #CandidHypnotherapy #ReligiousTraumaRecovery #DeconstructionJourney #NervousSystemHealing #SpiritualDeconstruction #HealingOutOfEvangelicalism #TraumaInformedFaith #EmbodiedHealing #LetYourselfFeel #LeavingChurch #FaithAndHealing