Rediscover Joy & Reclaim Purpose After Divorce with Natasha Harris Butler

In this episode, hosts Lisa and Amber sit down with Natasha Harris Butler. Natasha is now navigating life as a single mother to her three-year-old son while building her private practice as a therapist, and she's just released her first book.

The conversation centers around Natasha's new devotional, "Anchored by Grace: Prayers for Keeping an Undivided Heart After Divorce" - a 30-day resource for anyone walking through difficult seasons. Rather than shying away from hard topics, the hosts create space for honest discussion about taking those things that bring shame and laying them out in the light, because transparency disarms the enemy's ability to use our struggles against us.

Natasha opens up about how God showed up in practical ways during her divorce - including waking up one morning to find attorney fees in her account when she had no idea how the money got there. These are the kind of real-life provisions that can only be attributed to God's kindness in the midst of pain.

The episode explores themes of grief as the loss of our vision for the future, the importance of finding community rather than isolating, and understanding that our broken places aren't sources of shame but spaces where God's light can shine brightest. Throughout the conversation, Natasha shares her heart for creating purpose from her pain and maintaining integrity for her son's sake.

This is a tender, honest conversation about resilience, faith, and God's faithfulness in the messy, grace-filled journey of life when it doesn't go according to plan.

Timeline:

00:00 - Welcome and introductions - podcasting from scaffolding in the almost-finished studio 

01:00 - Meeting Natasha Butler Harris - watching young women grow up and do "grown woman things" 03:00 - Introducing "Anchored by Grace: Prayers for Keeping an Undivided Heart After Divorce" 

04:00 - Taking shame out of the shadows - laying struggles in the light to disarm the enemy 

06:00 - Natasha's journey - waiting 40 years to marry, the excitement and devastation of divorce 

08:00 - Memorializing God's faithfulness - learning to record how God shows up 

10:00 - Broken vessels and God's light - how brokenness becomes a place for God to shine 

13:00 - God's practical provision - mysterious attorney fees and financial miracles 

16:00 - Learning surrender - trusting God with parenting decisions and co-parenting 

18:00 - God's faithfulness in divorce - breaking stigma around hard seasons 

20:00 - Writing the book - from personal prayers to encouraging others in practice 

22:00 - Where to find "Anchored by Grace" - Amazon vs Barnes & Noble 

24:00 - Closing prayer for those walking through difficult seasons 25:30 - Final advice - find community, don't isolate, no shame in reaching out

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