Episode 84-Emotional Health for Parents and Kids After Divorce with Denise Jones

God is a healer and a redeemer of pain” - Denise Jones

In this powerful episode of Embracing Your Season, Paige sits down with Denise Jones—founder of Reclaiming Hearts and host of DivorceCare—to talk about navigating the emotional and spiritual aftermath of divorce. Denise shares insight on the heavy burdens of shame and guilt, the critical difference between solitude and isolation, and how the Church can be a place of healing rather. Together, they explore how divorce impacts children—and even more deeply, how a parent's own healing journey directly shapes their child’s. Denise unpacks the meaning of forgiveness, common missteps parents make, and gives hope to parents experiencing divorce.

Paige’s Takeaways

• You can’t walk into God’s purpose for your life while carrying shame. 
  • Until you release guilt and shame, they will block your ability to move forward in the healing and freedom God has for you.
  • Unresolved shame affects your relationships. When you live under a blanket of guilt, it impacts the way you connect with your family, friends, and even your children.
  • Bring your pain to God. Healing often begins with asking the Lord for forgiveness and allowing His grace to cover the places you feel most broken.
• If we stay stuck, our kids stay stuck as well. 
  • Don’t just focus on surviving day to day—look at your emotional, spiritual, and relational well-being as a whole.
  • Kids can’t move forward emotionally if their parent remains emotionally stuck. A parent’s healing paves the way for a child’s.
• Kids ask when they are ready for the information
  • Let your children lead the timing. Kids will start asking questions about the divorce or family dynamics when they’re emotionally ready—don’t force the conversation.
  • Be honest, but age-appropriate. When your child does ask, respond with truth wrapped in love, always considering what’s appropriate for their developmental stage.

Reclaiming Hearts: https://reclaiminghearts.org/ 

DivorceCare: https://www.divorcecare.org/
Paige Clingenpeel: PaigeClingenpeel.com

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