This one is for the girls tied up in invisible strings. And the guys. On today’s episode of Honest to God, we’re taking the gloves off and getting into the messy reality of past lives: the holds they still have over us, the doubt and fear they create in our hearts, and the perilous search for an escape hatch. Living a happy, healthy life in what may feel like a broken body or brain isn’t easy—this pursuit of deep peace begs some pretty sobering questions: Is faith worth anything? Is God truly enough? And for the hungering Christian, was I better off before Jesus?  This week’s conversation investigates the empathy and competency of Christ to untangle the tightest of soul knots, whether the entanglement is with a particular person, vice, idea, or traumatic event. I talk about feeling tied to a stake in the ground somewhere in the landscape of my old ways, a place riddled with mistakes and memories I’d rather forget. I’ll explain how realizing that our strongest desires rarely equal our deepest desires changed my worldview, before unpacking the shame that comes with shifting appetites, suffering from intense but unmet needs, and carving better neural pathways.  Follow the Podcast: @honesttogodpod on Instagram & TikTok Connect with me: @alyssakattan on Instagram & TikTok