Episode 116: Catholic & Divorced: From Pain to Purpose, w/ Rose Sweet

Being Human

Welcome to Episode 116 of the Being Human Podcast: Catholic & Divorced: From Pain to Purpose, w/ Rose Sweet

This week on Being Human, Dr. Greg welcomes Catholic coach, author, and speaker Rose Sweet to the show for a conversation about hope, healing, and how to get help after going through a divorce as a Catholic. Rose shares how God brought good from the suffering she experienced through multiple failed marriages, and reveals how her experience resulted in a desire to minister to others in similar situations.

Discussed in this episode:

• Meet Catholic coach, author, and speaker Rose Sweet;

• Rose’s journey in finding healing after going through multiple divorces;

• The impact that wounds from our childhood can have on our adult relationships;

• How good things in life can become idols if our desire for them is disordered;

• The astounding way that Christ can use even sin and suffering for our own good;

• Why we need to go beyond “checking boxes” in our faith;

• The misunderstanding about divorce and annulments within the Church;

• Pain as a means God can use to bring us back to Himself;

• How those seeking to heal can oftentimes feel abandoned by others;

• Why compassion rather than judgment and condemnation is appropriate for those who have gotten a divorce;

• Rose’s use of the principles of listening, leading, loving, and letting with her clients.

Resources mentioned or relevant:

• Find out more about Rose at rosesweet.com;

• Surviving Divorce: Hope & Healing for the Catholic Family - an online course;

• More on Theology of the Body Institute courses;

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