How Unresolved Hurt Can Block Blessings—and Damage Marriage Offense is one of the most overlooked spiritual toxins in our lives. It doesn’t always announce itself loudly. Sometimes it whispers through disappointment, unmet expectations, harsh words, silence, or feeling unseen. And if left untreated, offense doesn’t just hurt our hearts—it hinders what God desires to do […]
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Resentment is one of the most dangerous emotions because it rarely looks dangerous at first. It feels justified.It feels earned.It feels like self-protection. But over time, resentment becomes poison — not for the person who hurt you, but for you. Many of us are walking around spiritually faithful, emotionally exhausted, and quietly angry — not
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We all carry expectations — of love, marriage, family, purpose, and the life we thought we’d be living by now. But what happens when reality doesn’t match the picture you prayed for? What happens when the timeline you built in your head collapses beneath your feet? For many of us, disappointment has been one of
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A Spiritual Reset Before the Year Ends As this year winds down, many of us are carrying weights we never planned to pick up. Between government changes, financial strain, personal losses, and family disruptions, our hearts have absorbed more than we talk about. And just like we detox our hair, our bodies, and even our
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“True healing begins when the mind, body, and spirit learn to work together again.” This October on It’s Been a Journey, we explored what it really means to recover — not just survive — after life-altering pain.The Mind, Body, & Spirit Recovery Series brought together three powerful stories of trauma, faith, and transformation: Each story
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By Shenelle Ball-Green, host of It’s Been a Journey Podcast When Healing Goes Deeper Than the Mind Healing isn’t just about moving on — it’s about retraining the body, renewing the mind, and restoring the spirit.For years, I thought freedom came with the end of a marriage or the closing of a painful chapter. But
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By Shenelle Ball-Green, Host It’s Been a Journey Podcast Have you ever realized that sometimes the greatest prison isn’t around you—it’s within you? Over the past few weeks on the It’s Been a Journey Podcast, we’ve taken a hard, honest walk through what it means to hold ourselves hostage. We dug deep into the stories
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By Shenelle Ball-Green Host It’s Been a Journey Podcast We’re still walking through our series Holding Yourself Hostage. Tonight’s episode is Breaking Emotional Chains — From Bondage to Promise. Here’s the truth: when God delivered the Children of Israel from Egypt, the chains on their wrists were gone, but the chains in their hearts and
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Shenelle Ball-Green, Host It’s Been a Journey Podcast Holding Yourself Hostage Series — Episode: Comfortable in Captivity 🎧 [Click here to listen on Spotify] Have you ever been free physically but still stuck mentally? That’s exactly what happened with the Children of Israel after they left Egypt — and it’s exactly what happens to many
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Shenelle Ball-Green, Host It’s Been A Journey Podcast “Family, welcome back to It’s Been a Journey. Let me start with this: what’s a bail bond? In the natural, when someone is arrested and put in jail, bail is a set amount of money meant to guarantee that person will return to court. If you pay
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