My Healing Didn’t Start in Silence

✨ My Healing Didn’t Start in Silence — And It Won’t End There ✨
People often ask me, “Leslie, did you ever go to therapy?”
My answer is always yes — absolutely.

I’ve sat on the couch, I’ve cried through the questions, and I’ve done the work to understand myself. And I made sure my children did the same. I wanted them to grow up emotionally healthy — with boundaries, with a voice, with the ability to say what they felt even if they couldn’t say it to me yet.

What always made me smile was how they’d come home from a session and tell me what they talked about. I never asked — but they shared anyway. That’s healthy communication. That’s safety. That’s breaking cycles.

I’ll never forget one therapist I met when I was divorcing my first husband. She looked at me and said:
“You are so brave. You left after four years — it took me twenty.”

That moment told me two things:

1. I wasn’t weak for leaving — I was strong for choosing myself.
2. I needed to understand why I chose that relationship in the first place.

So I did the work. I sat with a counselor and faced the parts of myself I didn’t always want to look at. And it helped.

But here’s the truth that only God can get credit for:

When you’re aligned with the right ministry, the Word becomes therapy too.
God has a way of ministering right where you are — in your hurt, in your confusion, in your rebuilding. Some of my greatest healing didn’t come in an office… it came in my quiet time.

It came through writing.
It came through reflection.
It came when God started walking me back through the rooms of my life — showing me patterns, moments, wounds, and victories I had never fully understood.

It was an eye-opener.
It was deliverance.
And it was time for the silence to break.

I didn’t heal because I hid.
I healed because I faced the truth — in therapy, in prayer, and in purpose.

And that’s why I speak.
That’s why I write.
That’s why I share my story.

Because healing becomes generational when you refuse to keep quiet.

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📌 Want to go deeper?

• Discover more about my journey and my book here: Who God Says I Am
• Learn more about my story, mission, and how I serve as an author and speaker here: About Me
• Read more on healing, faith, generational cycles, and practical spiritual growth in my blog: Blog
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External Resources for Healing & Faith

Explore scripture and dive into the verses that shaped this journey: Bible Gateway

Christian professional counseling insights and support: AACC – American Association of Christian Counselors

Want to find a licensed therapist in your area? Psychology Today

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