Healing takes longer than you think, and that’s okay. If you’re weeks into the work and had a setback, this episode is for you.

Ray has fifty-two days of red X’s on a garage calendar when one bad Thursday morning makes him wonder if it all counted. Bill walks through what a University College London habit study says about how long change actually takes, why a bad day doesn’t erase the good ones, and one thing to do tonight: pick the person you’ll call the same day the old reaction returns.

Scripture: James 1:4, Psalm 46:10, Isaiah 40:31, Philippians 1:6.

Part 4 of The Healing Journey. Part 3: https://youtu.be/leWZdDAORho
📖 Forged by Fire by Bill Anderson: https://www.amazon.com/FORGED-FIRE-Victory-W-ANDERSON/dp/B0GL4XV985
Website: thewarriormedic.com

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Saturday evening. Two kids screaming down the hallway, a picture frame on the floor, and a father who has always known exactly what comes next.

This time he feels it coming first.

In this episode, Bill follows the man who started: one honest answer to “How you doing?”, one phone call, one return visit. Along the way: Lamentations 3:40 on examining your ways, and Isaiah 43:19 on God making a way in the wilderness. One challenge this week: “Give me a minute.”

This is Part 3 of The Healing Journey. Part 2: What Healing Actually Costs. Part 1: Why Willpower Never Heals It.

Forged by Fire by Bill Anderson: https://www.amazon.com/FORGED-FIRE-Victory-W-ANDERSON/dp/B0GL4XV985
thewarriormedic.com

If this episode helped you, would you leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts? It helps other men find us.

This content is for healing, education, and awareness. If you are struggling please call 988. You are not alone.

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📖 Get Forged by Fire — the book that started it all: thewarriormedic.com/the-book

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Nobody ever sent him a bill. He’s fifty-two, he has lost two jobs and a marriage, and when someone asks if he’s thought about talking to someone, he asks: what’s that going to cost me?

In this episode, Bill counts both columns. First, the real price of healing: being seen, giving up the armor, grief, time, and money. Then the column almost nobody adds up, which is what it costs to stay exactly as you are. Along the way: the CDC’s numbers on childhood trauma in American adults, Jesus on counting the cost (Luke 14:28), the man who sold everything for the treasure in the field (Matthew 13:44), and Paul on what outweighs everything he gave up (Philippians 3:8). One challenge this week: keep the receipts.

This is Part 2 of The Healing Journey. Part 1: Why Willpower Never Heals It.

Forged by Fire by Bill Anderson: https://www.amazon.com/FORGED-FIRE-Victory-W-ANDERSON/dp/B0GL4XV985
thewarriormedic.com

If this episode helped you, would you leave a rating and review on Apple Podcasts? It helps other men find us.

This content is for healing, education, and awareness. If you are struggling, please call 988. You are not alone.

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📖 Get Forged by Fire — the book that started it all: thewarriormedic.com/the-book

🌐 Visit us at: thewarriormedic.com

📧 Contact Bill: bill@thewarriormedic.com

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