Back Through the Fire with Sue Bowles

Episode 53

“She was the first person from her family to go to college and graduate, but this young girl was broken early after being assaulted as a child. Traumatized, on that innocent but unimaginable day in first grade, her brain was forever changed. As a result, she grew up insecure and struggling for identity, finding her value by getting involved and being seen. Her road was long. But through the fire of “odd eating disorders,” depression, and “suicidal tendencies” she was finally able to dig her brain, one load at a time, out of the “icebox.” This is Sue Bowles story. She’s a hope coach, a survivor, and a thriving and God filled F50Woman.”

We Talk About…

  • Life as a young girl

  • Her four-decade journey through healing of childhood abuse

  • Eating disorders

  • What happened when she finally told her truth

  • The value of your track record and consistency

  • How to help your daughters to open up

  • The value of the open conversation

  • Mirror work

  • Anger with God

Quotes She Served Up:

  • “Sometimes we have to go through the hard stuff so God can get us where we need to be.”

  • “I have learned how to be comfortable with being uncomfortable”

  • “God is writing a story through other people’s lives…”

  • “We are disappointed with God when he doesn’t do what we want him to do”

  • “I am valuable to God. I am the pearl of great price.”

  • “God is at work in your story just like he’s at work in every other person’s story”

What Changed Everything: A question from a professor

Advice for Her Younger Self: “Dare to believe that you matter”

Event Mentioned: Walking stick retreats

Movie Mentioned: Raggamuffin

Recommended Books:

Sue’s Book: “The Space Between”

Daily Have To: Morning Time

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