In this special closing episode of 2025, Justine Gonzalez invites you into one of the most vulnerable stories she’s ever shared. What began as a routine travel day in Spain spiraled into a severe anxiety attack at an airport carousel; an unexpected collision of grief, panic, dissociation, and the quiet nearness of God.

Through this story, Justine explores what it truly means to live with intentionality:

1. The difference between performing strength and embodying surrender,
2. Why our nervous systems remember what our minds try to outrun,and
3. How the teachings of Jesus in John 21 offer timeless guidance for modern believers, educators, creators, and leaders navigating digital overwhelm, friendship, family, partnership, burnout, and the myth of control.

Across this episode you’ll reflect on:
• grief, faith, and the tender courage to feel again
• discerning who and what you allow to shape your inner world
• anxiety, depression, trauma, and the patterns they create in adulthood
• radical faith vs. radical self-reliance
• why intentional living requires both planning AND surrender
• accepting every part of who we are: lineage, memory, shadow, and all

Justine also introduces The Reflective Edge, her research-based, long-form newsletter for those who love deeper thinking, cultural psychology, spiritual consciousness, and intentional living. *This episode includes a preview reading of her upcoming unpublished article.

You can choose to subscribe here: https://reflectiveedgenewsletter.com

🔑🔑🔑If you or someone you love is navigating emotional distress, remember you are not alone. In the United States, you can dial 988 for 24/7 free and confidential support.

This intimate episode is a soft landing place for anyone asking big questions about purpose, identity, faith, grief, and the quiet work of coming home to yourself.

Subscribe, share this episode with someone who needs gentleness today, and join us as we continue getting compassionately curious together en 2026!

Chapters

02:12–07:45 Chapter 1: The Woman at the Carousel (A Story Told from Outside Myself)

07:45–12:03 Chapter 2: When Strength Becomes a Costume

12:05-19:05 Chapter 3: Tears of Gratitude

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