Eat Your Feelings: A Conversation on Pain, Forgiveness, and Courage with guest Cristina Simmons

Some conversations leave you nodding, some leave you teary, and some leave you completely rethinking the stories you’ve been carrying. My recent talk with Cristina P. Simmons, bestselling author of Eat Your Feelings, was one of those. Her story is raw, real, and full of courage, not the shiny, social media version of courage, but the kind that’s born out of grief, forgiveness, and rebuilding when life hands you the unimaginable.

Cristina reminded me, and all of us, that we don’t get to control the pain, the loss, or the broken pieces of our story. But we do get to decide whether we let them define us or refine us. From navigating profound loss as a mother to forgiving a father who left deep wounds, Cristina has lived out the hard truth: forgiveness is not about excusing someone else, it’s about freeing your own heart. And healing? It doesn’t look like perfection. Sometimes it looks like admitting we’ve eaten our feelings, naming the cycles we inherited, and choosing to write a new truth for ourselves and our families.

That’s why I love Cristina’s mission, helping women heal while they tell their stories. Because when we stop stuffing our pain, when we bring it into the light, the shame loses its power. And in that space, courage grows. As Cristina said so beautifully, facing unimaginable challenges with the knowing that God is with you in every moment, that is courage. Her story is a reminder that no matter what we’ve walked through, there is always a way forward, and there is always a life worth rebuilding.

Find out more about Cristina here: https://www.instagram.com/cristinapsimmons/

More about the book Eat Your Feelings here: https://a.co/d/9tyd6kS

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