Setting Boundaries During the Holidays | Wounds of the Faithful Podcast

In this special holiday episode of Wounds of the Faithful, host Diana addresses the challenges of celebrating Christmas for domestic violence survivors. She offers practical tips for setting boundaries with toxic family members, managing holiday expenses, and dealing with grief and loss. Diana also shares personal updates, talks about holiday films, and recommends devotionals by Wayne Stiles. Enjoy a heartwarming Christmas song performance by Diana to close the episode.

00:00 Introduction to the Podcast

00:38 Holiday Reflections

01:40 Coping with Loss During the Holidays

03:52 Setting Boundaries with Toxic Family Members

07:01 Financial Boundaries and Gift Giving

07:56 Personal Stories and Holiday Experiences

12:01 Bible Devotionals and Spiritual Investments

18:47 Final Thoughts on Holiday Boundaries

26:27 Musical Conclusion and Christmas Wishes

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Christmas part one

[00:00:00] Welcome to the Wounds of the Faithful podcast, brought to you by DSW Ministries. Your host is singer, songwriter, speaker, and domestic violence advocate, Diana Winkler. She is passionate about helping survivors in the church heal from domestic violence and abuse and trauma. This podcast is not a substitute for professional counseling or qualified medical help.

[00:00:26] Now, here is Diana.​

[00:00:33] Welcome everyone. Merry Christmas to everyone listening today. We're going to do a solo podcast today. It's been a while, hasn't it? We do still have part two of Ana Megrelishvili tomorrow on the podcast, but I wanted [00:01:00] to take some time to talk to you about the holidays to update you on some things and send you some Christmas thoughts. I will be doing a solo episode New Year's Eve also for you. I call it the State of the Podcast Address. Now, this is primarily for my regular listeners. You're still welcome to listen to it if you are new here, but It's going to be more things about my personal life and what is coming up for the podcast, some reflections on this particular year that's ending.

[00:01:40] So today I wanted to be there for you during this time when the holidays can be really tough. I have to admit to you that Christmas is not my favorite holiday. Not by a long shot. Now there are many reasons for [00:02:00] that, one being commercialism, of course, but the real answer for that is many terrible things happened on Christmas.

[00:02:11] One in particular is a death in the family. Actually, many deaths in the family. If you've been listening to my show for a long time, you know that I lost my oldest brother during the holidays in 2020. Maybe you have losses of loved ones this year. You don't know whether to mourn or to celebrate. Now,