Being there for your kids - From Stuckness to Soaring

Episode Date: May 1, 2026

Being stuck in life is no fun. Ho hum. What's new? Or worse, more trouble. Why do I keep doing that? When you realize that you are stuck in a life that's going nowhere, begin your healing journey by starting therapy. Your therapist will be your guide on your healing journey, help you get there, and share tools and life skills that will keep you soaring. Part of Hayley and Jamie's healing journey in couples therapy is included in my new book, The Healing Journey: Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. Buy your copy at amazonbooks.com. Follow this link: https://www.amazon.com/Healing-Journey.../dp/B0CY9PQXMZ Blessings, Dr. Jon

I'm Dr. John Robinson, and this is Teachable Moments. Let's talk about your healing journey from stuckness to soaring. Being stuck is about a sense of your life going nowhere. Same all, same all. What's happening feels normal to you because you've known no other reality. You're in stage one of the healing journey, that of being an unconscious ignorance. It's not a fun place to be, but you don't know that because you don't know that you don't know. then something or someone happens that gets your attention you have a notion that things could be

different could be better but you don't know how to get there this begins stage two of your healing journey that are feeling conscious ignorance you want things to be different better but you don't know how to get there in my last podcast i gave you a glimpse of haley and jamie's healing journey moving from conscious ignorance to stage three that of conscious awareness they are learning relational tools in couples therapy, but they feel awkward completing their therapeutic homework assignments. They've learned what to do and how to be with each other, and it's all better, but just different. Like a child learning how to ride a bike, they're getting better quickly with practice. The final stage, stage four of your healing journey, is that of unconscious awareness.

This is a brain thing that happens with practice over time. Over 20 years ago, our neuroscientists discovered our brain's capacity. for neuroplasticity. The conventional wisdom about brain functioning had been that we mature and grow our brain capacity from birth till around age 25. From then on, what you see is what you get. More current research confirms now that our brains are able to change morph into better versions of ourselves throughout our lives. With unconscious awareness, we have generated new neuropathways that reinforce change thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. We left our stuckness behind and we've begun soaring each day. We are handling stress and adversity in healthier ways. These new

neuropathways are fired up without our really even noticing it. We've found a new normal and are enjoying it. When our patients are sharing good stories with you, noticing how they used to handle that situation and how much better they're doing now, then that's an indicator that their time with you may be coming to an end. Their healing journey, however, will continue in their new normal. For more on the concept of neuroplasticity and making your healing journey through the four stages of effective therapy, go to AmazonBooks.com and buy my new book, The Healing Journey, Overcoming Adversity on the Path to the Good Life. If my comments stir questions of your own, contact me through my website at www.org, thereformykids.com, or email me at John Robinson 0.0.bilsouth.net.

I'm Dr. Jonathan C. Robinson, licensed clinical psychologist and author of T.E.W. Teachable Moments Building Blocks of Christian Parenting and my new book, The Healing, The Healing, Overcoming Adversity on the Path of the Good Life. Blessings, Dr. Teachable Moments, Building Blocks of Christian Parenting is available online at Amazonbooks.com and in local and national bookstores. More on Dr. Robinson at TMC-P-I-N-C.com.