Podcasts Education Self-Improvement Crystal Paine Show 158. When you feel hurt and offended...

158. When you feel hurt and offended...

Published: Feb. 22, 2022, 1:52 p.m.

Have you noticed how in this modern age of social media, people are so easily hurt, upset, and offended? I know that I\u2019ve fallen prey to knee jerk reactions when scrolling online.

In this episode, Jesse and I talk about this book I\u2019m reading by Brant Hansen called\xa0Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better.\xa0Hansen challenges us to ask the question, \u201cHow would it change my life if I chose not to be offended by others?\u201d

Some of you may be thinking, \u201cBut how do I even do that? You don\u2019t know what this person has done or said (or not done or not said).\u201d I don\u2019t, but I do know this:\xa0We get to choose how we respond.\xa0We can\u2019t choose how other people treat us or respond to us or what they say to us or do to us, but we can choose our response.

This doesn\u2019t mean that we let people walk all over us or that we don\u2019t set boundaries, but it does mean that we can choose to either be a victim or a victor. We can choose to either be offended and hurt and upset, or we can acknowledge our feelings, grieve our loss, and choose to forgive.

In this episode, we dive into this topic + we talk about Silas\u2019 recent Science Fair, an early preschool curriculum we started with Kierstyn and are loving, and what\u2019s saving our lives.

In This Episode

[00:34] \u2013 Welcome to another episode of\xa0The Crystal Paine Show.

[01:03] \u2013 Today is the first time we have recorded a podcast \u2014 in PJs!

[05:58] \u2013 Speaking of PJ\u2019s, we are excited to finally be sleeping through the night again!

[08:07] \u2013 But that has come with some crazy dreams for me.

[10:11] \u2013 What\u2019s saving our life.

[11:31] \u2013 Yesterday we made\xa0Oobleck, if you haven\u2019t done that with your kids it is so much fun.

[12:28] \u2013 We have been getting a lot of kind feedback from our audience.

[12:54] \u2013 I read a couple of notes from our audience.

[15:50] \u2013 There are no perfect families, no perfect parents, and no perfect children.

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[18:46] \u2013 Today\u2019s topic is inspired by Brant Hansen\u2019s book,\xa0Unoffendable.

[20:47] \u2013 Years and years of being on the internet has confirmed this: it\u2019s hard to say anything without offending someone.

[22:41] \u2013 I feel like there is some much that we can learn from people on the internet. But it\u2019s so easy for a little thing to turn into a really big thing.

[25:43] \u2013 We get to choose how we respond.

[27:58] \u2013 It\u2019s okay to acknowledge anger, but it\u2019s what we do with it.

[28:08] \u2013 Before rashly reacting, stop\u2026 take a breath, and really ask God to help us love others well.

[31:31] \u2013 Jesse shares a concept about backing away from an issue when you have an immediate emotional response.

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