Healing doesn't always happen in dramatic moments.

Sometimes it looks like taking one more faithful step.

Sometimes it looks like learning to breathe again.

Sometimes it happens so quietly that you don't notice the change until you look back and realize how far you've come.

Today, Laura welcomes Melissa Prusinski, founder of Our Healing Farm and author of Say Howdy to Healing and Hope! A Guide to Restoration Through Faith and Horses. Through her own journey with trauma, chronic illness, late-stage Lyme disease, and deep dependence on the Holy Spirit, Melissa has discovered that healing isn't about becoming tougher. It's about becoming whole.

Together they discuss:

• Why healing is a process instead of a destination
 • Living beyond survival mode
 • Nervous system healing and emotional restoration
 • Listening for the Holy Spirit in everyday life
 • What horses can teach us about slowing down and trust
 • Letting go of old wounds without pretending they never happened
 • Why God often works in quiet, unseen ways

If you've ever wondered why your healing feels slow, or if you've worried that you're not making progress, this conversation is a gentle reminder that God is still working beneath the surface.

Breath Prayer

Breathe in: Make me whole.

Breathe out: One quiet step at a time.

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Connect with Melissa

Her book: Say Howdy to Healing and Hope!: A Guide to Restoration Through Faith and Horses - https://amzn.to/4wwX8gA

Our Healing Farm Website: https://www.ourhealingfarm.com/ 

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