When 'No' Is a Godly Word: Lisa Redl on Burnout, Boundaries & Protecting What Matters Most
Talk with Toby: Real Life. Real Faith.Show Notes
Have you ever been so busy helping everyone else that you lost yourself in the process? In this episode, Toby sits down with Lisa Redl — unfiltered, fiercely protective of her family, and refreshingly honest — for a conversation that a lot of women need to hear but rarely have. Lisa opens up about burning out from a compulsion to help everyone, even people who never asked for it, and how that pattern quietly cost her in her most important relationships. She shares what it took to finally walk...
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