# Author Meshali Mitchell on the Unexpected Renovation That Mirrored Her Own Healing Journey

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Podcast: [StRest with Kerstin Lindquist](https://stenobird.com/podcast/strest-with-kerstin-lindquist-7120323)
Published: 2026-03-20T12:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

This is StRest! Kerstin Lindquist sits down with Meshali Mitchell — author of Restore, photographer, and storyteller — for a deeply personal conversation about trauma, healing, suffering, and what biblical restoration really looks like. Meshali shares how childhood trauma, family addiction, divorce, abuse, perfectionism, and anxiety shaped her story, and why real healing began when she stopped painting over the cracks and let God repair the foundation. She explains how renovating an 1800s farmhouse mirrored God’s work in her own heart, why counseling, Sabbath, community, boundaries, movement, and scripture all mattered, and how to wrestle honestly with the question of why God allows pain. Kerstin and Meshali also talk about waiting seasons, writing from a raw place, social media breaks, and why you cannot hide and heal at the same time. TODAY'S SPONSORS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Ancient Nutrition⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ - CODE: STREST20 | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ancientnutrition.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠Vivoro⁠⁠⁠⁠ - KERSTIN50 | ⁠⁠⁠⁠Vivoro.com/kerstin50⁠⁠⁠⁠ BONUS CONTENT: JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON YOUTUBE ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube Community⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ PROGRAM ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Fast2Faith Fasting Program⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ -⁠⁠https://shorturl.at/qky9O⁠⁠ CHAPTERS (00:00) Pain, Questions, and Faith (01:07) Meet Meshali Mitchell (02:54) Engagement and New Season (04:49) What Restoration Means (05:42) Broken Places Explained (07:50) Scripture and Real Healing (12:11) The Farmhouse Restoration (21:13) Why Does God Allow Suffering (25:29) Healing Habits That Helped (36:10) Anxiety, Writing, and Waiting WORK WITH KERSTIN ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Workshops & Events⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

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