# The Best of You

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Official site: https://www.alisoncookphd.com/
Author: Dr. Alison Cook
Episodes: 344

## Resource

Join therapist and author, Dr. Alison Cook, as she guides you through some of your toughest challenges with wisdom, kindness, and grace. Together with friends and experts we'll unpack the best of psychology from a faith-based perspective. You’ll discover how to break free from painful patterns, mend your past, and discover what brings out the best of you.

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## Episodes
- [219. Why Rejection Hurts So Much—and How to Stop Abandoning Yourself When It Happens](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/219-why-rejection-hurts-so-much-and-how-to-stop-abandoning-yourself-when-it-happens) — 2026-07-30T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Start Rebuilding When Something Has Been Broken](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-start-rebuilding-when-something-has-been-broken) — 2026-07-29T08:22:00+00:00
- [How to Stay Tender Without Being Naive](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-stay-tender-without-being-naive) — 2026-07-28T08:11:00+00:00
- [What to Do When Pain Makes God Feel Far Away](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/what-to-do-when-pain-makes-god-feel-far-away) — 2026-07-27T08:14:00+00:00
- [When You’re Exhausted From Proving You’re Good Enough](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-re-exhausted-from-proving-you-re-good-enough) — 2026-07-24T09:00:00+00:00
- [218. From Panic Attack to Survivor Season 50 Winner: How Aubry Bracco Learned to Trust Herself Again](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/218-from-panic-attack-to-survivor-season-50-winner-how-aubry-bracco-learned-to-trust-herself-again) — 2026-07-23T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Your Pain Is Misunderstood](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-your-pain-is-misunderstood) — 2026-07-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [How Jesus Meets You in Grief](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-jesus-meets-you-in-grief) — 2026-07-21T09:00:00+00:00
- [When You Feel Alone—and Wonder Where God Is](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-feel-alone-and-wonder-where-god-is) — 2026-07-20T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Know If It’s Your Inner Critic or Conviction](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-know-if-it-s-your-inner-critic-or-conviction) — 2026-07-17T08:14:00+00:00
- [217. What to Do When You’re the Only One Trying: Leslie Vernick on Emotionally Destructive Relationships](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/217-what-to-do-when-you-re-the-only-one-trying-leslie-vernick-on-emotionally-destructive-relationships) — 2026-07-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Believe What God Says About You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-believe-what-god-says-about-you) — 2026-07-15T08:16:00+00:00
- [How to Stop Silencing What You Need](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-stop-silencing-what-you-need) — 2026-07-14T08:36:00+00:00
- [What to Do When You Can’t Feel God Anymore](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/what-to-do-when-you-can-t-feel-god-anymore) — 2026-07-13T08:34:00+00:00
- [When You’re Tired of Being the Strong One](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-re-tired-of-being-the-strong-one) — 2026-07-10T09:00:00+00:00
- [216. Forgiveness Without Self-Abandonment: How to Forgive Without Ignoring the Harm with Amy Orr-Ewing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/216-forgiveness-without-self-abandonment-how-to-forgive-without-ignoring-the-harm-with-amy-ore-ewing) — 2026-07-09T09:00:00+00:00
- [Stop Letting Fear Make You Feel Smaller Than You Are](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/stop-letting-fear-make-you-feel-smaller-than-you-are) — 2026-07-08T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Love Someone Without Trying to Control Them](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-love-someone-without-trying-to-control-them) — 2026-07-07T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Stop Obsessing Over Someone Who Hurt You and Seems to Be Winning](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-stop-obsessing-over-someone-who-hurt-you-and-seems-to-be-winning) — 2026-07-06T09:00:00+00:00
- [When God Doesn’t Remove the Thing You Begged Him to Change](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-god-doesn-t-remove-the-thing-you-begged-him-to-change) — 2026-07-03T08:09:00+00:00
- [215. 5 Toxic Patterns + The Family Role You Didn’t Choose But Still Carry](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/215-5-toxic-patterns-the-family-role-you-didn-t-choose-but-still-carry) — 2026-07-02T09:00:00+00:00
- [Help May Be Closer Than You Think](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/help-may-be-closer-than-you-think) — 2026-07-01T08:14:00+00:00
- [What To Do When You Step Out in Faith and Start to Panic](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/what-to-do-when-you-step-out-in-faith-and-start-to-panic) — 2026-06-30T08:08:00+00:00
- [When Your Spirit Feels Drained and You’re Barely Holding On](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-your-spirit-feels-drained-and-you-re-barely-holding-on) — 2026-06-29T08:06:00+00:00
- [What If I Believe I Don’t Deserve Anything?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/what-if-i-believe-i-don-t-deserve-anything) — 2026-06-26T09:00:00+00:00
- [214. The Difference Between God's Voice and Spiritual Manipulation with Theologian Steven Tracy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/214-the-difference-between-god-s-voice-and-spiritual-manipulation-with-theologian-steven-tracy) — 2026-06-25T09:00:00+00:00
- [The Day Children Play Again: God’s Vision for a Restored World](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/the-day-children-play-again-god-s-vision-for-a-restored-world) — 2026-06-24T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Your Pain Becomes Your Identity: How Jesus Gives You a New Name](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-your-pain-becomes-your-identity-how-jesus-gives-you-a-new-name) — 2026-06-23T09:00:00+00:00
- [A Prayer for the Tired, Needy, and Overwhelmed](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/a-prayer-for-the-tired-needy-and-overwhelmed) — 2026-06-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Sit With Grief When You Don’t Know What to Say—Even to Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-sit-with-grief-when-you-don-t-know-what-to-say-even-to-yourself) — 2026-06-19T09:00:00+00:00
- [213. Inner Work and Outer Boundaries: Why Healing Requires Both](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/213-inner-work-and-outer-boundaries-why-healing-requires-both) — 2026-06-18T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Family Loyalty Gets Complicated](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-family-loyalty-gets-complicated) — 2026-06-17T09:00:00+00:00
- [Overstimulated, Touched-Out, and Trying Not to Lose It](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/overstimulated-touched-out-and-trying-not-to-lose-it) — 2026-06-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Fear Has Been Running the Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-fear-has-been-running-the-show) — 2026-06-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Submission Has Been Used to Silence You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-submission-has-been-used-to-silence-you) — 2026-06-12T08:10:00+00:00
- [212. Why You Feel Everything So Deeply (and Other People Don’t): Childhood, Sensitivity & the Nervous System](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/212-why-you-feel-everything-so-deeply-and-other-people-don-t-childhood-sensitivity-the-nervous-system) — 2026-06-11T09:00:00+00:00
- [Finding Secure Attachment in God When Productivity, Approval, or People Can’t Sustain You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/finding-secure-attachment-in-god-when-productivity-approval-or-people-can-t-sustain-you) — 2026-06-10T09:00:00+00:00
- [How to Break a Bad Habit Without Hating Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-break-a-bad-habit-without-hating-yourself) — 2026-06-09T08:05:00+00:00
- [When You Feel Stuck in a Pit & Help Seems Far Away](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-feel-stuck-in-a-pit-help-seems-far-away) — 2026-06-08T08:19:00+00:00
- [How to Be Honest When You’re Angry Without Being Harmful](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-be-honest-when-you-re-angry-without-being-harmful) — 2026-06-05T08:05:00+00:00
- [211. Is Productivity Ruining Our Mental Health? Why We Need More Play (Piera Gelardi)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/211-is-productivity-ruining-our-mental-health-why-we-need-more-play-piera-gelardi) — 2026-06-04T09:00:00+00:00
- [When You’re Carrying Too Much Responsibility by Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-re-carrying-too-much-responsibility-by-yourself) — 2026-06-03T08:06:00+00:00
- [Over-Functioning, the Pressure to Meet Every Need, and What We Can Learn from Jesus](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/over-functioning-the-pressure-to-meet-every-need-and-what-we-can-learn-from-jesus) — 2026-06-02T08:26:00+00:00
- [When You’re Trying to Control What You Can’t Control](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-re-trying-to-control-what-you-can-t-control) — 2026-06-01T08:18:00+00:00
- [How to Get Dressed on the Inside](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-get-dressed-on-the-inside) — 2026-05-29T07:09:00+00:00
- [210: From Emotionally Immature Parents to Emotionally Mature Parenting with Dr. Lindsay Gibson](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/210-from-emotionally-immature-parents-to-emotionally-mature-parenting-with-dr-lindsay-gibson) — 2026-05-28T09:00:00+00:00
- [Learning to Recognize the Voice of God](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/learning-to-recognize-the-voice-of-god) — 2026-05-27T07:09:00+00:00
- [What to Do When You Have No More Capacity (But Life Asks You to Keep Showing Up Anyway)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/what-to-do-when-you-have-no-more-capacity-but-life-asks-you-to-keep-showing-up-anyway) — 2026-05-26T08:08:00+00:00
- [The Relief of Feeling Small Under a Big Sky](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/the-relief-of-feeling-small-under-a-big-sky) — 2026-05-25T08:05:00+00:00
- [What If Church Hurt Makes Gathering Feel Unsafe?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/what-if-church-hurt-makes-gathering-feel-unsafe) — 2026-05-22T08:08:00+00:00
- [209. Triggered in Marriage, Parenting, or Friendship? How to Respond Without Overreacting OR Shutting Down](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/209-triggered-in-marriage-parenting-or-friendship-how-to-respond-without-overreacting-or-shutting-down) — 2026-05-21T09:00:00+00:00
- [Attachment, Loyalty, and the Courage to Stay](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/attachment-loyalty-and-the-courage-to-stay) — 2026-05-20T08:04:00+00:00
- [When a Bible Verse Feels Unsafe](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-a-bible-verse-feels-unsafe) — 2026-05-19T08:00:00+00:00
- [When Your Nervous System Is Scanning for Safety](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-your-nervous-system-is-scanning-for-safety) — 2026-05-18T08:00:00+00:00
- [How to Stop Needing Approval](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/how-to-stop-needing-approval) — 2026-05-15T08:08:00+00:00
- [208. Spiritual Dryness, Burnout, and the Desert Seasons of Faith with Tish Harrison Warren](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/208-spiritual-dryness-burnout-and-the-desert-seasons-of-faith-with-tish-harrison-warren) — 2026-05-14T09:00:00+00:00
- [The Ache of Feeling Unseen or Overlooked](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/the-ache-of-feeling-unseen-or-overlooked) — 2026-05-13T08:10:00+00:00
- [When You Feel Judged](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-feel-judged) — 2026-05-12T08:05:00+00:00
- [The Neuroscience of Guilt and Confession](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/the-neuroscience-of-guilt-and-confession) — 2026-05-11T08:10:00+00:00
- [Why You Feel Powerless (and How to Find Your Voice)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/why-you-feel-powerless-and-how-to-find-your-voice) — 2026-05-08T09:00:00+00:00
- [207. Why You Can’t Stop Overthinking—and How to Break the Spiral](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/207-why-you-can-t-stop-overthinking-and-how-to-break-the-spiral) — 2026-05-07T08:00:00+00:00
- [Why You Resist the Very Thing That Could Help You](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/why-you-resist-the-very-thing-that-could-help-you) — 2026-05-06T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Everything Feels Out of Control](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-everything-feels-out-of-control) — 2026-05-05T09:00:00+00:00
- [Why You Feel Indecisive (and What to Do About It)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/why-you-feel-indecisive-and-what-to-do-about-it) — 2026-05-01T09:00:00+00:00
- [206. Getting Unstuck: When Parts of You Are in Conflict (And How to Find Relief)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/206-getting-unstuck-when-parts-of-you-are-in-conflict-and-how-to-find-relief) — 2026-04-30T09:00:00+00:00
- [When You Can’t Rush the Season You’re In](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-you-can-t-rush-the-season-you-re-in) — 2026-04-29T09:00:00+00:00
- [When Life Feels Unfair (and Why Comparison Keeps You Stuck)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/when-life-feels-unfair-and-why-comparison-keeps-you-stuck) — 2026-04-28T09:00:00+00:00
- [The Truth About Overfunctioning and Burnout](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/the-truth-about-overfunctioning-and-burnout) — 2026-04-27T09:00:00+00:00
- [You Are Not Meant to Do This Alone](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/you-are-not-meant-to-do-this-alone) — 2026-04-24T09:00:00+00:00
- [205. It’s Not Just Physical: The Emotional Trauma of a Medical Diagnosis](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/205-it-s-not-just-physical-the-emotional-trauma-of-a-medical-diagnosis) — 2026-04-23T09:00:00+00:00
- [Not All Intensity Is Love—The Problem With Love Bombing](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/not-all-intensity-is-love-the-problem-with-love-bombing) — 2026-04-22T09:00:00+00:00
- [Let Your No Be No (And Stop Overexplaining!)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/let-your-no-be-no-and-stop-overexplaining) — 2026-04-21T09:00:00+00:00
- [God Draws Near to the Lonely](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/god-draws-near-to-the-lonely) — 2026-04-20T09:00:00+00:00
- [The Neuroscience of Resentment and Forgiveness](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/the-neuroscience-of-resentment-and-forgiveness) — 2026-04-17T09:00:00+00:00
- [204. Procrastination Isn’t Laziness: What’s Really Holding You Back with Jon Acuff](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/204-procrastination-isn-t-laziness-what-s-really-holding-you-back-with-jon-acuff) — 2026-04-16T09:00:00+00:00
- [You Can't Pour From an Empty Nervous System](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/you-can-t-pour-from-an-empty-nervous-system) — 2026-04-15T09:00:00+00:00
- [Deny Yourself Does Not Mean Erase Yourself](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/deny-yourself-does-not-mean-erase-yourself) — 2026-04-14T09:00:00+00:00
- [Attachment Wounds and Divine Holding](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/attachment-wounds-and-divine-holding) — 2026-04-13T09:00:00+00:00
- [Why You Go Back to Old Patterns](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/why-you-go-back-to-old-patterns) — 2026-04-10T09:00:00+00:00
- [203. Staying Close When Connection Feels Hard: The Relationship Skills No One Has Taught You (with Relationship Expert Dr. James Cordova)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/203-staying-close-when-connection-feels-hard-the-relationship-skills-no-one-has-taught-you-with-relationship-expert-dr-james-cordova) — 2026-04-09T09:00:00+00:00
- [Limiting Beliefs and Expectations](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-best-of-you-5434878/limiting-beliefs-and-expectations) — 2026-04-08T09:00:00+00:00

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