The negative influence of trauma describes the lingering impact of unresolved emotional, mental, and spiritual traumatic experiences. According to the APA Dictionary of Psychology, trauma is any disturbing experience that results in significant amounts of fear, helplessness, dissociation (separation of the mental connection), confusion, or other disruptive feelings. [i] These effects are commonly intense enough to have a long-lasting negative effect on a person’s attitudes,

“It felt like there were a thousand voices in my head, but none of them were peace.” That’s how Jenna , a 21-year-old college student, described her life before discovering Exhale: 31 Devotions for the Soul.  Growing up in a broken home left her with deep confusion about her worth and constant shame about her past. Though she loved Jesus, her thoughts often felt clouded and chaotic, like she couldn’t tell what was true anymore. One night, while scrolling through social media,

“For years, I thought God was disappointed in me.” Those were the first words Robert , a retired engineer in his late sixties, shared when he began using the Set Free  materials. Raised in a strict religious environment, he had always seen God as distant, holy, yes, but not personal. When life got hard, Robert often felt the sting of rejection, both from people and from the God he thought was angry with him. But as he worked through Set Free: Seven Keys to Biblical Healing an