Diane Langberg

You know, I had a therapist.

I ended up with a great therapist named Diane Langberg.

She's wonderful in Philadelphia.

And she I'll never forget.

I say this often, you know, there are women in the work that have absolutely been a light for me.

Leslie Vernick, Elise Fitzpatrick, Diane Langberg, you rock.

You know, without you women, I could not be the woman doing what I am doing.

I am deeply grateful for the work that you pioneered and the cost that you paid to get us here because it is not without cost.

It

brings to mind one of my favorite talks by Diane Langberg, The Ministry of Small Things, it's called.

And she talks about that, just how ministry is often about doing small things well that nobody sees.

And I think a person can continue to engage in activities that bless other people, but not at the same time be pursuing a platform that becomes presumably about their own gain, power, money, and all that kind of stuff.

Again, not a counselor here, but when I asked Kara if she'd ever read this book, she said she'd always wanted to and couldn't say yes fast enough to read it together and leave each other voice memos about it.

So the first rec is Diane Langberg's devotional called In Our Lives First, Meditations for Counselors.

Kara and I had the best discussion about this book.

At about the two-thirds mark, the book does tread into some deeper counseling themes that were, of course, more applicable to Kara and her profession than me and mine.