Bonnie Gray - Releasing Your Trauma, Finding Your Identity, and Learning From The Past

November 03, 2021 00:55:03
Bonnie Gray - Releasing Your Trauma, Finding Your Identity, and Learning From The Past
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Bonnie Gray - Releasing Your Trauma, Finding Your Identity, and Learning From The Past

Nov 03 2021 | 00:55:03

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Hosted By

Melinda Estabrooks

Show Notes

Author and Speaker Bonnie Gray sat down with Melinda to talk about her new book Sweet Like Jasmine: Finding Identity in a Culture of Loneliness. She shares about her own struggles with PTSD panic attacks, and making peace with her past to find her own identity in Christ. Growing up as a Chinese American daughter of a mail-order bride and a busboy working in San Francisco Chinatown, Bonnie Gray had never truly felt beautiful or beloved. She had built her life to look pleasant and ordinary, with a wonderful husband, two amazing boys, and a thriving career. But despite these blessings, she still felt the tugging emptiness of a missing piece. At 39, a long-forgotten birth certificate in an old file cabinet sparked a curiosity Bonnie couldn’t ignore. Determined to uncover family secrets and understand the home she was born into, Bonnie embarked on a journey that would leave her forever changed. Returning to the culture, places, and stories that shaped her, her search led her to soul-shaking discoveries about her identity, human kindness, and what it truly means to be loved.

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