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Today Kait and JJ share their journey through disappointment and questioning God, opening up about personal pain and the importance of vulnerability in strengthening relationships.
Introduction
Facing Personal Pain
JJ’s Reassurance and the Strength in Sharing
The Power of Vulnerability
Closing Thoughts
Hiii HOD fam, welcome back! We’re diving deep into the realms of pain, disappointment, and faith today. In this heart-wrenching episode, Kait and JJ open up about their personal aches, particularly about experiencing multiple miscarriages. This conversation is raw, genuine, and something we believe will resonate deeply. If you’ve ever found yourself questioning God amid suffering or struggling to share your burden, this episode is for you. Let’s get into it!
Kait starts us off by expressing an overwhelming sense of disappointment tied to recent miscarriages. She lets us in on her feelings of guilt, sorrow, and the emotional turmoil that accompanies such loss. Here, Kait is vulnerably sharing that these experiences have taken a toll, similar to breaking up, yet manifesting in distinct, often intense ways due to hormonal and physical repercussions.
While Kait wrestles with the burden of feeling she may have let JJ down, JJ reassures her, explaining that these situations were beyond their control. JJ emphasizes the importance of sharing pain and burdens, not as isolated individuals but in unity, drawing strength from one another. This collective experience of pain fosters resilience and deepens relational bonds.
Throughout their dialogue, Kait and JJ express hope that their openness can comfort listeners, encouraging you to seek support. JJ highlights the Biblical concept of bearing one another’s burdens, underscoring that this interconnectedness is vital to withstanding trials. In these vulnerable moments, we see a couple acknowledging universal agonies—be it miscarriage or the struggles of singleness—hoping to normalize discussions of such intimate and painful experiences.
Kait and JJ’s raw and open dialogue serves as a beacon, illuminating the path for others who may be grappling with similar issues. By embracing vulnerability, they encourage all of us to share our burdens, seek support, and deepen our faith and relational bonds. Until next time, HOD fam—stay vulnerable and keep your hearts open.
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Kait Tomlin is a best-selling author, speaker, popular relationship coach, and the founder of Heart of Dating. She helps thousands of men and women on their journeys through the conversations on the Heart of Dating Podcast, which launched in 2018.
Through her ministry, Kait’s mission is to empower both men and women to have the courage to own their story, walk in victory, thrive with purpose, and discover clarity and vision in their life and relationships. In her new book, Thank You for Rejecting Me: Transform Pain into Purpose and Learn to Fight for Yourself, Kait vulnerably shares how she grew through her deepest, darkest rejections and offers readers the tools to heal from the past, take back their power, and walk in strength, victory, and love into their future. Kait currently lives in the Los Angeles area with her husband JJ and their pups Lovey and Teddy. She loves sunshine, walks, Jesus, and lip syncing to Celine Dion.
JJ Tomlin is a missionary kid born in Belgium, originally from Tennessee, and currently residing in the OC. He currently works in Gaming/E-Commerce, enjoys watching his Tennessee Titans on Sundays with his Goldendoodle Teddy and loves working with Christian men to raise the bar in singleness and dating.
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