155: When Love Hurts: Learning to Love Like Jesus Without Losing Yourself

Have you ever felt like you’re trying to love the “right” way… but instead of peace, you feel drained, confused, or even hurt?

In this episode, Megan shares a deeply personal and powerful journey of what it looks like to misunderstand love—and how that misunderstanding can lead to self-abandonment, unhealthy relationships, and emotional exhaustion.

Through her own story of navigating a failing marriage, people-pleasing, and striving to earn love, Megan unpacks how she began to relearn love through the lens of Jesus—a love that is not rooted in fear, performance, or tolerance of dysfunction, but in truth, clarity, and connection.

This episode will help you understand the difference between: - Love and self-abandonment
- Forgiveness and tolerance of harm
- Truth and spiritual bypassing

And most importantly… how to begin loving in a way that brings freedom, not bondage.

About the Host:
Megan Babcock is the founder of It’s Your Story to Tell. She is an award-winning coach, bestselling author, speaker, and podcast host whose work sits at the intersection of faith and neuroscience. She equips leaders to regulate their nervous systems, heal from trauma, and rise with purpose.

After more than twenty years in healthcare and her own journey through trauma, surrender, and spiritual renewal, Megan launched It’s Your Story to Tell in 2023. What once felt disqualifying became the foundation of her calling. She now helps others transform pain into legacy and live aligned, resilient, Spirit-led lives.

Connect with Megan:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meganbakerbabcock
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@itscoachmeganbabcock
Website: https://bit.ly/ItsYourStorytoTell

Resources:
Sacred Presence and Sacred Pathways: https://www.itsyourstorytotell.com/Sacred-presence-&-pathways
Unstuck Book: https://a.co/d/7CrzzZA
Free Transformation Resource Center: https://www.itsyourstorytotell.com/freeresourcecenter