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This is the very first episode in a brand new mini-series called Tending Your Inner Garden.

This episode is all about awareness—not fixing, not forcing, not judging… just noticing.

We’re talking about metacognition (yep—thinking about what you’re thinking about), emotional intelligence, and how becoming aware of your thoughts and emotional patterns is actually the first step toward real, lasting change.

Using the beautiful imagery from The Secret Garden, we explore how many of us are walking around with a locked inner garden—still alive, still growing, but largely unnoticed. And the good news? You don’t need a bulldozer or a makeover… you just need the key.

✨ In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why awareness is the highest form of emotional intelligence

• How noticing your thoughts can calm emotional reactivity

• Why self-judgment keeps you stuck (and gentleness sets you free)

• How God meets you right where you are, not where you think you should be

🌱 Listen to this episode so that you can begin to recognize the thoughts and emotional patterns shaping your inner life—without judgment—and start partnering with God in gentle, life-giving change.

Because you cannot tend what you are not aware of.

00:00 – Introduction to Metacognition & Emotional Intelligence
02:48 – Tending Awareness: The Locked Garden
08:59 – Why Awareness Matters for Emotional Health
16:11 – Creating Space for Change Through Awareness
28:22 – Gentle Self-Care, God’s Presence, and Growth