by Taylor Joy Murray
Faith & Feelings is a podcast designed to help you untangle & honor your emotions, authentically practice your faith, and integrate both into your everyday life so that you can experience the goodness & delight that comes from living in relationship with yourself, God, and others. Join author and therapist in training Taylor Joy every Monday, where she’ll share therapeutic insight and spiritual truth aimed at helping you implement small shifts into your daily rhythms and routines.
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April 27, 2026
<p>In this episode, I’m sharing something that feels both really right and really hard to say out loud.</p> <p>After years of showing up weekly, I’ve recognized that I don’t have the space I want to give this podcast. Not just time, but energy, creativity, and depth. And I care too much about what we’re cultivating here to keep showing up in a way that feels rushed or stretched thin.</p> <p>So I’m shifting this podcast into seasonal series.</p> <p>This conversation is about learning to let my limits be real. Not something to push past, but something to listen to. I also close with a reflection I wrote called A Liturgy for Limits. </p> <p>The podcast returns June 15 with a new summer series. Until then, you can connect with me on Instagram. Thank you for being here.</p> <ul> <li><span>Get Faith & Feeling's</span><span> </span><strong><a href="https://taylorjoymurray.substack.com/">weekly resource email</a></strong></li> <li>Watch this episode on<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEI-NieWCQWvXKlka3Xd3oA">YouTube</a></strong></li> <li>Grab a copy of my book<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Saying-Im-Fine-Stillness/dp/1684261392/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K7OW7DTXX95T&keywords=stop+saying+I%27m+fine+taylor+murray&qid=1656294758&s=digital-text&sprefix=stop+saying+i%27m+fine+taylor+mur%2Cdigital-text%2C323&sr=1-1">Stop Saying I'm Fine</a></strong></li> <li>Connect with me on my <strong><a href="https://www.taylorjoymurray.co/">website </a></strong></li> <li>Find me on Instagram<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/__taylorjoy__/">@__taylorjoy__</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> </ul>
April 20, 2026
<p>What does emotional safety actually look like in real life?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></p> <p>We use that language all the time — “I don’t feel safe” — but it often holds a wide range of experiences, from true relational harm to simple discomfort or vulnerability. In this episode, we slow that phrase down and explore the difference. Drawing on insights from author and psychiatrist Curt Thompson, we unpack why emotional safety isn’t about always feeling calm or at ease, but about the ability to stay connected, even in moments of tension, uncertainty, or emotional exposure.</p> <p>We also walk through six signs of emotional safety in friendships. If you’ve ever wondered what emotional safety actually looks like in real life, not just in theory, this episode will help you name it, recognize it, and move toward it. I hope you’ll listen in.</p> <p>Thought-provoking quotes: </p> <p>“We often collapse a whole spectrum of emotional experiences into the word ‘unsafe,’ and when we do that, we lose clarity about what’s actually happening inside us.” - Taylor Joy Murray</p> <p>“Safety is not the absence of activation. It’s the presence of connection inside it: the ability to stay with yourself and with someone else, even when what you’re feeling isn’t calm or easy.” - Taylor Joy Murray</p> <ul> <li><span>Get Faith & Feeling's</span><span> </span><strong><a href="https://taylorjoymurray.substack.com/">weekly resource email</a></strong></li> <li>Watch this episode on<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEI-NieWCQWvXKlka3Xd3oA">YouTube</a></strong></li> <li>Grab a copy of my book<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Saying-Im-Fine-Stillness/dp/1684261392/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K7OW7DTXX95T&keywords=stop+saying+I%27m+fine+taylor+murray&qid=1656294758&s=digital-text&sprefix=stop+saying+i%27m+fine+taylor+mur%2Cdigital-text%2C323&sr=1-1">Stop Saying I'm Fine</a></strong></li> <li>Connect with me on my <strong><a href="https://www.taylorjoymurray.co/">website </a></strong></li> <li>Find me on Instagram<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/__taylorjoy__/">@__taylorjoy__</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span>Key words:<br></span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span>emotional safety, relationships, friendship, connection, conflict, vulnerability, attachment, self-awareness, Curt Thompson, confidence, growth, trust, intimacy, emotions, listening, honesty</span></p>
April 13, 2026
<p style="font-weight: 400;">The depth of our relationships is often shaped by the depth of our communication. Not just what we say, but how we say it...and even more than that, why we say it.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Communication isn’t just a skill we learn. it’s something that’s been formed in us. Through our stories, our families, our attachment, the environments that shaped us long before we had language for any of it.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">In today’s conversation, I’m joined by therapist and author Jason VanRuler to explore the different communication patterns we tend to fall into, how those patterns are formed, and what it looks like to grow in self-awareness so that our friendships can actually deepen. We also talk about hard conversations: why they matter, why they’re so difficult, and how learning to step into them can become one of the most meaningful pathways to connection. I hope you'll listen in.</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span><span class="sc-lbUZCN exNNCa">Check out Jason's new book Discovering Your Communication Type </span></span><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Discovering-Your-Communication-Type-Relationships/dp/0310370426" class="e-10270-text-link e-10270-overflow-wrap-anywhere encore-internal-color-text-announcement e-10270-text-link--use-focus sc-dNgXRu kvRayq"><span></span><strong><span class="sc-lbUZCN exNNCa">here</span></strong><span></span></a><span><span class="sc-lbUZCN exNNCa">.</span></span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;">Thought-provoking quotes:</p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span>“Our ability to have relationships hangs on our ability to communicate.” - Jason VanRuler</span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span>“Some of us are starters in relationships, and some of us are sustainers...but lasting relationships require depth. Depth requires self-awareness, and the ability to understand where someone else is coming from.” - Jason VanRuler</span></p> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span>“A good communicator understands themselves. A great communicator understands other people.” - Jason VanRuler</span></p> <ul> <li><span>Get Faith & Feeling's</span><span> </span><strong><a href="https://taylorjoymurray.substack.com/">weekly resource email</a></strong></li> <li>Watch this episode on<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEI-NieWCQWvXKlka3Xd3oA">YouTube</a></strong></li> <li>Grab a copy of my book<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Stop-Saying-Im-Fine-Stillness/dp/1684261392/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K7OW7DTXX95T&keywords=stop+saying+I%27m+fine+taylor+murray&qid=1656294758&s=digital-text&sprefix=stop+saying+i%27m+fine+taylor+mur%2Cdigital-text%2C323&sr=1-1">Stop Saying I'm Fine</a></strong></li> <li>Connect with me on my <strong><a href="https://www.taylorjoymurray.co/">website </a></strong></li> <li>Find me on Instagram<span> </span><strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/__taylorjoy__/">@__taylorjoy__</a></strong><strong> </strong></li> </ul> <p style="font-weight: 400;"><span>Key words:<br><br>communication, relationships, friendship, connection, conflict, vulnerability, attachment, self-awareness, communication styles, communication patterns, growth, trust, intimacy, emotions, listening, honesty, Jason VanRuler<br></span></p>
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Faith & Feelings is a podcast designed to help you untangle & honor your emotions, authentically practice your faith, and integrate both into your everyday life so that you can experience the goodness & delight that comes from living in relationship with yourself, God, and others.
Join author and therapist in training Taylor Joy every Monday, where she’ll share therapeutic insight and spiritual truth aimed at helping you implement small shifts into your daily rhythms and routines.
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