321: Noble Gibbens and Emotional Healing for Growth

Noble Gibbens is a coach, speaker, and podcaster known as the EQ Gangster because of his big beard and tattoos. Today, Noble shares how he developed a very unhealthy relationship with God full of self-loathing, what happened when he gave up on performing for people, and the moment he learned about emotions. He also gives us a little strategy for how to properly process emotions when we have them. Noble’s story reminds us that God loves the whole of our human persons including our emotions.

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Stories Noble shared:

Being an executive coach to large companies
Learning how to stuff and avoid emotions as a child
Developing a performance based relationship with the Lord
Pursuing God throughout his early adulthood
Getting financially independent at age 30
Experiencing depression when he stopped performing
Performing at West Point
Realizing that he hated himself during a dark night
The tattoos that remind him of the lessons of this season
Spending time in Scripture during depression
Discovering his feelings and emotions
Reading the Bible for emotions in a new way
How to understand and process emotions

Great quotes from Noble:

I didn’t feel safe talking about emotions for four decades.

I thought I was extra holy because I hated myself more than you hate yourself.

I became the Christian that I used to hate.

If you don’t heal your emotional issues, your friends, family, and coworker will be forced to.

Emotionally healthy people help heal people emotionally.

Resources we mentioned:

Noble’s website
Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazzero
Feelings Wheel

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