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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