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Sarah Jakes Roberts

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
927 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

That to even feel anger made me feel alive.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

It made me feel like a person.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

Unless you've been there, it's really hard to understand for someone.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

But yeah, it just it made me feel alive to feel angry.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And I felt like, OK, this probably isn't healthy.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And I was in my first marriage and we were going through a terrible situation, which there was an alleged pregnancy by someone else.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And I started I started really having some unhealthy thoughts.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

I knew Emma.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

I knew I was headed to prison because, listen, like I preach now and I get dressed up and I may not give what I was ready to give back then, but I was ready to give jail time.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

I just was.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And I was like, OK, I got to make.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

Because you were that angry.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

I was so upset.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

But I had to realize like I was upset with him, but more than anyone, I was upset with myself.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And I felt like what I wanted was someone to channel that anger towards.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And he gave me a reason to channel that anger towards him and her or anyone.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

And I got to a place where I had to let it out.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

So I was writing.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

It was really just for me because I wanted to get it out of me.

Aspire with Emma Grede
How to Build Something Meaningful From Your Worst Chapter (Sarah Jakes Roberts)

Then I realized I would like close the blog with like, you know, if I were someone's friend, what would I say to someone in this situation?