S02 E08. What is Companioning and how it makes for better listening. Guest Felicia Murrell

In this episode, I talk with Felicia Murrell about the art of deep listening and her personal journey from childhood invisibility to becoming a spiritual companion. We explore how her early experiences of feeling unseen shaped her path to becoming someone who creates sacred space for others to be heard. Felicia shares candidly about her transition from traditional ministry roles to spiritual companioning, and how this shift reflects a deeper understanding of presence and wisdom. Our discussion touches on parenting adult children, the annual family tradition that keeps their bonds strong, and the complexities of healing from childhood parentification. This interview is full of moving moments including when Felicia discusses how she approaches parenting adult children, plus shares of her relationship with her mother and the liberating realisation that helped her find peace. She also offers insights into why some struggle with listening, linking it beautifully to our human fears of being truly seen. This episode can also be viewed on Youtube here About Felicia: Felicia Murrell is a certified master life coach and former ordained pastor with over twenty years of church leadership experience. She also serves the publishing industry as a freelance copy editor. The author of Truth Encounters, Felicia resides in Woodbury, Minnesota, with her husband, Doug. Together, they have four adult children. Website: feliciamurrell.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hellofelicia_murrell/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/felicia.murrell.9 About Felicia's latest book: While others often respond to the cares and concerns of our day through anger, And: The Restorative Power of Love in an Either/Or World by writer and pastor Felicia Murrell, attempts to offer a response steeped in the heartbeat of Love. This book is an invitation to encounter the lived experience and philosophical musings of another as a human, not as a project or agenda to conquer. Without apology, it embraces humanity and all the emotions, back stories, and history that come along with who we are and who Love is inviting us to be.