365 // When Family Chaos Hits Hard

365 // When Family Chaos Hits Hard

What drives someone to seek peace when family drama hits like a tidal wave? This episode of *Speak Truth* finds Stacey Ziegler sharing raw, real-time reflections after what she calls a "family feud" and the sting of feeling rejected by her own children.

Speaking straight from a sweaty post–rosary prayer walk, Stacey mixes humour with honesty as she talks about wedding updates, a few pounds lost with her We Rise app, and then the heavier stuff: disrespect, generational clashes, and old wounds resurfacing. She contrasts how she was raised—"you never say what? If I call, you just come"—with how carefully she feels she has to tiptoe around her adult kids today.

This episode is aimed at mums, especially those wrestling with addiction, unhealthy habits, or deep emotional pain, who are craving something steadier than constant chaos. Stacey shares her own history of abandonment, emotional and physical abuse, and how those past hurts colour the pain she feels when her daughters treat her "like garbage, like trash". Faith runs through everything here.

Stacey repeatedly points back to Christ as the steady hand in the storm: "When the world can reject us… guess what? Guess who doesn't reject you? It's Jesus." She uses the story of Peter sinking on the water to show how fear and distraction pull people down, yet Christ keeps reaching out. You’ll hear reflections on forgiveness, the fourth commandment, letting go of control, and why trying to fix everyone else kept her stuck in toxic relationships.

The tone is conversational and heartfelt, with Stacey laughing at mosquitoes one minute and tearing up over lifelong rejection the next. If you’re feeling battered by family conflict and old trauma, this episode offers a gentle nudge: cry it out, let go of bitterness, and consider where you might hand the wheel back to Jesus.