Famous at Home

Redeeming Power with Dr. Diane Langberg

Oct 7, 2020
Dr. Diane Langberg, a pioneering psychologist specializing in trauma and abuse, explores power, authority, and healing. She discusses helping children find their voices, recognize unhealthy systems, and stand against abuse. She also considers motherhood and calling, why apologies don’t erase harm, how institutions protect themselves, and ways parents can heal while modeling courage, truth, and grace.
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ANECDOTE

The Father Who Protected Diane’s Voice

  • Diane Langberg’s father treated her as intellectually capable, regardless of her gender or church expectations.
  • When critics called her psychology career disobedient, he simply asked what she wanted and told her, “Then go to school.”
ADVICE

Let Family And Work Follow The Seasons

  • Let family responsibilities and vocational work change across seasons instead of forcing one permanent arrangement.
  • Diane paused her practice while raising children, then worked from home around school schedules and family rhythms.
INSIGHT

Power Is The Capacity To Impact

  • Power means the capacity to impact others, a capacity every person possesses as part of bearing God’s image.
  • Healthy authority stewards God’s power for others; abuse redirects it toward feeding the self.
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