#013 Where Love Began With Jeremy Watkins

Have you ever stopped to ask yourself where your understanding of love truly began? Was it shaped by your parents’ relationship? Childhood experiences? Or maybe the culture around you that told you love was either a fairytale or a battlefield?

In this episode of Redemptive Love, Jeremy and I get raw about the roots of love—where we first learned it, how those early lessons still play out in our relationships today, and why so many of us are living with borrowed definitions of love that don’t serve us anymore.

We unpack:

• ​ How your earliest picture of love silently shapes your expectations in marriage, dating, and even leadership.
• ​ Why “love” that’s rooted in performance or pain keeps you stuck in cycles of shame and disconnection.
• ​ What it really means to return to God’s original design for love—and how that shifts everything.

This isn’t just about relationships with others. It’s about the relationship you have with yourself and with God. Because until you heal where love began, you’ll always find yourself repeating patterns that leave you empty.

🎯 If this episode hit home for you, I want to personally invite you to join me this Thursday for Heal You First Masterclass.

We’ll go deeper into how you can:

• ​ Heal the relationship you have with yourself.
• ​ Break free from shame and self-sabotage.
• ​ Step into a secure identity that transforms how you love and lead.

📅 Date: Thursday, August 28

🕕 Time: 6–8 p.m. CST (7–9 p.m. EST)

💻 Virtual Masterclass — Replay available

👉 Register now and take the first step toward healing the most important relationship you’ll ever have—the one with yourself.