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What do you do when someone you treated like family hurts you, and you're left wondering how to forgive them without letting them back into your life?

Not because you stopped loving them.

Not because you want to hold on to resentment.

Not because you don't believe in forgiveness.

But because the relationship was more than professional. You invested in them. You cared about their family. You opened your heart to them. And when things fell apart, you weren't just losing an employee. You were grieving someone you loved.

In this new episode of Just Nona, I'm answering this question with insights from my new book, The Power of Petty Prayers, which is now available wherever books are sold.

A listener named Bettrena, a business owner in Georgia, asked how to navigate workplace forgiveness after experiencing disappointment from employees she treated like family. One relationship in particular involved a young woman she considered a daughter, whose children felt like her own grandchildren. Although they've parted ways, she still loves them deeply but struggles with whether she can trust them again.

This is a real conversation about workplace forgiveness, leadership, betrayal, grief, personal boundaries, accountability, rebuilding trust, and learning how to love people without losing yourself in the process.

I also share a personal experience that taught me how easily the lines between professional and personal relationships can become blurred, and why loving people deeply doesn't mean abandoning the boundaries that protect both the relationship and the business.

Because forgiveness does not mean reemployment.

Loving someone does not mean giving them unlimited access to your life.

And being a compassionate leader does not mean you have to carry responsibility for everyone you care about.

You can forgive someone and still let them go.

You can love someone and still establish boundaries.

You can keep your heart open without allowing past disappointments to change who God created you to be.

The answer is not to stop loving people.

It's to learn how to love with wisdom, structure, and accountability.

The Power of Petty Prayers is OUT NOW!

If you've forgiven someone but are still carrying the pain of what happened, this book will help you begin the deeper work of healing.

Order your copy TODAY:
https://www.nonajones.com/books