The Christian Weight-Loss Podcast

#162 - Self-Connection vs Self-Focus

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đŸȘž Self-Connection vs. Self-Focus

🔗 Self-Connection is:

  • Rooted in awareness, honesty, and compassion 
  • Listening to what’s going on in your heart, body, and mind
  • Inviting God into your thoughts and emotions
  • Asking questions like:
    ➀ “What am I feeling right now?”
    ➀ “What do I need?”
    ➀ “Is this thought aligned with truth?” 
  • It helps you respond instead of react
  • It creates space for growth, healing, and Spirit-led action 

    • ✹ Self-connection says:
    “I’m checking in with myself so I can show up in alignment with God’s truth.”

    đŸȘž Self-Focus is:

    • Rooted in comparison, control, or perfectionism 
    • Obsessed with how you look, perform, or measure up
    • Constantly evaluating yourself through the world’s standards
    • Leads to self-judgment, anxiety, and striving
    • Keeps you in your own head—and disconnected from God and others

      • 😓 Self-focus says:
      “I have to fix myself to be enough.”

      💡 In short:

      • Self-connection leads to surrender and transformation 
      • Self-focus leads to shame and striving 

        • One is Spirit-led.
        The other is self-led.

        If you’re in a season of learning to take care of your health, emotions, or habits, self-connection will help you tune into what’s really going on—so God can meet you there.

        We use the world’s standards to judge ourselves - disconnection

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