Girl On A Hill

Today we kick off our Spring Cleaning 3.0 series by digging into one of the ugliest and most harmful emotions we all experience - jealousy. We talk about what jealousy is, what it looks like, and how fear, discontent, comparison, and a lack of trust in God fuel our feelings. We’re afraid to lose and afraid we’re not as good as someone else. We confront these lies and encourage rooting out our triggers and recognizing our worth. And as always, we wrap it up with tips and truth to help us sweep away the lies and move us closer to accepting the person we were created to be and the life God prepared for us.

Things have a way of not going to plan. In fact, more often than not, our plans fall apart - requiring us to adapt and yes, even become semi-comfortable with change. When plans to record a new podcast didn’t work out this week, I decided to re-mix our episode on Disappointment. Today we wrestle with the gap between expectation and reality, get real about our lack of control, and discuss the beautiful truth about what can happen when we’re willing to meet what comes and what is with open arms.

We’re wrapping up our Wellness series today by taking a look at our occupational wellness. It’s an area of your life you might not be thinking about in connection with your whole body health - but finding meaning and joy in your work (no matter where you work) matters! We talk about our behaviors and mindsets that get in the way of our finding meaning in our work, share ways to cultivate our occupational wellness, and wrap it up with a few truths that could change the way we think about the work we’ve been called to do (whether it’s our dream job or something we’re doing out of necessity.) What you’re doing matters, and we’re getting into why.

We all know the basics - drink water, eat a balanced diet, get enough rest - but many of us are choosing to ignore what we know our bodies need. Today we’re getting honest about why - digging into things like immediate gratification and confronting just how good we are at ignoring our body’s signs and signals. We talk about our misconceptions surrounding physical wellness, share the signs that we’re working towards physical wellness, and wrap it up by sharing ways to cultivate physical health that are practical, doable, and don’t require you to completely give up donuts. We’re moving more, ignoring less, and taking small steps (and then bigger ones!) towards physical wellness today.

Today we take a look at our home as we evaluate our environmental wellness. We talk about the importance of creating a peaceful home environment and dig into what that really means and looks like. We talk about the practical and tangible practices like ditching the clutter and the deeper issues affecting peace in our home like the way we interact with our family and handle the unrest inside our heart. We’re sharing tips, speaking truth, and taking steps towards creating homes that truly feel like home.

In today’s podcast, we’re taking an honest look at the status of our spiritual health. Where are we struggling? How do we treat others? What do we believe and value - and does how we reflect those beliefs and values? We’re getting honest about our growth, our mindset, and the way our faith is or isn’t changing our life. We share what gets in the way, ways to cultivate our spiritual health, and wrap it up with a series of reflection questions to kickstart your own personal evaluation.

Our lives are spent in relationship with others - but how does the health of those relationships impact our health? As we continue our current series, we take an honest look at our social wellness - exploring the benefits of connectivity and belonging while also getting real about loneliness and the truth about how hard it is to establish friendships as an adult. We share signs of social health, talk about the barriers that get in our way, share ways to cultivate healthy connection, and wrap it up with a few truths to keep in mind as we seek to build the relationships we need to thrive.

Our emotions are a part of us - on purpose for a purpose, and are not to be feared or ignored - but how well do we cope with our emotions? How do we allow stress to affect us? Do challenges break or build us? As we take a look at our emotional wellness, we address these questions and talk about overcoming the barriers that keep us from feeling and healing. We share ways to cultivate our emotional health and confront the concepts of triggers, loss, mindset, and balance head-on. We’re here to feel our feelings and work towards accepting and growing through our emotions rather than running from them.

We continue our series on the 8 Components of Wellness by looking at our financial health. It may not be something we’ve considered, but our relationship with money affects our mindset, our choices, and our overall wellness - so we need to talk about it! We get real about the barriers that stand in the way of a healthy relationship with money and wrap it up by sharing some practical ways to cultivate our financial health - no matter the size of our paychecks. We’re talking values, our attitude about stuff, and contentment, and we’re so glad you’re here to get financially well along with us.

We kick off our new series on the 8 Components of Wellness by talking about our Intellectual Wellness. We’re digging into the importance of things like curiosity, commitment to life-long learning, and the bravery to take on new challenges. We get honest about the way our mindset and our aversion to change get in the way of intellectual growth - but share tons of practical (and pretty fun) ways to start cultivating this necessary component of our overall wellness. We’re trying new things, thinking about our thinking, and recognizing the power of learning.