Learning Little Lessons

Part Two of our series on BURNOUT is here!! In this episode Rachel and I talk about practical answers for dealing with with burnout. The list includes caffeine, diet, exercise, rhythms of rest, and herbs. Don’t expect a list of rules or list of things you use not do. Really, I think you will be pleasantly surprised! There is one little thing on this list that you’ve been meaning to do anyways... Rachel will encourage you to take that one next step toward living without burnout.

Go have a listen! You will be glad you did!

Rachel and I sit down to talk about BURNOUT. We discuss why burnout is a concern, and what it looks like. She shares how our body reacts to burnout and stress by increasing the cortisol levels to help us adapt. Rachel points us things that we do that also inadvertly add to increased cortisol. Lastly, she shares the negative symptoms that we begin to experience with cortisol is at a high level for too long.

She got me at ”stress without margins” and ”tired but wired”. Go give it a listen you will be able to relate.

A bit of musings about things I learned in the middle of the night as I dealt with a painful toe. Seems kind of silly to even write that, but go give it a listen. I think you will look at the body a little differently.

I speak first to myself, but I think you can relate... when we are hurting with something that others can’t see. When we are stopped in our tracks... discouraged, worried, fearful... There is a piece missing from the body. And of course, satan loves that. Satan doesn’t mind how he does it, he likes the body to stop working together.

God doesn’t need any of us. Yet He gets joy and pleasure when we as a body of Christians work together, when we hurt when others hurt and when we go out and be the part of the body we were created to be. That brings Him glory!

I hope you will come away with the reminder that EVERY part is important, every part is needed, and every part needs to care for each other.

During this episode I chat with author and speaker September McCarthy. We are talking about the introverted mom life; boundaries and balance at home, in ministry, and social invitations. September gives introverts permission to make time to refuel in purposeful ways. Be sure to connect with September on Instagram at SeptemberAnne. Check out her products for moms also on Instagram at SeptemberandCo

This week we are chatting about how satan is out to get us. I share seven ways to fight that ole devil. During the episode I read a “satan says... God says” list I read that my friend @marsharufener created. Her list proves Satan’s been lying to us. Go take a listen!

What is really important? You know lots of people had tag lines for this year “the year of perfect vision” Imagine if God was out to give us perfect vision in 2020. Imagine if He was out to show us the things that really matter to us.

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What would He do? Give us time to rest? A lot of time to be with our favorite people? Time to step away from the traditions and rules we’ve created for our worship at church. A time to get a good look at what are kids are learning in school, and perhaps see where they are struggling. A good chance to get back around the kitchen table with our family again.

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I am asking myself two questions. Listen in.

My friend Hannah Nitz has been Christian for almost forever, but recently she found out there is so much more. She tells her story of how God wrecked her and took her to a place where she realized there is so much more to a relationship with God. She tells how she’s been hanging out in the lobby of the resort, but there is a whole resort full of goodness. Listen in you will love her energy :)

Join author and speaker Crystal Stine as we chat about her book Holy Hustle and that balance between work and rest. She shares about her new book Quieting the Shout of Should and the message inside it. (Whew! It’s an important topic!)

Go listen to the episode, get introduced to Crystal’s books, and hear her sweet servant heart.

Be sure to give Crystal a follow at @crystalsine or sign up for her email list at crystalstine.me to be the first to hear about her book birthday celebrations.

We all have disappointments. Maybe even more today than we did at the start of 2020. We can’t stuff it all inside us, we can’t give satan an inch. Get the disappointments in the open, grieve them, that way you can move on. Move on and Worship!!

I found myself looking out of a dirty window. Cleaning it did not change my view. But boy... it sure changed my perspective. Maybe you need a little perspective change with COVID-19. Listen in as I tell a couple stories from history that gave me a bit of perspective change.