Welcome to Part II of our mini-series all about mindset!

Starting where we left off, Shawn talks about how he realized that when we let ourselves act out of obligation without examining our real reasons for doing what we do, we actually sabotage ourselves because we can't find happiness in what we're doing and we continue to do things that are unnecessary or even harmful to us. Being well-thought-out and intentional about our actions and behavior is what we should do instead of letting pressures outside of us use our own habits of thinking to push us into rhythms and interruptions against what we should really be focusing on. Another important observation we talk about is the importance of not letting ourselves get caught up in assigning too much urgency and severity to things that we actually should be more light hearted about and not take with so much gravity on ourselves. Many things are not nearly as high stakes as we can feel that they are when our emotions become intensely involved or we hyper-focus on them in a negative way. We also discuss the importance of having a mindset that is disciplined toward the realization of our ultimate desires and goals.

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Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

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Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

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Welcome to Part I of our mini-series all about mindset!

We begin by giving our definition of the titular phrase of this series. We explain how the power of mindset allows us to do even that which seems impossible. We also discuss the power of words and how what we say and listen to will set the course of our faith and either reinforce or else hinder us in the direction our beliefs lead us. It is important that we don't just cave in to negative thinking, but choose our thoughts carefully as well as our words. A big obstacle to choosing a more empowering, upbeat attitude can be our own vanity. But if we will overcome our pride, we can get the energy and joy that comes from embracing childlikeness as we choose lightheartedness, laughter, and exuberance for our stance in daily life. We should always try to adapt mindsets that free us to enjoy life, to do more things that bring us fulfillment and happiness, and to do fewer things that take away from us. 

Please let us know if this episode has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part IV of our newest mini-series!

Continuing from our last segment, Brandi begins explaining how she has been in a process of exposing lies and uprooting wrong beliefs in her heart since she was set free from her captor. She talks about how God reveals these things to her and assists her in the process of untwisting the perspectives that got twisted up through evil influences. That battlefield of the mind takes time to fully regain after ground has been lost. We also talk about how some of the issues of our heart can come from misidentifying ourselves. When we cling tightly to things, behavior, and other people who are toxic for us and not what we were made for, it can keep us from being true to ourselves having a united heart that is truly after God's best. We also talk about how God wants to help us make the right choice. He is on our side even to help us turn back when we get off track. He is always willing to work with us where we are even if we have made terrible decisions. God is never trying to make things harder for us. We conclude that we must always include God as we make decisions and learn to love ourselves and grow in an appropriate level of trust in our own heart.

Please let us know if our mini-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part III of our newest mini-series!

Continuing from the previous segment, we talk about the importance of self discipline and having the right vision for our life in posturing our heart rightly so that God can work His will in our life. As we make choices to trust God and stand in obedience to His direction, our hearts grow in relationship with God and we become a conduit for His best to come into our world. We can be mistaken about what we really want and what is best for us. But God always knows what will bring us joy and fulfillment in life. One of the ways He may show us His will is by speaking through others to us. He enjoys relationships and flowing through them, binding us together to Himself. Although we are imperfect, God is always inviting us higher so that we can begin to grasp what His heart is for us. He wants to mature us so that we can begin to understand the true wonder and bliss He created us to share in life. Learning to heed the voice of our Shepherd and stay close to Him in everything is the secret to growing up in Him. God's character is being transferred to us through this growth process as we strive to know Him in all of our decision making.

Please let us know if this episode of our mini-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part II of our newest mini-series!

In this episode we delve deeper into defining the heart and discerning what is within our hearts. Ultimately, we have to deal with the fact that there is good and bad in our hearts even as we do give our life to God. We are each still in a process of becoming the person we were meant to be. The key to having the wise and good heart that we are meant to live from is cultivating a constant connection with God and submitting ourselves to Him in everything. We can't always trust ourselves, but we can always trust God and trust His work in us. We also talk a little bit about the error of intellectualism and how trying to live by our own knowledge and logic won't bring us into God's best anymore than just going with our own heart all of the time. God does want to take us by the hand and show us His will for our life. Even when what He wants is for us to respond in situations creatively and make plans from our own unique personalities, He will show us when that is the case and help us to stay grounded in that effort. When God gives us laterality, He means for us to enjoy that process in partnership with Him as His friends. 

Please let us know if this episode of our mini-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part I of our newest mini-series!

Following behind our massive Finding Your Fairytale mega-series, we get into a subject we've been chomping at the bit to cover since the beginning of this year! It's all about breaking down and analyzing the titular phrase. We dig into defining "the heart" and explaining our point of view on its correct role in the decision making process. There is a lot of imbalance and ambiguity when referring to whether or not we should follow our heart or our head in the way that we live our life. We hope to help you get some answers and perhaps gain a fresh perspective on this subject so that you have an advantage on making decisions that are ultimately for your best life. So get ready and let's go on a quest together for heart-wisdom!

Please let us know if this episode of our mini-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part VII of the seventh sector of our mega-series: Am I Always Going to Be Alone? Finding Your Fairytale from our ME³! podcast.

In the final installment of Finding Your Fairy Tale, we conclude with our summarized insights from the series. Don't ever settle for a bad situation. Realize that the best is always waiting for you beyond the abuse and bad treatment you have learned to accept. Take courage, leave the counterfeit behind! God didn't design you to live in fear. What He has always wanted for you is a life that is filled with and surrounded by love. And love is the antidote to the fear. If you will ask God for help and give Him your life, He will help you take action to get healing and escape all toxic and damaging cycles. There can be many levels of brokenness that we need to work our way through to get to wholeness. But we want you to know that we here to help you overcome them! And it is well worth the process because our prize is freedom. We will continue to produce content aimed at bringing this freedom we have experienced into the lives of our listeners. And we would love to interact with you personally and share about the issues in your life!

Please let us know if this episode of the mega-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part VI of the seventh sector of our mega-series: Am I Always Going to Be Alone? Finding Your Fairytale from our ME³! podcast.

Brandi continues where she left off describing the fear that she lived in because of her captor: afraid of not having him in her life and yet afraid of what he was capable of and could do to her if she ever crossed him. In fear of being found out she distanced herself from relationship with Shawn their first time around. But then she went through a process of tearing down the lies of her captor and confronting those fears. It all started as she began to truly develop a relationship with God for the first time as she learned about who He really was and what He wanted for her life. She began to see how everything about her life with her captor was the furthest thing from God's best for her life. Layer by layer, she overcame the fears blocking her from major realizations of truth and freedom. And along the way, other people who were outside of her captor's circle happened into her path who could qualify her senses about how she was being treated. Realizing that she was loved and how she should be treated set her free from fear.

Please let us know if this episode of the mega-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part V of the seventh sector of our mega-series: Am I Always Going to Be Alone? Finding Your Fairytale from our ME³! podcast.

Continuing where we left off, manipulators often are masters of fear and they try to narrow your options and subtract other people from your life that you could go to aside from them. One of the ways they use fear is applying our fear of social awkwardness and rejection from others to pressure us into accepting behavior that is violating our boundaries. Another way is that they can intimidate you and subconsciously suggest that you or others that you care about wouldn't be safe if you tried to leave their bubble of control. Brandi tells a part of her story of victimization involving her captor's use of fear to keep her in his power.

Please let us know if this episode of the mega-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA

Welcome to Part IV of the seventh sector of our mega-series: Am I Always Going to Be Alone? Finding Your Fairytale from our ME³! podcast.

Continuing where we left off about facing fear being the right way to overcome it, we also touch a little bit on the fear of social awkwardness. It is the perfect example of fear being the problem in and of itself. We share one of the ways of facing fear: 1) take a piece of paper or note on your phone and write out what is all involved with the specific fear you're dealing with, 2) delineate what you are feeling involving that fear and why, 3) how realistic the object of that fear really is, 4) whether the end result would really be as bad as all of your worrying about it is putting you through, 5) what you might be able to do to prevent the situation you are afraid of, and 6) how to respond if it does happen despite your preventative measures. Continuing forward, Brandi shares what it was like dealing with her captor who used fear constantly to manipulate her while trying to make her believe he was actually doing everything "for her good". People that use fear to control us rely heavily on deception and our attachment to them. 

Please let us know if this episode of the mega-series has helped you! You can contact us and check us out through our social media platforms from our linktr.ee site here. Or you can contact us directly through the Anchor app or by email at [email protected] If you would like to donate to our podcast, you can do so easily through our PayPal here.

-Music Credits-

Intro song:

Song: My Everything by Dj Quads

Music provided by: Music for Creators 

Outro song:

Title: Rattlesnake Railroad

Artist: Brett Van Donsel

Source: Soundcloud

License: Creative Commons

Promoted by Music Library: http://bit.ly/MusicLibraryYouTube

Background Music Credits:

Music provided by Lofi Geek

Check them out here: Spotify - https://spoti.fi/3dTH2FN and on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyD59CI7beJDU493glZpxgA