Today’s podcast guest, Ed Khouri, is such a wealth of wisdom, and it was a joy to sit down and talk with him about his new book: Becoming a Face of Grace.

If you’ve been a Christian long, you may think you know all about grace, but I guarantee that this conversation will shine new light and perspective on what grace means in our relationships with each other and with God.

Ed has a forty year history working in the field of substance abuse. He is the president of Equipping Hearts for the Harvest, and has also served as a pastoral counselor and trainer, leading workshops and equipping workers to serve hurting men and women all over the world.

Fun fact for the listener! Ed’s stepdaughter, Deni, was a previous guest on the PRN Podcast. You can listen to her episode here: Soul-Care Practices.

I hope that today’s episode encourages you towards the pursuit and experience of grace: with God and with others. To learn more about Ed and his work, please visit his website.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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This is the last episode in the burnout and recovery podcast series. It is a short and sweet episode (7 minutes total!) that focuses on hope.

More specifically, we’re going to look at how in God’s kingdom, hope and strength can be found in weakness.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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What is one component necessary for recovery and healing? Nourishment!

In today’s episode, we’re continuing our conversation about burnout and recovery by diving into the topic of self-care. Nourishment is “the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition,” and today we’re talking about ways that we can focus on nourishment for our bodies, relationships, minds, and spirits.

This is not a how-to episode, but rather, a reflection on how we can best allow ourselves the space, grace, and nourishment we need to heal.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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In this week’s episode, we’re continuing our ongoing conversation about burnout and recovery, by tackling a difficult but necessary topic: grief. What does grief have to do with burnout? Listen to find out!

I hope this fifteen minute episode encourages you to give yourself space to reflect and permission to grieve the losses in your own life, both big and small.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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In today’s reflection episode we will be meditating on a powerful passage from the Sermon on the Mount about worry. Settle in and allow God’s Word to renew your mind. If you’d like to read along, we’ll be reading from Matthew 6:19-31.

In this passage, Jesus invites us to think about life, treasure, and anxiety differently. His Kingdom flips everything upside down! His ideas were radical then, and they’re still radical today.

We’ll end the episode together with a breath prayer and benediction that you can carry with you throughout the week.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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It was a joy to sit down with my friend and fellow counselor, Jessica Hatton, and talk about soul-care and motherhood. Friends, grab a cup of coffee or tea and settle in for a conversation that is sure to encourage you!

Jessica is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with years of experience. In 2020, she began her own practice, Christian Mom Counseling, where she provides professional counseling via virtual teletherapy for women located in the state of North Carolina. As a mom of three children under the age of seven, she understands how difficult it can be to prioritize life’s many demands.

In this conversation, Jessica and I talk about mom guilt, mental health, loneliness, and how she is practicing soul-care in her own life these days. Jessica also shares about a resource she often recommends for helping women find community: She Works His Way.

If you enjoyed this episode, and you’d like to learn more about Jessica and her practice, please visit her website: ChristianMomCounseling.com.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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When we are overwhelmed, anxious, or in danger, our senses go on high alert. Cool fact: we can also use our five senses to help our bodies calm-down and regulate. In this episode, I’m excited to continue our conversation about recovery from burnout and talk about ways that we can use our senses to help promote self-care and regulation.

This is a short episode and will be a shallow-end wade rather than a deep dive into a conversation about the senses. I hope it will inspire more curiosity about your body, your triggers, and your own window of tolerance. Even more importantly, I hope it encourages you to have more compassion for yourself and those around you on your soul-care and recovery journey.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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Today we continue our soul-care series on burnout, chronic stress, and recovery. If you missed the first two episodes, please go back and give them a listen.

In this episode, we’re diving into the role shame plays in our lives, how it distances us from other people, and the cycle it perpetuates. We also talk about the role compassion plays in combating shame.

If you enjoy today’s episode, and you’d like to learn more about shame, I highly recommend Curt Thompson’s book, The Soul of Shame.

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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Welcome to February! I’m interrupting our series on burnout, self-care, and recovery, to bring you a fabulous guest interview with Em, from The Fifteen Minutes Podcast.

Chatting with Emelly is a joy, and you are really going to be encouraged by her story. She is a wife, mother, data scientist, and also a podcaster. In this conversation, we talk about how Em came to the United States from Indonesia, her journey of faith, her career, and motherhood. Of course we also talk about soul-care and how she manages to prioritize what’s most important in life while managing such a busy schedule.

If you enjoy this conversation, please go check out Emelly’s podcast, The Fifteen Minutes Podcast. You will love it!

May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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Today we continue our conversation about burnout, weariness, and the winter blues, by diving into the world of regulation and dysregulation.

Our bodies feel best, most connected, alert, and present, when we’re in our “window of tolerance,” but when we live through chronic stress or trauma, that window of tolerance can shrink leaving us feeling more often dysregulated.

Join me today as we talk about the symptoms of dysregulation, the signs of hyperarousal and hypoarousal, and what they tell us about our bodies, our sense of safety, and our emotions.

If you’d like to learn more about the window of tolerance, please check out the following resources:

• AdamYoungCounseling.com
• MindMyPeelings.com

I look forward to continuing this conversation with you soon. May you be encouraged on your journey with Jesus.

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