RealPositiveGirl - Weekly Encouragement & Mental Health podcast

07.07.2023

How to Trust God With Everything in Our Lives

Trust is a hard thing. It’s difficult for some people to trust those closest to them, even without any fault to their name. I can see how it would feel even more difficult to trust a big God with control...

07.02.2023

He Knows Best - Letting Go of Control & Letting God Move

It sounds good to be in control, right? You are making sure everything is going well around you, doing your best to help others be their best and making sure you are controlling yourself, too.Plus, people talk about how important...

06.30.2023

You're Really Important to God - Your Differences Matter

I know I’m not the only one that has ever felt less than or not as great in what I do or that I don’t matter. And that’s why I am doing this episode today.Yet another perfect moment of God...

06.26.2023

Being a Role Model Who Reflects Christ - Positive Influence

We have the opportunity to be impactful everywhere we go.The Bible puts a big emphasis on being a positive example to others, as we are all called to be a light in the world to draw as many people as...

06.23.2023

Who Are Your Friends? - Evaluate Who Influences You

I want to share some questions with you today on what to consider when evaluating your current friendships and moving into new ones. But first, please know that I am NOT saying we cannot be friends with people that aren’t...

06.19.2023

What's Your Downfall? - Resisting Temptation & Sin

Show Notes:I recently read a definition for repentance: “a change of mind; a turning from sin, accompanied by a turning to God”Matthew 18:3, “The he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you turn from your sins and become like...

06.16.2023

You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Start - God Gives You Strength

Show Notes:God wants us to surrender our lives to Him & ask for His help.But, we often live to impress the world instead of honoring the Father of Everything.Galatians 1:10, “Obviously, I’m not trying to win the approval of people,...

06.12.2023

Who Do You Depend On? God is Always Faithful

Show Notes:I know it’s important to be confident in who we are & to believe in ourselves, but we cannot rely on ourselves more than we rely on God because He needs to be first in our lives.Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust...

06.09.2023

Why Are You Holding Onto Pain?

Show Notes:Beyond the fear of the unknown, getting emotionally attached & wanting validation and sympathy from others I experienced, there are several other reasons people will hold onto their pain.Needing a sense of control is a common one. When you...

06.05.2023

Are You Forcing the Timing of Your Life?

Show Notes:The timing of our lives often doesn’t go as we planned. We make plans, create strategies and feel in control of how our lives are gonna go, but often it turns out differently. On the other hand, sometimes our...

06.02.2023

Are You Taking Action or Hiding Out? - Mindset Skills

Show Notes:Do you find yourself taking action on things you say you’re going to do? Or are you more likely to say you’ll do something but actually will cower in fear or hide out from it until you’re forced to...

05.26.2023

Do You Have the Right Perspective??

Show Notes:Do you have the right perspective? The reason I ask you this question is to challenge you to really think about the answer. Do you believe the perspective you own for each experience & situation that comes up is...

05.22.2023

Your Top 5 Excuses For Not Seeking Personal Growth

Show Notes:We often will consider our own excuses to be reasons because we don’t want to admit that we aren’t doing what we should be or that a mistake has been made. But honestly, it doesn’t matter what you decided...

05.15.2023

How to Become More Grateful for Everything - Gratitude Practice

Show Notes:Gratitude is helpful on several levels. It can help strengthen relationships, help reduce stress, healthier physical body because you might end up lowering your blood pressure, fostering stronger resilience, and having a more positive mindset. But the thing I...

05.12.2023

Are You Focusing On the Right Things? Defining Your Current Priorities

Show Notes:“To magnify something is NOT to make it bigger. Magnification doesn’t change the size of the object. Magnification is the process whereby you get your perspective of what was there all along.” -Steven FurtickPastor Steven Furtick of Elevation Church...

05.08.2023

How to Accept People You Don't Like - Allow People to Change

Show Notes:Making the decision to accept & tolerate someone you don’t care for is really a grown-up decision to make. It’s real maturity to just put aside your feelings and any past experiences you’ve had with them and ALLOW the...

05.05.2023

How to Go Through the Problem, Not Around It - Learning to Persevere

Show Notes:"God may not always remove challenges, but He will ALWAYS provide a way THROUGH them.”This is an Instagram quote I saw recently. And it was the inspiration for this episode.No one WANTS to experience problems or go through struggles....

05.01.2023

You Have More to Give - Dispelling Self-Doubt

Show Notes:You have more to give than you think. We all do.I was recently sitting at my desk, thinking about how amazing it is that people are connecting with the way I am sharing about God & deepening my relationship...

04.28.2023

Your Guide to Confidence - Being Confident Everyday

Show Notes:I’m here to share with you not necessarily HOW to be confident, but what to EXPECT when you want to be confident. I looked up some verses from the Bible that speak on confidence and wanted to share those...

04.24.2023

What We Say Matters - Our Words Contain Death & Life

Show Notes:The words we say to ourselves and to others carry heavy things.Those heavy things can be really good and encouraging and helpful, but it could also be attacking and hurtful and vicious. It just depends on what our motives...

04.21.2023

How to Become More Productive - Get More Accomplished

Show Notes:When we think of being productive, it’s often the picture of someone going above and beyond what is asked and sometimes making others look bad. And not on purpose, of course, because those types of thoughts are only attributed...

04.17.2023

5 Tips for When You're Struggling with Uncertainty - Fear, Worry & Anxiety

When we feel uncertain, we are dealing with not knowing what is coming next. We are sometimes anxious about the future we don’t know & what could happen that we aren’t prepared for.Life is so much easier to live when...

04.14.2023

The Journey of Personal Growth - 8 Steps for Self Improvement

You can spend time seeking out all the growth tips you want, but if you don’t take the time to personalize the knowledge you find, you won’t feel like you’re winning. You won’t feel like you’re getting better and you...

04.10.2023

Your Top Toxic Traits in Relationships - 7 Red Flag Behaviors

Show Notes:I definitely was the dependent one in relationships. That was my biggest toxic trait. Sometimes it still is.I was a people pleaser, so it was easy to lose my identity to become whatever was needed in the relationship.And that’s...

04.07.2023

How to Set Personal Boundaries & Why It's Important - Emotional Wellbeing

Show Notes:It’s important that you know how important personal boundaries are & how integral it is for every single person in the entire world to have & enforce personal boundaries. And I think we really lack the second part of...

04.03.2023

How to Preview the Week Ahead - 5 Tips for Preparing Your Mindset to Succeed

Show Notes:I used to have this weird mindset where I didn’t want to think about the week ahead too much because I was afraid of jinxing it or manifesting something bad happening. But I had no idea what manifesting was,...

03.31.2023

How to Review the Past Week - Reflect On What You Loved, Learned & Lacked

Show Notes:I didn’t start doing this well until I got into college. I was doing this as early as childhood because it’s necessary when your life is filled with trauma. You gotta see what YOU need to change to survive...

03.27.2023

5 Questions to Guide You Through Tough Times - How to Get Through Problems & Struggles

Show Notes:Emotion, emotion, emotion. That was my whole thing when I had to deal with a sucky situation. It’s because I never learned how to properly regulate my emotions. So, whether it was someone going after my family (despite the...

03.24.2023

How to Sleep Better When You're Stressed & Overwhelmed - Relax & Refresh

Show Notes:Growing up I fell asleep to the radio. Really any kind of music because my whole childhood was filled with music constantly and it’s why it’s such an important part of my life. So much that I fell asleep...

03.20.2023

Judging Others Reflects Your True Self - What Your Judgments Say About You

As someone that grew up using manipulation as a way to survive my abusive life, I knew how best to use judgments. The best way to use judgments was to use those against the judger. It was simple. Befriend them...

03.17.2023

How to Love Yourself More - Loving Yourself As Much As Others

Show Notes:I didn’t start REALLY loving myself until we bought our first home.It’s difficult for me to remember what age I was, but I knew it was when we purchased our first home because that’s when I started to do...

03.13.2023

Why It's Important to Love Ourselves As Much As Others - Because You Matter

Show Notes:I don’t really have a personal story to share specifically about this topic, except that I am a recovering people pleaser. But I did take a moment to reflect on how I often would love others more than myself,...

03.10.2023

Why It's Important to Keep Promises to Yourself - Foster Self Trust & Confidence

The biggest reason to keep promises to yourself is the added effect of becoming more confident while doing so. I'm sharing more about that & other tips & knowledge in today's episode.Show Notes:This topic came about after watching Courtney Shields’...

03.06.2023

How to Manage Distractions Getting in the Way of Working On Yourself

We all know that distractions just get in our way of completing whatever needs to get done, but despite knowing this, we STILL allow distractions to take us away from whatever is highest priority at the moment. These distractions could...

03.03.2023

Too Distracted to Work On Your Healing - Make Time for Yourself

Show Notes:I would often create as many excuses (that I liked to call reasons but we all know those weren’t reasons) as possible to not have time to work on myself. It’s a pretty great strategy because more often than...

02.27.2023

What It Means to Struggle With Self Abandonment - Neglecting Ourselves

When we decide to neglect everything about ourselves & ONLY focus on others, it isn't some selfless deed. It's actually self-abandonment.Show Notes:I was on Twitter & saw a tweet from my new favorite psychologist, Dr. Nicole LePera, speaking on self-abandonment....

02.24.2023