Understanding your personality better when stress creeps in can help you to cope and have peace in a storm. Guest Linda Goldfarb, author, speaker, and personality consultant, shares her journey of discovery and and how she was able to flourish in a storm.  Learn the four personality types and how they endure stress and how you can use your personality to work for you and not against you. 

Are you struggling with knowing what to do in the midst of your storm? Cynthia shares from her book, Anchored: Leading through the Storms, the story of King Jehoshaphat and how he "put on his brave"  leading the people when they were up against insurmountable odds from their enemies. When they didn't know what to do,  God gave them courage to face their fears and trust him. 

Guest Kathy Collard Miller shares her journey of how God delivered her from being an angry abusive Mom and helped her overcome her troubled marriage.  Even though she had been a Christian for ten years at the time, she couldn’t grasp God’s strength to control herself. She hated her life and wondered if she’d ever experience God’s love and joy again—even to the point of considering suicide. Her marriage to Larry seemed destined to fail and she blamed her anger on him. But God is faithful. He replaced her anger with patience, rebuilt her love for her children, and restored the joy in her marriage. 

Everything is in place. You have purpose, a plan, and your dream is gaining momentum, and then it happens. An obstacle gets in the way of being able to move forward with the dream you believed God whispered to you. It's easy at this point to get confused and believe the dream is over or you didn't hear God. Cynthia shares six ways you can stay hopeful as you wait for your dream to get back on track. 

Guest and friend, Athena Dean Holtz, shares the dramatic story of her flailing publishing company. Meeting the business conflict head-on was extremely uncomfortable and yet she tells of how God helped her face the problems, overcome her mistakes, and turn the publishing business around. 

Erica shares the tender adoption story of her son, his critical illness while waiting on God as a young mom and drawing strength from His presence. She encourages us to find when life hits hard and the storm rages, it's God's Word and practicing being still that keeps us anchored and not drifting away even when our emotions speak otherwise. 

After the Anchor Coaching segment, Cynthia invites you to her free webinar, August 12th, Secrets to Five Steps Every Writer Needs to Know. 

To register and save your seat go to:  www.writeawaystory.com 

In this episode of Anchor Thoughts, Cynthia addresses the greatest danger of Church Hurt—isolating ourselves from God and others. She explores how to get back on track when we've been wounded by God's people through encouragement of the story of Hagar. 

When in a difficult situation and your mind is running wild, learn how to keep those thoughts at bay so you can rise above the stormy season.