That Feeling Isn’t Anxiety… It’s a Wake-Up Call (Over 50)

That Feeling Isn’t Anxiety… It’s a Wake-Up Call (Over 50)

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  • RESTORE YOUR SOUL

    Sometimes your body isn't the only thing that hurts.Sometimes

    Your soul feels empty and tired too.Part 3: Heal Your Soul is the final episode in the Mind, Body, Soul prayer series for women over 50.

    Barbara Bedford invites you to pray a gentle soul-healing prayer for women over 50 for the part of you that feels empty, disconnected, discouraged, or far from God. This devotional invites you to renew your hope, and rest in God’s restoring presence.

    Chapters

    00:00 — Welcome: A prayer for a weary soul

    • 00:34 — Healing for mind, body, and soul
    • Part 3: RESTORE YOUR SOUL
    • 01:12 — Asking God to restore your peace
    • 02:16 — Coming back to God in every season
    • 03:23 — Renewing hope and rediscovering joy
    • 04:03 — Bringing grief and loss to God
    • 05:13 — Feeling seen, known, and loved
    • 05:51 — Surrendering burdens through prayer
    • 07:29 — Choosing hope, faith, and peace
    • 08:05 — Soul-healing affirmations
    • 08:52 — Closing encouragement and blessing
    • This series is created for spiritual encouragement, healing prayer, comfort, and reflection. It is not a substitute for medical or mental-health care. Please continue to follow the guidance of your qualified healthcare professionals.

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe to: UpwardSpirit Soulstice:  https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture and EveningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice


    11 min
  • HEAL YOUR BODY


    Part 2 : Healing the Body

    What do you do when your body hurts… but life expects you to keep going?

    In this heartfelt healing prayer, Barbara Bedford  bring our bodies before God and pray for:

    🤍 Strength when we're physically exhausted
    🤍 Comfort in times of pain
    🤍 Peace while facing illness or uncertainty
    🤍 Wisdom and guidance for healthcare decisions
    🤍 Strength for caregivers
    🤍 Grace for bodies that have changed with time
    🤍 Hope during the healing journey


    We'll reflect on healing Scriptures including Psalm 103:2–3, Isaiah 40:31, Jeremiah 17:14, and Psalm 147:3.

    Timestamps

    00:00 — Opening prayer for healing

    00:58 — Psalm 103 and trusting God

    02:13 — Finding strength for today

    02:39 — Prayer for chronic pain

    03:32 — Comfort after a diagnosis

    05:11 — Grieving a body that has changed

    06:19 — Prayer for exhausted caregivers

    07:31 — Healing visible and invisible wounds

    09:19 — Closing affirmation

    10:06 — Preview: restoring the soul 

    "God, strengthen me on my healing journey."

    ➡️ Continue with Part 3: When Your Soul Is Empty — Restore Your Soul

    This series is created for spiritual encouragement, healing prayer, comfort, and reflection. It is not a substitute for medical or mental-health care. Please continue to follow the guidance of your qualified healthcare professionals.

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe toUpWardSpiritoulstice:  https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture and EveningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice





    11 min
  • HEAL TIRED MIND

    If your mind feels tired from worry, overthinking, fear, disappointment, old wounds, or the weight of everything you've been carrying, this Mind Healing Prayer is for you.

     Barbara Bedford invites women over 50 to pause, release what they can’t control, and seek God’s peace, comfort, and healing. In this healing prayer for your Mind. Take a quiet moment to breathe and bring one burden into the prayer with you

    Chapters

    00:00 — Part 1: Mind

    01:05 — Prayer for peace

    02:17 — Healing emotional wounds

    03:25 — Releasing fear

    04:26 — Letting go

    05:00 — Closing prayer

    06:14 — Part 2: Body preview

    07:35 — Final blessing

    "God, renew my mind."

    Your prayer may encourage someone else who is silently struggling.

    Subscribe to Upward Spirit Soulstice

    ➡️ Continue with Part 2: When Your Body Hurts — Heal Your Body

    This series is created for spiritual encouragement, prayer, comfort, and reflection. It is not a substitute for medical or mental-health care. Please continue to follow the guidance of your qualified healthcare professionals.

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe toUpWardSpiritoulstice:  https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture and EveningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice




    9 min
  • STOP PLAYING GOD

    Are exhausted because you are trying to play God in your own life?

    For women over 50 who feel overwhelmed or anxious, Barbara Bedford shares a moving story from a hospice bedside that reveals the exact moment a human soul finally finds total peace. If you are struggling with anxiety, overthinking, or the crushing weight of trying to control your future.

    In this episode, you will discover:

    invitation to stop white-knuckling your life. Stay to the end and listen closely,and take a deep breath, and join for a powerful Surrender Prayer that will help you hand the controls over to God.

    ⏳ Timestamps

    0:00 - You Are Trying to Play God

    0:25 - Cindy”s Story: A Lesson from Hospice

    1:40 - Pain vs. Benefit: What is the Surrender Prayer?

    2:20 - The Surrender Prayer (Meditation)

    4:10 - How to Let Go Today

    If this episode brought you peace. Share with another woman who needs to Let Go and Let God.

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe toUpWardSpiritoulstice:  https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice



    6 min
  • FIND YOURSELF

    Are you tired of who you were? You're ready to find out who you were always meant to be. Uncover the powerful,cherished identity God has for you, not defined by your roles but by His unchanging love.

    Barbara Bedford leads a reflective prayer and affirmation session for women who feel weighed down by labels, expectations, and old roles. Drawing from her experience as a hospice care nurse, she shares the common regret she heard from patients and connects it to the spiritual invitation to release false identities and embrace God’s Purpose.


    In this video, you will discover:

    1.  How to release the exhausting weight of old labels

    2.  A simple, guided prayer to quiet the world’s noise and reconnect with your true self.

    3.  The biblical truths

    4.  How to find lasting peace

    Timestamps

    00:00 — Have you lost yourself in your roles?

    02:43 — Guided prayer begins

    05:27 — Speak your new identity

    07:59 — Daily affirmation practice


    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe toUpWardSpiritoulstice:  https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    If this prayer resonated with you, please consider sharing this video with someone who might be feeling lost. And I invite you to subscribe for more encouragement on this journey.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice


    9 min
  • WHEN FAITH HURTS

    What do you do when you don't know what comes next?

    Barbara Bedford in Psalm 23 reminds women over 50, that you don't have to have every answer when you have a Shepherd who leads, protects, provides, restores, and stays with you through every valley.

    In this episode:

    You explore the meaning of Psalm 23 and how its timeless message can help you exchange fear for trust, exhaustion for rest, uncertainty for direction, and loneliness for the assurance of God's presence.

    Timestamps

    00:00 — Releasing control and trusting God

    00:49 — “The Lord is my shepherd”

    02:19 — Finding rest and stillness

    03:03 — Restoring your soul

    04:26 — The valley is not the end

    05:42 — Peace in the presence of opposition

    06:26 — Goodness and mercy

    07:54 — “I am led” declaration

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe to UpWard Spirit Soulsticehttps://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice





    9 min
  • FORGOTTEN PRAYER


    Do you ever feel like your prayers have an expiration date? Has God forgotten about me? If you're a woman over 50, you may feel like you've spent decades praying.

    Barbara Bedford shares A spiritual lesson from a hospice patient's final moments teaches a powerful truth for women in their later years.

    In This Episode:

    Learn to recognize the three unexpected ways God is speaking to you and answering the prayers you thought He forgot.

    TIMESTAMPS:

    0:00 - Intro: Do You Feel Invisible to God?

    0:50 - A Story You'll Never Forget: The Hospice Nurse and the Patient

    3:03 - The Moment God's Answer Became Clear

    3:50 - 3 Unexpected Ways God Is Answering Your Prayers

    4:13 - Answer #1: The Peace That Transcends Understanding

    5:10 - Answer #2: The Sustaining Presence of People.

    6:17 - Answer #3: The Growing Clarity for Your Path.

    7:12 - Share Your Story & Subscribe

    7:36 - A Prayer For You

    8:25 - Conclusion: You Are Not

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave It With God https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe to UpWard Spirit Soulsticehttps://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life :https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice


    12 min
  • HER FINAL BREATH


    If you are a woman over 50, carrying fear, sleeplessness, or the heavy weight of caring for everyone else, this episode is a gentle sanctuary for your soul.

    In this heartfelt conversation, Barbara Bedford shares a deeply moving hospice story about Lucy—a patient whose final sunset reframed what it means to face anxiety with faith and surrender. Discover how a shared evening prayer transformed an atmosphere of fear into a profound moment of peace, and how Lucy’s final whisper, “God, I am ready,” completely changed Barbara's own battle with nighttime anxiety and may heal you.  


    🤍 In this episode, we explore:

    • How shared prayer calms the physical and spiritual storms of anxiety.

    • A deep reflection on Isaiah 41:10 and finding strength when you feel weak.

    • Moving from fighting your worries to handing them over to God.

    • A closing spoken prayer specifically for women over 50 experiencing grief, and anyone facing the uncertainties of aging.



    Timestamps:

    0:00 – The Heavy Weight of Nighttime Anxiety

    2:15 – Meeting Lucy: Facing Fear After Sunset

    5:30 – The Calming Ritual of Shared Prayer

    8:45 – Scripture Reflection: Finding Strength in Isaiah 41:10

    12:10 – Lucy’s Final Breath: "God, I Am Ready"

    15:40 – The Power of Surrender Over Resistance

    18:15 – How to Pray Through Your Worries Tonight

    21:00 – Closing Prayer for Women, Caregivers, and Healing


    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave With God Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe to UpWard Spirit Soulsticehttps://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice


    11 min
  • PROTECT YOUR SPIRIT

    Feeling hurt, overextended, or emotionally drained? This is a morning prayer for women over 50,is a reminder to guard your heart, set healthy boundaries, and let God heal what you cannot fix on your own.

    This short morning prayer centers on Proverbs 4:23 and speaks directly to women who have spent so much time caring for others that they’ve lost sight of their own hearts. Barbara Bedford offers encouragement, boundaries, and a prayer for healing without closing off love.In this solo devotional, Barbara reflects on hurt, betrayal, exhaustion, and the wisdom of letting God handle what cannot be fixed alone.

    IN THIS EPISODE:

    • Guarding your heart
    • Forgiveness without returning
    • Boundaries and compassion
    • Healing hidden wounds
    • Wisdom for yes and no
    Timestamps

    00:00 - Opening reflection on the heart and Proverbs 4:23

    00:29 - Guarding your heart without becoming cold

    00:57 - Forgive, love, and keep boundaries

    01:26 - Prayer for wounded places and hidden pain

    01:56 - Wisdom about yes, no, and what to allow in

    02:25 - Closing reminder that God is already waiting

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    ✨DAILY MIRACULOUS PEACEFUL EVENING PRAYER

    👉Listen to the Peaceful Evening | Leave With God Playlist:https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLw-wIRQLLPw

    🎥 Subscribe to UpWard Spirit Soulsticehttps://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice





    3 min
  • SCRIPTURES OVER PAIN

    Are you waking up in pain and needing God’s comfort before the day begins?

    In this uplifting episode, Barbara Bedford speaks directly to women who wake up with chronic pain and need spiritual encouragement, comfort, and strength. Through seven powerful Bible verses, she reminds listeners that pain does not get the final say — God’s presence, rest, strength, grace, healing, and glory do.The message is especially for spiritual awakening women over 50 who are ready to start their day anchored in faith instead of discomfort. Barbara closes with a heartfelt prayer for physical restoration, supernatural endurance, and peace.


    This episode includes:

    • 7 powerful scriptures for healing and strength
    • Encouragement for women facing chronic pain
    • A prayer for restoration, rest, and peace
    • A reminder that God’s promises are greater than pain

    Timestamps

    0:00 — Welcome and introduction to Scriptures Over Pain

    0:37 — Promise 1: God is close to the brokenhearted — Psalm 34:18

    1:05 — Promise 1 explained: God is with you right now

    1:10 — Promise 2: Invitation to rest — Matthew 11:28

    1:34 — Promise 3: Source of strength — Isaiah 40:29

    2:30 — Promise 4: Sufficiency of grace — 2 Corinthians 12:9

    3:00 — Promise 5: Prayer for healing — Jeremiah 17:14

    3:29 — Promise 6: Future glory — Romans 8:18

    4:28 — Promise 7: Final goodbye to pain — Revelation 21:4

    4:57 — Pain loses, God wins

    5:36 — Final encouragement: frame your day with God’s word

    6:06 — Closing prayer for chronic pain, restoration, and endurance

    6:34 — Challenge to watch daily and comment

    RESOURCES

    ✨ DAILY MORNING INSPIRATION

    👉 Listen to the Dawn Awakening Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXkMyru8EXSo_

    Follow me and keep your morning routine active all week long!

    🎥 Subscribe to UpWard Spirit Soulstice

    https://www.youtube.com/@upwardspiritsoulstice

    Life On Fire:Change Your Mind, Change Your Life https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B079KZY36Y?ccs_id=14406da4-8799-42fe-aa1d-daedcb9673aa

    Upward Spirit Soulstice is a Christ-centered ministry encouraging women over 50 to deepen their relationship with God through Daily MorningScripture, Daily Bible Verse, prayer , spiritual encouragement

    Hosted by Barbara Bedford—author, hospice nurse, minister, and spiritual guide— Shares hospice story experiences, and Helps women discover renewed hope, purpose, peace, clarity with God.

    Love and Light

    Barbara Bedford

    Upward Spirit Soulstice





    7 min

About That Feeling Isn’t Anxiety… It’s a Wake-Up Call (Over 50)

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Are you feeling restless, emotional, disconnected, or like something is trying to get your attention? It could be a wake-up call

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