The Christian Habits Podcast

By Barb Raveling

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What's The Christian Habits Podcast about?

Do you ever feel like you can’t change no matter how hard you try? On the Christian Habits Podcast, we’ll talk about biblical transformation through the renewing of the mind. This is a practical, hands-on podcast that will help you break free from the things that control you: things like bad habits, idolatry, overeating, and negative emotions such as worry, insecurity, anger, and stress. We’ll also talk about how to develop a close relationship with God as we develop the habit of going to Him for help with life.

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Jamie Erickson: Cultivating...

05.30.2023

Do you often feel rushed and like you’re not really enjoying life? Does your heart long for rest and for sweet fellowship with dear friends? If so, you’ll be encouraged by the Danish practice of hygge (HYOO-guh) which my podcast ...

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05.30.2023 Jamie Erickson: Cultivating Holy Hygge Do you often feel rushed and like you’re not really enjoying life? Does your heart long for rest and for sweet fellowship with dear friends? If so, you’ll be encouraged by the Danish practice of hygge (HYOO-guh) which my podcast ...
05.02.2023 Mary DeMuth: Parenting Your Wayward Adult Kids with Joy No one can deny that we’re living in an era of great change in the area of morals and faith. Young adults are leaving their faith in droves, or continuing to believe in God but choosing a different set of ...
04.04.2023 Mark Batterson: How Please, Sorry, and Thanks Can Change Your Life Mark Batterson is an influential pastor and a prolific author of over twenty-three books. His latest book, Please, Sorry, Thanks: the Three Words that Change Everything digs into how every relationship can be positively affected by a new revelation and ...
03.07.2023 Embracing Trust with Joanna Weaver Do you ever find yourself wondering why certain things are happening in your life? Or paralyzed with regret, spending too much time in woulda-coulda-shoulda thinking? Are you afraid to admit that, at times, you question whether or not God really ...
02.08.2023 Christian Loneliness: How to Stop Being Lonely We live in an age where people are more connected than ever through social media and email, yet loneliness is rampant in all age groups. It’s easy to feel lonely even when we’re surrounded by people both online and in ...
01.12.2023 A More Loving Way to Disagree with Mike Donehey Do you have loved ones in your life with whom you disagree? Do you find it hard to engage with someone who has a different opinion than yours? Are you prone to just “agree to disagree” when beliefs differ? If ...
12.14.2022 Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive with Jordan Raynor If you’ve ever experienced stress over your personal productivity, today’s episode of The Christian Habits Podcast with Jordan Raynor will really encourage you (links below). I talk with Jordan about his book, Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for being ...
11.16.2022 Daniel Fusco: Unlocking Resilience When Life is a Mess When trials and hard times come into our lives, we can find ourselves questioning God and becoming bitter. On today’s episode of The Christian Habits Podcast (links below), I talk with Daniel Fusco about how developing resilience during trials can ...
10.19.2022 Jennifer Slattery: 9 Common Idols and How to Resist Them Do you find yourself looking to other people or things to satisfy you? Are you tempted to doubt that Jesus alone really does offer a life of joy, peace and contentment? On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast (links ...
09.21.2022 When Life is Hard: 3 Temptations & 3 Solutions I don’t know about you, but when life is hard, I’m often tempted to do things that aren’t good for me. Eat, for example. Or waste time on my phone. Or sit like a lump on the couch and think ...
06.01.2022 Dana K. White: How to Declutter and Get Organized Do you feel overwhelmed by the task of getting organized? Does a simple glance around your home or office tell you that clutter is taking over your life? If so, my podcast interview with Dana K. White from A Slob ...
05.04.2022 Asheritah CiuCiu: Growing a Prayer Habit In this interview with Asheritah CiuCiu, we discuss how to grow a prayer habit using the REST method from her new book, Prayers of Rest: 365 Prompts to Hear God’s Voice. If you find yourself struggling to make prayer a ...
04.06.2022 Joshua Becker: Overcoming Distractions to Live a More Meaningful Life In Joshua Becker’s new book, Things that Matter, he talks about eight common distractions that keep us from living a meaningful life. Joshua Becker is a former pastor and the founder of the influential Becoming Minimalist blog, where he has ...
03.21.2022 When You Can’t Make Yourself Read Your Bible – 9 Tips Do you ever have a hard time making yourself read your Bible? Or do you start out reading, only to find yourself reading the same passage over and over again because you can’t make yourself concentrate? I spent twenty years ...
03.02.2022 How to Navigate Life Change (Even if You’re Not Crazy about the New Life) Are you in the middle of a big life change? Or still adjusting to an old life change? Change can be difficult, even when it’s positive. Yet so many life changes don’t feel one bit positive. Here are just a ...
02.02.2022 How to Avoid (or End) an Emotional Affair If you’ve been married a long time, chances are good you’ve been attracted to someone at some time or another. In today’s podcast, I’ll be visiting with my friend Trish about how to keep that initial attraction from morphing into ...
01.04.2022 How to Achieve Your Goals – 10 Tips Do you ever set goals and fail to reach them? I used to do that all the time. The only goals I completed each year were my recreation goals! Over the years, though, I’ve learned some tips to help me ...
11.24.2021 To Give Advice or Not Give Advice? 6 Rules to Follow To give advice or not to give advice? That is the question. In the past I used to answer that with, Of course I should give advice! Why wouldn’t I give advice?! Well, I have since learned a few reasons ...
10.27.2021 How to Plan a Productive Day with Polly Payne Do you struggle with productivity? Do you find that you often have trouble getting through your to-do list? At the end of each day, do you feel discouraged that you didn’t achieve more? If so, you’ll want to listen to ...
09.29.2021 Darryl Dash: 8 Habits for Christian Growth Most all of us have the desire to grow in God, but we often don’t know how to begin. My guest on the Christian Habits Podcast today, Darryl Dash, has written a great new book on this topic called 8 ...
09.01.2021 How to Stop Being Angry – 12 Tips Do you ever get irritated with friends who believe differently than you do about politics or Covid? Do you get annoyed with the faults of a spouse or family member? Do you get frustrated with people who drive at a ...
05.19.2021 How To Renew Your Mind If someone told you to have a quiet time, you’d know what to do: read your Bible and pray. But what if they told you to renew your mind? Would you know how to renew your mind? Maybe not. The ...
04.21.2021 Finding Hope When Life is Hard with Ginny Owens In this episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I talk with Ginny Owens, an award-winning singer, songwriter, author and speaker. Ginny candidly shares biblical wisdom for finding hope when life is hard which can also be found in her new ...
03.24.2021 How to Meditate on Scripture Often before a trip, I’ll wake up in the middle of the night with my mind buzzing. I remember all I have to do and have a hard time getting back to sleep. That happened last night, so I got ...
02.24.2021 8 Signs You’re People Pleasing and How to Stop People Pleasing When I was in my forties, I didn’t even consider “no” an option. Instead, I did everything everyone asked me to do without even thinking about it. This led to stress, resentment, and sometimes doing things God didn’t want me ...
01.27.2021 How to Create a Bible Routine You Can Enjoy \| Brittany Ann Do you ever struggle to read the Bible? Maybe you wake up in the morning, turn off the alarm, roll over, and think to yourself, Just five more minutes. Then you wake up again 30 minutes later and your Bible ...
12.31.2020 10 Lies that Make Us Give Up on New Year’s Resolutions How do you feel when you hear the phrase, New Year’s resolutions? Excited? Defeated? Skeptical? In recent years, New Year’s resolutions have gone out of style in favor of goals. The idea is that New Year’s resolutions are vague, so ...
11.25.2020 How to Stop Being Depressed During the Pandemic (or in Regular Life) If I were to ask the question, “Have you been depressed at all during the pandemic?” my guess is that every single one of you would answer that question with a yes. I know I have. Many days are great, ...
11.05.2020 10 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating Do you ever find yourself putting off a dreaded task for weeks or even months or years? I have been known to procrastinate a 10-minute job for ten years. Thankfully, God is slowly changing me in this area. Here are ...
10.07.2020 Secrets to Self-Control with Drew Dyck Do you wonder if there really are secrets to self-control? Do you feel like you’re stuck and just need to live with it? In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, Secrets to Self-Control with Drew Dyck, I visit with ...
09.09.2020 How to Mend a Broken Relationship with Blythe Daniel and Helen McIntosh Are you struggling in one of your relationships? It could be a friend, an adult child, a sibling or parent, or even a spouse. In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I visit with Blythe Daniel and Dr. Helen ...
07.30.2020 Spiritual Attack: 10 Tips for Spiritual Warfare When I first started writing, I noticed that I’d often get attacked at different stages of the process–especially when I was beginning something new. I’ve since studied spiritual attack and discovered there are many things we can do to be ...
05.19.2020 Allen Arnold: Life with God vs. Life for God Do you ever find yourself going about your daily work and not remembering God is there? I do sometimes. It’s easy to do when we get busy. On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, Allen Arnold talks about how ...
04.21.2020 Breaking Free from Idolatry with Brad Bigney I first came across Brad Bigney’s material at a biblical counseling conference in Bozeman, Montana. Brad had written a book on breaking free from idolatry and I found his material super helpful. Today, I’m excited to have him on the ...
03.28.2020 How to Avoid Gaining Weight during Coronavirus One of the things we tend to do during hard times is head to the refrigerator for comfort, excitement, or stress relief. The other night, the only thing that saved me from that was that I had no treats in ...
03.22.2020 Coronavirus Anxiety, Stress, and Boredom: 6 Tips + Facebook Live Earlier this week, I was sitting at a restaurant in the Denver airport having a cup of coffee and journaling. I’d already sanitized my hands, checked the news for Montana (6 cases), and was wondering if I should sanitize my ...
03.03.2020 11 Tips for Making Decisions Peacefully Do you ever agonize over decisions for days or even years? Do you wait until the last possible moment to make the decision so you can keep your options open? Do decisions stress you out? If so, today’s episode of ...
02.03.2020 How to Use Habit Stacking to Create Habits with Ian Warner Do you ever feel like you’d like to start a new habit but you just can’t make yourself do it? In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I interview Ian Warner, an expert on habit stacking. Ian created a ...
01.09.2020 Breaking Free from Strongholds with Neil Anderson On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I interview Neil Anderson about gaining freedom in Christ. Neil Anderson is the author of many best-selling books including The Bondage Breaker and Victory Over the Darkness. He writes and speaks worldwide, ...
12.10.2019 How to Overcome Fear of Failure – 7 Steps A few weeks ago, I asked members of my Facebook page if they were afraid of failure. I was overwhelmed by the responses. It seems that I’m not the only one out there who fears failure! In today’s episode of ...
11.12.2019 How to Hold Onto Your Faith When Life Is Hard with Michele Cushatt How do you hold onto your faith when it seems like God has disappeared? Whether in struggle, illness, death, or failure, the presence of pain is often so overwhelming it can drown out God’s voice. On today’s episode of the ...
10.22.2019 How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed – 5 Steps Do you ever feel like you have a million things to do, but you only have time and energy for about three things? Do you often ignore the important things in life because you’re too busy doing the million things ...
06.04.2019 Productivity and Parenting with Tricia Goyer On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I’m excited to have Tricia Goyer with us. This will be the last podcast for the next few months as I’ll be taking a break from both the Christian Habits Podcast and ...
05.07.2019 How To Do a Renewing of the Mind Project Do you ever feel like you’d like a little help with some area of your life? If so, consider starting a “renewing of the mind project.” We’ll talk about what that looks like and how to get started on today’s ...
04.09.2019 Connecting with God in Hard Times with Sarah Forgrave Are you going through a difficult time right now either in your own life or the life of someone you love? On this episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I’m excited to have Sarah Forgrave with us to talk about ...
03.12.2019 3 Mindset Shifts That Can Help You Accomplish Your Important Goals Do you ever find yourself working on a goal but secretly thinking, I’ll never be able to do this? In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, Dr. Melanie Wilson shares three mindset shifts that can help us accomplish goals. ...
02.12.2019 What to Do When Your Spouse is Unfaithful On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I’ll answer a listener’s question about what to do when your spouse is unfaithful. We’ll talk about it from both a practical standpoint and also a spiritual standpoint: what to do with ...
01.17.2019 Consistent Quiet Times: 10 Lies That Get In the Way Do you ever want to have a quiet time, but you can’t make yourself do it? That happened to me for ten or twenty years. Each year, I’d put “Have consistent quiet times” on my New Year’s goals list, and ...
01.02.2019 The Ups and Downs of Weight Loss with Sandy Do you ever feel like weight loss is a battle? Not just a one and done but a back and forth lose/gain experience? On today’s podcast, I visit with Sandy about the ups and downs of weight loss. Here’s a ...
12.17.2018 Option Charts: Tool for a Happy Christian Marriage Do you ever find yourself annoyed with your husband because of something he did–or didn’t–do? In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I’ll explain how to use option charts to improve your chances of having a happy Christian marriage. ...

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