Do you ever feel so overwhelmed you don’t even know where to begin with the work that’s on your plate?

Sometimes those overwhelmed feelings come from the work itself, but often they come from the other things: our attitudes, our fears, our desire to please others, and our doubts about being able to do the things on our to do lists.

Add that to the other things going on in our lives, and it’s pretty easy to start feeling overwhelmed.

In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast we’ll be talking about the lies that make us feel overwhelmed and some tips and truths that will help us get over that stressed out feeling. Here are the lies we’ll be talking about:

If you believe any of these lies, I hope you’ll listen to the podcast for some help to let them go!

To listen on iTunes: click here (If you subscribe to the Christian Habits Podcast, you should be able to see it right away. If you’re not subscribed, it sometimes takes a little bit of time to update.)

To listen on Stitcher: click here

I also want to thank the people in my procrastination class for giving me the accountability necessary to get back to podcasting after this long, LONG, break!

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Do you ever feel so overwhelmed you don't even know where to begin with the work that's on your plate?

Sometimes those overwhelmed feelings come from the work itself, but often they come from the other things: our attitudes, our fears, our desire to please others, and our doubts about being able to do the things on our to do lists.

Add that to the other things going on in our lives, and it's pretty easy to start feeling overwhelmed.

In today's podcast we'll be talking about the lies that make us feel overwhelmed and some tips and truths that will help us get over that stressed out feeling.

An interview with Becca

On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I’m excited to share an interview with Becca, who is working on a renewing of the mind project for both weight loss and insecurity.

Becca is a stay-at-home mom with four kids who has a really fun online clothing store featuring eco chic altered clothes with a happy boho flair using repurposed materials.

You should definitely check out her great website! Here’s the link: http://wearlovenow.com. With everything you purchase, Becca donates a portion to Samaritan’s Purse, so that is an added bonus of shopping there!

In this interview/coaching session we’ll talk about Becca’s renewing of the mind project to work on insecurity as well as weight loss.

I’ve really been enjoying meeting many of you in these “coaching” sessions. If you’re interested in a free coaching session to discuss your renewing of the mind project, please contact me through the contact tab at the top of this blog.

If you’re open to it, we’ll tape the session and then I’ll choose a few of these sessions to put on the Christian Habits Podcast as I think it’s so helpful to hear how others handle their projects. I’m especially looking for non-weight loss projects as it would be nice to have a variety of projects on the podcast.

Hope you enjoy the podcast!

P.S. I’m still planning to make this blog look better at some point, but as you can see, I haven’t found the time to do that yet – one of these days!

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On today's episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I'm excited to share an interview with Becca, who is working on a renewing of the mind project for both weight loss and insecurity. If you struggle with either of these, I think you'll find the interview helpful.

An interview with Karina, who is doing a renewing of the mind project on weight loss.

I’ve always been intrigued by the idea of coaching, so at the end of our online class for The Renewing of the Mind Project last month, I asked if anyone would be interested in a free coaching call and also be willing to tape the call for a possible podcast.

I’m so happy that Karina volunteered as I had a wonderful time visiting with her and I think our conversation will be helpful to anyone struggling with either weight loss or establishing a renewing of the mind habit.

I hope to play some other coaching sessions on podcasts down the road at some point. If anyone would be interested in a free coaching session, please let me know. It could be for any project–emotions, habits, goals, or weight loss.

Here are a few of the things we’ll be talking about on today’s podcast:

Links to the renewing of the mind tools and resources we discussed on the podcast:

Also wanted to let everyone know I’m having a few problems with my blog lately – hope to get that cleared up soon, and also working on a new blog design!

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Here are a few of the things we'll be talking about on today's podcast:

• How to develop a consistent renewing-of-the-mind habit.
• Lies we believe that keep us from renewing of our minds.
• How to use the starting a habit questions and Bible verses in The Renewing of the Mind Project to help establish a renewing of the mind habit.
• The thoughts that precede a binge.
• What to do if you can't renew your mind right away after you break your boundaries.
• How to renew your mind if you're using calories or Weight Watcher's boundaries.
• How to renew your mind if you have young kids at home.
• Wanting a fun, problem-free life and how that interferes with weight loss.

You know those days when life feels terrible?

Whether it’s a day of depression or an ongoing battle, today’s podcast will give you some ideas of how to cope with depression.

This is part two of my interview with Betty Mullaney, who also struggles with depression. Together we brainstorm ways to deal with it.

To listen on iTunes: click here

In this interview we discuss:

Whether you struggle with ongoing depression or just the occasional day of depression, this podcast will help.

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Interview with Betty Mullaney.

Today I’m excited to share the first (very short) part of an interview I had with Betty Mullaney.

To listen on iTunes: click here

Betty first wrote me a  couple of months ago, asking if I had ever considered writing a Bible study on depression.

I hadn’t, but I was interested in the subject so I asked her if she would be willing to visit over the phone about it.

She was, and we had such a great conversation that I was wishing I had taped it. So we decided to call each other again and tape it this time. We had a number of conversations and also, unfortunately,  a number of mishaps –  including some sound quality issues, me forgetting to turn on the tape recorder, and then getting the whole series of phone calls into one podcast, pressing save on my computer, and having my whole computer freeze and lose the podcast!

Because of that, I decided to play it safe and just post the first conversation today, where we just barely get into the topic. I’ll try to get the rest of the interview out by next week.

I had to slice and dice it a bit, and every once in awhile you’ll hear a small glitch in the recording, but when it happens it’s just for a few seconds so if you keep listening, it will get better.

In this conversation we talk about:

We had two more conversations after this one, which I’ll try to fit into the next podcast. If you struggle with depression or how to recognize your emotions, I think this podcast will be helpful to you.

Click here for the second half of this interview.

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A couple of months ago a reader wrote to me, asking if I had ever considered writing a Bible study on depression. I hadn't, but I was interested in the subject so I asked her if she would be willing to visit over the phone about it.

She was, and we had such a great conversation that I was wishing I had taped it. So we decided to call each other again and tape it this time.

Unfortunately, we both live in small towns with slow internet so the quality of the sound recording wasn't always that great. I had to slice and dice it a bit, and every once in awhile you'll hear a small glitch in the recording, but when it happens it's just for a few seconds so if you keep listening, it will get better.

In this conversation we talk about:

• How sexual abuse in childhood may cause you to stuff emotions.
• Why you may not be very good at recognizing your emotions.
• How to figure out what emotion you're experiencing.
• Some emotions that may be causing your depression.
• The importance of going to God as soon as possible when something bad happens.

We had two more conversations after this one, which I'll try to fit into the next podcast. If you struggle with depression or how to recognize your emotions, I think this podcast will be helpful to you.