Rejection hurts! Unfortunately, dealing with hurt and misunderstanding is part of living in this world, even when we do our best to show up as kind and loving. How can we handle rejection and hurtful words? What power do we have in responding to rejection? What are some practical action steps we can take to begin managing rejection? Let’s dive into all these topics in Part 1 on our two-part series on rejection.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [02:00] Rejection Truth #1: We can’t avoid rejection
• [04:35] Rejection Truth #2: We answer to an audience of one
• [06:52] Rejection Truth #3: The need to reassess our hearts after hurtful words
• [09:09] Rejection Truth #4: Dealing with internal struggles of fear and imposter syndrome 
• [12:31] Action Steps: Deciding how to handle rejection
• [17:51] Character traits to use if you struggle with managing rejection
• [22:16] A mantra to help you when hurtful words arise

RELATED EPISODES:

131: Try This Brilliant Simple Mindset Switch to Quiet the Inner Critic

171: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for Your Anxiety + Discover More Calm

176: How to Manage Difficult Emotions with Self-Awareness and God’s Love with Jessica Hottle

182: 3 Steps to Take When You’re Stuck In an Emotional Funk

193: 6 Negative Self Talk Phrases to Eliminate and Replace for More Self Confidence

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It’s normal to have overwhelming emotions as a response to an ever-changing world. Join me as I share the six questions I use as emotional coping skills that can help us move from the heaviness of overwhelm to a place of clarity and calm. My hope is that you’ll use these tools to dig deeper into managing emotions and connect with God through the process. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [01:40] How to Use the Tools and Questions in This Episode to Manage Overwhelming Emotions
• [07:57] Question #1: What Are You Feeling and Why Does It Make Sense?
• [10:57] Question #2: Is the Emotion You’re Feeling Based in God’s Truth?
• [14:07] Question #3: How Is This Emotion Helpful?
• [15:47] Question #4: What Part of the Situation Is Your Responsibility?
• [21:00] Question #5: Is the Situation Something That Needs to Be Managed Right Now?
• [25:51] Question #6: What Is God Calling You to Do With the Emotions You’re Feeling?
• [34:47] A Review of the 6 Questions When You Feel Overwhelmed
• [36:39] Let’s Continue the Conversation on Managing Emotions

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

Free Workshop: Break Free From Anxiety

EPISODES MENTIONED AND OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 163: How I Take Courage, Manage Anxiety, and Release Fear with Amy Debrucque

Episode 169: 4 Bible Verses on Anxiety When You Need Calm + Peace

Episode 170: How to Release Guilt Around Worry and Anxiety 

Episode 171: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for Your Anxiety + Discover More Calm

Episode 199: Anticipatory Anxiety: "When Life Is Good, How Can I Stop Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?"

Episode 200: Transformation Story: How Bryn Found Healing from Crippling Anxiety

Episode 201: It's Time to Make a Plan to Manage Anxiety, Release Fear and Stop Worry 

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Do you struggle to live in the moment, overwhelmed by fear and worry? When you’ve struggled with anxiety for a long period of time, it can actually begin to manifest as the fear of enjoying life. On this episode of the podcast, we discuss ways that God reminds us to savor the good, ultimately giving us permission to let go of fear and live the life He has planned for us. Listen in for action steps and resources to help you release fear and begin the next level of managing anxiety.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [5:35] How prayer can become an idol unless we release fear
• [7:02] How God’s word allowed Alicia to give herself permission to let go of fear
• [10:14] Why God calls us to savor the good in times of need
• [11:57] How mana taught God’s followers to live in the moment
• [15:40] A practice of stopping and savoring God
• [17:38] Resources that can help you to release fear

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

Free Workshop: Break Free From Anxiety

EPISODES MENTIONED AND OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 163: How I Take Courage, Manage Anxiety, and Release Fear with Amy Debrucque

Episode 169: 4 Bible Verses on Anxiety When You Need Calm + Peace

Episode 170: How to Release Guilt Around Worry and Anxiety 

Episode 171: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for Your Anxiety + Discover More Calm

Episode 199: Anticipatory Anxiety: "When Life Is Good, How Can I Stop Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?"

Episode 200: Transformation Story: How Bryn Found Healing from Crippling Anxiety

Episode 201: It's Time to Make a Plan to Manage Anxiety, Release Fear and Stop Worry 

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Looking for Christian affirmations and Bible verses to bring calm to anxious thoughts? Today we’re wrapping up a podcast series on anxiety with 5 calm affirmations and scriptures you can meditate on as a practical step to take when worried thoughts strike. 

Join me as we walk through these five promises of God that will calm your anxious thoughts and allow you to trust God in moments of fear and worry.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [04:55] Christian Affirmation for Anxiety #1: Calm your anxious thoughts by knowing God is with you
• [07:58] Christian Affirmation for Anxiety #2: God will not abandon you and He walks before you
• [11:39] Christian Affirmation for Anxiety #3: God comforts the brokenhearted and He releases prisoners from every fear
• [16:42] Christian Affirmation for Anxiety #4: God will make our path straight as we trust Him and lead on his guidance
• [18:32] Christian Affirmation for Anxiety #5: God's promises prove true, and he is a solid rock in whom we can trust
• [21:59] Where to find more statements and bible verses to calm anxious thoughts (Plus a bonus!)
• [22:47] A reflection on other episodes about anxiety

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

Free Workshop: Break Free From Anxiety

Free Workshop: Break Free from Feeling Never Enough

Christian Mindset Makeover

EPISODES MENTIONED AND OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 163: How I Take Courage, Manage Anxiety, and Release Fear with Amy Debrucque

Episode 169: 4 Bible Verses on Anxiety When You Need Calm + Peace

Episode 170: How to Release Guilt Around Worry and Anxiety 

Episode 171: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for Your Anxiety + Discover More Calm

Episode 199: Anticipatory Anxiety: "When Life Is Good, How Can I Stop Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop?"

Episode 200: Transformation Story: How Bryn Found Healing from Crippling Anxiety

Episode 201: It's Time to Make a Plan to Manage Anxiety, Release Fear and Stop Worry 

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Healing from anxiety doesn’t need to feel hopeless. On today’s episode of the podcast, I am diving into making plans to manage anxiety, better deal with worry, and to release fear - all the things that you deal with on an everyday basis. If you’re looking for help for anxiety, listen in as I cover anxiety triggers, what causes anxiety in the brain, and ways you can start healing from anxiety, taking the first steps towards managing these feelings and patterns in your life. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [02:51] Ways you may be managing your anxiety
• [05:05] What causes anxiety in the brain
• [09:26] Alicia’s personal story of anxiety triggers
• [14:33] Alicia’s turning point in healing from anxiety
• [18:56] Why having a plan can help you on your journey of healing from anxiety
• [20:00] Specific tools that can provide help for anxiety
• [24:20] Questions for reflection

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

Free Workshop: Break Free From Anxiety

Book: The Power of Regret by Daniel Pink

EPISODES MENTIONED AND OTHER RELATED EPISODES:

Episode 163: How I Take Courage, Manage Anxiety, and Release Fear with Amy Debrucque

Episode 169: 4 Bible Verses on Anxiety When You Need Calm + Peace

Episode 170: How to Release Guilt Around Worry and Anxiety 

Episode 171: It’s Time to Take Responsibility for Your Anxiety + Discover More Calm

Episode 200: Transformation Story: How Bryn Found Healing from Crippling Anxiety

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Do you need help for anxiety? There is hope! Even if you struggle regularly with anxiety triggers, God has provided us with ways to turn down the dial of our anxiety and to step out of the hopelessness that it can bring. We can find continued healing from anxiety.

On this episode of the podcast, Alicia is joined by Bryn, a coaching client and participant of the Christian Mindset Makeover who received emotional and spiritual healing from her anxiety by identifying her triggers and working with God to lower her anxiety. 

Join Alicia and Bryn as they discuss feeling stuck in a cycle of anxiety, what causes anxiety in the brain, how anxiety can impact our relationship with God, and how we can address the thoughts behind it to identify what causes anxiety in the brain and move toward restoring peace in our lives.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [01:39] Yes, you can find healing from anxiety, even if you’re a lifelong anxiety struggler
• [03:48] Bryn’s lifelong anxiety struggle 
• [09:15] Alicia’s anxiety journey through childhood and her career
• [10:58] How anxiety showed up for Bryn in her work as a social worker
• [14:25] How anxiety affects our emotions and spiritual life
• [22:15] How addressing trust issues with God can bring hope for anxiety sufferers
• [23:33] Eye-opening moments that were pivotal to Bryn’s anxiety experience
• [30:03] The practical tools that Bryn found to be helpful with her anxiety
• [33:38] How learning mindset life skills can help manage anxiety triggers
• [39:13] Words of encouragement for those who need hope for healing from anxiety
• [43:26] Alicia’s recap and reflection on her conversation with Bryn
• [46:40] Next Steps: Transformation, compassion and hope for anxiety triggers

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

Join the Christian Mindset Makeover

Break Free from Feeling Never Enough Workshop

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Do you struggle with anticipatory anxiety: that feeling of being unable to enjoy the present because you’re worried that bad things are ahead? Are you constantly “waiting for the other shoe to drop” in your life? Anticipatory anxiety is extremely common and definitely something that can derail our emotions and turn our thoughts away from the truth of God. 

Today on the podcast we’re playing an excerpt from a coaching call inside the Christian Mindset Makeover where we discussed this topic and explored how we can stop worrying and better manage anticipatory anxiety.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [02:05] What is anticipatory anxiety?
• [07:23] “How can I stop waiting for the other shoe to drop?”: A coaching conversation around anticipatory anxiety in the Christian Mindset Makeover 
• [14:46] How can we calm anxiety and trust God when we feel fearful?
• [16:54] Managing anxiety by surrendering and taking responsibility for what we can control
• [18:27] Finding comfort in God’s character when anxious thoughts strike
• [20:37] Action steps: Making a plan to better manage anxiety

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

The Christian Mindset Makeover

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

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One of the toughest things about walking through ongoing trials is the long term effect on our emotions and often, the effect on our ability to trust God. 

On this week’s episode of The Christian Mindset Coach podcast, you’ll hear Beverly’s journey back to godly confidence despite walking through an extended period of unemployment. Beverly, one of my coaching clients from the Christian Mindset Makeover, shares how addressing some core issues about how she’d defined her identity helped to renew and rebuild her confidence from God and ease her anxiety.

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WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [01:42] Beverly’s story: How life trials revealed a need to address her confidence in God
• [08:10] How perfectionism, people pleasing and imposter syndrome contributed to Beverly’s question: “Does God really care?”
• [11:39] Why the challenge of processing difficult emotions can decrease godly confidence
• [18:18] What is brain priming and how can it help with godly confidence? 
• [26:53] Beverly’s final thoughts on experiencing God in a new way after the Christian Mindset Makeover
• [28:31] Your invitation to greater confidence in Christ

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Episode 147

Calm Your Anxiety Toolkit

Join the Christian Mindset Makeover

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Have you ever found yourself asking questions about God? When we’re going through life trials or life is confusing, we tend to ask God questions such as “Where is God?” Maybe asking questions about God can feel uncomfortable, or even blasphemous, but the reality is that God created us to be curious beings. I invited author Lore Ferguson Wilbert to join us on the podcast to discuss how a real relationship with God allows room for God questions (including how to better understand God’s love for us) and provides opportunities to discover more of who He is and who we are in Him.

Don’t miss this conversation as Lori and I discuss some of the questions we ask about God, including those she mentions in her excellent book A Curious Faith, and how curiosity can strengthen our relationship with God. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [07:21] Navigating life’s challenges and staying connected to God through asking questions
• [11:58] What keeps us from asking God questions?
• [16:46] How asking God questions and owning emotions can move us closer to God 
• [23:24] Finding hope and security when you’re surrounded by God questions 
• [28:15] Resting in God’s love when we struggle with shame and questions about acceptance 
• [36:15]  The power of asking God the question, “What do you want to say to me?” 
• [38:37] Questions Lore is currently asking God
• [40:44] How to open yourself up to curious questions to strengthen your relationship with God
• [43:41] First steps: Becoming more comfortable in your questions about God

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Join the Christian Mindset Makeover

Get the “I Am Loved” Bible Study Course  

A Curious Faith By Lore Ferguson Wilbert

Connect with Lore: 

Website

Instagram 

Twitter

Get the “I Am Loved” Bible Study Course  

Are you walking through a difficult season and really need to know that God is with you and that He loves you? 

Then, friend, I want to invite you to join me for the “I Am Loved” 4-Week Bible Study. 

The “I Am Loved” Bible Study is designed to help you not only grow closer to God but to learn HOW to hear His loving voice in your heart so that you can get a fresh perspective on your circumstances. 

This is an ON-DEMAND study, meaning you can start it just when you need it.

Join me for this life-changing Bible study so you can...

• Experience confident joy as God's love renews your mind
• Find peace as God's love helps you release worry and fear
• Rediscover hope as God's love offers a new perspective on life's trials

Go to VibrantChristianLiving.com/love right now to get this awesome, on-demand Bible study on God’s love. 

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What do we do when we know biblical truth like “god loves me” but we don’t feel God’s love in our heart? This week is part two of how to address any hidden unbelief we have about God’s love for us (be sure to listen to part one). In this week’s episode, we’ll be breaking down specific action steps you can take to challenge these thoughts and replace them with God’s truth so that you can begin to feel the freedom, peace, and joy that comes with the knowledge of God’s unwavering love. 

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

• [04:36] Action step #1 to know God’s love: Practice awareness of God’s presence
• [09:33] Action step #2 to know God’s love: Commit to regularly spending time with God
• [11:44]  Action step #3 to know God’s love: Process pain and disappointment
• [18:13] Action step #4 to know God’s love: Embrace radical acceptance of God’s love  
• [19:24] Powerful questions to better understand how much God loves you
• [24:06] Action step #5 to know God’s love: Employ self-discipline and perseverance 

OTHER EPISODES ON KNOWING GOD’S LOVE:

Ep 194: 5 BIble verses on Love to Meditate On When You Need Comfort

Ep 195: Pt 1: How Can I Believe That God Loves Me (In My Head and My Heart)?"

Ep 150: Rediscovering the Power of God's Redeeming Love with Francine Rivers

Ep 58: Best of: How to Know God’s Love + Experience it Everyday

Ep 59: Living in God's Love When You've Been Hurt with Sarah Mae

RESOURCES MENTIONED: 

Join the Christian Mindset Makeover

Get the “I Am Loved” Bible Study Course  

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer 

Get the “I Am Loved” Bible Study Course  

Are you walking through a difficult season and really need to know that God is with you and that He loves you? 

Then, friend, I want to invite you to join me for the “I Am Loved” 4-Week Bible Study. 

The “I Am Loved” Bible Study is designed to help you not only grow closer to God but to learn HOW to hear His loving voice in your heart so that you can get a fresh perspective on your circumstances. 

This is an ON-DEMAND study, meaning you can start it just when you need it.

Join me for this life-changing Bible study so you can...

• Experience confident joy as God's love renews your mind
• Find peace as God's love helps

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Want support applying what you’re learning here each week about managing emotions with science and scripture? Come join us in the Emotional Confidence Club—apply now at AliciaMichelle.com/club.