Trauma Healing for Christian Women - Regulate Emotions, Intrusive Thoughts, Nervous System, Anxiousness, Overthinking, EMDR

Don't settle for less than God's best in your relationships. In this episode of our relationship series, Michelle is joined by her husband, Tim, to discuss healthy communication and conflict resolution tips that can help in any type of healthy relationship.

Jesus is a gentle, caring friend, and good, and He will never leave you alone. He is there for you as your friend in all of life. Focus in on this with today's scripture meditation.

In today's episode, a listener shares her concern for how to parent her daughter who is suffering from anxiety, depression, and traumatic grief and loss while also wanting to provide appropriate discipline. Michelle answers her question from a relationship building perspective. Listen in.

It's wise to evaluate those you allow into your inner circle, and the way people behave over time is more accurate than what they only say. Listen in for insights on how to recognize when someone's character is not congruent with what they appear to be.

Being a good Christian does not mean being a doormat or being pulled in or torn down by other peoples' disfunction. Relationships tips are plenty in this, part 2 of the relationship series, on the Mental Health for Christian Women podcast. Learn how to make wise choices, practice self-care, advocate for yourself, have compassion for others, and yet, not enable sin or blame that does not belong to you. Listen in. Boundary setting and self-awareness are important to not enable sin or shame.

Healthy relationship guidelines and beliefs are often hard won and learned too late, after complications or compromises occur. In today's episode of the Mental Health for Christian Women podcast, Michelle offers part 1 in a series of relationship insights that can help you to navigate what is healthy and what is not and how to set boundaries and gain awareness.

While we've covered this verse in the past, today, we are focusing on feeling the strength that is promised to us that is given by God to renew our strength and help us to soar over the problems of this life.

Rachel, a listener to the Mental Health for Christian Women podcast, asks Michelle a question about how to practice self-care and plan for a family when you have a spouse who is struggling with anxiety and depression.

Safe relationships can only happen when the people in relationships are safe people and exhibit safe traits. Toxic relationships are those where each person is not accepted for who they are and how they think and feel without being dismissed, put down, or disrespected. Healthy and safe relationships are those that are respectful, dependable, and mutually validating with understanding and reciprocal communication.

Do you feel responsible when other people behave badly? Do you take on the baggage that other people try to put on you that really belongs to them? Toxic behavior in others does not mean that you are responsible for it. Gain tips for setting boundaries, break out of co-dependency, gain self-empowerment in toxic relationships, and take responsibility for what is yours but not what belongs to others, no matter how much they try to put their stuff on you.