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

Have you ever watched the 90's TV show, Friends? Michelle recently read the new book by Matthew Perry, about his life story and striving for sobriety, health, and God. Today, she shares 4 take aways about attachment needs, addiction, faith, and the comparison trap in this episode.

No matter what is going on around you, God is your ever present help. Today's Scripture meditation will help you to focus on this truth.

Have you ever felt like you are getting nowhere with someone or that no matter what they turn things upside down and inside out and make you or others feel like you're losing your sensibilities? You may be interacting with someone with a personality disorder. While they are loved by God, and often by you, and whille they can have many good traits, being able to meet you where you are is not likely to be among those traits. Listen in for tips on how to deal with the toxic traits of difficult personalities in your life.

Do you ever wonder if why you feel so exhausted after being around some people? Does it seem like something is off, but you try to rationalize it away or blame yourself, rather than calling out sin or false accusations someone made toward you? If you feel like your mind is being twisted, like you are never heard but often minimized or dismissed for your thoughts, feelings, or needs, you may be in a relationship with a person who is a narcissist.

When leadership or those in a position of authority do not stop abuse when brought to their attention, they are enabling sin. Jesus is a God of love and peace, not a God wanting victims to suffer but a God who frees captives. Toxicity and Abuse warp true Christian principles, and are not what God intended.

Do you deny your own needs and feelings because you think it's the Godly thing to do? Even if it enables sin? God gave each of us a self that needs saving by Jesus through our choice of Him as our Lord. God did not make us to save other people from their own choices and consequences at our expense. If you think you might be in a codependent relationship, or wonder what codependency traits may be, listen in.

Do you need encouragement? God's ways work, and His Word is there to guide you for your good and His glory. Focusing on His ways is a path to abundance in life...spiritual richness, mental health, peace, and safety.

Have you ever been Black Friday shopping? I went today, and I have some valuable lessons in human nature and self-care management that I've extracted to share with you. Hear the ups and downs of the journey of my Black Friday shopping experiences in this episode.

As we approach the holidays, we can choose where our focus will be. We can focus on the stressors or on the blessings, and the blessings have far more benefits. Listen in for ways a practice of gratitude can be put into action and the benefits it can reap for you in reducing anxiety and producing better mental health and spiritual connection to God.

Do you feel defeated and paralyzed before making positive steps toward change? Do you feel stuck and like giving up before you even start to move toward a goal? The change cycle involves considerations such as pre-contemplation, and you may even feel that it is safer to stay with the dysfunction you feel comfortable with rather than learning how to step outside of your comfort zone and risk failure, discomfort, or stress. LIsten in for 3 tips to help you normalize your experience regarding change and to help get you moving in the right direction.