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

Meditating today on the Name Abba and the Loving Father God is who cares and helps us in our need, bringing peace to anxiety, love to us.

Today's weekly Scripture meditation is from Isaiah 26.  The Lord is the Rock eternal.

Having needs is not the same as "being needy."  Listen in while Michelle tells about the difference and why acknowledging needs isn't bad.

What do first-class airplane rides, kangaroos, and substance abuse have in common?  A schema framework that Michelle uses to explain how exploring your thoughts and changing your surroundings can help you to grow and gain new skills toward a healthier mental, emotional, and spiritual life.  Listen in!

The present moment is the only place we will ever live.  This is where our power of living the life we want to live and intend to live takes place.  In a world where so many things are uncertain, if you are alive right now, you can do good in your part of the world and make things better than the things we hear on the news.

When tragedies and traumas happen, we may wonder where God is, but God's ways are higher than ours, and His goodness is still here on earth, but that is not the end of the story.  The best is yet to come, and while we grieve for those lost and their loved ones in Nashville tragedy, God has a bigger reality than just what we feel or see on earth. Comfort for trying times.

Whether you are experiencing good thing or bad, pleasant feelings or troublesome ones, you have some powerful scriptural weapons to fight anxiety.  Rejoice in God, what is true, and in knowing Jesus is right beside you to feel peace and His power of ultimate truth working through you.

Listener Christine asks if it is okay to block an ex-boyfriend so that she doesn't get sucked back into the toxic relationship.  Michelle answers her question about boundary setting in today's episode.

Sometimes, we just need a mental and emotional break, and it can be helpful to have some tools in our backpocket to help us positively shift away from anxiety or depressive symptoms to a more positive mood and mindset.  Today, Michelle shares 15 tips for getting better nervous system regulation so that you can feel more grounded and better able to cope with the demands of life.

Sometimes, we think we are stuck when we really have all we need to take action steps toward the future vision that we are trying to obtain.  Noticing what is in your hands and using it well may be all you need to stand up and move forward to your goals.

How long has it been since you daydreamed?  Imagined the possibilities and what life can look like?  Today, Michelle offers a fun and light-hearted exercise to get those creative juices flowing so that effective goal-setting and behavior change can take place in your life.  Afterall, we reap what we sow, and when we know what we are trying to achieve, we can add or eliminate things to get closer t...

Being with the Lord is where our serving comes out of, but serving without connection to the Lord can be distraction and effort.  Today's scripture meditation can help you guard against anxiety and stress by focusing on the peace and connection that walking with and listening to Jesus provides.

Have you ever wondered how to make difficult decisions?  It can be overwhelming at times, for sure.  To take away some of the anxiety, stress, and tension and be able to have peace and mental health with decisions with which you can live, consider trying one or more of these effective tips for making difficult decisions with success.

In today's episode, Michelle speaks passionately about a comment that misrepresented the podcast intent and content and asks for your help to represent well so others can find the help and healing they need and that God has for them through this Mental Health for Christian Women podcast content.

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 t...

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 reciproc...

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 oth...

The words should and shouldn't are beneficial when related to matters of sin, such as we should follow God's ways, and we should not sin.  However, when it pertains to comparison, expectations for accomplishments by a given point in time, and other such things, should is not your friend.  Listen in for a more flexible way to think.