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Sign up for the Free Foundations Soul Care e-course.   There is a new 3 week online learning cohort starting each Monday through the rest of this summer and it is completely free!  Sign up at https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts --------------------------------------------------------- Since this is the week of the Little House on the Prairie reboot, I think many of us first caught a glimpse of that f...

I'm going to explain about why you will never have to question what your purpose is ever again after you have listened to this short little 10-minute teaching right here. You know, so many times we think or we say, "I just feel like my life doesn't have any purpose right now, or it doesn't have purpose anymore, or it just feels like I've lost my purpose."  We are told that God has purpose for us a...

Joy is not really an emotion or a feeling. It is something we receive and we cultivate. We have more joy when we live with intentionality, make small adjustments in our priorities and our rhythms. Let's go into 2026 together with our sights on creating and living with more purpose, intention, and joy.  Resource Mentioned:  12 Week Online Soul Care LifePoints cohort begins January 5th, and you can...

When anxiety hijacks your motivation and energy and you feel stuck, exhausted, and tired all the time. A faith-filled plan to break free from fatigue, step outside the anxiety-overwhelm cycle and find clarity while renewing and resetting your nervous system.  We have a 2 day online learning cohort Dec 8 - 9th and a full January cohort starting in the new year!  Registration and notification links...

Waiting without Worrying:  How Do We Actually Do That? Check out Sherry books and sign up for first notification and information on the Learning Cohort starting in January 2026 at https://sherryelaine.com/books

Worry About Nothing. Pray About Everything. Cast All Your Cares to Him... Wait, How? In this episode, Sherry Elaine from Faith & Soul Care explores what it really means to “cast your cares on the Lord” (1 Peter 5:7) and how to actually do it in daily life. Resources Mentioned: Join the "Give Anxieties to God" Learning Cohort starting 10/27/2025 with Upgrade Donor Option, Live Small Group Sessi...

Resources: Faith & Soul Care Faith Based and Faith Infused Mental Health Group Coaching Cohorts:    sherryelaine.com/cohorts Email Newsletter, Updates, and Announcements List: https://sherryelaine.com/books (scroll down a bit for opt-in form) Sherry Elaine's Books and Prayer & Reflection Journal Including  the following titles: Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today Words of Jesus B...

Resources mentioned: Faith & Soul Care Faith Based and Faith Infused Mental Health Group Coaching Cohorts:    sherryelaine.com/cohorts Email Newsletter, Updates, and Announcements List: https://sherryelaine.com/books (scroll down a bit for opt-in form) Sherry Elaine's Books and Prayer & Reflection Journal Including  the following titles: Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today Words...

Resources mentioned: Women's Connection Soul Care Cohorts:  sherryelaine.com/cohorts Book: Closer to God: Simple Methods, Starting Today https://www.amazon.com/Closer-God-Simple-Methods-Starting/dp/197680406X        

Is it possible to go from overanxious and overwhelmed to calmer and more purposeful in a relatively short time? By implementing positive psychology and Christian formation practices? Today, I want to talk with you about something really practical: how to go from feeling stressed out, overwhelmed, and anxious to calmer and more content and purposeful in just 28 days—by truly giving it to God. RESOU...

Last week we started a two-part series on how to ask God for help when you’re full of anxiety, stress, or overwhelm. We talked about two practices—breath prayers and writing prayers ahead of time—that can help us slow our minds and reconnect with God even in the middle of a stressful or anxiety-producing event. Resources Mentioned:   Faith & Soul Care Foundations Cohort: https://sherryelaine.c...

How do we ask God for help with our anxiety, stress, or when we have a sense of being completely overwhelmed?  Resources Mentioned: Now Enrolling for Faith & Soul Care Foundations Cohort:  https://sherryelaine.com/cohorts       Join the Email List to be notified when new cohorts are forming (scroll down a little on this page and enter you email in the form  https://sherryelaine.com/books   Pra...

We’ve got Trump tariffs, global trade wars, a weak jobs report, rising unemployment, concerns about SNAP benefits and stimulus payments being delayed, and Ukraine still under attack with talks of billions more in aid. And now this week, a massive earthquake in Russia that triggered tsunami warnings and caused cliffs to fall into the sea—reminiscent of Psalm 46. It is a lot. And for many of us—espe...

What is effective faith – or what is active faith—and what does that look like?  I think this episode may go a little longer than typical based on my instructional notes here – however, I encourage you to stay through to the end -  because the answer to this question – what does effective or active faith look like – may surprise you, especially it may surprise you by its simplicity.   Resources me...

How do we ask God for help? What are some effective methods of asking God for help, through prayer? In this series, we’re going to explore the way Jesus responded to people who came to Him for help, and we’ll also learn prayer methods that are simple and powerful. Resources mentioned: Women's Connection Cohort - Registration Open Soon for Fall 2025 - More information: https://sherryelaine.com/coho...

As the rescuers in the Texas Hill Country search for the missing, including more than 20 young girls from Camp Mystic who were washed away in the flooding in the middle of the night - it's a time when our faith shakes, we may not be able to pray or know how to pray.  Everything feels like darkness.  I've learned in these times we may have to make a conscious choice and decision to choose to contin...

Practical strategies are on this episode today to declutter our minds using an evidence based strategy that also is demonstrated by David in the Bible.  A "brain trick" strategy for truly handing over our worries to Jesus and leaving them there are also. Resources Mentioned:  Information Request for FREE Faith & Soul Care Cohort Starting July 14 Submit your email here : https://www.gospellifel...

As a Christian, how do we handle grief? And how to we begin to heal? Few things are more disorienting than losing someone you love — especially when it's sudden, unexpected, or traumatic. The world shifts. Time slows. Your nervous system is overwhelmed with waves of shock, sadness, confusion, or even numbness. And you wonder how to even begin functioning, let alone healing. RESOURCES: Register for...

Today, I want to speak directly to the soul that’s feeling disoriented—discouraged—by everything going on in the world right now. Have you felt it too? The weight of the chaos.  The anger, the division, the fear in the news cycle, the confusion about what’s true, the constant pessimism? It feels like shifting ground beneath our feet. RESOURCES: Sherry's private FB group w/live teachings: https://w...

I want to take us deeper. Not to guilt us into praying—but to inspire us with what’s actually happening in the spiritual realm when we do. Let’s begin with this: Do you really understand what’s happening when you pray? RESOUCES MENTIONED: Teaching on Youtube on Effective Prayer Methods: https://youtu.be/wexBh0Q3IE8   Join Sherry's Private Facebook Group where she gives live teachings (free replays...

What is the number one strategy being recommended now to help overcome low energy and fatigue, especially in midlife? Today, I want to talk about something that’s gaining even more attention in the world of wellness and health—and honestly, it’s something we as believers can fully embrace with biblical wisdom too. Online RESOURCES: Join Sherry's Private Facebook Group where she gives live teaching...

Join my Private Facebook Group for the free 5 week retreat teachings: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ministrymall/ Free e-course/ebook: https://sherryelaine.com/registration Main Website:  https://sherryelaine.com/ Affordable Small Group "Life-Counseling" Christian Life Coaching with Sherry Elaine, Register Now: https://sherryelaine.com/registration Quotes in this episode are from Soul Keeping, b...

At first glance, those two things might sound pretty similar, right? But there's actually a big difference — and understanding it can really help you make the best decision for your emotional, mental, and spiritual care. Let’s break it down. JOIN ME in the Private Facebook Group for the Faith and Soul Care Retreat Teachings --> Online Faith and Soul Care Facebook Retreat Group or  https://www.f...

Have you ever whispered, “God, I don’t even know what to pray anymore, or if I can even keep praying on this anymore”—because everything feels too heavy, too confusing, too much? Maybe you're staring at a situation that’s out of your hands... and out of your control. If that’s where you are today, this episode is for you. We're going to sit with one powerful verse, and I’m going to show you a simp...

Let’s talk about peace and joy. I don’t mean the kind that comes after a day at the spa or  a good vacation, not even a vacation to a beautiful beach or beautiful lake destination. I mean real peace. Lasting joy. The kind that doesn’t evaporate when you go back to the loud world. Or when something really unexpected happens. Or when heartache or loss enters into our lives. JOIN the Private Facebook...