Life Without Baggage : Insights from Christian Counseling for Greater Confidence, Courage & Comfort

This video explains differences between healthy and unhealthy control.  It also looks at 4 different motives behind control. This is a chapter from my book called "Anxiety, Depression & Helplessness: Keys to Break Free" which you can find on Amazon. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon: htt...

We can be transformed from glory to glory even in a season of wilderness.  This episode examines what a wilderness is, how people get there, and  to how to find the table that God sets for you to satisfy you in the driest of seasons. You can follow the link to the song, "Table in the Wilderness" by Russ Taff that I mentioned in the podcast.  https://youtu.be/GL-8QvktsS0 🧳Leave me a message about...

This video explains how the human personality is organized in terms of our body, soul, and spirit.  It explains what the Bible teaches about how to strengthen your confidence and connection in your relationship with the Lord. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon: https://bit.ly/48x5M2V 👉 Books...

In the process of transformation, we grow as we allow the Lord to point out our motives that need attention.  This episode explains how to spend time with the Lord in a way that allows Him to expose our deep heart issues.  It is important not to harden our hearts or go into shame/guilt as that happens.  He desires to cleanse our sin and heal our wounds. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you r...

This video is an inspirational message and prayer that your sense of identity, your dignity, and your future be restored in Jesus.  This plays as a video on Spotify.  Other platforms may only support the audio. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon: https://bit.ly/48x5M2V 👉 Books on Amazon: htt...

Continuing in the series on "Principles for Transformation", this podcast explains: A quick OVERVIEW of the principles for transformation; The HEART has emotions, attitudes, and intentions (2:28"); The difference between BLIND spots and "presumptuous sin" (6:41"); When it does NOT make sense to apologize (10:46"); Wounded  behavior, sin, DISCERNMENT, and boundaries (12:19); Resources and prayer of...

This video explains how we judge ourselves or accept labels from other people and these become blockages to our progress.  We can also make vows, based on pain, that freeze us into old ways of thinking.  There is a prayer to release yourself from these vows and judgments at the end of this short video.   This is out of my workbook, "Life Without Baggage" which you can find on Amazon. 🧳Leave me a...

Many people live with a chronic sense of guilt and shame.  This video explains the difference between normal guilt and toxic emotions.  There is a prayer at the end to help you release the guilt and shame.  Spotify allows you to view the video but other platforms may only support the audio. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Importan...

This week we look at some helpful concepts from Dr. James Maloney on 4 barriers to transformation. Review of basic principles of transformation; Barrier #1 Sin (3:45"); Barrier #2 Weights related to life changes and boundaries (6:19"); Barrier #3 Mindsets resulting from trauma, rejection, loss, learned helplessness, or guilt (9:10"); Barrier #4 Veils related to personal, generational, and cultural...

This is a new series on "Principles for Transformation".  Today's episode looks at the process of transformation.  Understanding that we are created with a body, soul, and spirit can help people cooperate with the Holy Spirit to grow personally and spiritually. Defining Transformation; The function of the body, soul, and spirit in a person (5:57");  Maturity, Balance, and the 3 dimensions of perso...

This video is a quick overview of how personality is organized and what drives our behavior.  You can view this as a video on Spotify or on my YouTube channel.  Other platforms may only support the audio. 3 Dimensions of our personality; Insight into YOUR personality (1:38"); Beliefs, Emotions, and Defenses that underly behavior (2:55"); and Understanding behavior as a result of these factors (5:1...

This video is a conversation with Vince Didato, LPCC, about how we are transformed when we cooperate with God and yield to His Spirit.  This is a video on Spotify.  Other platforms may only support the audio.  You can find this video (and part 2 of that interview) on my YouTube channel. https://youtu.be/mArMdz6WI68 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeW...

One of the names for Jesus is "Emmanuel" which means "God is with us".  This episode looks at: Old and New Testament manifestations of God's Presence to His covenant people, Intellectual HINDRANCES to the experience of God's Presence today (6:39"), Emotional HINDRANCES to the experience of God's Presence in our lives (11:19"), PROMISES of God's tender commitment to us (13:30), HOW to experience Go...

The last several months I have been teaching on the covenant that God offers us.  This little video is a simple explanation of covenant.  This will play as a video on Spotify.  Other platforms may only support audio. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon: https://bit.ly/48x5M2V 👉 Books on Amazo...

Take the quiz and find out how to have healthier boundaries this year.  This video has had over 700 views on my YouTube channel.  (Spotify supports video.  Other platforms may only support audio.) 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon: https://bit.ly/48x5M2V 👉 Books on Amazon: https://bit.ly/48...

Jesus is the Wonderful Counselor.  This episode looks at the 3 main ways that God counsels us.  I also include a section on how God uses dreams.  Interspersed in the sections are the contrasts between the wisdom of the world and the wisdom of God. Jesus counsels us with supernatural wisdom (1:33:); The Spirit of God guides us into truth (3:25"); Dreams have multiple purposes (7:29"); The Word of G...

This plays as a video on Spotify; however, other platforms may only support the audio.  You can also find this video on my YouTube channel.  The book I refer to,  by Barbie Breathitt,  is entitled "Dream Encounter Symbols". 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon: https://bit.ly/48x5M2V👉 Books on...

This episode looks more at the psychological aspects of peace within ourselves and with others. Review from last podcast: Christ is our Peace (Isaiah 9:6), I Peter 3:11 tells us to PURSUE peace within ourselves and with others (1:46"), 3 COMMON Barriers to Peace (3:16"), 3 STYLES of Handling Relational Stresses (8:12"), Practical STRATEGIES for greater inner peace and relational peace (10:04"), an...

This appears as a video on Spotify and on my YouTube channel.  Other platforms may only support the audio component.  We will have greater peace if we understand our own motives and the needs of others.  This episode has lots of information to help you understand people and reduce some of the blind spots in your own personality.  Emotional Intelligence and Using the Johari Window,        Personali...

The presence of God brings peace, prosperity, and wholeness.  This episode looks at the meaning of peace and how the Bible says we can have more of His peace. Free resources and a Prayer of Blessing (from Ephesians 2) are at the end of the podcast (16:41"). 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage ✅ Important Links: 👉 Audio Books on Amazon:...

God is depicted as a gardener who nurtures us and helps us cultivate purpose and joy in our lives.  This episode looks at: God as the Gardener in the Scriptures, What a gardener does (3:11"), Spiritual implications for us (5:16"), "Miracle Grow" and how to be fruitful spiritually  (9:02"), and Resources and Prayer of Blessing (20:26"). 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://ww...

Jesus - The Breaker - according to Micah 2:13 breaks us out of past defeats into a restored view of ourselves, people, and God.  This episode looks at: Understanding Jesus as Our Breaker, Following the Breaker and carrying breakthrough to others (9:50"), and Resources and Prayer of Blessing (17:18"). 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www.speakpipe.com/LifeWithoutBaggage...

We are told that Jesus is the Word of God and that He existed before time began (John chapter 1).  This episode looks at The Word of God and what that means for us. Jesus is the Word; The Word of God illuminates the mysteries of God, moves obstacles, exposes the motives of the heart, and cleanses us (3:46"); The Word of God sets us free and helps correct our distortions about ourselves, other peop...

There are many places where God depicts Himself as a Shepherd who feeds, guides, and speaks to those who listen for Him.  This episode explores the covenant God offers to us and how He wants to speak peace, heal us, and help us navigate life safely.  I always include some resources and a prayer of blessing at the end of each podcast. 🧳Leave me a message about the baggage you released https://www....

This episode looks at another covenant name of God - Jehovah Tsidkenu.  God forgives us, cleanses us, fights for us, and restores us.  God's righteousness creates peace, prosperity, and order in families, institutions, and nations.   What does Jehovah Tsidkenu mean to us today (0:40")? How do I access this aspect of God's love, forgiveness, power to cleanse me, and help for trouble (12:51")? Resou...