The Christian Mindset Coach with Alicia Michelle: Managing Emotions and Overwhelm Using Brain Science and Biblical Truth for Calm + Clarity

Ready to reignite your faith and grow closer to God? In today’s podcast episode we’re talking about the awesome Reconnect 5-day spiritual growth challenge from Feb 15-19 that will help you identify spiritual growth obstacles and teach you a simple way to connect with God each day for ongoing spiritual growth. Learn more here and join us for this powerful spiritual growth challenge! As a member of...

Ever wondered how to make spending time with God a priority, especially when you're distracted or not motivated? We want to continually grow closer to God , but it’s easy to get distracted, to lose our focus and not grow spiritually.  You may need help staying motivated in your walk with God, and that's OK! I can't even tell you how often I hear this (and I've dealt with it mys...

Maybe you’ve been a Christian for a while but lately you wonder, “Why do I feel spiritually lost?” And “how can I grow closer to God ?" It could be that something difficult has happened in your life and you’re questioning God or God feels far away. Or maybe your relationship with God just feels stagnant and you’re not spiritually growing, even though you’re going to church and doing the &quot...

What does it mean to know God? How can we get to know God better? How can we experience God in everyday life and grow closer to Him?  Great questions! Today on the podcast I’m sharing powerful spiritual growth resources on how to connect with God, along with 10 key principles to ongoing spiritual growth so you can get closer to God.  Having a relationship with God means that your life is changed b...

Are you feeling stuck in life and need to find joy and peace?  Are you sick of feeling like life isn’t changing? When your thoughts focus around how you feel stuck and frustrated, it’s normal to feel bitter about your circumstances and to want things to change. But like finding healing for a wound, we must get to the source of the pain and stop putting bandages on. In today's podcast episode,...

Are you ready to experience spiritual transformation in the area of letting go of your hurts, surrendering your anger and stepping into peace?  You know, learning how to get out of your own way? If that's you, you need to listen to this bonus episode I recorded right after this spiritual breakthrough I had with the Holy Spirit around surrender, rest and letting go. Send us Fan Mail

We could all use a little space to breathe and process, right now, right?  If you’re feeling challenged and exhausted by all that’s going on in the world, you’re not alone.  Even though it’s the new year, you have permission to slow down and NOT go crazy on making new year’s resolutions.  It’s OK to just process, recuperate and rest. Today on the podcast we’re talking about how to find rest and cr...

Let’s talk about how to determine your core life values (those life principles that make you unique and make your soul come alive) and give some examples of core life values so you can discover more purpose and joy.   Today we’re using all that we’ve discovered in this soul care series to identify our core values and priorities.  We’ll talk about: How to determine your core life values Some exampl...

How can we manage negative thoughts from a biblical perspective?  What are some practical tips for dealing with the inner critic and those lies we play with in our minds?  Today’s episode—Part 4 in our soul care gifts series—is a critical one because negative thoughts are something that nearly Christian woman struggles with at one point or another.   In addition, our thoughts form our beliefs, dec...

What does God say about how to practice biblical self-compassion?  How can we offer grace for our mistakes while also strive to be our best?  How does God want us to be compassionate for others and for ourselves? How can compassion renew our minds?  In today’s podcast episode we’ll talk about the importance of practicing self-compassion.   We’ll discover how being self-compassionate as Christian w...

Are you dealing with anger, frustration or other difficult emotions, but you keep ignoring them?  You know you need to confront what’s bothering you, but you don’t address it because life is busy or it’s scary to think about not having the answers for your questions.  Today we’re talking about the gift of honest reflection—an important soul care gift that allows us to consider our emotions and fee...

Need a recharge after a draining year? Welcome to a new podcast series that’s designed to help you find deep soul replenishment over the Advent, Christmas and New Year season (and beyond).  Today we're talking about how to cultivate margin and solitude in a busy life. If you're a busy mom like me, you need these practical tips to create margin in your life and replenish your soul this wi...

How can you manage your emotions in a way that honors what you're feeling without letting them take over your life? What does the Bible say about emotions? Learning how to control my emotions (which still respecting emotions as valid) has been a huge part of my self-care journey the past few years. If you need a simple way to control your emotions for more calm and peace, I’m excited to intro...

Why is self-care hard for so many of us to practice? And why do we feel self-care guilt when we know the importance of self-care?  In today's episode my dear friend Carlie Kercheval and I are sharing the results of a recent survey where we asked YOU: What are your biggest self-care obstacles?   Join us for this encouraging conversation on self-care as we share the insight scoop on why self-ca...

Are you a perfectionist? Perfectionism is one of those secret issues that many Christian women like us struggle with. We want to appear like life is perfect and we have it all together (because, what would it say about us if we didn’t?).  What are the roots of perfectionism and how can we find healing if we struggle with perfectionism?  Today on the podcast we’re welcoming Mazi Robinson—an expert...

What if COVID was an opportunity for spiritual transformation in your life? What if hard times could bring spiritual revival, a new thought life and a fresh outlook on life and your relationships?  Today we’re going to hear a powerful story from one of my Christian life coaching clients, Keisha, about how she credits hard times from the Coronavirus pandemic as her impetus for immense growth in her...

Processing loss and grief from a sudden health diagnosis, or, as in the case of my family two days ago, unexpected job loss is never easy. Many of us are grieving and processing loss because of the effects of living in a pandemic. Or maybe you're working through the 5 stages of grief as you deal with general life disappointment, the loss of a spouse or the sudden death of a loved one. As Chri...

Are you a Type A woman—someone who is a high achiever and struggles with being a perfectionist?  If so, you probably wonder: why is it so hard it is for Type A women to find rest, and to have fun?  The struggle is real for a Type A woman to incorporate rest, life balance and to make it feel like a natural part of self care, right?! Rest doesn’t come naturally for us Type A women, but it is possibl...

Feeling stuck in life and you don't know what you need to move forward?  Maybe on the outside everything seems good, but inside you’ve lost godly joy, and you desperately need soul rest and life balance.  That was Julie’s story. She knew the truth about God’s promises, but couldn’t understand why she felt distant from God and unhappy in her life.  As her coach, I had the privilege of walking...

Ever felt like you know you’re supposed to “let go and let God” in certain parts of your life, but you can’t seem to release control?   Ever felt like overall life was good, but you still deal with baseline anxiety and negative thoughts that never seem to go away?  So did Kate. And as Kate’s life coach, I have been so blessed to walk beside her as she’s bravely experimented with new ideas (and see...

Everyone loves secret weapons, right? Here are two of my faves when it comes to self care: noticing cues and setting boundaries. HINT: Noticing cues isn’t just seeing what’s going on inside.  And setting boundaries is about way more than just learning to say no.  These two secret self care skills are a must-have for anyone who wants life balance… and we’re digging into the nitty gritty on these to...

We know the importance of self care and life balance. So why do we struggle with self care guilt? What can we do to stop feeling guilty about self care? First, let’s talk about WHY so many of us struggle with taking good care of ourselves.  (hint: There’s 9 of them, and many of us are sabotaging our self care without even knowing it!)  Let’s get to the bottom of these self care sabotages and talk...

Why is it important to cultivate soul rest , and why are so many of us not finding rest for the soul?  Today we’ll explore meaning of soul rest, signs we need more soul rest, why we avoid soul rest, and how to cultivate sabbath rest through a daily connection with Christ and growing closer to God. Cultivating soul rest has become more important than ever as tensions rise and many of us are being a...

Want practical tips to renew your mind like the Bible encourages in Romans 12:2? We must learn to overcome negative thought patterns, reverse negative thinking, and manage our thoughts if we want to have life balance and live with freedom and power as God's daughters.  Today we're talking about why our thoughts matter (not only to us but to God); and how we can use scripture, neuroscienc...

Today is Self Care 101: the basics on how to best take care of yourself for emotional, spiritual and physical health and life balance . It starts with understanding more about what I call the 4 Cs—capacity, clutter, calm + control.  These are 4 elements that we must continually manage in order to stay balanced in each part of self (learn more about the 4 parts of self in Episode 69 and Episode 70...