The Counter Culture Mom Show with Tina Griffin

TAKEAWAYS Glyphosate chemicals will adhere to sidewalks and can enter your home on your shoes or pet’s paws Glyphosate kills sperm and lowers testosterone in men Regenerative farming is an environmentally-friendly approach to restoring soil health and growing clean, healthy food Chemical poisoning can cause so many health problems - avoid them at all costs and eat organic as often as possible 🛠 TO...

TAKEAWAYS Individualizing a diet is perhaps the most effective way to approach weight loss Any diet has to be one that you can easily adhere to and stick to consistently When you are losing weight, it has to be a life transformation - it has to be about more than just losing pounds Weight gain is not just genetic - it can also be environmental 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Donate to Counter C...

TAKEAWAYS Lexi’s weight loss journey was shared with her husband and it brought them closer together Lexi also faced a terrible life-threatening disease during her weight loss journey: calciphylaxis, which left her with 30 open wounds It’s good to have someone to be accountable to when you’re in the process of losing weight Lexi’s life has been transformed because her weight doesn’t hold her back...

TAKEAWAYS Barb truth journaled every time she broke her boundaries about food and counteracted each mental lie with an absolute truth Top things that can trigger emotional eating include: insecurity, anxiety, procrastination, failed dieting attempts, etc. When it comes to exercising, it’s helpful to find something you love to do and stay consistent Barb’s podcasts have garnered more than one milli...

TAKEAWAYS A full 20 percent of the federal budget goes to healthcare, yet America has some of the poorest health outcomes in the world We live in an increasingly unnatural world with unnatural food sources that are toxic to our bodies Run from processed foods, get active, and embrace a healthy diet that is simple, colorful, and naturally occurs in God’s creation 20 percent of Americans are on five...

TAKEAWAYS As a parent, you must do what you think is best for your child Patient Advocate Bulldog helped connect Jess with her daughter’s nephrologist The police, following orders from hospital staff, as per DOJ’s 2006 directives, will ignore parental rights and assist in medical kidnappings CellCept is the drug that Jess alleges caused her daughter’s vision to lapse 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPI...

TAKEAWAYS Cindy says the staff at the hospital was incompetent from the very beginning She states that her husband didn’t need to be on medication, nor did she feel he needed a ventilator The hospital did not take Cindy’s medical power of attorney seriously, she alleges To this day, Cindy has not been able to bring a lawsuit against the hospital where her husband died 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EP...

TAKEAWAYS Alex received poor care and was bullied by adversarial doctors, according to his account The hospital where Alex was treated was short-staffed because unvaccinated staff had been laid off The Peabody’s faith in the medical establishment has been permanently diminished Alex says his doctors purposely dehydrated him as a form of “treatment” for double pneumonia 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM E...

TAKEAWAYS Stay at home if possible and avoid hospital care unless it’s an emergency Reach out to Patient Advocate Bulldog if you or a loved one are feeling trapped in a medical situation Hospitals do not like negative publicity, so if you’re feeling trapped, going public with the story will get their attention Everyone should have a nebulizer in their house in case of an emergency 🛠 TOOLS AND RESO...

TAKEAWAYS Half of the stories of the girls that Elizabeth has worked with initially experienced sexual trauma in some kind of faith community The church may be far too trusting of what is going on behind closed doors: always be vigilant when it comes to your kids Social media and technology is wreaking havoc on our young people - turn off the tablets and smartphones Satan has systematically blende...

TAKEAWAYS Gabrielle alleges that a certain media group in Tennessee was allegedly paid to run negative stories against her by political groups Human trafficking is becoming a growing problem in America and our leaders are “turning a blind eye” or involved in it themselves The illegal immigration crisis in America is contributing to a massive uptick in child sex trafficking Gabrielle says that ther...

TAKEAWAYS Come up with a generic code word or phrase within your immediate family that can be used to alert others to danger Don’t shame your child for making a bad choice - use it as a learning opportunity to help them see how to protect themselves in the future We have to allow our children and young adults to speak freely and openly without judgment or condemnation Every 40 seconds, a child und...

TAKEAWAYS The human trafficking triangle is comprised of three cycling points: buyer (demand), trafficker, and victim (supply) Call the National Human Trafficking Hotline if you suspect someone is being trafficked and victimized 1-888-373-7888 Traffickers who build relationships with their victims make it much harder for the abused parties to escape or report a crime Human traffickers are very obs...

TAKEAWAYS Most people don’t want to hear, “I love you.” They want to hear, “I understand you.” When we feel shame and panic, we bury it There are a lot of hormonal and endocrine issues when young children don’t get enough healthy touch The main topics parents should be addressing with their teens include technology, dating, finances, school, goals, curfews, and social media 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES F...

TAKEAWAYS We want to see behavior change, but it’s more important to get to the root of the problem to see that happen Parents should keep communication with their kids both creative and direct Break free from reactive parenting and embrace proactive parenting Teens often suffer from “spotlight syndrome,” which means they falsely believe everyone is watching them and judging them 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOU...

TAKEAWAYS Establish a schedule where you make the time to do things with your children and build a solid relationship Eat dinner together as much as possible and make sure you have time for one-on-one conversations Hold yourself accountable to the same standards that you are expecting your children to adhere to It’s important that mom and dad have a solid, loving relationship to model for their ch...

TAKEAWAYS Technology is not harmless - every medium is being used to negatively influence our kids’ hearts and minds Much confusion and bad behavior are promoted on social media and TV, but we can teach our kids how to navigate the negative news Everyone seems desensitized to the horrors of the news cycle, whether it’s natural disasters or school shootings God will nudge you in the right direction...

TAKEAWAYS We do not recline into attentiveness The definition of intentional is closing the gap between knowing and doing  You will need to make some willful, deliberate choices when it comes to finding a silent space and getting clarity from God Embrace these four words: silence, solitude, stillness, and surrender 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Kerusso T-shirts (get 15% off with code TINA): h...

TAKEAWAYS Hurrying simply feeds discontentment and self-sufficiency Overcoming spiritual fatigue requires bone-deep soul rest We cannot muster of true rest ourselves - we need Jesus for that Don’t run your spiritual, emotional, and physical tank too close to empty - you can’t give if you don’t have 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Download the CCM APP: https://bit.ly/3VC4D2X Rest. Overcoming Spi...

TAKEAWAYS Three words that you can embrace in the process of resting: no, enough, and stop If you say yes to something, you have to say no to something else, so make sure you are committing to what God has called you to You can’t love in a hurry If you’re always too busy or wrapped up in yourself, you won’t have time to help other people or love on them well 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Down...

TAKEAWAYS Mental rest is perhaps the most important type of rest and most frequently needed If you’ve ever been physically exhausted but unable to sleep because of a racing mind, that’s a sign of a “mental rest deficit” People are busier than ever, largely because of how our culture is set up to encourage busyness above all else We’re using energy throughout the day for every task, so you have to...

TAKEAWAYS 90 percent of women who’ve faced narcissistic abuse have chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune disorders, and other physical issues A godly sorrow can lead to repentance So many women can effectively join together to bring about an intervention that can help both the victim and unwitting abuser A narcissist is actually a winner when they lose their narcissistic behavior 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOUR...

TAKEAWAYS Healing from emotional trauma can’t be dealt with through “staying and praying” or the opposite which is simply “walking away” Get expert help if you’re in a situation where emotional abuse is involved - Biblical resources are available and healing is possible A victim of narcissistic abuse or emotional abuse will always feel diminished, disregarded, and alone in the relationship Dominat...

TAKEAWAYS The past is the best predictor of the future unless there’s an intervention A person is not born a narcissist, but rather, it is learned behavior Narcissism can also be defined as “extreme emotional immaturity” Ongoing emotional abuse can result in PTSD or CPTSD in the victim 🛠 TOOLS AND RESOURCES FROM EPISODE Donate to Counter Culture Ministries: https://bit.ly/3WgANmo When Loving Him i...

TAKEAWAYS Spiritual warfare in the home is a clear and evident facet in these types of relationships as narcissism is mostly about self glorification You can expect to be devalued, blamed, lied to and instilled with fear, so it’s imperative you have a solid relationship with the Lord One of Mary’s favorite words is “thrival” - a combination of survival and thriving - finding herself again after de...