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

Fun and enjoyment are necessary in life but sometimes get overshadowed by all the striving to improve, coping skills, trying to overcome anxiety, depression, fear and the things that hold you back.  Today, Michelle shares about an intentional family time of cultivating fun...it involves a claw machine, several debit card swipes, and a lava lamp plushie.

Many tips can help your mental, spiritual, physical, and emotional health, but it's not just listening to them but applying them that makes all the difference.  Today, Michelle shares 4 powerful mental health resources to help you move forward toward your goals, overcome anxiety, reframe your thoughts, and practice daily self-care.  

We all can be prone to falling into the could have, would have, should have trap, and if only trap. Dealing wtih regrets can cause sleeplessness, anxiety, depression, and pain and emotional hurt and suffering.   It's time to think of it a more helpful way.  Listen in to get freed from your regrets from hindsight bias.

When we consider that our very beings are here to serve the Lord, it stands to reason that His Word in Scripture can tell us how best to posture our minds, hearts, words, and actions for the best results.  Today, we are going to do a meditation to ground ourselves for the situations, events, conversations, and opportunities we have going coming up in our day and the week ahead. As you gain this fe...

Podcast listener, Stephanie, shares her anxiety and overwhelm with her schedule, experienced in dealing with chronic pain after breaking several bones in a collision with a MAC truck as a teen, she has many medical appointments and not a lot of free time as she works and tries to manage her householf well.  Listen in for the advice Michelle provides her in today's episode.

Our thoughts determine our steps, and our steps determine our futures.  Goal-setting and self-management with a one thing at a time focus where you can take one action even if you can't take every action presently is important.  If you need help getting unstuck and changing your mindset listen in.

Scripture says that God is Emmanuel - Jesus is Emmanuel - God is WITH us. Listen into this meditation on the truth of scripture that comforts us and strengthens us through whom God is, and His being with  us means that we have all that we need with us, peace over anxiety, provision for our needs, strength to face life with Him.

This episode asks some key life coaching questions that can help you to move forward toward your goals.  Goal-setting is simple once you know how to reverse engineer your goal back to your basic action steps and can identify the ONE thing you will focus on going after.  This relieves anxiety, guilt, and the dreaded "shoulds."  Listen in.

Do you feel like you're stuck or even going backwards?  Do you wonder, "Where is God in the midst of my suffering?" Or, "Where is God in the midst of my stuggle and pain?"  It's not God keeping any good gift from you, but you may need to reach for it.  If you want to change your life, reframe your mindset, and take effective actions steps toward your goals, from overcoming anxiety to having health...

Have you ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or like you just need clarity and to find a plan for direction so that you can set goals and meet them effectively?  Coaching can help you with goal-setting, and can be used as a stand alone service, as an on-going wellness tool, as an adjunct to therapy, or as a next step after therapy or counseling.  Life coaching can help you to move forward faster through...

Today, Michelle coaches a listener on how to take control of her career, her focus, and set goals and a plan of action to move forward, including toward having more patience in marriage with her husband, better time management, and consideration about how to focus on an entrepreneurial endeavor and learning curve time.

  Coaching and Counseling do have some similarities which overlap, but they serve two different purposes and two different types of client needs and goals.  If you've ever wondered the difference between coaching and counseling, listen in.

You can notice the signs that trauma is still causing pain in your nervous system by becoming aware of what traces of trauma "residue" are left behind through observing the ways you react in everyday situations.  Once you know what to look for, you can decide your next steps forward in your healing work so that you can have less anxiety, more peace, and overcome trauma wounds.

The Bible is the good news, but so many times, our minds want to go to fear or lack.  In today's meditation, Michelle speaks of Jehovah Rohi, the Lord is our Shepherd, who gives us love, peace, joy, kindness, goodness, and mercy, and so much more for abundant life even on this side of Heaven.       michellecroyle | Instagram, Facebook | Linktree

Pam, a listener from Colorado, asks Michelle to share her journey to overcoming PTSD, anxiety, and panic attacks as well as how to meet other women who have experienced traumas, anxiety, and panic, and Michelle shares her answers in today's episode.

Your life story is different from anyone elses, and like most of us, it has had some points of pain.  However, we can choose to bury the pain only to have it eventually bubble up and cause more pain, or we can work to gently bring small bits of our pain story to life with safe people, one step at a time as we can tolerate it.  Safe and helpful relationships are possible, and healing is possible. ...

Anxiety, despair, self-doubt, or confidence, security, and stability are the results of developmental stages of development.  While they can be strengths or drawbacks, the important things is to know that it is never too late to grow and develop new skills, healthier relationship interactions, and to grow into all Jesus has for you to be.

Our attachment styles start off in childhood but continue throughout our relationships as we get older.  While they can improve, attachment styles that are not secure attachments cause some difficulties with emotional regulation, anxiety management, relationship communication and connection, and self-care needs in and out of relationship.  They can also cause issues with healthy boundary setting,...

Do you long for peace? In this Scripture meditation, we talk about God being Jehovah Shalom. Whether you are battling anxiety, fear, depression, or struggles, it doesn't change the power and truth of God and who He is and who He is to you today and always. 

If you feel stuck in life and want to move forward toward your goals, to heal from anxiety, heal from relationship pain, or overcome mental or emotional pain or obstacles, this episode will help you to identify common stuck points and how to move past the stuck points and into your best life yet.  It's a matter of faith, mindset, awareness of emotions, goal setting, and taking action steps.  Let's...

Emotions and Feelings can feel good or bad, but they are simply messengers that are alerting us to our experience and environment, they can help us to identify our needs and take positive action steps to manage ourselves in ways that move us closer toward our goals as we respond rather than react.

In our Framework of being a human series, we are now on to the topic of feelings and emotions.  Often used interchangeably, they are actually two different things.  If you want to have more awareness for your mental health, to be able to understand yourself better and use what you know to have better relationships with others, understanding emotions and feelings is a good place to start.  When you...

Anxiety can result when we compromise our inherent values system or fail to set effective boundaries.  Awareness of our values and self-care through self-management that can both set and honor our values and boundaries helps our mindset, our mood, emotions, and offers healthy action steps to be aligned with integrity through our parts of self.

As we continue our meditation series on the character traits depicted by the names of God as to WHO God is, we can continue to grow in our understanding of His majesty and love for us.  If you want to overcome anxiety, have hope for depression, feel grounded emotionally, and have a solid launch pad for life, Scripture meditation and who God is is a great place to focus.

Our mindset can tell us the truth or lies about our identity, and as believers, our identity is found in Christ.  So, if you are believing lies or negative things about yourself, identifying them and replacing them with truth is necessary to take every thought captive and think on what is good, pure, lovely, and true.  Break free from the cognitive thought distortions, and exchange them for the tr...