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

Our mindsets are either fixed or flexible and growth-oriented, and a lot of our painful experiences can be lightened when we check our assumptions and mental distortions against what is true, possible, and Godly.  Learn effective questions to challenge your mindset to see if it is giving you all of the information you need to have an accurate perception of reality. Listen in.

You are a being with many parts, and your mindset, the brain, mind, feelings, soul, spirit, and behavior choices you make are all a part of it.  By taking the role of observer of your parts of self, you can gain wisdom and make healthy choices to effectively manage and cope with life in alignment with what you want and what God wants.  Explore the CBT triangle, scriptures, and better self-manageme...

Today, you get two Michelle's talking about mental health and physical health and the care and ways that they impact each other in mindset, motivation, self-care, and self-advocacy to be our healthiest selves as Christian women.  LIsten in!

In the names of God series of meditations, we are focusing today on the ever-present name of I AM who will never leave us and is always our strength. Listen in.

The body is a miraculous creation, and our nervous system is built for survival.  Yet, sometimes, our system reacts in ways that over respond to the level of threat, and anxiety, discomfort, rumination, ocd, or ptsd can keep us feeling like the past is still threatening or the future will threaten, and that can make the present pretty uncomfortable.  If you want to understand the overwhelming sens...

The body and nervous system offer the first clues as to whether we are safe or in danger, and they sometimes send signals of danger, even when we are not in peril.  In today's episode are easy tips to calm anxiety in your body and ground yourself to a felt sense of safety.

Continuing the series on the different parts of us that give insight as to where mental health healing and trauma recovery may affect us, Michelle shares about noticing the responses in the body with curiousity and awareness to learn of areas which may need care.

Even though you are a woman of faith, you may have experienced pain from others misrepresenting the name of Christianity, or you may have some areas of struggle in regard to your spiritual life or walk.  If you find that you could use some help in knowing God as Good and Loving, listen in for three tips to make His truth of love easier to grasp and reframe your mindset.

Focusing on the names of God, today's meditation is a Scriptural meditation on the mindset that God is Jehovah Rapha, "The Lord who heals."  

This is Part 3 of the Spiritual segments of Michelle's framework for conceptualizing the parts of a person which may need attention to heal as she sees it.  In this episode, Michelle shares how it isn't helpful for one to be misunderstood and shames, guilted, or minimized by others who want to just slap a Scripture or platitude on something that needs compassionate care and attention.  In this ser...

This is Part 2 of the Spiritual Base segments of Michelle's framework for conceptualizing the parts of a person which may need attention to heal as she sees it.  In this episode, Michelle shares her personal spritual struggle from her past as she provides you with insights from Scripture, psychology, and personal experience in this multi-part series which will address the spiritual, mental, physic...

This is Part 1 of the Spiritual Base segment of Michelle's framework for conceptualizing the parts of a person which may need attention to heal as she sees it.  She will provide you with insights from Scripture, psychology, and personal experience in this multi-part series which will address the spiritual, mental, physical, emotional, spiritual, and relational aspects of the whole person and the h...

This episode offers a very brief introduction to a new series of podcast episodes that will begin tomorrow in which Michelle will share her specific thoughts and framework for how to approach people dealing trauma in such as way as to lead people to heal according to how God designed us.

Meditating today on the Name Abba and the Loving Father God is who cares and helps us in our need, bringing peace to anxiety, love to us.

Today's weekly Scripture meditation is from Isaiah 26.  The Lord is the Rock eternal.

Having needs is not the same as "being needy."  Listen in while Michelle tells about the difference and why acknowledging needs isn't bad.

What do first-class airplane rides, kangaroos, and substance abuse have in common?  A schema framework that Michelle uses to explain how exploring your thoughts and changing your surroundings can help you to grow and gain new skills toward a healthier mental, emotional, and spiritual life.  Listen in!

The present moment is the only place we will ever live.  This is where our power of living the life we want to live and intend to live takes place.  In a world where so many things are uncertain, if you are alive right now, you can do good in your part of the world and make things better than the things we hear on the news.

When tragedies and traumas happen, we may wonder where God is, but God's ways are higher than ours, and His goodness is still here on earth, but that is not the end of the story.  The best is yet to come, and while we grieve for those lost and their loved ones in Nashville tragedy, God has a bigger reality than just what we feel or see on earth. Comfort for trying times.

Whether you are experiencing good thing or bad, pleasant feelings or troublesome ones, you have some powerful scriptural weapons to fight anxiety.  Rejoice in God, what is true, and in knowing Jesus is right beside you to feel peace and His power of ultimate truth working through you.

Listener Christine asks if it is okay to block an ex-boyfriend so that she doesn't get sucked back into the toxic relationship.  Michelle answers her question about boundary setting in today's episode.

Sometimes, we just need a mental and emotional break, and it can be helpful to have some tools in our backpocket to help us positively shift away from anxiety or depressive symptoms to a more positive mood and mindset.  Today, Michelle shares 15 tips for getting better nervous system regulation so that you can feel more grounded and better able to cope with the demands of life.

Sometimes, we think we are stuck when we really have all we need to take action steps toward the future vision that we are trying to obtain.  Noticing what is in your hands and using it well may be all you need to stand up and move forward to your goals.

How long has it been since you daydreamed?  Imagined the possibilities and what life can look like?  Today, Michelle offers a fun and light-hearted exercise to get those creative juices flowing so that effective goal-setting and behavior change can take place in your life.  Afterall, we reap what we sow, and when we know what we are trying to achieve, we can add or eliminate things to get closer t...

Being with the Lord is where our serving comes out of, but serving without connection to the Lord can be distraction and effort.  Today's scripture meditation can help you guard against anxiety and stress by focusing on the peace and connection that walking with and listening to Jesus provides.