Warrior with Linda Winegar

Did you know in Moses 1:16-22, Moses tells Satan (the ultimate bully) to go away 4 separate times!?! Yeah I didn't realize it either. I wonder why the fact that he had to get him to leave 4 times was so important they included it in the scriptures for us. This must be significant! President Nelson has said this, you might recognize this truth in 2018, “In coming days, it will not be possible to su...

C - Connect with Christ. There are 2 first lessons taught in the Pearl of Great Price, it is while working on his translation of the Bible in June 1830, that the Prophet Joseph Smith had a vision where he was shown an extraordinary experience that had been given to Moses (see Moses 1–8). Go read them, it's so great! Moses first learned he was a son of God (Moses 1:6) and then the first lesson Sata...

Wake up warrior, we can win our battles against satan and accelerate our healing! I unearthed the C.R.U.S.H. Framework work while in the process of my own healing journey after betrayal and need to share it with you. I have found accelerated healing through working this framework which is grounded in Christ, this NEW system called CRUSH. Following this CRUSH framework from Genesis 3:15, will help...

Have you ever seen or heard of a Molotov Cocktail? Not to be confused with a drink, this is a bottle that can be a bomb when made right with a lot of different ingredients. AKA gasoline bomb, bottle bomb, poor man's grenade. This is something I have been thinking about a lot and how it relates to us women who have been betrayed. Have a listen and find out how it can be a tool to get us unstuck!

During our good times we planned a family trip to Paris because we wanted to take advantage of a really great deal. But of course I later regretted it because now I was feeling the effects of another "lost battle" and just having a lot of attacks from the adversary and all I wanted to do was to be alone so I could focus more on my healing.  There’s always something else and because we cant co...

I had therapists train me into creating safe places, just like they created safe places of security in the scriptures. Those safe places were perfect to help me heal and connect with Christ. Those places are my comfort zones and I love them so much! We were always talking about being "safe" vs "unsafe." However, this has gotten me thinking... can we really grow in our comfort zones? The Prophet Jo...

Do you struggle going to the gym when you're on vacation?  If we can identify who is speaking to us during each of our battles whether big or small, it will make it so much easier to defeat the adversary and overcome his 3 d’s of Deception, Distraction and Discouragement.  Let's see if I made it to the gym this time or not?

I would not present you with this seemingly impossible option of reporting to the Lord for duty, if I didn’t know with 200% certainty that it would bless your life in so many ways. You might be thinking, how can we possibly serve when we are feeling like this? I can barely get out of bed or even brush my teeth. I KNOW THAT FEELING SO WELL! When we are facing the literal jaws of hell it’s easy to f...

Before we report for duty, let’s first observe the signs of places where we might be needed! I’m sure you’ve noticed there are so many “help wanted” signs right now around your town because everyone is hiring! In a talk from sis Linda K Burton she said: "Imagine with me some of the possible spiritual “help wanted” signs related to the work of salvation: Help wanted: parents to bring up their child...

Elder Ronald A Rasband in a 2003 Ensign Article he said, “The Lord made it clear that it is not good enough for us simply to return to Him the talents He has given us. We are to improve upon and add to our talents. He has promised that if we multiply our talents we will receive eternal joy. In modern revelation the Lord affirmed the principles in this parable: “But with some I am not well pleased,...

Do you remember the in the Disney Movie, "Brave," when 3 clans will try to win Merida’s hand by skill of archery? Elder Bruce R. McConkie (1915–85) of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles wrote: “Each person in this life is endowed with those talents and capacities which his pre-earth life entitle him to receive. Some by obedience to law acquired one talent and some another.” Challenge: Go back to th...

A quote that reminds me to play big and get out there is Marianne Williamson’s most famous passage, she says,  “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a ch...

President Russell M Nelson says, “We all need to remember: men are that they might have joy—not guilt trips!” These are best used when you recite them out loud, you can do them during your morning routine or before bed or whenever you feel you need them. Even if you can’t say them out loud at first that’s ok just read them to yourself and then move onto reciting them out loud after a few tries. He...

Now, I know I am not the only one that has had this experience, there are a lot of articles out there describing “mom guilt” from women who use their God given weapons from home or from work and even mom guilt from women who just want to take an hour to go to the gym. The guilt trips are always there! So the pattern here is not that I am actually neglecting my family but that the adversary doesn’t...

“deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them.” - Moroni 10:8 Elder Bruce R McConkie tells us that the gifts of the spirit are “infinite in number and endless in their...

There are 3 ways I have found Satan can get us to forget our God given gifts. Satan can get us to forget our gifts by distracting us with other things, especially consumption of other people’s gifts. (ironic huh?!) Satan can get us to disregard our gifts because they aren’t new and shiny anymore, plus everyone can do it anyways. Right?! Satan can discourage us from using our gifts because he gets...

Elder David A. Bendar says “It was the load. It was the load that provided the traction that enabled my friend to get unstuck, to get back on the road, to press forward, and to return to his family.” Similarly, as we carry a heavier load during challenging periods in our lives, it could provide the traction we need to get out of the closet and get unstuck to accelerate healing after betrayal. Elde...

Something I was so grateful to have learned during group therapy sessions to help me “see things as they really are” is to use things called grounding techniques in a Trauma Kit. (look up grounding techniques, you won't regret it) Grounding tools and techniques can also be a distraction, to get us out of the stories the adversary is telling us and away from upsetting thoughts, memories, or feeling...

After the D day in 2018 all I wanted to do was to leave. I wanted to move out and go somewhere else. My safe place was the Temple, I was going there so often I remember I was running away from my family to the temple. One day however, it was like the Lord was holding me back, I can remember that feeling so vividly, like it was yesterday. He was stopping me from coming to His house to be with Him,...

We're back with the internet!  I love this quote from Sis. Michelle Rosenthall - “Trauma creates change you DON'T choose. Healing is about creating change you DO choose.” How blessed we are to have a Captain Moroni in our day, his name is President Russell M Nelson , he knows the attacks we have been getting in our homes and families. In this last general conference, like Moroni, he has instr...

Silent Treatment to your advantage as Radio Silence. When we want to yell and we get "stuped up" (have a stupor of thought) or we choose not to yell, we are using emotional intelligence! In an Article in the Liahona it says - "It is possible that satan can at least determine our susceptibility to a particular temptation from our words and actions which reveal our thoughts." - Lawrence R Peterson J...

You don’t need a man, unless you want one to help you with your goals! One of my goals that drives all my decisions is the option of immortality and eternal life in the highest kingdom of glory with the ones I love. YES!!!! It’s more than ok for me to have goals that big and you can too! (I am not perfect and still think I can hit those goals because of Jesus) I have learned that when I die I will...

"And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel."(Genesis 3:15) By serving others with the power of my unique gifts, I build confidence in myself because I know I have with the Lord's help been able to CRUSH satan’s head, because although he bruised or crushed my heal and makes it super uncomfortable to...

Have you ever spoken ill about someone and felt amazing or have you ever put someone else on a pedestal and felt awesome afterward? NOPE! I love this from Elder S. Gifford Nielsen - “...I detect a third, implied commandment: to love thyself. Have you ever thought of loving yourself as a commandment? Can we truly love God and love His children if we don’t love ourselves?” Our Heavenly Father wants...

What are the battles we fight outside in the world anyways? Because time doesn’t stand still after D day, although it can feel like it, peeps eventually have to go back to the real world especially because we have chosen to keep our problems a secret so no one can show empathy for something we haven’t shared with them. For time’s sake, I am only going to share 3 places but focus on 1. But if you w...