Common-sense grace for the try-hard girl
Maybe you are like today’s guest and like me. I have mistreated my body over the years. I’ve deprived it of sleep and calories and nourishing foods. I’ve emotionally eaten my way through hard times, like – just one example here, there are many – when the girls were little and Ryan was out of […]
Aging with grace: What does it look like to be kind and compassionate to our physical bodies when they are not what they used to be? In our culture that values youth and abhors wrinkles, what do we do? In this episode, we’ll walk through What we see in the mirror and feel in our […]
Let’s talk about being a grace-giver when your body is in a state of stress. There’s a reason you crave sugar when you’re stressed. There’s a way to tell when your stress has gone too far just as there’s a way to get off the hamster wheel of stress. If you find yourself living in […]
If you have questions about how to live out the gospel or if sharing it freaks you out on the inside, this is your episode. We’re walking through what it means to “live the gospel,” what that looks like for you in your inner life and what that looks like as you interact with others. […]
Your body is pretty incredible, but what about when your body feels like it doesn’t like you or is actively working against you? How do you give your body grace when it feels like it’s betraying you? How can you be a grace-giver to your flesh, blood, marrow, tendons, and cells when you feel as […]
We’re talking about viewing our bodies through the lens of grace. In this episode, I’ll share my body’s story What trips us up from treating our bodies with grace And what God says is true. Six mindsets we hold about our bodies: Our bodies are machines designed to produce without getting sick, having feelings about anything, […]
Your body is pretty amazing. And it can also be a source of shame, anxiety, and past trauma. Counting calories, comparing your body to other bodies, and wondering where your pre-baby baby went can steal the joy from the awesomely-terrific body God gave to you and only you. You want to enjoy your body again. […]
Grief comes to us for different reasons. Burying someone we love. Sending our firstborn to kindergarten. Signing the divorce papers. Packing our child’s room for college. Returning to work after years of staying at home. Try-hard girls, we all experience loss and grief, yet so many of us push it away. Grief is found at […]
We try-hard girls are notorious for sacrificing our emotions on the altar of performance and productivity. We don’t have to look very far to see examples of powering through and soldiering on in order to get the job done. Try-hard girls have an inexplicable need to be perceived as strong. Showing any feeling seems to […]
So many of us struggle with our inability to quantify or measure God. While we appreciate His infinite nature and His lavish love and do not want to worship a God we can fully understand, we are far more accustomed to swimming in the sea of: Transactional relationships If this then that statements Of linear […]