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Overcoming a Negative Body Image & a Difficult Childhood with Kate

November 10, 2021 By: Barb Raveling

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There is no more powerful influence in a child's life than that of her parents. But what if those parents are negative, critical, and broken people? How can we overcome the detrimental messages and negative body image that this can cause us to have, ... [ Read More ]

How to Stop Obsessing About Weight Loss and Exercise with Heather Creekmore

May 5, 2021 By: Barb Raveling

Do you constantly think about losing weight? Do you struggle with a healthy body image? On this episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, Heather Creekmore gives insight into her own struggle with body image and how she learned to stop obsessing about ... [ Read More ]

Finding Hope When Life is Hard with Ginny Owens

April 21, 2021 By: Barb Raveling

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In this episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I talk with Ginny Owens, an award-winning singer, songwriter, author and speaker. Ginny candidly shares biblical wisdom for finding hope when life is hard which can also be found in her new book: ... [ Read More ]

5 Tips for People Pleasers

October 20, 2013 By: Barb Raveling

According to an article by Eric Hamm, you might be a people-pleaser if you:  say yes, even when your mind says no. are devastated when you think someone doesn’t like you. cringe at the first sign of friction.  lose sleep over the ... [ Read More ]

Journal Entry: The Embarrassment of Blogging

October 24, 2012 By: Barb Raveling

Blogging has been one of my renewing of the mind projects for almost a year now. I'm still not finished with the project (unfortunately!) but thought it might be helpful to post some of my entries here. My first blogging problem was just ... [ Read More ]

Questions and Bible Verses for Fear of Failure

October 9, 2012 By: Barb Raveling

7 Bible Verses for Fear of Failure

Are you afraid of failure? Maybe you're starting a new job or working on a scary goal. Or maybe it's something you've tried before--like trying to lose weight. Whatever it is, you're afraid to try because you're afraid you'll fail. That's how I ... [ Read More ]

9 Questions to Ask Before You Start People Pleasing

October 1, 2012 By: Barb Raveling

Are you ever tempted to say yes when you really want to say no? Next time try using these questions to talk to God about the situation before you say yes.

Do you ever bite off more than you can chew? That's what I did last week when I said I would post an entry today to go along with the questions I posted Friday. After camping for five days, I was faced this morning with the fact that I had no ... [ Read More ]

Insecurity: Feeling Rejected and Condemned Questions

September 28, 2012 By: Barb Raveling

Do you ever feel like people are condemning you or rejecting you? Sometimes it helps to talk to God about our fears. Here are 10 questions that will help you have that conversation.

When I first started writing this blog, I was convinced that everyone would condemn me. I wasn't so worried about the people I didn't know. I was  worried about the people I did know. In my mind they were saying things like, Who does she think ... [ Read More ]

The Bible’s Solution for Insecurity

September 23, 2012 By: Barb Raveling

Do you ever feel like everyone out there is smarter than you? Or more successful? Or more popular? The Bible offers us a solution when we start to feel insecure.

Do you ever feel like everyone out there is smarter than you? Or more successful? Or more popular? It's easy to fall into the trap of comparing ourselves to others. Listen to how this blogger put it: Online has started to feel like real life – ... [ Read More ]

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