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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 ]