In today's episode, we're diving into step two of the ADD process - Discern. Join me as I share the importance of discerning truth from lies, how we can clarify these truths through emotional management tools, and the importance of growing in our ability to hear God’s voice so He can help guide us through life’s challenges. Remember that we need to trust His truth over emotion - no matter what we may feel.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[01:19] Why Is It Important to Discern Truth From Lies?

[04:08] “God Promises to Give Clarity And to Help Us Clarify Truth From Lies”

[06:34] Do You Have a Crack in The Foundational Trust With The Lord?

[10:00] God's Truth is Superior to Any Emotion That We Have

[11:26] Want to Learn How to Apply This Step to Your Emotions? If So, Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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274: Are Emotions Sinful? How Can We Honor Emotions While Also Honoring Biblical Truth?

275: How Can I Name What I’m Feeling (When My Emotions Feel So Overwhelming)?

276: Do This BEFORE You Process Your Emotions (Emotional Prep)

277: Step 1: How Can We ACKNOWLEDGE Our Emotions Without Letting Them Take Over?

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How can we acknowledge our emotions without letting them take over? Join me as we explore the first step in a powerful method I teach in my upcoming book “Emotional Confidence”. Join me as we discuss the importance of emotional management tools to help us notice our feelings (and validate them!) without judgment – which is essential for emotional health.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[02:25] Our Emotions Must Be Recognized Before They Can Be Released

[06:27] How Does Stuffing Our Emotions Impact Our Physical Bodies?

[07:40] We Can Lean On God’s Compassion to Help Us Acknowledge Our Emotions

[10:22] Want Practical Tools to Help You Walk Through What You Are Feeling? If So, Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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273: Overcome the Fear of Managing Emotions with 4 Empowering Truths

274: Are Emotions Sinful? How Can We Honor Emotions While Also Honoring Biblical Truth?

275: How Can I Name What I’m Feeling (When My Emotions Feel So Overwhelming)?

276: Do This BEFORE You Process Your Emotions (Emotional Prep)

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Ever feel like your emotions take over and you find yourself wondering why you reacted the way you did? Today I want to introduce you to something I call “emotional prep” which can help you calm your emotions, build emotional confidence, and find peace within the chaos so you can move from a sympathetic to a parasympathetic state.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[01:58] Why is it Challenging to Process Our Emotions in The Moment?

[04:14] Have You Ever Wanted to Have a Different Emotional Reaction or Thought “I Should Have Said __” After The Fact?

[07:42] God Has Given Us The Ability to Switch Between Two Operating Systems - Fight or Flight and Rest & Digest

[11:13] Emotional Prep Tools For Our Physical Self

[15:05] Emotional Prep Tools For Our Spiritual Self

[18:04] Emotional Prep Tools For Our Intellectual Self

[19:27] What Are Some Tools That Calm Your Emotions? If You Want More Ways to Find Calm, Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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274: Are Emotions Sinful? How Can We Honor Emotions While Also Honoring Biblical Truth?

275: How Can I Name What I’m Feeling (When My Emotions Feel So Overwhelming)?

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If you are looking for a resource to help you notice your feelings using the support from science + scripture, join the book launch team for my new book, Emotional Confidence!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[05:09] Why is It Important to Learn How to Express Our Emotions?

[08:54] How Can The Emotional Iceberg and Emotional Wheel Help Us Understand The Emotions Within Us?

[16:39] Pay Attention to Thoughts and Physical Sensations with Emotional Reactions

[21:48] Are You Willing to Process What Is Underneath The Emotional Iceberg?

[25:31] Want Support In Naming Your Emotions? Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence to Start Your Journey!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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273: Overcome the Fear of Managing Emotions with 4 Empowering Truths

274: Are Emotions Sinful? How Can We Honor Emotions While Also Honoring Biblical Truth?

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Many Christians wonder– are emotions sinful? Join me today as I help ease the burden of how to process emotions with 5 truths that can help us honor both emotions and Biblical truth.

Looking for a resource on how to navigate emotions for Christians (that’s also based on science)? Join the book launch team for my new book, Emotional Confidence!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[0:33] Everything (Including Our Emotions!) Must Come Under The Authority of Biblical Truth

[4:05] Emotions Are Like a Fire in a Fireplace - We Need to Allow Them to Live in The Healthy Confines of God’s Word

[08:19] Are Emotions Sinful?

[14:12] 5 Truths That Can Help Us Honor Both Emotions and Biblical Truth

[21:54] Want Support In Processing Emotions? Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence to Start Your Journey!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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273: Overcome the Fear of Managing Emotions with 4 Empowering Truths

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Let’s address the elephant in the room - many of us struggle with the fear of managing emotions. Fear often prevents us from working through our feelings and finding emotional healing. If you are afraid to manage emotions, tune in for the empowerment to address them.

Join me today as I share 4 empowering truths that will give you permission to relate to your emotions in a fresh new way.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[1:54] Are You Afraid of What Might Come Up When You Address Your Emotions?

[04:03] The Fear of Managing Emotions Stripped Away My Identity For Nine Months - How Can You Face The Fear and Move Forward?

[11:23] Empowering Truth #1: We Are in Control of How We Respond to Our Emotions

[15:06] Empowering Truth #2: We Can Hold Both Biblical Truth and Our Emotions At The Same Time

[16:25] Empowering Truth #3: We Do Not Have to Be Imprisoned By The Shame of Our “Out of Control” Emotions

[18:47] Empowering Truth #4: We Can Give Ourselves Permission to Feel Freely Before God

[20:35] “It is Safe to Be Messy and Take The First Step Towards Managing Your Emotions” Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence to Start Your Journey!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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271: (New Book!) Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science + Scripture

272: Healing from the Shame of Unprocessed Emotions in Your Life and Relationships

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Do feelings of shame come up when you think about processing your emotions? Do you find yourself turning to distractions because you don’t know how to deal with them? Today we are continuing the talk about managing emotions with an episode that I hope will empower you to make a change, begin healing shame, and start to learn how to manage your emotions to live free in Christ.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[02:39] I Am Sharing The Importance of Managing Emotions Not to Bring Up Feelings of Shame But to Empower You to Make a Change

[06:31] Why is “Noticing” Such an Important Emotional Skill to Have?

[10:38] Are You Allowing Space for Introspection or Are You Just Constantly Receiving Information?

[13:40] Do The Distractions and Pleasures At Your Fingertips Distract You From Processing Emotions?

[15:37] “I’m Already Exhausted, Why Would I Want to Deal With Emotions?”

[18:40] Our Ability to Relate to God is Greatly Affected By Our Ability to Understand Our Emotions

[23:04] What is Your “Why” For Getting Off of The Emotional Rollercoaster? Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence to Start Your Journey!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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Did you know that building emotional confidence changes how you relate to yourself, other people, and God? I hear from so many different people about how they struggle with managing their emotions so today I’m sharing an inside look into my new book Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science + Scripture. Building confidence is possible with different emotional management tools!

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[00:33] Ready For a Practical Tool to Help You Manage Your Emotions Using Science and Scripture?

[07:45] How Can We Calm Down Enough to Process Our Emotions?

[10:34] We Need More Tools Than Just Positivity and Gratitude – We Need to Build Emotional Confidence

[17:10] This Book is a Tool For Everyone, No Matter How You Relate to Your Emotions

[21:01] How Does Emotional Confidence Improve Our Lives?

[24:40] Join The Book Launch Team for Emotional Confidence to Help Spread the Word!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to join the launch team for my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”, coming November 12th!

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