Faith Over Fear

Happy New Year!! I am thrilled to have 52 weeks, 12 months, and 365 days ahead for new adventures, blessings, and achievements! Reflecting on 2024 allows for us to see that we gained strength, wisdom, and new priorities that can feed into 2025. And, wisdom is my wish to you so as you encounter each day in this new year, you will have joy, happiness, challenges, and sorrow while also having the wisdom to know how important each of t...

Happy Christmas season! What can be the most magical time of the year can also be challenging. Today we will talk about how Jesus is the true reason for the season, and all other seasons, and how the greatest gift of all was born in a manger, promising us eternal life for all who choose to follow Him. He is the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and we should celebrate the gift of Salvation while rejoicing in all the blessings and chall...

Happy Fall! It’s so hard to believe Thanksgiving and the holiday season are here. We all have different paths to walk, but we all have blessings surrounding us every day. The holidays can be challenging and frustrating but can also be beautiful and magical - it’s how we choose to approach the days and how we choose to embrace the moments. This episode shines a light on how to change our perspective so that we can be grateful for al...

The back to school season is so exciting and stressful all at the same time. There are many new adventures ahead, but these can also create anxiety on what the future looks like. We are not here to solve everyone’s problems around us, but rather, we should be asking God to take on this role and trusting that His plan is the best one. Some of us feel like we should be the fixer of all things but if we do that, we are not teaching ot...

The summer months are a perfect time to enjoy vacations and some downtime before the year gets too hectic in the fall/winter months. We’ll talk through how God wants us to use Him when we begin to worry about different things, and how we can trust that what we are going through (or will go through) will make us stronger on the other side. We’ll also talk through a GLAD method of how we can practice gratitude every day to help us re...

May is Mental Health Awareness month, so it’s a perfect time to prioritize our mental health which helps us also have strong physical & emotional health. This will look different for everyone, and today we will talk through tips & tricks on how to work through challenges that you may be facing. Remember that it’s OK to not be OK and the more you talk about what’s impacting you, the more you are able to positively impact you...

Everyone is carrying a burden of some kind, although they may not show it on the outside. In order to Be A Light in the world, let’s choose kindness with our words and actions towards others. One small gesture - a smile or saying a simple hello - can help someone in their moment of need, even if it’s a silent need. The story of the funeral we will read today resonated with me on how people can be impacted for the rest of their live...

The days can be long and the nights can be tough. Everyone is carrying a burden of some kind, and we don’t always know what someone else is going through. In order to be a light in the world, we need to show up for ourselves and for others by offering grace, hope, and optimism. God is so eager to hear our worries and help us with our problems - we need to put our faith and hope into Him…and we must learn how to be patient and not r...

In a world that can be full of chaos and negativity, being a light means you are bringing hope, kindness, and goodness into the darkness. Help yourself and help others see a different path for fighting battles and coming out stronger on the other side. Today, we’ll talk through 10 selfless ways that you can be a light so you can put these into practice over the next 30 days and see what changes around you. The blog, ‘basicsbybecca’...

It’s hard to believe we are already at the end of our year, but time is not slowing down. This is the perfect time to pause and reflect in order to better understand what we liked about the year and what we didn’t like so much. It’s also a great time to see how our own choices and actions either propelled happiness or deterred it. The holiday season can be stressful and lonely, but we are all blessed with being alive and having ano...

To truly forgive someone (or ourselves), we must be able to forgive the physical act against us but also erase all negative feelings & emotions associated with the person. We can best do this by embracing God’s peace and reflecting on the blessings in our lives…which also helps us to remember our purpose & “why” for tackling each day. Be in the moment - let yesterday stay in the past and don’t let tomorrow’s worries creep i...

Last month we talked about being a piglet and loving our “neighbors”. This month, let’s focus on rising above what others may have done to us and learn how to practice forgiveness so that we may face our toughest challenges and be resilient to overcome them. Truly forgiving someone means erasing our negative emotions towards them and choosing to treat them with respect and dignity as Jesus guides us to do. We’ll also talk through t...

Last month we talked about being in a slump and tips & tricks for overcoming these. Taking the challenge of enjoying “me” time feeds into this month’s discussion around using a support network to help you through tough times which allows you to welcome help but also allows you to offer your help to others. We often get too busy with our lives and fail to recognize when we are running short on emotions which sometimes can have n...

Last month we talked about 4 key strategies for working through stressful moments so they don’t linger with us. This month, we turn our focus to being in a slump - a temporary period of time where we perform a little slower or not as effectively as we normally do. We’ll review a blog I found on the Personal Excellence site and use it to talk through what a slump is, how to recognize if you’re in one, and what to do about it to work...

Last month we learned how to identify what values are important to us and how to practice small actions on a daily basis that brings us more achievement, more satisfaction, and more happiness. This month, we will talk through 4 key strategies for how to help us process anxious times and work through stressful moments so they don’t linger with us for too long. Which strategies do you already do? Listen today and learn more! I challe...

Last month we learned how we are best fulfilled, and this month we will focus on how to identify what values are important to us and how to practice small actions on a daily basis that brings us more achievement, more satisfaction, and more happiness. Which core values describe you best? Listen today and learn more! I challenge you this month to identify your top values while also doing this exercise along with someone else importa...

We have to know how we are best fulfilled before we can fulfill someone else. Taking the time to reflect on our own needs while understanding what our personal love language is will help us identify where we have healthy relationships in our lives and where we need to put a little more effort into things. So, which love language describes you best? Listen today and learn more! I challenge you this month to identify which is your pr...

We will talk through a Psychology Today article that outlines a 7 step prescription for Self Love. This will allow you to think through and recognize what you need in life, how to set boundaries for yourself, how to surround yourself with others who are good for your needs (and how to get rid of those who aren’t), how to forgive yourself and learn from your mistakes, and how to live intentionally to fulfill your needs & purpose...