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8 Signs You’re People Pleasing and How to Stop People Pleasing

When I was in my forties, I didn’t even consider “no” an option. Instead, I did everything everyone asked me to do without even thinking about it. This led to stress, resentment, and sometimes doing things God didn’t want me to do. Not bad things, but things that weren’t right for that time in my life. In this post and podcast, I want to talk about people pleasing: how to know when you’re doing it and how to stop people pleasing.

Note: This is an old post that I have updated and added a podcast ...

Losing 82 Pounds on Weight Watchers with Jana

Do you find yourself overeating or drinking too much when you’re under stress? Do you have a tendency to people please?  Do you eat for emotional reasons? If you struggle with any of these issues, you’ll find encouragement in today’s podcast episode. Please join us as Jana shares her journey to lose 82 pounds on Weight Watchers.

For years Jana used alcohol to numb her emotional pain. But after surrendering her life to God, her alcohol addiction rapidly left. Unfortunately, her habit of drinkin...

How to Create a Bible Routine You Can Enjoy | Brittany Ann

Do you ever struggle to read the Bible? Maybe you wake up in the morning, turn off the alarm, roll over, and think to yourself, Just five more minutes. Then you wake up again 30 minutes later and your Bible reading window has disappeared. You would love to create a Bible routine, but you can’t make it happen.

Or maybe you’re like I used to be twenty-five years ago. You feel like you should read the Bible, but you’re kind of bored with it. Or maybe you’re so busy you feel like you don’t have the...

How to Stop Overeating in the Afternoon – 7 Tips

When I ask women what time of day they most often break their boundaries, I usually get one of two answers: either mid-afternoon or evening. Since I’ve already done a couple of podcast episodes on how to end evening eating, today I’d like to talk about how to stop overeating in the afternoon. Let’s begin by looking at why this is a tempting time of day.

Who struggles with afternoon eating?

While anyone can struggle with overeating in the afternoon, here are the most common groups of people:

S...

10 Lies that Make Us Give Up on New Year’s Resolutions

How do you feel when you hear the phrase, New Year’s resolutions? Excited? Defeated? Skeptical? In recent years, New Year’s resolutions have gone out of style in favor of goals. The idea is that New Year’s resolutions are vague, so they don’t work—but goals are more defined with action steps, so they work.

I disagree with this philosophy.

What I’ve found in my own life is that neither one will work unless I go about it the right way. Before we get into that, though, let’s look at the difference...

Losing 80 Pounds with God’s Help with Angie

We all know that extra weight can affect our health, even if it’s just 20 pounds of extra weight. Today’s podcast guest, Angela Pryor, was prompted to lose weight because it was affecting her health. Her doctor told her that her lung condition would improve if she lost weight. So she gave it a try, once again. This time she was successful.

I’ve known Angie for many years through the Internet, so it was a delight to visit with her and hear about how God helped her to lose 80 pounds. In this pod...

How to Stop Being Depressed During the Pandemic (or in Regular Life)

If I were to ask the question, “Have you been depressed at all during the pandemic?” my guess is that every single one of you would answer that question with a yes. I know I have. Many days are great, but there are also those days when I feel like I’m going go stark raving mad crazy if this doesn’t end soon! That’s why I thought I’d do a blog post and podcast on how to stop being depressed during the pandemic.

If you’re reading this after the pandemic, the tips will help for regular life as wel...

A Thin Within Weight Loss Story with Dory

Today on the Taste for Truth Podcast, I’m excited to visit with Dory about her Thin Within weight loss journey. Dory lost thirty pounds using Thin Within’s hunger/satisfaction boundaries.

She shares her struggles and victories along the way in this interview.  She also shares examples of some of the truth cards she made to help her renew her mind. (Keep scrolling to see those.) Here are a few of the things we discuss on the podcast:

Things We Talked About:

Why Dory felt like she couldn’t trus...

10 Tips to Help You Stop Procrastinating

Do you ever find yourself putting off a dreaded task for weeks or even months or years? I have been known to procrastinate a 10-minute job for ten years. Thankfully, God is slowly changing me in this area. Here are ten tips I’ve been using to help me stop procrastinating. Hope they help you as well!

Note: This was first published as a blog post years ago. I’ve updated the blog post to reflect my current practices and also included a podcast to go with it so you can listen while you’re working on...

Losing the Last 10 Pounds with Anne

Have you ever lost weight and then gained the last 5 or 10 pounds back? Or lost a bunch of weight and then stalled at the last 5 or 10 pounds? Join me in this victory and coaching interview with Anne as she talks about her weight loss victory and losing the last 10 pounds.

Anne is a  nurse, wife, and mom to four kids who are ages 5 and under. Anne lost 40 pounds, then struggled with gaining back the last 5-10 pounds that she lost. We’ll talk about that struggle on the podcast.

Things we Talked...