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Social Eating, Failure Eating, and Overeating with Becky

Do you ever find yourself eating too much at dinner? Do you ever feel uncomfortable at social gatherings and console yourself with food? Do you feel like you’re wasting time at some event and eat to while the time away? In today’s Taste for Truth podcast episode, I’ll be coaching Becky McGeorge about these subjects.  

 Here is a sampling of the topics we’ll be discussing: eating too much at meals  failure eating  overeating at social gatherings  eating because you feel uncomfortable...

Consistent Quiet Times: 10 Lies That Get In the Way

Do you ever want to have a quiet time, but you can’t make yourself do it? That happened to me for ten or twenty years. Each year, I’d put “Have consistent quiet times” on my New Year’s goals list, and each year I would fail to meet my goal.

I wanted to meet with God, but I couldn’t make it happen. In time, I was afraid to put the goal on my list because I knew I wouldn’t be able to follow through with it.

If you struggle to have consistent quiet times, I hope today’s podcast will help. We’ll...

The Ups and Downs of Weight Loss with Sandy

Do you ever feel like weight loss is a battle? Not just a one and done but a back and forth lose/gain experience?  On today’s podcast, I visit with Sandy about the ups and downs of weight loss. Here’s a sampling of the topics we’ll be discussing.

Topics we’ll be discussing: cheat days: are they worth it? fatigue and how that affect dieting sweets addiction vacation eating and how to stay the course while on vacation careless living after losing weight how God feels about us in the midst of a...

Option Charts: Tool for a Happy Christian Marriage

Do you ever find yourself annoyed with your husband because of something he did–or didn’t–do? In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I’ll explain how to use option charts to improve your chances of having a happy Christian marriage.

I first started using option charts 17 years ago when I was in a difficult stage of my marriage. God used them to help me see life and marriage from a biblical perspective and enjoy my husband.

Here’s a sample of an option chart I did a couple of wee...

Daily Intentional Actions Lead to 110 Pound Weight Loss Victory

In today’s Taste for Truth Podcast interview, Jo shares how God helped her lose 110 pounds and maintain her weight loss for more than a year through daily intentional actions. We’ll discuss some of the things Jo did to lose the weight and also to maintain her weight loss. Here’s a sampling of the topics we’ll be discussing: Intentional living as it’s related to eating Motivations for weight loss What Jo did when she was tired and tempted to overeat The Bible verses Jo used to gain v...

How to Stop Thinking About Work All the Time

I just finished writing the first draft of a procrastination Bible study, so I’ve been thinking about work a lot lately. How to make myself work and how to make myself stop thinking about work.

Because here’s the thing: just because we think about work, that doesn’t mean we do it. In fact for me it has the opposite effect. When I’m overwhelmed, I freeze up and do nothing.

Practical Suggestions to Stop Thinking About Work

So my question is, how do you stop thinking about work all the time–and...

Losing 150 Pounds with God’s Help

In today’s Taste for Truth Podcast interview, Stacey shares how God helped her to lose 150 pounds through the renewing of her mind.

Stacey followed a program where she had to cut out sugar and white flour and plan  out what she would eat each day.

One of the problems with programs like this is that we feel like life is boring because we can’t have sugar. Towards the end of the podcast, Stacey shares how she deals with that issue, renewing her mind before she enters into situations where sh...

Losing 150 Pounds with God’s Help and Bright Line Eating

In today’s Taste for Truth Podcast interview, Stacey shares how God helped her to lose 150 pounds through the renewing of her mind using Bright Line Eating boundaries.

Bright Line Eating is a program where you give up addictive foods, such as sugar, and plan out what you’re going to eat each day.

One of the problems with programs like this is that we feel like life is boring because we can’t have sugar. Towards the end of the podcast, Stacey shares how she deals with that issue, renewing h...

PROSPER Bible Study Method with Arabah Joy

In today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, I visit with blogger and author, Arabah Joy, about her PROSPER Bible Study method. Arabah is one of those wise women of God who always has great things to share. In our podcast interview, she goes through the PROSPER acronym to share how she studies the Word.

PROSPER Bible Study Method – Printable and Bookmark

Arabah has a bookmark and worksheet you can print out at her blog to help you with this method. Here’s the link to that: PROSPER Bib...

When It’s Too Hard to Follow Your Boundaries

Do you ever feel like it’s too hard to follow your boundaries?

Maybe you had a hard day at work, or you’ve been going through a rough time in your life.

Or maybe you’ve been surrounded by tasty treats that are hard to resist.

Or maybe you just have strict boundaries that can be hard to follow at times.

We’re often tempted to throw in the towel and give up on our boundaries in those situations—or at the very least, change our boundaries so they’re easier to follow.

In today’s coaching inte...