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August 1, 2018
Breaking Free from People Pleasing with Olu Sobanjo
Many of us are exhausted because we’re not just trying to love people well–we’re trying to please them. On today’s podcast, we talk about how to break free from people pleasing. My guest is Olu Sobanjo, a recovering people pleaser and host of the Like Jesus Podcast.
In the Like Jesus Podcast, Olu shares tips and stories to show others how to be set free from people pleasing to live and love like Jesus lived and loved.
In this episode of the Christian Habits Podcast, Olu and I discuss how peo...
July 18, 2018
How to Overcome Failure Eating (or Failure Habiting) with Heidi Bylsma
You know those days when you break your weight loss boundaries and then eat everything in sight? Or you’re trying to break a habit and you have an evening of indulgence? It’s hard to feel hopeful on those days. Yet here’s the truth: God redeems failure!
In today’s episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast, Heidi Bylsma and I discuss how God helps us on those failure days. We’ll also talk about what you can do to get back on track after an evening of failure. We’ll gear the discussion toward w...
July 3, 2018
7 Lies That Keep You From Breaking a Habit
Do you ever find yourself setting boundaries for breaking a habit, then ignoring those boundaries and going your merry way, breaking your habit right and left? I know I do.
This is especially common with non-sin habits. Because with those habits, we tend to think, Is it really that big of a deal if I practice my habit? The answer to that question is, “Yes.” After all, if it wasn’t a big deal, we wouldn’t be trying to break our habit!
If you struggle with breaking a habit, this episode of the...
June 20, 2018
5 Stages of the Weight Loss Journey with Teresa Shields Parker
If you’ve ever tried to lose weight and keep it off, you know that it doesn’t happen overnight. In today’s podcast interview, Teresa Shields Parker talks about five stages of the weight loss journey.
Teresa is the author of several books on weight loss, including Sweet Grace: How I Lost 250 Pounds and Stopped Trying to Earn God’s Favor. Teresa helps others lose weight through her books, coaching, and website and has kept her own weight off for more than five years.
Following are the stag...
June 5, 2018
How to Pray for Loved Ones – 7 Steps
Do you ever find yourself worrying about your loved ones rather than praying for them? I know I do. A woman in one of my Bible studies once said that worry is the enemy’s manipulation of prayer. In today’s podcast, we’ll be talking about how to pray for loved ones.
Here are the seven steps we’ll be discussing, all based on Philippians 1:3-19:
How to Pray for Loved Ones Thank God for what He has already done in them. (vs 3-5) So often we dwell on the worrisome in our loved ones and ignore al...May 8, 2018
How Your Learning Style Affects Your Quiet Time
Do you ever sit down to have your quiet time with God and then – poof – your mind is somewhere else? Maybe you’re planning a list. Or thinking about what happened last night. Or worrying about the day ahead. You want to focus on God but you can’t make yourself do it.
This has happened to me many times over the course of my walk with God. In recent years, I’ve discovered that my learning style affects my quiet times. In today’s podcast, we’ll look at how to use your learning style to help you...
April 25, 2018
7 Ways To Stop Eating At Night
Do you ever find yourself eating like crazy at night? I used to do that all the time and then I’d wake up the next morning and feel terrible. In today’s podcast (and blog post), we’ll talk about why we do that and how to stop eating at night!
Our strategy will vary depending on why we’re overeating. Here are 7 different reasons we can’t stop eating at night:
March 14, 2018
How to Recover From A Binge
We’ve all been there. Our weight loss plan is going great and then one day – BAM – we break our boundaries. Not just a little–but A LOT. Several desserts worth. Or maybe an all-out binge session. When we have a day like that, it’s hard to get back on track. That’s what we’ll be talking about in today’s podcast – how to recover from a binge.
January 10, 2018
New Book – Rally: A Personal Growth Bible Study
Do you ever wish you could escape your problems? Just jump on a ship and sail across the ocean?
The Bible tells us to “count it all joy” when we encounter trials, but that’s hard to do when life is beating us down. It’s easier to face trials with a good attitude when we remember that they help us grow closer to God and more like Him.
Unfortunately, we’re often so busy stressing and obsessing that we miss out on both the growing and the intimacy with God.
In my new book, Rally: A Personal...
December 13, 2017
How to Develop a Thankfulness Habit
Do you ever wish you were more positive? Or could more easily focus on the good rather than the bad in people and life? If so, today’s podcast will help. We’ll talk about how to develop a thankfulness habit.
Part of developing a thankfulness habit is learning to focus on the good. Listen to what Paul says about that in Philippians 4:8:
Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is a...
