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Embracing Trust with Joanna Weaver

Do you ever find yourself wondering why certain things are happening in your life? Or paralyzed with regret, spending too much time in woulda-coulda-shoulda thinking? Are you afraid to admit that, at times, you question whether or not God really is good?

If you can relate to any of these questions, I invite you to listen to my interview with Joanna Weaver on today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast (links below). We discuss her newest book, Embracing Trust, and how to live with abidi...

Persevering with Truth Journaling (Even When You Don’t Think You’re Doing It Right) with Tami

Perhaps you’ve heard me talk about truth journaling over and over, yet you still wonder: is it really that important? Maybe you’ve tried it and it hasn’t worked. Or you want to try it but can’t make yourself do it. Or maybe you don’t feel like you know how to do it.

Well today on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below), I speak with Tami who has discovered the profound impact of consistent renewing and truth journaling. Talking with Tami was so personally inspiring, I have made a fresh commi...

Christian Loneliness: How to Stop Being Lonely

We live in an age where people are more connected than ever through social media and email, yet loneliness is rampant in all age groups. It’s easy to feel lonely even when we’re surrounded by people both online and in our own lives. We’re not the only ones who feel this way.

Mother Teresa once said, “The greatest disease in the West today is not TB or leprosy; it is being unwanted, unloved, and uncared for. We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, despair, ...

How to Make Yourself Exercise and Renew with Anna

Do you find it difficult to make yourself exercise consistently? Or do you find yourself avoiding renewing your mind? If you struggle with either of these two things, you will be greatly encouraged by my interview with Anna today on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below).

 

What We Discussed on the PodcastHow different formats of exercise can work with some and not othersAnna’s great experience with peer-led workoutsHow for some people challenges or check-boxes are highly motivatingThe...

A More Loving Way to Disagree with Mike Donehey

Do you have loved ones in your life with whom you disagree? Do you find it hard to engage with someone who has a different opinion than yours? Are you prone to just “agree to disagree” when beliefs differ? If any of these are true for you, my interview today on the Christian Habits Podcast with Mike Donehey (links below) will give you a more peaceful approach and practical tips to have more healthy conversations when divisive topics arise.

What We Discussed on the PodcastThe importance of how...

Letting Go of Emotional Eating with Karen Seager

Do you feel like you are addicted to food? Do you find yourself eating to manage the stress in your life? If so, you will be encouraged by this victory interview on the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below). I speak with Karen Seager about using the renewing of the mind to finally let go of her emotional eating.

 

What We Discussed on the PodcastFamily sin patterns and how they affect our livesHow food can be an addiction just like other substancesHow emotional “habiting” keeps us from gai...

Purposeful, Present, and Wildly Productive with Jordan Raynor

If you’ve ever experienced stress over your personal productivity, today’s episode of The Christian Habits Podcast with Jordan Raynor will really encourage you (links below). I talk with Jordan about his book, Redeeming Your Time: 7 Biblical Principles for being Purposeful, Present and Wildly Productive. 

What We Discussed on the PodcastHow this book’s advice differs from other “time management” booksHaving peace in Jesus regardless of your productivityHow to centralize “open loops” with a ...

Living a Life Unbinged with Kristy McCammon

When life gets stressful, do you find yourself running to food to cope? Do you find that any emotion causes you to want to eat, and to eat too much? If so, you’re not alone. On today’s episode of the Taste for Truth podcast (links below), I speak with Kristy McCammon, the creator of LifeUnbinged, about her struggle to break free from a life controlled by food.

What We Discussed on the PodcastHow sugar and white flour abstinence helped Kristy tear down the idol of foodHow “none is so much ea...

Daniel Fusco: Unlocking Resilience When Life is a Mess

When trials and hard times come into our lives, we can find ourselves questioning God and becoming bitter. On today’s episode of The Christian Habits Podcast (links below), I talk with Daniel Fusco about how developing resilience during trials can actually be a path to fruitfulness and growth in our lives, and also about his new book, You’re Gonna Make It.

What We Discussed on the PodcastWhat is resilience?How hope and grit factor into the resilience equationHow to submit to God’s will, no ...

How to Break Free From Emotional Eating



It’s here! Launch day for my new book, Say Goodbye to Emotional Eating! I wish we could all just snap our fingers and be through with our weight loss woes forever, but unfortunately we can’t do that! Instead, God invites us to walk with Him through the transformation process.

That’s hard to make ourselves do, because often emotional eating is a stronghold. We’ve turned to food for comfort and safety for so long that it’s hard to stop. Not only that, we also have spiritual warfare going on as ...