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May 18, 2022
Mini Habits for Weight Loss with Charlene Dash
Does the process of changing your lifestyle to lose weight seem overwhelming? You know that you need to develop healthier habits, but you lack the time and energy to devote to this life-change. Perhaps you’ve lost weight in the past, but it just doesn’t seem sustainable. If these are true for you, today’s episode of the Taste for Truth Podcast (links below) will be super encouraging. I speak with Charlene Dash, a nutrition coach, who learned how to overcome these obstacles little-by-little in...
May 4, 2022
Asheritah CiuCiu: Growing a Prayer Habit
In this interview with Asheritah CiuCiu, we discuss how to grow a prayer habit using the REST method from her new book, Prayers of Rest: 365 Prompts to Hear God’s Voice. If you find yourself struggling to make prayer a daily habit, Asheritah offers many helpful ways to cultivate this powerful discipline in this episode of the Christian Habits Podcast (links below).
What We Discussed on the PodcastHow to make a prayer habit stick by learning, fostering and practicing itPraying through hard em...
April 20, 2022
How to Stop Eating So Much on Vacation with Stacie
Do you struggle with vacation eating? Are you quick to throw all of your boundaries out as soon as you head out of town? Upon returning home, are you filled with remorse and find it difficult to return to healthful eating? In this coaching interview with Stacie, we’ll discuss how to control vacation eating. (Find the links to listen down below.)
April 6, 2022
Joshua Becker: Overcoming Distractions to Live a More Meaningful Life
In Joshua Becker’s new book, Things that Matter, he talks about eight common distractions that keep us from living a meaningful life. Joshua Becker is a former pastor and the founder of the influential Becoming Minimalist blog, where he has been helping millions find more by owning less for the last 15 years. On today’s episode of the Christian Habits Podcast (links below), I visit with Joshua about two of those distractions—the pursuit of leisure and the pursuit of happiness.
March 21, 2022
When You Can’t Make Yourself Read Your Bible – 9 Tips
Do you ever have a hard time making yourself read your Bible? Or do you start out reading, only to find yourself reading the same passage over and over again because you can’t make yourself concentrate?
I spent twenty years of my Christian life struggling to have a daily quiet time. I’d do fine when I was in a church Bible study but when I was on my own, I just didn’t have the discipline to read my Bible. And even with church studies, you’d often find me rushing through all the lessons one hour...
March 16, 2022
How to Maintain Your Weight with Michelle
Do you find it challenging to maintain your weight after weight loss? Are you experiencing difficulty knowing what new boundaries to set for maintenance? Are you struggling with different lies than you did while losing weight? If you answered yes to any of these questions, today’s episode (links down below) with Michelle will be tremendously helpful!
March 14, 2022
Letting Go of Anger and Annoyance – James Bible Study Sneak Peak
Do you ever yell at your kids, then regret it later? Is there a person in your life who just bugs you to no end? When things don’t go your way, do you get irritated? Do you live in resentment in any of your relationships? Have you ever experienced road rage? Or road annoyance? My guess is that if you’re still alive and kicking, you’ve experienced some of these things.
I used to live in annoyance. I was that person who would get easily annoyed with everyone. People didn’t necessarily know that b...
March 12, 2022
Sneak Peak of James Bible Study: Overcoming Temptation
Do you ever feel that if you could just get that one temptation under control, life would be good? I used to feel that way with food. But then I did get that temptation under control—and discovered that wasn’t my only temptation!
The sad fact of life is that we will struggle with temptation until the day we die. Even Jesus dealt with temptation! In Matthew 4:1-11, we see Jesus being tempted in the desert. Each time He was tempted, He answered back with Scripture. The Bible can also help us ov...
March 2, 2022
How to Navigate Life Change (Even if You’re Not Crazy about the New Life)
Are you in the middle of a big life change? Or still adjusting to an old life change? Change can be difficult, even when it’s positive. Yet so many life changes don’t feel one bit positive. Here are just a few of the life changes we go through:
A moveChange of occupation: new job, loss of old job, career change, beginning college, etc.Engagement or marriageDivorce or separationNatural disasters and pandemics such as CovidDeath of a loved oneSerious illness, disease, or injuryChildren le...February 16, 2022
How to Stop Sugar Cravings by Katrina Sequenzia
Are you obsessed with sugar? Do you feel hopelessly addicted? Or do you just crave it at times? Enough to disrupt your boundaries and keep you from breaking free from the control of food? In this post, we’ll talk about how to stop sugar cravings. Katrina Sequenzia wrote this post and is also my guest on Taste for Truth Podcast (keep scrolling to see links). Katrina will discuss nine reasons we crave sugar and seven habits that will help you stop sugar cravings.
