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Listen to Your Emotions, Don't Let Them Drive - Episode 132

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Learning to listen to your emotions and recognize your thoughts is key to maturity. This episode answers some common questions about starting this practice with your children. Even if you are not a parent, you can use the same process yourself. It is simple and effective with practice or guidance.

You can listen to an example of me using this process with my daughter in the episode linked above.

Questions answered:

How do I know what questions to ask?

What if they say they aren’t hearing anything?

What if they don’t want to talk?

How do you know they aren’t sharing the real issue?

What if I’m new to listening to God?

Emotions are overwhelming. How do I stay calm and engaged?

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Do you ever find you have been trying to solve the wrong problem?

I go through this with my daughter fairly often. I’m getting wiser and don’t follow the distractions as far, as often.

On my own issues, I can still get distracted too easily.

In my work with clients, God has gifted me with the ability to see to the real issue quickly.

Once you see what the real issue is you can begin to make real progress if you have the tools and skills for that problem.

In today’s episode, I talk through the process I use with my daughter, myself, and my clients once the real issue has been identified.

Listen to your emotions. Don’t let them drive.
Know when emotions are letting you know you need help.

I’m passionate about helping women discover the cause behind the obvious problem and giving them practical tools to remedy the problem once it is revealed. This passion comes from the longing I had for so many years as I was trying to grow and change myself. I found most Christian teaching for change focuses on the behavior ot the thoughts and often ignores the events and emotions that created the thoughts and behaviors. In my work, we listen to the heart and follow Holy Spirit. There is no trying to perform our way into God’s presence or favor. We are already there, and nothing we do removes us from his love.

I've done hundreds of hours of coaching with dozens of clients. I have written 4 books and produced over a hundred thirty podcast episodes.
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00:00 Wrong Problem Trap
01:04 Bedtime Mystery
02:10 Fear Underneath
03:27 Validate Then Logic
04:58 Sorting Thoughts
05:45 When Lies Feel True
07:21 Get Help Healing
09:30 Holy Spirit Memories
09:47 Lilacs And Safety
11:37 Emotional Neglect Trauma
13:47 Kingdom Way Forward
15:01 Work With Me

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How often do you find yourself feeling overwhelmed?

I still do, more often than I would like to. This summer I have been feeling it a lot.

As I was thinking about how to move out of this cycle of overwhelm I documented the process so I could share it with you.

This week’s podcast highlights 3 phases of getting out of overwhelm. You might only need 1 or 2 of the phases. Sometimes you need all 3.

1. Ask “What is the smallest step I could take to show myself I’m not stuck?”
2. Ask “What am I gaining by staying stuck? How am I benefitting from this?”
3. Identify the thoughts and feelings that are present as you think about what is overwhelming you.

I walk you through a real example in my own life. You can hear the difference in thoughts or lies that are easy to deal with and one that hits me pretty hard. I left it raw on purpose.

Give it a try the next time you are feeling overwhelmed and let me know how it goes.

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