SPELL It Out: Recent Episodes
Jessica
A podcast designed to help busy women prioritize their lives, reframe their thoughts and encourage their spirits to be healthy, balanced, God honoring influences in their homes and communities.
Taking some time to vet out the voices, people and platforms we allow to influence and speak into our lives. Who are you allowing to mentor you, to advise you, coach you, etc.
Confronting confirmation bias and resistance to instructions when it comes to seeing results in various areas of your life.
Looking for Him and trusting Him in the lowest seasons of life brings a fullness of joy nothing else can come close to
Why your preexisting beliefs may be keeping you from experiencing the life you want; in relationships, health, fitness, parenting, etc
Why actually knowing what your food is made of can make a huge difference in your body composition progress.
Don’t let emotions and “feeling like it” be what holds you back from the progress you’re after
My rambling thoughts on “hurt people, hurt people”. I realize there are some things that are really hard, if not impossible to move past, but I also believe in a God who is beyond powerful to work through us to bring restoration to broken things.
Talking about how being able to communicate feelings and also receive communication inside of a marriage helps to build trust, intimacy and improve your own character along the way
Do you ever consider how the goal in life is to chase after holiness instead of happiness?
Are you someone who gives the benefit of the doubt to the difficult people in your life? Today we’ll chat about why having a caring curiosity about the hard-to-get-along-with people can help to soften your heart and potentially further your gospel impact
A conversation about complaining and why it rarely, if ever, improves the circumstances we’re frustrated with
What is the contribution your narrative of your marriage doing to the health and wellbeing of your relationship?
The very basics for fat loss meals. Sources mentioned are Jade Teta’s work on metabolism
I apologize for the poor audio quality, my phone picked up Bluetooth without my knowing it! This episode talks about why pushing back against tiredness can help to grow resilience and increase progress
Why the quality of your food matters to your overall health (I apologize for the abrupt ending to this episode…real life interjected)
What sort of flavor are you lending to the places the Lord has you? I’ve been super convicted lately about how I talk/interact and so today you get to hear my verbal download on how I’m trying to change my narrative
How often do you justify your sin? It’s not ok and it grieves the heart of the Lord. Book referenced can be purchased with this link https://amzn.to/3raM7pc
Is how you’re thinking about diet and exercise keeping you from seeing changes on your current program?
Accountability and community matter! Why doing it with someone else helps your fitness journey
Letting go of preconceived notions about food, diets and exercise to build a diet and lifestyle that is all your own
Learn to investigate your life, your diet, your results to create a lifestyle of health and satisfaction. (Jade Teta is the author/doctor mentioned)
What do you look like to a watching world? And why bedtime is holy ground that is under attack
There’s plenty of money to be made in believing that you need a special product, special workout, special ______. Is there really a need for any of it?
Talking about how our willpower is shaped by our emotions, relationships and physical state. And how to improve in all the areas.
Allowing pain and suffering to grow and strengthen your marriage and your character. Book referenced is https://amzn.to/3Nj6SWS Charles Swindoll’s Living Insights on 1&2 Corinthians
A few things to keep in mind to try when you find yourself wanting to reach for that glass of wine at the end of a hard day.
Part two of the June Monday Marriage series. Discussing how a distorted sense of self can be the biggest hinderance to a healthy marriage. Be sure to let me know if you accept and execute the challenge at the end of this episode!
A quick hit episode talking about how movement can help with stress, anxiety, overwhelm and depression.
Tuesdays discussing nutrition and fitness nuggets that can help change your approach to dieting and exercise
Part One in the MarriageMonday series for June 2023. Quotes are taken from Marriage:6 Gospel Commitments Every Couple Needs To Make. By Paul David Tripp.
Reminders about the dangers of seeking comfort, ease and fun when it comes to fitness and health.
Talking about how we have allowed busyness to cripple our progress and why we need to learn to thrive and participate in the things we need to in order to see positive change in our lives.
Why feeling hungry is not anything to be alarmed by and why it’s actually a sign that your body is functioning well !
Instead of letting every mistake or misstep get you off track, learn to grow from them so that you build self trust and gain traction with your progress.
Helping to remind you to play the long game when it comes to your health and fitness and not get caught up in the instant gratification cycle
Priorities are everything! Let’s chat about what yours are, how to change them and why it isn’t all about ease and comfort.
Today we’ll discuss navigating some different out-of-the-norm food situations that you might find yourself in and potential approaches to help you stay on track for your goals without stress or anxiety
Today we’ll talk about how we are in control of a lot more than we give ourselves credit for and hopefully leave you encouraged to pull your big girl pants up and not be a victim of poor choice’s consequences. Book mentioned in the podcast is “Pauses For Lent-40 Words For 40 Days” By Trevor Hudson and can be found here https://amzn.to/3Yihc59
Shifting our mindsets around what actually matters when it comes to our bodies. Stop caring so much about what you look like and more about who you are as a person.
This episode we’ll discuss the dangers of “too good to be true” programs, why boring is best and how to prevent yo-yo dieting. The study mentioned can be referenced here https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6917653/
Today we’ll talk about why discipline matters, why you need to get a little tough with yourself and how to not let excuses and lackluster living leave you with no progress.
Getting into the nitty gritty about what it is that drives us in our striving for health and fitness, and what Jess believes will help you see and feel long term success
Sometimes we need to hear the tough talk about what it is that is keeping us from seeing the results we’re after…myself included!
Some tough reminders about the scale, your weight and what to look for to see fat loss results.
A reminder (to myself as much as anyone else)about being careful with how we’re speaking and using our tongues to encourage and not discourage ourselves and those around us.
What is it that you’re really hoping to achieve with fitness and dieting? Today we’ll discuss what I believe matters most, and it isn’t related to how awesome your body looks…
We’ll chat today about “living with a curse” and how, even though we’re affected by sin we still have a purpose in our cursed bodies. I hope you come away challenged to not let the lies of the Enemy hold you back from leaving a legacy of fruitful living. Book referenced can be found here: https://amzn.to/3JntDc3 Breaking Free From Body Shame by Jess Connolly
Today we’ll chat about how to increase the AMOUNT of food you’re eating so that you can feel more satisfied and still experience sustainable fat loss.
Tough talks about how you may be more responsible for the lack of change in your life than you think. We’ll chat about how to reframe your thoughts and allow your actions to follow in a way that serves you better in making the changes that you want to see in your life!
In this episode we take a detour from fitness and chat a bit about relationships and our attitudes towards others. Podcast mentioned is UnRelenting Pursuit and I referenced an article found at https://www.marriage.com/advice/relationship/critical-spouse-signs/ . Obviously I am not a marriage or relationship expert, but I am married and know a lot of married people! Just praying lots that this episode will help to convict where the Spirit leads, encourage you to take control of your own actions/reactions and to choose to see, speak and believe the best about others that you do life with in an encouraging way.
Today we’ll talk about how having a big picture approach is important, and being able to pan out and see things through a long term lens is important. Do not let narrow thinking about food, fitness or anything else become an idol to you that keeps you from living free
Today we’ll chat about ways you can keep yourself from ever experiencing progress, and hopefully ways to reframe your thoughts to see significant progresss
Today we’ll talk about some things you may have been tempted to believe in the past and why you don’t have to continue to live with them anymore!
Today we’ll dive into why we might stay stuck in unproductive habit loops and hopefully come away encouraged to self reflect to be able to make more significant progress in health and relationships
We’ll discuss what is, most basically, required for fat loss and some of the common mistakes that people make when trying to achieve it.
Discussing the idea of motivation and why you shouldn’t necessarily rely on it for success