ByFaith: Recent Episodes
Pat Reese
When I focus on what I’m “Grateful For” it shifts my focus from my “Anxious Feelings” and gives me a sense of calm contentment.
Practicing Gratitude can begin the “Process of Rewiring Our Brains”. It can greatly reduce and ultimately eliminate our anxiety.
Practicing Gratitude has the ability to rewire our brain and ultimately eliminate our Anxiety.
Facing a change in your Christmas and New Years Eve Holiday Plans again? You’re not alone. Trust the “Game Changer” to help get you through the “Grief of Change”.
The question is: “What would your life look like, if you did not experience feelings of (Fear, Worry and Anxiety)? It’s time to imagine it … in order to believe it’s possible to experience it!
Sometimes we except God to do what He never promised to do. He never promised that we wouldn’t suffer or go through difficulty (The Pandemic). He promised that He’d be with us “Through It”. His Presence is the “Game Changer” and “Guarantee” that we’re gonna make it!
Ready to be “Free”? Free to move about the country. Free to live life “Out Loud and On Purpose”. If your answer is “Yes”, then get ready to be “Uncomfortable”.
We make our habits and our habits make us. What we practice makes us who we are. Want your life to change? Practice something different.
Change is the New Normal, that I must adapt to and embrace. Ever read the book “Adjust or Self-Destruct”? I find myself fighting, what I now must learn to make peace with and welcome in my life. I must ask God to help me change my mindset about change.
Sometimes we stay where we are because we haven’t experienced anything better. He came that we might experience a “rich and satisfying life”. He even wants us to “Enjoy the Go”!
Have you stop believing that you can experience a life free from the crippling grip of anxiety?
Time to not let let the difficulty of confronting my feelings of anxiety and fear stop me from beginning to do so…again. Do you want to live more….?
Faith to keep moving in the direction of your anxiety and fear in order to overcome them.
Faith must be more than what you believe, but it must be coupled with action. Faith + Action=Victory.
Story of Swimmer (Florence Chadwick) and her story of victory through perseverance and persistence.
How to confront, control and conquer the “What If’s” in order to no longer be ruled by anxiety and fear.
In this episode I discuss my journey of finally taking “Action” . My unrealistic expectations of God to take my feelings of Anxiety and Fear away kept me disappointed and stuck.
Avoidance causes feelings of Anxiety and Fear to grow, because it tells your brain that you averted danger... when there was no real danger present. We must retrain our thoughts through “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy” and gradually expose ourselves to what we’ve previously avoided. This exposure will eventually lead to the reduction of feelings of “Anxiety and Fear”.
Decided to “ACT” in the face of my feelings of anxiety and fear. Feeling uncomfortable...but trusting that God was with me. Instead of avoiding what I fear (Highway Driving) I faced it. I must must be determined to do it again and again and yet again. The challenge and the key to my victory is to continue......
“The Song Of Try” makes it clear. In order to confront and conquer feelings of Anxiety and Fear ... we must first “Try”. We must be will to take the necessary actions in spite of how we feel. Avoidance only reinforces our Anxiety.
We live anxiously. We worry and fret. Forgetting that we too have a “Heavenly Father” who cares about us.
The Spirit of the Players of “The Miami Heat” is definitely worth noting and emulating. “A Never Give In or Give Up” attitude. I must strive to have a similar mindset and spirit, as I take the necessary steps “By Faith” to break free from the tyrannical grip of Anxiety.
Time to State Out Loud and On Purpose what my intentions are for my own healing from Anxiety. I’ve been around this mountain too long! I remember my Uncle Fuzzy saying: “You still struggling with that?
Rocky Balboa went the distance with Apollo Creed. I must go the distance in my fight with Anxiety.
Anxiety is not fatal and it’s not fun. We must learn how to “Embrace Being Uncomfortable”.
Experiencing Victory Today by driving past the point I was comfortable. We conquer through continuing.
Topics to be discussed include: Who’s holding your ladder? Is traditional medicine more effective than supplements? The Amygdala and it’s critical role in your experience of anxiety .....The Story of the Red Dot.....
This episode explores how Anxiety and Fear can be learned through parental examples. It also explores how what we learn can be “unlearned”.
Bishop Joey Johnson (Senior Pastor of The House of the Lord) reminds me often that our “Social Location” shapes who we are, how we live and what we become. Social Location can be defined as (The tremendous Impact your Family of Origin has on your life).
What do you do when you’re tired of fighting. You take one more step by Faith. Drive one more mile by Faith. Faith does not make things easy. It makes them possible.