Life's Seasons Speaks: Recent Episodes
Tina
Join us weekly, as two counsellors, not doing counselling, utilize our professional and personal relationship to discover, unravel, explore, and process the beautiful complexities within and through the changing seasons of life. We’ll tackle an array of topics and vulnerably share our thoughts, feelings, and experiences, as well as our intimate interviews with amazing people and their exceptional stories. Connect with us here... whatever season you’re in, you will be impacted!
My podcast is Psalm 127 - A Man's PsalmJoin Pastor Bob for another Soul Soothing episode.
Psalm127 focuses on a man's world...in particular a man and his family. It's known as a wisdom Psalm because it was written by the wisest man who ever lived...Solomon. Solomon addresses the areas of a man's home, a man's community/city; a man's work, and a man's family (in particular, a man's sons)
In all these areas Solomon basically says they are all meaningless....UNLESS...the LORD is the center of them all
Solomon also wrote the Book of Ecclesiastes, concluding the Book with the same idea this Psalm conveys...God brings meaning and purpose to life. Solomon's words can be summed up this way:
God is the true source of meaning and purpose in life. Apart from Him, life is vanity/meaningless. Since life comes from Him, is a gift from Him, it, therefore, has meaning, purpose, and destiny.
The life man lives along with all he has is temporary.But the life God gives is eternal.
So live life with an eternal perspective and it will affect every area of the temporary.
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Success...why is it so threatening?
How do you define success?
How does society define success?
How does your success measure up to other people?
How do men handle the women in their life that are "more successful" than they are?
Join Chris as he shares his lived experience as being seen as less successful than some of the people in his life and how he handled that.
"Men, it is possible to have successful women in your life without it being threatening."
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Co-Existing Feelings & Jenny's search for her biological family
Have you ever had more than one feeling at once?
Have they ever been seemingly opposite or maybe even conflicting?
What is that like for you? Is one feeling more important than the other, or does one weigh heavier than the other?
Join Jenny as she explores her experience of co-existing feelings both in general while talking about her life experiences...but also as she explores these co-existing feelings as she shares more of her journey about her search for her birth family. And you might be surprised to hear just how that is going. There's quite the update!
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Fear of Abandonment - And How it's Hurting Your RelationshipsTina is back this week and ready to tackle an important topic... The Fear of Abandonment. Are you wondering if this is something you are struggling with? But you're not completely sure? Join the conversation to find out.
Today you will hear about the fear of abandonment and how it impacts relationships - with others and yourself.
Specifically, Tina will discuss:
- What it feels like to fear abandonment in your relationships
- Different ways of being abandoned
- Behaviors that a fear of abandonment can lead to
- The connection between self-abandonment and a fear of abandonment from others
- Ways to address these thoughts, feelings and behaviours
Whether this is you or a loved one, this information will be incredibly helpful for your understanding, and the changes you want to see happen in your life.
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Psalm 126 - A Prayer For Restoration
It's a Soul Soothing episode with Bob, and he is looking at Psalm 126, a prayer for restoration.
Psalms 120 - 134 are Psalms of Ascent...or songs the people of Israel sang as they journeyed to Jerusalem
There are sad songs... happy songs - and everything in between.
They are the songs of life, depicting life's journey.
Today's Psalm is a song of mourning over was once experienced in the past.
Psalm 126 is also a prayer. And in it we find a simple formula to craft our own prayers.
The formula is simple: Remember the Past...Believe for the Present
It is a simple prayer that will carry us through the ups and downs of life.
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I Had An Idea
Have you ever had an idea but didn't realize how following through was going to effect others?
What were the motivations behind those ideas?
Did those ideas come with expectations of others?
Join Chris as he talks about some of his ideas throughout his marriage, how those ideas effected those he loves, and the expectations that he unwittingly put on others.
"Sometimes we put expectations on the ones we love to make us feel good so that we don't have to face whatever it is that is keeping us from feeling good".
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Do you just change your mind because you can?
Do you take a while to think about changing your mind?
Are you allowed to change your mind?
What happens after you change your mind?
What if people don't get it? What if they don't understand?
What if it changes your relationships?
Do you as a person change when you change your mind? What if you do change?
Is it still worth changing your mind?
Tune in to hear Jenny's process of changing her mind, and some of her answers to these questions.
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Connecting with our Inner Child"The problems of our adulthood, were the solutions of our childhood"
We all have an inner child. It's the piece of our personality that still feels and reacts as we did when we were a child.
It’s the piece that thinks, feels, and acts a certain way now because it reminds us of when we were little.
It’s the piece that acts a certain way now because it’s what we did as a child in an attempt to have our needs met.
Join Tina today as she talks about our inner child:
- What they need
- Why they need it
- How to provide it all for them
- The benefits we reap as adults
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Rock Solid Faith
It's another Soul Soothing episode with Bob! Join in as he discusses Psalm 125 - "The LORD Surrounds His People" - A song the people of God sang on their way to Jerusalem.
In a challenging, frightening, out of control world we all are looking for something, aren't we? Yes - PEACE.
Where does true peace come from? Deep rooted peace comes from rock solid faith.
Where God is - there is always hope. So, those who trust in the LORD live in peace. Not necessarily a peaceful world, but with an inner peace...
And inner peace comes from 3 truths which are embedded in Psalm 125 about the God who loves us:
- God Surrounds His People
- God Protects His People
- God Does Good To His People
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The Choice Is Yours
Have you ever tried something new that seemed to come easy but then all of a sudden it wasn't?
Have you ever went through something in the past that you thought you worked through, just to have it come up again in other ways?
Have you noticed something unusual going on within yourself and you're not sure where it came from?
Join Chris as he talks through how these very things are currently effecting his life. Listen as he shares his past and how it is effecting his here and now, the questions he has had to ask himself, and the choice he now has to make.
"I can ask for help or continue to live in the chaotic emotional upheaval I've been living for the past weeks. The reality is that choice is mine."
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Have you ever felt like there's a certain way that you're supposed to be?
A certain way to heal? A better or even a best way to grieve?
Or maybe there is even some sort of script that you're supposed to live by because "that's how people who have experienced X are"?
Who's writing your scripts?
Join Jenny as she shares some of her personal scripts, and explores the idea of universal experiences.
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Survivor's GuiltYou've heard Tina mention the diagnoses of cancer she received in 2020. She's talked about experiences in the hospital, healing from surgery, the scar she now has... but she doesn't really talk much about the diagnoses itself. And there's a reason for that.
Join today while Tina speaks for the first time about her personal experience with Survivor's Guilt. She vulnerably speaks about the complexity of co existing thoughts and feelings such as being grateful for her life AND feeling guilty because she's alive.
Tina walks us through the ways in which we see survivor's guilt manifest, and what she's trying to remember through her experience of it.
Tina says, "I'm just coming to grips with this now. So I don't have all the answers. I don't even know if I have all the questions, but I'm willing to start the conversation, here, with you".
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How Do We Know God WILL Help Us?
Join Bob for a Soul Soothing episode as he looks at Psalm 124 Our Help is in the Name of the LORD - A Psalm of Thanksgiving for God's faithfulness when King David was attacked by his enemy
Have you ever had someone attack you for your faith?
As a pilgrim on this earth, we will find as we journey across time people will attack us for our faith in God
- Can God help us? ABSOLUTELY!
- WILL God help us? Well, that's where we can all falter a bit
So, how can we know God will help us? David shows us in this Psalm...
Reflect on your past - "If the LORD had not been on our side - let Israel say - if the LORD had not been on our side..."
Has God been there for me in the past? YES, YES, and YES!
The God of the past is the God of the present
The God who delivered is the God who delivers
The God who conquered is the God who conquers
How do I know God will help me? Because He HAS helped me.
He is on our side... Always has...always will be!
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What's In Your Cup?
Men....you have emotions...whether you like it or not. So what do we do with them?
Tune in as Chris continues to talk about how men tend to deal with their emotions.
Men seem to believe that they are only allowed to be happy, loving, and angry and will disguise all other emotions to fit in these categories.
Listen as Chris explains how we all have an emotional cup that needs our attention. He shares his real life experiences about allowing his own cup to become full until it overflowed into other areas of his life.
If you're a man, you don't want to miss this. If you love a man, share this with them today!
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The Thing I Thought I Knew
We all think we know what we've experienced in our lives, right? Our experiences are our realities- that is the truth. But what happens when someone tells you something so simple, so obvious...and it happens to shift absolutely everything that you thought you knew...about YOU!?
What do you do with that? (except have a mini...okay bigger than mini...crisis; where you re-think everything you thought you knew...like Jenny did)
Tune in as Jenny walks through a part of her adoption journey and shares openly and candidly as to what her healing journey looks like...this far in.
And how one SUPER SIMPLE statement has shifted this journey.
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Managing Expectations vs Nurturing ExpectancyMany times our feelings of let-down, disappointment, anger, bitterness, sadness, frustration... - they are related to unmet expectations. Especially within our relationships with our partners.
How do we live a life of joy, happiness, and of feeling successful in our relationships when these feelings continue to show up, and because of unmet expectations?
-GREAT QUESTION!-
Today we look at how the expectations in our relationships are destroying what we could have, if we could only learn the difference between expectations, and expectancy. We focus on some specific expectations that are common in relationships, and use them as examples to see how we can shift our mindset and learn to manage the expectations and nurture the expectancy.
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Join Pastor Bob as he takes us through Psalm 123 -A Grief Stricken Psalm, which he has entitled... Beggars Can't Be Losers
Psalm 123 is a lament, or mourning Psalm, but not as in grieving over a loved one who has died. It is grieving and mourning over being ridiculed and scorned for one's faith.
Ancient Israel experienced the same thing living in a society that scorned their God. So, they composed a song (Psalm) to remind themselves of the mercy of God, to sing as they made their way to Jerusalem.
It is a Psalm we can recite as well as we journey through this dark world that is opposed to God until we reach the "New Jerusalem".
3 lessons we can learn from this Psalm when ridiculed for our faith
- Where to Look for Help
- How to Look for Help
- Why to Look for Help
... Because: Beggars Can't Be Losers
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Tune in for Chris' first solo episode, where he vulnerably talks about being a man, and addresses the following questions:
- What does it mean to be a man?
- What does "masculinity" look like?
- What does society say we need to do, in order to be a man?
The world generally teaches us that big boys don’t cry, that they need to walk it off, man up, and ALWAYS be okay. What can we do to change this?
Listen as Chris walks us through some of his life-experiences and shares how biases played a big role in his decisions... until he realized it was okay not to be okay... even if he cried.
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I Need a DeadlineIf you procrastinate...does that make you a procrastinator?
Also can you be just a bit of a procrastinator?
We could talk about this later...OR you could join us today and see where this rabbit trail takes us. Listen in as Jenny shares almost all of her thoughts about procrastination, and what needs we may be meeting by procrastinating.
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Wounds to WeaponsYour story is like no one else's... And someone, someday will need your exact story to give them the hope and encouragement they need and deserve. That's what makes your story a testimony.
When we find healing, and then turn around and use our experiences to help guide someone through their experiences, we give our past a purpose. We make it pay us back for what it tried to steal from us. We turn our Wounds into Weapons and use them to help fight another's battle.
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Our Unsleeping, Shielding, Eternal Guardian
It's another Soul Soothing Sunday with Pastor Bob! Today he looks at Psalm 121 - God, The Guardian Over My Life
In Psalm 120, David CALLS OUT to God for help
In Psalm 121, David LOOKS UP to God for help
Two truths evolve as we move from Psalm 120 to 121 and they are:
-Winning in life comes not from focusing on your circumstances but from focusing on God in and through your circumstancesAND
-We can call on God all we want but if we don't move from a place of calling onGod for help, to trusting inGod for help... we'll be stuck in anxiety and fear
God is always whispering to our hearts "Just Trust"
- God is our help
- God watches over us
- God protects us
Both now and forevermore
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Might be a Wasteland... but it's MY WastelandWhat exactly is a wasteland? Today we look at the definition and pull it apart to understand how and why we sometimes find ourselves in one.
We also discuss what to do when we look around and see that that's where we are. The answer might surprise you!
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The Sky is Falling! The Sky is Falling!Listen, Tina's been there. She's been Chicken Little, so sure that it wasn't an acorn. THE SKY WAS FALLING! This is what we call catastrophizing. And it's a real thing that can affect our thoughts, emotions, relationships, and day to day functioning.
Today we will hear about catastrophizing - what it is, and what it isn't. We'll also talk about simple ideas to take control and stop the spiraling it gets us into.
If your default is set to "worst case scenarios with no other options to consider" … then today is for you!
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Clear VisionDoes the company you work for have a clear vision? Do you know what it is? Do you know your part within it? What about your family? Do you know what your family's vision is? Your dreams and goals together as a family unit? Do you know what part you specifically play in that?
What about your own life? What's the vision for your future? Are you playing an active role towards it?
So many questions we tackle today, as we look at the visions, dreams, and goals we are a part of - and in them all - how important it is for us to dream and plan for ourselves, out of a healed place. Find out why... as we talk about having a CLEAR VISION.
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Navigate Your Mission Like A Roomba
Food has an expiry date. Medication has an expiry date. Batteries, paint, car seats... lots of things have expiry dates!
Today we talk about something that has an expiry date, but it's one we often ignore -
Self-preservation, survival mode, safety mode.
We go into safety mode for protection. Fear often brings us to that place. And that's not a bad thing. What we can't have though, is fear keeping us in that place. It's where we ride out the storm, and rest if we can. But it's not a place to set up house and live.
Learn more today about staying safe, and then getting back to the mission of living.
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I DoJohnny and Sally sitting in a tree. K I S S I N G. First comes love, then comes marriage...
That's it! All we ever needed to know about love, we learned as kids! Right?
Well, Tina's song sounds a little different. Tune in today and she'll sing it for you! She really will, like it or not!
What does it take to fall in love, stay in love, and have a life as wonderful as the song implies as possible?
The answer really is in the song! But you'll have to listen in to today's episode to make sense of this one!
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The De-Stressing Psalm
Join Pastor Bob for another Soul Soothing Sunday. Today he begins a series on Psalms 120 - 137, called the Psalms of Ascent. The series is entitled "UNTIL THEN..." and will focus on Psalms/songs sung by the Israelites as they journeyed yearly to Jerusalem to celebrate the 3 yearly feasts of Passover, Pentecost and Tabernacles
Bob draws the comparison to our journey here on earth that, for believers, ends when we enter eternity and the New Jerusalem that awaits us.
Today's focus, Psalm 120 is The De-Stressing Psalm (not distressing) and it follows the Psalmist challenges of living in a cruel, lying, deceitful world where integrity and truthfulness is scarce. It is a dark world plagued with hatred, brutality and prejudice.
The Psalmist's de-stressing hope lies in verse 1; God is always near, hears our prayer and knows our plight living in a cruel world.
"No matter how bad it gets, God is with us and one day, one day this cruel world will pass away and we will enter the New Jerusalem"
Until then, sing of God's faithfulness.
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Salt in the Wounds - Secondary WoundingSecondary wounding is the injury that happens after the trauma. It’s the damage that is done by the people who were supposed to care, help, support, and provide for all the needs that the trauma left.
This might be our friends, family, clergy, counsellors, police, doctors, nurses, legal professionals, etc. Anyone who is supposed to be helpful, has the potential to cause more harm, by the way they respond to someone’s trauma.
Today we talk about what Secondary Wounding is, how it happens, the avenues of receiving it, and what to do if you've hurt others in this way.
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Too Many Hats? Here's Another One!Wow! Do we ever wear a lot of hats each day!
As we go about our lives, we change our hats frequently - to be who we need to be, and do what we need to do. It can be exhausting and sometimes, a bit confusing.
And as absurd as it is in all that, Tina, today proposes we add a new hat to our collection! What???
Listen in as Tina introduces the idea of a new term, for a new hat. She talks about this as being a combination of a couple roles, with the purpose of being who is needed, and doing what needs to be done... all for those we love and care for, no matter the relationship.
Just when you thought you had too many hats to wear... here comes Tina with another one!
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You've Been Strong Enough for Long EnoughYou're so tired... and not in the way that a nap would fix. It's more than that. It's a lot. It's too much. If you get one more email, have one more problem, receive one more request for your help... you're going to crack!
Listen in today as Tina talks about our breaking point - the point where we can't handle one more thing. Tina discusses why it feels terrible to need extra care and support in a place where we think it is normal for others to need extra care and support. She also shares how our breaking point can actually be the place of breakthrough. Find out how!
If you feel like you've had to be strong enough for long enough, this episode is for you!
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Have a Word with YourselfAnyone with an inner dialogue, talks to themselves. Many of us argue with ourselves too. Crazy? Nah. It's normal. It's just conflicting thoughts and feelings happening at the same time. How does this happen? Well, we all have different parts and pieces of ourselves - and they all have different opinions.
Join Tina today as she talks about having a team meeting - with herself - and all the parts of who she is.
- How do you facilitate such a thing as a team meeting with yourself?
- How do you give them all a voice (especially when you don't like what some have to say)?
- How do you keep order in a meeting like that?
- What are the rules for a safe and constructive outcome?
We'll discuss this all and more as we learn how to Have a Word with Yourself
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It's another Soul Soothing Sunday with Pastor Bob
Join in as Bob focusses on Acts 27:25, where Paul gets caught in a terrible storm for 14 days while on a ship heading to Rome... But an angel appears to him the night before the shipwreck to say he is going to make it to Rome
"So, keep up your courage, men, for I have faith in God that it will happen just as He told me"
Paul's courage came from a word from God and Paul realized and now teaches us that You can live above your circumstances even when you're stuck in the middle of them.
- Question: So why didn't God save Paul from the storm like Jesus saved His disciples in Mark 4?
- Answer: Sometimes the reason goes beyond what God wants to do FOR us - to what God wants to do IN us
As uncomfortable as it may be, the truth is this: Whether removing a storm or not removing the storm, GOD'S GOT US EITHER WAY!
You can live above your circumstances even when you're stuck in the middle of them because God's got you.
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Playtime!Tina was a terrible sister (when she was little). Hear a story that sounds awful, but is in fact accurate. Poor Chris. Poor Michael. Who is Michael, you ask? You'll want to listen to find out!
Today's episode talks about the importance of playtime in correlation with childhood development. It's essential to having healthy, happier, less-stressed kids!
WHY though, do we forget how important playtime is as we get older? Why aren't adults still having playtime? We NEED to spend time being creative, with no other purpose but to have fun doing it!
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Stop Asking, What Am I Going To Do?Crisis, challenge, change... any kind of transition - It jumps us into action, asking ourselves, "WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?"
But that's just us creating a chore list in the hopes of manifesting some relief. And to-do lists are never about real transformation.
SO, here the challenge: Stop Asking, What Am I Going To Do?Instead, we need to start asking ourselves: WHO DO I NEED TO BECOME?And in asking that question, what we NEED TO DO, will just happen - because of who we are.
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Hey Leaders... Safety First!Every one of us is a leader somewhere - at work, at home, in our friend circle, within a group or an organization. But are we being a SAFE leader?
- What is a safe leader?
- What does being a safe leader look like?
- What are the results of being/having a safe leader?
Join in today to learn more about the importance of being a safe person, especially when when you have others in your charge.
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What Now? Transition to TransformationTransition is so uncomfortable and scary! But it happens throughout our lives - over and over again. So, why do we NEVER feel prepared???
All transition is an invitation for transformation, but that doesn't just happen. It takes focus and attention.
Join in today and listen as we pull apart this topic of transition, crisis, transformation and evolving. And let's talk about why it feels terrible and what could help with that... and also, specifically who can help us in the middle of it all.
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Surely - that's a Promise!
It's another Soul Soothing Sunday episode with Pastor Bob, and today he is looking at the last verse of Psalm 23... verse 6:
"Surely Your goodness and faithfulness will pursue me all the days of my life and I will live in the Lord's house for the rest of my life"
Verse 6 is a PROMISE
It is a promise of God's goodness and faithfulness for today... And everyday, for the rest of my life.
He pursues me everyday to extend His goodness and faithfulness to me, and David frames this promise with one word Surely, meaning absolutely, without question and without failure!
God cannot be good if He is not faithful and God cannot be faithful and not be good...it is Who He is!
That is why David can say **The Lord is my Shepherd, I lack nothing
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You Have the Right to Remain Silent
Yes! We have the right to remain silent - but that isn't always the best choice and today we talk about why, for the sake of our relationships.
We also talk about WHY and HOW we get to the place of thinking silence is the answer... and no, it's not always because anything you say can AND WILL be held against you!Communication (or lack of) is one of the leading causes of relationship breakdown. So lets get chatting about the silence part of communication and keep our relationships as healthy as we can.
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Tied to a Lawn Chair
What's got you feeling stuck, like you can't get away or move on?
Chances are, it's not a WHAT but the belief that you are stuck that has you held back.
Like a horse's lead rope, tossed loosely around the arm of a lawn chair, you are only tied up if you think you are. You are only unable to move on... if you believe that you are unable to move on.
Join in and listen today as we discuss what gets us stuck, what keeps us stuck...
AND HOW TO BREAK FREE AND MOVE ON.
Don't settle for a life where you are tied to a lawn chair!
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Difficult Doesn't Mean WrongLife is all about making decisions, and some of them are difficult.
When we make a decision that doesn't bring relief, does that mean it was the wrong choice?
When we choose an option and we feel terrible, does that mean we didn't do the right thing?
Join in today as we discuss how difficult it can be to make hard decisions, and how sometimes we don't feel "better" but it was still the right choice.
We'll look at examples of some of these times and situations, as well what to expect when we still don't feel good after a decision has been made, but we think it was the right choice.
Because sometimes we won't get the feeling of relief, so we aim for the feeling of peace in the decision.
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The Quest...Becoming the Hero of Your Own StoryNew Year's Resolutions! Of course we mean well, don't we? It's so great that we set out to make such positive changes for the better - so why do they never work? Why can't we stick to them? Why can't we continue in the momentum we had December 31st?
Today we talk about our good intentions that fade away as the calendar days pass... BUT we also look at HOW we can make them last all year long!
There is a way to set goals for our future, continue on the quest to see them achieved, and be the hero within our own story!
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The Most Wonderful Time of the Year... Is DoneThe tree is losing it's needles. The room is covered in crumpled, shredded wrapping paper. The magic of Christmas is over!
But this happens all year long, doesn't it? We have big moments and big days and then big let downs as the special magic fades. This is normal... but we have to be careful not to see the ordinary as mundane. We need to learn to see the magic in the ordinary, between the big moments and big days.
Today we talk about remembering that the real magic lives in the in-between.
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Why Christmas? Love, Forgiveness, and Hope
Merry Christmas!
Today's Soul Soothing Sunday episode is looking at Luke 2: 1 - 7
Pastor Bob looks at the question, "Why Christmas?" and reveals the following answers:
- LOVE - John 3:16 - God's immeasurable love for humanity
- FORGIVENESS - Romans 6:23 - no Christmas equals no Easter "there must be a manger before there is a cross"
- HOPE - John 3:16 - "whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life"
Pastor Bob also discusses the quote "Jesus is the reason for the season" and invites us as listeners, to look at it another way.
As Pastor Bob wraps up the message, he invites listeners to pray with him, considering Christ as Saviour. If you pray this prayer, please reach out and let Bob know. He wants to keep you in his prayers too.
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What Would Santa and Mrs. Clause Do?The story of a man on a plane, who looks a lot like Santa, helping a family he doesn't know... amidst his own suffering.
A woman who goes beyond her own new, raw diagnoses to help someone else. Mrs. Clause?
We all have choices when faced with anything difficult in life... what will we do? What will we do with our time, energy, focus, talents and abilities, stuff? What will we do with our attitudes?
Well, what would Santa and Mrs. Clause do?
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A repeat episode from last Christmas, because someone this year will be experiencing the same heaviness...
We've all heard the song "I'll Be Home For Christmas", but going home for the holidays is not really about a location. Is it? It is often about a person. It's about being with that special someone who feels like "home".
So what do we do when we can't go home for Christmas... because they just aren't there anymore?
How do we reckon with the reality of not having anywhere to go, especially when the whole world is focused on being HOME with our loved ones?
Join Tina as she talks about being a mama, without a mama... and not being able to go home for the holidays - not having that place to take her kids. Listen in as she describes the grief but also her answer to wondering, "Where do I go if I can't go home?"
The answer is also in the song..... "I'll BE Home for Christmas"
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Blue Christmas
Christmas is not always about joy, cheer, and festive get-togethers.
Every year, someone is facing their first Christmas without someone they love. It may not even be the first Christmas after a loss. It may be the second, 12th, or 30th. The number of years don't matter as much as the very real pain does.
Join Tina as she speaks about experiencing the holiday season, while suffering with the reality that someone very special is just not here. She will speak about the validated thoughts and feeling that may very well be present, as well as the possible options for taking care of ourselves and protecting our hearts.
If you don't feel full of joy this Christmas, may you feel loved and cared for.
Re-releasing this episode from last Christmas, because it's such an important message.
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SAD. Seasonal Affect Disorder
Where is the energy and motivation gone? And what's with these carb cravings? Sleep... never enough! Socializing? Nope. Not today thank you!
Are you starting to think you are actually a bear, and hibernation is the only answer? Well, there may be a perfectly good reason for thinking this.
Join in today as we talk about SAD, Seasonal Affect Disorder. We discuss what the symptoms look/feel like, diagnostic criteria a doctor would look for, as well as treatments that could be prescribed to help relieve some of the experiences of having SAD. We also look at the difference between the Winter Blues, and SAD.
Tina is not a wildlife biologist, so she can not say for certain that you are not a bear. She is not a physician either, so she always recommends seeing your doctor with any concerns you have regarding your health.
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"Relax, I've Got This/That/Them!"
It's another Soul Soothing Sunday with Pastor Bob, and you don't want to miss this message from Psalm 23:5
"You prepare a feast before me in plain sight of my enemies. You refresh my head with oil; my cup is completely full."
The passage is about the Protection of God, and it shows us that:
- God doesn't want to expose David (us) to his enemies
- God wants to reveal Himself to David's (our) enemies!
We learn that it isn't about David (us) being unsafe in the presence of enemies.
It's about David's (our) enemies not being safe in the presence of our God!
It's like God is saying to David (us) "Relax, I've got this/that/them!"
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It's a Man! 68 Inches. 155 Pounds
You’ve been working on you for a long time. You’ve been eating up everything you can that will help you grow and now you just don’t belong anymore, where you had been being nurtured.
Because just like a baby, before they are born, you’ve been fed and continued developing who you are... and what was a safe place to grow, is now too small to keep you. And you find yourself with almost this force behind you, feeling like you’re being pushed from one realm, into the next.
You cannot keep growing in who you are… AND stay where you are.
Everything we grow through in life pushes us into a new version of ourselves. If we keep moving forward through it all, we will end up being born again, and again, and again!
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Right Enough to be WrongWhat does it feel like to be wrong? Well, in all honesty, it actually feels a lot like being right. We don't feel wrong until we RECOGNIZE we are wrong... and that comes with some heaviness - and follows with some predictive actions too.
Today, we look at where this fear of being wrong comes from, why we often insist that we are right, and how we handle it when others don't agree with us.
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Living In GreatnessPerhaps you don't feel like you've been living in greatness, in the way that we think of "greatness". But, maybe you have been. Maybe though, it has felt more like living in the greatness of grief or despair.
Today we talk about the reality of going in and through seasons of greatness - some feeling like the greatness of joy and contentment, other feeling the like the valley of the shadow of death... and shadows can bring with them so much fear.
Join in as we discuss what it's like to live in the darkness of the shadows, under the greatness of so much heaviness, and what we can do to keep going until we come out of it again.
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Thank-you, MidbrainToday we look at a few questions...
- Why is it that some people who are quite intelligent, cannot seem to get organized and get things done?
- Why is it that some people who are highly motivated, seem to self-sabotage?
- Why is it that some people take all the training in the world, just to make the same amount of money and stay in the same roles within their professional life?
Could this be something more than just not knowing how to pull off these skills of getting their life together and making it work to their advantage?
Let's find out what our brain has to do with it! Today... on Life's Seasons Speaks!
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For You Are With MeContinuing in Psalm 23, Pastor Bob looks today at verse 4... "Even when I must walk through the darkest valley, I fear no danger, for you are with me; your rod and your staff reassures me".Join in as Bob talks about the companionship of God through life's difficulties. God may not spare us from all struggles, but he certainly doesn't send us through them alone either. Even when David felt that he was alone, he knew he wasn't.
Just as a shepherd is always there for his sheep, so is God always there for and with his people.
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Perfection or RejectionResearch tells us that we need to stop trying to avoid failure, and embrace it as something necessary for growth. But that is hard to do in a society that SHAMES us for the mistakes we make. We are now part of a world that doesn't accept apologies... instead, it calls for our resignation.
Let's talk today about living in an age that teaches us - It's Perfection or Rejection!
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I Will Not Take Off My FlipflopsSo many of us are going kicking and screaming into Fall, and so reluctant to say good bye to summer... that we refuse to take off our flipflops! We aren't ready.
This can happen as we go in and out of seasons within our lives too. We don't want to say good bye to the seasons we are in. We don't want to have to experience the season that is coming. But it can't be stopped.
Listen in today as we specifically look at how the interaction between a tree and it's leaves can teach us what we need to know about the transitions we face in our journeys in life.
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Complaining About Answered Prayers
Have you ever stopped and realized that the very thing you are annoyed with, frustrated in, complaining about... is something you specifically prayed for???
Join in as Tina admits to complaining about things she has literally dreamed of having in her life. Listen as she dives in to figure out WHY, HOW, WHEN... she lost the feeling of being privileged, and instead became entitled.
What do we do when we find that the very things we have prayed for, wished, for, and dreamed of come true? And they aren't exactly what we thought they would be?
Today we look at all the details regarding our complaints about answered prayers.
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What's In Your Closet?Do you shove things in your closet and close the door so the room looks clean? Does that make you feel better when you stand back and look around? Are you satisfied with the ILLUSION that everything is under CONTROL?
Today, we talk about the different ways we "shove stuff into the closet" in order to feel like we have some peace in our lives, through avoiding what's behind those doors. We'll also discuss how we can open the door, let all the issues spill out, and sort through them. We will explore the different feelings surely to be experienced, and the answer to successfully cleaning out that closet... for a real sense of control... and a real sense of peace.
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If These Walls Could SpeakTina talks about the experience of being in the house her mom had last lived in and packing it up to leave for a new family to make new memories. But in the midst of reckoning with walls that could have something to say, Tina realizes where the real walls have been put up - and why.
Have you built walls in your life, thinking they could stop the pain, or at least slow it down while it tries to scale the protection you believe you put in place? Is it working for you?
Let's talk today, all about these walls and what they are really doing in our life. If THESE walls could speak... what would they say?
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Waters and Green Pastures
This week's message continues in Psalm 23, with Pastor Bob focusing on verses 2 and 3
Listen in as Pastor Bob leads us in reflective discussion about:
- The provision of God as we follow His lead.
- God is the cause/source of rest and refreshing .
- God gently guides us on paths that bring glory to His name
The Lord's goal is for us to live in rest and peace as we trust Him to lead us
The Lord is our Shepherd
Trust in Him and let Him restore your soul
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Empty Enough
Today we talk about the feeling of being empty.
You know the feeling. It's like being depressed but not quite. It feels like it includes sadness but it's more than that. It's tired, yes, but not just in the way of needing rest. There is no motivation, creativity, ideas, drive... Nothing. Just empty.
Join in with today's episode as Tina discusses this topic of being "empty" in a whole new light. Is empty just a negative experience? Or could it be a place from which something new can emerge. Could this be the birth place of hope? If this is possible, how does that work? What does that look like?
Tune in and we'll find out.
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Climb OutDo you feel like you've been labelled, or "put" somewhere that you don't want to be? Did a teacher tell you that you wouldn't become anything great? Did a partner leave you a mess? Did certain experiences place you into a life you aren't comfortable with?
Let's learn from a specific toddler who refused to stay where he was put... CLIMB OUT.
Sometimes we can feel like we've been put in a crib, behind a gate, inside a fence... but like a toddler Tina raised, we can refuse to stay there. We can CLIMB OUT!
Join today and listen in as Tina talks about refusing to stay somewhere we no longer want to be.
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Exhausted Yet Still In PursuitThere is an "exhaustion" that requires resting, relaxing and unwinding to restore us.
But there is also an "exhaustion" that happens when we are pursuing what is ahead. That is a season where we endure because we are in pursuit of the next season.
Join Tina today as she talks about what it is to be Exhausted Yet Still In Pursuit. What does that look like? What does that feel like? How do we know if we are to keep going... or rest?
We'll find all this out and more, today, on Life's Seasons Speaks.
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Irritated out of ComplacencyComplacency... isn't that irresponsible laziness? Well, not entirely.
Tune in today and have a listen as Tina talks about complacency - what it is, what it isn't, how to tell if you or someone in your life is complacent, AND how to allow irritation to change it.
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The Lord IS my ShepherdIt's another Soul Soothing Sunday with Pastor Bob!
On today's episode, we'll be looking at Psalm 23:1 - God's Forever Present-ness.
Are you able to declare, like David, that "God is enough" … for anything and everything?
Listen in as Pastor Bob speaks about CONTENTMENT, and focuses on two specific truth:
- God is ALWAYS present - ALWAYS near
- God is ENOUGH - ALWAYS enough
Let it be our prayer that we would confidently say, "The Lord IS my Shepherd... I Lack NOTHING
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Nothing Left to Lose"I’ve got nothing left to lose". Have you ever uttered those words? Or did you not dare say them out loud? Afraid something in creation would hear your secret and confirm it.
Maybe this is where you are right now. And you’re even a bit shook that someone just spoke out into the air, the heaviness your heart has been trying to hide.
Today, we take these words and shift them into a place to catapult from. We turn the phrase "nothing left to lose" into a powerful place to find ourselves in.
How? Listen and find out. If you're feeling like you have nothing left to lose, you can't afford to miss this episode.
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Slaying GiantsAre you in a position of leadership, mentorship, influence? Are you afraid that you might not be cut out for the job? Today we talk about being in these positions, but them not being the real deal until we move from being put into that place, to accepting it, and TAKING THE LEAD.
What does it mean to take the lead? What do you have to do?
One of the biggest things we will do is slay giants... slay those gigantic obstacles that stand in our way. How do we know we are capable of slaying giants? We'll find out - today!
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Being ChildishWhen did the word "childish" become negative? Doesn't a part of you long to go back to such an authentic way of being? To cry when you are sad, be upset when you are angry, laugh when you are amused, and to run when you have somewhere to go???
Your inner child is waiting for you to have a playdate! You know your inner child - it's you... before IT happened. It's who you were before you ever became wounded. And "little you" is still there waiting for you to go back for them - to cry again, be upset, laugh, and to run!
Today we talk about our inner child - finding them, nurturing them, and learning from them... all the things we used to know! CONNECT THROUGH FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/lifesseasonsspeaks
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No Regrets? Really?Join Tina as she has a full circle moment from thinking she had “No Regrets” (because it was all part of who she's become today, right?) to realizing, actually, she has regrets - daily… and perhaps this isn’t entirely awful. Perhaps, regret is an important emotion to feel after all…
And after discussing how important it is, and in which ways regret aims to serve us... she is still all too aware of the heaviness that it brings with it. Why? Why, if it’s important, does it feel so heavy to experience this feeling of regret?
We’ll find out together, today.
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Forgiving Everyone, Everything, Every TimeJoin Pastor Bob as he looks at Matthew 18:21-35, The parable of the unmerciful servant.
Within today's episode, we look at what forgiveness is AND what it isn't, while also exploring the 3 reasons why we find it so hard to forgive?
- We don't understand forgiveness
- We don't understand what it means to be forgiven
- (We'll find out together)
You won't want to miss this opportunity to learn what it means to make the choice to Forgive Everyone, for Everything, Every Time.
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Don't Quit. Grow.Strength training is hard on the body. You push and you pull against resistance as you sweat and feel your muscles stretch uncomfortably.
Life feels much the same sometimes. But that's how you grow.
It's not about looking on the bright side or looking for the silver lining. It's about not quitting. It's about knowing you are uncomfortable but you will not stop now. You'll give it another day. And that's how you grow. You won't be able to stop that growth. It's quit or grow.
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Stuck in the Mud
Feeling sad or disappointed about something that has happened is normal. In fact, it's healthy. But being sad is different than having and stating self-defeating statements that undermine our ability to deal with the situation. It may feel good in the moment... but at the end of the day, we're just hosting a pity party, and inviting all the phrases that validate this, to come and be entertained.
Having a pity party is like being stuck in the mud - spinning tires and getting nowhere. It costs us time, energy, and confidence.
How do we get stuck in the mud? And does anyone have a tow rope?
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Good or Bad. Hard to Say. We'll SeeAs we continue to look at our stories and the importance of having them, sharing them, and listening to them being told by others, today we look at our inclination to make judgements as to whether a story is GOOD or BAD. And we don't mean the abilities of a storyteller to keep us engaged. We mean the plot. The content. The story itself.
Listen in as Tina explains that labelling stories as "GOOD" or "BAD" really just makes for an incomplete story. Tina shares a few pages from her own life and takes us on a journey through some good and some bad as an example of how fluid life is - too fluid to label … and certainly not concrete enough to label as the END of the story.
This is a special episode for her boys and their dad.
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What's Your COVID Story?Many of us remember where we were and what we were doing the day the twin towers were hit. We can recall many thoughts and emotions as well. It's part of our 9-11 story.
Here we are now in 2022, with a COVID story... that continues writing on our pages. Many of us will have stories that include suffering in our mental health. But we don't tell those stories, do we? Can we? Should we?
Today we talk about the importance of our stories... particularly if they include mental illness. We talk about how it isn't essential that we tell everyone our story. We don't owe everyone our story. The question isn't "are you telling EVERYONE about your story?" The question is "are you telling ANYONE about your story?"
Because your story matters. You matter. Let's look at why we don't share, how we could share, AND how we can be listeners too.
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You Need HelpOn today's episode, Tina talks about those whom we care about, worry about, and know would benefit from receiving care and support in their lives. She looks at the different ways we often convey these thoughts and feelings to them... and what's wrong with those ways.
Join Tina as she takes us through the challenging conversations we have with people when we want them to "get help". Listen as she gives examples of well-intentioned strategies, that just don't work - AND - meaningful examples of relationally truthful expressions of concern... with an invitation to being cared for.
Language matters, especially when we are speaking to people who really matter to us!
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What A Blind Man Saw While He Was Sitting By The RoadIt's Not What You Look At That Matters; It's What You See
Join in for another Soul Soothing Sunday and listen as Pastor Bob looks at Luke 18:35-42. Within this passage, Bob pulls apart the importance of what was seen throughout. He looks at:
- What A Blind Man Saw
- What A Crowd Saw
- What Jesus Saw
From there, Bob then goes into the healing of the blind man. How was he healed?
Sure, physically... but it was more than his eyes.
-It was also spiritual
-And emotional
-And social
… And it even touched a crowd
Jesus is into the whole of a person and not just one part And we can be too We can bring healing to people we take time to notice and be present with.
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Belonging Through Being ClaimedReal belonging is knowing that someone has CLAIMED you.
When we look up the word claim and check out the meanings associated with it...
· a demand or request for something considered one's due.
We have the RIGHT to belong. It is not earned. And we can’t lose the right to be claimed either. It was not just a NEED we were born with. It was a human right to belong - to be a part of a family, a community, society that all become caregivers.
Another meaning given regarding the word claim is:
· an assertion of the truth of something; that it is the case, and typically without providing evidence or proof.
So put that into context of being claimed and belonging. Again, it shows that there is no requirement of earning it. Because there is no need for proof. You don’t have to produce a shred of evidence.
What happens when we don't feel like we belong? How does that impact our ability to connect in relationship? What can we do about it?
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HappinessHow do we handle helping someone who makes decisions that we wouldn't make for ourselves? What if our loved ones choose things for their lives that we wouldn't have chosen for ours?
Aren't we all just trying to make decisions that will make us happy?
In today's episode, Tina looks at what it takes to make decisions that allow us to be at peace with them. She discusses a formula for decision making that puts our truth in line with our values and ends up in HAPPINESS with our choices. Listen as she lays out the steps, as well as their importance for letting others make their own decisions, in their truths, values, and happiness too.
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Writing Our Wrongs
How many of us have memories of our younger selves experiencing situations, and handling them WRONG? My guess is that it is more than a few of us. We tend to think back on our past, and judge ourselves harshly for how we responded or didn't respond in a particular circumstance. We judge a younger version of ourselves, against what we know now. And that isn't fair.
Today, we look at a technique used to help our present day selves, reckon with a younger version of ourselves, in a loving, kind, compassionate, and understanding way. Listen in as we discuss a style of letter writing designed to bring the past and the present together in a unified devotion of who we were and who we are now.
It's an emotional letter of acknowledgment, validation, appreciation, forgiveness, and reassurance... as we set out, Writing Our Wrongs.
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Are You Feeling Your Feelings?Of course we can all mention times when we were irritated or nervous or overjoyed or overwhelmed... But did we really FEEL it? Or did we "sense" it and act quickly to distract, shut down, and ignore it? Well, lets think of what we did when the feelings came - Another glass of wine? Few cookies? Online shopping spree? Another nap? The possibilities are endless, because we are so good at NOT feeling our feelings.
Today we talk about a specific way to allow for our feelings - - - to honor their existence. Because they don't go away when we work to ignore them. They wait for their next opportunity. In today's episode, we discuss how to Name, Explain, and Sit with our feelings so they feel like they've had their 15 minutes of fame. That's all they want - acknowledgment. Not even to be fixed. Just to be seen and heard. Tune in to hear about giving the stage to your feelings, letting them shine, and then letting them make their own exit.
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King David's Mental BreakdownIt's another Soul Soothing Sunday episode... From Psalm 13, Pastor Bob looks at a theological paradox describing a time when it seemed God went missing. God is always present but when he is not responding to us, especially in our moment of need, it feels like God is absent.Join Pastor Bob today as he shares the story of King David's struggle within his mental health, during a period in his life when God was not responding to David's prayer for help. Bob addresses questions such as, "Is it ok to not be ok in our spiritual journey?" and "Is it normal for us to experience times when God seems to be missing?"
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Four Words to Change the WorldIt's getting warmer out! Soon we will be at the beach... and kids will be building sandcastles! And inevitably, those sandcastles will be destroyed by another wild child running through them, kicking sand everywhere. And that's a normal beach experience. But so are all the big emotions that come for our kids in that situation - and a million other situations.
How do we handle our kid's big emotions? How do we respond? What happens to our children when we don't respond well... and what does that do to us as adults when we were never taught to HAVE, FEEL, or SHARE our big emotions?
Childhood mental health lays a foundation for adult mental health.
Listen today as we discuss ways to help our kids HAVE, FEEL, and SHARE their big emotions, so they know how to as adults. It's easier than you think. It's four words. Four words that could change their world... Four words to change the world.
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Life's Seasons is having a yard sale fundraiser. We've been decluttering our offices and our homes to donate items to the sale. What we are ending up with is such clean, fresh feeling spaces where we have removed old items of ours.
So I got wondering... could we do the same with our schedules, our routines, our thoughts even? Is it possible to declutter things we think about and things we plan, screen time, even the foods we eat? How do you do that? What are the questions to ask ourselves to sort through these things?
Join today and listen in to a conversation about sorting for a garage sale, and how that can relate to sorting through things we even think about... It's like having a yard sale in your head!
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I'm Done Falling in LoveLanguage can be perplexing sometimes, can't it? The way we speak of something that should be so beautiful, like love, includes words like "falling, burning, crushed, smitten..." How strange!
In today's episode, Tina looks at some of the words we use to talk about LOVE, and why language matters to our thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Find out why Tina says she is done "falling" in love, and what she has decided to do about it instead.
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When the Dream Doesn't Happen... An Infertility StoryToday, Tina speaks with her sister-in-law, Michelle, about her journey with infertility.
As Mother's Day approaches, a special day for mom's, we will hear many stories of women's paths to becoming moms, as well as raising their children. We will even hear inspirational stories about women who struggled with infertility and had miracle babies! While these stories are absolutely amazing and precious, we will most likely NOT hear many about the experiences of long, difficult journeys with infertility that didn't end with pregnancy and birth. But these stories deserve to be told, and need to be heard.
Listen in as Michelle vulnerably shares her story about a dream that didn't happen. A dream that deserved to be acknowledged, explored, and grieved... so that her future could still be full and wonderful.
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Laugh Like A CazaAre you blessed enough to have some crazy ancestors like Tina?
Join in today as Tina talks about what her family calls "Caza humor". It's the ability to laugh in the face of stress... and it's a gift she never wants to lose. Oh sure, this laughter happens in the most inappropriate times, and springs up every time you NEED to be silent, but still... it is a literal lifesaver.
Tina talks about avoiding Monday morning heart attacks, living a life you don't need to retire from, and screenwriting the story of your life through epigenetics.
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I Apologize, Try AgainListen in as Tina reads a couple of pages from her favorite book, The Scent of Water, Grace for Every Kind of Broken by Naomi Zacharias. Tina shares the words that have had tremendous impact on her, and says a few words to those who may be able to relate to the pain of being turned away, in the name of God.
If you have ever been shamed away from God or church, please know that God was not ok with that. That is not who he is.
The Scent of Water, Grace for Every Kind of Broken by Naomi Zacharias
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Truth Will Always Kill the LiesMotivational episode opens with some of the common lies we hear in our minds day after day. Together we normalize and validate the fact that these lies, or similar ones are going to keep coming. We don't need to figure out how to shut them down... because they will always return in one way or another.
"Sometimes, we just need to know how to reply. We don’t ignore these lies. We talk back. That’s right. Sometimes we aren’t to be polite and passive. Sometimes we need to talk back. Be mouthy. Get assertive and maybe even a bit aggressive.
This is your mind you are fighting for.
This is your heart you are fighting for.
This is your body you are standing up for and protecting.
These are your hopes, dreams, opportunities, chances, and possibilities you are fighting to protect and nourish.
No lie gets to come in here and bully your hope into fading out. "
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I love you - Now get outta my yardToday we are talking about boundaries! And believe it or not, "boundaries" is not a bad word! So why are we so uncomfortable when we hear the word being used??? I think for the most part, it's because we aren't exactly clear on what boundaries are, or are not. We aren't sure when to use them, how to use them, or why to use them.
Join in today as we look at boundaries through an illustration that helps us see how empowered we can be in our own lives and our relationships, once we understand the concept and importance of healthy boundaries.
From surveying our land, to building fences, gates and gardening... we sort out the basics of boundaries in an unforgettable way!
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Can We Be Friends With Guilt?How many of us say "YES" to way more than we should, just to avoid the feeling of guilt that comes from saying "NO"? Probably quite a few of us.
What if guilt wasn't always a bad thing to feel? Even if it's uncomfortable. What if it wasn't something to avoid in every situation?
What if we became friends with guilt?
Join in today as we look at the reason why we used to say yes, vs why we say yes now, and how it ties into needing to get along with guilt as our friend.
It will makes sense as we go - I promise!
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Get Ready....GO
Motivational "get up" message.
Our alarm clocks are going to keep going off day after day. We can make excuses or we can get up. We keep saying things like "I'm not ready" but some days we just HAVE TO BE, no matter what - but if we insist on saying "I'm not ready", we better be clear on what we aren't ready for - this message will help lay that out. And we've got to get this figured out so we can get ready... and GO
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Soul Soothing Sunday Episode
Psalm 46 - God Is
Psalm 46 is all about the faithfulness of God in light of chaotic worldly events
The basic premise of the Psalm is:
Sometimes God calms the storm around us
But sometimes God let's the storm rage on and calms His children
It is to encourage and comfort us that God is in control
God does not always take away the trouble
But God is always with us through the trouble
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What Are You Looking For On Your Journey?
A journey is to travel from one place to the next. I've been allowed to have a journey in my life. My kids are allowed to have one too. We all are. A journey lasts a lifetime.
What we look for on our journey matters though. We are going to encounter problems. We are going to go through really tough parts in our journey. Whether we are problem-focused or solution-focused will matter greatly!
Join in today as we talk about what it means to be solution focused, and what to watch for as we journey through problems towards our goals.
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What's Your Horse Called?Do you keep hopping on the back of something that takes you in a direction you weren't necessarily looking to go? Or does it stop you from going somewhere you wish to go?
Do you possibly have a horse called fear?
Fear has it's own agenda when it comes to keeping us safe, and keeping us comfortable. But fear is not great at knowing the difference between DANGER and CHALLENGE.
Today we talk about the wiring within our amygdala (Amy) and how this region of the brain senses danger (or challenge) and causes us to feel fear - to keep us safe (and sometimes hold us back).
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Tina's mom had a phrase that she loved to say, and she said it often. "Everyone Matters" could be heard from her at any time, in any circumstance. But it was not just a phrase to her. She lived it out in her daily life, everyday.
Join in today as Tina takes this phrase and applies it to her own understanding of what this could really look like, symbolically, and tangibly.
In a twist of experiences, Tina talks about puzzles, the planet's population, and white wooden crosses... and how they all keep driving home this phrase and the truth behind it...
Everyone Matters!
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My Sister-In-Law Is OldTina has her sister-in-law on the show today, and it's her birthday. Michelle is 45 and feeling really old this year. It's actually Tina's birthday too! She is also 45. But she is not experiencing the same feelings... WHY?
Join in and listen as Michelle and Tina discuss turning 45 and having such different feelings about it. They talk about perspectives that are quite similar as well as those that differ due to life experiences thus far in life.
They hit on some deep subjects, but do a lot of laughing too, as they take inventory of what turning 45 means to them, and why.
Don't miss it!
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What if Pleasure is the Purpose?I think we often tend to believe that carrying out a "purpose" must hold an element of executing an important job within it - responsibility and management and duty and cause and labor and effort and exertion. But in today's short and simple thought, Tina shares a conversation with God, where he challenged this way of thinking.
What if pleasure is the purpose? Is that a thing? Is that ok? What does God think of that?
Have we been missing out on some of the pleasures within his grand design?
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Hope. More Than A Feeling
Hope is the belief that your future will be better than today, and that you have the power to make it so. That doesn't sound like a feeling. That sounds more like a way of thinking. It sounds like there may be a way to make a plan and forge a path towards this "better tomorrow". So, can our thoughts impact our capacity for hope? How does that work? What does that look like? Does trauma bear any weight on our ability to have hope? How so?
Join us today as we look at the whole concept of hope, and the importance of having it, using it, and sharing it.
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Band Aids on Bullet HolesPhysically speaking, sometimes we have an injury that requires special treatment – maybe surgery or physio… something that will hurt to endure, but it’s an important part of the proper healing process. It’s something that is necessary and for the greater good in the long run.
Well, what if we don’t do it? What if we decide that we don’t have time for the suggested surgery, or that we just don’t want the extra discomfort of physio, so we don’t go through with it?
This scenario happens with our hearts too. We can have an injury to our heart that happened years ago. An injury that required surgery and maybe a follow up with physio to help repair it properly.
Let's talk today about how to go back and really assess that injury, and heal it properly - not just compensate for the pain we carry daily. Let’s acknowledge the hurt and give it a space and a voice in our story. To heal, to dispel false guilt, to learn from our mistakes, to kill shame, and to live free. We deserve it!
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Getting Offended vs Being Offended
Let’s get rid of the notion right now that healthy, mature, strong people do not get offended. Because they do. It’s unavoidable. No one is exempt. So, if it is normal, and if it is going to continue happening, why aren’t we talking about it more? It kind of seems important to understand that there is no failure in getting offended, AND there has got to be something more we can do with it rather than just be hurt.
We can’t escape it, so we need to know how to deal with it.
But listen carefully, this is really important. There is a distinct difference between getting offended and being offended - and that is where our power lies. We cannot avoid getting offended, but we have a powerful choice over accepting, allowing, settling into, and carrying offence .
Let's sort all this out together, today!
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ConnectingDo you know that we are wired for connection? That is to say that we are literally created to have connection with others in this world. If we were hooked up to a brain scan, you would actually see the reward centers of our brain light up when we are connecting with others. It’s that important to us. It is that engrained into our DNA, to connect with others. Genetically, our DNA is predisposed to connect; to find someone we care about and who cares for us.
Then, why are so many of us lonely? Do we just not know how to connect? Are we unsure of what steps to take to really connect with someone else?
Join us today as we look at the A, B, Cs of connection...
- A - Awareness and Acceptance
- B - Build a Bridge
- C - Courageous Conversations with Curiosity
And let's break it down into something very straightforward!
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Jephthah - Prepped for Battle
" Mighty Man of Valor"... what a way to be described and remembered! He must have been someone very special, born to wonderfully loving parents, and raised in the ways of the Lord. After all, he led and won a battle to save the people who needed him, and he presided over them as a judge for years. A special man indeed!
But what if I told you his early years were horrible? He was unwanted, unloved, and rejected and abandoned - over and over again. Were those years he needed to overcome so that the Lord could use him? OR were they years as preparation for the battle that was to come?
If you've ever felt that you were born into a family so full of pain, that you couldn't possibly have any destiny other than to try and survive and maybe overcome, then this message is for you.
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Listen to This!Are you a good listener? Are you really? How do you know?
Today we are going to look at what it really means to be a good listener and how to put it to the test. We will discuss what listening is and what it isn't as far as responses, reactions, statements, and intentions.
We might even hear about a situation where Tina was NOT a good listener!
From last week's show on talking, to today's episode on listening, we set the stage for next Wednesday's release on connection. Don't miss any of them!
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Let's Talk About TalkingWe must learn to talk!
So today, we will talk about talking... and not just to fill the awkward silence in a room, but to really articulating our thoughts and feelings. Because sometimes our thoughts and feelings sound like "I'm worthless, I'm a bad person, I'm not worthy of love". While these may not be facts, they may have become truths inside us - that no one knows about, and no one can help us with BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT IT.
We have a right to feel what we feel. We also have the right to talk about it.
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The Gift of ForgivenessAs the gift-giving season wraps up, and we move into the new year full of new challenges, we discuss the gift of forgivenessand what is has to offer us.
What exactly is forgiveness and how do you do it? Those are important questions.
But perhaps the most important question to ask first is WHY? Why forgive?
Listen in as we pull apart the topic of forgiveness to gain a clearer understanding of the what, how, and why, in it all.
Forgiveness can be a hard journey that feels like it will cost too much, but can you actually afford not to? It's not about what you should or shouldn't do. The power of the choice to forgive or not to, is all yours.
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I'll NEVER... get divorced, have depression, speak to my kids like that, get cancer, have a kid with an addiction...
Sometimes we state NEVER as a hope, a dream, a wish and then what we said would never happen - happens. And that messes with our understanding of the word NEVER, especially when we hear God say "I will NEVER leave you nor forsake you" (Deuteronomy 31:6). How is that statement to be trusted when I have stated it before, and it failed?
Listen in as Tina shares a little story of talking with God about this concept of "NEVER". There is a distinct difference in knowing whether it is a hope OR a promise. What is that difference?
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As you heard from Tina last week, this may not be a time of joy that you are preparing for this season. Perhaps, as Jenny's family is, you are going to be experiencing a tougher Christmas this year. Maybe you are grieving as it is the first Christmas after a loss. Maybe it’s the 12th or 20th Christmas without your loved one. No matter the timing, your grief matters.
So, we are not here to wish you a Happy Holidays. We are here to say that we pray for you, a season with love and care and support. You deserve to know that you are loved and cared for, no matter what your heart feels from moment to moment. We pray that you are safe and held close by all who love you.
We are not going to be releasing regular weekly episodes throughout the season, but we will be back in the new year.
That doesn’t mean there won’t be something special released. It just won’t be our regular weekly, topical conversations. I know Tina has a couple things planned, so watch for those. But make sure your focus this seasons is on you, what you need, and how you need to be cared for. Take care of your heart. Take care of your health… and take care of each other.
You are a blessing to this world, and this world is a better place because you are in it.
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We've all heard the song "I'll Be Home For Christmas", but going home for the holidays is not really about a location. Is it? It is often about a person. It's about being with that special someone who feels like "home".
So what do we do when we can't go home for Christmas... because they just aren't there anymore?
How do we reckon with the reality of not having anywhere to go, especially when the whole world is focused on being HOME with our loved ones?
Join Tina as she talks about being a mama, without a mama... and not being able to go home for the holidays - not having that place to take her kids. Listen in as she describes the grief but also her answer to wondering, "Where do I go if I can't go home?"
The answer is also in the song..... "I'll BE Home for Christmas"
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Blue Christmas
Christmas is not always about joy, cheer, and festive get-togethers.
Every year, someone is facing their first Christmas without someone they love. It may not even be the first Christmas after a loss. It may be the second, 12th, or 30th. The number of years don't matter as much as the very real pain does.
Join Tina as she speaks about experiencing the holiday season, while suffering with the reality that someone very special is just not here. She will speak about the validated thoughts and feeling that may very well be present, as well as the possible options for taking care of ourselves and protecting our hearts.
If you don't feel full of joy this Christmas, may you feel loved and cared for.
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Train Up A ChildIt's another Soul Soothing Sunday!
Proverbs 22:6 says, Train up a child in the way he should go, andwhen he is old, he will not depart from it. Often we read this verse adding emphasis in this way: Train up a child in the way he SHOULD go, andwhen he is old, he will not depart from it.What if we read it like this... Train up a child in the way HE should go, andwhen he is old, he will not depart from it.Our kids are not ours to mold into a future we choose for them. If we truly believe that God is the potter, then what are we molding? God already has a purpose for our children. Our privilege and responsibility as their parents is to help our kids be mold-able. We help them to be good, pliable, workable clay. But we are not shaping their future. We give them back to the artist for that. He has prepped them already with talents and interests and passions. Those are ours to watch for, help develop, and celebrate.
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Private Logic... how the experience of trauma impacts the way we THINK AND FEEL ABOUT OURSELVES, OTHERS, AND THE WORLD WE LIVE IN.Trauma can disfigure and distort the way we see and feel about ourselves, others, and the world we live in. And this is so important to understand because we have got to stop deciding we know people, including ourselves, based on the impact that trauma has had on us.
Every day, we make judgements and opinions about others, as well as ourselves, and even the world we live in. But we are making judgments and forming opinions based on our observations of how people present. We are also doing it based on how we think and feel. And how we think and feel, and how others present, is often a mirror of what we, and they, have been through.
Understanding private logic is so essential to knowing who we are, who others are, what all our needs are... and how to meet them!
Listen in as Tina shares an amazing story of walking through private logic and needs with her daughter. Crisis to compassion to hope!
Join Jenny and Tina for this important topic!
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Resiliency is the bounce back after a traumatic event... but let's be VERY CLEAR - this is NOT the same as "getting over it”.
The truth is, you may never "get over" what happened to you. And that's ok. That's not a failure or a weakness. That's not even the goal. The meaning behind the bounce back, is about your ability to have good, positive, healthy experiences in your future, even though something very tough has happened in your past.
Join us today to hear all about the "bounce back".
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Protect The RelationshipJenny has young children... Tina's are older - but they chat with each other about parenting all the time!
On today's episode, Jenny brings to focus, the chats they have had privately about protecting the parent/child relationship ABOVE ALL ELSE! This time, for all to hear, Jenny and Tina recount experiences that Tina has had with her children, where tough issues needed to be dealt with - but with the relationship guarded and kept safe.
How was this done?
Join them today as they talk out these experiences, the reasoning behind the decisions that were made, and the results of handling the situations as they did.
How do we discipline and deal with "issues" without jeopardizing our relationship with our kids??? Listen in and find out.
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Trauma 101What if it isn't a "behavior" problem? What if you aren't stubborn, and difficult, and "extra"? What if it's more than just being sad and upset? What if it's trauma?
Join Jenny and Tina, as certified trauma practitioners and trainers, as they talk about trauma...
- What is it?
- What does it look like?
- What does it feel like?
- How does it act?
- And what do we do about it?
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Saying Yes to GodDoes having faith and trying to make sense of loss have to be on opposite ends of the spectrum? Does it have to be one OR the other?
What does it really mean to say YES to God? What does it mean to have the faith to say YES to what we see God doing, and say it BEYOND what we can see God doing?
And is it possible to lose the YES, or even say YES in grief?
Listen in as Jenny and Tina talk about a journey where faith was so abundant and strong. They believed for healing miracles... and then there was a death.
Did this change the YES?
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The Old Self Is GoneHave you been struggling, trying desperately to get back to your "old self" - but nothing you do seems to get you there? Well, this may feel like bad news, but it is actually good news...
The old self is gone - there is no going back to who you used to be!
Join Jenny and Tina as they look at why we are so afraid to go forward into newness, and instead try to run back to our old familiar ways... even when they weren't productive or healthy.
What does it take to embrace the discomfort of being someone we've never been before in a place we've never been before?
Let's talk about it!
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Intrusive Thoughts - The Repeat OffendersToday we are looking at, and pulling apart what it means when we say:
Lies are the narratives in our head, of the fears in our heart.Does anyone else feel like their head can tell them things about themselves, that just aren't true, but is quite hurtful and damaging? Do you wonder where these thoughts are coming from? Could it be that they are coming from what your heart is scared of?
What if you've been aware of this - that your heart has fears and that your head can lie to you about them? What if you've been working on this but it just keeps happening?
Maybe you aren't working hard enough? Maybe you are doing it wrong?
Intrusive thoughts are called intrusive for a reason. They aren't invited. They just show up! And if the thoughts just keep returning??? Well, you've got a repeat offender!
Join us today as we talk about lies, fears, intrusive thoughts, and repeat offenders.
Listen in to some of our personal examples. You just might be able to relate!
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Self Harm - Insights Through ExperienceToday could be very sensitive for some people, so please remember that we really care about you and your well-being. If there is any way that the topic of self-harm could cause you any distress, please skip this episode. The number of episodes we put out and the number of downloads we get, mean very little to us in comparison to your experience with us being a positive one that always feels safe. Please take care this week and decide not to listen if there is any way this topic could cause you any harm.
What we will be doing today, is discussing the topic of self-harm and how it relates professionally but also personally for Tina, who spent over 20 years in self-harm, specifically cutting. She will share details about thoughts, feelings, and the act itself.
If you have struggled with self harm, this episode may be too hard to listen to. If you love someone who self harms and have wanted to know more, this may be very helpful.
Please listen with great discretion.
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I'm a Big Deal!Can you say that you're a big deal? We hope so. We believe that you are a big deal... no bigger than anyone else, but no than less anyone else either.
But what if you've made terrible mistakes in your past? What if these mistakes created consequences that hurt others as well? Could you still say you are a Big Deal then? Or would that feel too shameful to identify with?
Join in as Tina shares an experience where a choice she made created pain, shame, and defeat as a mom... and confusion for her child. Listen as Jenny and Tina talk out the experience from living in the guilt, to finding healing, and moving into being a Big Deal - and raising a Big Deal too!
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When The Plan Falls Apart, But The Dream Remains
While Jenny is away on vacation, Tina and Chris sit down to discuss a difficult time where tough decisions had to be made, in the face of a plan that had completely fallen apart.
Chris, Tina's brother, talks about his plan to complete college, join the Life's Seasons family, and work alongside their mom, Annette. It was a great plan. It would be a dream come true for all of them. So what happened when their mom passed away half way through college? Does the plan proceed? How? Nothing would be the same now.
Join in as Chris and Tina vulnerably look at what it took to make the decisions that were made, and what was behind the ability to make them.
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Thoughts on Vines & PruningJenny is a gardener... Tina is not!
But they both see God as the ultimate gardener, who prunes - for protection, guidance, correction, production, and beauty.
In today's episode, Jenny teaches Tina some of the basics of gardening. Listen in and join them as they make meaningful connections between the purposeful acts of A gardener, and the THE gardener.
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That's My Chaga BabyIn May of 2020, surgery left a significant scar across Tina's neck. She's been asked about using creams and having cosmetic correctional surgery - anything to minimize the appearance of such a horrific sight! But she's ok with the scar... and of course it was a lesson learned from a tree.
Listen in to see what Jenny and Tina discuss about scars, injuries, and CHAGA!
A message full of resilience, hope and come-backs! We all have it in us!
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He Showed Me A Dead TreeTina's favorite tree is dead, but she won't let anyone cut it down. It seems useless, "past the point of beauty and producing",.. but is it?
Join Jenny and Tina as they discuss some impactful lessons learned from a dead tree... a dead tree that just happens to become the foundation of something beautiful - every spring.
Do you feel like there are areas in your life that have lost beauty, purpose, vision, production? Does that part of your life seem useless now? Or could it be the foundation on which new growth can climb and be sustained?
What could you learn from a dead tree?
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Just Don't Try And Measure Your NeighborWhat we decide is worth measuring in life, is where we find what we believe to be valuable... whether we like the results or not. But we can’t measure our neighbor. This was the statement Jenny and Tina were building off of when deciding how to navigate this episode. And then something happened... what they ended up with was a written piece.
Listen in as Jenny and Tina read a word-for-word written script, while still remaining committed to being open and honest and vulnerable in their thoughts and how they share them.
- What do you think is worth measuring?
- Is the value of the measurement for your life only, or should we all be trying to reach a specific goal in certain areas?
- Is it appropriate to measure something in your neighbor, to see if they are adding up? Surprisingly, we say yes! Listen to hear what that could be.
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7 Rules for Life... 7 QuotesThere are so many great quotes out there, that offer valuable perspective, encouragement, and motivation. But what do they do for those who have been so hurt in life and are struggling to see their ability to act, think, and feel as the quotes may suggest they should?
Does that mean they are failing, if they just cant live up to the quote?
Join Jenny and Tina and they pull apart some popular quotes and point out the pieces that can cause more hurt and harm, than encouragement and motivation, to those who have been through trauma and difficult seasons.
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But I Don't Want To Be Needy
Many of us have a fear of appearing "needy", but there is great value in being able to admit we have need, even if we have survived a long time without that need being met.
Bartimaeus (Mark 10:46-52), lived his life, begging by the roadside. He was blind and recognized his "need" for others to help him survive within the basics of life. But then someone walked by who could meet a need that no one else could. Bartimaeus would have to admit his need and ask for his sight. But that wasn't hard for him to do, always having recognized he needed, AND DESERVED to have these needs met.
Join Jenny and Tina as they go through this scripture and look at the value of recognizing and admitting need, while remaining clear about the difference between that intention, and appearing "NEEDY".
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Your Role Is My Responsibility
How many of us believed that we would one day find "our person", who would meet our every need? And then became disappointed because THEY DO NOT meet all our needs.
Well, we're sorry to break it to you, but that person DOES NOT EXIST, and it's actually unfair to expect so much from any one person.
Different people have different roles in our lives, and will meet different needs within us. It is actually our job and our responsibility to make sure we have the right people in the right roles. Otherwise, we set them up to fail, and then to feel our disappointment - and again, that's just not fair.
Join us as we look at the topic of assigning the right people to the right roles within our lives, for heathy relationships, boundaries, expectations, and connection.
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Use Your Judgment... But Don't Be JudgmentalIs being judgmental wrong? That's what we are taught.
But if it is, how do we protect ourselves and our loved ones? Doesn't that require making a judgment? And in those situations, are we not told to trust our gut, to trust ourselves and make a judgment call?
So which is it??? Good or bad? Right or wrong?
Is there a way to make a judgement, without being judgmental?Join Jenny and Tina as they pick apart the words, the meanings, and the ideas behind being "Judgmental".
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How vulnerable would you feel if you were asked the question:
"Do you care what people think of you?"
Would you be afraid to say yes, because we are often pressured to NOT CARE?
Or would you be afraid to say no, because that's not the absolute truth?
Join Jenny and Tina as they pick apart this whole idea of caring what people think of us.
Is it better to care or not care? Is there a healthy balance somewhere in-between?
And if so... HOW? What in the world would that look like?
SOOOO many questions to sort through, all in finding our own truths in another topic as we continue to journey the seasons of our lives.
Let's tackle and talk about another topic together... Because some of the seasons in our lives can be heavy - So instead of just carrying them, we've decided to speak.
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What if Feeling Lost Isn't Being Lost...
It's just being led somewhere unfamiliar?This episode contains the word "suicide" which may feel too uncomfortable for some listeners.There may be times in our lives when we just feel lost. Like darkness has taken over and there seems to be no way of finding our way through it.
Join Jenny and Tina as they discuss a personal and specific time of just this experience... and how feeling lost wasn't actually being lost - but being led somewhere unfamiliar.
And find out where this path can lead.
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The Truth about the Truth. Who Gets to Decide?Jenny's mind spills out some tough questions on today's episode!
- How does something become a truth?
- What does that process actually look like?
- When do we start questioning the truth?
- How do we question truth?
- What do we do when we realize that what we’ve been experiencing or living in isn’t the truth?
Join Jenny and Tina as they tackle these important questions regarding THE TRUTH. What are the answers to these questions? And according to who?
What if we don't all agree on the answers? WHO GETS TO DECIDE?
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It's another SOUL SOOTHING SUNDAY episode!
And today, Jenny and Tina ask the question... Are you allowed to be MAD at God?
Honestly, have you ever been mad at God? Have you felt ashamed for having the thoughts and feelings you had when you were angry?
Join in as they process these questions and more, while sharing a personal experience of having a fight with God. Who won? Listen in and find out!
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Have you ever wondered how you could possibly make a difference in the life of someone who has known tragedy?
On today's episode, Jenny and Tina explain the basics of complex trauma, how it impacts people's lives, and how we can become agents of hope for those who have suffered life altering events.
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2014 satellite office
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Did you have a plan for your life? Were you excited about it? Did it crash and burn? Where does that leave you now? In this episode, Jenny and Tina look at the reality of Plan A for our lives, just not working out... and that leading us into Plan Be, and See - if we do it right.
Tune in and join them as they make sense of this journey from A to Be and right through to See. Listen as they pick apart and process the whole idea of working a plan until the plan doesn't work... and then making a new plan - but in between, learning to BE.
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2020 was a year that shook the world with the onset of the pandemic. But before that would ever happen, Jenny and Tina's life had already been altered by grief, heartache and despair.
In this emotional episode, the girls sit to discuss the book Tina wrote as she processed the events of 2020. They share the details behind specific stories, the impact these stories have had on readers, and how the writing itself changed Tina's perspective greatly.
Join as Jenny hears some details from Tina for the first time, and then shares reader experiences with Tina, that she has never heard before.
And no, they don't get through it without tears!
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"I used to feel..., I used to think... I used to..." - are these familiar ways in which you now talk about areas of your life that you used to love, have a passionfor, and feel were linked to your purpose?
In today's episode, Jenny and Tina talk about why some of us are feeling "out of sorts" with what we used to have a real drive for. They look at what it really means to have a passion for what you feel is your purpose in life, and how to look at experiences of failure or falling while living out your purpose.
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Soul Soothing Sunday -Bonus Episode Faith-Based
Exactly one year and two days after the passing of her mom, Tina was asked to speak at Lakeshore Community Church, Bright's Grove, ON., Canada. She wasn't sure she'd be able to do it. She wasn't sure if she would have enough, or be enough, to share the previous year's journey so close to the anniversary.
On this episode, Jenny and Tina sit to discuss that message, and share the details of how their counselling agency family was feeling deep grief, but also deep concern for their client's needs and how much they deserved to be cared for as well.
How do you give, when you have nothing? How do you feed the hungry, when you have so little to eat yourselves?
Join them as they talk about their experience of finding the answers to these questions.
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Listen in with Jenny and Tina as they look at some of their experiences of loss, and do an inventory of what they lost of themselves through the process of grieving. Join them as they tackle the idea of not settling to live as less than who they were before the loss, but to go back for everything they were meant to have and be.
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Part 1: "We are friends now. It wasn't a question!"
Join Jenny and Tina as they answer thought-provoking relationship questions and apply them to how they have reached the level of friendship they cherish today.
You are invited to journey with them as they pick apart key aspects such as trust, vulnerability, and life experiences that have shook their "old scripts" and developed "new truths".
Listen in as they hear each other's answers to the prepared questions for the first time, and genuinely react to what they learn from one another.
They've included the questions below, so you can also try these with a special person you have a significant relationship with too.
- What is one word you would use to describe our relationship?
- How and why does our relationship work?
- Do you have expectations in our relationship? What are they?
- What purpose does our relationship serve? What needs does it meet?
- Was there a marker in our relationship? A turning point? (Questions 6-10 listed below but discussed in Part 2)
- What are our biggest similarities/differences? Have they helped us or made things harder?
- What has frustrated you the most about me?
- Risk vs reward. What risks have you taken?
- What are our roles within this relationship?
What has this relationship taught you?
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ACOUSTIC GUITAR # 1 by Jason Shaw https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw
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Part 2: "We are friends now. It wasn't a question!"
Join Jenny and Tina as they answer thought-provoking relationship questions and apply them to how they have reached the level of friendship they cherish today.
You are invited to journey with them as they pick apart key aspects such as trust, vulnerability, and life experiences that have shook their "old scripts" and developed "new truths".
Listen in as they hear each other's answers to the prepared questions for the first time, and genuinely react to what they learn from one another.
They've included the questions below, so you can also try these with a special person you have a significant relationship with too.
- What is one word you would use to describe our relationship?
- How and why does our relationship work?
- Do you have expectations in our relationship? What are they?
- What purpose does our relationship serve? What needs does it meet?
- Was there a marker in our relationship? A turning point? (Questions 1-5 listed above but discussed in Part 1)
- What are our biggest similarities/differences? Have they helped us or made things harder?
- What has frustrated you the most about me?
- Risk vs reward. What risks have you taken?
- What are our roles within this relationship?
- What has this relationship taught you?
CONNECT WITH US THROUGH FACEBOOKhttps://www.facebook.com/lifesseasonsspeaks
CONNECT WITH US THROUGH INSTAGRAM https://www.instagram.com/lifesseasonsspeakspodcast/
ACOUSTIC GUITAR # 1 by Jason Shaw https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw
Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International License
https://audionautix.com/creative-commons-music
https://audionautix.com/
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaks)
Join us weekly, as two counsellors, not doing counselling, utilize our professional and personal relationship to discover, unravel, explore, and process the beautiful complexities within and through the changing seasons of life. We’ll tackle an array of topics and vulnerably share our thoughts, feelings, and experiences, as well as our intimate interviews with amazing people and their exceptional stories. Connect with us here... whatever season you’re in, you will be impacted!
ACOUSTIC GUITAR # 1 by Jason Shaw https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Shaw
Creative Commons — Attribution 4.0 International License
https://audionautix.com/creative-commons-music
https://audionautix.com/
Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/speaks)