Sustained in the Middle: Recent Episodes
Melanie Gall
You are held by a God who loves you - even in the midst of your chaos. In this space, you’ll learn tools to live life with intention, cultivate a deeper relationship with Jesus and celebrate the fact that you are wiser and stronger after all that you’ve been through. Helping you feel less alone in the middle of your mess, one story at a time.
So often we think marriage is supposed to make us happy. Or, we assume that since we started out happy, it will last. What if marriage wasn't actually meant to make us happy? This is a short episode filled with lots of questions so grab your pen and paper and get ready to dig in!
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Today we continue our series on the BIG 6 - ACCESS. Do we cut off our hearts from our spouse when they've wronged us? What about our kids? There are many reasons we do this, and there is so much goodness to learning to be aware of when we do this.
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When someone yelled at me this weekend, it brought me back 32 years to the first time I consciously remember feeling shame. In today's episode, I bring in some teaching from Dr. Curt Thompson on shame and why it feels like HELL to our bodies when we experience it.
Every child needs 6 things from their primary caregiver while growing up and Attunement is one of them. In today's episode I tell a fail of my own where I was not very attuned to my child regarding the creepiness of Halloween.
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What are you carrying around that isn't meant for you? I recently emptied my purse and you will be ASTOUNDED to hear all that was in there. It proved for a very important lesson though in being faced with other things that I carry around that I was never designed to. Perfectionism. The weight of disappointing or embarrassing my family. Self sufficiency. Do you struggle with these too? Join in!
We recently had precious people living with us for an extended period of time, and the mind garbage that happened for me was real. Feeling exposed and vulnerable can do weird things to our pride, heart and mind and I needed to be reminded of a really powerful notion - we have the ability to remove ourselves from the crazy and come back into peace. Join me today as we talk about community, our value and negative mindset swirls!
Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! Today we look at the issue of Biblical pride, humility, false humility and parenting in it all. Is there ever a place for pride? How do we have confidence in ourselves without making others feel badly about themselves? Is that even possible? What do writers like the Apostle Paul or CS Lewis have to say on this topic? Are you a humble person?
Join me to find out!
This culture has engulfed our kids into its over sensualized ways. And we have unwittingly gone along with it. How do we fight back? Like anything, these conversations don't start when our kids are teenagers. What can we do when the children are little to help combat the ways of the world?
While in Greece for our honeymoon, I got massive hives all over my chest. I quickly spiralled in my emotions and got caught in the smallness of my thinking. I had the closed fists of fear and LACK. When we focus on that, we can't see the magnitude of God's goodness and promises to us. How do we gain open hands of surrender to Jesus? Check out today's episode!
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It's finally here! How to talk to your kids about sex! And surprise, surprise. It's a bit more encompassing than just explaining the parts. I talk about body safety, the need for proper language and what to do if you feel like you've missed the boat on this one.
It's not enough to simply teach our children the basics of sex and then hope they don't get confused by our culture's view of sexuality. We must know for ourselves what we believe about the origins of our identity and have engaged our own sexual story before confidently teaching our kids. Follow along today as I explore where our purpose for life comes from and how to safeguard our kids from the storms of identity confusion.
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I invite you into this journey of Story Work. Ultimately this series is on how to talk to your kids about sex, but first, there are some important things that we need to understand about ourselves before we can fully dialogue with our children. Today we talk about our past, some neurobiology and of course, Scripture from which we build all of our foundations.
I explore my own journey with mental health and what it means to have the mind of Christ. We can go through things that cause stress and anxiety, but far too often we bend to the labels society gives us. Are you rising up to become the warrior that God tells us we are?
We take a dive into Genesis 1 and answer the question Who are You? Evil causes us to question God's words and promises to us and the result tends to be shame, negative self talk and turmoil. What voices do you listen to?
Every wonder where your anger comes from? Do you give yourself permission to even call it that? Join me on today's episode where I tell a cool analogy about anger and then my own journey with this not so popular emotion.
My lack of discipline for practicing piano got me a pair of glasses! Have a listen as I encourage you to step away from that which is soul sucking and into your gifts and passions that bring life! You are allowed to take up space and you are designed to feel seen and loved.
Have you ever considered Homeschooling? By stepping into this calling, I have blossomed and you can too! Going from feeling like a ping pong ball with online learning to having 5 kids excelling at home with me as their teacher, I am here to tell you successful homeschooling IS possible! I also discuss a bit about Jed's special needs!
Awkward isn't bad. We just have such a deep need to control everything that when something is awkward, we tend to feel out of control and therefore want to run. Can we be open to living by faith, listening to the Spirit and truly choose to be sustained in the middle by Him, even in the most squirmish of situations?
How do you keep your young men off of the couch and into other people's lives? What tools do you have that can help you raise your boys into Godly, chivalrous, wise men? Today I discuss what we did for Kai's 13th birthday and while we aren't Jewish, we gleaned some great tips on how to celebrate well :)
Today I also discuss a book that really helped to guide us well. Link here: https://www.christianbook.com/fathers-guiding-authentic-manhood-revised-edition/robert-lewis/9781589973091/pd/973097?utm_source=google&kw=21904557012&mt=&dv=c&event=PPCSRC&p=1186432&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlK-WBhDjARIsAO2sErR2jmiXDgFVaCCjx9Ke-PdU6Yg_M4tkY-LhCe78u8w7wUfyJ3mNfLEaAoR4EALw_wcB
Evil wants us to feel trapped. To feel like we are capable to ruin our futures and sidestep God's purposes for us in one single decision. It's simpy not true. Tune in to see how our family navigated some life altering decisions, and get ready to write down some memory cues for when you find yourself swirling from all the choices.
Join me as I disuss saying goodbye to childhood and walking head first into college days. Today I also discuss the meaning behind the name of the podcast.
All emotions are neutral. It's only when we start to act or dwell on them that they can become a problem. So what is self-compassion and how do we intentionally turn our emtions to work for us, not against us?
God longs to be intimate with us. Do you know we can even ask for Him to help us match paint colours to a silly canvas and He delights to answer us?? How often do you ask for things like that? To invite Him into our everyday. Listen it to see how God answered my prayer this particular day!
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Finding self worth and seeing beauty in our own appearance can be a hard journey to walk. Even though she didn't see it, I saw a near-saint in my best friend (especially during her battle with cancer) and I just bet you have someone in your life who views you the same, despite how you feel. Ready to be encouraged today?
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Ever been on a social media fast before? Why would you even do one? Come along for the ride as I talk about my experience and perhaps you just might find yourself wanting to do the same thing for a while!!
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Being friends with the opposite sex can be good, and right and wonderful. But what happens when all of a sudden, you find yourself slipping into a dangerous position you don't want to be in? Inside today's episode, I discuss integrity in relationships and how the Lord used my brokenness over my best friend's death and lead me out of a tricky situation.
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In Jesus, we have everything we need. Yet often, we find ourselves sneaking over to the enemy's camp where we trade our goodness and wholeness for the only thing the enemy has - hurt and pain. How can we know the voice of Jesus and folow in HIS ways to avoid these things? Join me as I tell the story of my own weakness in this area.
Often we react instead of respond and we hate ourselves for it. How do we be intentional to show up like we want? Join me as I explore questions that can help us go deeper and be more at peace with ourselves and the world around us.
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