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During this episode, Quinn shares where she is in her health journey with Ramsay Hunt and how it is still affecting her health Because her speech is still being altered, Quinn tells listeners that she is taking a break from recording new episodes as she waits on the rest of her recovery.
In the episode, Quinn shares:
Two of her favorite scriptures that provide her comfort during this time. How she is examining her thoughts and making them captive to Christ. How much pouring into scripture is the best way to renew the mind.Mind Renewal Tip:
We end up with junk in our mind if we don’t fill it with truth.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:5
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In today’s episode, Quinn discusses how to help improve your marriage in a hurry! The habits discussed are meant to be simple and easy to apply!
In the episode, listeners will learn:
The power of prayer in a relationship When to utilize therapy in your marriage to resolve hangups The simplicity of appreciation in strengthening marriageMind Renewal Tip:
A marriage with God goes from self-dependency to God-dependency and strengthens because of it.
When a spouse feels appreciated, they feel seen, and when they feel seen, they feel loved. And when a spouse feels loved, marriages thrive!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
A cord with three strands is not easily broken. Ecclesiastes 4:12
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Have you ever found it is easy to find fault in your in-laws and feel annoyed? If you relate, you are not alone. However, this habit is not helpful for marriages because it causes distance between you and your spouse!
In this episode, Quinn offers solutions in finding ways to build positivity toward your in-laws by discussing:
Instances boundaries are necessary and times annoyances need to be overlooked. What happens when you find the positive in your in-laws and share it with your spouse. The importance of modeling a good relationship with your in-laws to your children.Mind Renewal Tip:
Every time you express an annoyance about your in-laws to your spouse, you create a wedge of division in your marriage. Instead of finding what your in-laws don’t do, look for what they do. And tell your spouse you notice it!
Scriptural Renewal Tip:
Love is patient, love is kind…it keeps no record of wrongs. 1 Corinthians 13
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In today’s episode, Quinn addresses a simple way couples can connect with one another and build intimacy through the use of questions. In the episode, Quinn teaches 8 questions that spouses can ask each other every month.
After listening to the episode, listeners will understand how:
Understanding a partner’s stress is something that can help fix their spouse's mood. Asking about relaxation allows you to support one another better in stress management. Inquiring about future goals allows you to create a partnership.Mind Renewal Tip:
If we don’t ask, we often don’t know what is on the mind and heart of someone we love. No one should know more about our partner than we do!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
What do you want me to do for you? Matthew 20:32
8 Questions to Ask Our Partner:
What is your biggest stress right now? What is one habit I have that is concerning to you? What is the best thing I can do to make you feel loved? And one that makes you feel unloved? What's one thing can I do to support you better with our household? Kids? What helps you relax? Is there a goal you have in your life that you aren’t working toward? Is there anything you need to share with me that you haven’t? What are you most proud of in your life? -
Marriage is not meant to be a place where partners feel alone, but often couples can feel like they are functioning as roommates instead of spouses. And when partners feel alone in marriage, marriages can end up struggling.
So today’s episode is all about helping couples understand how to stop feeling alone by:
Focusing on seeing their partner as someone they love and cherish Ending selfish behavior to prevent distance from building Responding to your partner’s needs in a way that makes them feel seenMind Renewal Tip:
When a partner says they feel alone and another partner justifies it, they only increase the distance.
Scriptural Renewal Tip:
Two are better than one. For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
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In today’s episode in our Jesus and Therapy series, I interview Amy Weatherly, writer, speaker, and co-author of “Here for It (The Good, the Bad, and the Queso): The How-to Guide for Deepening Your Friendships and Doing Life Together.”
In the interview, Amy and I discussed how therapy allowed her to:
Let go of guilt when something goes wrong in a relationship. Care more about what matters in life and less about what doesn’t. Understand that sometimes relationships don’t have a super smooth path.Mind Renewal Tip:
Sometimes in order to have healthy relationships we need to let go of the things that don’t matter as much in our lives and focus on what matters most.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Whoever walks in integrity walks securely, but he who makes his ways crooked will be found out. Proverbs 10:9
Resources:
amyweatherly.com/get-to-know-amy
Here for It: The Good, The Bad, and The Queso
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In today’s episode, Quinn shares about her recent experience with Ramsay Hunt syndrome, a rare complication of Shingles, causing the right side of her face to have temporary paralysis.
In the episode, Quinn shares what God is teaching her four weeks into this trial:
The love of God is shown through friends. The truth of God’s character is evident as she seeks to trust him. The immense peace she has felt while walking through this health scare.Mind Renewal Tip:
There isn’t a testimony without a test.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Consider if pure joy my brothers and sisters when you face trials of many kinds because you know the testing of your faith perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. James 1:2-4
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In today’s episode, Quinn interviews Christian author, spokesperson, and content creator Hannah Crews. In the interview, Hannah shares how her desire to spread joy to others was birthed from a time when she had lost her joy after being taken advantage of by a trusted leader in her life.
In the interview, Hannah shares how God used therapy and her husband’s love for her to:
Reveal lies that were keeping her lost in shame Break through fear making her feel like she couldn’t take action Allow her to embrace her true God-given identityMind Renewal Tip:
Joy in the Lord is something available to all of us. And doesn’t just want us to have it, he tells us to have it!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:16
Resources:
instagram.com/hannahcrews.blog
hannahcrewsblog.com/book
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In today’s second episode of our Jesus and Therapy Series, I interview Meshali Mitchell who is a natural light photographer and writer based out of Dallas, Texas. In the interview, Meshali shares how her parents’ unexpected divorce and the fallout that followed left a lasting impact of trauma in her mind and heart in the years that followed until she began therapy.
In the interview, Meshali shares how the process of Jesus + therapy restored her and allowed her to:
Join God in the restoration process Understand how pain demands attention Share her heart with others in order to access the promises of GodMind Renewal Tips:
Pain demands to be felt. -Meshali
Restoration is not only possible. It’s promised in Christ. -Meshali
Scripture Renewal Tip:
I have come so that you may have life and have it abundantly. John 10:10
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During this week’s first episode in the Jesus and Therapy Series, Quinn talks with author and writer Tabitha Yates about her story of healing. In the interview, Tabitha shares how she was spiritually, physically, and mentally abused throughout her childhood and that it was not until an attempt at suicide that she was able to begin therapy, which ultimately led to her healing.
In the interview, Tabitha shares how therapy:
Helped her understand her worth and therefore God’s love for her. The power of taking her own steps next to Jesus in her healing process. Allowed her to understand that she did not cause her mental illness.Mind Renewal Tip:
There is a place for both faith and mental healthcare to co-exist and that is where transformation and recovery can be found, in Jesus and therapy. – Tabitha Yates.
Scriptural Renewal Tip:
It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm then and do not let yourselves be burdened again by the yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1
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In today’s ”New Year” episode, Quinn talks about 7 habits she believes will create renewal for listeners in 2024. These steps can not only encourage them but also serve as potential resolutions for the new year.
In the episode, Quinn reviews 7 of her favorite steps for renewal that lead to healthier habits and relationships and details what happens when we:
Focus on one relationship that is undervalued in our lives that we want to pour into this year. Take 5 minutes a day with God to be in scripture and pray. Create margin in the morning as we each start our day.Mind Renewal Tip:
“Because I’ve always done it that way” is not a reason to continue doing something that is bad for you. Every day is a good day to start new!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Get along with each other and forgive each other. If someone does wrong to you, forgive that person because the Lord forgave you. Colossians 3:13
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Sometimes Christmas reminds us we are so happy! But sometimes Christmas reminds us we should be joyful but we aren’t. And today’s episode is all about eliminating comparison from our lives.
We are in the middle of this peace and joy series.
Today we are talking about something that robs us of joy year round but especially at Christmas and that is comparison and envy.
Learn what comparison does to us The difference between envy and jealousy How to use purpose to find joyComparison will either make you feel inferior or superior, neither honors God.
And during the Christmas season in the hustle of it all, it is easy to compare so many things to others.
Bonuses, Christmas presents, holiday invites, family connections…the list goes on.
The Way Comparison Works:
Definition of Comparison:
What is it: It isn’t an emotion. But it drives emotions that make us feel some sort of way.
Comparison is the crush of conformity from one side and competition from the other – it’s trying to simultaneously fit in and stand out.
Comparison says to be like everyone else but better.
Fit in but win.
But it’s an impossible task. How can you win the race and be next to your teammates?
Comparison will either make you feel inferior or superior, neither honors God.
And that’s the issue, comparing ourselves to others leads us to fear, shame, sadness, and anger.
When we can’t win, we get envious of what others have that makes them seem better than us.
Envy occurs when we want what someone else has.
Jealously is when we fear losing a relationship or a valued relationship.
Comparison > envy > jealousy > inferiority of superiority > negative feelings that come with it
Our future is shaped by our past comparisons.
Not only in the decisions we make.
But in the way we feel about ourselves.
We can’t escape comparison but we can escape allowing it to make us unhappy with our circumstances.
You were not made to compare.
You were not made to feel you are less than.
But one easy trap we all fall into is comparison or envy,
SO WHAT IS THE REMEDY for comparison and envy? Appreciation and contentment.
Well if comparison says to be like everyone else but better.
Acceptance of exactly who I am says, the world will be better when I use the gifts that I have been given because no one has the same gifts I can uniquely offer the world.
Not made to fit but live on purpose with kindness and inner shine.
BOB GOFF SAYS We won’t be distracted by comparison if we are captivated by purpose.
How to Find Joy By Stop Comparing:
ReIdentify and embrace your purpose. Thank Jesus for being born for you. Notice the blessings that come with your purpose. See them. Be grateful. Resubmit yourself to God to see your purpose. To fix your eyes on him. Stop focusing on the next dream. The dream someone else has realized. And write down three answered prayers. Dreams come true. Walk around your home. Pray over it. And thank God for all parts of it. With the Christmas lights on. Look around it. When you begin to compare, pray for that person and thank God for their unique person then come back to yourself. Remind yourself that they have their own issues. Their own struggles. Pray that they have... -
As parents, seeing our children anxious not only breaks our hearts but often causes us to feel anxious too because we desire to make things better for them but don’t always know how. So today’s episode is all about offering three practical tips to help!
In today’s episode, Quinn teaches parents:
What child anxiety looks like. What parents need to stay focused on in their own mindset in order to help them. Practical tools to walk them through their anxiety.Mindset Renewal Tip:
We don’t have to be fearful of or stop anxiety. We just have to manage it.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
“You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you because he trusts in you.” Isaiah 26:3
Resources:
Please Explain Anxiety to Me!
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Social anxiety is something that can affect your everyday life by making it difficult to engage in common social activities including going out to eat, buying groceries, or talking with friends or co-workers. And while getting over it isn’t always easy, it is something that is achievable with small steps, which is what today’s episode is all about!
In today’s tips, Quinn teaches listeners:
The power of role-playing in facing social anxiety The role of kindness in fighting against social anxiety How realistic thinking can help anxiety be reduced in social settingsMind Renewal Tip:
No one cares as much about your mistakes as you do. You put yourself under a magnifying glass.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. Philippians 4:8
Study on Kindness
The Christmas Devotional: Hope & Humor for the Holidays is available online HERE.
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During the holiday season, it’s easy to get caught up in overwhelm. And when we find ourselves overwhelmed, we often shut down or act out because we don’t know where to put that intense anxiety and emotion.
In today’s episode, Quinn helps listeners process their overwhelm by learning how to manage it. Specifically, she teaches listeners how to:
Identify if they are caught in a busy state causing them to feel overwhelmed Ground themselves away from worry Four calming thoughts to help fight back against overwhelmMind Renewal Tip:
Only you can fight against your overwhelm.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. Romans 8:18
Thoughts Quinn Discusses:
This really isn’t as big of a deal as I’m making it. God’s got my back. What if it all works out? I can survive things not working.The Christmas Devotional: Hope & Humor for the Holidays is available online HERE
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In today’s episode, Quinn talks all about gratitude and what it is, what it isn’t, and why we all need it! She also explains four different ways we can show gratitude to others.
After listening, listeners will be able to understand:
How gratitude affects our brain against natural negativity The power of knowing the why behind why you are grateful What happens to our health when we appreciate othersMind Renewal Tip:
When we are grateful, our circumstances don’t change. But our experience of our circumstances does!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you. 1 Thessalonians 5:18
Resources:
Happiness Advantage Principles Psychology Performance
WAU Gratitude
The Four A's for Expressing Gratitude
The Christmas Devotional: Hope & Humor for the Holidays is available on-line HERE
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People always wonder if there is a secret to happiness and an 85-year study by Harvard University found that positive relationships are the biggest factor in helping people have happier, healthier and longer lives. So today’s episode is all about helping listeners find ways to strengthen their relationships.
In today’s episode, Quinn discusses:
How our relationship with God feeds our happiness The power of accountability in healthy relationships Why vulnerability is something we all need in healthy relationshipsMind Renewal Tip:
If you want more happiness in life, don’t seek more things. Or beauty. Or success. Seek more meaningful relationships with people.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. Matthew 11: 28-29
Studies:
85-year Harvard Study
Holding a Loved One's Hand Eases Pain and Syncs Brainwaves
The Christmas Devotional: Hope & Humor for the Holidays is available on-line HERE.
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Focus is something that is hard to do at times but necessary for us all. Retaining and learning new information from what we focus on is what allows our brains to grow and learn in the best ways possible, but can also feel harder than we desire!
Today’s episode is all about helping listeners understand ways they can improve their focus and one way they can retain more of what they focus on. After listening, they will understand:
What an ultradian rhythm is. The importance of your eyes in training your brain for focus. The importance of rest for your brain after focus.Scripture Renewal Tip:
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men,
Colossians 3:23
Mind Renewal Tip:
You get more of what you focus on!
Resources:
Benefits of Meditation
How to Use Caffeine & Coffee to Improve Focus | Dr. Andrew Huberman
Focus Toolkit
The Christmas Devotional: Hope & Humor for the Holidays is available on-line HERE.
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In today’s episode, Quinn discusses the power of walking and how it’s an underrated superpower that can benefit us both mentally and physically. Because movement is medicine, walking has many health benefits that extend into our minds!
In the episode, Quinn discusses some of the work of Shane O'Mara, Author of “In Praise of Walking” and teaches listeners:
The health benefits of walking. Simple ways to incorporate new habits of walking into their lives. How a study found the brain gets “younger” by walking 30 minutes three times a week.Scripture Renewal Tip:
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path. Psalm 119:105
Mind Renewal Tip:
If movement is medicine then walking is one of the best ways to heal our mind and body naturally!
Resources:
Praise Walking New Scientific Exploration
The Surprising Science of Walking
The Remarkable Science of Walking
The Christmas Devotional: Hope & Humor for the Holidays available on-line HERE.
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Sleep is non-negotiable. It’s the easiest way to reset your brain and body, but most Americans don’t get enough of it. Yet we need it to survive and thrive so we have to figure out how to get more of it.
In today’s episode, Quinn explores the science behind sleep and helps listeners have a better understanding of:
Steps they can create for a better sleep routine. The power of light in helping us sleep better.A caffeine nap and how we can use it when we are struggling with mental alertness.Mind Renewal Tip:
Sometimes when we think we have 100 things causing stress in our lives, we actually need to sleep. And we can find that most of those stresses disappear.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
In vain you rise early and stay up late. Toiling for food to eat. For he grants sleep to those he loves. Psalm 127:2
9 Steps for Healthy Sleep
1. Go to bed and get up at the same time so you can anchor your sleep.
2. Keep it cool at bedtime. Around 70 in your house.
3. Dim your house an hour before bed!
4. Don’t stay in bed for long periods of time awake (more than 25 minutes).
5. Expose yourself to 25 minutes of light a day a day preferably natural light first thing in the morning.
6. Do your best to avoid alcohol and caffeine after 1 p.m.
7. After a bad night of sleep, don’t change your normal sleep routine!
8. Form a daily bedtime routine to help you wind down!
9. Exercise during the day in order to increase sleep efficiency at night.
Resources:
Exercising for Better Sleep
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