This is one of a two part podcast about addiction. It is more common than you realize. You may be struggling with an addiction even to a medication that was prescribed by your doctor. In your heart of hearts, you know its something more. As you watch it's tentacles control more and more of your life. At first it started off innocently, but soon you were rearranging your life to let this unwelcome visitor space. On this podcast we lay the ground work for an honest appraisal of it's influence. We are not judging, it is a journey with relapses, but today you can try again to just simply reduce the amount of the addictive element into your day.

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We all do it. Worry is on a spectrum from my grandson at bat in the little league game, to worry about food cost and job security, to a negative medical diagnosis. Some will even lose sleep over their worry. As common as it is in our life what is the secret to overcoming a worry that holds our mind hostage? We interviewed a psychology professor with years of experience to answer these questions.

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It keeps you awake at night. Demands your attention! And will grow bigger, mocking you for even thinking you can regain control. While worry is normal it may have influenced our decisions, creating even more complicated thoughts. We worry about how our grandson will perform on the baseball field, we worry about our job security, our first date, whether we will be accepted at the new job, a medical diagnosis and even the fidelity of our spouse. Worries are big and small, but can be overcome. On this podcast we talk about the worries of all ages, explaining strategies for overcoming our daunting thought life.

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The reality of trauma is that it goes on. We can learn to live with it, dress it up, manage it even ignore it. But it is there in the background influencing our everyday decisions and relationships. We can be successful in the eyes of the world or obsessed to the point of dysfunction it is our choice. In this episode we continue our series of interviewing our co-hosts, so you can learn that they are in the trenches with you.

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You can feel dark and alone in this world on any given day. Things can be bright and full of hope one minute and then suddenly despair fills the room. Not even necessarily out of the blue. It could come as the result of others, you brought it on yourself, or life just threw you a curve ball. Things can suddenly turn hard. How can you find hope in those circumstances? Michelle and Barry deal with this difficult subject in Finding Hope in a Dark World.

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Having trouble sleeping? Quick to Anger? Extended periods of Depression? All of these and more could be the result of withholding forgiveness. It will disguise its presence in many forms spilling over into other relationships. In this episode, Michelle and Barry discuss Forgiveness in its many forms and how you can find freedom from the pain. Ultimately its not about them, its about you.

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Michelle is interviewed about her personal trauma that took center stage in her life and learn about her encounter decades later in a hospital room with a broken neck that changed her life. She shares with us her journey beginning at age six and how it influenced her in starting the cycle of addiction that ultimately landed her incarcerated. But then . . . Kevin showed her the way to hope.

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Michelle and Barry continue their conversation about how faith fits during struggles. Last episode focused on God coming along side us even when we don't feel it. This episode explores the reason we still have evil at work in our lives. Jesus even anticipated this by warning the disciples "in this world you will have trouble"....But He overcame the world. It may feel rough right now, but it can be better by faith in Him.

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