Find yourself trying to perform and overachieve yet always feel like you’re coming up short? Our guest today, author Becky Beresford, shares with us a new perspective on women’s empowerment and why we need to bring God back into the equation. Join us as Becky and I discuss feelings of inadequacy, where self-empowering messages are lacking, and how to restructure self-confidence mantras to reflect godly confidence.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[05:40] Becky’s Story: Feeling Inadequate and Believing All the Lies

[11:30] [11:30] It’s Not Self-Dependence, It’s God Dependence

[15:00] Learning to Speak THE Truth as We Speak OUR Truth

[20:58] Doing Hard Things (The Easier Way)

[26:02] God is Here to Open Up Doors For Us

[27:46] Confession, Repentance, and Forgiveness… as Christ-Centered Empowerment

[34:20] “Put Jesus Back Into Self Empowering Messages”

[36:03] Alicia’s Reflections: The Other Lies That Becky Confronts In Her Book "She Believed HE Could, So She Did”

RESOURCES:

Stuck in the overwhelm and exhaustion of perfectionism, people pleasing, or trying to prove yourself worthy? This doesn’t have to be your reality! Sign up for the Free Workshop, Break Free From Feeling Never Enough, to find healing from a lifetime of worry, shame + striving.

Connect with author, speaker, and coach Becky Beresford

Is it possible to stop people pleasing when you have spent your entire life seeking approval from others? If you were raised in chaos and dysfunction, you probably spent your childhood years searching for connection and security in your life - and have now carried this pattern with you. Author Courtney Burg and I discuss helpful strategies for people pleasers, the impact of staying tethered to our family of origin, and how to build God-centered confidence.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[03:13] Where Does The Pattern of People Pleasing Come From?

[08:44] Implementing Healthy Confrontation Instead of Gossip

[11:48] Are You Wrapped Up in The Narrative of What it Means to be Caring, Hardworking, and Loyal?

[15:40] We Aren’t Meant to Stay Unhealthily Tethered to Our Family of Origin

[19:43] “There's A Lot of Freedom When We Unhook From Being Each Other's Messiah”

[21:35] How Did Jesus Manage The Line of Pleasing God versus Not Pleasing Man?

[26:42] Ways We Can Start to Work Through People Pleasing

[32:02] Alicia’s Reflections: Can We Implement God-Centered Confidence and Move Forward With Change in Our People Pleasing Patterns?

RESOURCES:

Stuck in the overwhelm and exhaustion of perfectionism, people pleasing, or trying to prove yourself worthy? This doesn’t have to be your reality! Sign up for the Free Workshop, Break Free From Feeling Never Enough, to find healing from a lifetime of worry, shame + striving.

Connect with author, speaker, and teacher Courtney J. Burg

Have you ever found yourself pushing past the point of exhaustion even though you are completely overwhelmed and tired? So many of us are experiencing burnout and mental exhaustion yet we feel as if something is wrong with us for needing rest or we are scared of slowing down. Today I am joined by Jess Connolly, author of “Tired of Being Tired”, to talk about the importance of giving things over to God, ways that we can implement rest into our lives, and self-care for women (which goes much deeper than quick fixes).

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[03:27] “Receive God's Realistic Rest for Your Soul-Deep Exhaustion”

[07:58] We Need to Be Renewed by God Before Realistic Rest Can Work

[11:51] Equating Our Spiritual Worth in How Much We Can Do - Pushing Past The Point of Exhaustion

[19:59] Giving Things Over to God - Practicing for Heaven

[23:11] You Aren’t Broken If You Can’t Carry The Weight of The World or Handle The Pace of Our Culture

[27:01] It’s Scary to Slow Down and Rest - Rest Takes Courage and Bravery

[30:19] What Are Some Real Ways That We Can Make This a First Step of Change?

[34:51] Alicia’s Reflections: Where in Our Lives Do We Need Rest in This Season?

RESOURCES:

Looking for a simple way to bring more peace into your day? Check out my incredible resource, Christian Meditations for Daily Calm, where you can refresh your mind + dwell in God's peace (in about 5 minutes!) when life is stressful.

Grab Chapter One of Jess’s Book “Tired of Being Tired” for free!