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How to Overcome Boredom Eating
What is the biggest issue you have regarding emotional eating? I asked my coaching group that question the other day. One woman answered: boredom. Then she asked, “Is boredom a feeling?” This was a very intriguing question to me. I’d never considered boredom a...
God of the Impossible
Beyond a shadow of a doubt, I know God is the God of the impossible. He did the impossible in my mother's life. He healed her from mental illness that wreaked havoc with her emotions. And because I had a front row seat to witness that transformation, I was able to...
When Sheila Walks In the Room
It was at a Bible study and prayer meeting at Sheila Ruffin’s house. At that point in my life I had a Bible degree and a lot of head knowledge, but very little experience in following God’s leading. At Sheila’s, though, we’d study the Bible and then we’d apply what we...
Dealing With Anger
“What’s Eating you?” What is the thing that is bugging the daylights out of you? What makes you angry every time you encounter it? What throws you off course and causes you to cuss like a sailor in your head, whether you actually say it or not? It’s the thing that, as...
Weight Gain Isn’t Just a Physical Issue
“When you are hemorrhaging, comfort food is a tourniquet and eating healthy seems like a long ride to the hospital when you might die," a woman who came into our coaching group said to me. Ever feel this way? I know I have. I understood exactly what she meant because...
Mending Broken Butterflies
When she was really, really, really, really fat She ceased to be free. She stopped trying. She stopped living. She simply existed. Her wings were broken, torn asunder By her own deceptively sweet, yet destructive habits. She sat alone nursing her tattered and...
Real Hope for the Journey Out of Obesity
There is an epidemic of hopelessness that has been sweeping over the world in the last few months. Even as we begin to open our doors and peek out at the world, we are unsure of the future. We are unsure of what will happen next. It’s almost like we are just waiting...
Five Steps To Walk Out of Worry
Most of us would choose to be a warrior for God, rather than a person who is a worrier. A worrier is someone who is trying to use their own resources to solve problems. A warrior knows she has to use God’s divine weapons. There is nothing else that will work. And yet,...
Searching for Peace During Confusing Times
The state we are all currently living in could be called the state of confusion. If you are like me, I don’t do well in confusion. I like to be decisive, to make a decision and stick to it, but these days no one wants to make a decision that goes past tomorrow at the...
Healthy Is the New Sexy
“I tell women, healthy is the new sexy,” Verna Laboy, health educator for Columbia/Boone County, MO public health and human services declared. Laboy runs the Live Well By Faith program. Since heading up this program, she herself has lost 40 pounds and lowered her A1C...