As I mentioned last week, I launched a brand new podcast channel and all future episodes will be over there.  Join me on my new channel, Eliminate the Weight - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/eliminate-the-weight/id1612839808 as I teach you how to make weight loss simple, doable and easy to understand.

What if instead of buying into all our negativity - what if we could believe everything - even our suffering, our negative thoughts and emotions - are perfect. Crazy, right? Especially considering that a new war - filled with injustice and suffering to so many - just broke out in this world of ours. But what's God's take on this? What does He tell us He'll do if we just abide and trust in Him and His plans? He tells us that everything, ALL things, every detail of our human life works together for our good. Maybe not so crazy, huh? Now we have to understand this good is on God's time.  It might not be today, tomorrow or even this lifetime. But when we open our minds to this idea, we can see how He's done it time and time again even in situations that seemed absolutely hopeless or horrific - way worse than anything I’ve gone through. Here's my experience the more I've opened my mind to this idea.  The more - not less - everything in my very messy world makes sense to me. And I think that's evidence of the perfect plan God has for me - and I can't wait to see where His plan continues to take me, take you, and the rest of our amazing world. Join me on this podcast and learn: -- How this can change your perspective and outlook on your life. -- How this can change your perspective and outlook on this world. -- More of God's amazing truths about this - including how He used the worse event ever. -- How this can help us make sense of our suffering. Listen to Episode 88:  Everything is Perfect And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God...  Romans 8:28

Think back to all the successes you've experienced in your life.  Can you clearly see what created that success? Usually we just remember the end result and forget the details of our journey to get there. I'm confident when you break it down, here's what you'll find - it was fueled by a series of small steps and actions. The cumulative power in those small steps and actions were the driving forces behind your ultimate success. Yet in our weight loss journeys we're so quick to dismiss the small, simple and doable steps.  Instead our brain tricks us into believing we have to do all the hard things - and we have to start doing them immediately. And that's exactly what gets us stuck and makes us quit. So if you've already quit your New Year's diet - or didn't even start one because you didn't want to fail again - here's the best thing you can do. Get back up in the simplest and easiest way. Get back up by taking the one small step you can commit to today - and don't do anything else until you're willing to do it. That's how all past success has been created in your life - and despite what your brain tries to tell you - achieving lasting success with your weight is no different. Join me on this podcast and learn: -- Why our brains make us think we have to do ALL the things right away? -- How eliminating your weight for good is like a game of Jenga. -- How you can apply starting small to change ANY eating habit. -- The only times I've seen starting fast actually work. Believing you DON’T have to do it all is a critical first step to learning how to eliminate your weight for good. Listen to Episode 87:  Success Comes in Small Steps The work that I ask you to accept is easy. The load I give you to carry is not heavy.  Jesus in Matthew 11:30 ICB

Here are some things diets never teach us. How to keep going when our initial excitement and motivation goes away (and I probably don't have to tell you this - IT WILL). How we keep up with ALL the things they tell us to do...ESPECIALLY on our most difficult days. You know the days your kid's sick at home, the dog pukes on the floor, the boss is waiting on your report and your husband's asking you when dinner's going to be ready. Diet's don't teach us that - instead they tell us all the things we should be doing - and then tell us to try harder and try to be more positive when we don't. SPOILER ALERT:  This doesn't work! They tell you they have the perfect recipe for you to lose weight fast but they're missing the most essential ingredients. And that's why we start and stop them over and over again. In fact most New Year's diets don't even make it past the first month. If this speaks to you don't despair because in this podcast I'm going to share exactly what steps to take when your diet fails you In this podcast you'll learn: -- Why and how the diets fail you (and NOT the other way around) -- Why you repeat your diet pattern again and again -- Common-sense steps you can take to set yourself up for real success after the diet fails It's time to quit your painful dieting cycle and learn how to eliminate your weight for GOOD! Listen to Episode 86:  When Your New Year Diet Fails Wisdom is worth much more than gold. Understanding is worth much more than silver.   Proverbs 16:16

If I asked you how you're really speaking to yourself, could you tell me? Your most powerful self-talk is subtle. And that's what makes it so powerful.  It's having a big impact on our lives - and we don't even know it. Most of us have self-talk that sounds something like this when it comes to losing weight. You can't do this.  This is too hard.  I'm too busy.  I'm so confused. Here's the problem, God designed our brain to respond to the commands it hears most frequently. So your brain focuses on all the things that prove your self-talk true. Why you can't do this.  Why it's too hard.  Why you're too busy.  Why you're so confused. Learn 3 big things about your self-talk... 3 steps to hear yours more clearly. How it's impacting your life. How you can start changing it to work for you. Self-talk.  We all have it.  It's impact is real. So tune into it and own it.  God gives us the power to do that. Then you can make it start working for you rather than against you. Instead, let the Spirit renew your thoughts and attitudes.  Ephesians 4:23

Have you ever heard the saying - you don't know what you don't know? Well that saying would accurately describe me and these 5 life-changing truths just a handful of years ago. Not only did I not know them, I also wasn't actively applying them. And that led me to a life filled with much pain, frustration and heartbreak. So today I want to share these with you to help you avoid that in your life. Maybe - unlike me - you'll be familiar with these truths for our human life.  Maybe you will see how you are actively applying them in your life. One thing I'm sure you'll see in this podcast is something that can alter the course of your life because each of these on their own can do exactly that. So join me to discover these 5 concepts, reflect on how they apply to your life and imagine how they could transform not just your year...but the rest of your life. Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses...Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live!     Deuteronomy 30:19

Want more of something in your life? There's nothing more powerful than changing where your brain is focused and what is occupying it’s attention. There are different ways you can do that, but here's a simple one I started using a couple years ago. Choose your word - and then focus on it. Practice thinking about it, fixing your attention on it - and then you'll see your actions follow your brain's lead. So what do you want more of this year? Health, Love, Growth, Belief, Grace, Success, God? All of those and more are available to you -- but the path there always starts with shifting your mentality. So join me to learn how you can use this simple strategy to bring more of what you want into your life. Do not copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think.  Romans 12:2

If I were a genie who could grant you one thing, do you know what it would be? No -- it wouldn't be to make you rich, skinny or any more beautiful than you already are -- it would be to live your life with more intention. Seriously??? Probably sums up what you're thinking right now. Here's why - because living with more intention is how we turn the amazing things possible for our life into our reality. It's how we cut out all the unimportant distractions constantly demanding our attention. It's how we focus on our deepest desires -- the things most important to us -- rather than those that only pretend to be important in the moment. It's how we live a life filled with purpose, meaning and true satisfaction. It's how we live our most abundant human life - the life that God calls us to live. So how can you do this (since unfortunately I'm not a genie)? Well here's the great news. It all starts with you simply spending some intentional time thinking about what you want in your life. So join me today to learn exactly how I do this in my life and how you can do the same. Make 2022 the year you start living with more intention and all the incredible things that leads to. So be careful how you live. Don’t live like fools, but like those who are wise. Make the most of every opportunity in these evil days. Don’t act thoughtlessly, but understand what the Lord wants you to do.  Ephesians 5:15-17

I am so fired up for 2022. Are you? If you hesitated to answer that - stop and think about what that means this year's going to bring you...or not going to bring you. Sure I could be focused on all the things going wrong in my life and the world right now - that's easy because that's our default thinking. But where is that going to take me? No place I want to go. Or I could be focused on all the things I have to be grateful for, all the amazing possibilities for my life, and the things going right in my life. Where do you think that's going to take me? (Sign me up!) The truth is we're way too quick to lose sight of all the amazing possibilities God includes in our human lives - and that causes us to stagnate. When we re-connect to them and when we go after them with purpose and focus - keeping Him at the center of it - that's where we're likely to discover that rich, satisfying life He's promised us. So join me to learn what's possible for you in 2022 and how you can establish a life full of focus, passion, and purpose. Never doubt God’s mighty power at work in you. He will achieve infinitely more than your greatest request, your most unbelievable dream and exceed your wildest imagination...  Ephesians 3:20 TPT

What does the phrase "losing weight God's way" mean to you? Here's what it means to me: It means being aligned with His truths. It means relying on the incredible gifts He's blessed us with. It means inviting Him fully into the process. It means giving yourself grace when things don't go as planned. It means having conviction to learn and grow from your mistakes. It means loving yourself through the process. It means having a solid foundation that leads to a healthier life. It means rejecting the world's diet culture filled with striving and struggles that promotes a negative mental state. A mental state filled with doubts, confusion, and overwhelm. A mental state that leads to a cruel cycle of starting -- quitting -- starting -- quitting... This is NOT what God has planned for you. So join me to learn how you can reject the world's diet culture and choose an approach that serves you rather than tears you down - losing weight God's way. And if real weight loss is on your 2022 to-do list, be sure to check out my 5-Day Challenge Lose Weight God's Way. We started Monday, January 3rd but get registered, message me, and I'll help you catch up! “It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock. When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it stands firm because it is well built." Jesus in Luke 6:48 Email me at [email protected] to get in for the 5-Day Lose Weight God's Way challenge. Get access to the mini-course, Five Simple Ways to Eliminate Weight Now at https://bit.ly/5wayseliminateweight.