health – Intentional Momlife with Jesus

217: Stop Overcomplicating Your Life! Try this simplification tip for your schedule, routines, & health

Do you struggle to stay consistent?
Does everything feel pressing like you’re constantly running around putting out fires then wondering at the end of the day where any time was for you?

In this episode I dive into 4 of the common struggles I hear moms talking about. Things like consistency, unclear or undefined healthy habits, so many things to do that it’s a struggle to prioritize, and not having a clear plan to move forward hold so many of us back.

But what if it was actually simple to take steps forward in the right direction?

In this episode I share a simple process to get clear and get started on your next steps. Let’s get you out of the pattern of stagnation and into forward momentum.

It’s time for clarity in your priorities, making a plan with doable healthy habits, and tools to help you find consistency!

216: Does Health Feel Like ‘Another Thing’ You’re Trying to Prioritize? Simple Steps to Get Your Time in Order and Create a Healthy Lifestyle With Robin Rhine McDonald

In this episode I bring back my dear friend Robin Rhine McDonald (she’s been a guest before) and we dive into all things time, priorities, & health! This is a super fun conversation where you get to come inside our friendship and hearts. Robin is super passionate about health from a Biblical focus and foundation. I am passionate about making time for all the things that matter to you in the season of life that you’re living in. Robin and I bring it all together in this episode where we talk about health is important in every season, how we as driven moms must prioritize caring for ourselves, and how we can use time management effectively to create the space for health and more.

215: What Are the Most Important Things You Steward Over in Mom Life? I Bet They’re Not What You Initially Think!

As moms we all have quite a bit that falls under our stewardship responsibility.

I recently asked my audience what are the most important things we have to steward over in mom life. Those who responded gave a list of their top few. While I don’t disagree with their answers, I believe there are 2 particular areas that we as moms must steward over well in order to be able to manage everything else well.

Those two are your time & your health. Listen in as I dive into time management and health management, the two most important areas to steward over and why.

183: Baby Steps to Body Stewardship as Busy Mom of Littles with Kristen Noriega

In this episode Sasha chats with Kristen Noriega. Kristen is a registered dietitian, military spouse, work-from-home mother of 4, and host of the Baby Weight Nutritionist podcast. As the Baby Weight Nutritionist, her mission is to empower other busy moms of littles to live their best life NOW-–not when the kids go to school or move out of the house. Kristen believes there’s no need to wait to start living the fullest, healthiest life that God designed for us moms!

181: 4 Things the Bible Says about Holistic Health & Healing with Alexandra Yu

In this episode Sasha chats with Alexandra Yu. Alexandra is a wife, mom, and registered nurse with many years of experience in the clinical research industry. Her passion for holistic health led her to the launch of the Her Holistic Healing podcast. Alexandra’s mission is to encourage Christian women to seek God’s wisdom first for their health and life so that they can experience true, lasting healing that will allow them to make a greater eternal impact in their homes and communities.

Alexandra talks about WHOLE health in this episode including: Social, Mental, Spiritual, Emotional, & Environmental Health. She shares from her experience in functional and integrative medicine as well as her strong faith to encourage listeners in holistic health and healing.

179: Faith & Health Go Hand in Hand: 6 Tips to Make Health Simple with Rachel Davidson part 2

In this episode Sasha chats with Rachel Davidson. Rachel is a Christian, wife, and wellness & weight-loss coach that focus on body, mind, and spiritual health using the principals of a plant centered diet, habit and behavioral change, and God’s grace.

**If you haven’t already, go back and listen to episode 178 for part 1 of this episode with Rachel where she dives into spiritual health physical health from a spiritual health basis. **

Rachel shares that health should be simple. That the world of health is in complete disorder and shares how she has found that whole foods make sense and are simple. Rachel believes that we can have health through our bodies and the food God created working in tandem together.

Rachel leaves the listeners with 3 mindset tips and 3 tangible tips that help us make health simple and sustainable. She encourages us to focus on God more than self and so much more!

178: Do You Trust God with Your Health? Where Spiritual & Physical Health Meet with Rachel Davidson part 1

Yes, Rachel is a health coach, but Rachel & Sasha start this conversation off talking heavily about spiritual health. Rachel and Sasha go deep quickly talking about obedience, trust, and surrender in God’s love. Rachel shares personal testimony of God’s lovingkindness towards her, and the truth about God’s great love for us all. Rachel talks about about how we as humans go through the process of changing who we are and what we do sharing that transformation starts with surrender. Many of the concepts talked about in this episode cover health, personal growth, spiritual health, relationships, and more.

Sasha summarizes what Rachel shares into 3 points: knowing God, having a firmly rooted identity in Christ, and how Jesus sees you at your healthiest self… because He knows what is possible and chooses to see you for your potential.

**Come back tomorrow for part 2 of this episode with Rachel where she dives into physical health from a spiritual health basis. Rachel shares 3 mindset tips and 3 tangible tips to help make health simple.**

177: 9 Ways Your Thoughts Are Lying to You. Mental Health Tool to Help Reduce Stress

In this episode Sasha talks about how our thought health is not just an important area of health to focus on, but how our thoughts have the power to directly impact our physical health.

Sasha shares about Automatic Negative Thoughts or ANTs. There are 9 different ANTs that crawl around in our minds negatively impacting our health and creating additional stress in our lives. Understanding these 9 ANTs is the first step to being able to recognize them, and then do something about them.

Listen in as Sasha shares these ANTs and a few steps you can begin taking today to rid your mindset of these pesky thoughts and create more peace in your life.

176: How to Make Grace Based Health Choices for Busy Moms with Robin Rhine McDonald part 2

In this episode Sasha chats with Robin Rhine McDonald. Robin is a Faith-Based Holistic Health Coach, proud mom and wife with a passion for supporting and empowering Jesus-loving women to gain true health while losing weight through her sustainable, grace-based process. She loves to help women ditch chronic dieting and disease for holistic health and wellness.

Today we are continuing in the conversation with Robin that started in the previous podcast episode. Don’t forget to go back to listen to part 1 where Robin talks about the importance of including Jesus in our health, Vision Driven Health, and gives hope and encouragement towards good stewardship of our health.

Robin chats about Grace Fueled Health, her 5 day sugar fast, and how to make choices in alignment with our vision. Robin shares some simple yet effective tips for moms to create a health focused lifestyle in the midst of busy momlife. She shares about the difference between motivation and intentional planning. Lastly, Robin shares about the importance of evaluating, pivoting, and having health standards.

Don’t forget to go back to listen to part 1 of this episode with Robin where she talks about the importance of including Jesus in our health, Vision Driven Health, and gives hope and encouragement towards good stewardship of our health.

175: Vision Driven Health with Robin Rhine McDonald part 1

Robin chats about the importance of including Jesus in our health and how deeply He cares for the wellness of our physical bodies. She shares about Vision Driven Health and gives hope and encouragement towards good stewardship of our health.

Don’t forget to come back to listen to part 2 of this episode with Robin where she talks about Grace Fueled Health, her 5 day sugar fast, how to make choices in alignment with our vision, and tips for moms to live with vision driven grace fueled health as the focus.