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

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.

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.

174: The Truth about Self Care! 6 Healthy Habits Every Mom Needs

In this episode Sasha shares the foundation of Simple Biblical Selfcare and how it’s not what you think it is… but more so, she dives into 5 healthy habits, or health foundations, that every mom needs.

Sasha shares about the 4 areas of selfcare from Mark 12:30 and dives into how each one of them apply to the 5 simple yet massively powerful areas of health that moms need to perform at their best in motherhood.

Pop on over to the Mom Life Balance Community on Facebook and weigh in on what health means to you: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IntentionalAbundance

Schedule your Purposeful Priorities Clarity Call with Sasha to cut the overwhelm and chaos to instead live in integrity with what matters most to you and what God has for you in this season of life. https://calendly.com/intentionalabundanceco/purposefulpriorities

Want to snag the free Simple Biblical Selfcare Blueprint to dive deeper into what the Bible says about selfcare and how you can create your own plan? Grab your copy here: SimpleBiblicalSelfcare.com

173: What Could You Do With 2 Additional Hours in Your Day?

In this episode Sasha shares how to check your social media usage and encourages listeners to explore the possibility of what God things they could do with that time instead.

Sasha’s goal isn’t to get everyone to leave social media for good, but to become aware at the amount of time they spent on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok. When we become aware of these things, we are able to take action on our habits to create the results we actually desire in life and we are able to achieve those God-led goals that He has been calling us to for longer than we’d like to admit.

Join us in the Make Social Media Small Challenge Sandy Cooper created! We start on 7/1 so sign up at http://makesocialmediasmall.com/
And then join us in the telegram chat where we can share struggles, success, and pray with each other as we put social media in it’s rightful place!
Telegram chat: https://t.me/+mIolrECY-wQ4ODJh

172: Could You Be Addicted to Social Media? 10 Signs & 10 Ways to Overcome

In this episode Sasha shares about the tough season of life she has been walking through and the role Social Media has played in this season. She shares vulnerably about the way Social Media has been a distraction away from what truly matters most as well as a crutch allowing her to disengage from life, feelings, and processing in this seasons.

Sasha provides powerful questions that we each need to ask ourselves about our use of Social Media, whether we’re walking through tough seasons or not. Questions about our purposes for being on Social Media, how it makes us feel, how much time were spending on it, and whether it’s what God has for us or not.

Listen in and then create space to ask yourself these questions so that you can make a wise decision about your social media involvement and usage.

171: 3 Reasons You Might Need a Break from Social Media with Sandy Cooper part 2

Have you ever considered taking a break from social media?
Has social media usage ever caused you to feel low?
Are you constantly being distracted by social media?

Let’s face it, Social Media is a time suck!
& SO much more!

In this episode Sasha wraps up this 2 part episode with Sandy Cooper, a Bible study teacher, podcast host of The Balanced MomCast, writer, and professionally certified home chef that helps frazzled women find peace.

Sandy talks about 3 compelling reasons why you might need a break from social media, or at least take a look at your usage. Sandy shares a lot of facts and statistics, in boldness and love, about the realities of social media usage. She encourages us to create some distance to take a good hard look at how social media is showing up and effecting your life and family. Sandy touches on some powerful points and considerations for moms, not just for yourself, but for kids as well. Lastly, Sandy shares about how social media effects your focus and has the ability to change the way we think and process.

Don’t forget to go back to listen to episode 170 for part 1 where Sandy shares he personal testimony of social media usage and how it she counter culturally walked away from it, as a business owner, mom, and more.

170: Feeling Trapped by Social Media? Looking for Signs with Sandy Cooper part 1

Have you been given a vision or calling from God?
Are you waiting on this vision to become reality?
If your faith a struggle in the waiting seasons?
In this episode Sasha chats with Sandy Cooper, a Bible study teacher, podcast host of The Balanced MomCast, writer, and professionally certified home chef that helps frazzled women find peace.

Sandy shares about her life from motherhood, to the books she has written, and the role social media has played in her life. She talks about the way many of us use social media, for hours each day, which by the way, is one of the red flag signs of a social media addiction.

Sandy shares how fear kept her on social media in a number of different ways and how it began ‘sucking the life out of her’ before she committed to go against the grain and take a one year social media hiatus. God showed her how social media was a weight that she was carrying that was preventing her from effectively running the race that God had called her to.

This is certainly an episode that you don’t want to miss. Be sure to come back to listen to part 2 of this episode where Sandy shares the top 3 reasons you might need a break from social media.

169: Is Social Media Helpful or Harmful in Tough Seasons

Listen in and then create space to ask yourself these questions so that you can make a wise decision about your social media involvement and usage.