Come find rest

If there's one thing that helps you endure weary seasons, it's hope. This episode overviews the power of hope and how to cultivate hope no matter what's happening around us. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you longing for times of refreshing? It requires returning. Let's go back to the basics, the things we did before. #comefindrest #backtobasics #repent #return #restore #refresh #heartofworship #thismomentisgood --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Happy new year and happy 2nd birthday Come Find Rest community. This episode revisits where it all began and offers three practical tips for navigating weary seasons.

Themed around the New Year song, Auld Lang Syne, this episode shares healthy ways to process relationships that have ended. It offers ways to appreciate old friends, regardless of how we parted ways, and treasure the good times for old times sake. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It really is the most wonderful time of year when you have the luxury of actually resting and enjoying the festivities. Unfortunately, for most women, it's the busiest time of year because of all the extra activities and demands. This episode overviews five ways to have a restful holiday season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Thanksgiving is next week and gratitude is on the minds of many. This episode goes beyond the generic gratitude practice of long, vague lists. It shares how getting specific, getting personal, and getting perspective can lead to authentic gratefulness.

Knowing the natural seasons is easy. Cooler temperatures signal fall. Clouds in the sky signal rain. But can you discern the seasons of your life? This episode reveals how you can and how that knowledge gives you rest. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode shares one woman's experience on a silent retreat and discusses how we all might take vows of silence in our daily lives. #comefindrest #silence #stillness #soulwork #contemplative #faith #vowofsilence #bequiet #getquiet #listen #heal #hear#thismomentisgood

This episode explores the wisdom of Psalm 131. Is your soul's baseline impatient and whiny when expectations are delayed? Or have you cultivated the posture of a weaned child, one who can wait calmly until desires are fulfilled? --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Back after an extended hiatus, this episode returns to explore the importance of knowing when to slow the pace in our lives. Following Jacob's example in Genesis 33 we see that sometimes we're called to slow down, not only for ourselves, but for the sake of others around us.

For the final episode before an extended pause, I share my personal journey battling fear and mastering calm. Mastery isn't a one and done thing. It's a lifelong walk of learning to live in rest. Tune in for practical tips to help you face fear and enter peace again and again and again. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Life is meant to be more than endured. It's meant to be enjoyed. This episode breaks down the key factors comprise happiness and offers four practical habits you can develop to increase happiness.

This episode overviews how normal life stressors can negatively impact our health, especially if they occur within a short amount of time. Nevertheless, there are three practical ways to cope with chronic stress and mitigate burnout. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This episode covers stress cues the body and soul give us. It's up to us to learn what they look like and intervene before we enter the danger zone. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

When schedules are busy and time and money are in short supply, sometimes the best way to “self-care” is get back to the basics. This episode reviews restorative ways you can immediately recharge that don't take more than a minute.

Often in our busy, modern lives we need portable altars. We need to an atmosphere of calm to work for us in the background. We need a touch of the divine everywhere we go. Aromatherapy can provide all of that. Tune in to this latest episode on the healing power of aromatherapy.

Soaking prayer comes out of the contemplative prayer tradition. The focus is less on asking God for things and more about enjoying His presence. This episode overviews how to use soaking prayer as a rest practice. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We all need regular rituals of renewal. This episode overviews the lifestyle practice of yoga.

Episode 28- Why we shouldn't throw away 2020 or any other year ‘Tis the season for an obligatory year-in-review post. While a lot of heartbreaking stuff went down in 2020, so did a lot of amazing, praiseworthy stuff. Tune in to our final episode of the year as we explore why we shouldn't throw away 2020 or any other year.

Is the holiday season just hum drum for you? Is the magic and wonder of childhood a thing of the past? Are the holidays just another thing to get through? Then all you have to do is reconnect with the music of the season. This episode reviews how Christ's coming has eternally given us reason to hope and believe. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's the most wonderful time of the year? Not when your heart is broken. This episode explores grief during the holiday season and 10 rights you have when it comes to mourning.

Episode 25- Ordinary Time Ordinary Time is the period outside of Advent, Christmas, Lent, and Easter. According to the Christian liturgical calendar, Ordinary Time expands beyond Christ's birth and resurrection to the full, rich daily life he led on earth. This episode explores what we can learn in the simple day-to-day. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Spoon Theory is an analogy within the chronically ill community that explains how to manage energy. This episode overviews its application for all of us and lends encouragement in God's provision of refreshing on the days we fall short.

Frustration and resentment can be helpful signals that we need to slow down and listen to our needs. Learn 3 simple reflection questions to ask yourself when you are on the brink of going off. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The thrilling moments of life are few and far between. Most of living is comprised of the ordinary day-to-day. This episode discusses how a bit of mindful perspective can transform the mundane moments into magic.

When the journey gets long and we lose our strength, we can cling to the promise that God restores our soul. This episode overviews the timeless wisdom of Psalm 23. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Special interview with one woman who shares how faith, friends, and family help her navigate multiple losses.

Everyone needs a safe place to take shelter when chaos surrounds. While we need to cultivate safety internally, we also need reliable spaces to go externally to access peace and calm again and again. Tune in for the latest episode: Safe Space --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Life has reopened and many are returning to work if they haven't already done so. This episode reviews what stay-at-home orders were like for some women and how they feel about getting back to the grind. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Your job isn't the only thing that can make you tired. There are several other types of work we do on a regular basis that take a toll as well. Tune in for what those types of work are in this latest episode.

Not everyone has the same starting point in life. Power, privilege, and access will always play into our race toward health, vitality, and even vitality. But regardless of where you are in this journey of life, God gives energy and grace for YOUR unique race.

The circumstances of life are not always good. But we can always rest assured that God is good. This episode overviews why it's so important to cling to this attribute no matter what challenges you face.

This episode is an interview with registered dietician, Tracy Conder. In this conversation, she shares how food not only pleases our tastebuds. It fuels us with energy and connects us to those we love. Tune in for all the ways food is good. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

It's said that laughter is the best medicine. This podcast episode reviews how a good dose of humor can inoculate against life's difficulties. Laughing isn't just fun to do. It's a survival skill. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Stories are powerful. They teach us about the past, help us understand the present, and inspire the creation of our future. How are you narrating your life story?

Few things evoke a sense of awe and wonder like the great outdoors. Tune in as we interview Nicole Pyle on her experience hiking the Appalachian trail and the mindfulness lessons she brought back. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Life is all about change. It can feel easier to manage when you cling to things that remain the same. Episode 11 is all about the power of rituals and routines in our daily lives. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

When you get accustomed to chronic busyness, stillness can feel uncomfortable. But there's so much healing and recovery that can happen when we slow down. This episode outlines all the ways stillness is good. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Amidst the overwhelming bad in the world we are challenged to identify and lean into what's good, however small it might be. This episode kicks of season two and each episode will explore the good things of life.

How do you cope with a global pandemic in the Age of Anxiety? For me, it's by returning to basics of faith. It goes back to the cross.

Not everything we call rest and self-care is truly that. For this season one finale we explore how real rest is intentional, inspirational, and medicinal.

We all want to flow in effortless grace. Unfortunately, personal striving and self-efforts can get in the way. This episode gives examples of what unforced living looks like. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Is your soul a barren wasteland? Have you been in the struggle so long you've just given you hope for a brighter future? Tune in as we glean hope from Isaiah 35 that God can recover your life.

Everyone loves the early stage of love. The butterflies and excitement are intoxicating. It requires intentionality though to stay connected after many years of love. Tune into this episode on reconnecting with the Lover of your Soul. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you tired? Worn out? Burned out? It might be time to prioritize sleep. This episode covers the practical and spiritual ways God blesses us through sleep. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Are you carrying around extra emotional weight? Or a stressful load you were never meant to carry? This episode covers four common burdens we carry that might be time to lay down. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

We spend so much time on home decor and making comfortable spaces for our guests. But do we make space for the Lord? A place where His Spirit would feel welcome? Tune in for a story on how an ancient woman made a space for the sacred. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

As my roles and responsibilities have changed throughout the seasons of life, one thing has remained- my hunger for stillness and simplicity. In this pilot episode, I share the vision for Come Find Rest from the foundational scripture, Matthew 11:28-30. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app