Self-Reflection with Donna

In this episode of "Love Beyond Pages," we navigate the complexities of love, aging, and the unique experiences of men and women in their 40s. We candidly discuss the fears and hopes intertwined with the search for love during this stage of life. Exploring the profound question of finding meaning and fulfillment in the absence of love, we offer insights and reflections. We talk about the meaning of having a loving practice and creating space for love. Towards the end, we draw on biblical perspectives, sharing a scripture to illuminate the timeless wisdom surrounding love in relationships. Join us on this introspective journey through the pages of love! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-thomas78/message

Welcome to the Self-Reflection Podcast with Donna. Today I will be talking about what I call the "Healing Haven", where we delve into the profound impact of wellness retreats on our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being. In today's episode, we explore how these retreats serve as sanctuaries that not only alleviate stress, depression and anxiety but also aid healing past and present tramas. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-thomas78/message

In today's podcast I will be reflecting on what reimagine wellness means to me. I will also ask the question what does reimagining wellness look like in your life? How can we change how we see wellness and what are your wellness practices? --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-thomas78/message

Welcome to my special Mother's Day episode. Today, we will be discussing the importance of self-care for all hardworking and amazing mothers out there. Also the importance of having a praying mother and what a value and jewel she is to the family. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-thomas78/message

Welcome to the podcast, where we explore topics related to faith, spirituality, and personal growth. Today, we'll be talking about seeking God in a season of uncertainty. Uncertainty is something that we all experience at some point in our lives. It can come in many forms: a job loss, a health crisis, a relationship struggle, or any other situation that leaves us feeling unsure about the future. It's during these times that we often turn to our faith for guidance and comfort. Today we will explore ways to seek God in uncertain times. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/donna-thomas78/message

How has people pleasing gotten into the way of us pleasing God and living the life he has for us? Galatians 1:10 NIV Am I now trying to win the approval of human beings, or of God? Or am I trying to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

When was the last time that you started fresh, or felt the need to refresh yourself or you just felt like you were in a rut? As you go through this journey called life there will be times we need to hit the refresh button. It is important to be clear about the vision you have for your life; clear out all distractions and obstacles that will pull you away from your goal. We must be intentional about what we place in our hearts and minds. Once we refresh our vision will be ready to climb out of that rut and start anew. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Today's podcast Is dedicated to my beautiful friend Latisha, your love and light will forever be with me. How do we accept the loss of someone we love and find peace again is today's discussion. Finding meaningful relationships are crucial to our happiness. We need the human bond to feel connected and joyful, and we enjoy life much more when we share it with people we love. There are times, however, when we are forcefully separated from our loved ones. Coping with loss can be one of the most difficult things we ever have to do. Everyone copes with grief differently, and some of us never do. When we lose someone we love, it distorts our universe and our peace, and nothing seems right. Together we will look at ways to accept the loss and find peace again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

What does it mean to feel stuck and how can we overcome that feeling. We will look at some of the reasons we feel stuck and some solutions on how to get unstuck. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

This is a testimony about Gods goodness even when things seem to be falling apart God is there. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Life is happening even when we travel. So today we will talk about how we create healthy boundaries when we travel and how we do deal with things that trigger a feeling of loss while we are on vacation.  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

If you feel like you're becoming less patient in recent years, you're not alone. Cultural shifts particularly when it comes to technology have primed us to expect immediate gratification. Today's podcast discusses 7 key strategies to help with developing patience and practicing a more mindful lifestyle. If you enjoy this podcast, please like, subscribe, and share it with a friend. Thank you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Follow me on a 7 day guided meditation on praise and adoration. Today is Day 3 of our guided meditation on adoration. Take this time to center your mind and heart on God and his love through the psalms 150:3. Taking time to slow down from the busyness of life is just what we need to be reflective. Being mindful and showing gratitude for all our blessings is a part of this self-reflection journey. I wish you peace and love as you go through this meditation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Follow me on a 7 day guided meditation on praise and adoration. Today is Day 2 of our guided meditation on adoration. Take this time to center your mind and heart on God and his love through the psalms 150:2. Being mindful. and showing gratitude for all our blessings is a part of this self-reflection journey. I wish you peace and love as you go through this meditation. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Follow me on a 7-day guided meditation on praise and adoration. Today is day 1 of our guided meditation on adoration. Take this time to center your mind on God and all his goodness. Being mindful and grateful for all our blessings is a part of the self-reflection journey.   --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

God the Sovereign Savior. This is a story of David when the Lord delivered him from Saul. This story reminds us that God can and will deliver us from all our struggles if we put our faith in him. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

This episode reflects on 10 ways we can make peace with our past. Making peace with the past is key to moving forward towards having a bright future. 1. Forgive and Let go 2. Accept who you are now 3. Look for the good 4. Focus on the future 5. Beware of negative thoughts 6. You don't have to understand why 7. Things will change. 8. Practice deep breathing and meditation 9. Build an encouraging environment 10. Count your blessings --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

In today's guided meditation we listened to Psalms 1:1-41. The Psalms give us the means to come to prayer in a fresh state of mind. They help us to see that we're not the first to feel the need for quiet time with God. Find rest in God through the reading of the Psalms. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Night meditation reduces stress levels, and enhances the quality of sleep, to name but a few. Night time meditation will also help calm you down, and this will reduce your heart rate, making it easier to drift away into sleep. The benefit of guided Christian meditation helps you release all the worries of the day and connect with God. Allowing your creator to come into every aspect of your life, even your rest. It's important to find a time that works for your way of life. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Welcome to today's 11:00 min guided meditation we will take time together to breathe deeply and connect with our creator. This mindfulness meditation is geared to help us feel closer to God. God is the divine energy that connects all of us. I pray that this guided meditation helps to start your day off feeling relaxed and peaceful. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

As we begin the new year we look to set goals and plan for the coming year. We go to vision board parties we cut up pictures of houses, new cars and our dream vacation. That's all well and good but do we ever stop to think if these goals are led by God, is this the plan he has design just for me. In this new episode we look at what it means to set God driven goals and how we can achieve our goals with God's help. Along with the podcast I have create a beautiful self reflective journal to help you with writing down your thoughts and prayers. The purpose of this journal is to help you reflect on the past, while inspiring you to focus on your goals and birth new dream. The Self Reflection Journal by Donna Thomas can be found on @amazonbooks.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Wow, we made to 2022 a New Year! I feel very encouraged and ready to hit the streets running. The truth is that each person starts the year of differently. What are some of your New Year traditions, do you set resolutions for the New Year or do you set Goals? Are you happy just to be alive and you choose not to set any goals? Which believe do you identify with and respond to? Whatever your attitude for the New Year, it's important that you have goals to make this year a meaningful one. Goals help us build on something, creating discipline and responsibility along the way. God didn't bring you to this world to live without meaning. He wants to see all of us grow and thrive in this life. I hope you enjoy this episode and like and share it with your family and friends. Remember we are living this life together. Stay blessed. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

Many factors, including unrealistic expectations, financial pressures, and excessive commitments can cause stress and anxiety at holiday time. In this episode we talk about ways to combat stress and anxiety during the holiday's. During the holiday's you can find joy and create an atmosphere of peace. Here are a few tips: Take breaks from group activities. Pay attention to your own needs and feelings. Spend a little time by yourself if you can. Keep a regular sleep, meal, and exercise schedule. Limit your alcohol. Get support if you need it. Holidays can sometimes trigger depression. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/donna-thomas78/message

In this episode, we discover who and what is the Helper also know as the Holy Spirit. What are the signs the holy spirit is working in your life? How can we tape into this divine wisdom and use it to guide our everyday lives to bring us more joy, peace and purpose.

In this life we are all going to encounter different emotions, when we learn how to overcome difficult moments in life we grow both emotionally and spiritually. You don't have to be afraid to be who you are. God loves you and wants you to experience joy and happiness in this life.

The point of all miracles is to show Jesus power in the scriptures. Today I wanted to reflect on how God has given us gifts to be a miracle for someone else. What are your gifts and how are you using them to be a miracle is someone else's life today?

In the Meantime is a continuation of “A Season of Waiting”. In today's podcast we reflect on 7 things we can do in the meantime while we are waiting on God.

Living a life of peace starts with healing yourself, forgiveness and then letting your life be a testimony to others.

There are times in life when we have to wait. Today's Podcast talks about how I handle the waiting season and what happen's when doubt creeps in. How can we wait with assurance that God is still working on our behalf? I hope you enjoy this episode of "A Season of Waiting".

Philippines 4:8 Tells us to think on what's true, noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and worthy of praise. How often do we actually think on these things?

The life of an expat is one to be coveted. Expats are viewed as brave. They uproot themselves from their comfort zone in their home country to go and have new experiences in a foreign and faraway land. It's the life uploaded on social media with many hashtags that celebrate this free-spirited lifestyle; one to be admired by our peers as they flip through our Facebook and instagram accounts. It's the perfect life including new friends, new adventures, new scenic and breathtaking views that read like the pages of the lonely planet guide books. Yes indeed, it is a great life. Or is it?

God's dream is to free us from the things we feel imprisoned by. He wants us to feel comforted, confident, happy and whole. In this episode we ask the question: Do you and God have a common dream? Or do you ignore or doubt the purpose God has for your life?

When we live with a genuine faith in God we are not afraid to dream, imagine, sacrifice or take risk. Our confidence is is the God, whose presence and power flow through those who have chosen to believe and have faith in him.

3 Steps to put your personal narrative on a positive footing in 2021. 1. Assess who you are. The first step in rewriting your story is to assess who you are, how you have been feeling and behaving, and what circumstances have impacted your life. 2. Identify what changes you want to make, and create a plan of action. 3. Continue to revise as you go along. Finally I pray your journey to self reflection this year brings healing to your soul, balance in your life and projects joy and happiness in your future.

Everyone knows that words have power. Words have the power to evoke positive emotions or negative emotions. Intentional communication means you change the way you perceive your circumstance and you use words that uplift you and encourage you instead bringing you down. Negative communication is any dialogue you have with yourself that may be limiting your ability to believe in yourself and your own abilities to reach your highest potential. Any thought that diminishes your ability to make positive changes in your life or to build up your confidence. When you decide to have intentional communication you'll see a shift in your personality and your level of confidence is sure to increase.

Hopelessness often comes at the point in your life when you feel you have hit rock bottom. However I always like to think that God will often let us hit rock bottom so that we will discover that He is the Rock at the bottom.

Does your inside match your outside? Sometimes we are wishing for things to change in our life, but are we willing to do what it takes to make things better. Working from the inside out will effect your outer life in a positive way.

In today's podcast we will look at the unhealthy relationships in our lives and how those unhealthy relationships have hindered our purpose and held us back?

Today's podcast focuses on community and what it means for us to be better together. We are our brothers keeper and we must continue to uplift each other.

Our time here on this earth is limited and we are meant to evolve. If we refuse to be open to the power of change we are doomed to repeat life's mistakes. Evolving is about progress not perfection.

While it may come as a relief it is also perfectly normal to also feel anxious about the lifting of restrictions. Today we will discuss strategies to help us cope with the stress of integrating back into society after the Lockdown.

Even though we experience loss and grief we are not alone and we can heal from it all. Today we will look at what causes grief and reflect on the steps we take to overcome grief. " The Lord is close to the broken hearted and save those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:10

Living an abundant life is everyone's dream. We all want to live a life that is prosperous where we can be happy and fulfilled. This may seem difficult at times, yet we have everything we need inside of us to live an abundant life. God has given us the tools we need to live a life full of joy, happiness and peace. John 10:10 says " I came that you might have life and that you might have life more abundantly.

Today we will look at ways to help us reflect on our past that will help us heal and move forward in our future.

In this season of uncertainty I want to share with you, that even though you may feel lonely, you are not alone. We are in this together, when we share our experiences with one another we can conquer all feelings of loneliness. Psalms 23 Is my go to scripture when I feel alone.

Being blessed is more about our attitude, not our circumstances. Matthew 5:3-12

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing full filled is a tree of life.

"Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7 "

We have all had moments in our lives were we've felt shame & guilt. In today's podcast we will self-reflect on what those past hurts are and how we can move forward in a healthy way to bring about joy and peace in our lives.

In today's podcast we will talk about what it means to move forward and how do we overcome a state of sadness after a series of events? How do we move forward from the life we thought we wanted? I hope this episode is useful and it brings you a sense of self reflection and peace to help you move forward in life.

In this world full of chaos and distraction, the greatest gift one can have is inner peace. For peace is the root of many beautiful things in life such as empathy, patience, compassion and happiness. If your mind is in jumble, you cannot experience life to the fullest. Inner peace is calmness within yourself, a predetermined state of mind or spiritual calm despite the potential presence of stressors happening around us.