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It’s okay to be scared. Being scared means you’re about to do something really, really brave.” Each week, join Tinakka Johnson, as she offers strategies for freedom from destructive thoughts and emotions. Her life’s experience with destructive forces of complex trauma has allowed her to minister to countless others with love, transparency, and truth. If you’ve ever faced challenging things and felt like you were all alone. If you want to be empowered, encouraged and hear first- hand advice a ...
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Sometimes it's hard to let people know how we're really doing because we think they are only asking to be nice. It's easy to believe they don't really care to know, don't have time to listen. What if we're honest and it gets awkward because they don't know what to say? There are times when someone sincerely wants to know and we just don't want to t…
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Is it true that we must love ourselves before we can love someone else or is it an excuse we use to keep ourselves from stepping into love, a wall we forge, a thing we say to protect ourselves from being hurt, again. Come sit with me and check out what I learned and see if it resonates with you.
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What is a personal mission statement? A personal mission statement is your chance to articulate your values, who you are, and how you define success. You can use a personal mission statement to guide your decisions, and ensure your professional career path remains aligned with your personal goals.
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What is a blessing? Is it all about perspective. Here’s a few things I learned from a devotional and some time away.
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You never know when something is going to happen to change your life. I expected it to arrive with fanfare, like a wedding or a birth, but instead it came in the most painful ways but I learned the most profound lessons. When I experienced loss (a love one, a job, a relationship) I grieved and I then I had to focus on what remained. So let's keep f…
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Forgiveness and reconciliation are the same? If I forgive that means I’m condoning what the person did to me? Listen in to hear more about myths I believed about forgiveness.
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We’ve all heard it a thousand times,“You need to forgive”. When someone really hurts you, do you still want to forgive that person? Forgiving seems almost unnatural, right? This episode exposes some myths I believed about forgiveness.
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Part of my journey to a deeper, more intimate relationship with Christ has been learning to be honest with Him and tell the whole truth.
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Unrealized dreams are possible to obtain if you never stop dreaming. You are never too old to set a new goal or to dream a new dream.
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Three stories that challenged and confronted me on this week.
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What you say, what people say versus what God says about you. Rejection, abandonment and fear just to name a few of the messages or emotions that are sent to the core of who we are, causing us to believe lies about ourselves, others and God. What God says about us is an undebatable truth. What the enemy says about you is a lie. Who will you believe…
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My struggle with a challenging relationship and the choice I have to make. Now I realize our struggles are all different, but this one in particular could affect my quality of life. One of the Bible's greatest principles is "choose life." God sets before us two ways of life—His way and the wrong way—and gives us the freedom to choose which we will …
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One thing for sure about test and trials is that everyone experiences them. In fact, you’re probably going through a trial right now. Some size. Some shape. It is the most difficult aspect of your life. Is it physical? Is it relational? Is it economic? Is it emotional? Is it circumstantial? What are we to do? Scripture teaches us “all things work t…
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What if your greatest fear is what holds you back and stops you from achieving your greatest goals. For most of us, fear—in all its forms, from slight hesitations to debilitating anxieties—is so present it feels normal., so normal we expect to be afraid when doing almost anything new, different or challenging. Fear is powerful enough to keep us fro…
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