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EP 38: The Midweek Reset: Want Less Stress This Week? · Healthy Boundaries for Moms| Christian Life Coach

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  What if you're making this season harder than it has to be?
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  Maybe you've been waiting for the perfect routine or the perfect schedule.
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  Maybe just a perfect week where all the things you want are just falling into place.
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  But what if you don't need a perfect plan and what if all you need is a next right step?
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  So friend, I want to encourage you to stop chasing perfection and start asking one simple
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  question.
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  What's the next right step?
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  If you're tired of people pleasing, caring too much, and wondering why peace still feels
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  so hard to hold on to, you're in the right place.
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  Hi, I'm Lori, mom, former people pleaser and Your Boundaries coach.
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  Here we talk about how to protect your peace, set healthier boundaries, and get clear on
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  what actually matters so that you can build a life that feels lighter, calmer, and more
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  satisfying.
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  So let's stop the chaos for a minute, moms, catch our breath, and get into this next episode.
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  Hey, friend, welcome back to your midweek reset.
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  I'm Lori Grimes, your host.
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  And if Monday's episode left you thinking about all the things you need to change, I
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  want to take a little pressure off today.
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  Because sometimes we think we need to have the whole week planned out before we can take
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  our next move or move forward.
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  And we want everything organized.
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  We want our routines running smoothly and perfectly.
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  But does life usually work that way?
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  At least not mine.
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  So especially in busy seasons, this is not the case for me.
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  Today was a perfect example for me.
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  I didn't get to do my full workout like I typically would.
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  I usually spend about 45 minutes to an hour in the gym.
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  Today I was able to get about 30 minutes.
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  And I also didn't get to do my full walk like I normally would.
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  But I was able to hit my 10,000 step mark that I was looking for for this morning.
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  But instead of telling myself that I had failed or that I just need to start over tomorrow,
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  I asked myself just one simple question.
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  What's the next right step?
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  And for me, that meant just getting in that 30 minute workout.
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  It meant make sure I reached at least 10,000 steps.
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  Was this my ideal routine?
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  No.
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  But you know what it did?
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  It kept me moving in the right direction.
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  It kept moving that needle forward.
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  And I think that's where we get stuck sometimes.
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  We're just waiting for that perfect day where everything falls into place.
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  You know, that perfect routine.
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  We have all the perfect circumstances.
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  They all fall in line.
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  But really, God may simply just be asking us to be faithful with what we have available
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  to us today.
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  So Jesus said in Matthew 6 31, Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will
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  worry about itself.
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  Each day has enough trouble of its own.
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  And I really think this is important to focus on.
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  We don't need to be weeks and months out.
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  And I don't think Jesus was telling us not to make plans.
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  I think he was just reminding us not to borrow tomorrow's worries before we've even figured
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  out how to be faithful with today.
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  So maybe today, your next right step is just taking that 10 minute walk, or maybe it's
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  spending five quiet minutes with God before the house wakes up.
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  Maybe you need to drink a little more water, or maybe you just need to make that phone
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  call that you've been putting off.
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  That was me today.
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  I had an IRA distribution issue and I needed to call and I've been putting it off.
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  And today I was able to take care of it and get it off my list.
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  So maybe it's just writing down everything that's been living in your head, like we talked
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  about that.
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  Getting it all into a sheet of paper, instead of carrying it around mentally, because that's
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  exhausting and you don't even know what's in there if you don't get it out of your head
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  and on paper.
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  You don't have to have next month figured out today.
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  If tomorrow becomes clear, make a plan for tomorrow.
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  If it doesn't, that's okay.
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  Just ask yourself, what is non-negotiable today?
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  What is the next right step that will move me in the direction God's calling me to go?
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  Then take that step.
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  Friend, don't let perfection become the enemy of faithfulness.
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  Simple consistent steps taken over time will always take you farther than just waiting
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  for everything to fall in line for the perfect moment that may never come.
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  Because guys, how many times do we have a perfect day?
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  How many times does everything align and everything goes smoothly?
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  I don't know about you, but that is not a lot of days for me.
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  So I hope this encourages you today.
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  I know this is a short and sweet episode, but I just want you to be thinking about this
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  as your day rolls or your week rolls on.
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  And I just want you to use this so that you can find some rest and take some pressure
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  off of the week that you have ahead of you.
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  I want you to move into this week excited and less overwhelmed and more looking forward
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  to what God has for you and what your next steps will be.
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  Hey friend, I hope you enjoyed today's episode.
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  real life.
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  Now go say no to something that's stealing your peace and say yes to something you actually
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  need.
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  And I'll meet you back here in the next episode.