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EP 42: The Midweek Reset: How Is Your Heart? · Healthy Boundaries for Moms| Christian Life Coach

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  Has this ever happened to you? You've cleaned your house, you've organized
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  your calendar, you simplified your routine, and you still
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  feel overwhelmed. Maybe it's because the clutter isn't just around
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  us, maybe it's just getting into our hearts and our minds.
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  So if you've been feeling anxious, restless, or like contentment is just slipping
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  through your fingers, today's midweek reset is
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  for you. Let's talk about guarding your heart.
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  If you're tired of people pleasing, caring too much,
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  and wondering why peace still feels so hard to hold on
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  to, you're in the right place. Hi, I'm Lori, mom,
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  former people pleaser, and your boundaries coach. Here we talk
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  about how to protect your peace, set healthier boundaries, and get
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  clear on what actually matters so that you can build a life
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  that feels lighter, calmer, and more satisfying.
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  So let's stop the chaos for a minute, moms, catch our breath, and get into
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  this next episode.
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  Hey friends, welcome to this week's Midweek Reset.
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  I'm your host, Lori Grimes, and this is your chance to pause in
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  the middle of this busy week and take a deep breath and
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  refocus on what matters most. So on Monday,
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  we talked about simplifying our lives. We're not talking about just owning
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  fewer things, but we're talking about simplifying our
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  schedules and our expectations, the commitments
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  that we're making, and learning to embrace contentment
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  instead of constantly and constantly chasing more and more.
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  Today, I want to take that conversation one step deeper because
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  before we simplify our lives, We've got to simplify what
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  we're allowing into our hearts. So Proverbs 4:23
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  says, above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows
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  from it. So I love that Solomon is saying above all
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  else. In other words, this isn't just another good idea,
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  right? It's a priority because whatever we repeatedly allow in our
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  hearts eventually shapes how we think and
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  what we're going to desire or or how we're going to respond to something and
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  ultimately how our lives play out. So think about everything
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  we consume in a normal day. We have things like social media,
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  we have the news, we have advertisements constantly, right?
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  We have podcasts like this one. We have television and emails
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  and texts and conversations. We have constant comparison and
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  our brains are constantly taking in information.
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  Sometimes it's encouraging us, Sometimes we're
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  feeling inspired by it, but some of it is quietly whispering
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  to us that we need more, or we're behind, or you're
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  not doing enough. And, or how about this one? Everyone else has figured
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  it out. And before we know it, we've lost our peace
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  again, not because our circumstances have changed, but because what
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  we're feeding our hearts has changed. So sometimes we spend
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  so so much time decluttering our homes that we forget
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  to declutter our minds. If we're always consuming messages that
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  tell us we need a bigger house, a better body, we need more money,
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  we need more success and more experiences or a
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  perfect family, contentment becomes almost impossible,
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  right? And our hearts weren't designed to carry all of that.
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  So Paul gives us a beautiful filter in Philippians 4:8. Finally,
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  brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is
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  noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
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  whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable— if
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  anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about
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  such things. Notice he doesn't say to
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  think about everything. He tells us what is deserving
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  of our attention, not because God is trying to limit us,
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  but because he's trying to protect our peace. So what
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  we repeatedly focus on becomes the atmosphere
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  of our minds. If we are constantly feeding
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  comparison, we're gonna struggle with contentment, guys.
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  If we are constantly feeding our minds fear,
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  we're going to struggle with peace. It's just going to
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  happen. If we're constantly feeding gratitude and
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  truth, those things begin to grow and take root instead.
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  So here's your midweek reset. Do a simple heart audit today.
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  Ask yourself, what am I allowing into my heart that's stealing my
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  peace? Is there an account I need to unfollow on
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  social media? Or how about a news cycle that
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  I just need to pause or take a break from? Is there a voice
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  I'm listening to that is leaving me discouraged and instead
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  of feeling encouraged and inspired? Or maybe it's
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  not something to remove, maybe it's something you need to add. Like, I need more
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  time in God's Word. Start with like 5 minutes a day. Or how
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  about adding a worship playlist to your drive
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  at work? Or take a walk without your phone.
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  Or how about just a quiet moment to pray before our day takes off?
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  So these small changes in what we consume is going to create
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  big changes in what we're carrying around. So remember, guarding your heart
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  isn't about fear, it's about wisdom, guys.
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  It's about choosing what shapes you instead of letting the world shape
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  you by default. So as you go through the rest of this week, ask yourself
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  one simple question: is what I'm allowing into
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  my heart helping me become more content,
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  more peaceful, and more like Christ? If the answer is
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  no, maybe it's time to create a healthy boundary there because
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  everything you do, friends, flows from your heart.
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  So I want you to continue to remember that as you go into
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  the rest of your week. Hey friend, I hope you enjoyed
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  today's episode. If so, would you take 30 seconds and go
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  helping you. More importantly, it helps more women find this podcast.
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  Now go say no to something that's stealing your peace and say yes to something
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  you actually need, and I'll meet you back here in the next episode.