1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:22,800 Speaker 1: Life Audio, My friend, Welcome to Breathe the stress Less Podcast. 2 00:00:23,440 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: I'm Bonnie Gray, your soul care guide for this time, 3 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,640 Speaker 1: designed just for you to rest and refresh your soul. 4 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,440 Speaker 1: You're going to pick up a loving word of affirmation 5 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:39,840 Speaker 1: from God's word and to pick up a practical soul 6 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:43,440 Speaker 1: care tip, a simple action you can take to restart 7 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 1: calm to your emotions and your body. Well. I am 8 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: the best selling author of Breathe, twenty one Days to 9 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: stress Less and Transform Cast to Calm, and I'm also 10 00:00:57,000 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: a soul care mentor and founder of Soul Care School. 11 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: My question for you today have you ever said yes 12 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: to something you technically had time to do, but afterward 13 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: you just felt emotionally drained. Maybe it was a request, 14 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:25,760 Speaker 1: a favor, a meeting, a phone call. If you looked 15 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:28,479 Speaker 1: at it on paper, you know you can do it, 16 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:34,480 Speaker 1: you know you're capable, But inside just something felt heavy, 17 00:01:34,640 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: maybe even stressful and draining. And then the questions start, 18 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: why am I resisting this? What's wrong with me? Why 19 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: can't I just be helpful? Why can't I just be generous? 20 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,720 Speaker 1: Isn't this what I'm good at? I don't know if 21 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: you relate to that but this week that happened to me, 22 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: and I want to talk to you about something we 23 00:01:57,320 --> 00:02:00,120 Speaker 1: all go through. Today, we're going to talk about why 24 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:05,120 Speaker 1: being helpful may be draining you and the real reason 25 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,639 Speaker 1: why you're tired. Because once we understand why we say 26 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,160 Speaker 1: yes to things that are draining, we can ask better questions. 27 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:17,959 Speaker 1: Rather than focusing on well, how can I be useful? Well? 28 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 1: What should I do next? A better question to ask 29 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: might surprise you because your exhaustion may not be a 30 00:02:25,440 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 1: problem to solve, but it's an invitation that God's asking 31 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:33,400 Speaker 1: you to step into. Today, we're going to explore why 32 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: lowering cortisol isn't just physical and how they know can 33 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 1: be an identity shift. What one encounter with Jesus teaches 34 00:02:44,200 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 1: us about who we are beyond what we can do. 35 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: And you're gonna get a practical tip one thing you 36 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:55,919 Speaker 1: can do this week that will really help boost your 37 00:02:56,040 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 1: energy and lift the heaviness. So, if you have been 38 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:04,320 Speaker 1: known to be the encourager, the helpful one, this episode 39 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: is for you. As you know, we are making headway 40 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:13,160 Speaker 1: towards Easter, and this is a wonderful time during Lent 41 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 1: to really take time out to make space for your heart. 42 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: It's a really healing time. You know Jesus's journey to 43 00:03:22,040 --> 00:03:25,160 Speaker 1: the Cross, he had to go through a lot, and 44 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:29,359 Speaker 1: it's such a healing journey to just grow closer with Jesus. 45 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: Every year, I just really take this journey. It's called 46 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:37,240 Speaker 1: the Lent Wellness Study because you know how every year 47 00:03:37,920 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: God can touch your heart in the right place where 48 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,200 Speaker 1: you need it most. I want to invite you to 49 00:03:43,280 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: take this Lent Wellness journey with me. I cover four 50 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:50,680 Speaker 1: different areas of wellness that matches with Jesus's journey to 51 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 1: the Cross, emotional wellness, physical wellness, spiritual wellness, and emotional wellness, 52 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: and I step through it with you together with us. 53 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,960 Speaker 1: So this is a great tool a way to just 54 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 1: really focus on yourself with Jesus. Just click the link 55 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:11,000 Speaker 1: that's in the show notes and you can check it out. 56 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: And I am looking forward to seeing you there in 57 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:18,680 Speaker 1: this study for Lent. Walk in our way to Easter 58 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:36,679 Speaker 1: and new life, and we'll be right back. Well. For 59 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: our breath prayer, we want to just rest into a 60 00:04:41,040 --> 00:04:45,679 Speaker 1: beautiful scripture. Our scripture for this week is from Isaiah 61 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: forty three, eighteen to nineteen. Do not call to mind 62 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: the former things. Do not dwell in the past. See 63 00:04:57,560 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 1: I am doing a new thing. I am making away 64 00:05:02,320 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 1: in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert. Let's just 65 00:05:07,880 --> 00:05:14,839 Speaker 1: take a gentle breath. Breathe slowly inhale. Do not dwell 66 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: on the past. Exhale. See I am doing a new 67 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: thing again. In haale, I am making away in the wilderness. Exhale, 68 00:05:32,640 --> 00:05:38,160 Speaker 1: rivers in the desert, and just pause and allow yourself 69 00:05:38,200 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: to gently breathe in and breathe out. Now, I am 70 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:47,800 Speaker 1: on a sabbatical in soul care school, and my goal 71 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 1: for this is really to make space to learn some 72 00:05:52,240 --> 00:05:56,400 Speaker 1: new rhythms and lower my cortisol levels. And I've been 73 00:05:56,440 --> 00:06:02,720 Speaker 1: prioritizing what's called none in engagement activities. Okay, these are 74 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:07,720 Speaker 1: activities that have no results or outcome or productivity that's 75 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: measurable benefit to others. They're just experiences. Now, instead of 76 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:18,039 Speaker 1: asking what did I get done today, I am asking 77 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: did I feel moments of peace, comfort, joy, or beauty. 78 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 1: I want you to use this as a wonderful soul 79 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:29,240 Speaker 1: care prompt for yourself rather than asking yourself at the 80 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:31,280 Speaker 1: end of each day, or I want you to think 81 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: about have I spent any time that feels peaceful to me, 82 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:43,760 Speaker 1: joyful to me, comforting or RESTful. Those are more powerful 83 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:48,880 Speaker 1: questions because they lead us outside of worry. Many times 84 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:51,760 Speaker 1: we focus on what we're worried about. How can I help? 85 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,800 Speaker 1: What can I produce? And that's the challenge for us, 86 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 1: how we turn down requests that I may technically have 87 00:07:00,920 --> 00:07:04,839 Speaker 1: the ability to do so. Growing up as the oldest 88 00:07:04,839 --> 00:07:09,359 Speaker 1: in a single parent family, being responsible became second nature 89 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:13,040 Speaker 1: for me, taking care of others, getting things done, surviving. 90 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,000 Speaker 1: And I've been wondering what would it have been like 91 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:19,800 Speaker 1: to grow up where not everything I did was about 92 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 1: taking care of others, getting things done, where I could 93 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:26,640 Speaker 1: just simply be a child. You know, when Jesus said 94 00:07:26,680 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: that to enter the Kingdom of Heaven, we need to 95 00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:33,280 Speaker 1: have faith as a child, And so I'm just curious 96 00:07:33,920 --> 00:07:39,040 Speaker 1: making space for that child like faith. And this came 97 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 1: up on Sunday. Our pastor shared something that just really 98 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:47,360 Speaker 1: stalked me in my tracks. His name's Dan, Dan Westman. 99 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 1: He spoke about a man with a withered hand in 100 00:07:51,720 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 1: Luke six And what struck me wasn't the miracle yes 101 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:59,520 Speaker 1: Jesus was healing him of his leprosy, that that is 102 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:01,960 Speaker 1: a physical healing. But Jesus told the man to go 103 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:05,840 Speaker 1: show himself to the religious leaders. The goal wasn't to 104 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:09,640 Speaker 1: prove that Jesus did it, but so that the man 105 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: could be restored to a new identity. So no longer 106 00:08:14,760 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 1: would he be known as the man with the withered hand. 107 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,360 Speaker 1: He would be restored socially right, he'd be able to 108 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:25,960 Speaker 1: come back into community, and spiritually, he had a new identity. 109 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: This man no longer had to live under an old storyline. 110 00:08:31,240 --> 00:08:35,200 Speaker 1: And I realized Jesus's heart for us is not just 111 00:08:35,240 --> 00:08:39,240 Speaker 1: to feel better physically. He wants us to live with 112 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,840 Speaker 1: our new identity. So I just want to share with 113 00:08:44,880 --> 00:08:49,000 Speaker 1: you the questions. Am I living as the useful one, 114 00:08:49,800 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 1: the responsible one, or the helpful one? Or is Jesus 115 00:08:54,920 --> 00:09:00,400 Speaker 1: inviting me into a new and new identity. You know, 116 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 1: when Jesus called the disciples, he had told them leave 117 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:07,719 Speaker 1: your nets and follow me. Leaving the nets is not 118 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: just about leaving work, It's about leaving an old identity. 119 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:16,640 Speaker 1: And so I'm just curious. Here's the question. If your 120 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:21,880 Speaker 1: life were a book, what genre would that book be? 121 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:25,839 Speaker 1: Would it be a book about war? Is it a 122 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 1: battlefield where you feel like you have to fight your 123 00:09:30,360 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 1: way through life? Or is it about a survival manual 124 00:09:37,760 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: where things are scarce and resources are scarce. Is it 125 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,000 Speaker 1: a dystopian story where you're just trying so hard to 126 00:09:45,080 --> 00:09:49,240 Speaker 1: find things of resource and value to you? Or could 127 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,840 Speaker 1: it be something of a different genre, a garden story 128 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: maybe how to Build a garden? A coming of age 129 00:09:56,320 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: story where life just continues to grow when we learn 130 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:05,559 Speaker 1: and evolve. Or could it be like a beloved daughter 131 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:10,880 Speaker 1: story where we're reuniting with our real loving father romance. 132 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:15,400 Speaker 1: What would that genre be? I started asking myself that 133 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 1: because I was like, Hey, how does my life match 134 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: the genre of the story that God is writing with me? 135 00:10:23,480 --> 00:10:25,880 Speaker 1: And I really want to ask that question for you. 136 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:32,240 Speaker 1: Wellness isn't really only about calming our anxiety. It's about 137 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 1: rewriting our identity, our story. And Jesus doesn't just want 138 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,079 Speaker 1: to heal our symptoms. He cares about the symptoms, for sure, 139 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,439 Speaker 1: but he also wants to restore our story, our identity. 140 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:52,200 Speaker 1: So you may be physically exhausted and emotionally stretched. Now 141 00:10:52,240 --> 00:10:56,880 Speaker 1: what's behind that? What's the script running? Quietly? I must 142 00:10:56,920 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 1: be useful, I must prove myself. I must stay vigilant 143 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:10,040 Speaker 1: or alert friend? Which one is the strip running behind scenes? Now? 144 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: What if a new chapter isn't about doing more or 145 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: that old storyline? What if the new storyline is how 146 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:22,880 Speaker 1: can I be the beloved? How can I be you 147 00:11:22,960 --> 00:11:26,080 Speaker 1: fill in the blank, the child within you? To live 148 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 1: with more beauty, more peace, more joy, more comfort, more rust. 149 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:38,240 Speaker 1: The shepherd doesn't drive his sheep. The shepherd guides them, 150 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: leads them to green pastures, quiet waters. It's a totally 151 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 1: different storyline. Now, when we come back, we are going 152 00:11:48,559 --> 00:12:05,199 Speaker 1: to look at the science and we'll be right back. Now, 153 00:12:05,240 --> 00:12:09,680 Speaker 1: here's something important from neuroscience. Your nervous system doesn't just 154 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:16,280 Speaker 1: respond to tasks. Our nervousm actually responds to identity. If 155 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:19,440 Speaker 1: you see your life as a battlefield, your body is 156 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 1: going to stay mobilized like it's on high alert. Cortisol rises, 157 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: muscles tighten, you scan for threat. But when your internal 158 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:38,079 Speaker 1: story shifts towards safety, belonging, love, God's goodness, your rest response. 159 00:12:38,360 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: That's the parasympathetic nervous system. It will engage, it will 160 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:50,200 Speaker 1: come back online, heart rate will steady, inflammation lowers, digestion, improves, 161 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 1: and research shows that perceived safety, not just your external safety, 162 00:12:57,040 --> 00:13:01,199 Speaker 1: regulates stress hormones. So even if you know we all 163 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,200 Speaker 1: have a roof over our heads or externally, we know 164 00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:08,480 Speaker 1: we're safe, But if inside our storyline is not safe, 165 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: our body responds. So in other words, the story you 166 00:13:12,520 --> 00:13:19,000 Speaker 1: believe about yourself affects your biology. If your identity is 167 00:13:19,280 --> 00:13:23,840 Speaker 1: I must hold everything together, your body will be bracing 168 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:28,440 Speaker 1: for that. But if your identity becomes I am cared 169 00:13:28,520 --> 00:13:34,920 Speaker 1: for by a shepherd, your body softens. And this is 170 00:13:34,960 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: why Jesus speaks in metaphorce. Right. He identifies us as 171 00:13:39,280 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 1: his sheep, as his child, as being vines and branches 172 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:51,040 Speaker 1: connected to him. He is reshaping identity and your nervous 173 00:13:51,040 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 1: system will follow. Now here's the practical tip for this week. Okay, 174 00:13:58,120 --> 00:14:00,520 Speaker 1: this is one practical tip. I don't want you to 175 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:04,320 Speaker 1: clean your house. I want you to transform one small 176 00:14:04,440 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 1: space into beauty. So one of the things I, of 177 00:14:08,400 --> 00:14:10,600 Speaker 1: course have my list on my sabbatical is I need 178 00:14:10,640 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: to declutter. But I realize the phrase cleaning up does 179 00:14:15,080 --> 00:14:18,679 Speaker 1: not motivate me. Right who wants to clean up? So 180 00:14:18,760 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 1: I asked myself, what story am I living? What genre? 181 00:14:23,800 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 1: Am I longing to write with Jesus, And it's a 182 00:14:26,960 --> 00:14:29,640 Speaker 1: garden story. One of my favorite books as a little 183 00:14:29,640 --> 00:14:33,520 Speaker 1: girl is called The Secret Garden. Do you know that one? Okay? 184 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:36,200 Speaker 1: I just love it. So instead of saying I need 185 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,640 Speaker 1: to declutter my desk, I said it a different way. 186 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 1: I said, I want to transform beauty. I want to 187 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:48,480 Speaker 1: transform this space into beauty. So first I bought some 188 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:51,560 Speaker 1: fresh flowers and I put them on my bedroom desk. 189 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,040 Speaker 1: Then I asked, okay, what belongs in this story of beauty. 190 00:14:56,560 --> 00:15:00,600 Speaker 1: So anything that didn't belong to that story, I moved, 191 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:03,160 Speaker 1: And let me tell you, friends, it was so much 192 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:07,920 Speaker 1: easier and so much more exciting. So I cleaned under 193 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 1: the desk, onto a desk, around the desk, and it 194 00:15:11,400 --> 00:15:15,240 Speaker 1: just shifted. It wasn't about productivity anymore. It was about 195 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: tending a garden. So now you apply to your challenge. 196 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:26,960 Speaker 1: Choose one spacing your home and put one element of beauty. Okay, 197 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:31,400 Speaker 1: then remove whatever doesn't fit into that story of beauty, 198 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:36,320 Speaker 1: not because you should, but because you are cultivating beauty. 199 00:15:37,360 --> 00:15:42,760 Speaker 1: And notice how your body feels afterward. Well, I hope 200 00:15:42,760 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 1: this starts your brainstorm, juices flowing and starts to get excited, 201 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:54,560 Speaker 1: and let's pray. Dear Jesus, you are our loving shepherd, 202 00:15:55,560 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 1: restore not only our bodies, but our spirit, our heart, 203 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: our identity. If we've been living by old roads that 204 00:16:06,280 --> 00:16:09,120 Speaker 1: no longer fit, help us just shed and let go 205 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 1: of those roles and give us courage to release them, 206 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,440 Speaker 1: and take our hand as we reach out to you, 207 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:22,400 Speaker 1: and just show us new ways of the story, the 208 00:16:22,440 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: new story you're writing in our lives with us in 209 00:16:26,920 --> 00:16:31,600 Speaker 1: Jesus name. Amen. Well friend, Wellness is not just about 210 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: lowering stress. It's really about introducing more loving rhythms into 211 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:40,280 Speaker 1: your life. And I want to invite you to take 212 00:16:40,320 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: the Lent Wellness Study. Use this time of Lent to 213 00:16:44,120 --> 00:16:48,880 Speaker 1: really create space to fast from business, fast from worry, 214 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 1: and fill it with things that will bring you more 215 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,600 Speaker 1: intimacy with God's loving, healing love for you. Just click 216 00:16:57,640 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: on those show notes and you'll be able to get 217 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,760 Speaker 1: a access to that study. Second thing is I mentioned 218 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 1: a message that Pastor Dan Westman had given. You'll see 219 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:11,040 Speaker 1: a link to that message as well. I know you'll 220 00:17:11,080 --> 00:17:14,399 Speaker 1: love it. And last, but not least, if you have 221 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,480 Speaker 1: to encourage, just share this episode with a friend Let's 222 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,960 Speaker 1: encourage each other right. That's helped so much when we 223 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,399 Speaker 1: know we're not alone. Remember that you're loved and you 224 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:33,760 Speaker 1: are cherished. Just rest and I'll see you next time. Breathe. 225 00:17:33,920 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 1: The stress Less Podcast is a production of Life Audio 226 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 1: and Sale Media. If you like what you heard today, 227 00:17:40,040 --> 00:17:42,879 Speaker 1: please take a second to rate and review this podcast 228 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: in your favorite podcast app so that more listeners like 229 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: you can find the show. For more faith filled, inspirational podcasts, 230 00:17:50,560 --> 00:18:00,080 Speaker 1: visit us at lifeaudio dot com and