1 00:00:02,680 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: Life Audio. 2 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: Hey friend, have you ever feelt guilty for doing something 3 00:00:21,040 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 2: that brings you joy? What if choosing joy isn't selfish, 4 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:30,000 Speaker 2: but one of the ways that Jesus invites you to 5 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:35,319 Speaker 2: receive his kindness and care for your heart. Today, we're 6 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,279 Speaker 2: going to talk about the surprising science behind joy and 7 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 2: why it matters for your brain, your body, and your soul. 8 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 2: And you'll learn a simple practice that you can use 9 00:00:48,040 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: to help boost your emotional and spiritual well being. Well friend, 10 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 2: welcome to Breathe the Stressless Podcast. I'm your host. Bonnie 11 00:00:58,640 --> 00:01:03,480 Speaker 2: Gray is soul care mentor, the best selling author of 12 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:08,760 Speaker 2: Breathe twenty one Days to Stressless, and I'm also the 13 00:01:08,880 --> 00:01:12,840 Speaker 2: founder of Soul Care School. Well, I'm so glad you're 14 00:01:12,840 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 2: here for Week four of our summer Soul Glow Up series. 15 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: This is your space to refresh your spirit, rediscover joy, 16 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:28,160 Speaker 2: and feel radiant again from the inside out. So let 17 00:01:28,160 --> 00:01:31,360 Speaker 2: me ask you a question. Do you ever feel guilty 18 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: for choosing something that makes you smile? Even if it's 19 00:01:36,640 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 2: something small like maybe sitting down with the book instead 20 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: of doing laundry, are going out for a walk instead 21 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: of answering one more email? If you've ever felt that 22 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:54,360 Speaker 2: twinge of guilt. You know that little voice that just says, hey, 23 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,600 Speaker 2: there's more important stuff to do instead of doing something 24 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 2: that gives you joy. This this episode is for you. Today, 25 00:02:03,920 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 2: We're going to talk about something that's really important. You 26 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 2: are worthy of joy and it's time to stop letting 27 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:15,880 Speaker 2: guilt steal it from you. Now as we dive in, 28 00:02:16,080 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: I just want to encourage you to pick up a 29 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 2: copy of my books, my best selling books. They're all 30 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:26,239 Speaker 2: about soul care, using scripture and science to just boost 31 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:29,160 Speaker 2: your mood, your spirit and feel closer to God. 32 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 1: And because it's summer, you might. 33 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,960 Speaker 2: Be looking for a book to take with you to 34 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 2: hit the beach, or get away in the woods, or 35 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: just leave for a book to cuddle up with that 36 00:02:40,120 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: night engine joy during your quiet time with God. I 37 00:02:43,639 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: encourage you to pick up a copy of Whispers of Rest, 38 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:51,200 Speaker 2: It's a forty day journey of soul care and science 39 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:56,640 Speaker 2: and scripture. Or Breathe the twenty one days to stressless 40 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,240 Speaker 2: and transform casts to calm. There's also like Jasmine. It 41 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 2: just explores ways as women, how do we find our 42 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:09,120 Speaker 2: true worth? And I have a book that talks about 43 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:13,200 Speaker 2: emotional wellness especially for those of us who haven't had 44 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 2: a chance to really experienced it fully in our lives. 45 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: It's called finding spiritual white space. So check out any 46 00:03:20,160 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 2: of my books and I hope that they bless you, 47 00:03:23,320 --> 00:03:25,640 Speaker 2: just as I've heard from many women who've written me, 48 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 2: and I love getting those emails, those dms that hear 49 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: how God has really touched and brought healing into your lives. 50 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:35,760 Speaker 2: You can be filled with joy. Well, when we come back, 51 00:03:35,800 --> 00:03:37,960 Speaker 2: we're going to choose joy together. 52 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 3: Well. 53 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: This week's beautiful Breath prayer comes to us from Zaphaniah. 54 00:03:56,600 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 2: Three seventeen. The Lord your God is with you. He 55 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 2: will take great delight in you. He will quiet you 56 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 2: with his love. He will rejoice over you with singing. 57 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 2: What a beautiful picture of how God loves us. I 58 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 2: want you to just relax your shoulders, relax your hands, 59 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 2: giving your body a chance to slow down with God's 60 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 2: loving words. In hell, the Lord your God is with you. Exhale. 61 00:04:31,400 --> 00:04:34,320 Speaker 2: He takes great delight in you. 62 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:39,400 Speaker 1: Again. In hell, he will. 63 00:04:39,240 --> 00:04:45,440 Speaker 2: Quiet you with his love. Exhale, he will rejoice over 64 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:52,279 Speaker 2: you with singing. Wow, how beautiful which phrase touches your heart? 65 00:04:52,920 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 2: Just continue to let those words soothe your soul. Well, 66 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:02,000 Speaker 2: did you know that women are twice as likely as 67 00:05:02,160 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 2: men to feel chronic guilt. Psychologists call this phenomena default guilt. 68 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 2: This is the tendency to feel bad for taking care 69 00:05:14,920 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 2: of yourself or to feel bad about choosing what makes 70 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:26,360 Speaker 2: you happy. Chronic guilt activates the amygdala that's your brain's 71 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:31,680 Speaker 2: stress center, and it releases cortisol, which makes it harder 72 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: for you to feel peaceful or joy in your body 73 00:05:35,560 --> 00:05:39,680 Speaker 2: and in your emotions. But here's the good news. When 74 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:43,680 Speaker 2: you take a joyful action, even a small one, your 75 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 2: brain begins to retrain itself, rewire itself, and it releases serotonin, 76 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 2: and that's the feel good hormone. You're teaching your nervous 77 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: system that joy is safe. Each time you take a 78 00:05:59,839 --> 00:06:04,880 Speaker 2: step that brings you joy, you're teaching your heart what 79 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 2: God says about you. You're saying, I am worthy of delight. 80 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 2: You're not being selfish, You're being healed by God's truth. 81 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: So truth takes two parts. One is knowing God's truth 82 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,520 Speaker 2: with their mind. But we need to take action, putting 83 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: faith in action, and that's how the brain rewires itself 84 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:31,520 Speaker 2: and then it releases those good hormones. Faith takes too right. 85 00:06:31,760 --> 00:06:36,920 Speaker 2: It's a love relationship. Now here's the science that's very interesting. 86 00:06:36,960 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 2: Studies show that even anticipating something joyful will boost the 87 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 2: serotonin and boost your well being. And this is called 88 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:52,800 Speaker 2: anticipatory joy. And this is why planning a soule care moment, 89 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:59,039 Speaker 2: like having your favorite tea, taking a walk, or enjoying 90 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:04,360 Speaker 2: some greate rate of activity, it is powerful. Just anticipating it, 91 00:07:04,440 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 2: your brain will start releasing those good hormones and lower 92 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 2: your cortisol. Well, just last week, I have to share 93 00:07:12,280 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 2: this story with you. 94 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: I had to. 95 00:07:13,720 --> 00:07:17,480 Speaker 2: Stand in line, a long line at Walgreens to pick 96 00:07:17,560 --> 00:07:22,240 Speaker 2: up a prescription. Now, my left ankle stress fracture is 97 00:07:22,280 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 2: still healing, and I was just using one crutch, and 98 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:29,240 Speaker 2: each minute that passed, I could feel more and more 99 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:33,520 Speaker 2: weight pressing down on my injured ankle, and soon enough 100 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 2: there were sharp flashes of pain and they were telling me, Bonnie, 101 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 2: you really need to sit down now. I thought about 102 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:44,400 Speaker 2: asking the couple in front of me to save my 103 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 2: place while I could rest and sit down. No one 104 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 2: was behind me yet, but I knew more people would 105 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,440 Speaker 2: soon join the line, and I didn't want to lose 106 00:07:54,440 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 2: my spot, but the couple in front of me, they 107 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:04,120 Speaker 2: looked elderly, and honestly, they didn't look particularly happy or approachable. 108 00:08:04,640 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 2: So instead of asking for help, I decided to tough 109 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 2: it out, and so I stood there. I'm wasn't sure 110 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 2: what to do because the pain continue to get worse now. 111 00:08:17,760 --> 00:08:20,520 Speaker 2: Then the elderly gentleman in front of me, he stepped 112 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 2: away from the line to sit down, and that's when 113 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 2: he could see me, and he noticed my crutch. He 114 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 2: walked over and he asked in the most gentle, soft voice, 115 00:08:32,640 --> 00:08:37,960 Speaker 2: he said to me, would you be more comfortable sitting down? Sweetie? 116 00:08:38,640 --> 00:08:42,000 Speaker 2: I can stand in your place while you rest, and 117 00:08:42,040 --> 00:08:45,240 Speaker 2: then when it's your turn, you can come back. Friend. 118 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:50,199 Speaker 2: Something about the way he asked, would you be more comfortable? 119 00:08:51,120 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 2: It just brought tears to my eyes. You know, over 120 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:57,839 Speaker 2: these past few months, many people have kindly opened doors 121 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:01,280 Speaker 2: for me or asked can I help you? And my 122 00:09:01,400 --> 00:09:06,360 Speaker 2: automatic response is usually thank you, but I'm fine. But 123 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 2: his question made it harder to pretend I wasn't comfortable. 124 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 2: I wasn't fine, I was in pain, so my default 125 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 2: guilt immediately rose up. There was no way I could 126 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 2: let this elderly gentleman stand in line for me. He 127 00:09:23,400 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 2: looked fragile himself, okay, thin and wiry. But my ankle 128 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,440 Speaker 2: was hurting, and I was afraid I might make my 129 00:09:31,520 --> 00:09:35,680 Speaker 2: stress fracture worse. So I decided to practice soul care 130 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,880 Speaker 2: by doing something that's often difficult for me. I received 131 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 2: his kindness. Yes, thank you, I said, you're so kind. 132 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: I would feel better sitting down. I'm actually in quite 133 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 2: a bit of pain. That's what I said to him, 134 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 2: and he smiled and he said, yes, sweetie, go sit down. Rest. 135 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,319 Speaker 2: And there's something about hearing that word sweetie, spoken with 136 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: such gentleness and kindness that kind of broke something loose 137 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:09,560 Speaker 2: in my heart. It just made me so emotional. I 138 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 2: sat down and I just let the tears flow. Later, 139 00:10:13,320 --> 00:10:15,920 Speaker 2: after we picked up our prescriptions, I asked the couple 140 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 2: to wait for me, and I wanted to explain to 141 00:10:17,920 --> 00:10:21,240 Speaker 2: them why I had been crying, because they were worried 142 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 2: that something was really wrong, and so I told them, 143 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 2: I said, your kindness touched something very deep inside me. 144 00:10:28,440 --> 00:10:31,200 Speaker 2: You see, when when I was seven, my father left, 145 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:35,240 Speaker 2: and I didn't grow up with loving parents. I'm used 146 00:10:35,240 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 2: to being the strong one I'm the oldest in my family, 147 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:42,439 Speaker 2: but this ankle injury and the surgery ahead, your kindness 148 00:10:42,480 --> 00:10:45,760 Speaker 2: really touched me. Now, this is where this story had 149 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,920 Speaker 2: a plot twist. His wife looked at me and said, 150 00:10:49,240 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 2: we understand. My husband has terminal cancer. He just received 151 00:10:54,520 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 2: his first round of chemotherapy last week. She pointed to 152 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 2: a small device that her husband was carrying, and he 153 00:11:04,559 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 2: was receiving chemotherapy for cancer in his liver right there 154 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 2: as he was standing in line for me. Oh no, sir, 155 00:11:13,720 --> 00:11:16,520 Speaker 2: I cried, You're the one that's going through cancer and 156 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,960 Speaker 2: chemotherapy and you stid in line for me. Oh my goodness. 157 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 2: I feel so terrible. You didn't have to do that. 158 00:11:24,840 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 2: My heart dropped friends and I was suddenly flooded with guilt. 159 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 2: But this lovely man looked at me and he said, 160 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,720 Speaker 2: don't feel bad, sweetie. I was happy to stand in 161 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,720 Speaker 2: line for you. We're gonna get through it. Don't worry 162 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:43,120 Speaker 2: you and me. We are gonna be all right. I 163 00:11:43,200 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 2: realized I needed to stop resisting his kindness and just 164 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:50,959 Speaker 2: simply receive it. I felt that Jesus was speaking to 165 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: me through this gentle stranger, reminding me, Monni, you're worthy 166 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 2: of kindness, and I said, I'm a Christian and I 167 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 2: would really love to pray for you. Would you be 168 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 2: comfortable if I prayed for you right now? And so there, 169 00:12:06,760 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 2: right there in the pharmacy line at Walgreens, I joined 170 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 2: hands with Bruce and Jan I thank God for bringing 171 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 2: us together, and I prayed for him to encourage them 172 00:12:17,559 --> 00:12:21,920 Speaker 2: to place Scott's healing hands on Bruce. When I left Walgreens, 173 00:12:22,000 --> 00:12:25,719 Speaker 2: my heart was so overflowing with gratitude that God had 174 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,199 Speaker 2: seen me in my pain. And on my drive home, 175 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,120 Speaker 2: I decided to do something joyful. I decided to do 176 00:12:31,160 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: something I had put aside that week because I was 177 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:38,040 Speaker 2: so preoccupied with my ankle. I stopped and I bought 178 00:12:38,040 --> 00:12:42,840 Speaker 2: myself flowers. And there was so much joy in choosing them, 179 00:12:42,920 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 2: bringing them home, cutting the stems, arranging them in a 180 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: oz And suddenly my whole day felt flooded with sunshine. 181 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:54,840 Speaker 2: And when my husband and my sons came home, I 182 00:12:54,960 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 2: just felt lighter. Laughter just came more easily, and the 183 00:12:58,840 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 2: flowers just filled the room with beauty. Dear friend, sometimes 184 00:13:03,080 --> 00:13:07,000 Speaker 2: soul care means choosing something joyful for yourself, even in 185 00:13:07,040 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 2: the midst of pain, trial or challenges. Sometimes the deepest 186 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:17,840 Speaker 2: soul care begins when you allow yourself to receive kindness, 187 00:13:18,160 --> 00:13:22,040 Speaker 2: when you stop saying I'm fine and believe that you 188 00:13:22,120 --> 00:13:27,800 Speaker 2: are worthy of tenderness, comfort, and care. Dear friend, Sometimes 189 00:13:27,880 --> 00:13:31,560 Speaker 2: choosing joy means doing something tangible as a way of 190 00:13:31,640 --> 00:13:35,760 Speaker 2: anticipating God's love that He's going to show up for you. 191 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,839 Speaker 2: Stopping to buy flowers became my small act of joy, 192 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:43,960 Speaker 2: a visible reminder that I was worthy of care, beauty 193 00:13:44,400 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 2: and joy. When you open your heart to do one 194 00:13:48,559 --> 00:13:52,240 Speaker 2: small act of joy for yourself, you open your heart 195 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 2: to receive God's kindness, and that's one of the ways 196 00:13:56,160 --> 00:14:01,800 Speaker 2: Jesus begins to heal our hearts. So let me ask you, friend, 197 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 2: how might Jesus be inviting you to receive kindness today? 198 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:13,760 Speaker 2: How might Jesus be inviting you to choose joy? What 199 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 2: is a visible reminder or a simple experience? What is 200 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 2: a visible reminder or a simple experience that you can 201 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:27,200 Speaker 2: do to remind yourself this week that you are worthy 202 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:32,360 Speaker 2: of God's care, his joy, and his love. In John 203 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:36,920 Speaker 2: fifteen eleven, Jesus says to us, I have told you 204 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:41,240 Speaker 2: this so that my joy may be in you and 205 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:47,840 Speaker 2: that your joy may be full. Joy isn't something that 206 00:14:48,400 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 2: you earn. Joy is something that Jesus gives you. And 207 00:14:53,360 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 2: joy is personal. Notice that Jesus says, may your joy 208 00:14:58,440 --> 00:15:04,760 Speaker 2: be full. Joy is not selfish, it's sacred and friend. 209 00:15:05,120 --> 00:15:08,720 Speaker 2: Joy is for you. And when we come back, I'm 210 00:15:08,760 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 2: going to share one small soul care practice to help 211 00:15:12,400 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: you choose joy this week. This week, the soul glow 212 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,880 Speaker 2: at practice I want to send you out with and 213 00:15:30,920 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 2: I want you to do is very simple. Schedule one joy. 214 00:15:36,400 --> 00:15:41,080 Speaker 2: Put one joy on your calendar. Something small you can 215 00:15:41,120 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 2: look forward to. A walk, a favorite treat, a creative moment. 216 00:15:46,680 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 2: What would that be? Research shows we are ninety one 217 00:15:50,920 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 2: percent more likely to follow through if we write it down. 218 00:15:56,480 --> 00:16:00,840 Speaker 2: And this is when anticipatory joy will kick in. When 219 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,360 Speaker 2: you write it down on your schedule, anticipation will boost 220 00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:11,520 Speaker 2: your serotonin even before the moment arrives. So schedule your 221 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 2: joy and let your joy bless you Together with Jesus, 222 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 2: you can enjoy it. Let's pray Jesus, thank you for 223 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 2: never running out of joy for me. You see where 224 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 2: joy has been lost and you restore it. 225 00:16:31,880 --> 00:16:33,920 Speaker 1: Help me to trust. 226 00:16:33,680 --> 00:16:38,640 Speaker 2: You again by choosing joy. Let me believe that joy 227 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 2: is not only possible, but that joy is mine because 228 00:16:43,720 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: I am yours, Amen Well friend, I cannot wait to 229 00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:54,440 Speaker 2: share more next week in our soul Glow Up series, 230 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:58,600 Speaker 2: And I am curious is a friend that you can 231 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:03,840 Speaker 2: encourage by sharing this episode with her. It's so much 232 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 2: more fun when we can share our soul care and 233 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:10,160 Speaker 2: encourage each other. And remember to pick up a copy 234 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 2: of any of my four books and help that you 235 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:16,320 Speaker 2: enjoy it and join me on Instagram. I'm going to 236 00:17:16,359 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 2: start sharing from Instagram throughout this season my own soul 237 00:17:20,240 --> 00:17:22,359 Speaker 2: care and I'd love to hear from you how you're 238 00:17:22,440 --> 00:17:27,280 Speaker 2: enjoying soul care this summer. Remember that you're loved, your cherished, 239 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:30,720 Speaker 2: Just rest and I'll see you next time. 240 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: Breathe. 241 00:17:36,359 --> 00:17:39,560 Speaker 3: The stress Less podcast is a production of Life Audio 242 00:17:39,680 --> 00:17:42,359 Speaker 3: and Sale Media. If you like what you heard today, 243 00:17:42,480 --> 00:17:45,320 Speaker 3: please take a second to rate and review this podcast 244 00:17:45,440 --> 00:17:48,480 Speaker 3: in your favorite podcast app so that more listeners like 245 00:17:48,520 --> 00:17:52,840 Speaker 3: you can find the show. 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