The Soul Gym

Who do you admire? Look at who you give your attention to ... there's your answer. We used to admire people who sacrificed, had a great skill, or created a new invention. However, since 2007 and the rise of the Kardashians, the number one goal of young people, and older people I may add, is now fame. Who you admire will influence your thinking, habits, and behaviors. Admire wisely. Think About It: Who do you spend the most time with/following? Do you have any qualities of the Virtuous Woman? Are any of your influencers negatively affecting your life? Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

We are a spirit, soul, and body. Our soul is composed of our mind, will, and emotions. Here we have 70,000 thoughts a day, and most of them are on autopilot. To change our life we need to change our thinking. To change our thinking we need to be aware of "what" we are thinking. Use the thinking journal to start identifying your limiting beliefs, and assess yourself using the "F" Assessment. It's quite eye-opening. Think About It: What triggers you? It's usually remnants of childhood stories. Dig them out. Listen to your running dialogue. What are you saying to yourself? Thoughts have emotional components, and that's what you feel. Good or bad. Thinking Journal: file:///C:/Users/cvvkm/Downloads/Soul%20Gym%20-%20Thought%20Journal.pdf "F" Assessment: file:///C:/Users/cvvkm/Downloads/Soul%20Gym%20-%20F%20Assessment.pdf Contact Info: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Who are you in your own eyes? Are you a giant slayer or grasshopper guts? When an obstacle presents itself do you give up easily or do you persist? Do you see yourself overcoming or being overcome? Look at your life, it is a culmination of your thoughts. Are you living in your Promised Land? Are you happy, rocking in your relationships, and financially sound? Is your body healthy, your mind peaceful, and your spirit rich? If any area of your life is not where you want it you have to change how you see yourself. Don't be like the Israelites who wandered for 40 years. Don't be grasshoppers, be a giant slayer! Think About It: We all have doubts about ourselves don't let it turn into unbelief. Challenge your mindset. Pick one area that's not working and attack it. God won't change something he told you to do. Do it! Contact Info: soulgymsisters.com Develop Mental Muscle: https://a.co/d/e4IKEuO --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

John Maxwell says, "When you're winning nothing hurts." So on the contrary, "When you're losing everything hurts." You are in a battle of good and evil, life and death, and winning and losing. You can take back your life if you realize that the battle has already been won. Now stay in the fight. It's time to win! Think About it: What do you truly value? We behave based on what we believe. The battle is to stay in the faith fight. You have an enemy. Hint. It's not your spouse, your coworker, or your mom. Contact: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Life is a search for significance and every experience shapes our beliefs about who we are and whether our life matters.  When we experience pain we tend to internalize the hurt. Rejection and failure can damage us to the core if we don't learn how to cope properly. Remember, you have an enemy who is constantly attacking your identity, but God has an audacious plan for you. Jeremiah 29:11 says, "For I know the plans and thoughts that I have for you, says the Lord, plans for peace and well-being and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope. Does anyone care about me? Absolutely! Think About It: Our behavior is consistent with what we believe about ourselves. If you want to change your behavior, change your thinking. Don't let people define your identity. Contact Info: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Who's controlling your life? You, your past, God? Scripture says in Deuteronomy 30:19, “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! You are not a puppet on a string or the victim of someone else's bad decisions, even though they can affect us. You have been given a free will. The power to make your life be anything you want it to be. You choose. Who's controlling your life? Think About It: Religion is about rules. God just wants to hang out. It's the goodness of God that leads to repentance, not control. When we have a strong relationship with someone we want to be with them. How's your relationship with God? Connect With Us: soulgymsisters.com Get Your Copy: https://a.co/d/eLidomy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Statistically, 90% of our thinking is in the past. Now that can be living in the "good old days," or reliving childhood trauma. Either way, that kind of thinking keeps you stuck in the same cycle year after year. It's time to flip that thinking because the people perish without a vision (forward thinking). Learn to unchain yourself from the past and attach your heart to the future. God has an audacious plan for your life! Think About It: If your life looks the same for the last five years you are living in the past. Take an inventory of your thinking. It takes courage to let go. Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

When someone asks you where you want to eat, does your mind dart back and forth between restaurants? Is it hard for you to make a decision? Whether you're trying to lose weight, finish your degree, or get out of debt life is about commitment. It's about not breaking promises to yourself. Today is the day to decide. It doesn't matter my circumstances, how I feel, or what is going on in my life. I commit 100%. You do and your goal will be met. Remember this, "There is nothing more powerful than a made up mind." Think About It: This is an integrity question. Double mindedness breaks down your confidence. Predetermine how your day is going to be. Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Are you stuck in your ways? When someone tells you what to do, do you feel your body recoil? It was this same kind of unwillingness that kept the children of Israel out of their Promised Land. If your relationships are dry, and your job is a dead-end it's time for a change. If you change your thinking you can change your life, but stop being so stiffnecked. Stretch yourself! Think About It: Disobedience kept the children of Israel out of their Promised Land. Mental flexibility is about willingness. If you want to change your life you have to do something different. Contact: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Do you have shameless audacity when it comes to asking God for what you need? Most people ask God and then sit and wait for something to happen. However, Mark 11:24 says, Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. We have to believe that everything we need is already ours. It's time to be importunate. It's time for some shameless audacity. Think About It: Passivity is not spiritual. Don't sit and wait around. Take what God has already provided for you. You know God is able, but is He willing? Yes! Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Worry ... the "what if" disease. Worry makes us regret yesterday, dread tomorrow, and waste today. It steals our joy and peace and eats away at our health. Worry negatively affects us emotionally, physiologically, and cognitively. On this episode learn how to stop worrying. Don't be in a hurry to worry. Think About It: Worry causes IBS, ulcers, nightmares, and other health issues. If you know how to worry you know how to meditate. Think on something good. Behold the fowl of the air. Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com Fun Online Course: https://the-soul-gym.teachable.com/ ***Replay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

There is hardly a more dangerous mindset than self-pity. Self-pity is like mental quicksand. It sucks you in and slowly pulls deeper and deeper. This insidious trap feels good and justified. On this episode learn how to identify the signs, symptoms, and ways to escape. Think About It: Self-pity can start as a personal slight and end in murder. You have to capture those negative thoughts. We feel justified to stew in our pain. It's real pain. Contact Info: soulgymsisters.com Online Course: https://the-soul-gym.teachable.com/ ***Replay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

One act of kindness can change a life. Kindness brings a multitude of benefits for both the giver and receiver, both physical and emotional. Kindness is a healer. Today, be intentional. Find someone who needs you and get on your Helper's High. Think About It: You can feel strife. It is the manifest presence of the devil. Kindness is a fruit of the spirit and the manifest presence of God. Mental Muscle Challenge: Love your enemies. Offer up an act of kindness to someone who has mistreated you. Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com Online Course: https://the-soul-gym.teachable.com/ Kindness Book: https://a.co/d/8MngrtL ***Replay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Our mom had a tough childhood and her mom died when she was 18. She didn't realize how she had grown to blame God. It was when the God of the universe whispered one thought to her that changed her life. Scripture says, "I wish above all that you prosper and be in health even as your soul prospers." Our soul is our mind, will, and emotions. Learn how to control your thoughts. How? First of all, listen. Shhh. One thought can change your life. Think About It: Stop and listen to the thoughts in your head. You may have one negative thought that has been with you since you were a child. You can stop and capture negative thoughts. Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com Online Course: https://the-soul-gym.teachable.com/ ***Replay --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

What are you expecting? Do you wake up with a sense of dread or enthusiasm? This question matters because we get in life what we expect. This is a matter of training. You were probably trained to expect the worst. Feeling like a catastrophe lurked around every corner, but you can change. You literally have to tell those negative thoughts NO! I will not think negatively. It's time to get your expecter tuned up. Think About It: Sin makes negative thinking really easy. Just like a cowboy lassoes a calf, you must take hold of negative thoughts. What you're full of will make its way out. Contact Us: soulgymsisters.com Online Course: https://the-soul-gym.teachable.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

If you're a runner you may know that euphoric feeling you get when you experience your second wind.  However, no one experiences a second wind if they quit.  Sadly, life punches us in the face and we find ourselves sidelined.  On this episode of the Soul Gym, we discuss how to get off the couch and get back on the starting line of your life.  Life is a race, it's time to start running again.  Stay in Touch: soulgymsisters.com Think About It:  1. Courage is not the absence of fear. 2. Self-pity can derail your race.  3. Don't believe the victimhood culture.  You are victorious!  Check Out Our Course: the-soul-gym.teachable.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Oh, the dreaded push-up and pull-up.  We hate them because to execute them properly you have to overcome inertia.  Inertia, that pesky tendency to do "nothing."  On this episode of the Soul Gym, we have you look at your vision board and peruse through your goals, if you are seeing little to no accomplishment you are stuck in inertia.  We identify how to PUSH, PULL, and PUNCH your way out of inertia and into a freaking awesome life! Say goodbye to old mindsets and hello new.  Goal Up! Stay in Touch: soulgymsisters.com Think About It: A sure sign of inertia ... always talking about the past. A sure sign of inertia ... hanging out with your 7th-grade friends, reminiscing about the good old days.  A sure sign of inertia ... replaying your childhood pain.   DON'T FORGET TO GIVE US A 5-STAR REVIEW!!! Online Course: https://the-soul-gym.teachable.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Our mother taught us the most important lesson in the world.  Good God ... Bad Devil.  Yet, Christians seem to be confused as to who wreaking havoc in their lives.  God or the devil?  Scripture is plain.  In Jeremiah 29:11 it says, "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope."  On this episode of the Soul Gym, we lay out the case for a Good God and a Bad Devil.  There is hope this Christmas! Stay in Touch: soulgymsisters.com Think About It: 1. If God and the devil are after us, we're screwed! 2. Wake up expecting something good. 3. Hope is our anchor in the storm.  Never lose hope!  ***Replay  --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

Do you want to build resilience, live healthier, have more meaningful relationships, and own a sense of purpose?  On this episode of the Soul Gym, we reveal the research that consistently shows how gratitude is life-changing: spirit, soul, and body.  We also weave in personal experience and reveal some of the ways we try to appreciate the little things in life.  If you haven't started a gratitude journal ... start today!   Keep in Touch: soulgymsisters.com Thoughts to Ponder: When you find something to be grateful for in tough times you develop mental resilience. Grateful people live longer and happier.  Duh! Practice gratitude daily.  Practice!  ***Replay Encore Episode --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support

The media has gaslighted us long enough, and the people are fighting back.  On this episode of the Soul Gym, we discuss the swell of anger that has incited a new political protest.  We are looking at inflation, forced vaccinations, paying illegal immigrants, Critical Race Theory, and a supply chain fiasco.  The people have had it, and they are not going to take it anymore.  Let's go, Brandon!  We'd love to hear from you: soulgymsisters.com Think About It: We must stand up to tyranny! Let's Go Brandon is the new rally cry. America is the greatest country in the world.  Let's Go Brandon Mugs:  Merry Christmas: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133931654586?hash=item1f2ef2ddba:g:58wAAOSwu~BhjX3H Yee-Haw: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133931653358?hash=item1f2ef2d8ee:g:PiAAAOSwAqBhjXxM Giddy Up: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133931652068?hash=item1f2ef2d3e4:g:TesAAOSwTdNhjXhd America: https://www.ebay.com/itm/133931663400?hash=item1f2ef30028:g:INcAAOSwYZdhjX8d --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/crystal14/support