Breathe: The Stress Less Podcast

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How to Calm the Chaos & Have Your Most Fulfilling Fall Ever with God #83 Aug 07, 2023

Show notes

How do you make Fall your most fulling time, instead of letting busyness and chaos overwhelm you, as we return to work demands and school?

In today’s episode, learn to add one powerful but neglected ingredient to your schedule to lower negative emotions like fear, sadness, and anxiety – and boost motivation, energy, and calm, based on science and scripture!

Do you feel leisure time is laziness? Learn how the brain reacts when you engage in leisure activities that focus on learning something new.

Practice this week’s simple breath prayer to calm inner chaos and restore your motivation. Bonnie shares how God uses leisure time to help you walk closer to Him and feel His peace. Bonnie guides you to calm your inner chaos with this week’s scripture meditation and use a practical soul care tip to calm your emotions and body!

Scripture: Psalm 119:10 “With my whole heart, I seek you. Let me not wander from your commands.”

Soul Care Tip: Breath Prayer, Benefits of Leisure time and recreational activities that involve learning

Bonnie teaches this week’s Breath Prayer to restore calm, based on Scripture and the science of well-being to release stress.

LINKS & RESOURCES

Sign up for Bonnie’s FREE Newsletter for devotionals & Soul Care Bible Studies https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Don’t Let Pain of the Past Stop You Today: Use Biblical Mindfulness to Release Fear & Anxiety #82 Jul 31, 2023

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What ideas have you put to the side because you feel afraid? Listen to this episode to release your past fears & anxieties to do what God is calling you to do today.

Ignoring fears doesn’t make them go away, but adds stress on our bodies, minds and hearts. Avoiding what you want to do triggers nervous systems to express anxiety or depression.

In today’s episode, learn to step forward with God to do the hard thing you want to do, even as you are afraid.

Bonnie guides you in a time of scripture meditation to encourage your heart. Bonnie teaches this week’s Breath Prayer to restore calm, based on Scripture and science of well-being to release stress.

Learn:

- To rewrite trauma of the past by taking action to do something new with God

- Make new decisions you have been avoiding, to do new things with God

- Breathe in peace using 3 simple soul care tips to lower stress and anxiety.

Scripture: Psalm 145:18 “The Lord is near to all who call on him, to all who call on him in truth.”

Soul Care Tip: Breath Prayer, Stress Relieving Benefits of Biblical Mindfulness

LINKS & RESOURCES

Sign up for Bonnie’s FREE Newsletter to get devotionals & be first to hear of new Soul Care Bible Studies https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How to Get Unstuck When Challenges Push You Down PLUS Thoughts on Tony Bennett #81 Jul 24, 2023

Show notes

Maybe recently, you have felt your foot slipping and you have felt pushed back. When life is giving you challenges, stress or trials – how do you get unstuck?

Bonnie shows you how to get unstuck and lift your spirit with God’s more of peace and less stress.

In this episode, Bonnie helps you relax and meditate on a short passage in Psalms to calm your body and emotions when you feel surrounded by challenges. Learn a powerful soul care tip – inspired by scripture and science.

Bonnie will teach this week’s Breath Prayer to renew your strength, using Scripture and the science of well-being, to release stress.

Learn:

- how to enjoy meditation and a breath prayer to feel God’s goodness and nearness, so you can weather your challenges with less stress.

- how to move to get unstuck with God rather than being consumed with worries

- how to relax as God surrounds you with songs of deliverance.

Scripture: Psalm 118:14 “I was pushed so hard I was falling, but the LORD helped me. The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.”

Soul Care Tip: Breath Prayers, Power of Song, Journaling Your Thoughts

LINKS & RESOURCES

Tony Bennett & Marc Anthony Duet onYouTube “For Once in My Life”
Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Hope and Healing for Families Struggling with Mental Health | Introducing: Christian Parent, Crazy World Jul 20, 2023

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Parent and podcaster Catherine Segars and her special guest, Peyton Garland, dive deep into the topics of OCD, anxiety, and depression to offer unique insights, education, and encouragement to weary parents. NOTE: This is an episode preview from Christian Parent, Crazy World, another podcast on the LifeAudio Podcast Network. Bonnie will be back with Breathe: The Stress Less Podcast at her regularly scheduled time.

SUBSCRIBE TO CHRISTIAN PARENT, CRAZY WORLD:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3DbS9bL

Spotify: https://sptfy.com/Okeu

DISCOVER MORE EPISODES OF CHRISTIAN PARENT, CRAZY WORLD:

How To Teach the Next Generation To Pray: https://apple.co/3rqKMKY / https://sptfy.com/Okew

5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know About Gen Z: https://apple.co/3NOLuJf / https://sptfy.com/Okez

What Can We Learn from a Survivor of Teen Suicide? (with Emma Benoit): https://apple.co/3rspaOo / https://sptfy.com/OkeC

How to Discover Your Purpose in Life: https://apple.co/3OjBFEZ / https://sptfy.com/OkeE

ARTICLES REFERENCED:

“To the Mama with a Mental Health Disorder” by Peyton Garland

“A Few Not So Stereotypical Thoughts on OCD” by Peyton Garland

“What I Wish People Knew about Mental Illness” by Catherine Segars

“What I Wish People with Mental Illness Knew” by Catherine Segars

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Why It’s Time For You to Take A Break & Stop Worrying About Others #80 Jul 17, 2023

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If you’re overcommitting yourself, it may be time for you to just take a break. If you tend to focus on meeting others' needs, while neglecting your own well-being, listen to this week’s episode to learn a simple and practical soul care tip to revitalize your soul this summer.

Something that is good doesn’t mean you need to continue doing it indefinitely. It doesn’t mean you don’t take a break.

In order to make space for what gives you joy to focus on what is lovely to invigorate yourself, you need to make space and get unstuck from responsibilities. But how?

Bonnie will teach you how to confidently take a break strengthed by God’s Word in scripture and back up by the science of wellbeing, the way God created your nervous system to release stress.

Learn:

- how to take advantage of summer to improve your wellness instead of letting time slip away worrying

- words to say when you want to de-commit from responsibility with grace

-two powerful ways to become stress resilient

- a simple breath prayer to strengthen you with God’s goodness

Scripture: Psalm 13:6 “You have been good to me, Lord.”

Soul Care Tip: Breath Prayers, Power of Taking a Break, Power of Story, Stress Resilience from Sharing

LINKS & RESOURCES

Register here Faith Filled Women’s Conference in Maryland, where Bonnie Gray is leading a Soul Care Retreat:
Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Hijacked by Stress? Why a Summer Bucket List Lowers Anxiety, Draws You Closer to God & Why You Should Make One #79 Jul 10, 2023

Show notes

When you’re overrun by busyness or stressing out over a worry that can’t turn off, what do you do? Learn how creating a simple Summer Bucket List can help you lower anxiety and why it can bring you closer to God.

Bonnie shares how a powerful trifecta of happy hormones gets released into your nervous system when you create space for laughter and do what makes you smile.

God’s promise in scripture supports the importance of laughter. Learn a practical soul care tip to lower anxiety right away to activate your body’s natural rest using a simple breath prayer.

Learn:

how summer can be a time to refill the needs you’ve put off the past year.
one simple way to release a powerful trifecta of happy hormones to relieve pain, anxiety, and keep you energized
a simple breath prayer to heal your heart, so you can push out the stress your body has absorbed

Scripture to Mediate On: Jeremiah 31:3 “I have loved you with an everlasting love.”

Soul Care Tip: Breath Prayers, Healing Power of Laughter toward stress recovery

LINKS & RESOURCES

Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook Release in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

Lost in Worry? Make Decisions with Freedom & God’s Peace in Your Heart #78 Jul 03, 2023

Show notes

As you go through your day, you can get stuck in your head and get lost in your worries. Today’s episode will encourage and remind you that whatever struggles you’re wrestling with, God wants to empower you to make those decisions with freedom - and to have a moment of peace because God is with you.

Your Soul Care expert and guide Bonnie Gray shares a soul care tip based on science and scripture to help snap you out of worry, lift your mood, energize you, and remind you of God’s care.

Learn God’s promise in Scripture. Rest and breathe in God’s peace and His love.

Learn How To:

- Re-focus on where Jesus is leading you rather than getting lost in worries

- Learn a simple way to lower stress & boost your mood within minutes

- Be inspired by God’s Word and how He designed your nervous system

- Calm your heart to make decisions today, as you trust God for tomorrow

Scriptures: 2 Cor 2:14 - “But thanks be to God, who always leads us triumphantly as captives in Christ and through us spreads everywhere the fragrance of the knowledge of Him.”

Galatians 5:1 - “It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.”

Soul Care Tip: Learn how our God-designed nervous system alerts us with fast heartbeats, triggering stress, anxiety, and feelings of depression, but also provides natural God-given scents and aromatherapy to also signal calm to our nervous system.

LINKS & RESOURCES

Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook Release in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at http://soulcarequiz.com/ your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

3 Tips to Reset Anxiety, Stop Worrying & Feel God's Peace Jun 26, 2023

Show notes

When you’re in a bad mood, how do you change your mood from feel irritable to calm and happy? Learn the 3 important principles to stop anxiety and overcome resistance to doing things that are good for your emotions and body.

Bonnie shares God’s promise in scripture to encourage and empower you. Learn a practical soul care tip to stop anxiety right away to activate your body’s natural rest using a simple breath prayer.

Learn:

the common, unexpected signs of anxiety that you may be ignoring
why you feel resistance to doing things good for your soul & how to overcome it
a simple breath prayer to stop anxiety in its tracks
how to boost your mood with a simple action, even if you’re not in the mood
to reset anxiety when you start to worry and calm your heart with God’s peace

Scripture: 1 Peter 5:7 – “Cast our cares on God, because He cares for you.”

Soul Care Tip: Science of the Breath Prayer, Wellness benefits of trees, taking a walk, time in nature, and creating memories to break anxiety and reset calm

LINKS & RESOURCES

Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook Release in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!
Want to connect with Bonnie More? Follow her at http://instagram.com/thebonniegray http://facebook.com/thebonniegray

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

How to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone to Do New Things with God #76 Jun 19, 2023

Show notes

How do you find peace making hard decisions to move out of your comfort zone, in order to follow a new direction God has for you? How can you know God is in it?

It’s hard making the decision to try new things when it means you would need to stop doing something that you’ve invested time and energy in, to try something new?

What is the new adventure God is inviting you to begin? Learn how you can leave old things behind, so you do new things with God as Bonnie shares God’s promise to encourage and empower you.

You will learn a practical soul care tip to lower stress and anxiety based on scripture and science, to help you make changes and try something new.

Learn:

- to see God in new direction and changes in your life

- why it’s important to your mental health and your faith to try new things with God

- get out of your comfort zone to discover new gifts God has placed in you

- step over common fears & stop old ways to have new experiences by faith
- to stop investing time and energy on things done out of routine or obligation

Scripture: Exodus 33:1 – “The LORD replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”

Soul Care Tip: The wellness benefits of novelty and doing new things out of routine

LINKS & RESOURCES

Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook Release in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

What's Your Soul's Super Power? Renew Your Strength When Your Heart Feels Weary #75 Jun 12, 2023

Show notes

How can we renew our energy when we feel weary, when we have so much to deal with in a day? Just getting up every day can feel tiring!

What are the things we can do to help boost our energy levels? What does God have to say about how he can renew our strength?

Just like our phones need to get recharged, and need to plug our phones, learn the simple things to help boost your energy levels and what does God have to say about how He can renew your strength!

Learn a soul care practice to anchor your soul when you feel stressed.

Receive God’s loving promise in scripture to help you feel encouraged. Bonnie teaches a soul care tip, a simple action to lower anxiety based on science & scripture.

Bonnie continues her summer road trip series, by asking a fun question to help friends/family know each other better on the topic of strength: “If you could have a superpower, which superhero would you choose to be? And why?”

Scripture: Isaiah 40:31 – “But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Soul Care Tip: Create a Safe Space with God using scripture to restore calm

LINKS & RESOURCES

Get Bonnie’s new book #1 New Audiobook Release in Meditation to lower stress, Breathe: 21 Ways to Stress Less & Transform Chaos to Calm
Take the Soul Care Quiz at com– your FREE personal wellness assessment – to learn which areas of wellness you’re missing most.
Want Scientific Articles mentioned in Today’s Show? Sign up for the FREE Breathe Newsletter https://thebonniegray.com/subscribe/
Get Bonnie’s FREE 7 Prayers & Scriptures to Calm Anxiety here!
Want to connect with Bonnie More? Follow her at http://instagram.com/thebonniegray http://facebook.com/thebonniegray

FOLLOW BONNIE:
Instagram: https://instagram.com/thebonniegray
Facebook: https://facebook.com/thebonniegray
Her site: http://www.thebonniegray.com

Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.

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