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New Year, Same Cycle? We look for approval from others mostly because we haven’t accepted ourselves. This year let's take back the power that we put in others hands to approve us and become settled in our souls in who we are becoming. In this episode, I give you 3 things you can start doing now to disrupt the cycle of people pleasing, not being honest with your true feelings, seeking excessive reassurance, and more! ******************** Need More Refreshing? Connect With Me! FaceBook // RefreshingTheSoul https://www.facebook.com/refreshingthesoul Instagram // Iamshawandawilliams https://www.instagram.com/refreshing_thesoul/ Our Podcast hashtag is #RefreshingTheSoul ******************** Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday on this channel or when you SUBSCRIBE to Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform!

Happy New Year! Sooo our family did a thing...a new thing...we recorded an episode together sharing our personal, spiritual and family goals for 2024! I'm honored God allowed me to share my family with you. ❤️ We hope this video sparks conversation with your family and brings you joy, encouragement, and refreshment! Happy viewing!💚🤍🖤

Hello My Refreshed Sister❤️ If you've been following me for sometime now, you know that my heart is to release episodes that are God-breathed. Lately, I haven't released an episode because God is changing RTS Podcast and the way I show up. He birthed this podcast in me, so I'm eager to share the new direction He is taking it. I pray you leave this episode encouraged the more to follow God's leading and rest in His ways, no matter how scary or different it may look.

We can hold ourselves captive to our past mistakes and shortcomings, and not give ourselves permission to receive the good that God wants to bless us with because we feel unworthy of it. So we sabotage relationships, jobs, opportunities…you name it. We punish ourselves by pushing the good we don’t feel we deserve, and settle for less. My sister, I want to let you know that your past does not qualify your future, only God does. Let yourself go. God has.❤️

I remember the place of feeling angry and frustrated, yet confused if it was ok to show it. The feeling of being scared but afraid to say it. I was torn between the ache of my feelings and how to respond in a way that still pleased God. The question that burned in my heart was, "God how do I be?" God so lovingly heard my heart without a word leaving my lips and sent an older lady to me to say, "God wants you to know, whatever you're doing, keep doing it." What was I doing? I was BEING with God. I invited God to be with me and me with Him in every essence of my life and my heart. With Him is where I'm being set free to be ME. Our being starts with being with God.❤️

I GIVE UP! I give up the weight of how I want things to look and go, for what God wants! There's only so far we can go with so much weight. What do you believe you need to surrender in order to move forward in who God is calling you to become? There is something(s) we have to give up to go forward. Let's talk about it!

When we daily decide to break up with the old version of ourselves, we can accept who we were always designed to be. Check out this week's episode as we continue to breakdown what we need to move forward.

You've been honest. You've addressed the pain. You've allowed yourself to feel. You've allowed God and His Truth into the sacred place of your heart. It's time to move forward. God's best for you is ahead of you.❤️

A Safe Space Form You have permission to ask questions.   I understand that your past may have taught you to keep your questions to yourself to avoid belittlement, offense, weird looks or an image of weakness…   …but my sister, in order to become what God already knows about us, we must tap into wisdom outside of our own understanding.   While there is an internal work and healing we are accountable for, God did not call us to do the work alone. He has set safe spaces to aid you as you heal and process.❤️‍🩹   Over the years and in my marriage, these are some vital things I’ve learned to do to create a safe space for honesty, questions and transparency: 👉🏾Ask 👉🏾Listen 👉🏾Validate   Find out in this week’s episode how each of these play a part in creating a safe space. 

A Safe Space Form How are you creating a safe space in your relationships, in your home, your job, or the ministry God has called you to?   Last week we covered some reasons why it's hard to be honest about your feelings, your desires, the need for help, etc...and ways we can begin to move out of that place.   This week we are discussing ways to create a safe space for others to be honest.   One mindset shift we need to establish is that someone's vulnerability and honesty is a gift, not a green light to impose your frustration or opinion of where someone is at or should be on their journey. How do you treat gifts that are given to you?🎁 Let's talk about it!   Also will you share your heart with me about your ideal safe space? Click here: A Safe Space Form

Space - Questionnaire Are you being honest with yourself, with God, and others? In this episode, I share reasons why we may find it hard to be honest and ways we can begin to allow God to soften this place in us. Let’s continue the conversation about creating a safe space! Also will you share your heart with me about your ideal safe space? Click here: A Safe Space - Questionnaire

Creating A Safe Space - Form   A safe space is required to recover and heal.❤️‍🩹   You must feel safe to share, ask, cry, get it wrong at times, and just be where you are without the guilt, shame or judgment for being there.   When our safety is threatened, we are distracted from the rest and healing that God so wants us to experience.   I believe God has called me to create a safe space for you to heal, because I so longed for it myself.   I understand the importance and beauty of vulnerability that we can have with others.❤️   When we are open in safe community; ❤️‍🩹The lie of feeling alone is shattered ❤️‍🩹We can receive the love of God through others ❤️‍🩹Heaviness is lifted through confession and intercession   Will you share your heart with me on this and answer a few questions about your ideal safe space to heal? Click here>> Creating A Safe Space - Form