Relation of inch loss and mind renewal
Inch Loss and Mind Renewal?
Do these two topics: Inch loss and mind renewal influence each other? Yes, these two topics do seem unrelated. Actually, they are closely related. How?
Stress
Inches versus scales
- A mind filled with toxic thoughts creates fear, anxiety, and worry to name a few side effects. All of these produce stress. Stress causes the wrong quantities of certain chemicals to be released in the body. One such chemical is cortisol. Cortisol not only regulates and supports functions in the heart and immune system but also our metabolism. Research has shown that chronic stress causes weight accumulation around the middle section of the body.
- God’s Word tells us we are wired for love, peace, joy, faith, hope, and expectation of good. We are instructed to think on things good, pure, lovely, and of a good report. When we accept toxic thoughts, these trigger negative and anxious emotions. This produces biochemicals that cause stress in the body.
- “When we break the cycle of toxic thinking, we can also break the habit of absorbing stress.” ~ C. Leaf
Stop Absorbing Stress
Emotional Eating
- Whatever we think about – good or bad – produces emotions. Negative emotions for so many of us can lead to “Emotional Eating” (eating on-demand to emotions for comfort …usually eating too much…usually eating so-called “comfort” foods.)
- Toxic thoughts create toxic attitudes. These toxic thoughts look like dead trees with many dead branches. Sadly, they aren’t dead; but are alive creating havoc for us. These toxic networks can become very strong. (But not too strong for God’s Word to change them.)
“Toxic emotions and toxic thoughts are a natural combination, so when you sweep away toxic thinking, toxic emotions will be swept away too!” ~ C. Leaf
A Deceptive Image
Toxic thoughts can tell us we are failures and we can never change. These thoughts may scream, ” what is the use of trying, anyway?”
God tells us “we are fearfully and wonderfully made.” We are created in His image. He is certainly not a failure and did not create us to be failures. He wired us for love. If we wired in the toxic thoughts; through His power in us, we can wire them out.
Good News
We can renew and rewire our brains. With proper guidance, we can do this in a relatively short time frame. You are not too young or too old to do this. Dr. Caroline Leaf’s book Who Switched Off My Brain (Revised Edition) is the best of her books, in my opinion. If you can find the workbook to purchase with it, that will be even better. I found mine at kcm.org.
Renewing Your Mind Course
I taught the course Renewing Your Mind with material based on the study of Dr. Caroline Leaf’s books and online training a few years ago. This past month I have gone through a wonderful course created by Curry Blake of John G. Lake Ministries. This course on mind renewal has opened up new insights that are quite exciting to learn and share. Watch for the announcement of this new course bot begin at the end of September.
Dr. Leaf and Curry Blake
“Most things having to do with you are changed not by prayer, but by renewing your mind.” ~ Curry Blake
I am by far no brain scientist; however, I love and study God’s Word, and I have loved studying the material of Dr. Caroline Leaf (who is a noted brain scientist, and Curry Blake, who is an amazing researcher, writer, and minister of the gospel. I am trusting the Lord for the ability to simplify and present a basic platform that will begin changing your life as you Renew Your Mind. Team Fabulous Members come free.
Renewing the Mind Basic Understanding
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- Basic Understanding
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- Thoughts Occupy Real Estate
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- Where Thoughts Come From
Join the Team as we uncover the wrong thinking that lies beneath emotional eating. We will begin a search for emotional trigger points and develop a battle plan to overcome. We will set some boundaries and new habits in place that will make all the difference in our success path. Others have broken the cycle of Emotional Eating and you can too.
The Dirty Dozen Team
These are the easiest to capture and throw out before they take hold. If not captured, they will grow and intertwine.
This dirty dozen player counts on the fact that emotions and thoughts intertwine and are inseparable. There are only two types of emotions: Love and Fear. All other emotions are derivatives of these. We are wired for love, not fear.
This member is very sneaky. He originates from toxic thoughts. Every word we speak contains power. Proverbs 18:21 tells us that LIFE and Death are in the power of the tongue.
He is the Leader of the group. He tries to deceive us into thinking that we aren’t responsible for our choices. We are. Choice is a God-given gift.
This guy waits for nighttime to begin his work. Dr. Leaf says that the more troubling our dreams are, the more work we need to do on our thought life.
This player of the dozen grows roots that try to strangle love and joy. The main toxic seed of all is UNFORGIVENESS. We can sweep this seed right out with a disciplined consistent strategy (which Team Fabulous is learning).
