The Christian Mindset Coach with Alicia Michelle: Managing Emotions and Overwhelm Using Brain Science and Biblical Truth for

Ep 379: “How Do I Walk Through This Well?” Finding Emotional Clarity When Life Gets Complicated

What if you’re doing your best to follow God, but you honestly don’t know what to do?  Life doesn't always come with a clear five-step answer. Sometimes we're

Ep 378: What Actually Helps When You're Carrying a Lot Emotionally

What do you actually need when you’re carrying a lot emotionally and you don’t even know where to start? In this episode, we’re slowing down and looking at five different

Ep 377: “Which Voice Should I Listen To?” Making Sense of Your Competing Thoughts + Emotions

Some days it feels like there’s a ton of different voices in your head—each one saying something different. Which do we listen to? One says, "Do this," while another says

Ep 376: Best Of - Freeing Yourself From The Need to Hold It All Together

What if the pressure to hold everything together is one of the very things keeping you overwhelmed? In this Best Of episode, I’m revisiting a conversation about the exhau

Ep 375: Emotional Avoidance: Learning to Lean into Hurt Instead of Running from It with Willow Weston

We’ve all done it--minimizing or numbing our emotions after a painful experience. Today’s guest Willow Weston invites us to consider asking this question instead: What if

Ep 374: 5 Types of Emotional Overwhelm: Which Are You Experiencing?

Not all emotional overwhelm feels the same. Sometimes overwhelm leaves you restless and unable to slow down. Other times it feels heavy, tender, scattered, or like you&ap

Ep 373: What Is Emotional Regulation (And Why It's More Than "Calming Yourself Down")

What if emotional regulation isn't about calming yourself down—but becoming available to hear God more clearly? So many of us have been taught to suppress our emotio

Ep 372: Why Managing Overwhelm Is Where Emotional Healing Begins

Have you ever felt so overwhelmed that you couldn't even name what you were feeling? When we’re emotionally overwhelmed, everything feels tangled together, making it

Ep 371: I've Changed... Now Who Am I? Navigating the Emotions of Midlife

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, I've changed...but now who am I? Midlife brings so many transitions—our bodies change, our relationships evolve, our r

Ep 370: Learning to Tend Your Soul: Befriending the Hidden Parts of Your Heart with Dr. Alison Cook

What if the parts of yourself you've spent years trying to ignore are actually invitations to healing? In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Alison Cook to explore ho

Ep 369: Self-Brain Surgery: Rewiring Your Brain After Trauma with Christian Neurosurgeon Dr. Lee Warren

What if you have more influence over your thoughts, emotions, and healing than you realize? In this episode, I sit down with neurosurgeon, author, and podcast host Dr. Le

Ep 368: What Am I Really Longing for When I Feel Lonely and Disconnected?

Why do we still feel lonely when we're surrounded by people who love us? In this episode, we continue the conversation about loneliness by looking beyond the feeling

Ep 367: Why Do I Feel Lonely in Midlife When I'm Surrounded by People I Love?

Have you ever looked around at your family, friends, and the people you love most and wondered, Why do I still feel lonely? If you're in midlife, you may be surprise

Ep 366: Help for Calming Emotions After Marriage Fights with Dave and Ann Wilson

What do you do with all the emotions that linger after a fight with your spouse? Even when the argument is over, the hurt, disappointment, frustration, and unmet expectat

Ep 365: God Reveals So He Can Heal (Is It Time to Step Into Healing?)

What do you do when God starts revealing unhealthy patterns in your life—and suddenly you can’t unsee them? In this episode, I close out the people-pleasing series by tal

Ep 364: People Pleasing Isn’t Always Obvious: The Hidden Signs to Look For

What if people-pleasing isn’t just about saying yes too often or avoiding conflict? What if it’s showing up in ways you haven’t even recognized yet?  In this episode, I

363: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ + Other Overexplaining + Overapologizing Phrases That Reveal People Pleasing

Do you replay conversations in your head, explain yourself too much, or apologize for things that don’t really need an apology? These patterns can feel like personality t

362: Learning to Set Boundaries + Find My Voice in Parenting, Marriage and Beyond (My People Pleasing Journey)

What does healing from people-pleasing look like in real life, not just at the beginning, but years later? In this episode, I share my personal story of people-pleasing,

361: People Pleasing--Break the Cycle with Brain, Body + Biblical Tools for Less Exhaustion + Healthier Relationships

What if people-pleasing isn’t something you fix by trying harder—but a pattern your brain and body learned to use for safety? In this episode, I unpack why people-pleasin

360: People Pleasing- When You’re the “Good Girl” Who Keeps the Peace in Your Family

What if the reason it feels so hard to stop people-pleasing isn’t about willpower, but about the role you learned to play a long time ago? In this episode, I walk through