Changing Unwanted Thoughts w/Esther Smith

The Daily Grace Podcast

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Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

This week Krystal chats with Esther Smith about her book, “A Still and Quiet Mind.” In Esther’s book, she details several strategies for combating a variety of unwanted or intrusive thought patterns. Some of these strategies are simple yet effective, such as slowing down and taking deep breaths. Other strategies include biblical meditation as we reflect on the truths of God and His Word. Ultimately, these strategies remind us of our limited nature and help us to fix our eyes on our wonderful Creator. We pray this conversation provides practical tools while remembering the mighty God that we serve. Sign up for the Daily Grace Podcast Newsletter and receive the free resource "Scripture for Every Season.” Time Stamps: 3:00 - Why Esther wrote a book on intrusive thoughts 5:12 - Thinking about unwanted thoughts in a holistic and biblical way 7:52 - Reasons Christians get stuck in the process of changing their thoughts 9:39 - Practical tips for changing unwanted thoughts 10:59 - How to start changing your unwanted thoughts today 14:06 - How our bodies, stories, relationships, and spiritual lives impact changing our unwanted thoughts 17:29 - How to use biblical meditation to change unwanted thoughts 24:03 - How to change unwanted thoughts connected to trauma 29:42 - How to know when unwanted thoughts become intrusive thoughts 32:55 - What the gospel has changed for Esther Resources mentioned in this episode: A Still and Quiet Mind: Twelve Strategies for Changing Unwanted Thoughts The Whole Life Book Connect with Esther: WebsiteA Still and Quiet Mind: Twelve Strategies for Changing Unwanted Thoughts by Esther Smith Instagram Connect with us: Subscribe to Daily Grace: on iOS, go to our iTunes page and click subscribe. On Android, click this podcast RSS feed link and choose your podcast app. If needed, you can copy this link directly into your favorite podcast app (like Stitcher or Overcast). Or follow us on Spotify! We would love it if you took a few minutes to leave us an iTunes review to help spread the word about Daily Grace! We want to invite more women into our conversations! Download The Daily Grace app: for iOS, click here to download. On Android, click here to download. Visit The Daily Grace Co. for beautiful products for the whole family that will equip you on your journey to knowing and loving God more. Subscribe to The Daily Grace Newsletter and receive free Bible study resources in your inbox. Like The Daily Grace Co. on Facebook. Follow @dailygracepodcast on Instagram for exclusive podcast content and @thedailygraceco for all things The Daily Grace Co. Engage with our Facebook community, “The Daily Grace Co. Community”. Read The Daily Grace blog for encouragement throughout the week that is steeped in biblical truths. * Affiliate links used are used where appropriate. Thank you for supporting the products that support the production of this podcast! * The opinions of guests on the Daily Grace podcast do not represent the opinions of The Daily Grace Co., and we do not necessarily endorse the resources that they recommend or mention on the show. We believe it is valuable to hear from a variety of guests, even if we do not agree in all areas. As always, the statements made by hosts and guests on the show should be tested against God’s Word, the only authority on truth.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Daily Grace. We believe the Bible is true, trustworthy, and timeless. And we want
0:17.6	to help women like you, know and love God's Word. The Bible shows us who God is and who
0:24.7	He is, changes everything. My name is Shelby and I'm Crystal. And we want to invite you to come
0:31.2	join us as we chat about the truth of God's Word in our everyday lives.
0:37.1	Hey everyone, welcome back to the Daily Grace podcast. This is Crystal and I am here with a very
0:42.2	special guest, Esther Smith. Thank you so much for joining me on the podcast today.
0:46.3	Yeah, thank you so much for having me. Excited to be here. So, Esther, you are a licensed
0:50.9	clinical professional counselor and you have authored several books. I told you earlier,
0:54.8	I am reading one of yours right now that you co authored called The Whole Life. But you've also
0:59.4	read a book called A Still and Quiet Mine. And that's what we're going to be talking about today. So,
1:04.6	what we do at the beginning of each of our episodes is we actually get to share favorite things.
1:08.9	So this is something the audience knows and loves. The always DMs wanting to know like you talked
1:13.8	about a favorite thing. I need the link. And so we're going to ask you, I know your favorite thing
1:17.6	might be a little bit different than like a book or a bug or something like that. But we would love
1:22.5	for you to share what your favorite thing is this week. Yeah, I'd love to share. So, one of my
1:28.6	favorite things that has just been, I've been thinking a lot about this week is my dog. I have
1:35.0	a dog whose name is Bug and he is a humongous, enormous cuddle bug, Italian mastiff. And he is
1:44.8	just like my comfort therapy dog. I've had some like not so great stuff come up this week. And
1:51.9	if he's not there, I think about him. If he's there, I pet him. He is just like my comforting
1:59.2	ally when I'm at home, you know, I work from home and he's just right there. So he is my favorite
2:04.9	thing this week. Okay, how big is this dog? It sounds like a big dog. He is a big dog. I think
2:10.8	he's like 110 pounds. He hasn't been weighed for a little while, but he's very big. He's super
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