Are you the type to say "I'm fine" even when you're very much not fine? Or are you the type to keep the conversation of your emotional vent going by saying "just let me say one more thing and then I'm done"?

Today, we're talking about two toxic things we tend to do with our emotions: bottle and brood.

Toxic thoughts can lead to toxic emotions, so let's talk about how we can better learn to navigate our emotions. Let's discover how to believe the best in everyone and in every situation, with God's help.

Love,

Darcie (a previous bottler)

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Books Mentioned:

• Switch On Your Brain by Caroline Leaf
• Emotional Agility by Susan David
• Telling Yourself the Truth by William Backus & Marie Chapian

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Rumination can trick us into thinking we're actively trying to solve a problem by thinking about it so much, when really we're stuck in a negative loop that is harming our brains.

It happens to the best of us, and this episode will reveal the four most common hooks of rumination (I bet you can relate to at least 1 but probably all 4 at some point in your life).

If we want to work towards focusing on all that Philippians 4:8 tells us to focus on, then we have to be able to identify when our minds are leaping elsewhere in order to reign those thoughts back in and take them captive.

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Book mentioned: Emotional Agility by Susan David

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In this episode, we explore the powerful influence of the internal narrator we all have... and it's a narrator that can't always be trusted. Although we don't intend to, our brain can come into alignment with a lie and if it gets repeated enough, we then believe it to be true (even when it's not). We can come into alignment with harmful narratives that were handed to us from previous generations, spoken over us at some point in our lives, or perhaps shaped by negative experiences where our emotions took the reins and still refuse to let go.

Too easily, the internal chatterbox gets us hooked into toxic thinking that doesn't help us or our future.

So, let's change the narrative. One intentional thought at a time.

Books mentioned in this week's episode:

• Emotional Agility by Susan David
• Switch On Your Brain by Dr. Caroline Leaf

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Ladies that are 13+ years old are also invited to Replenish Women's Conference at my local church, Elim Christian Centre Papakura! Tickets are $45 and it's on 12-13 June (Friday night + all day Saturday). Would love for you to join us!

https://brushfire.com/elim/papakurareplenish2026/630367/tickets

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