How Our Family Ebenezer Helped Us Through a Season of Financial Stress
by Amberly Neese Money stinks. Don't get me wrong I appreciate the freedoms and opportunities money can afford, but the lack of it is draining. My husband and I have been in full-time ministry for most of our lives. Budgeting has been a necessary reality since the...
Creating Social Media Boundaries I Needed
by Julie Landreth I had to stop the insanity. Incessantly checking my phone, posting status updates, and mindlessly scrolling through news feeds. Facebook had taken up every free, quiet moment I had. My relationship with social media I developed a persistent tic, a...
Kitchen Prep for the Overwhelmed Cook
by guest Kelsee Keitel "I am really not looking forward to cooking dinner tonight. In fact, I’m kind of dreading it.” I had become an overwhelmed cook. I never imagined those words would come out of my mouth … at least, not yet. At 23, I expected cooking dinner for my...
Episode #233 – Living Out Your Personal Manifesto
Kathi & Cheri's Personal ManifestoCreating your personal manifesto is an amazing way to pre-decide how you are going to handle certain people or situations. Check out Kathi and Cheri's and even a few of our favorites from those that sent them in that have already...
What a Personal Manifesto Will Do for You
by Cheri Gregory I should be more like him. As I sit through the memorial service for a truly amazing man—a beloved teacher and pastor to so many—this one thought plays over and over in my head. I should be more like him. Whenever Jon preached about God’s grace, he’d...
My New Year’s Resolution
Oh, I am no stranger to the New Year’s Resolution, my friend. I know that I made them as a teenager, but the first clear memory I have of making a list was in 1998, in my fourth-floor walk-up in Uji, Japan, where I was serving as a short-term missionary. I was full of...
Last Day for Overwhelmed December Bonuses
24 hours. That's how long the marketing experts told us to offer the special pre-order bonuses for Overwhelmed, our new book that officially releases on January 1. "You have to create a sense of urgency! Otherwise, nobody will buy." We almost did what the experts...
Episode #232 – Fresh Start for You
Time for a Fresh StartOverwhelmed co-author, Cheri Gregory joins Kathi to discuss creating a “Fresh Start.” Kathi loves the idea of a “Fresh Start.” As a self-described New Year’s resolution nerd, she has made dozens of resolutions and kept none of them. Kathi and...
Episode #231 – Get Your People Plan Together (Holiday edition)
People Plan OptionsIn this podcast, they talk about three options that can help you when it comes to pre-deciding how you will behave:Personal Manifesto - Creating a "personal manifesto" sets up a code of ethics that helps you pre-decide what you need and want and how...