#173// "Kinda Crunchy" is a lifestyle born out of collective burnout, Sister.

Negotiating the Standard of God is never a good idea. Not even when we find ourselves overwhelmed and thinking, "There must be an easier way to do this!" In fact, that's the worst place to start to have a compromise in your spirit. We need to know how to identify the voice of the enemy when he comes with the questions that lead us into letting down our godly standards. This includes the standard we hold as we steward the health -- spirit, soul and body -- God has given to us.

I won't argue you on the fact that the health and wellness space has been absolutely overrun by a spirit of perfectionism in the last generation or two. By the beginning of 2020, we were experiencing a worldly standard being set around how to steward health that had nothing to do with trusting or glorifying God, and everything to do with "keeping up with the Joneses" (or whichever influencer you followed and most related to over on social media). And I'm talking about faith-based health and wellness educators and influencers, too!

Stewarding health became an exhausting and overwhelming feat. And as a collective, it seems many of us decided to quietly compromise on the standard of how to care for the gift of health God had given us as we took to writing some "simpler" standards of our own:

• "You don't have to be that strict about clean eating. It's all too much. Just do the best you can."
• "It's so expensive to eat unprocessed, whole foods. Just do the best you can."
• "And isn't it so overwhelming to try to figure this all out at the same time? Balance, Sister. Just do the best you can."

And with that, "Do the Best You Can" became the new standard. "Kinda Crunchy." Even in Christian circles. In fact, I heard it the MOST from Christian influencers. Somehow we had become convinced that "being too hard on ourselves" was worse than the difficulty of upholding a Biblical standard. Not that the standard we were holding previously was Biblical, mind you. But instead of determining to find the real Biblical Standard and making that our guide and our goal, we just decided to "Do the Best You Can." Honestly, I believe we took an unauthorized break. To me, that's what "Kinda Crunchy" has come to mean.

On this episode of The Positioned to Prosper Podcast we're chatting about the five main reasons I see for why we began to settle for this "kinda crunchy" and "just do the best you can" standard when it comes to stewarding our health, and then I'm sharing a simple Reset Roadmap you can follow to Biblically steward your health and wellness without overwhelm and burnout. Sound good? If so, I want you to -- Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/173 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

WANT A ROADMAP TO HELP STEWARD YOUR HEALTH WELL WITHOUT OVERWHELM? I've got you! I put together a free resource to help you start the journey of stewarding your health well in all areas. Just head over to ericapyle.com/starthere, and you'll receive a link to a Guide that will lead you in setting up good habits and removing toxic products from your home over the course of the next 12 months. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.

#172// This is a topic that has the potential to redraw relational lines in an instant.

Have you ever lost an "IRL" friend as a result of posting something "provocative" on social media that referenced religion or politics? If you lived through 2020 and had any views that tracked with medical freedom or disagreeing with "the government," and posted about them, I bet you did. My husband and I lost a few, I can tell you that.

But does the risk of agitating certain relationships justify staying silent on certain matters God has told you to make a sound about? Here's the thing . . .

What you make a sound about -- even the sound you make on social media -- should really be driven by only one thing: Has God given you the grace and the permission to say that thing to the people He's called you to serve?

On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast we're dismantling the lie that says you should *never* post about religion or politics in your business or ministry feeds. We're getting down to what the Bible actually has to say about what we should speak up about and what we shouldn't. If you're ready to know the simple way to know if you should be posting about these provocative topics on your social media feeds, go ahead and: Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

p.s. -- I recorded this episode as a livestream on my Facebook page. If you'd like to experience the video version of this episode, click here to watch!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/172 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

THE FOUR QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK GOD TO KNOW IF YOU SHOULD BE SPEAKING ON A THING? If you really want to know if you should be making a particular sound on your social media feeds, asking these Four Questions can be a great way to help you get clear on what God would have you say! Grab your copy of this free Prayer Template by heading to ericapyle.com/4questions. You'll receive a link to a template that lays out the four questions that we should be asking God in every situation and circumstance; questions that will position you for impact in your life as you endeavor to see it and say it as God does. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.

#171// Waiting on God rarely requires you to stay still.

In fact, truly waiting on Him will always produce movement. Don't believe me? Read Isaiah 40:31. It says when we wait on God we will . . . MOVE! We'll rise up, we'll run, we'll walk. And we'll do all of it while not getting overwhelmed or burned out. Amazing, right?

The key to waiting on God *the right way* and in seeing Him move on your behalf lies in the true definition of the word WAIT. On this episode of the Positioned to Prosper podcast we're unpacking what it really means to wait on the Lord and how this simple perspective shift can bring alignment and acceleration like you've never experienced before. If you've been *waiting* for Him to move and have felt like the answer is taking "forever," this may just be the message you've been waiting for (see what I did there? *wink*). Grab your Bible, your journal and a pen, and . . . Let's Go!

LISTEN WITH THE SHOW NOTES: Head over to ericapyle.com/171 to grab the show notes which include the scriptures mentioned in the episode as well as links to resources and tools to help you apply the session to your life this week!

THE FOUR QUESTIONS YOU CAN ASK GOD WHILE ACTIVELY WAITING ON HIM: Part of truly waiting on God is to be in a *real* conversation with Him. One way to do this is to make your prayer time with Him conversational. Asking these Four Questions can be a great way to get into that conversational rhythm! Grab your copy of this free Prayer Template by heading to ericapyle.com/4questions. You'll receive a link to a template that lays out the four questions that we should be asking God in every situation and circumstance; questions that will position you for greater clarity and breakthrough in your life as you endeavor to wait on God powerfully. So good, right? Go grab the link to this powerful resource here.