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Overcoming Chronic Worry with Kristine Brown

Sep 30, 2022

How do you overcome chronic worry? Today's guest, Kristine Brown, shares personal and practical insights to help you escape a pattern of worrying and begin a lifestyle of peace.

Kristine Brown is a ministry wife, mom, stepmom, Mimi, and former chronic worrier. She loves connecting today’s woman with women of the Bible through her website, freelance writing, and speaking to women’s groups.

Brown shares her personal struggle with chronic worry, which began with a nurturing nature. She explains the gradual descent from concerns for others into a habit of worrying about all things as a way of life. Kristine notes the compounding effect of worry on her emotional and physical well-being. 

We explore how taking responsibility for things we have no authority or power to change can lead to stressful and toxic mindsets. Brown shares how she eventually realized her worries reflected that she wasn't living as if she trusted the Lord. She knew the truth of God's faithfulness, but her emotions and thought life didn't align with believing in his goodness.

Kristine describes having a "worst-case-scenario" mindset. She shares her cancer diagnosis as a pivotal experience that served as an opportunity to choose to trust God. We explore the gradual journey of learning to trust in place of choosing worry as an ongoing process we walk out daily.

Brown examines the Biblical story of Rahab as an example of living with trust in God when we don't know all the answers.

Kristine Brown shares the following tips to move from a mindset of chronic worry to a lifestyle of peace and trusting God:

  • Ask yourself if you wake up in the morning rehashing the same problem you've already prayed about.
  • Ask yourself if you tend to jump in and fix things before praying to ask God about it.
  • Visualize God filling us with joy and peace as promised in Romans 15:13 to gain strength when you need it most.
  • Equip yourself with positive verses and thoughts to have on hand before a trigger for worrying occurs.
  • Identify your triggers and times when you're most vulnerable to worry. Form a counter-habit as a defensive strategy during those times.
  • Maintain positive habits.
  • Surround yourself with resources where you can find verses so you don't have to search for them during a moment of crisis.

We discuss the importance of resisting shame when struggling with worry, but instead keeping God's loving grace in mind as the powerful embrace to carry us through. Kristine recommends talking about worry to help diffuse the shame pitfalls.

Connect with Kristine Brown at kristinebrown.net, where you can obtained free resources and check out her new book, Cinched: Living with Unwavering Trust in an Unfailing God.

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