Ever find yourself constantly on the verge of tears, snapping at loved ones, or emotionally shutting down? You’re not broken—and you’re not alone. In today’s episode, Alicia shares what’s really going on inside your brain and body when emotions feel out of control and introduces two simple but powerful tools to bring calm and clarity. If you’ve been stuck in a cycle of guilt, shame, or exhaustion around your emotions, this episode offers a path forward grounded in both science and Scripture.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[00:58] Why Am I So Emotional Lately? Understanding What’s Really Going On in Your Brain and Body

[04:00] Which of the 4 Coping Mechanisms Are You Using? (Fight, Flight, Freeze, or Fawn)

[08:10] Are These Emotional Responses Permanent—or Can I Change Them?

[09:00] How the Brain Reinforces Emotional Overwhelm Through Neuroplasticity

[14:00] What Am I Really Feeling? The First Step Toward Emotional Regulation

[16:00] What’s Your Boiling Point? How to Catch Overwhelm Before It Spills Over

[18:00] What’s Behind the Snapping and Crying? Uncovering the Hidden Emotions

[19:00] What Is Emotional Prep + How Can It Keep You Grounded?

[21:00] Practical Tools to Cool the Fire: Scripture, Breathing, Journaling & More

[25:00] You’re Not Too Far Gone: An Invitation to Respond Differently with Grace

RESOURCES:

Want help applying what you’re learning here each week?

Come join us in the Emotional Confidence Club—a hands-on learning community of Christian women discovering how to handle everyday emotions with calm, clarity and confidence. Apply now at AliciaMichelle.com/club.

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How do we honor and love emotionally immature parents without losing ourselves in the process? In this raw and compassionate episode, I share biblical, emotional, and practical wisdom for navigating the complex relationship with emotionally immature parents—especially when their behavior triggers deep wounds, guilt, and confusion.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[01:43] What Is an Emotionally Immature Parent? The Signs You Might Be Missing

[05:00] Why Is This Relationship So Confusing? Grieving the Parent You Never Had

[08:09] What Does It Mean to Love Without Losing Yourself?

[11:00] Are You Falling into the Guilt and People-Pleasing Trap?

[13:00] When Love Feels Like Obligation: Understanding Emotional Enmeshment

[16:00] How Can the A.D.D. Method Help You Manage Emotions Around a Toxic Parent?

[23:00] What Do Healthy Boundaries with Emotionally Immature Parents Actually Look Like?

[30:45] Boundaries Aren’t Rejection—They’re a Clear Act of Emotional Responsibility

RESOURCES:

Want help applying what you’re learning here each week? Come join us in the Emotional Confidence Club—a hands-on learning community of Christian women discovering how to handle everyday emotions with calm, clarity and confidence. Apply now at AliciaMichelle.com/club.

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277–279: The A.D.D. Method for Emotional Confidence

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Emotionally detaching from our adult children isn’t easy, especially when we’ve spent years guiding their choices and offering support. But at some point, healthy parenting boundaries become essential. In today’s episode, author Kate Battistelli joins us to share how we can embrace the empty nest season with purpose, release the urge to control or fix our adult children’s lives, and rediscover our identity beyond motherhood.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[02:46] What Are The Struggles With Detaching From Our Adult Children?

[06:18] How Can We Let Go of The Responsibility of Our Adult Children's Decisions?

[08:13] What Are You Meant to Do Aside From Being A Mom?

[14:31] We Have to Make Time For Ourselves and Our Marriage While Our Children Are Home

[17:09] “Don’t Be Afraid of The Path God Has Put You On. If You Follow It, You Can Change The World”

[20:01] Alicia’s Reflections: There Will Be Triggers, Don’t Be Surprised by Them

RESOURCES:

Want help applying what you’re learning here each week?

Come join us in the Emotional Confidence Club—a hands-on learning community of Christian women discovering how to handle everyday emotions with calm, clarity and confidence.

Apply now at AliciaMichelle.com/club.

Connect with author Kate Battistelli

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Do you carry mom guilt over things you said or did during the hard seasons of motherhood? Motherhood mistakes can feel heavy, but we were often doing the best we could at the time. Today, I am sharing how you can use the ADD model to let go of parenting regrets and unrealistic expectations as parents.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[02:13] Why Does Mom Guilt Hit Us So Hard?

[04:06] Does Nostalgia Have You Seeing the Past Through Rose-Colored Glasses While Also Wondering If You Did Enough as a Parent?

[10:27] Do You Have Unrealistic Expectations And Misplaced Responsibility For Your Children?

[15:56] Using The ADD Model to Process Mom Guilt

[23:00] Want to Learn More About Ways You Can Apply The ADD Method in Your Life? If So, Grab a Copy of My Book, Emotional Confidence!

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to get my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”.

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Let’s be real friends, motherhood is hard. We’re all craving relief from the overwhelming emotions that come with it, but how do we actually find it? Today, I’m joined by best-selling author Becky Thompson to bring some deep encouragement for moms. We go beyond surface-level fixes and talk honestly about the real emotions in motherhood. This episode reminds us that real peace and rest are possible, even when motherhood feels relentless.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[03:21] How Can We Stop Feeling Overwhelmed in Motherhood?

[08:09] Why Are We Running From Rest?

[11:56] The Rest We Are Longing For Is a “Filling of The Spirit”

[16:13] How Can We Feel Peace When The World is Full of Problems?

[20:00] When God Becomes Our Peace, It Changes How We Move Through Life

[26:16] Small Practical Steps We Can Take to Find Rest and Peace

[30:53] Alicia’s Reflections: Jesus Wants Us to Go Deeper and Build Intimacy With Him

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to get my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”.

Connect with author Becky Thompson

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Have you ever found yourself waiting for a miracle, wondering if God is really working behind the scenes? Today, my sister Kris joins us to vulnerably share her story of trusting God through her journey with addiction. We talk about the power of prayer and how God used our family relationship to lead her toward healing and salvation. If you're holding on to hope and faith through hard times, this episode will encourage your heart and remind you that He is always in control.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[00:39] “Good Things Are Coming, Even When We Can't See It Yet”

[06:32] My Sister's Experience with Addiction

[10:55] How Our Conversations on a Road Trip Played Into Kris’s Recovery Journey

[14:02] How Our Evolving Relationship Inspired Kris to Explore Her Inner World

[16:07] What is It Like to Go Through Recovery With Christ?

[21:51] How Addictions Sneak Up On Us

[27:34] Don’t Stop Praying For Yourself or Your Loved Ones

[31:14] “A Day Without Laughter is a Day Wasted”

[35:28] Alicia’s Reflections: We Need to Trust That God is In Control

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to get my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”.

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Want support applying what you’re learning here each week about managing emotions with science and scripture? Come join us in the Emotional Confidence Club—apply now at AliciaMichelle.com/club.

Even if you don’t think of yourself as an addict, today’s episode will show you how addiction can take many forms. Author Ian Morgan Cron invites us to look beneath the surface, showing how we are all addicted to something, whether it’s control, approval, performance, or distraction. In this conversation, you'll learn how the 12 Steps can bring healing to our inner brokenness and why overcoming addictions is more relevant to all of us than we might realize.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[03:12] What Can the 12 Steps Teach Us About Wholeness, Even If We Are 'Well Adjusted'?

[06:10] How Does Recognizing Our Inner Ache Guide Us Toward Wholeness?

[08:23] How Addictions Can Sneak Up On Us + The Connection Between The 12 Steps and Christianity

[12:19] “To Be Alive Is to Be Addicted”

[14:22] How Do We Figure Out What Our Addictions Are?

[22:26] What if Addictions Are an Invitation From God?

[24:30] How Can the Church Become a Place Where It Is Safe to Be Broken?

[32:16] The Ways Enneagram Types Deal With Their Inner Brokenness + Is The Enneagram Against Biblical Teachings?

[37:42] A Deeper Dive Into The Enneagram - Subtypes + Countertypes

[40:17] Alicia’s Reflections: Can You Identify The Brokenness Inside of You? And If So, What Are You Going to Do About It?

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to get my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”.

Connect with author Ian Morgan Cron

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Do procrastination, complaining, and victim thinking impact your day-to-day life without you even realizing it? As part of our Mental Fitness Series, author John G. Miller joins us for an eye-opening episode about how we can shift negative thought patterns with his “Question Behind the Question” (QBQ) concept.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

[03:49] What Does “QBQ” Mean + How Is It Built on Negative Thought Patterns?

[06:15] “We Can Only Change Ourselves”

[08:10] The Importance of Acknowledging Our Feelings Then Moving Forward

[11:33] What Are “Incorrect Questions? And How Do They Perpetuate Victim Thinking?

[13:48] How Can Parents Balance Accountability And Consequences Without Falling Into Blame Or Fear-Based Parenting?

[17:52] What Question Can Shift Us From Procrastination to Purposeful Action?

[20:53] Have You Ever Said, “I'm Waiting on God for Answers”?

[23:58] The Power of Believing “I Can Only Change Me”

[26:40] Alicia’s Reflections: Are You Taking This Conversation as Personal Alignment, or Are You Taking Offense? Take Some Time With The Lord and Let It Simmer in Your Heart

RESOURCES:

Tired of up-and-down feelings stealing your peace, sabotaging your relationships, and filling your mind with self-defeating thoughts? If so, make sure to get my new book, “Emotional Confidence: 3 Simple Steps to Manage Emotions with Science and Scripture”.

Connect with author John G. Miller

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Want support applying what you’re learning here each week about managing emotions with science and scripture? Come join us in the Emotional Confidence Club—apply now at AliciaMichelle.com/club.