What’s the soundtrack playing in your mind? Are you rehearsing all the ways you messed up, fell short, or "should have" done better? What if you could quiet that inner bully and finally believe the truth about yourself?

In this episode of the Eternal Echoes podcast, host Katharine Rose speaks with Carol Feil (61), a writer, speaker, and self-described cheerleader of women. Carol sheds light on the importance of paying attention to our thought life, encouraging women to recognize, root out, and replace the lies with this truth: you are seen, known, and deeply loved by God.

Carol also discusses how grounding ourselves in our identity in Christ can help us navigate expectations, rejection, and various social dynamics. She also offers words of wisdom on not letting your feelings have the final say, knowing God’s character, trusting God when you don’t understand, and a whole lot more.

Wise words worth echoing:

-“Those thoughts that try to do battle with us, first we have to recognize they're there in order to do anything about it.”

-“The Lord sees us when we're the bud. He sees us when we're the full bloom and He still sees us and loves us when we're the wilting flower that's done its process and it's time to rest before the next cycle of growth.”

-“It doesn't say I always feel like He’s never leaving me or forsaking me. It says He will never leave me or forsake me.”

-“He's a good, good father. But He also can't be less than He is. So along with being a good father, He has lots of attributes that I can't pick and choose which ones I want to embrace.”

-“Who people think I am on the outside has nothing to do with what the Lord has put inside of me.”

-“Even when we don't feel seen, known or loved, we can be confident that God says in His word that what He starts, He finishes. He's a completer. He's a redeemer.”

-“I don't want a God I can fit in a box. I want a God that is so much bigger than my circumstances that when I can't see a way through, I can believe that He sees it from beginning to end.”

Connect with Carol:

Website: https://carolfeil.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolfeil/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CarolFeilWriter

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Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjBMF_8AN64