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Have you ever felt as if your life is not your own - that someone or something else is in charge? Have you ever been held captive by a hijacker such as addiction, abuse, fear, rejection, sickness, or poverty? Instead of identifying how it happened and changing your mindset, you may be wasting precious time wondering, "Why me?" Hi, I'm Melanie and I've been there and I know that you can change your thinking and take control of your life. That's why I wrote my book, "I Don't Think So," and why ...
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I lived for a long time in survival mode. But today I’m far more than a survivor. I went from survival to struggle, to stable, to experiencing success again in many areas of life. Every step was a step up! I had to learn to re-create the life I wanted as I went. In this episode, I talk about: The meaning of salvation: nothing broken and nothing mis…
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Forgiveness. It’s something many of us know we are supposed to do but don’t even really understand what it is. Feeling like we should forgive when we don’t understand can make us feel like even more is required of us, after already being hurt. In this episode I talk about: How forgiveness is FOR us How forgiveness is not saying “It was okay,” or “I…
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I was born rejected. I was unknown, unplanned, unexpected. Even though it wasn’t about me, and I hadn’t had any choice in being born, I experienced rejection. It didn’t just affect me emotionally; it became my identity. In this episode I talk about: Rejection as a way of thinking Seeking acceptance but expecting rejection How rejection seeks proof …
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Not everything we believe is true. For us to act on the pain in our lives, we must confront the beliefs that have held us in captivity to that pain. The problem is, we are probably unaware of the lies that we have believed because if we thought they were lies we wouldn’t have believed them in the first place. In this episode I talk about: The tensi…
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While it seems obvious that pain is a signal, the truth is that when pain happens gradually or when we blame ourselves for the pain we feel, it’s easy to see pain as an emotion and not a signal. In this episode I talk about: Abuse is a gradual process When we see pain as an emotion When we believe it’s our fault How complaining relieves the pressur…
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What does it even mean to be hijacked? And how do we stop it if it does happen? In this episode, I talk about: Hijackings in the lives of ordinary people God’s heart toward captivity The stories we tell ourselves How we try to navigate circumstances instead of escaping captivity How to know if we’ve been hijacked The power of “I Don’t Think So” Res…
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Things happen to all of us. It isn’t the event or the experience itself that determines how we are affected; it is our response to the event or experience that is the deciding factor. In this episode, I talk about: Our response to life’s challenges What determines our value How I was hijacked by rejection, abuse, and terror How my thinking led me i…
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In this week’s hope-filled podcast, I’m talking about a life-changing moment that changed the way I saw everything. It felt as if someone removed a set of colored glasses I had been wearing my entire life but didn't know were there. I saw everything differently from that moment on. It enabled me to change my story and it can inspire you with the ho…
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