Welcome back to Hope in the Fire, the podcast for Christian women healing from trauma and rebuilding their lives through spiritual, emotional, mental, physical, and nutritional wellness.

In today’s episode, we’re talking about Christian stress management for women and how to experience true peace when life feels overwhelming.

If last week we discussed courage overcoming fear, this week we’re addressing something just as powerful — stress.

Because if fear tries to freeze you… Stress tries to control you.

From overthinking small decisions (like worrying for weeks about whether your daughter’s ears are even) to navigating major life choices about parenting, business, or mental health — stress can quietly take over your body and mind.

But peace is possible.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• Why stress often stems from perceived unmet needs
• How the nervous system responds to uncertainty
• The connection between trauma and control
• Why overthinking and perfectionism increase anxiety
• How to calm your body during stress
• The difference between self-reliance and surrender
• Practical faith-based tools for managing stress
• How identity in Christ stabilizes emotional overwhelm

Christian Stress & Anxiety: What’s Really Happening?

When you feel overwhelmed, your brain interprets uncertainty as a threat. Your nervous system activates, your heart rate increases, and your thoughts accelerate.

For many women — especially those who experienced childhood trauma — control becomes a coping strategy.

But control does not create lasting peace.

Trust does.

True peace doesn’t come from managing every detail. It comes from surrendering what was never yours to carry.

Who This Episode Is For:

This episode is for the woman who:

• Feels overwhelmed by daily responsibilities
• Struggles with anxiety or low-level depression
• Tends to overthink or micromanage
• Carries the pressure to “hold everything together”
• Desires faith-based tools for emotional regulation
• Wants Christian coaching for stress and clarity

Rooted & Risen Coaching

If you’re realizing stress and control are patterns in your life — not just temporary feelings — you don’t have to navigate it alone.

In my Rooted & Risen coaching sessions, we:

• Identify stress triggers and trauma responses
• Uncover limiting beliefs
• Reconnect you to your identity in Christ
• Create actionable steps for lasting peace
• Help you move from pressure to purpose

You were not created to live in constant overwhelm.

You were created to live rooted in truth and risen in freedom.

👉 Book your Rooted & Risen session here

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