In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, we’re talking honestly about why healthy habits keep feeling hard — and why so many women walk into a new year already feeling behind, exhausted, and like they’re failing before they even start.

If you’ve ever told yourself, “This is the year I’m finally going to get consistent,” but felt overwhelmed just thinking about it, this conversation is for you.

Here’s the truth most people won’t tell you: Healthy habits aren’t failing because you lack discipline. They aren’t sticking because you’re trying to add them onto a life that’s already overloaded.

Melissa breaks down the one mistake she sees over and over again with high-achieving, faith-filled women — especially those who care deeply, try hard, and still feel like it’s never enough. This episode reframes the idea of failure, explains why this isn’t a willpower issue, and introduces a gentler, God-led approach to building rhythms that actually fit your real life.

If you’re tired of starting over every January, wrestling with exhaustion, or wondering why doing “all the right things” still leaves you drained, this episode will help you slow down, breathe, and take your next baby step forward with clarity and grace.

• Why healthy habits aren’t sticking — and why it’s not a discipline problem

• The difference between effort and capacity, especially for overachievers

• How performance can quietly become a coping mechanism

• Why undoing is wisdom, not quitting, and how God often asks us to let go before adding more

• A simple baby step to help you reclaim time, energy, and peace without adding another thing to your plate

Instead of trying to add a new healthy habit, choose one thing to undo:

• one commitment to pause,

• one app to mute,

• one expectation to loosen,

• or one boundary to reinforce.

Only after creating space do you consider what might be added back in a healthier way.

You don’t have to figure this out alone — and you don’t have to know the “right” next step either.

Depending on where you’re at, here are a few ways (with links) you can take your next baby step:

• MOVE Meet Up — for a monthly Spotify playlist, movement challenge, and encouragement

• Get on the email list — for encouragement, tools, and faith-filled baby steps

• Operation Reset VIP — if you need help slowing down, clearing space, and realigning priorities

• Breakthrough Unstuck Session — a one-time session for clarity and direction

• Screen Time Reset — if distractions and overstimulation are draining your peace

• 6 months of Breakthrough Coaching — deeper, ongoing support and accountability

And if you’re not sure where to start, that’s okay too. You can always email me directly at melissa@melissabatt.com and put “HELP” in the subject line. We’ll connect and figure out the best next step together.

If this episode resonated, share it with a friend who feels exhausted or like she’s failing — and then keep listening. There’s more support waiting for you here.

You don’t have to stay stuck. Let’s take the next baby step together. 💛

New Year’s resolutions sound good… until real life hits.

If you’ve ever started the year feeling motivated, only to feel discouraged, behind, or like you’re failing a few weeks later, this episode is for you.

In this conversation, Melissa breaks down why traditional New Year’s resolutions so often fall apart, especially for high-achieving women who already feel overwhelmed. She explains why most goal setting fails, not because of a lack of desire or discipline, but because there’s no clear plan that supports real life.

Instead of planning an entire year at once, Melissa shares a more sustainable, faith-led approach to goal setting using shorter seasons, reflection, and clarity. She walks you through how she looks back on the year with God, chooses a word for the year, and turns that word into focused, actionable steps without burnout.

You’ll also learn a simple but powerful tool Melissa uses called a goal brain dump, a way to get everything out of your head, organize it by season, and move forward with intention instead of pressure.

If you’re tired of starting over every January and want a healthier, God-led way to plan your year, this episode will help you slow down, refocus, and take your next step with confidence.

• Why New Year’s resolutions often fail, even for motivated and disciplined women

• The difference between outcome-based goals and real-life goal setting

• How the 12-week approach helps you stay focused without feeling overwhelmed

• Why looking back at the previous year is essential before planning what’s next

• How choosing a word for the year can guide your decisions and priorities

• A simple goal brain dump method to organize goals by season instead of all at once

• How to turn clarity into action without burning yourself out

If this episode gave you clarity and helped you see goal setting differently, a great next step is the 12-Week Reset Coaching Package. It’s a focused, one-on-one coaching package where we look at what’s draining you, what needs to change, and what to focus on next so you’re not trying to do everything at once.

Email me at https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/screenreset

Single Unstuck Session: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/unstucksession

Breakthrough Coaching: https://melissabatt.com/breakthrough-coaching

Operation Reset: https://melissabatt.com/operation-reset Get MOVE Playlists: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/move

Sign up for Weekly Emails: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/onthelist

In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt invites you into a heartfelt and honest conversation about the unhealthy habits quietly shaping your life — especially the ones stealing your peace, your focus, and your God-given purpose.

As we head into a new year, Melissa unpacks why so many Christian women feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, and stuck in cycles of distraction, even though their hearts long for more peace, clarity, and consistency. Before you can build the healthy rhythms you want, you often have to acknowledge and undo the habits that are draining your mental, emotional, and spiritual capacity.

From screen time and emotional numbing to work-related overuse of technology, Melissa shares the deeper connection between your mental health, your purpose, and the patterns that quietly pull you away from the life God is calling you to live. She offers personal stories, gentle truth, and a powerful reminder that the enemy loves to use distraction to keep God’s daughters spiritually asleep — even when they look awake on the outside.

If you’ve been telling yourself, “I want to change, but I never follow through,” this episode will help you understand why… and give you hope for what’s possible when you begin clearing space for the habits that matter most.

This is your invitation to reset, realign, and reclaim your time so you can walk into 2026 with intention, mental clarity, and renewed purpose.

How year-end habits shape your mental, emotional, and spiritual capacity.

Understanding the different forms of unhealthy habits and why they drain your focus.

Why overstimulation makes follow-through feel impossible.

How constant noise weakens mental health and dulls spiritual awareness.

The moment at Melissa’s Chamber event that reframed the urgency of reclaiming your time.

A vulnerable, Spirit-led insight on why screens are impacting Christian women so deeply.

Why undoing unhealthy patterns is the first step toward purpose and peace.

How James Clear’s insight reinforces what Melissa sees in coaching: you need support that interrupts your day and keeps you on track.

What happens when you trade numbing for connection, joy, and purpose.

How one reset helped restore emotional and relational connection at home.

Why the 1-on-1 Screen Time Reset is the most effective place to begin if you want 2026 to feel different.

Track your screen time today without changing anything. Just observe. Just notice. Awareness is the first step toward freedom — and the first crack in the habits holding you back.

{Also, recognize how many times you find yourself saying you don't have time.}

If you're ready to break unhealthy patterns, reclaim your focus, and walk into 2026 with clarity and purpose, your next step is the:

1-on-1 Screen Time Reset: A 12-week personalized coaching experience to help you undo the habits draining your life and rebuild rhythms that support who God is calling you to become. Learn more here: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/screenreset

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In this bonus episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa shares an honest and important update about the Screen Time Reset — one she didn’t expect when she launched the program just a few weeks ago.

What began as a group coaching format has now shifted to a fully personalized 1-on-1 coaching experience, and in this episode, Melissa explains exactly why. From realizing how differently women use their screens, to seeing how emotional patterns and triggers vary from person to person, it became clear that screen time struggles are deeply personal — and the solution has to be personal too.

Melissa opens up about:

• Why group coaching wasn’t the right fit for this transformation

• How God led her to shift directions with humility and obedience

• The emotional and practical reasons women need individualized support

• Why 30-minute private sessions offer better results than 60-minute group calls

• What’s coming next — including the return of The Success Lounge

• And why reclaiming your time is the necessary foundation for the habits God is calling you to build

If you’ve been considering the Screen Time Reset but weren’t sure whether group coaching would fit your schedule, your emotional bandwidth, or your current capacity, this short conversation will give you the clarity you need.

● Screen time struggles are deeply personal Anxiety, boredom, emotional numbing, stress, habit loops, dopamine, work pressure — everyone’s reasons are different.

● Group coaching adds pressure when time is already tight Women are too overwhelmed for replays or long sessions. Personalized support removes the barrier.

● Why 1:1 coaching is the best fit Melissa can read tone, hesitation, posture, and emotional cues — things lost when she doesn't get to interact with you.

● 30 minutes is realistic — and powerful Shorter sessions create consistency, accountability, and momentum without overwhelming your schedule.

● Reclaiming your time is step one for all future growth You can’t build healthy habits, routines, or purpose-filled rhythms on top of distraction and overstimulation.

● The Success Lounge is returning — but the 1:1 Reset is the prerequisite Women need clarity, capacity, and grounded routines before stepping into the deeper group work.

If you’re ready to reclaim your time and break the patterns that keep you overwhelmed, exhausted, and distracted, the Screen Time Reset is now a private, personalized coaching experience designed just for you.

👉 Sign up here: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/screenreset

Early-enrollment pricing is available through January. And because this is 1:1 — you can start your sessions NOW or begin in January.

Don’t miss updates, encouragement, or announcements about upcoming coaching opportunities and The Success Lounge.

👉 Join the email list here: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/onthelist

In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa shares a vulnerable and eye-opening look at the screen-time habits most of us finally noticed over the holidays — the constant checking, the overstimulation, the emotional numbing, and the way our phones quietly steal presence, peace, and connection.

After asking her own family to check their screen-time data, Melissa discovered five-hour phone averages, 100–168 pickups a day, and more than 300 notifications in a single day. These numbers tell a story many of us feel but haven’t put words to: we are overwhelmed, distracted, and operating on mental overload… and our phones have become our default coping mechanism.

This conversation isn’t about perfection or giving up your phone completely. It’s about finding one specific area where your phone is stealing something important — bedtime connection with your husband, dinner-table moments with your kids, or the space you need to hear from God — and learning how to protect that place with intention.

If you are struggling with brain fog, feeling overstimulated, or emotionally overwhelmed as you head into winter, this episode will help you name what’s been happening, breathe a sigh of relief, and take a small baby step toward greater clarity and presence.

● What holiday rhythms reveal about your screen-time habits Why slowing down helps you notice what you're normally too busy to see.

● Five-hour averages, 300 notifications & nonstop pickups How these small interruptions slowly drain your mental and emotional capacity.

● The link between phone addiction, anxiety & emotional numbing Why your phone becomes a coping mechanism when you’re overstimulated or exhausted.

● Procrastination, online shopping & escaping discomfort How distraction sneaks in when your brain is overwhelmed or tired

● Why this isn’t about getting off your phone completely Practical truth: it’s about getting specific with the area that matters most.

● Melissa’s personal story: protecting the bedtime hour How one small shift is changing the atmosphere of her home and marriage.

Choose ONE specific space where your phone is stealing connection, peace, or clarity — bedtime, dinner, after-school hours, car rides, or quiet mornings — and protect that space for the next three days.

Simple, intentional, doable.

Join the 12-Week Screen Time Reset, where you’ll learn how to build calmer rhythms, lower your overwhelm, and reconnect with the people (and purpose) that matter most.

This isn’t about perfection — it’s about one small shift at a time.

👉 Join the Screen Time Reset

Whether you’re ready for a full six months of breakthrough coaching or want to start small with a single Breakthrough Unstuck Session, you can take your next step today.

Learn more at melissabatt.com/breakthrough-coaching

In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt opens the doors to the brand-new 12-Week Screen Time Reset and walks you through the deeper spiritual and emotional reasons behind your constant distraction, anxiety, and overwhelm.

If your mind feels scattered… If your phone is the first thing you grab in the morning… If you feel disconnected from God, your family, or your own thoughts… This episode is your wake-up call.

Melissa shares the urgency God placed on her heart to launch this reset now, not later, and explains why waiting until January keeps so many women stuck in cycles of avoidance, numbing, overstimulation, and survival mode. She breaks down how unhealthy screen habits affect your mental health, spiritual clarity, peace, and ability to hear God’s voice.

You’ll learn what makes this reset different from quick-fix “digital detoxes” and why the combination of emotional regulation, discipleship, nervous system care, and weekly accountability is exactly what your mind and heart have been needing.

If you’ve felt God nudging you to deal with this area of your life—or if you’re simply exhausted from feeling overwhelmed and mentally overloaded—this conversation will help you take your first baby step toward peace, clarity, and presence with God again.

Key Takeaways

● [00:02] — Welcome & Invitation Why the Screen Time Reset is starting now and why the timing matters for your peace, clarity, and mental health.

● [01:20] — Anxiety & Overstimulation How constant scrolling rewires your brain, fuels anxious thoughts, and keeps your nervous system in a state of overload.

● [03:05] — Why This Isn’t a Digital Detox This reset is not “delete your apps.” It’s healing, awareness, discipleship, emotional regulation, and rebuilding presence with God.

● [04:25] — Signs Your Phone Is Numbing You Melissa breaks down the coping patterns—avoidance, emotional overload, distraction, and survival mode—that often hide behind screen time.

● [06:05] — The Enemy Loves Comfort Why the discomfort you feel about changing your habits is often confirmation that breakthrough is needed now.

● [07:10] — What You Get Inside the Reset Weekly coaching, accountability, nervous system care tools, Scripture-centered rhythms, habit rewiring, and a community of women doing this with you.

● [08:05] — The Purpose Behind the Urgency How distraction can cause you to miss what matters most—and why God is inviting you to partner with Him now, not later.

If this episode stirred something in you — if you felt conviction, urgency, or even a little resistance — that’s your sign.

Your next step isn’t to try harder or cut back on your phone alone. Your next step is to say yes and let God meet you inside this reset.

Sign up here: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/screenreset

In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt digs into the hidden mental and emotional impact of phone addiction—and why so many Christian women feel constantly distracted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained.

This isn’t just a social media issue. Melissa shares how constant checking, scrolling, and digital noise are reshaping your brain, your home, your nervous system, and your connection with God and the people you love.

If you’ve been sensing the Holy Spirit nudging you toward more presence and less noise, this conversation will help you see what's really going on and what to do next. Melissa also introduces an upcoming 12-Week Challenge for women ready to rebuild presence, emotional regulation, and meaningful connection—and finally break the cycle of digital numbing.

And as always, she ends with a simple baby step you can practice today.

• Why this episode goes beyond social media • Why listeners felt convicted or relieved after last week • The growing issue of adult phone addiction

• Adults check their phones 144–262 times/day • 76% admit they use their phone to cope, not connect • How scrolling replaces processing, praying, and resting

• 69% of kids feel “less important” than a parent’s phone • 62% of parents miss important moments • “Phubbing” (phone snubbing) and the relational toll • Why leading with your own obedience helps your home

• Attention spans dropping to 47 seconds • Why you can’t focus, pray, or stay present • Multitasking increases stress by 40% • Holiday scrolling spikes: comparison, spending, anxiety

• Avoiding emotions, conflict, and God • Numbing vs. processing • Why this leads to emotional exhaustion and spiritual fog

A journey for women ready to: • Break phone addiction as a coping mechanism • Hear God clearly again • Reconnect deeply with family • Build emotional awareness • Regulate their nervous system • Replace scrolling with presence • Track progress and take consistent baby steps

The 10-Minute Presence Practice Put your phone in another room for 10 minutes once a day for 7 days. Notice: • Restlessness • Anxiety • Urges to check • Emotional discomfort • What God reveals

• You don’t have to stay distracted or overwhelmed • Presence is possible through small steps • Invitation to go deeper together through coaching

Learn more about 1-on-1 Breakthrough Coaching: melissabatt.com/breakthrough-coaching

Book a Breakthrough Unstuck Session: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/unstucksession/checkout

Don't miss out on upcoming launches of the newest challenge:

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In today’s episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa shares the behind-the-scenes story of why she is stepping away from social media indefinitely — not because she’s stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out, but because God asked her to.

Through months of conviction, quiet nudges, and spiritual discernment, Melissa realized social media had slowly become a coping mechanism, a time-drain, and an area of misalignment with the very things she teaches women every week. What began as a summer break turned into a God-led invitation to choose obedience, presence, and mental health over algorithms and online pressure.

She also shares the powerful parallel God showed her between alcohol and social media, the mental health stats that opened her eyes, and how He reminded her that He doesn’t need social media to reach the women she is called to serve.

If you’ve been sensing the need to slow down, get quiet, or break unhelpful habits around your phone, this episode will encourage you to listen for God’s voice and trust Him with your reach, your time, and your next step.

“If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or unsure what your next step should be, don’t forget I offer coaching designed to help you find clarity. Whether that’s a one-time Breakthrough Unstuck Session or a full 6 months together, you can check out all the details at melissabatt.com/breakthrough-coaching.

This conversation is more vulnerable than usual — rooted in honesty, mental health, and obedience.

How a summer break from social media turned into a clear assignment from God.

The moment God showed Melissa how social media had become a coping mechanism, similar to her past convictions with alcohol.

Even without comparison, scrolling can numb, distract, and keep you from hearing God clearly.

How social media impacts anxiety, distraction, loneliness, and our nervous systems.

Why Melissa is shifting her focus to women who are actively searching, listening, and ready for change.

A reminder of how God brought coaching clients even when she wasn’t marketing online.

Why Melissa refuses to teach women to put down their phones while staying active on platforms that harm their mental health and distract them from their main priorities.

A simple awareness practice to help you understand your own digital habits.

Melissa prays over you as you consider what God might be asking you to release.

This week’s baby step is simple awareness:

1. Check your screen time. Look at today + the last 7 days.

2. Before opening an app, pause and ask:

• Why am I reaching for my phone right now?

• Am I bored, lonely, stressed, avoiding something, or just on autopilot?

3. Consider the invitation: What could I choose instead, and what might God be inviting me into right now?

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

• The 40-Day Social Media Fast by Wendy Speake

Ready for clarity, peace, and purpose? Whether you want a single Breakthrough Unstuck Session or six months of Breakthrough Coaching, your next step is to take action.