Podcasts Kids & Family Parenting Don't Mom Alone Podcast 5 Schedule Sappers and How to Stop Them :: Lysa TerKeurst {Ep. 45}

5 Schedule Sappers and How to Stop Them :: Lysa TerKeurst {Ep. 45}

Published: Oct. 27, 2014, 5:30 a.m.

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Do you feel like the master of your schedule or mastered\\xa0by\\xa0your schedule?

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I\\u2019ve had days this fall where each half hour is so tightly packed that a few minute delay shifts the whole day. In response, my mood is rushed, my tone is harsh and my joy is zapped.

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Today\\u2019s podcast guest,\\xa0Lysa TerKeurst, author of the new book,\\xa0\\u201cThe Best Yes\\u201d\\xa0has some wisdom to share if you feel the same soul stress as me.

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Are you being intentional about what you say \\u2018yes\\u2019 to? Or are you reacting to the needs around you and saying \\u2018yes\\u2019 to more than you can handle?

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Are you living the life you feel God desires or are you attempting to do all-the-things to please people around you?

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In this episode Lysa and I dig into five schedule sappers, ways we don\\u2019t take control of schedule and in exchange lose control of our sanity. She shares practical tips for the mom of little ones, ways to be proactive in living our best lives.

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  • How she is on this journey with us to manage the tension of overwhelmed schedules and underwhelmed souls.
  • The season Lysa is now in and how she would have handed\\xa0herself this book 10 years ago\\u2014how the daily choices are impacted by our best \\u201cyeses\\u201d.
  • The goal of concentric impact circles of a God Centered Mom, but the reality of strangers get my best and my family getting my worst.
  • Lysa\\u2019s confession of being a people pleaser.
  • The tension of having more requests of you than can be done in a day and the power of the words \\u201cyes\\u201d and \\u201cno\\u201d.
  • Unrushing my soul can sound good in theory, but hard to implement with a rushed reality.
  • How do we \\u2018unrush\\u2019 when the realities are rushed.
  • Practical ideas for fitting in our best yes with a chaotic four boy schedule.
  • Have to get intentional with the time we have.
  • Definition of \\u201cSchedule sapper\\u201d: those things that come and sap our schedules, that we dread saying \\u2018yes\\u2019 but feel powerless to say \\u2018no\\u2019.
  • If you allow the thing that feeds your soul to get away from you, you do your family a disservice.
  • Delaying never lets the \\u2018no\\u2019 go down easier.
  • If you get a request and feel a sense of dread, disappoints family/kids, or introduces drama, then you should say \\u2018no\\u2019 right away.
  • Saying \\u2018yes\\u2019 to everything won\\u2019t make me wonder woman, but a worn out woman.
  • Overestimate my capacity and underestimate my time.
  • People not projects need to occupy the sacred space of my heart.
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\\u201cWhen the motions of my life are rushed, my emotions don\\u2019t have to be.\\u201d

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\\u201cHow I set my schedule is how I spend my life. How I spend my life is how I spend my soul.\\u201d

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