You don’t have to be stuck in the emotional places you find yourself in! Best-selling author, Lisa Whittle, joins me on the podcast this week to talk about being the boss of your emotions, showing up for your life when you want to shut down, and how to shift from obsessing over “what if?” to accepting “what is.” Lisa helps us see how hard things can take us to good places. 

Favorite Quotes:

“Life is simultaneously hard and good.”

“If we know Jesus, the end of our story is not the hard, but the good.”

“Our culture has elevated emotions to being gods. Emotions make great guides but very poor gods.”

“We really can boss our emotions.”

“Acceptance and preference are two different things. We don’t have to prefer something to accept something.”

“You don’t need a brand new life; you just need Jesus to run the life you have.”

Listen in to learn more:

{01:25} Introduction to Lisa and where the idea for her book came from

{08:54} The good that can come from the hard

{15:05} Showing up when you want to shut down

{23:41} Controlling your own emotions

{34:39} What Lisa hopes people will take from her book

About Lisa 

Jesus is everything. It is the heart, the passion, and the leadership approach of author, speaker, and ministry leader, Lisa Whittle. As the daughter of a pastor, Lisa’s longest community is with the Church, which has become her greatest place of ministry. Her love runs deep to see people pursue Jesus for life, grow deep roots of faith, and walk strong in the midst of a world that so often seems to have gone crazy.

Lisa is the author of eight books and makes her home in North Carolina with her husband, three children, and their dog, who thinks he’s human. 

RESOURCES 

Lisawhittle.com

The Hard Good 

Jesus over Everything 

Lisa’s Podcast: Jesus Over Everything with Lisa Whittle 

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