EP. 69: Finding Inner Peace (with Kay Wills Wyma)

How often do you feel stressed? Frustrated? Overwhelmed? Do you feel those ways more often than you feel at peace? This world is filled with events and people that can make us feel far from peaceful. On this episode of God Hears Her, Eryn and Elisa talk to Kay Wills Wyma about feeling the real, full peace that God grants us when we lean into Him.

About Our Guest:

Kay Wills Wyma is a blogger, speaker, video podcaster, and mother of five. Kay writes on cultural and societal issues that impact family and friends. She is an author of four books, including The Peace Project: A 30-Day Experiment Practicing Thankfulness, Kindness, and Mercy where she leads readers through 30-days of finding and feeling peace. She’s also a former White House aide, International Capital Markets banker, and entrepreneur.

Notes and Quotes:

• “To just slow down for a second and really enjoy the people that walk beside you is such a gift.”
• “Friendships are giving relationships also.”
• “I grew up in the South, so there became this strange relationship with Jesus because I had to ‘do and be’ to be okay.”
• “It’s easier in the hard times than the good times. In the hard times you’ve got nothing.”
• Soul30: Practice finding moments of peace every day for 30 days.
• “Why does being thankful feel good? Because it is literally firing parts of your brain that deliver dopamine and endorphins.”
• “You have neural pathways in your brain that are highly traveled pathways, and they tend to go along the lines of fear, anxiety, worry. What if you can change the routes?”
• “You can actually change the pathways in your brain so that peace is where you are going instead of anxiety.”
• “He says: ‘I keep in perfect peace those whose minds are fixed on me.’”

Links/Books/Resources Mentioned in Show: 

• God Hears Her website: https://www.godhearsher.org/
• Subscribe on iTunes! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/god-hears-her-podcast/id1511046507?utm_source=applemusic&utm_medium=godhearsher&utm_campaign=podcast
• Order God Sees Her: 365 Devotions for Women by Women on Amazon. 
• Check out Kay Wills Wyma’s blog: http://www.themoatblog.com/
• Purchase The Peace Project: A 30-Day Experiment Practicing Thankfulness, Kindness, and Mercy https://amzn.to/3mvkK4p 
• Elisa’s Instagram: @elisamorganauthor
• Eryn’s Instagram: @eryneddy