Episode 70: Crafting As Therapy, and Stress-Management Techniques for the Holidays with Tina Yeager.

What a privilege to welcome to the show licensed counselor, author, and entrepreneur Tina Yeager. Tina is the founder of the Upcycle platform, and uses the gift of crafting to remind us that it's not the material, it's the Creator that makes true art!We also dive into tips and strategies to employ during the joyous but inevitably stressful family gatherings that occur during the Holidays.Here's a bit of what you'll hear in today's episode:-How Tina's passion for crafting and using it to make an impact in her world came about...05:55-It's not the material (our self), it's the Creator that determines our value...08:30-The 3 key factors of a mosaic, and how they relate to our communion with God...10:00-Practical tips to retaining our health among people that are less than compatible with our own tastes...12:45-How to survive when "trapped" with toxic people, particularly relatives...17:35-Laughter is the #1 stress-management technique...22:15-See yourself the way God sees you when confronted with an abundance of food...24:35-Tina shares her own struggle with and recovery from eating disorders...27:00-Founding origins of Tina's new book, and who will benefit from it...31:15-Helpful tips for thriving when you have ADHD...34:40-And much more!Resources mentioned:Tina's Flourish-Meant PodcastUpcycled: Crafted for a Purpose by Tina YeagerTina's websiteConnect with today's guest!Tina Yeager is an award-winning author, inspirational speaker, and life coach. Tina also hosts the Flourish-Meant podcast and publishes Inkspirations Online, a weekly devotional for writers. She has won more than thirty writing awards, including a 2020 Golden Scroll Award and 2013 FCWC Writer of the Year. Her fiction and nonfiction strive to clarify how we might relate better to others, to ourselves, and to God.Licensed as a counselor since 2005, she has more than twenty years of experience teaching parenting to at-risk families, writing skills, communications, inner healing, and spiritual growth. She has counseled and taught adults, teens, and children in academic, clinical, and faith-based settings. Tina enjoys working with diverse populations and has practiced in community mental health settings and private practice since 2000. She specializes in ADHD, stress management, purpose definition, abuse recovery, and esteem-building, and currently runs an online life coaching practice, Divine Encouragement, LLC. Yeager holds a BA in creative writing and an MA in counseling. Yeager serves on the steering committee of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association, as director of traditional groups with Word Weavers International, and as an active member of the Christian Authors Network and Christian Women in Media Association. Her courses on Subdue Stress and Anxiety, Psyched Characters and Kindle your Creative Spark are available online. Though currently a life coach, author, speaker, and podcast host, Yeager is also familiar with shame’s oppression at a personal level. Tina wrestled with isolation from peers, body image, and low self-esteem issues, even trending into eating disordered behavior. The Lord sustained Tina through a desert-like journey of character transformation, training, and effort.For life coaching tips or to book her as an event speaker, check out tinayeager.com