Tameka AndersonBehavior Coach | Creator of the THRIVE™ Framework & CALM Method™ at Cultivate Potential Strategies

Do You Struggle With Consistency? #consistency #control #selfawareness

4 Nov 2023 · 1 min

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In this brief, faith‑based video, the speaker shares a personal routine of spending time in nature as a way to connect one‑on‑one with God. While reflecting on a recent struggle with consistency, she asks God for insight and receives a revelation that her difficulty stems from childhood experiences of abuse and excessive control. She explains that the inner child seeks to rebel against feelings of control, making consistent actions feel like a return to that control, even though adult emotional maturity recognizes consistency as a sign of autonomy. The speaker concludes by inviting listeners to examine their own lives with the question, “What am I rebelling against?”

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Hey y'all, so I love going in nature, right? Moving my body, jogging, whatever. But today I did not want to go. However, I went, but it took me longer than normal. And the reason why I love nature is because I get to have this one-on-one time with God. He downloads this goodness and I can share with you. So this morning I asked God to show me why I often struggled with being consistent. And he began to show me that because as a child I was often abused and controlled, the inner little girl wants to rebel against the feeling of control. And so doing something consistently feels like control, but emotional maturity says, no, you're not being controlled, you're being an adult. So if you struggle with consistency, ask yourself this question: what am I rebelling against?