by Jeanne Takenaka | Sep 4, 2023 | Faith, Identity, Mothering, Perspective, Tell His Story, Trusting God
How can we navigate through changes in life? If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve read how I’ve processed a significant change in our family’s life. Hubs and I drove our youngest son to college halfway across the country. Launching... 
by Jeanne Takenaka | Aug 28, 2023 | Identity, Mindsets, Our Value, Tell His Story
Why should you be kind to yourself? If I had a quarter for every time I beat myself up after saying something I wished back, I’d be wealthy. For my first decade after college, there were many times I’d say something and then realize it was the wrong... 
by Jeanne Takenaka | Feb 6, 2023 | Affirmation, Identity, Our Value, Tell His Story
How do we stop people pleasing? As I shared last week, I’m a recovering people-pleaser addict. Not proud of this fact. But in the interest of keeping it real, this has been an internal struggle for most of my life. God revealed this mindset trap in several... 
by Jeanne Takenaka | Jan 30, 2023 | Identity, Perspective, Relationship, Tell His Story
What causes people pleasing to enter our thoughts and then our hearts? I’ve shared how I dealt with bullying and rejection when I was a girl in elementary school. Being called names. Ostracized. Made fun of. Pushed around . . . all of these laid the foundation for my... 
by Jeanne Takenaka | Jul 18, 2022 | God's Love, Identity, Mothering, Tell His Story
Has anyone else struggled with understanding our identity in Christ? Our oldest, Peter, was about ten months old when I found myself struggling to believe I had any significance whatsoever. I’d gone from being the center of our women’s ministry at church to what felt...
