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7 of the Best Ways to Weather Changes in Life

7 of the Best Ways to Weather Changes in Life

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...
7 Meaningful Ways and Reasons to Be Kind to Yourself

7 Meaningful Ways and Reasons to Be Kind to Yourself

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...
10 Effective Ways to Stop People Pleasing

10 Effective Ways to Stop People Pleasing

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...
What Causes People Pleasing to Become Too Important to Us

What Causes People Pleasing to Become Too Important to Us

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...
6 Sure Ways to Embrace Our Identity in Christ

6 Sure Ways to Embrace Our Identity in Christ

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...
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Award winning, aspiring novelist, Jeanne Takenaka writes contemporary inspirational fiction that deals with real-life issues with a heart to draw women closer to God and to those around them. She lives near the mountains in Colorado with her amazing husband and two exuberant boy-men. She loves being a God follower—always learning about His grace, hanging out with friends and enjoying a great cup of coffee. When she’s not writing you can find her with a camera in her hand, looking for #alittlebitofpretty in her days.

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