by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Oct 9, 2025 | Mental Health, mind, self care, self worth, spiritual growth, Teaching, Uncategorized
“My therapist told me something that hit harder than I expected: She said: “People-pleasing isn’t really about pleasing others. It’s about controlling their perception of you.” And then she looked at me and said: “It’s what happens when fear starts driving—fear of...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Sep 30, 2025 | Ministry, self-awareness, spiritual formation, Teaching, Titus 2 Partnership, Twelve Step recovery
“Do you struggle with the distance between what you thought would be and what is? Disappointment is sometimes God‘s way of leading you home. It is not proof that God is withholding something good from you. Disappointment can be a gift from God that feels nothing like...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Aug 6, 2025 | forgiveness, healing, heart of God, listening, Ministry, mysticism, Worldview, worship
This link is to an excerpt from Dr Curt Thomason’s episode 13 of season 11 on Rupture and Repair. It can be viewed in full on YouTube or Apple Podcasts. Being Known , his ministry’s website https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AsA2XwqNV/?mibextid=wwXIfr In a worship...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Jan 8, 2025 | Uncategorized
7/21/23 Notes after recheck at doctor’s office following partial thyroidectomy weeks previously: Strange….. after today’s Wake Up Call devotional and prayer several people and situations came to mind….. more prayer. Then this…… tears...
by Cathy Boyd Byrd | Dec 25, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many people, particularly those with lives disrupted by chaos and trauma, have experienced spiritual encounters that invoked fear and confusion. Neither fear nor confusion are from the Lord. There are three spiritual entities one must learn to discern…. Holy Spirit,...