Get To the Root with Rachel Logan

Hello, Kydre. Welcome, welcome. Hello. Hello. Welcome, welcome, welcome. To get to the Roots, I am Rachel Logan. I am your empowerment coach and counselor where I focus on inner healing, therapy plus God equals healing. And so come on in. Get your water. Let's stay hydrated, and let's come on in and talk about how we are getting to the root today. All right? So I hope you are feeling well. It is crisp where I'm at. I am in Swansea, Illinois, and so it is, like, cool. And it is. You want, like, some tea or some soup for today to stay warm and cozy?

So. Hello, Shannon. Thank you for coming on in. We are getting to the root today, and I have a really good topic. Topic. I have a juicy one, actually. It's pretty cool, so stay tuned. I just want to bring up my notes and I want to hear from you at the end. So I'm gonna start today a little bit different. So we know that my style is therapy plus God equals healing. So I want to read you a scripture first, and then we'll talk about it. Okay? Thanks for the heart speak. Let's talk about it. So Romans, chapter 14, verse 5 says, and I really want y'all to listen to this.

One person considers one day more sacred than another. Another considers everyday alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Let's pause. One person considers one day more sacred than another, period. Another considers every day alike, period. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own minds. Okay, so hold this thought. So I have two kids. Both are very athletic. They enjoy sports. They. My son is eight and he plays currently football, and he just started playing soccer.

My daughter plays basketball and softball for two teams. She's pretty cool and dope. Okay, I noticed something. So my son, when he is introduced to something new or he goes all the way in. Okay? So this is his motto. He will go to YouTube. You know, now you can talk into the remotes, and he will say, how do you be the best soccer player? How do you be the best football player? How do you become the greatest ninja? Like, he will go and research and look at all these videos of how to become the greatest.

Okay, so the other day, I go to his room. It's bedtime. And he was journaling, and I was just looking at the paper, and it said 1 through 10. It had all these things. So wake up at 5am, cut out junk food, fast exercise, practice your drills. Like, he had, like, a list. And I said, so what is all of this? He said, this is how you become the Greatest. And. And so he's following this famous soccer player. His name is Messi. Messi, I think Messi or Messi. And he is passionate, but he's like this for every sport.

Okay, not comparing, but acknowledging. My daughter, on the other hand, she's 12. She is in sports. She plays bands, she plays a saxophone, and she plays for two softball teams. Okay? My daughter's perspective of practice and becoming great or good in hers, in her sphere is that she goes to practice and that's it. So I asked her, I said, courtney. Her name is Courtney. I said, help me understand. Because me and her dad, we talk about this often. Like, man, how do we motivate her to practice outside of school and outside of practices?

Because, you know, when you practice, you working with a team is, you know, but we really want her to perfect her skills. Okay, this is a juicy part. And I said, courtney, like, help me understand. I said, do you believe that you should only practice when you go to practice and not practice outside of practice? And she said. And she just smiled. And this is when it dawned on me. We all have personal convictions, and this is what the scripture is telling us. We all have personal convictions. So I want to give you the definition.

A personal conviction is a deeply held belief or principle that guides your decisions and behavior. Yeah. Think about this. You have a personal conviction, just like my son has a personal conviction of becoming the greatest and whatever activity, sport he chooses to focus in. My daughter has a personal conviction that I will practice when I go to practice. And that's enough. Well, you have a personal conviction and 10, 10 toes down, it is absolutely going to be different from somebody else's. And so I want to know, Shannon and anyone else who's joining in.

Can you stand 10 toes down in your personal conviction? Can you stand 10 toes down in your deeply held belief that guides your behavior in your actions? This is important because a personal belief in a personal conviction, it only matters to you. Okay? A community conviction is when it's like me and you hold that same belief. Right. And so we have to be conscious, and I'm saying this as a parent, but also as an individual and as a woman. We should not. We should be aware if we're trying to project our personal conviction onto someone else.

Right. We have to be conscious and aware of someone else trying to project their belief system onto us. I give you a real adult example. I believe in not drinking, personal conviction. My husband don't have that same conviction. That's fine. That's cool. But listen, I was At a game and the moms were celebrating something and they had drinks and I was like, no, I'm good, I'm good. And my husband was like, you should just drink one. You know, get, get in the mix, you know, take the picture, be a part of the camaraderie.

I had to stand on my conviction. I don't drink and I'm cool with that. So was it hard? Yeah, I kind of went back and forth in my mind, like, should I, should I not? I don't. I have to stand true with me because that's my personal conviction. And that would like, go into a mess of like people pleasing and all that good stuff. And I'm not for that. So I want to encourage you to think about your personal convictions. What is important to you? What values are you practicing and living according to that's guiding your behavior and your actions?

And think about how this impacts your relationship, your work environment, your home environment. Think about your personal convictions and look at how other people may have other personal convictions. Look at the difference, look at the similarities. But we, you don't need to condemn somebody because they have personal convictions. In our home, we have a community conviction. I'm just, you know, giving an example that I'm enforcing. Okay. And that community eviction is you clean up after yourself.

Right. And so it's something that I'm modeling and encouraging because, hey, you know, I like a clean environment. But when they get older, they're going to have their own personal conviction. And you currently have a personal conviction that you need to live up to. And when you're not living up to their personal conviction, that's when we experience dis ease. Dis ease. So I want to encourage you to sit back if you do not know what your personal convictions are. Cool. Begin to explore and I'll put in a post a link that you can use to go and explore your values, because that's the core of personal conviction is your value system.

And so I'll put a link in there so you can begin to take time today and write out your top 10 values and then break it down even more. Right. If you need to know more about yourself, take personality tests. Okay? So there's the My Briggs. There's the strength finder and the Enigram. Check. Check out one of those to explore who you are. Examine yourself, compare yourself to these test results to see like, does this make sense? Does this, you know, does this explain who I am? And I do believe those, those personality tests are pretty much accurate.

And so just to Gain a better sense of who you are. Take a personality test. Another thing is to explore, get to know you. Get to know you, and you get to know you by trying new things. If you are into, let's just say nature and your spouse is not into nature, that doesn't mean you don't explore it. That means you still go do that. That means you still go and learn and go out in nature and go, you know, catching bugs and walking on trails and going to different events and festivals surrounding nature.

Just because you have a different personal conviction or interest or value system from maybe your spouse or your mate or family member, doesn't mean you don't need to go do it or pursue it. It's just you acknowledging that I like this and you don't and it's cool. It's a personal conviction. My son is passionate about becoming the greatest, right? My daughter is cool with being good and that's fine, right? I'm passionate about, you know, spreading the good word. My husband, he is passionate about markets and money, and that's fine.

We don't have to go d*** people because they're different. So I'm going wrap it up with this. One person considers one day more sacred than another, and another considers every day alike. It's okay that you have a different perspective. Just be aware if others are trying to project theirs onto you and if you trying to project yours onto others. Because that's not fair, right? We just have to stand, live by and move by our own personal convictions. I hope this help you. I really hope that you take heed and begin to explore your personal convictions and live in it, soar in it, be proud of it, and affirm yourself daily.

All right, you guys have a wonderful Wednesday. This is a beautiful hour. Enjoy it and I'll see you next week. Peace out.