Blog - Carey Bailey

Craving Joy, Craving Rest, Life Coaching, Soul Care, Tips & Tricks

#SoulCare: 5 Unique Ways to Manage Stress

August 9, 2017

“The Lord will guide you always… You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.” – Isaiah 58:11 When life becomes busy and it seems like too much to handle, it can be easy to forget that God has a hand in everything. We all deal with stresses—whether they be from work, home, or elsewhere—and managing that stress is a difficult task. When stress starts to make me crazy, I use these tools to honor His guidance and take some time for #soulcare. ...

Life Coaching, Tips & Tricks

How to Trailblaze Through Trials

July 24, 2017

You know that feeling when you’re just starting a trial — big or small? Like when you realize you only have one of your favorite earrings in, and you pray that the other is just at home on your dresser? Or when you’re sitting at the doctor’s office, and the nurse walks in with a grim look on her face? Or when you get a phone call from an unknown number while your family is out of town? When we go through trials, we often want to curl up and hide from the world. When our hearts are breaking, ...

Life Coaching

Create Joy in Relationships

July 17, 2017

When you’re running low on joy, what do you do with your relationships? Do you draw near to your friends, or do you push them away? Do you cry out to your Maker, or do you pull the curtains closed? Joy is a fruit of the Spirit, but God created us to be relational beings like Himself (there are three persons in the Trinity, after all!). So when we listen to the lies of the devil and start thinking that we’re better off alone on our little desert islands of joylessness, we miss out on one of ...

Life Coaching

How to Reclaim Your Want To’s

July 10, 2017

Like most of you, I have a to-do list. Some days, I’m crossing things off left and right, and I feel pretty good about myself. Other days, it grows to be a mile long, and I get discouraged. Either way, I usually need to remind myself what actually makes up my to-do list. Because “to-dos” aren’t just things we need to get done. There’s purpose behind each item. There’s the purpose of keeping our families fed. There’s the purpose of keeping our bosses happy. There’s the purpose of maintaining ...

Craving Rest, Craving Time, Life Coaching

Discovering My Daily Joys

June 26, 2017

Do you remember the movie Stand by Me? I think of it as a total summer flick. I remember learning what a leech was when I saw the movie. I was pretty disgusted! How often do we let the little annoyances of the day become leeches in our lives? These last few days have been filled with what I call joy suckers. You know, the little things that just steal focus away from God in the day. My website decided to have issues, I had to get new tires (I hate spending money on stuff like that), and I ...