Quieting Your Inner Critic & Finding Your True Self - Steve Cuss - 116 - FrontStage BackStage

How can we better identify and address the challenges we face as ministry leaders with inner doubts, anxiety, reactivity, and criticism? In this week's conversation on FrontStage BackStage, host Jason Daye is joined by Steve Cuss. Steve is a pastor, former chaplain, and founder of Capable Life. He speaks, consults, and hosts workshops to help people integrate emotional and spiritual health. He's a best-selling author, and his latest book is entitled The Expectation Gap. Together, Steve and Jason look at how we can dismantle the false self that we often accept and uncover our true selves that God created us to be. Steve also provides some incredibly practical tools to help us contain our inner critic and encounter God at a deeper level.
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Some key takeaways from this conversation:
Steve Cuss on the significance of the concept of "dying to self" in a spiritual context when one is not fully aware of their own sense of self: "If Jesus is saying die to self, and I'm not aware of self, then what am I dying to?"
Steve Cuss on the impact of reactivity and emotional triggers on one's spiritual and interpersonal connections: "Reactivity, the things that trigger you, is the fastest way to disconnect from God and humans."
Steve Cuss on the ongoing and often intense nature of living out one's faith in modern times: "There is never a week in the life of a modern Christian where we don't feel pressure to walk on water."
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