In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt invites you into a heartfelt and honest conversation about the unhealthy habits quietly shaping your life — especially the ones stealing your peace, your focus, and your God-given purpose.

As we head into a new year, Melissa unpacks why so many Christian women feel overwhelmed, overstimulated, and stuck in cycles of distraction, even though their hearts long for more peace, clarity, and consistency. Before you can build the healthy rhythms you want, you often have to acknowledge and undo the habits that are draining your mental, emotional, and spiritual capacity.

From screen time and emotional numbing to work-related overuse of technology, Melissa shares the deeper connection between your mental health, your purpose, and the patterns that quietly pull you away from the life God is calling you to live. She offers personal stories, gentle truth, and a powerful reminder that the enemy loves to use distraction to keep God’s daughters spiritually asleep — even when they look awake on the outside.

If you’ve been telling yourself, “I want to change, but I never follow through,” this episode will help you understand why… and give you hope for what’s possible when you begin clearing space for the habits that matter most.

This is your invitation to reset, realign, and reclaim your time so you can walk into 2026 with intention, mental clarity, and renewed purpose.

How year-end habits shape your mental, emotional, and spiritual capacity.

Understanding the different forms of unhealthy habits and why they drain your focus.

Why overstimulation makes follow-through feel impossible.

How constant noise weakens mental health and dulls spiritual awareness.

The moment at Melissa’s Chamber event that reframed the urgency of reclaiming your time.

A vulnerable, Spirit-led insight on why screens are impacting Christian women so deeply.

Why undoing unhealthy patterns is the first step toward purpose and peace.

How James Clear’s insight reinforces what Melissa sees in coaching: you need support that interrupts your day and keeps you on track.

What happens when you trade numbing for connection, joy, and purpose.

How one reset helped restore emotional and relational connection at home.

Why the 1-on-1 Screen Time Reset is the most effective place to begin if you want 2026 to feel different.

Track your screen time today without changing anything. Just observe. Just notice. Awareness is the first step toward freedom — and the first crack in the habits holding you back.

{Also, recognize how many times you find yourself saying you don't have time.}

If you're ready to break unhealthy patterns, reclaim your focus, and walk into 2026 with clarity and purpose, your next step is the:

1-on-1 Screen Time Reset: A 12-week personalized coaching experience to help you undo the habits draining your life and rebuild rhythms that support who God is calling you to become. Learn more here: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/screenreset

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In this bonus episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa shares an honest and important update about the Screen Time Reset — one she didn’t expect when she launched the program just a few weeks ago.

What began as a group coaching format has now shifted to a fully personalized 1-on-1 coaching experience, and in this episode, Melissa explains exactly why. From realizing how differently women use their screens, to seeing how emotional patterns and triggers vary from person to person, it became clear that screen time struggles are deeply personal — and the solution has to be personal too.

Melissa opens up about:

• Why group coaching wasn’t the right fit for this transformation

• How God led her to shift directions with humility and obedience

• The emotional and practical reasons women need individualized support

• Why 30-minute private sessions offer better results than 60-minute group calls

• What’s coming next — including the return of The Success Lounge

• And why reclaiming your time is the necessary foundation for the habits God is calling you to build

If you’ve been considering the Screen Time Reset but weren’t sure whether group coaching would fit your schedule, your emotional bandwidth, or your current capacity, this short conversation will give you the clarity you need.

● Screen time struggles are deeply personal Anxiety, boredom, emotional numbing, stress, habit loops, dopamine, work pressure — everyone’s reasons are different.

● Group coaching adds pressure when time is already tight Women are too overwhelmed for replays or long sessions. Personalized support removes the barrier.

● Why 1:1 coaching is the best fit Melissa can read tone, hesitation, posture, and emotional cues — things lost when she doesn't get to interact with you.

● 30 minutes is realistic — and powerful Shorter sessions create consistency, accountability, and momentum without overwhelming your schedule.

● Reclaiming your time is step one for all future growth You can’t build healthy habits, routines, or purpose-filled rhythms on top of distraction and overstimulation.

● The Success Lounge is returning — but the 1:1 Reset is the prerequisite Women need clarity, capacity, and grounded routines before stepping into the deeper group work.

If you’re ready to reclaim your time and break the patterns that keep you overwhelmed, exhausted, and distracted, the Screen Time Reset is now a private, personalized coaching experience designed just for you.

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Early-enrollment pricing is available through January. And because this is 1:1 — you can start your sessions NOW or begin in January.

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In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa shares a vulnerable and eye-opening look at the screen-time habits most of us finally noticed over the holidays — the constant checking, the overstimulation, the emotional numbing, and the way our phones quietly steal presence, peace, and connection.

After asking her own family to check their screen-time data, Melissa discovered five-hour phone averages, 100–168 pickups a day, and more than 300 notifications in a single day. These numbers tell a story many of us feel but haven’t put words to: we are overwhelmed, distracted, and operating on mental overload… and our phones have become our default coping mechanism.

This conversation isn’t about perfection or giving up your phone completely. It’s about finding one specific area where your phone is stealing something important — bedtime connection with your husband, dinner-table moments with your kids, or the space you need to hear from God — and learning how to protect that place with intention.

If you are struggling with brain fog, feeling overstimulated, or emotionally overwhelmed as you head into winter, this episode will help you name what’s been happening, breathe a sigh of relief, and take a small baby step toward greater clarity and presence.

● What holiday rhythms reveal about your screen-time habits Why slowing down helps you notice what you're normally too busy to see.

● Five-hour averages, 300 notifications & nonstop pickups How these small interruptions slowly drain your mental and emotional capacity.

● The link between phone addiction, anxiety & emotional numbing Why your phone becomes a coping mechanism when you’re overstimulated or exhausted.

● Procrastination, online shopping & escaping discomfort How distraction sneaks in when your brain is overwhelmed or tired

● Why this isn’t about getting off your phone completely Practical truth: it’s about getting specific with the area that matters most.

● Melissa’s personal story: protecting the bedtime hour How one small shift is changing the atmosphere of her home and marriage.

Choose ONE specific space where your phone is stealing connection, peace, or clarity — bedtime, dinner, after-school hours, car rides, or quiet mornings — and protect that space for the next three days.

Simple, intentional, doable.

Join the 12-Week Screen Time Reset, where you’ll learn how to build calmer rhythms, lower your overwhelm, and reconnect with the people (and purpose) that matter most.

This isn’t about perfection — it’s about one small shift at a time.

👉 Join the Screen Time Reset

Whether you’re ready for a full six months of breakthrough coaching or want to start small with a single Breakthrough Unstuck Session, you can take your next step today.

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In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt opens the doors to the brand-new 12-Week Screen Time Reset and walks you through the deeper spiritual and emotional reasons behind your constant distraction, anxiety, and overwhelm.

If your mind feels scattered… If your phone is the first thing you grab in the morning… If you feel disconnected from God, your family, or your own thoughts… This episode is your wake-up call.

Melissa shares the urgency God placed on her heart to launch this reset now, not later, and explains why waiting until January keeps so many women stuck in cycles of avoidance, numbing, overstimulation, and survival mode. She breaks down how unhealthy screen habits affect your mental health, spiritual clarity, peace, and ability to hear God’s voice.

You’ll learn what makes this reset different from quick-fix “digital detoxes” and why the combination of emotional regulation, discipleship, nervous system care, and weekly accountability is exactly what your mind and heart have been needing.

If you’ve felt God nudging you to deal with this area of your life—or if you’re simply exhausted from feeling overwhelmed and mentally overloaded—this conversation will help you take your first baby step toward peace, clarity, and presence with God again.

Key Takeaways

● [00:02] — Welcome & Invitation Why the Screen Time Reset is starting now and why the timing matters for your peace, clarity, and mental health.

● [01:20] — Anxiety & Overstimulation How constant scrolling rewires your brain, fuels anxious thoughts, and keeps your nervous system in a state of overload.

● [03:05] — Why This Isn’t a Digital Detox This reset is not “delete your apps.” It’s healing, awareness, discipleship, emotional regulation, and rebuilding presence with God.

● [04:25] — Signs Your Phone Is Numbing You Melissa breaks down the coping patterns—avoidance, emotional overload, distraction, and survival mode—that often hide behind screen time.

● [06:05] — The Enemy Loves Comfort Why the discomfort you feel about changing your habits is often confirmation that breakthrough is needed now.

● [07:10] — What You Get Inside the Reset Weekly coaching, accountability, nervous system care tools, Scripture-centered rhythms, habit rewiring, and a community of women doing this with you.

● [08:05] — The Purpose Behind the Urgency How distraction can cause you to miss what matters most—and why God is inviting you to partner with Him now, not later.

If this episode stirred something in you — if you felt conviction, urgency, or even a little resistance — that’s your sign.

Your next step isn’t to try harder or cut back on your phone alone. Your next step is to say yes and let God meet you inside this reset.

Sign up here: https://melissabattcoaching.myflodesk.com/screentimereset

In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt digs into the hidden mental and emotional impact of phone addiction—and why so many Christian women feel constantly distracted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained.

This isn’t just a social media issue. Melissa shares how constant checking, scrolling, and digital noise are reshaping your brain, your home, your nervous system, and your connection with God and the people you love.

If you’ve been sensing the Holy Spirit nudging you toward more presence and less noise, this conversation will help you see what's really going on and what to do next. Melissa also introduces an upcoming 12-Week Challenge for women ready to rebuild presence, emotional regulation, and meaningful connection—and finally break the cycle of digital numbing.

And as always, she ends with a simple baby step you can practice today.

• Why this episode goes beyond social media • Why listeners felt convicted or relieved after last week • The growing issue of adult phone addiction

• Adults check their phones 144–262 times/day • 76% admit they use their phone to cope, not connect • How scrolling replaces processing, praying, and resting

• 69% of kids feel “less important” than a parent’s phone • 62% of parents miss important moments • “Phubbing” (phone snubbing) and the relational toll • Why leading with your own obedience helps your home

• Attention spans dropping to 47 seconds • Why you can’t focus, pray, or stay present • Multitasking increases stress by 40% • Holiday scrolling spikes: comparison, spending, anxiety

• Avoiding emotions, conflict, and God • Numbing vs. processing • Why this leads to emotional exhaustion and spiritual fog

A journey for women ready to: • Break phone addiction as a coping mechanism • Hear God clearly again • Reconnect deeply with family • Build emotional awareness • Regulate their nervous system • Replace scrolling with presence • Track progress and take consistent baby steps

The 10-Minute Presence Practice Put your phone in another room for 10 minutes once a day for 7 days. Notice: • Restlessness • Anxiety • Urges to check • Emotional discomfort • What God reveals

• You don’t have to stay distracted or overwhelmed • Presence is possible through small steps • Invitation to go deeper together through coaching

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In today’s episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa shares the behind-the-scenes story of why she is stepping away from social media indefinitely — not because she’s stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out, but because God asked her to.

Through months of conviction, quiet nudges, and spiritual discernment, Melissa realized social media had slowly become a coping mechanism, a time-drain, and an area of misalignment with the very things she teaches women every week. What began as a summer break turned into a God-led invitation to choose obedience, presence, and mental health over algorithms and online pressure.

She also shares the powerful parallel God showed her between alcohol and social media, the mental health stats that opened her eyes, and how He reminded her that He doesn’t need social media to reach the women she is called to serve.

If you’ve been sensing the need to slow down, get quiet, or break unhelpful habits around your phone, this episode will encourage you to listen for God’s voice and trust Him with your reach, your time, and your next step.

“If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed or unsure what your next step should be, don’t forget I offer coaching designed to help you find clarity. Whether that’s a one-time Breakthrough Unstuck Session or a full 6 months together, you can check out all the details at melissabatt.com/breakthrough-coaching.

This conversation is more vulnerable than usual — rooted in honesty, mental health, and obedience.

How a summer break from social media turned into a clear assignment from God.

The moment God showed Melissa how social media had become a coping mechanism, similar to her past convictions with alcohol.

Even without comparison, scrolling can numb, distract, and keep you from hearing God clearly.

How social media impacts anxiety, distraction, loneliness, and our nervous systems.

Why Melissa is shifting her focus to women who are actively searching, listening, and ready for change.

A reminder of how God brought coaching clients even when she wasn’t marketing online.

Why Melissa refuses to teach women to put down their phones while staying active on platforms that harm their mental health and distract them from their main priorities.

A simple awareness practice to help you understand your own digital habits.

Melissa prays over you as you consider what God might be asking you to release.

This week’s baby step is simple awareness:

1. Check your screen time. Look at today + the last 7 days.

2. Before opening an app, pause and ask:

• Why am I reaching for my phone right now?

• Am I bored, lonely, stressed, avoiding something, or just on autopilot?

3. Consider the invitation: What could I choose instead, and what might God be inviting me into right now?

• The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

• The 40-Day Social Media Fast by Wendy Speake

Ready for clarity, peace, and purpose? Whether you want a single Breakthrough Unstuck Session or six months of Breakthrough Coaching, your next step is to take action.

In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt sits down with Kristina Borseti, host of the Organized on Purpose podcast, to share a raw, hope-filled story of what happens when God asks you to slow down, surrender, and say a quiet but costly yes.

Kristina opens up about years of hustling, striving for achievement, wrestling with anxiety and depression, and ignoring the gentle nudges God kept placing on her heart. But through a health crisis, motherhood struggles, intrusive thoughts, and a moment that forced her to stop everything—God softened her heart and brought her back to a place of peace, clarity, and purpose.

If you’ve been stuck in cycles of overworking, avoiding your thoughts, pushing through overwhelm, or fearing that slowing down will make everything fall apart… this episode will remind you that God meets you in the pause. There is hope. There is healing. And your surrendered yes can lead to a completely different kind of life.

[00:02] – Welcome & Introduction How clutter, chaos, and constant striving are often signs of deeper emotional exhaustion.

[02:40] – Coaching Invitation Melissa invites listeners to Breakthrough Coaching for support, clarity, and baby steps toward healing.

[04:15] – Kristina’s Breaking Point The moment she realized that hustling wasn’t leading her to peace—and how God used disruption to slow her down.

[14:00] – Anxiety, Intrusive Thoughts & Avoidance What happens when we fill our days to avoid slowing down enough to face what’s actually going on.

[21:30] – The Season God Forced Her to Be Still How illness, motherhood, and fatigue became an unexpected gift that shifted her from “doing” to “being.”

[31:10] – The Surrendered Yes What it looks like to lay down idols, expectations, and old narratives—and trust God with a new direction.

[40:25] – Decluttering the Heart & Home Why physical clutter often reflects internal overwhelm, and how small changes can restore peace.

[52:00] – Hope for the Woman Who Feels Behind A reminder that your worth is not defined by your productivity, your home, or your ability to keep up.

🎧 Podcast: Organized on Purpose – Declutter + Christian Home Organization

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In this episode of God-Sized Dreams, Melissa Batt digs into the truth about procrastination and self-sabotage—and how they quietly keep you from walking in obedience to God.

What if putting things off isn’t about laziness but about fear, insecurity, or overwhelm? Melissa shares honest stories from her own life, showing how small delays in obedience can block blessings and momentum. Through Scripture in James 4 and Deuteronomy 30, she reminds listeners that delayed obedience is still disobedience—and that trusting God with today is what unlocks tomorrow’s peace and purpose.

If you’ve been stuck in cycles of waiting, overthinking, or striving to “get it all together first,” this episode will help you slow down, listen for God’s voice, and take one faithful step forward—today.

• [00:02] – Welcome & Introduction Procrastination isn’t laziness—it’s avoidance rooted in fear and overwhelm.

• [01:10] – Coaching Invitation Melissa invites listeners to Breakthrough Coaching for clarity, confidence, and accountability to move forward.

• [02:00] – The Illusion of Unlimited Time James 4:13–14 reminds us that tomorrow isn’t promised; obedience belongs to today.

• [06:00] – God’s Promise in Deuteronomy 30 Before restoration comes obedience. God calls us to return to Him with our whole heart.

• [10:00] – Everyday Self-Sabotage Melissa names practical ways we delay obedience—finances, relationships, health—and how awareness leads to change.

• [13:00] – Discerning God’s Voice How to slow down, notice His nudges, and stop dismissing what He’s asking you to do.

• [17:00] – Showing Up When You Don’t Feel Like It Why faith-filled consistency matters more than motivation.

• [19:00] – Baby Step Challenge Pick one thing you’ve been putting off. Write down why, pray about it, and take one obedient step today.

🌟 Ready to stop going through the motions and break the cycle of insanity? Let’s work together!

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