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When “Losing” Means Returning: How God’s Love Rewires the Deepest Strongholds (Even for High Performers)

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last week, a belt got looser and—surprisingly—that’s when the old cravings crept in. Here’s the honest side of my journey: after over three months of using the CHEW framework day and night (and seeing changes, not only in me but also in the high-performing men…

Multiplying Safe Spaces: Creating Environments Where Hearts Heal

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Twenty-three years ago this morning, I watched from my apartment window on 169th Street in Washington Heights as an F-15 screamed overhead toward the Twin Towers, responding to the unthinkable. In those moments of terror and uncertainty, something shifted in me, away from living…

The Knowing-Doing Gap: When Spiritual Truth Doesn’t Change Daily Stress

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. There I was, mid-prayer, mentally drafting my response to a client email. I know God’s love is sufficient, I believe Jesus is enough, yet somehow my morning time with the Father had become another item to optimize while my mind raced through today’s demands.…

When Sabbath Becomes Another Workday

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Sunday mornings in my Dominican family were always about gathering—abuela’s café, the smell of mangú, and everyone talking at once about the week that was. But somewhere between building my practice and managing endless client needs, my Sabbaths started feeling more like administrative catch-up days…

Dismissed in the Spotlight: When Anxiety, Performance, and “Orphan Mode” Crash In

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Monday didn’t start with a crisis, but it sure ended like one: halfway through a Zoom call, something I said was inappropriately challenged by a senior executive. Instantly, I felt dismissed, minimized—not just personally, but like my ability to deliver, to secure things for my…

When “Fine” Becomes the Most Expensive Lie in Leadership: The M.O.P. Framework for Heart-Level Honesty

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-25 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last Friday, after a particularly intense strategy session with a client’s leadership team, where the two managing partners who’ve run the company for 37 years started bickering like an angry old couple and just wouldn’t stop, someone asked how I was doing. My instinctive…

When Sacred Time Becomes Scattered Time: Finding God’s Love in the Rush

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-19 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Yesterday morning, I caught myself checking my phone mid-prayer—not from insecurity about my worth, but from that familiar pressure of time slipping away and tasks mounting. As a driven personal consultant who genuinely loves helping leaders grow, I realized I was approaching even my…

Rewriting the Script: Trading Stress for Steadfastness

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Much of life feels like living from a script written by stress—constant rush, pressure to perform, and the whispered fear of “never enough.” I’ve spent years rehearsing lines like “I’ll rest when the work’s done,” or “I have to carry it all alone.” But when…

Anchored, Not Driven: Finding Stability in a Demanding World

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-09 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. I remember writing business and marketing plans late into the night in my NYU dorm—sometimes at a cramped desk, sometimes wandering to the library to find a quiet corner. That sense of always needing to stay ahead, to prove myself, never seemed to take a…

God’s Love—The Best Thing About Being in God’s Family

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-07-27 /

Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Have you ever told your child, “God loves you”—and gotten only a shrug in return? Even for little ones who are learning to trust Jesus, the wonder of belonging in God’s family can quietly fade into the background. Sometimes, “God loves me” sounds as ordinary as the…