“For the Girl Who Has High Expectations for Herself” With Jasmine Kromah
The Proverbs 31 Ministries Podcast
Proverbs 31 Ministries
4.8 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 April 2025
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Friend, it’s honorable that you want to do all things with excellence. But sometimes we set the bar too high.
In this episode, our new guest and Proverbs 31 Ministries teammate Jasmine Kromah shares how her background as a dancer and oldest sibling shaped her struggle with perfectionism. With grace and honesty, Jasmine walks us through the internal pressure many of us feel to perform — not just in life but in our relationship with God. Together, we’ll explore what Scripture has to say about expectations and learn how to trade striving for surrender.
You’ll learn:
- The important distinction between striving for excellence and perfectionism.
- How Jesus already met the standard of perfection so we don't have to.
- Why rest is a spiritual practice that imitates God.
- Practical ways to challenge negative thought loops and celebrate progress.
- How to practice self-compassion and replace expectations with intentions.
Resources From This Episode:
- Download "A Simplified Guide Through the Lord's Prayer" to experience the power of prayer when life feels chaotic or out of control.
- Follow Proverbs 31 Ministries on social media for daily encouragement and truth.
- Click here to download a transcript of this episode.
Want More on This Topic?
- Listen to “Are We Missing Jesus as We Work for Jesus?” with Gloria Umanah.
- Watch “Why Am I So Afraid of Failure?” with Dr. Joel Muddamalle on the Proverbs 31 Ministries YouTube channel.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, friends. Thanks for tuning in to the Proverbs 31 Ministries podcast where we share biblical |
| 0:16.0 | truth for any girl in any season. I'm your host, Meredith Brock, and I am here today with my co-host, |
| 0:21.9 | Kaylee Olson. Well, hey, Meredith, I am so excited for our listeners to get to hear today's episode. |
| 0:26.7 | We've got a brand new guest, one of our P31 teammates, Jasmine Croma, who is just so delightful. |
| 0:33.1 | You guys are going to love hearing from her, not only because she's going to encourage you |
| 0:37.2 | with a lot of |
| 0:39.1 | scriptural truths but what I really liked about Jasmine's teaching is she's going to meet our listeners |
| 0:43.6 | where they are in their struggle with high expectations and Meredith I mean everybody and their |
| 0:49.5 | mama and your kids like everybody listening to this is struggling with having high expectations |
| 0:55.5 | of yourself. And so we're not going to give too much away. And we're going to dive straight |
| 1:00.2 | into the episode. So let's jump in. Let's do it. Well, we are excited to welcome our friend and |
| 1:06.1 | Proverbs 31 teammate Jasmine Croma to the show today. Hey, Jazz. Hi. What else everyone doing? We're so good. |
| 1:13.3 | It's fun to be in the studio sitting down. A lot of times when we record you guys listening, |
| 1:18.2 | just for your information, sometimes we record over Zoom. And so it's like me and Meredith is sitting here, |
| 1:22.4 | and then somebody else is on a camera across the universe or wherever from. But you are here with us. And so it kind of makes |
| 1:29.5 | the podcast a little bit more fun whenever you're here in the studio. But Jasmine, you've been on |
| 1:33.9 | staff with us for three years now. And you serve on the social media team. And okay, |
| 1:39.6 | here's the deal. Instead of having you introduce yourself, I was recently, and Meredith, you actually were part of a meeting where we had to introduce a colleague. And I was like, this will be fun. So I'm adapting that for today's show. And Jasmine, I had your boss, Nicole, write your introduction. And this is so sweet. Okay. So are you ready? Yes. Okay. Nicole says, Jasmine is kind, wise and deeply knowledgeable about the word and shares her insights with such grace. |
| 2:05.2 | She manages the publishing of every single social media post for our ministry, which is a huge task and writes so many of the impactful messages you see on your Facebook and Instagram. |
| 2:15.3 | And as if that wasn't enough, she is also an incredibly talented dancer and easily |
| 2:20.0 | one of the best dress people I know, which I can vouch for all of that. |
| 2:24.7 | You look amazing today, Jasmine. |
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