Joyce Meyer has been in the ministry since 1980. She is the author of over 70 books and has released thousands of audio teachings as well. She has a television and radio show called Enjoying Everyday Life and now she is advising her readers to "Eat the Cookie and Buy the Shoes."

In a world where discipline and structure is ingrained into many people’s daily lives, where everything is done by a set series of rules and everything is done by the book, Ms. Meyers tells her readers that sometimes you just have to relax a little. If you have been on that diet forever and you slip and eat the cookie or you buy those shoes that you have wished for for months now, all is not lost. You are not condemned to failure. Sometimes you have to give yourself a treat, have balance in your life.

To illustrate her theory Ms. Meyer uses examples and teachings from the Bible. She tells the reader to remember that there is a difference between healthy indulgence and destructive indulgence.

So remember, sometimes you just have to let go. Savor a bit of guilty or not-so-guilty pleasure. Go ahead— eat the cookie, buy the shoes.