Be confident... but not intimidating.

Take up space... but not too much.

Shine your light... but don't make it about yourself.

Care about beauty... but not too much.

After a while, it's no wonder so many women feel confused.

We're surrounded by competing messages about who we're supposed to be, how we're supposed to show up, and what we're allowed to enjoy. Somewhere in the middle of all that noise, many of us have stopped asking a simple question:

Am I allowed to live beautifully?

And maybe more importantly: What does God think about that question?

In this episode, we're exploring a surprising lesson hidden in the wilderness. While the Israelites were still wandering, still becoming, and still waiting for the Promised Land, God asked them to build something beautiful.

Not later.

Not when everything was fixed.

Not when they finally arrived.

Right there in the middle of the mess.

Together we'll explore:

• ✨ Why beauty sometimes feels suspicious
• ✨ The whispers that convince us to shrink ourselves
• ✨ Why living beautifully has less to do with vanity and more to do with worth
• ✨ How identity and behavior begin to match
• ✨ Why God cared about beauty in the wilderness
• ✨ How to stop postponing joy, peace, and becoming
• ✨ Why beauty is at its best when it points us toward God

Because maybe the beautiful life isn't waiting somewhere in the future.

Maybe God is inviting us to notice it, build it, and live it right here.

To recognize instead of apologize.

To celebrate instead of diminish.

To let beauty point us toward God.

Not from the outside in. But from the inside out.

It's a beauty manifesto... and it's time to live beautifully!

The 3 Resources Mentioned:

💜 Wonderfully Made to Live Beautifully 6-minute inside-out makeover video

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📖 Get YOUR copy: If you're learning how to stop apologizing for beauty and start living from your God-given worth, Love Moves is the guidebook I wrote for that journey. (Snag a fresh copy, the audiobook, or the ebook! Which is your fav?)

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☕ The Brim (Before the Rebrand) This is my imperfect invitation.

The Brim is currently in its own becoming season. As Love Moves and Called & Curious continue to grow, this community will eventually be refreshed and renamed to better reflect where we're headed.

But if you'd like to join us before the rebrand, I'd love to have you.

Inside you'll find:

• ✨ The Wonderfully Made to Live Beautifully experience
• ✨ 18 additional Love Moves designed to help you makeover stressful moments again and again
• ✨ A portable gym for your nervous system
• ✨ Practical tools to help you experience more peace, joy, confidence, and connection with God in everyday life

Use code: ALLOWED for 50% off of The Brim while we're still in the messy middle.

START HERE IF YOU WANT MORE PEACE →

• ✨ Love Moves (the book) — your starting point for the six-minute inside-out makeover

Start your inside-out makeover with Love Moves

• 💌 The Monthly Pour — pour a little peace into your inbox each month

Get the Monthly Pour

• 🌿 Try Love Moves: The 6-Minute Inside-Out Makeover — simple, guided practices to reset your nervous system and actually feel better in mind, body, and spirit

Try a 6-minute Love Move

• ✨ Join The Brim — where peace becomes a habit and you build your portable gym for your nervous system 

Join The Brim

• 🔗 Explore more at Called & Curious

Visit Called and Curious

• Questions or hellos? I’d love to hear from you:

Email me at [email protected]