Arise Esther: This is Your Moment!

My guest today is Lucinda Secrest McDowell. She's a skilled storyteller and seasoned mentor, who's energized by investing in people of all ages.

She's a guest blogger for ‘The Write Conversation, co-directs the annual spiritual retreat reNEW – retreat for New England Writing & Speaking, offers hourly sessions on writing, speaking, and spiritual growth, Through “Encouraging Words Consulting,” and a member of the Redbud Writers Guild and AWSA,

A graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Furman University, McDowell is the award-winning author of 15 books including Soul Strong, Life-Giving Choices, Dwelling Places, and Ordinary Graces

Whether building leadership teams, pouring into young mamas, or leading a restorative day of prayer, she’s a woman who engages both heart and mind while “Helping You Choose a Life of Serenity & Strength.” And conveying deep practical truths in winsome  ways, please welcome www.LucindaSecrestMcDowell.com.

Your Host as always,

           Dawn Scott Damon is a pastor, speaker, podcast host, Freedom Coach, and award-winning author. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church and Lead Pastor of the multi-cultural Tribes Church in Rockford, MI. Dawn and her husband Paul are committed to reaching people for Jesus while sharing the beauty of God’s Mosaic. 

Dawn is a favorite keynote conference speaker and an engaging communicator who inspires her audience to maximize their God-given purpose and potential in Christ. Dreams are ignited as Dawn uses sound biblical teaching, personal stories, and humor to awaken gifts and callings found in everyone.

Dawn, also known as “Your Freedom Coach” is the podcast host of the FreedomGirl Sisterhood podcast, and serves as an authority on sexual abuse and trauma, and a regularly featured contributor to Salem Radio’s Life!Line with Craig Roberts San Francisco drive time talk show, featured in the nation’s 4th largest radio market.

Dawn has written 5 books and can be found on Dawnscottdamon.com and amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

Dawn and Paul Damon, have a full family of 3 married children, 2 single sons, and 11 grandchildren.  

The Freedom Challenge: 60 days to Untie the Cords that Bind You

The Freedom Challenge is about ridding your mind and soul of toxic, negative, and destructive thoughts that keep you captive and create destructive behavior. By 60 days in daily immersion of truth—God’s Word, your mind will begin to find freedom from the harmful internal narration and instead begin to speak nourishing, inspiring, and motivating truths. You’ll find freedom and powerful life changes as you your mind is freed from thought-toxins.

www.Amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

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www.freedomgirlsisterhood.com

https://www.facebook.com/freedomgirlsisterhood

https://ariseesther.captivate.fm/

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Ginny Dent Brant is a speaker and writer who grew up in the halls of power of Washington D.C. She has served as a counselor, educator, wellness advocate, and adjunct professor. She served as a trustee of the Baptist International Mission Board for eight years, and she and her husband participated in mission work in Yemen, Gaza, the Czech Republic, Russia, China, and Romania. Brant’s award-winning book, “Finding True Freedom: From the White House to the World,” was endorsed by the late Chuck Colson. To view Brant’s cancer prevention blog and more information visit https://www.ginnybrant.com/.

Four months after her mother died of cancer, author and speaker Ginny Dent Brant was told by doctors she also had breast cancer, and an aggressive form of it. Having just watched her mother’s plight, Brant decided to take a different approach and immersed herself in research to find out what she could do in addition to traditional treatments to help her doctors beat her cancer.

The steps she took to change her lifestyle during her six-year battle with cancer are now chronicled in her new book “Unleash Your God-given Healing: Eight Steps to Prevent and Survive Cancer.”

“My diagnosis sent me on a quest to discover why I got an aggressive and deadly cancer for which I had no risk factors or genetic indicators,” says Brant. “I read over 50 books on cancer written by doctors, scientists, nutritionists, etc. I attended medical and cancer summits online and in-person conferences where cancer experts lecture. I searched the medical and science journals tirelessly to connect the dots between the Bible, nutrition, the science of how the immune system works, and conventional and integrative medicine. My doctors were amazed when my blood work six weeks after chemotherapy showed that my red and white blood cells and platelets were all within normal ranges. They called me their ‘Rock Star’ Cancer Patient because this usually takes two to five years.”

In “Unleash Your God-given Healing,” Brant discusses in-depth how nutrition, lifestyle, integrative and conventional medicine, as well as biblical wisdom work together to boost the human body’s immune system. Additionally, Brant’s book features commentary from practicing oncologist and medical researcher, Dr. Robert Elliott, Director of the Elliott-Elliott-Head Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Brant says the steps she took to improve her prognosis and rebuild her immune system and overall health can also be used to combat viruses such as COVID-19 as well as many other chronic diseases.

“I believe this COVID-19 is a wakeup call for us to realize we need to take better care of our bodies,” says Brant. “This disease is clearly worse in those who have underlying conditions such as diabetes, heart disease, lung issues, and poorly functioning immune systems. Doctors agree that some of the ailments we struggle with are either caused or made worse by our own lifestyle choices and lack of common sense. Since rebuilding my immune system during and after my cancer journey, I have avoided the usual yearly colds, flu or viruses. Although I’m limiting going out in public and I’m practicing the CDC guidelines, I know that if I do get exposed to COVID-19, my immune function is strong and my own body will take care of it in general.”

Brant says her battle with cancer has strengthened another necessary element of healing—her faith.

Your Host Today and Always... 

           Dawn Scott Damon is a pastor, speaker, podcast host, Freedom Coach, and award-winning author. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church and Lead Pastor of the...

My guest today is Cheri Cowell. Cheri Cowell, Author, Speaker, Sidewalk Theologian, wife, friend, Jesus lover, is the Founder and CEO of EABooks Publishing, a member of the partnership publishing trend. Cheri is also traditionally published with four books. Her claim to fame is her book, 365 Devotions for Peace, was carried in Cracker Barrel.

https://www.facebook.com/EABooks

https://www.facebook.com/CheriCowellPublisherAuthor

Hi! I’m Dawn Scott

BIO

           Dawn Scott Damon is a pastor, speaker, podcast host, Freedom Coach, and award-winning author. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church and Lead Pastor of the multi-cultural Tribes Church in Rockford, MI. Dawn and her husband Paul are committed to reaching people for Jesus while sharing the beauty of God’s Mosaic. 

Dawn is a favorite keynote conference speaker and an engaging communicator who inspires her audience to maximize their God-given purpose and potential in Christ. Dreams are ignited as Dawn uses sound biblical teaching, personal stories, and humor to awaken gifts and callings found in everyone.

Dawn, also known as “Your Freedom Coach” is the podcast host of the FreedomGirl Sisterhood podcast, and serves as an authority on sexual abuse and trauma, and a regularly featured contributor to Salem Radio’s Life!Line with Craig Roberts San Francisco drive time talk show, featured in the nation’s 4th largest radio market.

Dawn and Paul Damon, have a full family of 3 married children, 2 single sons, and 11 grandchildren.  

The Freedom Challenge: 60 days to Untie the Cords that Bind You

The Freedom Challenge is about ridding your mind and soul of toxic, negative, and destructive thoughts that keep you captive and create destructive behavior. By 60 days in daily immersion of truth—God’s Word, your mind will begin to find freedom from the harmful internal narration and instead begin to speak nourishing, inspiring, and motivating truths. You’ll find freedom and powerful life changes as you your mind is freed from thought-toxins.

www.Amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

www.dawnscottdamon.com

www.freedomgirlsisterhood.com

https://www.facebook.com/freedomgirlsisterhood

https://ariseesther.captivate.fm/

https://twitter.com/DawnScottDamon

https://www.instagram.com/dawn_damon/?hl=en

Dawn has written 5 books and can be found on Dawnscottdamon.com and amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

BOOKS

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When A Woman You Love was Abused: A Husband's Guide to Helping HIs Wife Overcome Childhood Molestation

When the Woman Abused Was You: A Complete Guide to Thriving After Sexual Trauma

Telling: A Guide to Finding Healing by Telling Your Abuse Story

 The Freedom Challenge: 60 Days to Untie The Cords That Bind You

A Barefaced Journey: Stepping out of the Shame of Mental Illness when in Ministry with Amber Weigand-Buckley,Specializing in Global Brand and Communications Management,

#barefacedcreative co-owner Amber Weigand-Buckley is a member of the

Advanced Writers and Speakers Association (AWSA) and has over 20 years of

award-winning media experience. The publications she has served have

received over 20 awards from the Evangelical Press Association. She was

named the 2015 AWSA Member of the Year and the 2018 Evangel University

Distinguished Communications Alumni of the Year. Currently, Amber serves

clients in many capacities including her role as Awsa protege mentor, Marketing, Communications, Brand Director for the Right to the Heart Ministry Network, which includes

AWSA.

Amber is the founding editor and Art Director of Leading Hearts magazine

(which has received an EPA award every year of its 7 years of publication. Amber is the host of a weekly FB Live video

podcast and mentors the Advanced Speakers and Writers Protege . She also serves Asia Pacific Media (a ministry based in

Manila, Philippines) as a fundraising consultant as well as editor and art director for their multi-media e-mag MISSION magazine. In partnership with AP Media, this summer she traveled to Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in Baguio, Philippines, to teach media missionaries from Myanmar, Indonesia, India, and the Philippines to how to launch a Christian publication at their home churches. others not only launch, but put their best foot forward in the ministry that God has called each one to serve.

barefacedgirl.com

barefacedcreativemedia on facebook

@barefacedgirl on twitter, insta and pintrest

And ministry group page--Flamingo Floatie Tribe on Facebook

Your Host, Dawn Scott Damon

      Dawn Scott Damon is a pastor, speaker, podcast host, Freedom Coach, and award-winning author. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church and Lead Pastor of the multi-cultural Tribes Church in Rockford, MI. Dawn and her husband Paul are committed to reaching people for Jesus while sharing the beauty of God’s Mosaic. 

Dawn is a favorite keynote conference speaker and an engaging communicator who inspires her audience to maximize their God-given purpose and potential in Christ. Dreams are ignited as Dawn uses sound biblical teaching, personal stories, and humor to awaken gifts and callings found in everyone.

Dawn, also known as “Your Freedom Coach” is the podcast host of the FreedomGirl Sisterhood podcast, and serves as an authority on sexual abuse and trauma, and a regularly featured contributor to Salem Radio’s Life!Line with Craig Roberts San Francisco drive time talk show, featured in the nation’s 4th largest radio market.

Dawn has written 5 books and can be found on Dawnscottdamon.com and amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

Dawn and Paul Damon, have a full family of 3 married children, 2 single sons, and 11 grandchildren.  

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The Freedom Challenge: 60 days to Untie the Cords that Bind You

The Freedom Challenge is about ridding your mind and soul of toxic, negative, and destructive thoughts that keep you captive and create destructive behavior. By 60 days in daily immersion of truth—God’s Word, your mind will begin to find freedom from the harmful internal narration and instead begin to speak nourishing, inspiring, and motivating truths. You’ll find freedom and powerful life changes as you your mind is freed from thought-toxins.

www.Amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

Christine Trimpe is a worship leader, writer, speaker, and joy seeker. Christine journeyed recently through an amazing life transformation of body, mind, heart, and soul. God flipped her cravings, blessed her with massive weight loss, but most importantly, redeemed her daily walk with Jesus. Now He’s calling her to inspire, motivate, and encourage others to pursue their best health: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Her transformation story and social media links can be found at ChristineTrimpe.com.

websites: https://christinetrimpe.com, https://joyfulketolife.com

Instagram: KetoChristine317 (https://instagram.com/ketochristine317)

Facebook: Joyful Keto Life (https://facebook.com/joyfulketolife)

Facebook: Christine Trimpe Author & Speaker (https://facebook.com/christinetrimpellc)

YouTube: Christine Trimpe (https://youtube.com/christinetrimpe)

Twitter: KetoChristineMI (https://twitter.com/ketochristineMI)

Pinterest: Christine Trimpe (https://pinterest.com/joyfulketolife)

Today's Guest

Janet McHenry is a speaker, writer, and prayer warrior whose prayerwalking practices have been featured in national magazines such as Health magazine. She and her rancher husband Craig live in the Sierra Valley in northern California, where she taught high school English and where they raised their four children.

Website: https://www.janetmchenry.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janet.mchenry.9

Your Host is Dawn Scott Damon

      Dawn Scott Damon is a pastor, speaker, podcast host, Freedom Coach, and award-winning author. An ordained minister with the Wesleyan Church and Lead Pastor of the multi-cultural Tribes Church in Rockford, MI. Dawn and her husband Paul are committed to reaching people for Jesus while sharing the beauty of God’s Mosaic. 

Dawn is a favorite keynote conference speaker and an engaging communicator who inspires her audience to maximize their God-given purpose and potential in Christ. Dreams are ignited as Dawn uses sound biblical teaching, personal stories, and humor to awaken gifts and callings found in everyone.

Dawn has written 5 books and can be found on Dawnscottdamon.com and amazon.com/author/dawnscottdamon

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www.dawnscottdamon.com

www.freedomgirlsisterhood.com

https://www.facebook.com/freedomgirlsisterhood

Today's guests are

Shelly Beach, an award-winning author of eight books, including the Christy Award– winning Hallie’s Heart and ECPA book of the year nominee, Precious Lord, Take My Hand: Meditations for Caregivers, in addition to co-authoring over a dozen others and editing dozens more! She is a national speaker, delivering a message of hope to thousands of women each year.

AND

Wanda Sanchez, the executive producer of one of the nation’s longest running radio talk shows, and has over twenty-five years of experience in broadcast media, marketing, and publicity. She experienced extensive physical and emotional trauma and has come out the other side. Today, she blogs and speaks about hope for recovery from post-traumatic stress disorder to women and health professionals around the country.

They talk about their book, "Love Letters from the Edge: Meditations for Those Struggling with Brokenness, Trauma, and the Pain of Life."

Love Letters won: The Golden Scroll - The Selah Award - Grand Prize Reader’s Favorite Award

"Only those who have suffered are truly able to understand the suffering of others. And only those who have experienced God’s grace and healing are capable of sharing it with those who need it most. Wanda and Shelly have written a beautiful, honest, and gut-wrenching book bringing beauty from the ashes of their own personally painful stories." - Kathie Lee Gifford, Cohost of the Today Show

 We were not created to live in fear and to become enslaved by anxious thinking. Those of us who struggle with anxiety and related disorders will likely face a fierce battle as they advance toward freedom, but they can rest assured that Christ has given them everything they need to live victoriously. In this episode, Jennifer Slattery shares some of the weapons and tools God has given her in her battle against OCD, a disorder that often initiates intense anxiety, and tips for how we all can walk in increased freedom.

Jennifer Slattery is a writer and speaker who hosts the Faith Over Fear podcast. She’s addressed women’s groups, Bible studies, and writers across the nation. She’s the author of Building a Family and numerous other titles and maintains a devotional blog at JenniferSlatteryLivesOutLoud.com. As the founder of Wholly Loved Ministries, she’s passionate about helping women live in the freedom of grace.

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Dawn Scott Damon

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Dawn Scott Damon interviews her guest, Dr. Natalie Flake Ford on this episode of Arise Esther.

Rising Up After Loss -- If you’ve struggled to find your way after the suicide of someone you care about, then you will want to hear how Natalie Ford was able to not only survive, but thrive again after her husband’s suicide.

Dr. Natalie Flake Ford is a native of South Georgia. She lives in the North Georgia Mountains with her husband, Jeff, and her daughter, Jorjanne. Natalie graduated from Mercer University with an undergraduate degree in political science. She later completed her graduate degree at the Reformed Theological Seminary, and she earned a PhD in Professional Counseling from Liberty University. Natalie is truly a world traveler. She has visited more than a dozen countries. Much of her travels were prompted by a burning desire to share the Gospel with the world. Natalie is also an educator and a counselor. She currently teaches at Truett McConnell University, and is a therapist at Cornerstones Counseling. She actively serves in various ministries at her home church. She is the author of Tears to Joy: Finding Hope in the Presence of Bipolar Disorder and Suicide and Grace-based Counseling (which will be released August 2021).

https://www.facebook.com/Natalie-Flake-Ford-Author-of-Tears-to-Joy-163104257091678/

Instagram @thenatcave

https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalie-ford-phd-lpc-cpcs-57a60035/

Twitter @tearstojoy

www.tearstojoy.org

www.Dawnscottdamon.org

In this Episode, Dawn talks with Author, Speaker, and Pastor, Donna Jones about doing the hard things; things God asks of us that we don't want to do.

Donna Jones is a national speaker who’s spoken in 26 states and on four continents. She’s the author of Seek: A Woman’s Guide to Meeting God, Taming Your Family Zoo and several Bible studies. A UCLA grad, Donna and her husband JP planted Crossline Church in Laguna Hills, CA.                                                            A sucker for strong coffee and cute shoes, Donna is mom to three wildly funny Jesus-loving young adult kids who frequently sit on her kitchen counter, just to chat.

https://donnajones.org

https://www.instagram.com/donnaajones/

Your Freedom Coach Dawn Scott Damon

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