76: You Will Never Be The Same

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Somethings we learn by experience, others by acquiring knowledge. Both have the potential to change us. 

There are three things I've learned that has changed my life, they've changed everything really and I will never be the same. 

1.) Who God is

2.) Who I am

3.) Who my enemy is

I'm talking true identity here. God is: The Creator, A Way Maker, Love, King of the Fight, Light, Undefeated, For Me

I am: A child of God, loved, chose, protected, whole, powerful

The enemy: a liar, LIKE a lion (NOT a lion)

I know it doesn't always feel this way, but it's true. The truth is we struggle to know who we really are because we spend too much time listening to the enemy. 

The solution is bible study. I know you are thinking I always say that, and I do, but it's true. We need a reminder of who we are and whose we are. 

You can't get to know YOU outside of God. You can't get to know GOD without the word of God. If you dedicate your time to getting these truths down in your soul, it will change everything and you will never be the same! 

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75: Redefining Grief with Herdyne Mercier

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I don't know about you, but I want to avoid griefing at all cost. There was even a time I thought about being a hermit crab, then I wouldn't have to grieve the loss of anyone else. Crazy, I know. But in my defense, I was never taught how to grieve or the strength that would be found in and through the grieving process. I also didn't know that there was more to grieve than the loss of life. 

In this episode, I interview Herdyne Mercier, Chief Grief Crusader. She is one a mission to redefine what it means to grieve, teach us how to grieve and empower us to feel the feelings we often avoid all in the hopes of helping us to heal. She is a Grief Recovery Specialist and in my opinion, a thought leader in the area of healing from losses of various kinds. 

If you have ever experienced the pain of the loss of a loved one, relationship, job (yes, it's okay to grieve the loss of a job) or any transition that caused you conflicting feelings this episode is going to help you immensely. 

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74: You Have The Right To Remain Silent

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Listen, friend, I don’t know about you, but this growth game is hard work. This month’s bible study opened my eyes to an area of my life I didn’t even think was an issue. When culture normalizes complaining, and trash-talking and even praises you for “keeping it real” it can make being quiet or kind in our speech not only impossible but silly. 

I mean, if I was there if it happened if I witnessed it, experienced it and I am talking to my closest friend and telling her the TRUTH about what happened with me, what’s wrong with that??? Nothing, if your standard is the world’s standard. But for CCs, we have set our standard on the word of God and in this case, our negative speech is under arrest. In other words, we have the right to remain silent. 

You can often feel like you have the RIGHT to say that thing about that person because it’s true, but Titus 3:2-3 “to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men. For we ourselves were also once foolish disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating on one another.” shows us otherwise. 

It won’t always be easy to stay positive, but in those moments we can definitely exercise our right to remain silent. 

In this episode, I unpack the biblical principle of “If you have nothing nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” and how to actually do that in your real life...even at work...or with the in-laws...or in the most trying situations. 

You’ll need to take notes, trust me on this one! Here’s to growing together! 

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73: You Decide

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It doesn't really matter what other people are saying or doing. At the end of the day, you decide how you will respond. Recently everyone has been weighing in on the Gayle King interview with Lisa Leslie about Kobe Bryant and the video response by Snoop Dogg. 

I was honestly surprised by some of what I read and heard from other believers. It's like we base how we will respond on how we feel or how wrong the other person was in what they did. That can't be our standard if our goal is to further the kingdom of God. Christ is the standard...periodt. The key is in making the decision on how you will respond and what your standard is BEFORE someone upsets you, BEFORE someone claps, BEFORE someone is rude, or manipulative or whatever. 

Make a decision. Ask yourself, will I represent Christ or my own interests and feelings? 

In this episode, I unpack the dangers of responding based on a situation or societal standards. I'd love to hear your thoughts. Share them in the comments or on social be sure to @CourageMolina or #DOCpodcast. 

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72: Be Careful With The Blessing

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We all want to be blessed, BUT it is important that we don't allow the thing we've been blessed with, to replace the ONE who blessed us. 

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71: According To Your Destiny

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Listen.....God addresses you according to your destiny and it's about time you start moving according to it too! It doesn't matter your current situation or circumstance God doesn't get distracted by it and neither should you. What would it look like if you started to introduce yourself according to your destiny? How would your daily tasks change? How would your decision-making change if you made decisions according to your destiny? 

In this episode, I cover the importance of accepting who you are destined to become and living according to where you are going instead of where you've been. 

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70: It's Time To Stop Worrying

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Listen...I am so over worrying about things I can't change. It does nothing, but increase your anxiety, stress level and keeps you depressed. God has great things planned for us this year, which means we have no time to waste. 

In this episode I cover why you need to stop worrying and how to do it so you can get back to focusing on things you CAN do and trust God to handle EVERYTHING else. 

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69: I'd Rather Give Up

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Happy New Year!! I hope you enjoyed the holidays, I know I did. Each year, as we prepare to go into the new year, my church encourages each of us to choose a word that will guide us through the coming year. We are encouraged to pray about it and really give God an opportunity to speak to us. 

As usual, I prayed about my word, but this year the word I felt settle in my spirit was "SURRENDER" and my immediate response was "I'd rather give up." Take a listen to this episode as I unpack the difference between giving up and surrendering. 

If you have any situation or circumstance in your life you have hopes and dreams for, but you feel like you have ZERO control to make anything happen you want to listen to this episode. 

If you have tried everything you know to do and you have nothing left to lose you want to listen to this episode. 

If you need a breakthrough like you need air in your lungs you want to listen to this episode. 

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68: Building Your Courage To Fail with Maya Elious

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If we get honest with ourselves, the biggest obstacle we face is fear. One of the greatest foes on this journey to success is the fear of failing. Listen I want to avoid failing at all cost if I can. I know we hear all these super cute sayings in the empowerment world like "fail forward" and "there's no failure only feedback". While those may hold some truth, honestly most of us are still trying to avoid it like the plague. 

My guest, Maya Elious, posted something on her IG a few months ago and it really struck a chord with me. I reached out to her for clarification around the post and what she said to me just blew me away. I KNEW I needed her to share her insight on failure and her experience with overcoming it and changing her perspective around it. 

Go ahead and get ready to take notes, listen to it twice and share it with at least 5 people you want to encourage as we close out this year! 

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67: Just Try It! 

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I am not a very adventurous person. Prior to my trip to Paris, France I think my adventure level was a 1 on scale of 1-10 with 10 being the highest. While there, however, I decided to try a few things I had never tried before. It got me to thinking about all of the amazing experiences, both big and small that are out there. 

There was a time I never would have agreed to be on a plane for more than 5 hours. If I had stuck to that attituded I NEVER would have taken photos at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. I still don't consider myself very adventurous maybe I'm a 5 now on the adventure scale, but what I know is that my life is better because I decided to do something different. 

Life is short and it is for experiencing amazing things. Maybe you will try something and absolutely hate it, or perhaps you will find something new to add to a list of the things you love. 

For a dose of courage to try something new, check out this episode! 

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