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PRESENCE OVER PERFORMANCE - Christmas can be tender, emotional, and unexpectedly quiet. This episode is a gentle invitation to release pressure, stop striving, and notice where God has already been with you this year. Instead of fixing or forcing anything, we reflect on presence, peace that looks simple or unfinished, and the reminder every woman needs to hear on the holidays: you are not behind.
Key Takeaways
Action Guide
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
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GROUNDED IN THE MIDDLE OF CRAZY– Holidays often stir more emotion than peace. They carry a huge contrast of 'expectation meets reality'. People remember who’s missing, feel pressure to make things perfect, and reach the edge of their emotional capacity. In this episode, we’ll talk about what makes these “big emotion days” so intense and how to use a simple four-step tool to bring calm and clarity back into the moment—for you and the people you coach.
Key Takeaways
Action Guide
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
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THE CLOSE CREATES THE MEMORY. Clients remember how a session ends more than how it begins. A clear, grounded close turns insight into action and reinforces safety and structure.
Key Takeaways:
Action Guide:
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
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Find me @coachlauramalone on IG
Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
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BREAKTHROUGH IS AWARENESS, NOT DRAMA. It’s often quiet—a sigh, a new sentence, or softened eyes. Notice it, name it, and nurture it. Let the client register it as transformation in progress and learn how to close the session feeling rooted and hopeful.
Key Takeaways:
Action Guide:
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
Join the Coaching FB Community
Find me @coachlauramalone on IG
Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
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PRESENCE IS MORE POWERFUL THAN PERFORMANCE. You don’t need perfect words; you need stability. Holding space means staying with tension long enough for truth to surface instead of rescuing or redirecting.
Key Takeaways:
Action Guide:
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
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Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
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PEOPLE HEAL WHERE THEY FEEL SAFE. You can’t rush transformation; you can only make it safe to happen. Emotional safety isn’t soft—it’s strategic. Clients won’t explore what feels dangerous, but they will open up where peace is modeled.
Key Takeaways:
Action Guide:
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
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Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
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WHEN FACTS & INTERPRETATIONS SEPARATE-Most confusion comes from mixing what happened with what we think it means. Helping clients tell those apart creates immediate freedom and responsibility.
Key Takeaways
Action Guide
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
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Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
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STUCKNESS ISN’T FAILURE— When clients loop, defend, or go quiet, they’re not resisting you—they’re protecting themselves. Your job isn’t to push; it’s to stay calm and create safety until their system can settle and see again.
Key Takeaways
Action Guide
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
Join the Coaching FB Community
Find me @coachlauramalone on IG
Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
Your 5 ✨ review on Apple Podcasts means a ton!
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FIND THE BELIEF, NOT JUST THE STORY-Clients come in describing details, emotions, and people—but the real coaching moment happens when you hear the belief underneath it all. Transformation begins when you can separate circumstance from interpretation and help the client uncover what they’re making it mean.
Key Takeaways
Action Guide
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
Join the Coaching FB Community
Find me @coachlauramalone on IG
Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
Your 5 ✨ review on Apple Podcasts means a ton!
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‘BUSINESS’ CAN FEEL INTIMIDATING- You feel called to offer your services, but the business aspect freaks you out. You wish you didn’t have to create everything from scratch. In this episode, I’m talking about why that feeling is normal, how to move from fear to focus, and what simple actions can help you build a business that supports your calling instead of stifling it. You can do this!
Key Takeaways
Listener Challenge
Choose one of the ten steps I mention and do it this week. Don’t overthink it, just pick the one that gives you the most peace or creates the most curiosity. Maybe it’s naming your calling, writing your first offer, or reaching out to serve one person. The goal isn’t to build it all: it’s to just take action.
Then, journal what you learn as you take that step. What did you feel? What did you discover about your gifts, your courage, or your resistance? Ask God to meet you in that space and show you how He’s already preparing the way. Small obedience will open doors that striving never could.
If you want to go deeper into identity, purpose, and belonging as a woman of faith, listen to my companion podcast: StoryMakers.
To explore working together, visit SterlingAndStoneMentoring.com.
BOOK A FREE CONSULTATION
Read the Life Coach Blog
Join the Coaching FB Community
Find me @coachlauramalone on IG
Learn how to become a S&S Life Coach
Your 5 ✨ review on Apple Podcasts means a ton!
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