Christian Woman Leadership Podcast with Esther Littlefield & Holly Cain

What does it take to build a team that can help you run a ministry or business? How can you host an event that is effective AND aligns with the vision of your church, ministry, or business?

In this episode, you'll hear us chat with our friend, Angie Likens, founder of Proclaimed Truth. Angie shares about her leadership journey, how she started Proclaimed Truth, and how she makes decisions in her business. She also shares how she responds to all of the suggestions and big ideas that other people have for and about her event and business. She also dives into how to remove pride as a leader in order to step fully into the calling that God has placed on your life to share the specific message He has given you.

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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you realized you needed boundaries with someone? Perhaps you find the need for boundaries within your work space, family, or friendships. Or perhaps more often than not, the need for boundaries is with yourself.

It can be challenging to communicate our needs surrounding our boundaries, but it is so important to set and maintain boundaries in our lives in order to protect our time, energy, capacity, and more.

We are so thrilled to be celebrating 200 episodes of the show with you!

After polling you all, we found that a lot of listeners were interested in hearing a conversation on the topic of boundaries, which is how we landed on this topic for this episode. Episode 20 of the show covers this topic in a solo version, so definitely check that one out if you want more thoughts and resources on what having boundaries looks like as a leader.

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What if there was one thing you could do that would help you increase focus and decrease avoidable stress as a leader? And what if this process could impact not just your organization, ministry, or business but also your personal life?

In this episode, you'll hear from my guest Sonita Reese about the importance of creating a mission, vision, and values and how doing this can actually decrease stress in your life and leadership.

This episode originally aired on my Christian Woman Business Podcast, but we are sharing it here on the leadership podcast because all of the principles and tips Sonita shares are valuable and useful in any leadership role.

Sonita specializes in working with leaders, so it fits to share this conversation with you, and I know you will get so much out of what she shares.

In this conversation, you'll hear why mission, vision, and values are important for your organization and your personal life. In addition, you'll discover how to create a winning vision, and how faith plays a role in this process. You'll also understand how it's possible to turn mission, vision, and values into behavior instead of simply words that hang on a wall.

For the full show notes, go to estherlittlefield.com/episode199

If you enjoy this episode of the podcast, then hop on over to the Christian Woman Business Podcast and make sure you're following that podcast as well. That is more specific for those of you who may be building some kind of online business, and you will get to hear more conversations like the one that you're hearing today.

Additionally, I am hosting a retreat in September in Maine that is specifically a mastermind retreat for Christian women business owners. Learn more here: https://estherlittlefield.com/retreat

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Have you ever felt like your voice is not heard at the leadership table, specifically in ministry settings? Do you ever question whether you are in a healthy situation or whether perhaps there are some issues that need to be addressed?

If you've ever felt that way, or if you simply want to hear a powerful conversation about listening to God's voice, radical obedience, and speaking up for yourself as a female leader, you are in for a treat.

In this episode, Holly and I are talking with Rachael Groll. You'll hear all about Rachael's leadership journey and the moment she felt God asking her to give up her full-time business without any clear plan for what would come after.

In addition, we dive into the challenge that many women can relate to in leadership: insecurity and feeling as though their voice is not heard. Rachael shares how she has personally experienced this and how she's heard from women all over the world who have also dealt with this.

Rachael dives into how she chose to respond to this issue and what God has taught her since. Plus, we discuss how to identify if you're in a healthy leadership situation (or not), as well as how to hear God's voice (it's not as mysterious as you might think).

For the full show notes, visit estherlittlefield.com/episode198

Confident Conversations is a mini-course designed to help you initiate and lead hard conversations as a Christian woman even if you struggle with confrontation, aren't sure what to say, and want to avoid hurting people in the process.

As discussed in our conversation with Rachael, hard conversations are often a part of leadership. So this course can help you develop this skill and feel more prepared when you have to have these conversations.

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Rachael Groll is a pastor, missionary, and author. Her latest book, She Hears: Learning to Listen to Jesus helps women learn how to hear from Jesus by taking a look at 6 women from the gospel of John.

Rachael has a top 30 ranked podcast for Christians, the Hearing Jesus Podcast, where she helps women learn how to hear the Lord more clearly in their lives.

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Are you a long time fan of The Christian Woman Business Podcast? Have you been listening for a while, or have you just discovered us? Do you listen to every episode, or do you pop in and out of listening? No matter where you fall on the scale of CWLP fan, we are so grateful you're here and are excited to celebrate and recap the last year of conversations we have had together and with our guests as we celebrate 4 years of the show.

In this episode, we are celebrating 4 years of the podcast! Another HUGE win we are celebrating is hitting 500,000 downloads recently!! THANK YOU for allowing us to journey with you as we learn how to lead in the many settings we find ourselves in. We are so grateful that we are still creating conversations together and that our listeners are still engaging with us.

For the full show notes, visit estherlittlefield.com/episode197

*On a fun note, Holly is launching her own podcast! Go check out The Prosper Collective: Where she discusses intentional money talk for small businesses.

Esther's Podcast in A Weekend is an excellent mini-course if you're considering starting your own podcast!

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Is money connected to fulfilling your God-given purpose? How do you pursue your purpose without making money an idol? And is there such a thing as a non-woo version of manifestation that is okay for Christians to use?

In this episode, you'll hear an engaging conversation between Holly and our guest, Portia Jackson. Portia is a Certified Financial Planner and owns her own business called Wealthy and Fulfilled.

Portia shares her journey to the finance world from being a literal rocket scientist. She talks about the struggles of mothering a child with special needs and she also shares how her leadership journey opened up when she finally found her gifting and pressed into God's will for her life.

Portia and Holly hit some pretty hard topics head-on in the episode. They talk about everything from race and African American female role models, to how the Enneagram can help us identify how we relate to money, and lastly they discuss the concept of Christ-centered manifestation.

I know this episode will challenge you but also encourage you to think objectively about how you relate to money and how your mindset has served you or hurt you.

For the full show notes, visit estherlittlefield.com/episode196

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Do you ever struggle with your own confidence in your leadership role? Maybe you're plagued with self-doubt or imposter syndrome. Perhaps you've convinced yourself that you're not the one for the job. These fears and doubts can be so loud in our heads, but they are not the reality or the truth that God has called us to live in.

Almost 4 years ago, I shared a podcast episode called "The Importance of Leading with Confidence." In it, I shared my story of how I landed on the phrase 'leading with confidence' for this podcast. We always say that this podcast is designed to help you "Embrace your gifts and lead with confidence."

In that episode, I shared with you some of the reasons I think confidence is important as well as my definition of leading with confidence, which is my confident leadership framework: love - live - lead.

With that framework, we know that the source of our confidence is God's love, and once you know that you can live your life with purpose, and then you can step into leading others.

It's been quite some time since that episode, so I wanted to revisit this conversation and bring you a slightly different take on this: What Confident Leaders Look Like.

If you're ready to take it a step further and you want to dig deeper into how to become a confident leader, then be sure to check out my Confident Leader Catalyst course.

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Episode 194's guest is the first official male guest: Joel Muddamalle, Director of Theology and research at Proverbs 31 Ministries. This episode follows Joel's leadership journey and how God led him to work in a predominantly female ministry, Proverbs 31 Ministries.

We also discuss why we need to stay humble in our theology as leaders, how we can learn to see multiple sides of an issue, and what we should do when attempting to have conversations about theological differences. We will also hit on the issue of deconstruction and how this relates to our need as Christians to continually evaluate what we believe in light of the Truth of Scripture.

For full show notes visit estherlittlefield.com/episode194

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Have you ever seen or heard a Christian in the public sphere do something you didn't agree with?

Sometimes our first instinct is to completely unfollow that person and never consume anything they're putting out in the world again. It can be hard to know when to unfollow a leader completely, or when to just take a step back from their voice and work.

If you've ever struggled with discerning if and when to unfollow a leader, this episode will bring you clarity as you work to decide your next best step.

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Do you tend to struggle with the ever present 'hustle' culture seen in the world? Do you wrestle with striving and driving and achievement chasing in your personal and/or professional life? It can be so hard to rest in our identity as a beloved of Christ's and not strive for more success, more stuff, more approval.

In this episode, Holly and I are talking with a guest who has also become a friend! Erin Harrigan is sharing her leadership journey with us, and I know you are going to be impacted by this conversation.

Erin shares how she met Jesus in a time when she had been striving and trying to find fulfillment in all of her business accomplishments and material possessions, but she was left feeling unhappy, in debt, and completely empty.

Erin gives us insights into how her relationship with Jesus transformed everything, including her understanding of leadership and her definition of success.

In addition, Erin shares with us 4 keys we can use to redefine hustle and transform the way you are pursuing success or achievement.

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