Chrystal's Chronicles

By Chrystal Evans Hurst

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#292 – Showing Up Authentic...

04.14.2021

Morgan Harper Nichols is simply a force to be reckoned with. Like a quiet storm, she consistently creates content out of the overflow of her artistic gifting and her soul’s desire to serve others well. She is an original for ...

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04.14.2021 #292 – Showing Up Authentically Morgan Harper Nichols is simply a force to be reckoned with. Like a quiet storm, she consistently creates content out of the overflow of her artistic gifting and her soul’s desire to serve others well. She is an original for ...
04.06.2021 #291 – Secrets of the Happy Soul Do you find it hard to be happy? Do you struggle to consistently feel joy? In your journey towards happiness, waves of grief and feelings may arise and cause you to fall into a deep, dark place. However, if you ...
03.29.2021 #290 – Healing After Hurt How do you acclimate to a lifestyle of being loved after you’ve been deeply hurt? How can you feel the hope and presence of God during the darkest experiences in your life? Is it possible for you, as a survivor, ...
03.27.2021 #289 – Rescued by God What is the story you are telling with the life you are living? Is it a story you feel good about telling? Sam Collier, my guest on this episode, tells his story of abandonment, sacrifice, gratitude, and rescue. Sam is ...
03.17.2021 #288- Growing in Community Have you ever felt like you’re staggering helplessly as you try to navigate through all the turns and curves that life has thrown your way? Or maybe, you’ve found yourself alone and secluded in dim seasons when you’re seeking growth ...
03.05.2021 #286 – Getting to Know Yourself Part of knowing you is knowing when the God who created you is speaking to you. Is God telling you it’s time to leave that job? Has He put a friend on your mind that you haven’t made time to ...
03.03.2021 #287 – Finding Freedom Do you feel like you’re wearing a mask? Are you hiding who you really are from everyone around you? Have you been living in a pit of shame because of choices you have made? Are you aching to experience freedom ...
02.24.2021 #285 – Living On Purpose Where do you place your value and worth? Is it rooted in your career, life-long goals, stellar accomplishments, personal appearance, or community status? In so many ways, the world offers opportunities to find personal success in things that hold no ...
02.10.2021 #284 – Rebuilding After Loss If you’ve lived long enough, you know that life can change in an instant – without warning and with no consideration for the plans you’ve made. Kayla Stoecklein’s life changed forever when her husband, Andrew, died by suicide in August ...
01.29.2021 #282 – What it Means to Be Seen What does it mean to be a truly genuine person who is comfortable in your own skin? What does it take to be confident in being exactly who God designed you to be? It can be tempting to hide behind ...
01.28.2021 #283 – Fight For Your Life Have you ever found yourself journeying down the path of life, when suddenly you’re unexpectedly halted as a roadblock appears out of nowhere? Most of us can relate and are familiar with encountering obstacles, but often, those unexpected issues tend ...
01.13.2021 #281 – A Sister Chat Revisited Are you ever overwhelmed by your growing list of commitments and the general busyness of life? Many of us lead lives that are bustling and incredibly full, yet in the Scriptures, God has clearly modeled the act of resting. God ...
11.25.2020 #280 Chrystal’s Christmas Collection We’re back at it again! I can’t believe another year is in the books. It seems like it was just yesterday that Kariss and I were sitting on this same couch recording my second Christmas Collection episode. It’s been fun ...
11.14.2020 #279 – God’s Redemptive Love Do you ever wonder how you got to that place you feel stuck in? We’ve all felt trapped at some point in our lives, and are left wondering why? While many of us are tempted to pull away from our ...
11.11.2020 #278 – Some Emotional R&R How does stress show up in your life? We’ve all learned various ways to cope with the many changes of 2020, current events, and the uncertain future. But coping doesn’t always take away the ill-effects of the stress you carry. ...
11.05.2020 #277 – Dealing with the Hard Stuff Are you wrestling with grief and anger? Have the consequences of how those emotions have influenced your actions? Have feelings of unworthiness prevented you from going after what you’ve been called to do? Do you find yourself struggling to live ...
10.26.2020 #276 – Leading Like a Woman Deborah Pegues downloads major knowledge as she encourages women to own the truth that they already have the things they need to excel. She also clear points out what women often do to sabotage their potential. Highlights from Today’s Episode: ...
10.22.2020 #274 – Finding Quiet Let’s be honest. Anxiety has had its way with many of us in 2020. There are circumstances we can’t control, uncertainty about happen tomorrow, and everyday stressors that keep some of us are struggling to hold on to hope. There ...
10.13.2020 #273 – Capturing A New Identity Have you ever been disillusioned with the Church, Christians, and perhaps even your faith? Have you ever found yourself wanting to put a little distance between yourself and the label “Christian”? We live in an increasingly secular, polarized society, and ...
10.13.2020 #275 – An Enduring Legacy Mothers have a unique role in our lives. They shape us, train us, and love us through thick and thin, but have you ever stopped to consider the life of your mom? Have you considered the parts of her story ...
10.03.2020 #271 – The Art of Friendship Do you struggle with friendship? Even before staying inside all day was the thing to do, many faced challenges with friendships, especially as adults. Whether it’s throwing in the towel on friendships too easily, expecting deep connections to come too ...
10.02.2020 #272 – Bloom Where You’re Planted Are you living your most authentic life? Have you found yourself struggling to see growth and lessons learned in your current season? Do you feel that the negative sides of social media may be holding you back from being your ...
09.28.2020 #270 – Tapping into Resilience Do you have what it takes to be a resilient woman? One part of the definition of resilient is: tending to recover from or adjust easily to misfortune or change. Well, this year has presented nothing but change for us ...
09.24.2020 #269 – Psalms: A Guide to Life What would your spiritual life be like if you had a guide that helped you navigate your relationship with God? I did a teaching and as I shared about David’s story I also shared corresponding Psalms to illustrate how David ...
08.25.2020 #268 – Walking in Freedom What exactly is freedom? Most people would define freedom as being able to do whatever they want without any restraints. But if that’s how you define freedom and pursue freedom, then you aren’t actually free, and you never will be. ...
08.20.2020 #267 – Connecting Through Prayer Far too many women remain stuck and discouraged because they lack the support they need to keep going. What difference would it make, or has it made, to have a woman who is grounded in Christ in your corner cheering ...
08.14.2020 #266 – Winning with Online Dating Have you ever considered online dating? As online dating has become increasingly mainstream in recent years, more and more people are turning to dating sites to find potential mates. Nearly all the stigma once attached to online dating is now ...
08.12.2020 #265 – Living Loved and Blessed Have you ever felt a small tug inside of you that perhaps God intended far more for you? Are there passions you have set aside over the years to deal with the countless day-to-day demands that you never seem to ...
07.30.2020 #264 – Laughing Through The Ugly Cry Joy. What is it exactly? Many view joy as just another word for “happiness,” but any Christian who has suffered significant losses in their life would know that a Christian’s joy runs much deeper than mere happiness. Rick Warren defines ...
07.21.2020 #263 – Fighting for Your Mental Health Have you ever found yourself wondering where your battles with depression and anxiety fit into a world that says it will all go away if you believe enough? Those who face mental health battles of any kind, as well as ...
07.09.2020 #262 – Winning with Habits Your habits can either make or break you. Habits, of course, are all the things you do so routinely every day that you don’t even have to think about them—they just happen. At their worst, bad or unproductive habits (e.g., ...
07.04.2020 #261- Thriving in Love and Marriage Money. Nothing brings out the cray cray in marriages quite like having hard conversations about finances. Because the subject of money is so emotionally charged and difficult to talk about, we tend to avoid talking about it at all costs. ...
06.23.2020 #260- Finding Courage in the Dark Have you ever found yourself trying to make your way across the bedroom in the middle of the night with the lights off? You tend to walk very slowly and hesitantly, feeling walls and furniture as you go. You might ...
06.20.2020 #259 – Healing From Father Wounds It’s important to me that you are able to walk through life as a whole and healed woman. The good news is that there are other people who have your interest at heart as well. There are many in this ...
06.03.2020 #258 – Letting Go of Labels Times are hard. Things aren’t going the way you planned; 2020 hasn’t been at all what you envisioned it would be. You are stuck in the middle of a difficult season, and you can’t wait for it to end. On ...
05.06.2020 #257 -Do it Afraid Who do you want to be like when you grow up? What women in your life can captivate you through their stories while encouraging you with their wisdom? We all know at least one person that makes us grip our ...
04.30.2020 #256 – Managing Toxic Relationships Have you ever felt constantly attacked by someone in your life? Ever felt like you needed to walk away, but felt the guilt of selfishness? How do you know someone is toxic? Do you long for clear direction for what ...
04.21.2020 #255 – Igniting Radical Kindness Have you ever felt like you were too much or not enough? Are you struggling to have difficult conversations with people with opposing views? How do you define kindness? What does kindness look like in difficult conversations? Ashlee Eiland and ...
04.15.2020 #254 – Growing in God At any given time, we all have a lot on our plates. Someone might even look at all we have going on and ask us, “How do you do it all?” To which many of us will say, “Only by ...
03.30.2020 #253 – Building Healthy Relationships Do you ever stop to think about how well your relationships are going? More likely than not, your honest answer to that question would be “no.” It’s so easy to take our relationships for granted, especially those that are most ...
03.23.2020 #252 – Finding Identity. Sharing Hope. Has the identity you grew up with collided with the realities you’ve faced as an adult? How do you raise your children so they know from a young age to love and treat others the way Christ intended? Writer and ...
03.18.2020 #251 – Ready for Anything What unexpected change are you currently dealing with? Things can change quickly. I was scheduled to speak in California over the weekend. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, that event is now postponed. After the NBA (National Basketball Association) suspended ...
03.09.2020 #250 – Stopping Self-Sabotage Do you ever get in your own way? Are you ever shocked at your uncanny ability to destroy your own efforts? If you’ve ever found yourself tripping yourself up or keeping yourself from your own goals, I want to help! ...
03.02.2020 #249 – Simple Solutions to Organized Chaos I like to hold on to things that are meaningful to me. As nice as that sounds, it often results in me having way too much stuff around my house. For example, even though my daughters are now in their ...
02.26.2020 #248 – Nothing Wasted My friend Kasey Van Norman knows all about walking through hard things. I’m giving you multiple doses of Kasey this month! Her story is captivating. We are digging in deep on this episode of The Sister Circle. We didn’t play ...
02.17.2020 #247 – Putting Your Heart in Your Home What memories and experiences are you creating around your table? When is the last time you invited family or friends to spend time with you in your home? For some, hosting guests in our home can be live-giving, for others, ...
02.10.2020 #246 – Your Pain. God’s Presence. I’ve had a lot of questions lately; my conversations with God have been frequent and fairly raw. So this episode I’m sharing is as much for me as it is for you. One of the most emotionally taxing ways to ...
02.04.2020 #245 – Powerful Questions. Practical Answers. Ten years from now, when you look back, what will you wish you would have done? How can you determine what matters and what doesn’t matter today? What can you do today to have confidence in your ability to make ...
01.27.2020 #244 – A Story Worth Remembering I’m as shocked as you are about the tragic death of Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna. I’m more than shocked actually, I’m dumb struck. Whatever I’ve been thinking and feeling about the passing of my mother not making sense, ...
01.23.2020 #243- Living For Legacy – Part 3 This is the last episode of the three podcast series on legacy. I’ve enjoyed recording these for you — and for me. I hope they’ve been helpful for you and encouraged you to think about how you can live with ...

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