Episode # 4, Season 2

Title: Childlike Wonder

Release Date: January 24, 2024

Duration: 32:09 minutes

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Andrew Blackwood, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

In episode 4, the hosts answer the question, what is Childlike Wonder? What does that look like? And how do we get it? Life's hard and looking through the lens of a child is one of those big keys to finding peace in the mess.   

Key Points Covered:

Mentioned Scriptures:  

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Episode #: 3, Season 2.

Title: Mental Health Part 2

Release Date: January 23, 2023

Duration: 31 minutes

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Andrew Blackwood, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

Join us for part 2 of our discussion on mental health as we answer the question, How do we take that next step to recovery when our minds are telling us to hide?   

Key Points Covered:

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Episode #: 2, Season 2.

Title: Mental Health Part 1

Release Date: January 16, 2023

Duration: 31 minutes

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Andrew Blackwood, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

How does mental health show up in your life? How can your faith in Christ help you in dealing with mental health struggles?

Key Points Covered:

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

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Title: Restart

Release Date: January 9, 2023

Duration: 36:53 minutes

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Andrew Blackwood, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

How do you restart when you feel stuck? What does that look like?

Key Points Covered:

Welcome Coach Drew!  See Bio - https://coachdrew.ca/#aboutcoachdrew

“No matter where you're at in your life, if you're seeking that new beginning, if you start with the Savior as your partner, as your guide, as your strength, wherever you're at, you will become stronger and you will be able to  be set on that path that will lead you to becoming that new person that you seek to be.” - Elizabeth Baker

“It doesn't matter where I live, it doesn't matter where I am, if Christ is here and I can acknowledge Him here, then there's value to that, and I'm learning to embrace that in this time of renewal and restart.” - Coach Drew

“I cannot tell you how many times I've been on my knees like, Lord, I thought I learned this lesson. I thought I did this thing. Why am I here again?” - Brigette Heller

“When you do restart; When you choose to give it over, there is life that comes from that. There is energy that comes from that. There's joy. All of a sudden, your burdens do become lighter than they should be, than would logically make sense.  And it's that rebirth in Christ. It's beautiful.  It's worth seeking.” - Brigette Heller 

“If you're really struggling to get through it, you just ask Him to show you and you may not get it the next time either, but restarting doesn't mean starting over. It just means you're practicing.” - Tanja Bentley Ward

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

Psalm 23: 1-4 (KJV) - The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”

Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV) “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.”

Deuteronomy 30:20 (NIV) “and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to Him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land He swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.”

Isaiah 53:3-5 (KJV) “He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed him not. Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem Him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.”

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Title: Journey to Jesus

Release Date: December 12, 2023

Duration: 40:24 minutes

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Andrew Blackwood, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

- We were having our weekly meeting and we felt the Spirit move through many members of this group. We want to show up and speak-truth today. We also want to speak-reality today, and let you see behind the curtain a little bit about what it's like for each of us to follow Christ as we strive to do His will and seek Him in the struggle.

Key Points Covered:

- “I wrote in my notes, grace and peace together because I feel like those go hand in hand. I have to allow grace to come with peace. Not everything is going to be perfect. Not everything is going to be a Hallmark movie. Not everything is going to be the way I expect it to be. But with good intention, I can show up knowing God is with me and doing this hard walk together.” Jazzael Taylor

-”If you don't know how to start with the scriptures, you've got to start with the thing that's actually going to make those scriptures impact you completely, the full surrender. And that is hard. It takes courage. It takes bravery.” Brigette Heller

-”But sometimes we just have to pause. And think and ponder. And for me, it comes at times when I'm just sitting there and the thought will come into my mind saying, “Give your kids your time this Christmas, give them your time.”” Elizabeth Baker

-” Every day she went to that cupboard and looked in for the flour and the oil, and it didn't overflow, like the kind of abundance we want to anticipate as believers.No, it looked like there was not enough. Yet God's word says it will not run out. And essentially he's saying, I am enough for you. I am all you need. And until you understand that  you are always going to be looking to someone or something else to meet your need. And it's never going to be enough.” Andrew Blackwood

-”I'm in a season where I am being continuously called to look to him. And I know that in the past I'd prayed to make me a vessel and help me lead by example and help me help others, see you. And I know that he's working on me this season. I know that things are going to change. And so I just keep pressing forward and looking to him and reading my scriptures and knowing that everything is going to be okay, even though I don't know how.” Tanja Bently-Ward

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

-John 16:33 “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

-1 Kings 17:8-16 God sent Elijah to Zarephath to care for the widow. 

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Episode #: 15

Title: God With Us

Release Date: December 5, 2023

Duration: 39:43

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Taryn Donson, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

- Our last recording for Season 1 is here! Christmas time is upon us, which is a celebration of our Savior. It is also a hard time for many people because of the stresses of the world. Life is messy, life is beautiful and…and… In Matthew 1:23 it shares “God is with us.” In all of life’s “ands” we can take comfort in knowing our Savior is with us. 

Key Points Covered:

- “When I think “God with us,” I think of God being with me in the good and the bad. I have to be intentional with my time. The Lord pointed me to a scripture in Exodus where he tells us His character.” Taryn Donson

- “God with us,” reminds me of God having to carry me through the moments when I was scared because of the change that was happening in my life. I needed his comfort. Once I put my eyes on Him, it allowed me to grow.” Jazzael Taylor

- “The Saviors teaches us so much in the few words that he uses. I truly believe that our faith in Christ is the key to unlocking the miracles that God has for us.” Elizabeth Baker

-  ”Miracles are unexpected. Miracles will happen 

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

- Matthew 1:23

- John 2

-The Book of Exodus 

-The Book of Ruth

-Luke 5

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Episode #: 14

Title: Disconnection

Release Date: November 28, 2023

Duration: 48:09

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Taryn Donson, Tanja Bentley Ward

Episode Summary: 

-What are things that put us in a place of disconnection? How do we get back to God? There are so many things that pull us from God like free will, hardships, trials, or abuse from others. Mental health is a big disconnection from God. It is so important to us to share how to get back to the main thing, God. 

Key Points Covered:

- “The hard things that should bring us to God, often don’t because we are scared. The unknown is one of the  greatest human fears.” Brigette Heller

- ”Shame keeps me from God. When I can’t do something well, then I won’t do it at all. If I see myself being inadequate, then God must too. That is where shame comes in. But this isn’t the truth, God doesn’t see me as a failure, He shows me mercy. It takes God and your community of people to pull you out. I need my community to speak faith into me when I can’t do it myself. My people have to be the feet and hands of God.” Taryn Donson

- ”The hardest part of disconnection is asking for help. How do you ask for help when you don’t know you need it? I’ve always said, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” Jazzael Taylor

-”Our feelings are indicators. It lets us know that we need something.” Taryn Donson

-”Sometimes it is overwhelming to talk to a person because you may be afraid of what you may say or of what they may say. Sometimes, you just have to bring the ladder. The ladder to extend out for help.” Tanja Bently-Ward

“Keep an eye out and see where you can give a hand.” Elizabeth Baker

Resources:

One night I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord. Scenes from my life flashed across the sky. In each, I noticed footprints in the sand. Sometimes there were two sets of footprints; other times there was only one.

During the low periods of my life I could see only one set of footprints, so I said, "You promised me, Lord, that you would walk with me always. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?"

The Lord replied, "The times when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you."

-Organization: Your Living Proof by Danny Deaton: “The cure for addiction is connection and knowing that our secrets make us sick.” https://www.yourlivingproof.com/free-masterclass?utm_source=GoogleAds&utm_medium=Search&utm_campaign=Branded_Terms&utm_term=your+living+proof 

-The Strong and Capable: https://thestrongandcapable.com/ 

-NAMI: National Alliance on Mental Illness: https://www.nami.org/Home 

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Episode #: S.1 Ep. 13

Title: Armor

Release Date: Nov. 21, 2023

Duration: 43:23 

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Taryn Donson, Tanja Bentley Ward

Key Points Covered:

  📍 So protecting your heart doesn't mean hiding your heart or putting a wall up around it-I think it's  learning and understanding the boundaries and discernment and understanding that vulnerable, being vulnerable means shining your light, but not putting a wall up around the light. And that's, that's a really hard practice, um, because you do feel more, and I probably have cried more in the last seven years through this process than most of my life because feeling your feelings. - Tanja

  📍 And I was, when I was thinking about this, I just feel so strongly to remind us that it doesn't matter what weapon Satan has used against us,  this, the wounds that come from those weapons can and will be healed by the savior Jesus Christ because of his atonement and it's our faith. In Christ and in his atonement, that allows us to access that atonement and access that healing. So if you are somebody that feels that they have let in just way too many darts or whatever weapon you wanna say,  I wanna tell you that there's always hope, there's always healing because we will always have our savior.- Elizabeth

  📍 And so I said, ok, what does that, I asked myself, what does it look like to guard my heart? And, um, to guard my heart means that I'm gonna be careful in what I'm putting in my body. I'm gonna be careful what I'm listening to. I'm gonna be careful who I surround myself with. Because all of that influences us. And so, um, if I am listening to a certain type of music or watching shows, that kind of goes against what I believe then you tend to lean on that and you tend to like it sneaks in and that's where Satan comes in and is like poking and poking. And so to guard my heart, I really have to be intentional with what I surround myself with.- Jazzael

  📍 It's important to remember that the devil is a liar. Like he actively seeks to deceive us. And it's really, really important to know the truth because it's the truth that'll set us free.

So having that in mind. I just realized how important it's to constantly be rooted in the word and to be just like we had an episode on studying the Bible. This is why it's important, guys. We have to have active weapons to fight with.- Taryn

  📍 Whenever I think about honest prayer, I always just think about me and my own kids when my kids are hiding something from me, I know it. I know it. And a lot of times I'm just waiting for them to finally say, yeah mom, I'm struggling with this. Or Yeah, mom, I'm angry about this.Right? I'm just waiting. Cause I know that eventually they have to tell me, or eventually I'm gonna have to say, guess what? I know. I know. So let's talk about this. And I think that is so often our relationship with God we're like, well, I can't tell him. He knows. He already knows.  So we're so silly. We're trying to hide it from him.But he knows, and a lot of times he's just waiting for us to say, oh man, Lord, I am struggling. This is hard and say, okay, let me show you how to get through it. Cause that's what we do for our own kids as soon as they come to us. Now that you're ready to hear, let me show you how to work through this. I am totally here for you.- Brigette

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

 Ephesians 6:10-20

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Episode #: S.1 Ep. 12

Title: Free Will

Release Date: Nov. 14, 2023

Duration: 41 min

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Taryn Donson, Tanja Bentley Ward

Key Points Covered:

- Gift of Agency - How to be responsible in your use of it

- 3 parts of Agency - Control, Trust, Free Will 

- Turn to Prayer before the decision 

- What can we do in the waiting when the Lord’s Will isn’t clear to us yet

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

1 Cor. 10:23-33

Gen. 2:17

Deut. 30 

Proverbs 16:9

Proverbs 3:5-6

Luke 14:25-27

Romans 8:28

John 18:36-37

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Episode #: S.1 Ep. 11

Title: Boundaries

Release Date: Nov. 7, 2023

Duration: 40 min min

Hosts: Brigette Heller, Elizabeth Baker, Jazzael Taylor, Taryn Donson, Tanja Bentley Ward

Key Points Covered:

- Boundaries are healthy and needed. The first step in making sure a boundary is healthy is to communicate about it.

- Go to Heavenly Father through prayer to receive His nourishment as you face the hardships of this life 

- Boundaries need to be forms of protection

- Boundaries are needed to heal

- Boundaries have seasons

Mentioned Links/Resources: 

Proverbs 22:3 - Jazzael S.1.Ep.11 time:1:59

Matthew 6:6 - Taryn S.1.Ep.11 time:3:52

Deuteronomy 28:1-4 S1. Ep.11 time 6:11

John 15:10 S.1 Ep.11 time 11:07

John 15:18-21 S.1 Ep.11 time 11:35

Proverbs 4:23 S.1 Ep.11 time 13.27

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