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Episode Title: Everybody Has a Story: The Forgotten Art of Learning People

Have you ever found yourself frustrated with someone, hurt by someone's actions, or making assumptions about a person before you really knew their story?

What if one simple shift could transform your relationships, deepen your walk with God, and soften your heart toward the people around you?

This week on Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis dive into one of the most powerful chapters yet from A New Way to Love Your Neighbor by Jada Edwards.

Together, they explore why curiosity is more than asking questions—it's one of the purest expressions of love.

You'll discover:

• Why knowing about God is different than truly knowing Him • How curiosity can deepen your relationship with Jesus • The surprising connection between self-awareness and spiritual growth • Why Jesus asked so many questions • How "curiosity before correction" can change marriages, friendships, family relationships, and church communities • What happens when we stop judging behavior and start learning people's stories

Along the way, Theresa brings both biblical wisdom and therapist insight, while Candis keeps the conversation honest, practical, and full of the laughter we all need.

Because the truth is...

The difficult person. The distant person. The person who hurt you. The person you don't understand.

Everybody has a story.

And love takes time to learn it.

So grab your favorite mug, pull up a chair, and join us for a conversation that may change the way you see God, yourself, and the people around you.

Because before we assume... we can ask.

Before we judge... we can listen.

Before we correct... we can learn.

☕ Sisterfriend, this episode just might be the conversation your heart needs this week.

The Vault: Loving People Who Keep Their Hearts Locked Away How To Be Loving In Your 5 Hardest Relationships | Part 3

In this episode of the Cup of Soul Podcast, Theresa and Candis continue their series on loving people well by examining one of the most challenging relationship dynamics: The Vault.

Building on previous conversations about receiving God's love before giving it away, this episode explores what happens when the people we care about keep their hearts hidden behind walls of self-protection, fear, disappointment, and past hurt.

Through biblical teaching, personal reflection, and practical encouragement, listeners will discover the difference between guarding their hearts and living behind emotional walls. Drawing from the stories of Jericho, the life of Jesus, and key passages throughout Scripture, Theresa and Candis discuss how vulnerability, patience, safety, and trust create space for healing and transformation.

This conversation is not only about loving others well—it is also an invitation to examine the walls within our own hearts and allow God to meet us in places we have kept hidden.

Episode Highlights: • Why people become emotionally guarded • The difference between wisdom and self-protection • What Jesus teaches us about vulnerability • How to love without fixing or forcing change • The role of patience in relationships • God's invitation from survival to transformation

Key Quote: "The walls may have helped you survive, but they cannot help you thrive. Transformation begins where honesty meets the presence of God."

Join us as we fill our cups with God's truth, spill a little coffee, and serve up some soul-stirring tea along the way.

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Have you ever found yourself exhausted from trying to be patient, kind, forgiving, loving, and gracious... only to realize you're running on empty?

This week on Cup of Soul, Candis and Theresa continue their journey through A New Way to Love Your Neighbor with Part 2 of Chapter 4: Trying to Give Before You Receive.

And sisterfriends, this conversation surprised us.

Because 1 Corinthians 13 isn't just a wedding passage.

It's not just a checklist of how we're supposed to treat other people.

What if it's first a picture of how God loves us?

What if before Paul was teaching us how to love others, he was showing us the patient, kind, enduring, forgiving love of our Heavenly Father?

Together we'll unpack:

☕ Why giftedness without love leaves us empty

☕ The difference between trying harder and receiving deeper

☕ What patience really means

☕ How envy reveals a scarcity mindset

☕ Why love keeps no record of wrongs

☕ What it looks like to hope, believe, and endure through difficult seasons

☕ And why so many of us are tired from trying to give what we've never fully received

There were moments in this chapter that felt like a gentle hug from Jesus and others that felt like a loving nudge from the Holy Spirit.

If you've been carrying a heavy load... If you've been pouring into everyone else... If you've been trying to love from an empty cup...

This conversation is for you.

So grab your favorite mug, pull up a chair, and join us at the table.

Because maybe the invitation this week isn't to love harder.

Maybe it's to receive deeper.

🎙️ Cup of Soul with Theresa & Candis

This week on A Cup of Soul, we are having an honest conversation about love, healing, and the places in us that learned how to survive before we ever learned how to receive.

What if the reason you feel emotionally exhausted is because you have spent years pouring into everyone else while secretly running empty yourself?

In this episode, Theresa and Candis sit at the table and discuss Chapter 4 of A New Way to Love Your Neighbor and the powerful truth that we cannot consistently give what we have never truly received. Together, they unpack agape love, the Father heart of God, emotional wounds, survival patterns, and how our experiences with love shape the way we relate to God and others.

This conversation is for the woman who has been strong for everyone else… the woman learning to trust God again… the woman who serves while silently struggling… and the woman who is realizing that healing may begin with finally allowing herself to be loved.

Pull up a chair, Sisterfriend. There is room for you at the table.

In this episode: • What agape love really means • Why some women struggle to receive love • How father and mother wounds impact relationships • The difference between survival and healthy love • The pursuing love of God • Learning to pour from a healed place instead of an empty one

"Some women became strong before they ever felt safe."

Listen now on Libsyn and wherever you stream podcasts. Share this episode with a Sisterfriend who has been carrying more than she says out loud.

Somewhere between the sea and the sky… God started whispering again.

Y'all… this episode felt less like recording a podcast and more like sitting on the back porch with a cup of coffee and finally exhaling. What started as a cruise became this beautiful, unexpected reminder that our souls were never created to live constantly rushed, distracted, exhausted, and emotionally overloaded.

There's something about standing in front of endless water at sunrise that reminds you how small your worries are compared to the faithfulness of God. And honestly? Theresa and Candis realized how much they needed that pause.

In this deeply personal episode of A Cup of Soul, they share stories from the Girl Talk Ministries retreat cruise — moments of laughter, holy conviction, conversations with strangers, quiet mornings with God, and the gentle realization that somewhere along the way, so many of us have been drifting instead of resting.

They talk about: • Why women carry so much invisible emotional weight • The struggle between surrender and control • How distraction slowly steals intimacy with God • Why presence matters more than perfection • The beauty of safe community • And how God still speaks — even in noisy places

There are moments in this conversation that will make you laugh… and moments that might sit quietly on your heart for a while afterward.

Because this isn't really about a cruise.

It's about what happens when women finally slow down long enough to hear the voice of Jesus again.

"My sheep hear My voice…" — John 10:27

So Sisterfriend… if your soul has been tired lately, come sit at the table with us. We saved you a seat. 💙

This week on the Cup of Soul Podcast, Candis and Theresa sit down for a heartfelt and honest conversation celebrating 10 years of Girl Talk Ministries. What began with simple obedience, prayer, and small Facebook Lives has grown into a ministry that has impacted women across cities, states, and even countries.

Together, they reflect on the journey of saying "Yes, Lord" through seasons of uncertainty, sacrifice, healing, growth, and faith. Theresa shares how ministry changed her personally, the hidden challenges behind leadership, the "Red Sea moments" where God came through, and the importance of staying rooted in God's Word through every season of life.

This episode is filled with laughter, memories, encouragement, honest reflections, cruise excitement, and vision for the future as Girl Talk Ministries prepares for the next decade of calling women to freedom, fullness, and fruitfulness in Christ.

In this episode: • The humble beginnings of GTM • Faith, obedience, and consistency • The realities of ministry behind the scenes • Red Sea moments and testimonies • Soul care, prayer, and spiritual endurance • Reaching younger generations with biblical truth • The future vision for Girl Talk Ministries • Favorite worship songs, retreats, and fun memories

If you've ever wondered whether your yes to God matters — this conversation is for you.

Sisterfriend, thank you for walking with us these last 10 years. And if this ministry has blessed your life, we invite you to continue partnering with us through prayer, encouragement, sharing the podcast, and sowing into the ministry as we prepare for the next season ahead.

What if the hardest person to love… sounds a little like you?

This week on Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis continue the series inspired by A New Way to Love Your Neighbor with Episode 2: The Complainer.

Let's be honest—complaining is easy. But what happens when it becomes a mindset… a habit… or even a way we relate to others?

In this episode, we unpack: - The difference between grumbling against God and lamenting to God - How complaining impacts our relationships, leadership, and faith -What the Israelites teach us about perspective in the wilderness -How to love someone who constantly complains—without losing yourself -And the hard truth… sometimes we are the complainer

With real conversation, a powerful skit, and practical wisdom, this episode will challenge you to shift from frustration to gratitude—and learn a new way to love your neighbor.

Question for you: Are you bringing your complaints to people… or to God?

Choosing Better Instead of Best: The Love God Is Actually Asking For"

What if the love you've been giving… isn't the love God is asking for?

Sisterfriend, this conversation is going to meet you in a real place.

In this episode of Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis sit down at the table and unpack Chapter 2 of A New Way to Love Your Neighbor—and it quickly turns into a heart check we didn't know we needed.

What if you're loving… but not loving like God?

The truth is: Sometimes what we call love… is really comfort, habit, or preference.

And God is calling us higher.

We're talking about the difference between "better" and "best" love— the kind that stretches you, costs you, and transforms you.

This one will meet you right where you are… and gently push you forward.

Go listen. Then come back and tell me— what part stretched you the most?

Continue the conversation: Join us in the daily love challenges and reflect with us throughout the week. Don't just listen—lean in.

Episode: The Taker

Some people don't just need love… they pull on it.

And if we're honest— sometimes that person is us.

This week, Theresa and Candis sit down and get real about "the taker"—the relationships that stretch us, drain us, and invite us to love differently.

Not surface love. Not convenient love. But Christ-like love.

As we walk through A New Way to Love Your Neighbor by Jada Edwards, this conversation will challenge your heart, your boundaries, and your understanding of what it really means to give… without losing yourself.

And this is just the beginning.

We're inviting you into our 60-Day Love Challenge—because we're not just talking about love… we're learning how to live it.

☕ Come sit with us.

Cup of Soul Podcast — Season 10, Episode 178 Settling for the Wrong Definitions

What if the reason we struggle to love well… is because we've been living from the wrong definition of love?

In this episode, Theresa and Candis open an honest and needed conversation about how culture, experiences, and comparison have shaped the way we understand love—often without us realizing it.

From friendships to family to our relationship with God, we can find ourselves calling things "love" that were never meant to define it.

Together, we unpack: • How comparison quietly distorts the way we love • Why we often define love based on what we've experienced • The difference between natural love and Spirit-led love • What it looks like to accept, encourage, and love without competing or trying to change people

Because the truth is— You cannot love people well while measuring yourself against them.

This episode creates space to pause and reflect: Who or what has been shaping your definition of love? And where might God be inviting you to see it differently?

Love isn't something we perform. It's something we receive… and then release.

✨ Next week: We go deeper into how to love in your hardest relationships—starting with The Taker.