START - to cause to move, act or operate

Hopefully, this mini-series has connected you with truth, hope, and hopefully a few things to add to your toolbelt as you ask the hard questions. What is it God wants you to start this year? Are you already floundering a bit?  Maybe you haven’t found the courage or the way to implement change. 

Don’t give up - today can be the day you make the leap.

Today's guest is my friend Katie Gandy and you'll love her laughter, her candid honesty, and her zeal to take the next step.

Want to support and learn more about Katie's flower business? You can find her over on IG @porchlightgardenco

Breath Prayer: (Breathe In) Lord, break my old habits, (Breathe Out), and show me Your ways

Worship: New Wine, by Hillsong

START - to cause to move, act or operate

What is it God wants you to start this year? Are you already floundering a bit?  Maybe you haven’t found the courage or the way to implement change.  This mini-series will connect you with truth, hope, and hopefully a few things to add to your toolbelt.  

Don’t give you - today can be the day you make the leap.

This episode, listen as I chat with returning guest Blair Nodine. Her Jesus Joy continues to lift us all up, her honesty endears us to her, and her laughter keeps bringing us back for more. We cover fresh starts, running away, and the value of keeping ourselves tethered to God daily.

Breath Prayer: (Breathe In) Lord, tether me to You , (Breathe Out) with the greatest joy

Worship: Take Off Running, by Faithful & Janice Gaines

Listen to Blair's episode from the Radiance series!

Find Blair online for more Jesus Joy!

@blairnodine

@joyinthejunkpodcast

START - to cause to move, act or operate

What is it God wants you to start this year? Are you already floundering a bit?  Maybe you haven’t found the courage or the way to implement change.  This mini-series will connect you with truth, hope, and hopefully a few things to add to your toolbelt.  

Don’t give you - today can be the day you make the leap.

This episode, listen as I chat with returning guest Allison Byxbe. Her wisdom, experience, and faith that God's mercies are new every day fill this conversation with hope.

Breath Prayer: (Breathe In) God grant me peace, (Breathe Out) even in the uncomfortable

Worship: Peace, by the Worship Initiative

Find Allison online:

@allisonbyxbeallisonbyxbe.com

Order the Book "Journaling as a Spiritual Practice: Tracing the Lines of Grace to God's Presence" - I recommend buying one to keep and one to gift!

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Listen to Allison's insights and compassion regarding anxiety and depression in our episode from Dismantling the Mask, summer of 2025.

START - to cause to move, act or operate

What is it God wants you to start this year? Are you already floundering a bit?  Maybe you haven’t found the courage or the way to implement change.  This mini-series will connect you with truth, hope, and hopefully a few things to add to your toolbelt.  

Don’t give you - today can be the day you make the leap.

This episode is full of encouragement and truth as I chatted with author and coach Alivia Roan. She brings her calm presence, coaching experience, and walk of faith to a conversation about how we can start fresh every day, speak truth to ourselves, and make healthy goals we can actually achieve. Listen and share this one!

Follow Alivia Roan online:

@inspiredtowrite

aliviaroan.com

Breath Prayer:

(Breathe In) Lord I surrender, (Breathe Out) to Your careful hand

Worship:

'New Wine' by Maverick City Music

Unfortunately, our lives have become riddled with anxiety. If you have never struggled with it yourself, you probably have a friend or loved one who has. It can be overwhelming, and consuming, but none of us has to be alone in dealing with it.

In this mini-series, my hope is that you will hear truth, compassion, and learn some new skills. It might be skills to cope with your own anxiety, but it could be a chance to learn skills to help a friend or loved one.

My special guest this episode is Kimberly Haar. Kim is a licensed therapist, author, and speaker with nearly two decades of experience in trauma recovery and marriage and family therapy. Blending clinical insight with deep faith, she helps others move from pain to purpose. Drawing from her own story of healing, Kimberly shares a message of hope and restoration, reminding others that with God, no story is too shattered to be rewritten, and no life too broken to be beautifully restored.

Find her online:

IG: Kimberly.Haar

FB: KimberlyJHaar

Website: kimberlyhaar.com (She has a full page of fantastic resources)

Buy her book! This is a resource you'll want to hold on to and share with a friend. "Healing from Life's Deepest Hurts," can be found online and in most bookstores.

Unfortunately, our lives have become riddled with anxiety. If you have never struggled with it yourself, you probably have a friend or loved one who has. It can be overwhelming, and consuming, but none of us has to be alone in dealing with it.

In this mini-series, my hope is that you will hear truth, compassion, and learn some new skills. It might be skills to cope with your own anxiety, but it could be a chance to learn skills to help a friend or loved one.

Janalee Smith brings her peaceful presence into our conversation about listening in this episode. You don't want to miss the equipping, compassion and wisdom! As a trained Stephen Ministry leader and Clinical Counselor, Janalee has beautiful insight to share.

Books Mentioned:

Breathe Underwater, by Janalee Smith

A Still & Quiet Mind, by Esther Smith

Curious about Stephen Ministry?

Find more here: www.stephenministries.org

Unfortunately, our lives have become riddled with anxiety. If you have never struggled with it yourself, you probably have a friend or loved one who has. It can be overwhelming, and consuming, but none of us has to be alone in dealing with it.

In this mini-series, my hope is that you will hear truth, compassion, and learn some new skills. It might be skills to cope with your own anxiety, but it could be a chance to learn skills to help a friend or loved one.

This episode, we sit for a while with the tension of anxiety that leads us into depression. Allison Byxbe has an incredible story to share and her authenticity will draw you in. Trained in therapeutic journaling, Allison has wisdom, experience, and a great skill to unmask for us.

Sign up on the website for her newsletter:https://allisonbyxbe.com/Find her on Instagram @allisonbyxbe

Check out the Inky Collective!

Watch 'Depression Rewritten' in the Sound Mind Series.

Book recommendations:

Journal to the Self, by Kathleen Adams

One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp

Unfortunately, our lives have become riddled with anxiety. If you have never struggled with it yourself, you probably have a friend or loved one who has. It can be overwhelming, and consuming, but none of us has to be alone in dealing with it.

In this mini-series, my hope is that you will hear truth, compassion, and learn some new skills. It might be skills to cope with your own anxiety, but it could be a chance to learn skills to help a friend or loved one.

In this episode, Morgan Eseke returns for a personal conversation about anxiety. Listen in as we share both experiences and what God has taught us through them.

You can follow Morgan online and get connected with everything she offers:

- IG: @Morgan Eseke 

- www.morganeseke.com

- Family Creed - www.makeafamilycreed.com

Radiance: an expression of great happiness, hope, or beauty; light that is emitted or reflected from someone or something

1 Thessalonians 5:11 "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." 

Clearly, God desires us to encourage one another - build one another up.  We are to bring hope, joy, perseverance and faithfulness into each other's hearts and lives.  To speak life and bring radiant light to believers and nonbelievers. In this series, you'll get to hear uplifting conversations as I talk with faith-filled women about encouragement.

In the final episode of this series, I got to chat with my dear friend Ashley Martin. Here we talk about the Biblical need for community, our struggles with it, and why it can have such an impact on our lives.Want to hear more of Ashley's story? Go back and listen to 'Wilderness' from the spring of 2025 in the Lent series.

Find Ashley online!

Website: www.ashleymartinministry.com

Instagram: ⁠@ashleymartinministry

Radiance: an expression of great happiness, hope, or beauty; light that is emitted or reflected from someone or something

1 Thessalonians 5:11 "Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing." 

Clearly, God desires us to encourage one another - build one another up.  We are to bring hope, joy, perseverance and faithfulness into each other's hearts and lives.  To speak life and bring radiant light to believers and nonbelievers. In this series, you'll get to hear uplifting conversations as I talk with faith-filled women about encouragement.

This episode, I chatted with ChanMi Jung Pyles about her stunning contemporary art and how it draws people in closer to God. Art has such a wonderful way of getting past our defenses so that God can whisper to our hearts.ChanMi's Pick-Me-Up Song: ⁠Your Way's Better, by Forrest Frank

Breath Prayer: (Breathe In) Lord, you are radiant, (Breathe Out) my hope is in You

Find ChanMi online!

Website: https://www.chanmisartjourney.com/

Instagram: @chanmisartjourney

Facebook: www.facebook.com/chanmisartjourney

Don't miss out! Click HERE to get the free phone art download today. Get the radiant encouragement of ChanMi's work in your own hands.