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“If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning.” – Mark Twain

This episode explores the surprising connection between soul care and “eating the frog” — tackling the hard, emotionally resistant things that drain us. Too often, we either push through without tending to our inner life (burnout) or we rest without moving forward (stagnation). Freedom comes when we do both.

What you’ll hear in this episode:
- What soul care really means (and why it’s not just bubble baths or self-indulgence)
- How resistance and decision fatigue show up in your body and mind
- Four reflection questions to help you face your “frog” with courage
- One powerful soul care question that equips you to do the hard things with love and strength

Journal Prompts:

- What’s my frog today?

- What time will I do it?

- Who am I becoming by doing it?

- What is eating the frog saving me from?

- What does my soul see as care, kindness, support, or love today?

Key takeaway:

“Soul care without movement becomes indulgence. Movement without soul care becomes burnout.”

This week, ask yourself each morning:
What’s my frog? And what does my soul need today?

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What do you do when the plan runs out, the money’s not there, and the next step feels like walking into the unknown?

In this honest, soul-rooted episode of The Freedom Camp Podcast, I share a real-life story about waiting on provision and choosing to trust when there’s no visible way forward. You’ll be invited to reflect on your own “faith tension” and build a simple, sustaining plan to help you stay grounded in truth — even when you can’t see what’s next.

Anchor Verse:
Hebrews 11:1 — “Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.”

📝 Includes:

Real talk on faith, finances, and fear

Soul-reflection journal prompts
- Where in your life are you struggling to trust?
- What feels uncertain, delayed, or heavy?
- What emotions come up when you think about this?

A simple 3-part “Faith Support Plan” you can use right away
- What truths anchor you when fear or doubt creeps in?
- Who or what helps you stay grounded/ in faith/ in trust?
- What spiritual practices can help right now?
- What can you let go of that’s feeding fear?
- A reminder that faith doesn’t mean faking it — it means showing up with trust

🌱 Freedom isn’t about pushing harder.
It’s about learning to rest, trust, and root in what’s true — no matter what’s in front of you.

💌 Want more support?
Freedom Camp is opening for the final time in 2025!
This 12-week, spirit-led coaching experience helps women grow in truth, rest, and resilience — together.

We open only three times a year — and this is your last chance until 2026.
Join us for real growth, soul care, and freedom that lasts.

🛎️ Learn more & sign up → https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/

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Ever feel like your soul is just… tired? Like no matter how much you rest, something invisible still weighs you down?

In this episode, we’re unpacking the emotional backpack most of us carry every day — filled with guilt, people-pleasing, resentment, and responsibilities that were never ours to begin with. We do it thinking it will keep the peace… but really, it just keeps us exhausted.

in this podcast, we’ll explore:

• What emotional “stones” we carry without realizing it
• How to recognize when you’re holding what’s not yours
• Make a plan for what to do instead
• and a simple practice to name it, release it, and finally start feeling lighter

Whether it’s a memory, a mood, or someone else’s expectations — maybe this is the week you take one small stone out of your backpack and set it down for good.

This includes a short reflection + scripture encouragement (1 Peter 5:7).

🎧 Tune in, breathe deep, and remember:
Freedom isn’t about pushing harder — it’s about carrying less.

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This week on the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore the subtle, often invisible ways we perform, control, and people-please — not for power, but for protection.

💭 What if control isn’t about dominance...
but about feeling safe?

You’ll hear about how even “I’m fine” can be a mask, how shape-shifting to avoid conflict becomes second nature, and how the survival self can quietly run the show — even when your heart longs to rest.

✨ In this episode, we reflect on:

Why control is sometimes a trauma response, not a character flaw

How trying to manage others’ emotions keeps us from our own

A short breath prayer to practice laying it down — and coming home to rest

The invitation of Jesus: "Come to me, all you who are weary..." (no performance required)

This is your space to gently take off the mask, lay down what’s not yours to carry, and grow in freedom — one true breath at a time.

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🪶 You’re already free — now let’s live like it.

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