Let’s talk this week about mom life, from a spiritual perspective. Our kids are back at school, so let’s take the time to get real about how we are showing up for them. The world tells us it’s all about getting them into the right schools, sports and friend groups. But I believe that God wants us to take it deeper, to helping them see who God says they are, and guess what? That’s not just us telling them who God says they are. It’s us LIVING, knowing, who God says WE are, and owning our stories, healing our hurts and showing them how to do that. 

I believe parenting is so much more about guiding their hearts than their behaviors specifically. Yes, a big part is about protecting their hearts (especially in this day and age). But it’s also about looking at what’s coming out of our hearts. Take a listen as  I talk about the things below, but also as I challenge you with questions to prompt you to see where you’re at and ask the Lord if that’s where He wants you to be for them as they head off to school this year. 

Make sure you tune in next week for my friend Becca who will share her testimony of what betrayal did to her marriage and how they navigated it to overcome.

#nantucket #fivestarweekend #elinhildebrand #moms #backtoschool #christianwomen #scriptures #christianmoms #porn #pot #marriagestruggles #schoolchoice #schooldecisions

So, you are a college student or you a parent of a college student, or you are someone who loves the Lord and wants to help break the cycle. However you are coming to this, I want this podcast to inform you practically. If you are that college student, I don't know when you are finding this. Maybe you are just getting back on campus or you are finding it in the middle of your school year. Whenever you find it, I pray it helps you. Here’s what I want to talk to you about…Before I start, I want you to know the reason I did this podcast is because I struggled with drinking in college and had nowhere to turn. I didn’t get into the hookup culture until I got into my twenties, but I was in it, and I know the shame that attaches to it. So, here’s what I know. If you can’t control your drinking, or you are feeling ashamed for where it’s made you end up, or maybe you feel gross because of all the guys you’ve slept with - I want you to hear this: I did this FOR you. I did this so you could find there is a different way. I know that #hookupculture in college is real. I know that everyone sleeps around. I know everyone binge drinks. Again, I’ve been there, and I know it's even worse now. So in this podcast, I want to briefly tell you my experience at the University of Notre Dame with it. But I also want to give you some stuff to help you.I want you to know what nobody will tell you, things like:- Why what you are coming to campus with - emotionally, mentally, even what's going on at home affects what you turn to to cope.- I want you to know some things that I believe will help you understand if it could be a problem for you better than the pamphlets they hand out at college. The information I’m giving you here is not what you will get on your first day of school or from your counseling office. This is from someone who has lived it, and found a way out. Jesus was the way for me. He pulled me out of the pit. But he set me on a path that included treatment and lots of changes in life. I want my experience to help you, and the witness of what God has done in my life to help you. If you are a girl who knows Jesus or you are getting to know Jesus, I hope this makes you feel a little less alone, and a little more able to maybe be the light and help a girl who is struggling or just simply stand on your faith. Maybe you are someone who has even graduated and you want to speak life into these students. Comment! Help them out!Parents, this is for you too. I’m hoping it will help you maybe get to know your kids too and what they are facing at school.

Are you a woman of faith who credits God with making you an overcomer? Have you been through things you know you never could have gotten through without God? I believe there is a warrior inside of you and God wants to use you for such a time as this. Those stories that many people don't even know about you, are the ones another woman needs to hear to get the victory. Those stories have to be told and shared. Your healing needs to be passed on and the generations that come after you need to hear the freedom you found in Jesus.Yes, some of you will read this and you aren't through the battle yet. You are still overcoming it, and that's okay. My hope is that this podcast and the book that goes with it will give you hope and encouragement.

Go get yourself the book: https://a.co/d/05cuoaO0

Also, leave a review!

There are so many people weighing in on this topic right now and I have some experience with it personally as it pertains to healing that unhealthy relationship with God's direction . But I also share how I did go through therapy to help me work through it. The point is to work through it on your end. Let God work in you heart.I have truly lived through the detaching (I like that word better) from a loved one to loving that person in a completely different way. Watch this video as I share a little but about what happened.Also know. I am currently on the other side of it, having someone who has gone no contact with us and it's difficult. So I hope that this video can give you some perspective from either side.Most important, I pray that it gets you focused on the Lord and on healing because that's how everyone wins.

Ladies, so many of you have a hardened and wounded heart around marriage and being single and it needs to be healed in Jesus name. This episode is for you if you’ve had parents who got divorced or you come from a dysfunctional family you've had to overcome. Maybe it’s made you fearful of marriage or made you think you never will get married. I believe the Lord wants to give you another perspective on this. He wants to soften your heart and heal it so you CAN believe in marriage for yourself no matter what marriage has looked like to you in the past.The other person this is for is the woman who is questioning her belief in modern feminism. You thought it was supposed to make you feel empowered and it is not. It has given you a bad view of men, and women and damaged your idea of what it is to be a woman. The Lord never intended you to feel oppressed as a woman. You are a strong woman of God and you need to stop letting the world define you. This episode is also for those of you who struggle with the whole identity of being single. First of all let me tell you, I get it. I didn’t date until I got into my twenties, then I did it wrong then finally in my early thirties after getting sober, God put that guy in front of me who wasn’t perfect, but was right for me. I know the Lord wanted me to seek HIM first and be on the road to healing before I met Him. But, let me tell you, I struggled with that singleness for so long. I let it be my identity instead of learning my main identity was in Christ. If there is anything I can tell you, let your identity be in Christ.

Have you ever struggled with guilt and shame around things you've done when it comes to sexual sin? Have you ever even realized something like that could have a negative impact on your self-esteem and more importantly, your spiritual life?We live in a world that is so focused on sex being for pleasure and the message of "Do whatever you want with your body" or "Do whatever feels good," that many of us don't realize just because it "feels" good or it's "popular" doesn't mean it's good for our souls.1 Corinthians 6:12 says,You say, “I am allowed to do anything”—but not everything is good for you. And even though “I am allowed to do anything,” I must not become a slave to anything. What so many think is "sexual freedom" is actually slavery to the thing you think is just about pleasuring yourself. Now, if you think I'm saying here that sex is bad, you've got it all wrong. Sex is a beautiful gift of God made for a married man and woman. I knew that as a kid, but I didn't know know it because I wasn't in the Word. In this podcast, you will hear me share about:- The landscape of what the world is showing us about sexual sin,- My story of overcoming it,- A study of 1 Corinthians 6 on the topic and then some direction for those of you who may be struggling with it.I didn't want to record this message. But the Spirit of the Lord kept leading me to it. I believe too many of you haven't been set free from it and it's time to be. I pray this podcast speaks to you and helps you address what may be holding you back from a full life connected to the God who loves you.Make sure you subscribe to this channel and share this podcast with someone else who might be struggling with it. Follow me  @guidinggodsdaughters  on Instagram and Facebook.If you'd like to go deeper into this teaching you can sign up for our community and get a video devotional that matches it here: https://heartbeatcommunity.getrealwithmeredith.com/invitation?code=GDE8BE#landing-pageIf you'd like to partner with us you can go here: https://getrealwithmeredith.com/ggd/Mentioned:Former Only Fans Star (NalaRay) Exposes the Darkness of OF Tells Allwith Vlad Savchuckhttps://youtu.be/W5dkTd4vFc0?si=Tyec-MZdgzWB-x5zEx-Porn Star Exposes Jezebel Spirit (Vlad interviews Brittni De La Morahttps://youtu.be/XP6Pm6E3LAs?si=1-lmCrrgXsAXJxc4#vladsavchuk #nalaray #sexualsin #discipleship #breakinggenerationalcurses

Grief and suffering are two of THE hardest things in life to go THROUGH. Emphasis on the word "through." Why? Because you have to go through them, which you can't change.BUT -- what you can change is how you respond to them. How you respond to grief and suffering that changes your life is what sets your life in one direction or another. One is where you let God pull you out of the pit. The other is where you think you have to go it alone. But you do not. This podcast was important to record because every one of us will go through this. You don't avoid it as a human. It's also not something that discriminates age. Anyone of any age can feel it. It's not always losing someone you love, which can make it hard to identify. It comes in all shapes and sizes, and since the world wants you to get over it, I'm here to help you look at it, so you can get THROUGH it --- with the only one who can GET you through it. God.Listen close as I give you strategies on how to navigate the grief. These tips are based on personal experience of not just losing my father, but losing other people we love, starting a new life after addiction recovery and so many other things. I've also led many women through grief in groups like GriefShare and the ministry of Guiding God's Daughters.Grief is not a bad thing! It's a beautiful thing that occurs because we were created to feel and run to the Father. He meets us in that place of hurt and restores our souls. So stick around. Check it out and find out what I'm talking about. Also, make sure you are:- SUBSCRIBED to this channel here on You Tube and on Spotify.- CONTRIBUTE below if you'd like to partner with the ministry to bring God's Word to His daughters and raise them up in the faith! https://getrealwithmeredith.com/ggd/- BE PART OF THE Guiding God's Daughters online Community right HERE!https://heartbeatcommunity.getrealwithmeredith.com/invitation?code=GDE8BE#landing-page#grief #griefsupport #suffering #godsword #discipleship

What are you working on in this new year? Maybe you are working on your physical fitness. Maybe you are finally ready to address your heart wounds and get some help. Maybe you are trying to declutter or be more self-disciplined in your finances. Whatever it is, and really - whatever time of year you are watching this - you can start fresh, because we serve a God of second chances. If you are ready to recommit or commit for the first time to God, getting a perspective on your spiritual fitness will help you see why you need to seek the Lord. (And no it is not from the spiritual things of the world. It's in reference to the Holy Spirit. Watch this and learn how to make your time with God more of a spiritual practice than a quick fix on social media. If you want to go even deeper, you can join our community at Guiding God's Daughters here: https://heartbeatcommunity.getrealwithmeredith.com/invitation?code=GDE8BE#landing-pageYou will get a devotional based on this podcast and future ones that is tailored to your faith walk - beginner or more mature. But that's not all. You will have access to other community content, like future support groups, basic training in the faith, and encouragement for the tough seasons of your life. So! Join us. If you are interested in hearing more about the ministry of Guiding God's Daughters, you can click here: https://getrealwithmeredith.com/ggd/Make sure you are following me @guidinnggodsdaughters on Instagram and Facebook.

This episode is with my good friend Amanda Florczykowski. She is an Author and President of Able Moms International.

God is using her in many and mighty ways and I want you to hear how He’s been working in her life.

Backstory, we met at their first national conference in Illinois. I was supposed to go to a political event in DC and the Lord sent me in the clear opposite direction to Illinois for Mom Comm and I am sure thankful He did.

Amanda is an amazing and inspiring leader, mom, overcomer and warrior woman that I’m blessed to know.

So, here’s what we’re talking about:

• Her testimony of how having her daughter be trafficked out of her arms and what God did with it,
• Her passion that started Able moms,
• How she’s learning about the brain/spirit connection and the neuroscience behind our faith,
• How people are done with complacent Christianity and done with sitting on the sidelines,
• Her incredible story about how God put her ministry and their team in the Texas Hill Country RIGHT after the floods this year.

Her first book was called “Unraveled: Mothering Fiercely in a World Full of Fears.”

Her most recent release in May 2025 was a book she co-authored with the team of Able Mom’s International and it’s called, “Moments Matter: The Gospels, An Interactive Keepsake Journal with Guided Bible Passages to Read with Your Kids - at Your Own Pace.”

There is one more called, "Parenting with the Holy Spirit.”

You can find all of these on Amazon.

Her ministry is Able Moms. I love their tagline: capable, unshakeable, memorable motherhood. They have some wonderful resources on their website so make sure you check them out moms!!

One note: This is a special episode because I get to announce unexpectedly that my daughter got saved the night before it was recorded. Yay!!!

#christianmoms #christianwomen #thoughts #thinking #neuroscience #christianmoms #Holyspirit #charliekirk #texasfloods #revival #momlife

This video was first recorded on audio 3 days before Charlie Kirk was assassinated. I had no idea what would transpire over the next few days, but God did. God knows this is a spiritual battle. He knows He needs warriors who will be boots on the ground to reach those who are desperate for Jesus.This - is part battle cry for the warriors, part testimony of how God took me from the battle on the home front walking out of the White House on 9/11 to standing as an overcoming, generational curse reversing, chain-breaking daughter of God and spiritual mama. Be encouraged by it, as you listen to Scripture, testimony and battle cry. Watch till the end and you'll find out about something the Lord has laid on my heart that is about ready to be launched. #genzfaith #genzforjesus #spiritualwarfare #spiritualwarriors #bible

Find me on Tik Tok

Find me on Facebook

Find me on Instagram

If you want to learn more about my work or the ministry of Guiding God's Daughters, go to my website here.