I CHOOSE MY BEST LIFE

Waiting can test our patience, challenge our expectations, and expose how tightly we're holding on to control. In this conversation, Kaci Nicole Harlow shares how we can dare to trust God in the uncertainty and allow the waiting to deepen our faith, reshape our hearts, and prepare us for what comes next.

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A frightening diagnosis forced bestselling author Diane Les Becquets to confront how little of life we can truly control. In this conversation, she shares how surrender transformed her faith, creativity, and understanding of purpose, and how learning to trust God in the unknown opened her eyes to beauty, gratitude, and hope.

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Some losses come without funerals, sympathy cards, or even acknowledgment, yet they still leave us grieving what we thought life would be. Christian therapist Nicole Langman shares how to honor the pain of lost dreams, relationships, health, and unexpected endings while trusting God to meet us in the story we never wanted.

Nicole Langman's website: https://www.nicolelangman.com/

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What if the path to greater peace isn't getting more answers from God, but choosing to praise Him before they come? In this conversation, Wendy Speake shares how focusing on God's unchanging character can quiet anxiety, deepen trust, and transform the way we walk through life's uncertainties.

Pastor Jerome Gay Jr.'s website: https://wendyspeake.com/praise

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Strong marriages aren't built on love alone. They also require understanding. In this episode, Pastor Jerome Gay Jr. shares why many men struggle to express what they're carrying and how learning the "respect languages" men need can strengthen communication, deepen emotional connection, and help couples stop missing each other in their relationships.

Pastor Jerome Gay Jr.'s website: https://jeromegayjr.com/

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Natasha Kennedy shares with Dr. Saundra how living with permanent physical loss transformed "Jesus is enough" from something she believed into something she had to live, revealing how even our places of lack can become places of unexpected beauty, purpose, and deeper satisfaction in Christ.

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In this episode, Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith explores how to recognize the true cost of your commitments, identify early signs of overload, and protect your capacity before depletion takes over. Discover how intentional boundaries can help you protect your peace while still living, leading, and serving well.

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When suffering, discouragement, or spiritual numbness dulls your joy, it can feel difficult to reconnect with delight and wonder in your faith. In this conversation, Stephanie Rousselle shares practical ways to cultivate deeper intimacy, renewed joy, and soul-level satisfaction through a vibrant relationship with Christ.

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I Choose My Best Life

Books: Being Fully Known, Colorful Connections, Sacred Rest, Come Empty, Set Free to Live Free

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We often replay conversations, defend ourselves, and silently hold court in our minds. In this conversation, Shannon Popkin shares how releasing judgment, embracing mercy, and trusting Jesus as the ultimate Judge can free us.

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I Choose My Best Life

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Tim Mulgrew joins Dr. Saundra to explore how Scripture becomes transformative when we stop reading it merely for information and begin allowing it to reveal the deeper realities of our own hearts, struggles, and relationship with God.

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I Choose My Best Life Podcast is one of the Top 20 Christian Women Podcasts

I Choose My Best Life

Books: Being Fully Known, Colorful Connections, Sacred Rest, Come Empty, Set Free to Live Free

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