It’s no secret that prices have gone through the roof lately. The cost of everything from filling up your gas tank to filling up your shopping cart has spiked. From cat food to cars and hamburgers to houses, we are feeling a big pain in the wallet. Not to mention, sometimes we just consider ourselves lucky to even FIND what we set out to purchase. Words that most folks don’t hear much outside of an economics class like “supply chain” and “inflation” are now common in everyday language. That’s just where we are in holiday season 2021. 

Enter financial coach and author, Kembala Evans. In last week’s chat with her on Don't Make These Money Mistakes, we got some great insight into personal finance and a ton of easy-to-implement tips. In this bonus mini-episode, we feature an additional part of our discussion with Kembala on the challenges presented by this year’s unique economic environment. Along with detailing some ideas to help us handle our money, we take a step back and look at what is truly important to keep in mind during the holiday season and beyond. 

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Ready to reframe your financial picture? Let’s take a good look at your relationship with money. Hopefully, there are many things working well, but there may be mistakes you’re making that you weren’t even aware of. Our guest, financial guru, Kembala Evans wants to help you find ways to make your money work for you instead of against you. Words like budgets, savings, credit scores  and emergency funds can give you hope instead of fear. You just need a proper introduction to what they can mean for you and your personal and financial freedom and an understanding of how to easily implement them into your lifestyle. 

At Imagine Yourself, we typically focus on mental and spiritual health, but because our state of mind and our relationships can be so impacted by money matters, we wanted to dive into this topic. It seems especially relevant given our recent economic issues related to the pandemic.  Financial Coach, author, and speaker Kembala Evans is our expert guest, and she has the receipts! She’s written two books: Get Your Money Right and Drop the Debt Weight.  

In this episode, you’ll get tips on spending, saving, improving your credit score and reducing debt that you can truly work into your lifestyle. There are many things you can do that you may have never even thought about before.  This is everyday money management anyone can practice. 

We talk about how to get smarter and more confident about what you’re doing with your money and finding areas where you can make your money grow. We also talk about how money can affect your relationships and how to talk about it with your partner and children or grandchildren if you have them. 

 If you’re ready to start evaluating your habits and beliefs, and look at what’s working and what isn’t, press play. It could be the first step to real financial peace of mind.

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When people in our lives are going through grief or adversity, our hearts break for them. We want to help them, encourage them, let them know we are there for them. As we recorded this episode, Lanee was in the midst of what she called THE toughest season of her life. She gives us advice on what she feels was helpful, not helpful, or even hurtful. Keeping in mind that people are not the same, have different needs and respond in various ways, we take an honest look designed to assist those standing beside people who are going through times of trial and tragedy. Inspired by our previous episode, “Finding Joy on the Good and Bad Days” with author and singer Lee Cruz, we also explore the role of faith as we walk through adversity ourselves and with those around us.

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Would you rather have happiness or joy? Once you listen to this episode, you are sure to have a very clear choice. So many of us are dealing with new situations, uncertainties, insecurities, and difficult times that we can’t control. We might feel like we can’t hold onto happiness or joy. But what if we took a different approach so that we could keep ourselves centered, faithful, and joyful on the good and the bad days? 


Singer and author Lee Cruz uses the Instagram account @sheisabutterfly to encourage others to look to God for help in very real and everyday ways. She shares her tough life experiences and proves that she has learned to trust God enough to live a life of joy despite it all. And although she’s not perfect, she helped us recognize that in many cases, “the beauty is in the imperfections.” 

 Butterflies flutter around in a way that brings joy and beauty. But we all know that a butterfly started off as a crawling caterpillar, transitioned to an isolated and confined cocoon, and eventually transformed into a beautiful butterfly. We hope that this episode helps you understand what phase of life you’re in, lean on God to be your source of joy, and embrace the bold, beautiful butterfly within!

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When a crisis hits or heartbreak happens, it’s certainly no laughing matter. However, at some point in our coping process, humor may have a place. Last week’s guest on the episode “Knocking Down Life’s Obstacles”,  Lisa Jesswein talked about how learning to laugh at things helped her survive and even thrive during some pretty extreme adversity. In this bonus episode, we’ll hear a little more on that from Lisa and talk about how it’s helped us also.  Through all of it, we hope to encourage and equip you to use humor to help where it's appropriate as well.

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Life is full of obstacles and adversity. These unwelcome events and circumstances can vary from being slightly annoying to absolutely devastating. Our guest, Lisa Jesswein has dealt with  A LOT of adversity, most of which would fall into the latter category. It started early for her: from serious medical issues as a child to a near death experience as a teenager, to a health scare that threatened her career just as it was taking off as an adult.  She not only triumphed her way over each one, but she’s remained positive and used what she’s been through to inspire others!

 Lisa is a motivational speaker, radio personality, actress and owner of Intuitive You.  Her health issues began early with weekly hospital visits for blood draws starting at 7, dialysis starting at 12, two kidney transplants, two hip replacements, cancer, hepatitis C…and that’s just a partial list! You would never guess ANY of this if you met Lisa whose upbeat attitude is as inspiring as it is contagious. 

In this episode you’ll hear not only about the physical challenges, but the emotional rollercoaster she’s been on and how each experience shaped who she is now. You’ll hear details of the near-death experience that has influenced not only how she sees the world but how she functions in it. Finally, she shares how her intuition has been keenly developed through this process and why she believes all of us possess the ability to be divinely guided. 

If you’re ready to be inspired, and maybe even transformed yourself, click play and listen in on Lisa’s amazing story.

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When you get together with a friend you haven’t seen in a while, it’s fun to reminisce about the good old days! It can also be therapeutic talking about the not-so-good old days. It’s not so different when you write in a journal and then look back on it days, weeks, years and even decades later! In this bonus episode, we reflect on last week’s chat with Tareka Wheeler of Professional DNA, Change Your Life By Changing The Way You See Yourself. In that episode, we discovered the tremendous power of journaling; and how we can use the past to help us in the present AND plan for the future. If you are a non-journaler like Sandy, you may finally decide to take the leap. If so, we have some easy tips. If you already journal, you’ll benefit from some unique ways to use it in your life.  And, no matter what, we think you’ll laugh along and learn some powerful lessons as Lanee takes a trip to her middle-school diaries. We hope these lessons lead to some profound revelations to help you with your own self-discovery.


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How cool would it be to meet your future self? For some of us, it sounds like a great idea, but for others, it feels intimidating because it means changing who we are. This week’s episode is going to challenge you to change how you see yourself, and our guest, Tareka Wheeler, Career and Mindset Strategist of Professional DNA shares a technique that will change the game in a simple, honest, and personalized way.

If you’re ready to discover the next version of yourself, consider this question:  What have you been telling yourself about yourself? Tareka wants to steer us forward, and she takes us on a journey that begins with the fundamental thought that you already have what you need inside of you. Focusing in on your strengths while asking some unique Who, What, Where, When, Why, and How questions will literally open doors to self-discovery, fulfillment, and a definite path to that future self the world is destined to meet. There’s a powerful quote that says, “the greatest challenge in life is discovering who you are. The second greatest is being happy with what you find.” We believe this episode leads to being happy with who we find.

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Feeling like we’re not enough is all too common these days. In a culture that seems to encourage us to be crushing everything on our calendars all while creating Instagram-perfect moments, it’s easy to get overwhelmed and discouraged. In this bonus follow-up episode for  Can You Really Let Go and Let God? ,  author & speaker Erica Wiggenhorn talks about feelings of inadequacy, imposter syndrome and how our faith in God can ultimately rescue us.

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Growing up, having confidence in our abilities was the big goal that led to success. But what happens to those of us who struggle with low levels of self-confidence? We might have to try a different route…looking up! We can turn things around by looking to God—exchanging confidence with “Godfidence.” That’s a term that our enlightening guest, Author/Teacher/Speaker, Erica Wiggenhorn, shared with us on this powerful episode.   In fact, it's something we ALL need!                                 

Erica Wiggenhorn shows us that our biggest fears, our worst mistakes, and our own self-doubt don’t have to hold us back any longer. We don’t have to be perfect or even competent in every area because God has a way of taking ill-equipped people and assigning them to get things done that will definitely require His help, strength, wisdom, and competence. 

 Erica is the Founder of Every Life Ministries, and she has released a new book, Letting God Be Enough: Why Striving Keeps You Stuck and How Surrender Sets You Free. Introspection is a great tool, so we used tips from the book to take a good look at ourselves and our situations, and we encourage you to listen in and lean in to determine what things you need to wholeheartedly surrender to God.

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