Kingdom Life Coaching: Untangle the Noise, Hear God's Voice, Clarify Your Calling

Ep 37 // Untangled Advent // Act One // The Beginning (John 1:1-18)

This is the first of five episodes designed to take you through the season of advent in deep study, reflection, and expectant faith!  

Purchase your companion study devotional -> untangledadvent.com)

Grab the paired Spotify worship playlist as well to augment the atmosphere in your home!

Join Megan as she explores: 

• The concept of the “beautiful exchange” - you have the opportunity to exchange weighty weariness for supernatural peace and joy.
• The origin of Jesus’ presence on the earth
• The origin of grace and the reason it was created
• John Chapter 1 - In the beginning, the word was God and was with God. What does this mean? 
• The idea that Jesus was/is the “living expression” of love and grace
• The meaning of “Logos” and the idea that God speaks and brings His creation and purposes to the world.
• The reality that you have the opportunity to hear and know God’s voice!
• The power of the Light of Jesus to bring health, healing, joy, and peace not only for you, but also for the people you love. 

Personal Reflection Questions:

• What is your understanding of the word/concept “Logos”?
• What is your belief about Jesus? Is he fully God and fully man? Or something else?
• What is your response to God’s voice?
• Where are the dark places of your life right now? How can you believe in the overcoming Light of Jesus for yourself?
• How are you having trouble believing the Light of Jesus will come into the life of someone you love?
• Which of the six different characteristics of Jesus most resonates with you?

Megan is excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

Quotable Quotes:

“The ‘voice’ is coming into the world so you can hear it!”

“As you begin to understand what God’s voice sounds like, and you listen for His frequency and cadence - you will begin to hear God say, ‘Hey, it’s me.’”

“When someone speaks to you, you have an opportunity to respond - or not. What is your response to God’s voice?”

Resources for Listeners:

Book: Find Your Center, Gravity Leadership

Megan’s book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice head to → hearinggodbookmark.com 

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Ep 36 // Your "With God" Holiday Time // An Interview with Lissa Figgins

Busy is not a disordered schedule or to-do list, it’s a disordered heart. As a midlife woman, Lissa Figgins has a lot on her plate- she's a wife, empty-nest mom, life coach, podcaster, women’s ministry leader, mentor and friend. At one point life was too busy and she found herself showing up on the outside, but not fully present. 

Something had to change because it was affecting her faith, her relationships, her work, her wellness, her home… and ultimately her joy.

Now as a Christian Time Management Coach, Priorities Protector, Recovering Should-do list Girl, she’s the Founder of REDEEM Her Time Coaching and the host of the REDEEM Her Time Podcast. Lissa’s mission is to inspire & equip Christian Women to go from Busyness to Fruitfulness in Midlife + Business.

Join Megan as she chats with Lissa to discuss:

• How God entered into Lissa’s life to invite her to shift her business messaging and plan.

• The kingdom way to investigate how you spend your time and why

• The true root of busyness and what it manifests.

• What questions you can ask yourself in order to be proactive on how you spend your holiday season.

• Why asking for the holiday survival list isn’t the first thing you need.

• What it really means that God has come to dwell WITH us.

• How Scripture is God’s invitation for us to do life WITH God, not just at Christmas but all the time. 

• The specific gifts of God that will fill us using Kingdom math!

• The importance of determining your main priorities first, then filling your calendar. 

• The importance of the big, juicy counter offer!!

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• How are you tempted to blame your “season of life” for your busyness?

• Why does focusing on your truest values matter?

• What does the “most wonderful time of the year” mean to you? What could shift this year in order to live into that mantra?

• List out your obligations, perceived expectations, and possible distractions. What do you need to be aware of (let go of!) in order to avoid undue stress, confusion, and overwhelm?

• How can you live “by design” this holiday season so you can fill up before you pour out?

• How can you specifically incorporate “Sabbath” into your season?

• What are the MOST important things that need to fill your calendar first? Populate your calendar with your top values and then add all other things.

Megan is excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

References in this Episode:

Lissa’s Redeem Her Time Podcast https://redeemhertime.com/podcast

Lissa’s Interview with Megan on the Redeem Her Time Podcast // Ep 140, How Do I Know if it’s God’s Voice or Mine?

Book: Words of Wonder - Pauses for Advent, by Trevor Hudson

Book: The Best Yes, by Lysa TerKeurst

FREE GIFT from Lissa → “Fill Your Cup First” Guide https://redeemhertime.com/fill

Resources for Listeners:

In-Person Advent Retreat // Colorado Springs, Colorado // Dec 9, 2023 --> thekingiscomingretreat.com

O Weary World Rejoice // Advent Study! // FREE on this podcast each week between Nov 28 - Dec 26, 2023. Get your supplemental guide/journal here --> owearyworldrejoice.com

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice head to → hearinggodbookmark.com 

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Ep 35 // Avoidance, Distraction, and Meltdowns - Signs and Solutions for Holiday Stress

Holiday stress is a thing, y’all. (Ask me how I know!) Big days can elicit big emotions! If you wonder what stress looks like in your life without you even realizing it and what you can do to live with more peace and joy - this episode is for you.

Join Megan as she discusses:

• 4 signs of holiday stress: resistance, avoidance, distraction, meltdown

• The power of the big juicy counter offer!

• The importance of mining to understand your feelings and be able to clearly communicate that to others. 

• 5 ideas of practical things you can do to combat stress in a healthy way. 

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• What is your natural response to a stress trigger? 

• What anticipated future event is causing stress right now?

• Envision your holiday season. What matters to you most? Write it down so you have a vision before everything happens of what other events are negotiable.

• What do you need to do in order to serve from a full cup rather than running on empty?

• What kind of help do you need in order to have a vibrant holiday experience?

Megan is excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

Quotable Quotes:

“If your reaction doesn’t match the circumstance, it’s a sign of possible stress!”

“Your feelings are going to come out one way or another, the last thing you want to do is have them come out sideways in some way you’ll regret.”

“You want to bless people, not stress people!”

Resources for Listeners:

In-Person Advent Retreat // Dec 9th, Colorado Springs, thekingiscomingretreat.com

Advent Study Journal // owearyworldrejoice.com

The Sharpened Edge Community // Build. Grow. Scale → your business and your faith! Message Megan on Instagram, FB, or LinkedIn for more details.

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice head to → hearinggodbookmark.com 

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Ep 34 // 5 Questions to Determine A God-Sized Dream and What to Do Next

How do you know if you have a God-sized dream? What will propel you forward in your dream? How do you know what it is - and what the next steps are?

Join Megan as she discusses:

• When you pursue your dream, you teach your kids more than so many other things in life!

• The specific attributes of a God-sized dream is. How do you know what it is and if you have one?

• What you need to pay attention to as you walk in faith and build the dream. 

• Ephesians 2:10 - you are God’s poem.

• You don’t have control of the outside circumstances, but you have control over what comes out of you from the inside. 

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• What would it look like to take what you’re already doing and bump it up a level to pursue a God-sized dream?

• What clues is God giving you right now that look like supernatural connections you couldn’t create on your own?

• What have you been dreaming about, but you’re getting stuck at the “how” stage?

• Is money holding you back from pursuing your dream?

• What breaks your heart in the world that could be a clue to your dream?

• What do you long for that you haven’t seen come to pass yet?

• What season of life are you in? Is the time right to pursue this dream? If yes, who do you need to talk to for help?

Megan is excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

Quotable Quotes: 

“If you are a parent, this is the perfect time to follow your dream in faith! Your kids are watching you.”

“Work doesn’t always have to be depressing and lead you to burn out.” 

“A God-sized dream is about who you are and who God is. The dream meets at this intersection!”

"Prayer should never be an excuse for inaction."  // Corrie Ten Boom

Resources for Listeners:

Ep 33 // Four Reasons Keeping You from Pursuing Your God-Sized Dream

Book: Dream Big, Bob Goff

The Sharpened Edge Community // Build. Grow. Scale → your business and your faith! Message Megan on Instagram, FB, or LinkedIn for more details.

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice head to → hearinggodbookmark.com 

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Ep 33 // 4 Things Holding You Back from Pursuing a God-Sized Dream

How do you know if you have a God-sized dream? Dive in to explore what God has planted in you that is unique to the world. This episode is all about the reasons that hold us back from walking in bold faith toward pursuing this dream. 

Join Megan as she discusses:

• The main problems we encounter when we want to follow a God-sized dream.

• What it looks like to be a whole-hearted human being. 

• Why we exist on this earth!

• The reasons we don’t pursue our dreams. 

• The importance of getting curious when it comes to opening our mind to new possibilities!

• FOUR main reasons we don’t pursue big dreams. 

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• What dream is on your heart that you haven’t really pursued or told anyone about yet?

• What gifts/talents/treasures has God put inside you that uniquely positions you to bless those around you?

• What are you curious about? Do a brain dump with all the things that pique your interest. Then, highlight one or two things that you want to explore in this season.

• What specifically is holding you back right now - fear, timing, shame, lack of support, imposter syndrome - something else?

Megan is excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

Quotable Quotes:

“Don’t let your past hide a beautiful future from you.”

“If your spouse is not on board, treat the situation with high discernment and respect.”

“If God has called you to do something, are you being obedient not to do it?”

Resources for Listeners:

Ep 32 // For the Weary Among Us: Jesus’ Invitation for Different Results

Book: Dream Big, Bob Goff

* The Sharpened Edge Community // Build. Grow. Scale → your business and your faith! Message Megan on Instagram, FB, or LinkedIn for more details.

* Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

* Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

* If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice head to → hearinggodbookmark.com 

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Ep 32 // For the Weary Among Us: Jesus' Invitation for Different Results

How can you shift from concentrating on the corporate, universal message from Jesus  into an individual, personal message just for you?

Join Megan as she discusses:

• The lessons we learn from Luke 5:1-11, The Voice Translation

• Jesus shares a corporate word and then He turns it into a personal invitation

• The choices we have in each and every moment - to follow our flesh or follow Jesus.

• The propensity we have to work in our own strength.

• How Jesus wants to show us “another way” and how we can collaborate with Him.

• What lies beyond our “yes” - it’s not just for you! The breakthrough is for others as well. 

• The idea that you’re not that far off from your breakthrough! The invitation is to partner with Jesus and try it again…

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• What work have you done this year that has taken its toll on you and you wonder if you want to even keep doing it?

• In what way are you tempted to take your foot off the gas and coast for a while?

• What have you been working at in your own strength?

• What is the invitation Jesus has set before you to follow Him into “deeper water”?

• Who are you doing life with that you can invite into this faith process with you?

• What corporate breakthrough lies on the other side of your obedient yes?

Megan is excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

Resources for Listeners:

Press pause on your life and head to the “Come Alive Conference” // a virtual one-day summit on 10.27.23 → Get all details on the banner at the top of Megan’s website: meganbnilsen.com

The Sharpened Edge Community // Build. Grow. Scale → your business and your faith! Message Megan on Instagram, FB, or LinkedIn for more details.

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice head to → hearinggodbookmark.com 

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Email: [email protected]

Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Ep 31 // Are You Open to ‘Come and See’ a Greater Vision for Your Life?

How can we study Jesus calling some disciples as a model for Kingdom living?! Dive into John chapter 1 for some clues.

Join Megan as she discusses:

• Kingdom blueprint lesson from John Chapter 1

• What it looks like to follow Jesus, testify of His goodness and invite others in

• How normal it is for us to get super analytical about following Jesus

• The growth of God’s Kingdom is directly related to our obedience and invitation for others to “come and see”

• Kingdom living is NOT a solo adventure! 

• Other people will follow your invitation to come and see, but they get to make the decision of faith for themselves. 

• The importance of being open-handed with other people’s faith journeys.

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• Who has pointed you to Jesus in your faith journey?

• When was the last time you testified of the goodness of God in your life to others?

• Who has God put on your heart to reach out to with the love of Jesus?

• How would you answer the question Jesus poses, “What do you want?”

• Where can you go? Who can you hang out with that will point you to Jesus?

• What are you possibly over-thinking in regards to your next step of faith?

• Are you open to a greater vision for your life?

Megan is so excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

References in this Episode:

JB Phillips - Bible Translation

Ep 30 // How to Partner with God for Supernatural Solutions

Resources for Listeners:

**GIVEAWAY! – Please help me make this podcast better for future listeners and enter to win one of two prizes! Go to: kingdomlifecoaching.com to fill out the BRIEF survey :) 

“Come Alive Conference” a virtual one-day summit on 10.27.23 → Get all details on the banner at the top of Megan’s website: meganbnilsen.com

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Discover how to hear God's voice through intentional journaling! Grab a copy of:  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice - go grab the bookmark at → hearinggodbookmark.com

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Schedule a FREE discovery call if you’re interested in working with Megan @ her website: meganbnilsen.com

Or send a good, old-fashioned email: [email protected]

Ep 30 // How to Partner with God for Supernatural Solutions

Are you an ordinary person? ;) Me too!! If you’re wondering how to take “ordinary” and turn it into “extraordinary” - this episode is for you. Listen in for a model of bringing about Kingdom solutions to natural problems. 

Join Megan as she discusses:

• What it looks like for an ordinary human being to partner with an extraordinary God!

• The lessons we learn from the wedding at Cana (John Chapter 2)

• Recognizing the problem, then looking for a Kingdom solution.

• The practical steps to walk in Kingdom calling. 

• The first step is pretty clear and comfortable. 

• The second step seems a little “different,” but still do-able. 

• The third step may pull you from your comfort zone!

• The Kingdom mystery that exists between the natural problem and supernatural solution

• Turn to Jesus and pay attention to what He’s saying to you! He will give you instructions if you stand ready and listen.

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• What specific problem currently exists in your life?

• What do you sense Jesus telling you to do right now as a supernatural solution to a natural problem?

Megan is so excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

References in this Episode:

 The Voice - bible translation

Ep 26 // Four Reasons We Resist Walking in Active Faith

Resources for Listeners:

 **GIVEAWAY! – Please help me make this podcast better for future listeners and enter to win one of two prizes! Go to: kingdomlifecoaching.com to fill out the BRIEF survey :) 

“Come Alive Conference” a virtual one-day summit on 10.27.23 → Get all details on the details HERE! (Or click the banner at the top of meganbnilsen.com)

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice - go grab the bookmark at → hearinggodbookmark.com

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Schedule a FREE discovery call if you’re interested in working with Megan head to: calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min

Or send a good, old-fashioned email: [email protected]

Ep 29 // Do You Actually Want to Get Well?

This question is pivotal to your health journey. How would you answer if Jesus asked YOU that question?

Join Megan as she discusses:

• What we learn in John Chapter 5 from Jesus’ interaction with the crippled man at the pool of Bethesda

• The possibilities of broken records that breed toxic narratives in our minds

• The counterfeit healing mechanisms that vye for our attention

• The fear many of us have of what it would “require” for us to pick up our mats and walk!

• The possibility that this is actually an irrelevant question if we have been born again

• You are a generational chain breaker!

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• Do you want to get well in a certain area that feels impossible?

• How are you tempted to skirt the answer and make excuses as to why you haven’t gotten well?

• What broken record narrative is keeping you stuck, heavy, and burdened?

• Are you ready to break toxic thinking/behaviors from your family legacy?

• How might you be distracted by counterfeit healing mechanisms?

Megan is so excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

References in this Episode:

“To Bless the Space Between Us” // John O’Donohue

Resources for Listeners:

**GIVEAWAY! – Please help me make this podcast better for future listeners and enter to win one of two prizes! Go to: kingdomlifecoaching.com to fill out the BRIEF survey :) 

“Come Alive Conference” a virtual one-day summit on 10.27.23 → Get all details on the banner at the top of Megan’s website: meganbnilsen.com

Get your 20 FREE journal prompts for greater awareness and revelation → beautifulexchangejournaling.com 

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice - go grab the bookmark at → hearinggodbookmark.com

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Schedule a FREE discovery call if you’re interested in working with Megan @ her website: meganbnilsen.com

Or send a good, old-fashioned email: [email protected]

Ep 28 // It's About Who He Is, Not What You Do

We are landing the plane on the transformational “beautiful exchange journaling blueprint”! How do you close out your journaling time with God? This is your chance to reflect and craft your response to this encounter with God.

Join Megan as she discusses:

• What is your commitment to God, yourself, and others.

• Why it’s important to reflect on all God has done in your life. 

• God is God! You are not. What does that mean…

• We plant and water and God brings the harvest.

• What we learn from Jesus and the disciples in John Chapter 6.

• What it means to be human in this journey of faith. 

• The phrase: gracious uncertainty.

Questions you’ll ask yourself in this episode:

• In what way are you stunted from “moving forward” because you want one more sign…?

• Are you looking for Jesus Himself or looking for what He can “do”?

• Is there anything you are choosing to do right now for the approval of man that doesn’t actually fill your soul?

• How are you tempted to think two-dimensionally vs. allowing multi-faceted Kingdom thinking?

• What do you need to root out of your personal life, family, etc that is not of God in order to move forward in health?

• Who can you link arms with on this journey? How can you find your people?!

Megan is so excited to walk this journey with you! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.

Resources for Listeners:

**GIVEAWAY! – Please help me make this podcast better for future listeners and enter to win one of two prizes! Go to: kingdomlifecoaching.com to fill out the BRIEF survey :) 

“Come Alive Conference” a virtual one-day summit on 10.27.23 → Get all details on the banner at the top of Megan’s website: meganbnilsen.com

Megan’s new book + journal //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace available on Amazon.

If you want to learn how to know if what you’re “hearing” as you pray sounds like God’s voice - go grab the bookmark at → hearinggodbookmark.com

If you want the GORGEOUS images with the names of Jesus so you can remember WHO you are talking to when you journal grab them at → whoamitalkingto.com

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: @megan_nilsen

Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach

Schedule a FREE discovery call if you’re interested in working with Megan @ her website: meganbnilsen.com

Or send a good, old-fashioned email: [email protected]