Lead Your Life

What's it like to become a leader when you're still young? In this month's podcast with Pr. Cristian Copaceanu we discuss what it takes to step beyond the status quo and step into your calling as a young person. Cristian amazingly had the vision at the age of 24 to start a Christian-based radio station to  reach his community in the country. He made this a matter of prayer and found people suddenly sending finances to make his and church's dream a reality. What started with one radio station multiplied over the years to become a national network of over 170 stations reaching over 7 million people in Australia (that's 1 in 4 Australians!) It's no surprise this radio station has been called "Faith FM". Faith FM airs content on the Bible, health, marriages, and parenting. You can check it out at: https://faithfm.com.au/  

Cristian reflects that young people have a powerful asset available to them: energy and time. Looking back on his experience with Faith FM he encourages young people to do greater things for God when they dream big but start small, step out in faith, and trust that God can do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think!

Do you ever get negative thoughts floating around in your head? Just a few? Chances are you and I are plagued by negative thoughts all day, every day. In this month's episode we do a deep dive with Jennifer Jill Schwirzer to find out how you can escape the trap of negativity and embrace positivity. It all begins with growing with gratitude. Gratitude is your vaccine to keeping negativity in check. We do this by getting super practical and discussing: 

1. The FAR technique (Finding, Arguing with, and Replacing your negative thought with something real and truthful); 

2. Understanding how life is never going to be perfect and realising that gratitude grows in the midst of imperfection and challenges;

3. Doing three kinds of stretches: gratitude, social, and self-care.

Want to find out more? Join us by listening this month and sharing with your friends so they also can be blessed!

Jennifer experienced an explosion of interest in her counselling practice, Abide Network (www.abide.network), with the wake of the pandemic. She offers multiple workshops on anxiety and depression, trauma, and creating safe churches, so check it out! You can also connect with her on social media via FB, Instagram, and Twitter as Jennifer Jill Schwirzer and on her YouTube channel as Dr Jennifer Jill Schwirzer. Prior to starting her counselling practice, based out of Orlando, FL, Jennifer has been a musician, author of multiple books, and TV show host for a program called "A Multitude of Counselors." All round, she's an amazing person!

Have you ever wanted to take your passions in life and turn them into blessings for others? In this month's episode, we interview Dr. Calvin Kim and talk about how he did just that. Taking his passion for fitness and exercise, Calvin launched an international ministry called F5! F5 stands for faith, fellowship, fitness, fortitude, fun! The goal of F5 is to enrich lives through genuine “face to face” fellowship and exciting adventure challenges in a faith-enriching environment. In this episode we also talk about the recent findings of science promoting the benefits of exercise and find out just how much exercise is needed to stay healthy and finding the motivation to get started! You can check out the F5 ministry at: https://www.f5challenge.org/about

Calvin Kim lives in the state of Washington with his beautiful wife and two daughters. He is an avid triathlete, runner, and rock climber. He loves to use his passion for fitness to connect with people. Calvin serves as the director of F5 Challenge.

India made international headlines when the deadly delta variant swept through the land devastating countless lives. Haunting images online remind us of the funeral burn piles that were set up, families who were left mourning the loss of a loved one.

It would have been easy at this time to sit back and do nothing, hoping and praying the virus would mysteriously disappear.

But this wasn’t the case for one person. In this incredible podcast, we interview Pr Josh Komanapalli who didn’t just help his community - he went to another level - he embraced his community by building the first ICU from scratch to assist Covid patients in the small town of Amalapuram, India. Hear the amazing story of how God provided the funds and how God can do the impossible for others we care for when we just believe!

Josh Komanapalli is the pastor of Beach City Church, soon to be renamed to Impact Church. He lives and serves in Vizag, on the east coast of India, with his amazing family whom he loves.

We all want to receive God’s richest blessings - especially the cash ones! We pray for them, work for them and wish them on our friends. But what happens when you realize that you truly are blessed, but that your spiritual life has been damaged in the process? Is it possible to be financially secure without becoming spiritually bankrupt?

We are joined by special guest, Julian Archer, to discuss this topic. At a young age, Julian, would find himself at the helm of two highly successful businesses: running the largest olive tree nursery in the world, suppling over a million olive trees every year into the Australian industry, and producing the highly lucrative olive leaf extract, a herbal medicine, exported to over 25 countries around the world!

Somewhere between joining the world’s wealthy in the revered “1% Club” and becoming spiritually empty, God knocked on the door of Julian’s heart. What happened next is incredible…

Julian Archer is founder of the global ministry Faith vs Finance and author of the book, HELP! I’ve Been Blessed! How to stop God’s blessings from becoming curses. To find out more about Julian’s work check out the website: https://www.faith-vs-finance.org

Is saving sex for marriage really that important? In this amazing conversation with filmmaker, Melody George, we dive into a conversation that has the potential of setting many people free who struggle with purity and understanding what true love is. Melody is set to release her new movie called "Your Love is Strong" in 2023 which she hopes will empower churches to create a healthy culture where sexuality can be openly discussed and celebrated. We can't wait!

Melody is a three-time Emmy award-winning filmmaker whose goal is to create positive social change by telling stories that uplift, entertain, inspire, and draw people to the heart of God. In "Your Love is Strong", Melody teams up with some amazing talent including Terry Benedict, producer of Hacksaw Ridge, Caitlin and Cole Zick, directors of Moral Revolution, and Steve Arterburn, author of Every Man's Battle. To find out more about "Your Love is Strong" check out www.yourloveisstrong.com and www.melodycgeorge.com for some of her past projects and passions.

Are you born creative or can you enhance your creativity? On this month's podcast with Jared Thurmon we dive into the creative gene and learn life lessons on how you can boost your inner creativity. Jared shares inspirational insights from celebrating failure to living a life of curiosity, from getting in touch with nature to staying sharp by looking after your health - physically and spiritually.

Jared Thurmon has lived his life chasing creative ideas. As a serial entrepreneur Jared recently celebrated the release of Love and War, a ten part series aired on NBC and Fox TV, that looks at all the chaos and confusion we currently find ourselves in and how the battle between love and selfishness has played out through history and how it will end (check it out at: loveandwarstory.com). Apart from that, Jared has been involved in starting up organic, cold-pressed juice bars in Atlanta and developing The New Life Challenge that helps people live their best life physically. 

For Jared, ideas are currency and what you do with those ideas can potentially change the world! Learn with Jared on how you can break the script and take charge of your life to become the person you were always created to be!

Love is the foundation of impactful leadership. In this highly practical session, we sit down with Graeme Christian and unpack how you can lead with love in every aspect of your life. Listen as Graeme takes an abstract term, love, and with great wisdom, humour, and personal experience shares how he learned to lead with love by affirming others, building them up, and looking for the positive in each person. Your own leadership will be transformed as you get inspired to do the same!

Graeme Christian has served as a leader for many years and presently enjoys serving in the state of Victoria in Australia as Conference President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. His daily leadership impacts thousands of lives through a network of educational schools, health-care facilities, churches, pastors, and everyday people in the community.

It's time to get creative with sisters, Esther and Steph Espinoza, the amazing minds behind podcast "Car Ride Stories for GIGI Kids." On this month's podcast you will hear how these girls overcame their fears and persevered in the midst of challenges to grow an international audience of eager kids around the world including Australia, Canada, USA, Austria, and Costa Rica. Raising a young family of my own, we've all been hooked to their podcast and know you will as well as you listen to the cheerful voices of Esther and Steph aka "Poppy."

Whether you have dreams of starting your own podcast, writing more articles, or just discovering a new outlet to your creativity, you will be encouraged by the story of these amazing girls of faith and inspired to do something yourself!

Have you ever wanted to grow your ability to love yourself and others? On this month's podcast I interview Louis Torres, former bass player of "Bill Haley and the Comets." Torres shot to international superstardom in the 1950's when the Comets released a string of hits, including "Rock Around the Clock!", that have sold multi millions over the years!

But despite achieving phenomenal success, Torres realised one day he was empty and hateful. This launched him on the journey to discover the source of lasting peace and happiness. Today Louis Torres is a changed man and travels around the world bringing hope and love to all he meets. Be inspired as we dive in together to hear Torres' experience.

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