A New Name

The last episode uncovered the beautiful and difficult journey of our daughter Rachel becoming adopted into the Reese family. This week, my friend Cindy Schaefer takes the reins, digging deep into my story and unearthing even deeper layers of our family's narrative - of love, courage, and obedience in the middle of hard circumstances. Pursuing a life of HOT faith means living outside your comfort zone and learning to embrace challenges as opportunities for growth. Sometimes, the transformations and influence may seem insignificant, yet seemingly minor "yeses" can catalyze profound, life-changing shifts—much like they did for our family!

Whatever circumstances you’re facing - or have faced in your past - you have a choice. You can choose to look at God through the lens of those circumstances or you can look at your circumstances through God and the story that he wants to write with your life. Dawnell's daughter, Rachel, joins her in this episode. She became an official part of the Reese family when she was 12 years old. She shares her journey of healing emotionally and physiologically from the dysfunction and instability of her childhood by embracing and choosing the story God wants to write with her life. Listen as she discusses how by leaning into God's truth and love for her she discovered a new life and identity in him!

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Meet Brayde Bursiaga who shares her pursuit of a life filled with community and authenticity.  God shaped her story through resilience and as she leaned deep into faith to find freedom from shame. Brayde shares her deeply personal experiences of teenage pregnancy, marital crisis, fostering journey, and career in ministry. Her life began to transform when she recognized that she was battling extreme burnout. She decided to get transparent with her community and to seek counseling. Join your host, Dawnell Reese and her guest, Brayde, as they unpack the profound lessons learned from facing life's complexities head-on.

Counseling is finally becoming something more mainstream as our culture begins to understand and embrace it’s benefits and advantages.Gina Burrell is a marriage and family counselor. Her story empowered her to do for others what she had so desperately needed in her greatest loss and trauma. Gina introduces the “The Counselor” - a crucial aspect of how God loves and empowers us to live in health as a whole person - emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. She vulnerably shares how she dealt with the impact of situations that could have potentially derailed her from her purpose and her present family.