Welcome back! Today, we're starting the new series I'm calling “Good to Great” for taking all aspects of our life and saying “let's take this from good to great”. We have a couple of months of amazing guests and amazing topics. There are so many things that I've learned for the first time that I have absolutely been blown away by the power of small shifts in my life. 

Today, I'm with my good friend Dawn Sanders. I wanted to start with this conversation with Dawn for everyone who may be feeling like life has thrown them a curveball. If when you hear me say we're in “good to great”, you're like hey I'm not even in good right now, I wanted to start with a conversation for you. 

Dawn and I are going to talk about what it looks like when we have to overcome something challenging when life throws us a curveball, and how we rebuild life. Maybe for you, it's not that everything is challenging, but there is one part of life that's challenging. I think this is going to be a conversation for you that you're going to get a ton out of. 

Dawn Sanders is an associate minister at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, where she serves as the director of the sermon-based life groups ministry. Dawn has written and taught extensively on overcoming adversity and creating a new life, both at FBCG and on her personal blog.

Join Dawn and I as we talk about:

• Dawn’s journey of unexpected loss and the process of writing her new book

Favorite quotes: 

5:56 - “I had a wonderful mentor who said, “You can lay in bed for two days, but on the third day like Jesus you have to rise if only to take a shower and get back in bed.”

9:15 - “We don’t know what the triggers for the grief are until the triggers happen.”

11:52 - “Take time in pockets where you can in order to let those feelings come.”

12:23 - “If you’re feeling betrayed, teased, angry, hurt, disappointed, feel that. Don’t let it go on and fester. The key is to not sin in it.”

16:19 - “The first step is just hovering with God and aligning ourselves with Him and waiting and trusting that he is going to shine some light.”

16:56 - “The first gift God gives us when He gives us life is time. He gives us time to heal and act.”

26:46 - “We have to be ready for the unexpected”. 

Links to great things we discussed: 

• Dawn Sanders Website

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xo,

Alli