Pain to Passion Live

Hey lovely human! I'm so glad to see you here today. Grab your coffee, and let's chat!

I have a few super practical tips to share with you today about things you can do when you're depressed or in a depressive season to maintain hope and take care of yourself. I have been in multiple seasons of depression and darkness, and I know how hard it can be. I have also learned some helpful things along the way that get me through and keep me from giving up. I hope this helps you, too!

You are cherished and loved. Sending you so much compassion today, my friend!

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I feel so honored to be sharing Morgan Cheek’s story with you all on today’s episode of Pain to Passion Live!

Morgan is an incredible human who I’m so grateful to have met in the wilds of Instagram. Her story has moved me deeply on so many levels, and I know it will move you as well.

On this episode we talked about Morgan’s beautiful twin daughters, Bailey Grace and Ally, who were born with a very rare disease and who left this earth at the ages of 6 and 7. We talk about how their lives changed Morgan and the way she sees the world and about the beauty of just being and knowing you are loved exactly as you are.

Morgan also shared how she’s changed since losing the girls - how it’s made her look hard at her life and want to live more freely and authentically. It’s caused her to see God in a new light and realize that a life of performance is not a life lived fully awake and alive. To be known, loved, authentic, and free is how life is meant to be lived.

I’m so incredibly inspired by Morgan and her faith. It’s humbling and encouraging to see someone who has been through the very worst of grief still clinging to Jesus and choosing to live so fully. Be so blessed and strengthened as you listen to this interview, my friends!!

And as always, please rate and review the podcast so this story and others can reach more people! Thank you so much!

More about Morgan:

Morgan Cheek is the author of three books, the latest being Even In Darkness- a modern-day Psalms that gives the reader the opportunity to have an honest conversation with God and themselves about the hard spaces in life. She is the co-owner of WinMo Fitness, an online fitness company that specializes in fitness programming, nutrition coaching, and coaching accountability. Morgan has her Masters in Social Work; and WinMo Fitness also partners with studios and retreat centers to do conferences that focus on the mind/body connection and how trauma and stress can be tremendously helped with the power of movement. Morgan is married to Hugh and has three children- two in heaven (Bailey Grace (6) and Ally (7) ) and one on earth (James, who was adopted from China at the age of 7 and is now 11). Morgan is passionate about helping people believe they are already loved and accepted by God as is- and she longs to help others understand how to live their best, authentic lives in the midst of all seasons. She’s an endurance athlete who loves any kind of physical challenge. You won’t ever come to her house without finding several candles lit- and probably her latest baking project, too.

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Latest book - Even in Darkness

Instagram - @seedsandleaven and @winmofitness

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Hello, lovely friends! I wanted to chat with you today about the value of hiring a coach.

I know it seems like everyone is coaching these days and when it's so ubiquitous, we can start to think it lacks value. So I wanted to share some of my own experiences with hiring coaches and the benefits they have brought to my mental health and personal development.

I think it's incredibly important to have someone (or multiple someones!) walking alongside you on your journey of growth - whether that's to help you heal, aid in your personal development, or to teach you skills that you'll use in a professional capacity. Having community and accountability from someone a few steps ahead of you can truly be an invaluable asset, and I have definitely found this to be true in my own life.

On today's episode, I also am sharing what I have to offer as a coach, and that I am currently accepting one-on-one clients! I would be so so honored to serve you and walk alongside you in this way.

Some things I can help you with as your coach (any or all of the below - it's catered to each person's needs):

-Understanding how your nervous system works

-Decreasing anxiety and shutdown while dream-chasing (nervous system regulation)

-Uncovering and unfolding your God-given dream

-Trauma-informed time management and best practices for dream-chasers and entrepreneurs

-A safe space to share your story and be met with attunement and compassion

-(Re)connecting with God as you heal

-Healing from trauma

-Next steps in finding a therapist

-Finding your voice and writing your personal narrative (writing coaching)

I am passionate to see you heal and set free to be and do all that God has created you to be. Let's chat and see if we would be a good fit to work together! You can schedule a FREE 15-minute connection call ⁠HERE.⁠

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On today's episode of Pain to Passion Live is a conversation I got to have with one of the brightest most encouraging people I know - my friend, Jennifer LaGuardia. She has a truly incredible story of escaping a narcissistically abusive marriage and overcoming her lifelong struggle with codependency. I knew I needed to share her story with my audience, because I know so many of us can relate. If you have struggled with being a people pleaser, with being the victim of narcissistic abuse, and/or have had a hard time knowing who you truly are, I know this episode is going to resonate deeply with you.

Jennifer's deep faith and her faithfulness will inspire you. She has walked the walk as she's talked the talk, and hearing how God has gently led her to really uncover the truth about who she is is incredibly moving. I know you will love her as much as I do!!

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Podcast - Awakening Hope with Jennifer Laguardia

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Have you had a certain dream in your heart since you were young?

Or is there something you've been dreaming about or working toward for a long time? What would you think if God wanted to expand you beyond that dream into something you haven't even imagined yet? Will you let Him lead? Is it possible that all the seeming detours in your life have been leading directly to that dream expansion that He's always intended?

Let's chat through these questions and thoughts on today's episode of Pain to Passion Live! I'll share some personal stories and how this has played out in my life as well. Be encouraged, my friends! God holds your dreams in His hands.

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Oh my goodness, to say I am thrilled to introduce you all to Aundi Kolber is a major understatement.

I love this woman, and if you have followed her work at all, I'm sure you do too! I'm so grateful we had the chance to sit down and talk about her amazing, brand-new book, Strong Like Water. It was such a beautiful, enriching conversation in which Aundi shared some of her own story of healing and how she got into this work, as well as so much of the healing that has happened over the past several years and what it has taught her.

I loved hearing her talk about her relationship with being "the strong one" for most of her life, as I think so many of us can relate to this. What is good about it? What is difficult about it? What is tender about it, and how can we show ourselves compassion and gratitude for the strength we have had to build because we've endured hard things?

She also explained her "flow of strength" concept, which I found to be so enlightening and liberating...basically how there's this flow from situational strength to transitional strength to integrated strength that happens as we heal through and process through different things. And there is a reason and honor for each kind of strength, which allows us to both show ourselves compassion and be able to recognize and move along the spectrum, utilizing compassionate resourcing (another wonderful term in the book) along the way.

One of my favorite parts of this conversation was when Aundi explained that our bodies and brains have a natural bent toward healing, and empowering people to access this natural part of themselves and to be able to listen to the cues their bodies are giving them as they move toward healing is so very important. We talked about how threatening it is for trauma survivors to be told to just listen to someone else and learn how to do life instead of being able to tune into themselves, and Aundi's heart to speak to this and offer healing to this dynamic is so so beautiful.

Oh yeah, and we talked about co-regulating with Lorelai Gilmore. You'll have to listen to find out why. ;)

Enjoy this wonderful conversation, friends! And as always, if you could leave a rating and review on this podcast, it would help so much!

Purchase Strong Like Water here! ⁠aundikolber.com/strong-like-water⁠

More about Aundi:

Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor (MA, LPC) and author of the critically acclaimed Try Softer. She has received additional training in her specialization of trauma- and body-centered therapies and is passionate about the integration of faith and psychology. Aundi regularly speaks at local and national events, and she has appeared on podcasts such as The Lazy Genius with Kendra Adachi, Typology, Go and Tell Gals, and The Next Right Thing with Emily P. Freeman. As a survivor of trauma, Aundi brings hard-won knowledge about the work of change, the power of redemption, and the beauty of experiencing God with us in our pain.

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Last weekend I had the privilege of speaking at Amberly Lago's Unstoppable Success Summit in North Carolina. I asked the question: What if the thing that is most painful in your life right now is actually intended for your healing?

I wanted to share a recording from this talk with you all today and pose this same question to you. In this very vulnerable 15 minutes, I share my lowest low, the point at which I started to think God wasn't good and didn't keep His promises, and how that rock bottom launched me not only into my own personal healing journey, but also into my purpose in a way I never saw coming.

I truly believe this message will resonate with and bless you!!

Thank you for listening! Please leave a rating a review if you are enjoying this podcast - it helps so much!! 

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In our society, we are uncomfortable with suffering. We don’t do well with sitting with other people’s pain. We want things to be fixed quickly and for people to feel better fast.

So what do we do with suffering that lasts for a long time - whether it’s someone we know who is suffering or whether we are the one’s enduring the pain?

This is what I want to hash through with you guys today. As a complex trauma survivor, a chronic pain sufferer, and a mama to a beautiful boy with attachment trauma, long-term suffering has been part of my life, and it’s taught me a thing or two about empathy, the nearness of God, and how to keep moving forward when pain is a constant companion.

I sincerely hope this episode touches your heart.

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Scriptures used in today’s episode:

“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:27-29

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

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Heyyyy friend! Grab a coffee and let's chat!

Today I wanted to talk with you about the dangers of getting caught up in a healing vortex. Something we trauma survivors can often end up doing is becoming soooo focused on our healing journey that it actually becomes detrimental. Let's chat about some of the warning signs of being so consumed with how we are healing that it's hindering our healing.

Should be a good chat! (oh, with some funny interruptions from my dog along the way. #reallife)

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On this week’s episode of Pain to Passion Live, I interviewed my amazing and beautiful friend, Janna Johnson, who has an incredible story of overcoming Lyme Disease.

I had to hold back the tears listening to Janna share her story - she was so real, vulnerable, and relatable, and I think most of us will be able to find ourselves in pieces of her story. She shared what it was like becoming ill with an invisible disease, and the crazy process of even being able to figure out exactly what was going on. Once she learned she had Lyme disease, there was so much to figure out and so much suffering to endure along the way. At times, she felt like she was losing herself and became hopeless. But she chose to press into her faith, to lean into prayer and to choose to change the narrative and believe that she was going through this suffering for a reason. She knew that if she had to go through this that she wanted it to be so that she could help someone else in the future.

Her story is truly so beautiful, and to see where she’s ended up - helping others who suffer by teaching them how to heal using the nutrition they eat and up-leveling their mindsets - is incredibly inspiring.

Soak in this goodness - it will stick with you for a long time!!

More about Janna:

As a Holistic Nutritionist & Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, I have the training & knowledge to help others feel their very best, but my biggest teacher was overcoming & healing myself from Lyme disease! Food is your medicine & mindset is EVERYTHING!

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Instagram - @revivebyjanna & @revivewithjanna

Podcast - Revive with Janna

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