Purpose Beyond Motherhood

Melissa Vande Kieft is an event planner and enjoys all things related to details, logistics, and organizing. Outside her official work title, she is a blogger, speaker, infertility advocate, and first-time mom after navigating infertility for over 3+ years. Melissa is known for her big heart and love for encouraging others. She's a huge fan of generosity, grace, planners, and asking questions! Melissa loves living life with her guy, Ry, and their almost one-year-old daughter, Crosbee.

In this episode we discuss: 

• The pain of infertility.
• How to use delays in life differently.
• Seven truths that you can use as a guide during your times of waiting.

Our Favorite Quote: "He [God], continued to work on my understanding of what it means to wait and how to use that time differently and how to see that time differently."


Go to www.patreon.com/purposebeyondmotherhoodpodcast to watch the live conversation! 

Connect With Melissa Vande Kieft: 

• livinginthewait.com
• @livinginthewait

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

Looking for more support and community? Join us HERE at the T12 Collective.


Register for our next event on April 29th, Refined Purpose in Frisco, Tx - get tickets HERE

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Peyton Lauderdale is the co-founder & Executive Director of Gathering Hope, a nonprofit based in Aledo, Texas. Her passion is serving women who have survived pregnancy and infant loss, and rallying others to do the same. She's a coffee snob, friend, wife, and mother who thrives on laughter and deep conversation.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Grief and the loss of her son.
• Finding God faithful in difficult seasons. 
• How God led her step by step out of her personal wilderness. 

Our Favorite Quote: "When we look to God to act on our behalf he will... He will create a pathway out of our grief pit so that we can go forward."


Go to www.patreon.com/purposebeyondmotherhoodpodcast to watch the live conversation! 

Connect With Peyton Lauderdale: 

• gatheringhope.net
• @gathering_hope

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

Looking for more support and community? Join us HERE at the T12 Collective.


Register for our next event on April 29th, Refined Purpose in Frisco, Tx - get tickets HERE

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Bettye Nicole is a Bible teacher, Speaker, Prayer Warrior, and Author. She hosts the Podcast "Oath of Nicole" and the conference "What's Behind Your Selfie" yearly. Bettye believes we all will encounter challenges in this life, but we must remain hopeful and trust that God always has a plan in a plan.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Grief and the loss of her daughter.
• How we can look to God during immense pain.
• Looking to God and having hope through the hard things. 

Our Favorite Quote: "Sometimes the Lord will take you down a path you never dreamed of taking. This path will involve indescribable heartache. But as you grieve, he steps in to comfort you. Then the comfort that he comforts you with will be the very help that someone else needs as they navigate a path similar to yours."


Go to www.patreon.com/purposebeyondmotherhoodpodcast to watch the live conversation! 

Connect With Bettye Nicole: 

• bettyenicole.org

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

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 Dr. Stephen Collins, is a reproductive endocrinologist in Dallas, TX. Ph.D. in neuroscience at Emory University, 2011. OB/GYN residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT 2015. REI fellowship at Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT 2018. Board-certified in OB-GYN and the subspecialty of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility (REI).

Dr. Collins has authored numerous medical and scientific publications and is a member of many national and international medical societies.



In this episode we discuss: 

• How his faith plays a part in helping couples achieve their goal of becoming pregnant.
• Difficult decisions couples need to make regarding fertility treatments and how far they are willing to go in regard to medical technology. 
•  The importance of being able to have an open and honest conversation with couples regarding their values and their boundaries. 

Our Favorite Quote: "There are all of the challenges of what’s right to do right when we take on technology to pursue something that feels like a God-given dream, a God-given desire on our hearts. Are we doing it in a way that is God-honoring?"




Connect With Dr. Collins: 

• dallasfertilitycenter.com 
• Twitter @SCollinsMDPhD

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

Looking for more support and community? Join us HERE at the T12 Collective.

Register for our next event on April 29th, Refined Purpose in Frisco, Tx - get tickets HERE

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Bonnie Ruth, is a wife, auntie, daughter, friend, podcaster, pastor, and speaker. She's been married to her husband, Jason, for 20 years. They have three babies in heaven and have a cute Monkey Terrier that we spoil rotten, named Zoe.  She has learned to embrace adventure and truly believes that “Every Story Matters”. Bonnie Ruth's heart is to remind women that no matter the barren places in our lives, we do not have to live broken.

In this episode we discuss: 

• Journeying through infertility and childlessness.  
• How we can foster an intimate relationship with our husbands through the ups and downs of infertility. 
• Aside from procreation, sex was created to be a beautiful and loving piece of the marriage relationship. 
• To delight in that part of their womanhood. 

Our Favorite Quote: "They (spouses) matter. They matter in this process and our relationship and our intimacy it's worth fighting for over anything else because… when we step into parenthood or childlessness, either way you go, you still need each other and if you've neglected that in the process of getting one dream, you've given up another, it’s not worth it."


Go to www.patreon.com/purposebeyondmotherhoodpodcast to watch the live conversation! 

Connect With Bonnie Ruth: 

• barrennotbroken.com 
•   @barrennotbroken

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

Looking for more support and community? Join us HERE at the T12 Collective.


Register for our next event on April 29th, Refined Purpose in Frisco, Tx - get tickets HERE

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Michaela Belle, is a learning experience designer, speaker, author, and coach who has a passion for helping women see themselves the way that God sees them and not the way the world does.

In this episode we discuss: 

•  How we can find clarity about what we are supposed to do and where God wants us to go.
• Chasing after the approval of others leaves us anxious and fearful. 
• Once she stopped trying to be someone else, she was able to become the person God intended her to be.

Our favorite quote: "When we search for approval, it's like we're looking through a prescription that wasn't made for us."


Go to www.patreon.com/purposebeyondmotherhoodpodcast to watch the live conversation! 

Connect With Michaela Belle: 

• @michaelabelle

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

Looking for more support and community? Join us HERE at the T12 Collective.

Register for our next event on April 29th, Refined Purpose in Frisco, Tx - get tickets HERE

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In this episode we discuss: 

•  The impact that perfectionism has had on their own lives. 
• Practical suggestions for recognizing and overcoming perfection with humility and humor. 

Our favorite quote: "We have got to get free. God is doing something amazing in the hearts of women right now and in this season."

Connect With Twelve 12 Ministries 

• twelve12ministries.org
• @twelve12ministries 

Looking for more support and community? Join us HERE at the T12 Collective.


Register for our next event on April 29th, Refined Purpose in Frisco, Tx - get tickets HERE

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"I don’t have to strive to push my boundaries. I can just be content to fill the boundaries that He has given me."

In this episode, Nicole talks to Mary Kathryn. They discuss family, priorities, and building a business that glorifies God. Mary Kathryn tells us how she prioritizes her family and business. She also shares how she learned to be content and stop striving in her business. This will encourage you, especially if you're trying to grow something for the Lord.

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Mary Kathryn Tiller lives in East Texas with her husband, two kids, and thirty head of cattle. She is a writer, speaker, and co-founder of New Mercies For Moms. Her passion is helping entrepreneurial mamas connect more deeply with Christ so they can thrive in all He's called them to do. You can connect with her on Instagram @MaryKathrynTiller.

Website: www.marykathryntiller.com
Instagram: @MaryKathrynTiller

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“I do believe that God has a purpose for our lives beyond the mess, beyond the pain, beyond the brokenness of what we live in.”


On today’s show, Nicole talks with podcaster, author, and speaker, Anna Kettle. Anna has gone through the difficult journey of several miscarriages and shares how that tested her faith. By finding, and sharing her hope in the Lord, Anna supports other women who are going through that same grief. She is an inspiration to those who hear her story and encouragement to anyone walking through a period of pain and sorrow.


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Anna Kettle is a published author, podcaster, speaker, and award-winning marketing professional. Her first book, ‘Sand Between Your Toes: Inspirations for a Slower, Simpler, More Soulful Life’ is out now under Tyndale House. She is also the co-founder of SPACE, a miscarriage and infertility support network that provides space for women to connect, grieve and heal together. Having experienced multiple miscarriages herself, Anna can now be found regularly writing and speaking about miscarriage, infertility, grieving, and holding onto hope when things are hard. Anna is married to husband Andy, and mum to their son Ben (aged 6). They live in the beautiful waterfront city of Liverpool, England.


www.annakettle.com
www.instagram.com/annakettlewrites
www.facebook.com/annakettlewrites 

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"Being a multi-passionate person is actually a gift. It's something that you should be excited about because there are multiple layers to you and there's so much that you can do with the things that God has given you."

In this episode, Nicole talks with entrepreneur, Taneshia Yerby about how she built her brand. Taneshia shares her passion for equipping other Christian women to follow their passion and use the gifts and talents God has given them.

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Taneshia is the founder of Christian Entrepreneur Organization. She founded CEO For Women in 2018 with aspiring Christian entrepreneurs in mind. Having started multiple passion projects of her own and knowing the struggles that we face, she created this brand to give women the motivation that they need to keep going.

Www.ceoforwomen.com | @ceoforwomen on all social platforms

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