Radiance From Within | Strength Through Positive Mindset | Positive Self-Talk | Confidence-Building Strategies | Transforming Limiting Beliefs

Radiance From Within | Strength Through Positive Mindset | Positive Self-Talk | Confidence-Building Strategies | Transforming Limiting Beliefs

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Radiance From Within | Strength Through Positive Mindset | Positive Self-Talk | Confidence-Building Strategies | Transforming Limiting Beliefs episodes

  • 166. Have You Lost Your Mojo? So Did I

    Hello, beautiful!

    Have you ever been stuck and couldn't figure out why?

     

    You’re not tired, certainly not lazy, just... off.

    Your mojo packed a bag and left no forwarding address.

     

    Well, then I think you need to have a listen!

    This is week three of our Essence series: Breath, Heart, Soul.

     

    We released what we were holding. We faced what we were hiding. And now we come home to who we are: our soul, our essence, the part of you nobody put there but Him.

    Heidi confesses a very real slump, the reels that didn't get made, the creativity that went quiet, and the moment Day 3 of her own devotional stopped her cold and reminded her of the simplest thing she'd forgotten to do.

    You’ll Learn:

    👣 Why a slump is often an invitation, not a failure

    👣 The one thing I forgot to do, and finally did, on my knees

    👣 What it means to always live from your identity as a beloved child of God

     

    ✨ Plus, a gentle guided meditation, a little Brand New Day wink, and a prayer to help you breathe it all in and step into your own fresh start. 

     

    📖 Grab your tea and your copy of My Beloved: A 30-Day Devotional to Receive, Release, & Radiate available at: https://a.co/d/05z6nSdX

     

    💛 A gentle note: if you're carrying something heavier than a slump, please reach out. In the US you can call or text 988 anytime to reach the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You are never as alone as you feel. 

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋And if you want to bring my message to your women's group, church, retreat, or team, I’d be honored. Please go to HeidiSpeaks.com to start the conversation!

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

     

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    9 min
  • 165. What Lie Have You Told Yourself? Here's Mine

    Hello, beautiful!

    The most dangerous lies you'll ever hear are not the ones somebody tells you. They're the ones you tell yourself, in your own voice, in your kitchen.

     

    And you never think to question them!

    This is week two of our Essence series: Breath, Heart, Soul.

    Last week we released what we're holding. This week we look at what we're hiding.

    Heidi tells the truth about her 2018 layoff, the confidence that turned to crickets, the season she called Pity City, and the lie she believed for far too long, until someone who loved her refused to let her stay there.

    You’ll Learn:

    👣 The three steps down when you stop being honest with yourself 

    👣 Why "I'm fine" is the first lie, and the hardest one to catch

    👣 What Ray kept saying that I couldn't hear for months 

     

    ✨ Plus, you'll hear a few funny moments, heartfelt reflections, and a powerful prayer to help you embrace the season you're in with faith and courage. 

     

    📖 Grab your tea and your copy of My Beloved: A 30-Day Devotional to Receive, Release, & Radiate available at: https://a.co/d/05z6nSdX 

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋And if you want to bring my message to your women's group, church, retreat, or team, I’d be honored. Please go to HeidiSpeaks.com to start the conversation!

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

     

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    18 min
  • 164. The Cure for Your Pain Is Salt: Tears, Sweat & the Sea

    Hello, beautiful!

    There's a kind of crying that makes no sound at all. If you've ever been down on that floor, this episode is for you.

    Isak Dinesen believed that saltwater—whether sweat, tears, or the sea—is the remedy for everything. That quote sits right in my heart.

    So, this week, we’re starting a new three-part series, Breathe - Heart - and we land on Soul, your Essence, and we begin with breath, because you cannot receive the truth while you're holding your breath.

    You’ll Learn:

    👣 Why the cure for anything is saltwater, and what Isak Dinesen understood about your body 

    👣 The three salty ways out of what you're carrying: cry, write, move 

    👣 Why Scripture calls your wordless sighs prayer, not brokenness

    👣 The one-breath shortcut you can do at a red light

     

    ✨ This Wednesday, July 22, My Beloved: A 30-Day Devotional to Receive, Release, and Radiate arrives. It's also Heidi's birthday. Come celebrate on Instagram @riselovelive. 

     

    📖 Grab your tea and your Live Your Life journal, available at: https://etsy.me/3Txdc1z— and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋And if you want to bring my message to your women's group, church, retreat, or your team, I would be honored. Please head on over to HeidiSpeaks.com for more details!

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

     

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    17 min
  • 163. Why Does Confidence Need Balance: Hubris & Humility

    Hello beautiful! 💛

    You know I love talking confidence around here — but today, we're flipping the lens. Because confidence without a check on it isn't strength, it's a setup. So we're talking humility: the thing that keeps our confidence from tipping into something it was never meant to be.

    You'll Learn:

    👣 Why asking for help is actually the wiser, more confident move (hint: Proverbs 28:26 says so)

    👣 The Greek concept of hubris — and why the gods always punished it

    👣 Five practical, humble ways to ask for help (borrowed from Psychology Today, with a faith-rooted twist)

    👣 Why gratitude is the step most of us skip — and why it matters most



    📖 Grab your tea and your Life Design Workbook: https://etsy.me/3Txdc1z— and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

     

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    11 min
  • 162. How Affirmations Help You Step Up & Ignite Joy

    Hello, beautiful!

    Have you ever thought about the dash — that tiny little line between your birth date and your death date on a headstone?

     

    It doesn't look like much. But it's everything.

     

    In today's episode, I'm showing you how affirmations can help you step up and ignite real joy — even when fear or imposter syndrome is trying to keep you stuck.

     

    Pulling from an old poem called "Between the Dash," a Christmas trip gone sideways in a Virginia castle (yes, really), and a question that's been sitting in my Trello board for four years: what if every life really does have a story worth telling — including yours?

     

    We'll sit with Psalm 90:12, wrestle with the fear that keeps so many of us stuck in inaction, and walk through a full centering exercise and affirmation practice to help you step into joy and take one small, brave step today.

     

    You'll Learn:

    👣 How affirmations help you step up and release fear and self-doubt

    👣 Why the "dash" matters more than the dates on either side of it

    👣 A simple centering + affirmation practice to ignite joy and take action

     

    ✨ Plus, you'll hear a heartfelt prayer to help you lay down fear, shame, and hesitation — and pick up your gumption instead.

     

    📖 Grab your tea and your Affirmation Journal, available at: https://riselovelive.com/Affirmation%20Guide — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

     

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    14 min
  • 161. Finish the Year Strong: See It Before You Live It

    Hello, beautiful!

    We're back for Part 2 of our Finish the Year Strong series — and if you haven't listened to Episode 160 yet, go back and start there!

     

    Last week, we talked about Walt Disney and Conrad Hilton and what their bankruptcy-before-breakthrough stories teach us about motivation, God's timing, and never giving up on our dreams.

     

    Today, we're going deeper into how we can take that motivation and put it to work through two practices: Visualization and Meditation.

     

    And I promise you, neither one requires perfection or an hour of silence. Just a willing heart and five minutes to start.

     

    In this episode, you'll discover:

    👣 How to use visualization in under thirty minutes a day

    👣 Why staying rooted in reality — not fantasy — actually makes it more powerful

    👣 My meditation toolkit

    👣 And why the "best" method is simply the one you'll actually show up for

     

    📖 Grab your tea and your Dream your Dreams | Plan your Life Workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3TcASYK — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

     

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    Link to EP #160 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/160-finish-the-year-strong-the-story-of-two-dreamers/id1723475661?i=1000773576504

     

    15 min
  • 160. Finish the Year Strong: The Story of Two Dreamers

    Hello, beautiful!

    Mid-year check-in: how's that to-do list looking?

    No judgment here — my book was supposed to be done in March, and I’m just now hitting "upload" on Amazon. (Big announcement still coming, by the way!)

     

    That said, this episode is part one of a true-story two-parter about what it actually takes to get things done.

     

    And we lay the groundwork with Motivation.

     

    Listen to the tales of two very different men, Walt Disney and Conrad Hilton, whose stories of bankruptcy before breakthrough might just change how you see your own "stuck" season.

     

    You’ll Learn:

    👣 What "motivation" actually means — and why it's a drive, not just a feeling

    👣 Why Habakkuk 2:3 and Jeremiah 29:11 are the perfect pairing for anyone waiting on a dream

    👣 And you’ll walk away with a beautiful motivational toolkit

     

    📖 Grab your tea and your Dream Your Dreams Workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3TcASYK — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!

     

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend —it might be the gentle nudge they’ve been waiting for.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    15 min
  • 159. I Am Stronger Than My Fear — And I Am Not Alone

    Hello, beautiful!

    Ever feel that quiet fear creep in right when you’re about to try something new?

     

    Not the big, dramatic kind.

    The sneaky kind.

    The “I’ll think about it” kind.

    The “maybe next time” kind.

    This week, hubby handed me the perfect topic out of nowhere –  the fear of trying new things, and why you were never meant to face it alone.

    We’re talking about support systems, stepping outside your comfort zone, and the One who is already in your corner before you even take the leap.

     

    You’ll learn:

    👣 Why fear of new things is sneakier than you think

    👣 How community and courage go hand in hand

    👣 What it really means to lean on God as your first move, not your last resort

    ✨ Plus, a prayer for anyone who’s been digging deep and has nothing left to dig.

    📖 Grab your tea and your Life Design workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3Txdc1z — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off!

    🌟 Know someone standing at the edge of something new? Share this episode. It might be the nudge they need.

     

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea: https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe and leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

     

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    13 min
  • 158. Trust God: Build Your Creations on Solid Ground

    Hello, beautiful! Have you ever looked at something you're building — a dream, a goal, a creative project — and wondered why it keeps feeling so heavy?

    What if the problem isn't what you're building — but where you're building it?

    This week, I came across a quote that stopped me in my tracks.

    Not because I loved it — but because I wasn't sure that I did.

    And that little pause led me somewhere really good. We're talking sand castles, blankets, and a Father who gets right down in the sand with you.

    And I think it just might change the way you think about everything you're working on right now.

    You'll Learn:

    👣 Why where you build matters more than what you build

    👣 How to release the things you cannot control — and what to do with them

    👣 What it really looks like to let God into your everyday creating and dreaming

    📖 Grab your tea, your cozy blanket, and your Dream Your Dreams workbook, available at: https://etsy.me/3TcASYK — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off!

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little solid ground today? Share this episode with a friend — it might be exactly what she's been waiting for.

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive

    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive

    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

    With love, 💛 Heidi

    10 min
  • 157.The Art of Self-Love as a Practice: 6 Ways to Choose Yourself

    Hello, beautiful!

    Last week, we talked about the five easy-peasy ways to practice wellness — wake with intention, nourish your body, move with love, enjoy life, and spend time with your peeps. We laid the foundation.

    THIS week, we're diving into the HOW.

    Because knowing you should wake with intention is one thing. But actually doing it with self-love? That's the art.

    Self-love isn't something you fall into or wait for. It's not passive. It's something you build, brick by brick, choice by choice. And that's what we're exploring today — six ways you can actively grow your self-love through consistent behavior and mindset.

    This episode is for anyone who's been waiting for self-love to find them. It's time to start building it with intention, intention, and grace.

    You'll Learn:

    👣Why self-love is a practice, not a feeling you wait for
    👣 Six ways to actively cultivate self-love
    👣 How to anchor these practices to scripture for spiritual grounding
    👣And a 21-day challenge

    📖 Grab your tea and your Affirmation Journal, available at:  https://riselovelive.com/Affirmation%20Guide — and use code PODCAST15 for 15% off any workbook!

    🌟 Know someone who needs a little light?

    Share this episode with a friend — it might be the gentle nudge they've been waiting for. Sometimes, the permission to build self-love (instead of waiting for it) is exactly what someone needs to hear.

    🌿 Please Stay in Touch:

    🦋 If this episode resonated with you, support the podcast and share a tea! https://buymeacoffee.com/riselovelive
    🦋 Follow along on Instagram @riselovelive
    🦋 Subscribe & leave a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review!

    And until next time…

    Ignite inspiration, spread hope, and dance with faith.

    With love,

    💛 Heidi

    19 min

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