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What happens when doctors say there’s no hope… and then everything changes?

In this episode, Amanda and Christy sit down with Ronda Davis to share a powerful, real-life story that answers a question many people quietly ask:

Do answered prayers actually happen today?

This is the very first episode in our Answered Prayers series, where we bring you real stories of faith, surrender, and the moments where God shows up in ways we can’t explain.

Ronda walks us through the terrifying moment her mom went into acute liver failure, the call to “say goodbye,” and what happened next as prayers began pouring in from family, friends, churches, and even strangers.

This is a story about specific prayers, surrendering control, community support, and watching a situation go from impossible… to undeniable.

We talk about:

what to do when you don’t have the strength to pray

how to surrender when the outcome is out of your hands

why specific prayer requests matter

how community prayer can carry you when you can’t carry yourself

recognizing answered prayers in real time

trusting God when things don’t go the way you expected

how faith grows through real-life miracle stories

Ronda shares how she reached a point where she couldn’t carry the weight anymore and simply said, “God, carry me.”

And what followed was something no one in the room could have predicted.

If you’ve ever wondered if God is listening…If you’ve ever prayed and felt like nothing was happening…If you need hope in a situation that feels impossible…This conversation is for you.

We are honored to share this story with you, and we hope it strengthens your faith, encourages your heart, and reminds you that you are not alone.

– Amanda & Christy

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Amanda and Christy introduce a powerful new series by asking a simple but profound question: Do you believe God still answers prayers?

Welcome to our Answered Prayers series—a collection of real stories, real testimonies, and real moments where God showed up in ways only He can.

We believe there is power in sharing what God has done.

When we keep those stories to ourselves, we miss the opportunity to build faith in others.

But when we speak them out loud, something shifts. Faith grows. Hope rises. And suddenly, what felt impossible starts to feel possible again.

In this series, we will be:

• Sharing real answered prayer stories from everyday people
• Talking about miracles—both big and smallHighlighting testimonies that build faith and inspire hope
• Creating a space where you can hear what God is doing right now

Some of these stories will be dramatic.

Some will be quiet but deeply personal.

All of them matter.

Because the same God who raised Lazarus…who multiplied food for thousands…is still moving today.

We also talk about why testimonies are so important.

As humans, we forget.

We question.

We lose sight of what God has already done.

But when we hear someone else’s story, it reminds us of our own—and invites us to believe again.

This series is about filling your mind with truth, hope, and the goodness of God instead of the negativity we are constantly surrounded by.

If you have a story of an answered prayer that could encourage someone else, we would love to hear from you.

Your story might be exactly what someone else needs to keep going.

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If today were your last day, would your legacy be love—or bitterness?

Amanda and Christy share a heartfelt conversation about grief, loss, and how we can show up for the people we care about without adding pressure or awkwardness.

This episode is for anyone navigating the pain of loss or wanting to be a true support for someone grieving.

You’ll learn:

• How to be present for grieving loved ones in meaningful waysWhat words or actions actually help—and what can unintentionally hurt
• How to honor grief while maintaining connection and compassion
• Reflection questions to gently guide your own healing and growth

No matter where you are in your journey with grief, this conversation is full of understanding, kindness, and practical guidance to help you feel supported or support others.

If this conversation speaks to you, we would love to know.

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What if the very thing you’ve been trying to fix about yourself… is actually the evidence that you loved deeply?

In this episode, Amanda and Christy unpack one of the most misunderstood parts of personal growth, healing, and relationships.

“THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LOVED THE DEEPEST ARE RARELY THE LEAST BROKEN.”– Amanda Sharp

For years, many of us believe the goal is to become “whole” by eliminating pain, wounds, and broken places.But what if that’s not true?

What if wholeness isn’t the absence of brokenness… but the courage to live, love, and stay open in spite of it?

This conversation dives deep into:

• why healing does not mean no more pain

• the truth about brokenness and emotional healing

• how loving deeply always involves vulnerability and risk

• the difference between loving others and abandoning yourself• why strong people are not unbreakable

• how pride, ego, and self-protection block real love

• how words can slowly destroy relationships over time

• why your brokenness may actually be your greatest strength

We also talk about the reality that:

Most relationships are not destroyed in one moment…They are slowly broken by repeated words, reactions, and unhealed wounds.

If you’ve ever felt like your past relationships, heartbreak, or emotional pain mean you failed…This episode will challenge that belief.

Because the truth might be:

You didn’t fail. You showed up and loved.

Reflection questions from this episode:

WHEN DID MY WORDS HURT INSTEAD OF HELP?

HOW HAS BROKENNESS SHAPED MY ABILITY TO LOVE?WHERE AM I LETTING PRIDE BLOCK LOVE?

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What are you waiting to feel ready for that you already know you should begin?

"Readiness is often just courage you haven’t chosen yet." -Amanda Sharp

In this episode, Amanda and Christy break down the illusion of readiness and why waiting to “feel ready” keeps you stuck longer than necessary.

If you have been procrastinating starting something, changing your life, or stepping into what you know you are called to do, this conversation will challenge you.

We talk about analysis paralysis, fear of discomfort, waiting for certainty, and the truth that confidence is built after movement, not before.

You will hear real stories about delaying action, healing before moving forward, trusting God in the unknown, and what actually shifts when you stop waiting and start choosing courage.

This episode is for anyone who feels stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of their next step but knows deep down it is time to move.

Key topics in this episode:

• why you never feel ready to start
• how to overcome fear of starting something new
• what causes analysis paralysis and how to break it
• how to stop procrastinating and take action
• how to build confidence by taking action
• faith and trusting God when you do not have all the answers
• how to move forward without feeling qualified
• why waiting for clarity keeps you stuck
• how to find your purpose and take the first step
• why courage comes before confidence

Instead of asking “Do I feel ready?” start asking:

• Am I willing to grow through this?Am I willing to be imperfect while learning?
• Am I willing to take responsibility for the outcome?

Reflection questions from this episode:

• Where in your life are you waiting for readiness that may never arrive?
• What courage have you delayed choosing?
• What might change if you moved before you felt qualified?

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If your life became calm tomorrow, would you ruin it?

This episode of the Still With Purpose podcast dives into something rarely talked about: emotional addiction to chaos.

Many people believe they want peace, stability, and healthy relationships. But when life finally becomes calm, their nervous system feels uncomfortable, restless, or even bored.

Why?

Because the body can become addicted to stress hormones, conflict, urgency, and emotional intensity.

When peace feels unfamiliar, the brain will often recreate the drama it knows.In this conversation, Amanda and Christy unpack how emotional addiction forms, why calm can feel uncomfortable after years of chaos, and how the nervous system learns to crave cortisol spikes just like the body can crave sugar.

If you have ever noticed yourself overanalyzing conversations, stirring up problems when nothing is wrong, or feeling strangely restless when life is peaceful, this episode will explain why.

Quote from this episode:

WHEN PEACE FEELS BORING.

YOU ARE NOT HEALED.

YOU ARE DETOXING.

Amanda Sharp

Topics we discuss in this episode include:

• Emotional addiction to chaos and drama
• Why the nervous system becomes addicted to stress hormones
• Why peace can feel uncomfortable after trauma or instability
• The psychology behind craving emotional intensity in relationships
• How anxious attachment and avoidant attachment create chaos cycles
• Why people recreate familiar emotional patterns from childhood
• The difference between emotional intensity and real intimacy
• How childhood conditioning wires the brain for chaos or stability
• Why calm relationships can initially feel boring
• How to break emotional addiction to drama and conflict
• Why gossip and constant conflict feed emotional chaos
• How boundaries and self awareness create peaceful relationships
• Why your body may crave conflict even when your mind wants peace
• How faith and grounded identity help break chaos cycles
• Learning to tolerate peace after years of emotional intensity

We also talk openly about attachment styles, anxious attachment patterns, avoidant partners, emotional triggers, church wounds, people pleasing, and how personal growth often requires detoxing from old emotional habits.

This conversation is honest, reflective, and deeply personal as Amanda and Christy share their own journeys from chaos toward grounded peace.

If you have ever felt uncomfortable when life finally slows down, this episode will help you understand why.

At the end of the episode we leave you with reflection questions to consider:

• Does peace make you restless and why?
• When things settle down, why do you feel the urge to stir something up?
• Who would you be if there was nothing to fix, fight, or survive?If this conversation resonates with you, make sure to follow the podcast and leave a review.

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What are you pretending not to know?

YOU ARE NOT STUCK.

YOU ARE SPARING YOURSELF A HARD CHOICE.– Amanda Sharp

In this episode, Amanda and Christy unpack one of the most powerful patterns that keeps people stuck: pretending not to know.

Instead of saying, “I know what I need to do and I am scared,” we say:

I need more clarity.

I am still processing.

I am waiting on God.

I need more time.

But what if confusion is not confusion at all?

What if confusion is protection?

We talk about:

How pretending not to know is a self protection strategy

Why avoidance feels safer than action but quietly steals your life

Why the brain would rather create confusion than face pain

How fear of rejection, loss, failure, and ego hits keep you circling the same mountain

Why waiting on God can sometimes be disobedience dressed up as indecision

How over researching, staying busy, starting something new, and helping everyone else can all be high functioning avoidance

The nervous system response during avoidance and why anxiety lives there

The real cost of avoidance including loss of self trust, respect, peace, and relationships

How addiction and vices allow you to keep pretending,Why obedience rarely feels convenient but always requires movement

We also walk through practical steps to break the avoidance cycle:

Name the hard thing clearly,Identify the real fear underneath it

Take one decisive action within 48 hours

Rebuild self trust through consistent follow through

Reflection questions from this episode:

What are you pretending not to know?

What conversation have you rehearsed but not had?

What decision are you delaying because you are afraid of loss?

If you have been circling the same issue for months or even years, this episode will challenge you to stop creating confusion and start choosing courage.

Listen all the way through and let us know what hit home.

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What would your life look like if you were truly all in; no back doors, no plan B, no half effort and energy?

In Episode 36 of Still With Purpose, we unpack what it actually means to commit fully — in your relationship with God, your purpose, your relationships, and your life.

“THOSE WHO COMMIT TO NOTHING ARE DISTRACTED BY EVERYTHING.” — Amanda Sharp

So many people say they want peace, clarity, confidence, success, or a deeper relationship with God.

But they are still leaving the back door open.

Still second guessing.

Still procrastinating.

Still seeking validation.

Still entertaining distractions.

In this episode, we talk honestly about:

• How lack of commitment creates confusion and steals motivation
• Why procrastination is proof you are not fully all in
• How self sabotage keeps you small and spiritually stuck
• Why distraction is often a commitment problem
• How people pleasing and second guessing block clarity
• Why growth requires losing certain relationships
• How committing to God removes chaos and mental noise
• What happens when you stop asking for opinions and start trusting God
• Why floating through life with no commitments is spiritual laziness
• How to stop repeating the same patterns and expecting different results

We also share personal stories about marriage, loss, downsizing, simplifying life, and choosing to fully commit to what we feel God has called us to do.

When you are not fully committed, your mind fantasizes about every other option.

When you make a solid decision, the other options fall away.

If you feel distracted, unfulfilled, spiritually confused, constantly second guessing, procrastinating, or stuck in cycles of sabotage, this conversation will challenge you.

Reflection Questions:

• Where in your life are you half in — saying you are committed, but leaving space for excuses?
• What is the real reason behind your lack of full commitment — fear, doubt, worthiness, or a weak why?
• If you chose to be 100 percent all in on one thing this week, what distractions would instantly lose their power?

This episode is for anyone struggling with:

• how to fully commit to God
• why I keep procrastinating on my purpose
• how to stop being distracted in life
• Christian personal growth
• how to stop self sabotage spiritually
• why I second guess myself constantly
• overcoming distraction and procrastination
• how to strengthen relationship with God
• how to stop people pleasing and start committing
• how to know if God is calling you to something

If you are ready to stop floating and start committing, this conversation is for you.If this episode speaks to you, listen to the full discussion and consider leaving a review. Reviews are gold and a free way to support others hearing this message.

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Did you know every time you self sabotage, an old wound is trying to stay alive.

SELF-SABOTAGE IS THE MIND'S WAY OF FEELING SAFE IN A WORLD IT CAN'T TRULY CONTROL. – Amanda Sharp

In this episode, Amanda and Christy break down why self sabotage feels safer than success, why the brain chooses predictability over happiness, and how familiar pain can feel more secure than growth.

We talk about:

Why your brain loves predictability not happiness

How self sabotage is a survival strategy that is no longer serving you

Why safety is often just an illusion of control

How limiting beliefs and old behavior patterns keep you small

Why success can feel dangerous to your nervous system

How faith removes the pressure to control outcomes

Why some people sabotage good things when life starts improving

The connection between vulnerability, exposure, intimacy, and fear

What it means to stop destroying opportunities so you do not have to feel seen

How to trust God instead of leaning on your own understanding

If you have ever thought:

"If I ruin it first, at least the world cannot ruin it for me."

"If I do not try, I cannot fail."

"If I push them away, they cannot abandon me."

This conversation is for you.

Self sabotage often means your nervous system is not calibrated for the life you say you want. Success can feel like exposure. Intimacy can feel like danger. Growth can feel risky.

But what if you are not ruining your life. What if you are avoiding a level of freedom you have never experienced before.

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What if the real source of your disappointment isn’t other people… but the unspoken expectations you silently placed on them?

Why do we keep getting hurt in relationships when we never clearly communicated what we needed?

In Episode 34, we unpack the quiet contracts we create in our minds and how they slowly erode love, respect, and connection.

“EVERY EXPECTATION IS A FORECAST FOR A FUTURE DISAPPOINTMENT.”

Amanda Sharp

This episode dives deep into how unspoken expectations create resentment, confusion, and emotional distance in marriage, friendships, business partnerships, and family dynamics.

We talk about:

• Why unspoken expectations feel like broken promises
• How silent assumptions create resentment in relationships
• Falling in love with someone’s potential instead of who they are
• Why expectations become wedges between two people
• How disappointment often comes from agreements no one signed
• The difference between love and respect in relationships
• Why communication about needs changes everything
• Love languages and why you may be loving someone the wrong way
• Acts of service versus words of affirmation in marriage
• How insecurity and self judgment block gratitude
• Why inefficiency triggers control and frustration
• How to stop forecasting future disappointment
• The power struggle that happens when expectations stay silent
• How to ask for what you need without creating resistance
• Why we hold people accountable to agreements they never made
• How resentment slowly erodes respect

We also discuss:

• Why we fall in love with potential and ignore reality
• How unmet expectations create emotional withdrawal
• The danger of abandoning your non negotiables
• How to balance high standards without constant disappointment
• Why respect matters deeply in long term relationships
• How faith reshapes expectation and identity

If you have ever thought:

• Why do I keep getting disappointed in people
• Why does my spouse not meet my expectations
• How do I communicate expectations in a relationship
• Why do I feel resentment even when nothing was said
• Why do I lose respect when people do not follow through

This episode will challenge you to look inward before blaming outward.

Ask for what you need.

Release what was never agreed to.

Stop holding people to contracts they never signed.

Listen now and rethink what expectation is really costing you.

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