LEARNING TO RECEIVE – Renewal isn’t just about stopping; it’s about being refilled. In this episode, we talk about what true renewal looks like—spiritual, emotional, physical, and creative—and how to reconnect to the Source so life can flow through you again.

Key Takeaways

Action Guide

List three things that genuinely refill your soul and schedule one this week as non-negotiable time. Treat it like oxygen, not a luxury.

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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REST WITHOUT GUILT – Once you see your exhaustion, the next step is letting yourself rest. Permission means releasing perfection, productivity, and the belief that everything depends on you. In this episode, I share what it looks like to stop striving, give yourself grace for being in process, and trust that God’s still working even when you aren’t.

Key Takeaways

Action Guide

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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SEEING WHAT’S REALLY HAPPENING – There’s a kind of tired that sleep can’t fix. It’s when your soul starts whispering for attention and you finally stop long enough to listen. In this episode, I talk about the signs of depletion, how to recognize when you’ve crossed from tired into empty, and why awareness is the first doorway to healing.

Key Takeaways

Action Guide

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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MATCHING ENERGY VS. LOVING DIFFERENCE- We all crave people who meet us where we are—who bring the same spark, curiosity, or inspiration we carry. But not everyone will. In this episode, Laura unpacks what it really means to “match energy,” why that desire is natural, and how to keep loving and honoring those who move at a different pace.

KEY TAKEAWAYS:

ACTION GUIDE:

ROOTS:

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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GATHERING WOMEN IN TRUTH AND HOPE- I’ve always had a hunger to bring women together face to face, because loneliness, confusion, and overwhelm aren’t meant to be carried alone. In this episode, I share why gathering matters, what the StoryMakers Lab is about, and how you can begin gathering women in your own world.

Key Takeaways:

Listener Challenge: Invite one woman into a moment of connection this week.

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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SELF-LEADERSHIP CREATES A RIPPLE EFFECT- Kristene DiMarco’s Song for My Children paints a picture of legacy as something that begins now. In this episode, we talk about how self-leadership - the way you tend to your own thoughts, emotions, and actions - becomes the seed for leading others. Your life is shaping your children, friends, and community right now, and the way you lead yourself creates the ripple they inherit.

Key Takeaways:

Listener Challenge:

Kristene DiMarco’s Song for My Children

Bullfrogs and Butterflies Album

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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FOUNDATIONS OF GROWTH- The story of the widow’s oil in 2 Kings 4 is more than a miracle — it’s a picture of what growth looks like in our lives. In this episode, we explore six elements that work together to shape your story: capacity, capability, character, clarity, commitment, and consistency. When these grow together, your life becomes not only fuller, but sustainable, aligned, and purposeful.

Key Takeaways:

Listener Challenge:

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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HOW YOU SEE PEOPLE CHANGES EVERYTHING- Every person you encounter is carrying a story. The way you choose to interpret them — with fear or compassion, judgment or dignity — shapes the way you interact and the way you carry yourself. In this episode of the StoryMakers Show, I share a simple moment that reminded me how much our interpretation matters and how it can help us see others through God’s eyes.

Key Takeaways:

Listener Challenge:

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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RETRAIN YOUR BRAIN WITH YOUR NAME- We often get trapped in emotions because our self-talk feeds the storm. In this episode, I share how speaking to yourself in the third person – using your own name – can activate the prefrontal cortex, calm the emotional centers of the brain, and help you step into wisdom and clarity.

Key Takeaways:

Third-person self-talk shifts your brain out of emotion and into perspective.

Using your name helps anchor you in identity and compassion.

Practicing this regularly builds self-leadership and emotional regulation.

Listener Challenge:

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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RING! RING! RING! - Have you ever known deep down you were supposed to do something, even if you didn’t know how? That’s what calling feels like. It’s not always a voice from heaven or a person telling you what to do – it’s the knowing inside your soul that won’t go away. In this episode, I’m sharing my own story of being called to teach and lead women, what it really means to discover the root of your calling, and how identity and purpose grow together like roots and fruit. If you’ve ever wondered whether you’re called or questioned if you’re qualified, this conversation will help you get to the root and start answering the call within.

Key Takeaways:

A true calling often shows up as a deep, inner knowing that doesn’t leave you alone – even if you don’t yet know the how.

Your calling is connected to your true identity, like roots that feed the fruit of your life.

Instead of focusing on 100 reasons not to pursue your calling, anchor yourself in 3 reasons you would.

Listener Challenge:

✨ You are a StoryMaker. You are powerful, chosen, and capable. Step into your calling today. ✨

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