Take Heart

As special needs moms, we hold a heavy cup of our children’s diagnosis and special needs. The daily grind can be so difficult. How do we shift our mind-set about this cup? Listen in to find out.

October 27, 2020

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:20-  Intro
• 1:00-  Holding the Cup
• 3:07-  Anticipatory Stress
• 4:53-  The Balance
• 6:42-  Our Podium
• 9:17-  Grieving Cycle
• 15:11- Healing Comfort
• 16:42- Pour out the Cup
• 21:07- Don’t Borrow Trouble
• 23:54- Closing Prayer
• 24:37- Outro

Episode Links & Resources

• Getting Back to Happy: Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Reality, and Turn Your Trials into Triumphs by Marc Chernoff

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• Find Carrie at www.carriemholt.com or on Instagram @carriemholt
• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime

So often we sink into despair with our child’s diagnosis, but it doesn't have to be this way. Listen in today as Sara shares her story of shifting from complaining, to praise, to generosity. You won’t want to miss it.

Time Stamps & Key Topics:

• 0:20-  Intro
• 1:00-  Retraining Our Thinking
• 3:14-  Release Sadness
• 4:20-  Complaints to Praise
• 6:47-  Look for the Good
• 8:39-  Generosity
• 10:30- Prayer of Blessing
• 10:56- Outro

Episode Links & Resources

• Scriptures Mentioned: Proverbs 11:25, Ephesians 4:23

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• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime

Summary: Today Carrie M. Holt shares her struggles with changing her mind-set around control. She gives some practical tips for relinquishment and how she’s learned to trust God when life feels out of control.

October 13, 2020

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:20-  Intro
• 1:00-  Control
• 3:33-  Living under God’s Mercy
• 4:51-  Relinquishment
• 7:30-  Feeling Out of Control
• 9:57-  Closing Blessing
• 10:41- Outro

Episode Links & Resources:

• Dean Fulks’s Message: Now Playing Decades: Back To The Future
• A New Kind of Normal: Hope-Filled Choices When Life Turns Upside Down by Carol Kent
• Scriptures Mentioned: 2 Peter 1:3, Lamentations 3:23-24

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• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime

Summary: Today Amy J. Brown introduces our topic for October: Changing Your Mind-set. She shares with us some lovely words and practical tips on her struggles with fear and anxiety. You won’t want to miss it.

October 6, 2020

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:21- Welcome
• 1:02- A Confession
• 2:20- Adult Fear
• 4:36- Four Faith Practices:
• 5:45- Practice Two
• 6:25- Practice Three
• 8:24- Practice Four
• 8:51- A Prayer
• 10:58- Outro

Links + Resources From This Episode:

• Invitation to Retreat: The Gift and Necessity of Time Away With God by Ruth Haley Barton. 
• The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom by Henri Nouwen 

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• Find Carrie at www.carriemholt.com or on Instagram @carriemholt
• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime

Today on our podcast, we discuss our faith journeys and the question: Would you go back and change your child’s diagnosis? Listen as we tackle that tough question and more.

Ep. 8; September 29, 2020

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:20     Intro
• 1:01     Question about Faith
• 1:35     Doubts About What Kind of “God” He is.
• 2:30     Trying Harder to Make it Better
• 4:05     Proving My Faithfulness
• 5:55     Faith Firmed
• 7:48     Fear Always Lies
• 9:47     God is Faithful Even When We Can’t Feel It
• 12:00   Dismissing Perfection
• 14:15   Finding God in the Dark
• 16:15   Trusting God
• 18:12   Gratitude Journal
• 21:36   Prayer for Doubts
• 23:15   Outro

Links + Resources From This Episode

• Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey, Rabbit Room Press
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• Find Carrie at www.carriemholt.com or on Instagram @carriemholt
• Find Amy at www.amyjbrown.com/  or on Instagram @amyjbrown_writer
• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime
• You can find the transcript at  https://takeheart.buzzsprout.com/ 
  • Click on episode 008

Anger is a normal feeling when life doesn’t go as planned, but what do we do with that emotion? This week, Sara shares honestly about her struggles with doubt and anger. As she was honest with God and dove deep into studying who God is, He met her with compassion and comfort.

Ep. 7; September 22, 2020

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:21     Introduction
• 1:00     Anger: Primary or Secondary Emotion
• 2:08     Questions For God
• 5:00     God’s Response
• 6:33     Our Children, God’s Gift to us
• 7:40     Conflict in Relationships
• 10:11   God’s Character
• 11:35   Firm, Foundational Faith
• 13:06   Light Returns
• 13:39   Outro

Links + Resources From This Episode

• Quote from Anne Lamott Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith

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• Find Amy at www.amyjbrown.com/  or on Instagram @amyjbrown_writer
• Find Carrie at www.carriemholt.com or on Instagram @carriemholt
• You can find the transcript at  Take Heart 
  • Click on When God Doesn’t Make Sense with Sara Clime

Summary: Where do you turn when troubles pile up on you when your life is already difficult? What do you do when it feels like God is looking the other way? In this episode, Carrie reminds us that God’s faithfulness does not depend on our feelings or our situation. He is weaving a beautiful tapestry out of our mess even when we can’t see it. 

*Please note: The song mentioned in this podcast is “I Will Trust You” by Steven Curtis Chapman

Ep. 6; September 15, 2020

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:20Intro
• 1:04Unbucket List
• 3:05Blindsided
• 4:21You are not alone
• 5:22Trusting God
• 7:48Conclusion
• 8:43Prayer For Doubts

Links + Resources From This Episode

• Beauty Will Rise by Steven Curtis Chapman - “I Will Trust You”
• Jan Karon “In This Mountain”
• Every Moment Holy
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• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime
• You can find the transcript at  https://takeheart.buzzsprout.com/ 
  • Click on episode 006

Oftentimes on this special needs journey, we doubt that God's plans are NOT to harm us and to give us a hope and a future. We want to focus on the scenery, the steep climbs, and the destination, forgetting our Companion offers us peace and His presence. Listen in as Amy gently reminds us that God is the God who sees! He welcomes our doubts and wants to give us HIS peace.

Ep. 5; September 8, 2020

• 0:20 Intro
• 1:04 Checking the Boxes
• 3:41 Jesus, our Companion
• 5:56 El Roi: The God Who Sees
• 7:43 Peace In the Hard 
• 9:05 A Prayer For You
• 9:53 Outro

Links + Resources From This Episode

• Every Moment Holy by Douglas Kaine McKelvey, Rabbit Room Press
• Jeremiah 29:11

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• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime
• You can find the transcript at  https://takeheart.buzzsprout.com/ 
  • Click on episode 005

This week Amy, Sara, and Carrie collaborate together to bring you some hope and encouragement in handling your child’s diagnosis. A diagnosis can be like a heavy backpack, but oftentimes we add more things than we need. Listen in, as they share what they added to make it heavier, what they’ve learned to take out, and how you can find rest.

September 1, 2020
Diagnosis 101 
Collaboration: Episode 004

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:25    Welcome
• 1:02    A Heavy Backpack
• 1:51    Control
• 3:40    Diagnosis Fog
• 7:42    Hidden Disability
• 10:27  Loneliness with a Diagnosis
• 11:30  Encouragement and Rest
• 16:02  Advice for a New Diagnosis
• 20:40  Prayer and Conclusion

Links + Resources From This Episode

• Matthew 11:28
• Matthew 6:34

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• Take Heart Podcast can be found at: https://takeheart.buzzsprout.com/ 
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• Find Amy at www.amyjbrown.com/  or on Instagram @amyjbrown_writer
• Find Carrie at www.carriemholt.com or on Instagram @carriemholt

Anger is a normal emotion to experience when faced with your child’s diagnosis. In this episode Sara Clime shares her story, the anger she felt, and how she dealt with her crisis of faith. She also shares what she prays each and every day, which gives her the strength to handle her son’s diagnosis. 

September 1, 2020
Diagnosis 101: Episode 003

Key Topics/Time Stamps:

• 0:25 Welcome
• 1:05 Introduction
• 1:45 Diagnosis Story
• 3:45 Google it!
• 6:45 Reaction to the Diagnosis
• 9:59 Prayer For Every Day
• 11:09 Outro 

Links + Resources From This Episode

• Five Steps to Re-claim Hope After a Life-altering Diagnosis @saraclime.com
• Join the Fight: End Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
• Cure Duchenne
• MDA Summer Camp

If you enjoyed our podcast, please...

• Review and like us on Apple Podcasts 
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• Take Heart Podcast can be found at: https://takeheart.buzzsprout.com/ 
• Find Sara at www.saraclime.com or on Instagram @saraclime
• Find Amy at www.amyjbrown.com/  or on Instagram @amyjbrown_writer
• Find Carrie at www.carriemholt.com or on Instagram @carriemholt