The Breathing Room

Author and spiritual director, Marilyn Vancil, shares about her own journey of self-discovery and how we all have a self to lose and self to find.  Using the scriptures as truth + the Enneagram as a tool, Marilyn and Elizabeth discuss everything from shifting harmful patterns in marriage to understanding our truth worth in Christ.

Elizabeth is joined by Enneagram 7, Melody Lovvorn.  Melody walks with women who have experienced betrayal trauma through her ministry Undone Redone and also serves as an Enneagram Coach. She shares how the Enneagram has helped her to collect the dots of her life and then connect them in a way that has transformed the way she sees herself, others, and God. https://breathingroom.life

Elizabeth is joined by fellow Enneagram 4, Sarah E. Westfall, to discuss how the Enneagram has impacted their spiritual formation and relationships.  Sarah also shares practical ways she engages silence and solitude in some unconventional ways.  Listen and learn how to cultivate a quiet heart in a loud world. https://breathingroom.life

Sarah Bourns leads us through a prayerful reflection of our year using the Examen as a guide. The perfect way to transition into a new year!

The rest expert, Saundra Dalton Smith, joins Elizabeth to offer practical ways to embrace rest as a way of life.  They also explore how rest is connected to our emotional healing and so much more!

Find freedom from your phone on this episode with author and contemplative Ed Cyzewski.  Elizabeth and Ed discuss how to shift your perspective and adopt certain practices to help you stay spiritually healthy in a digital world.  We ALL need this one!  Show notes and links at  breathingroom.life

Elizabeth chats with counselor and author, Meredith McDaniel about the spiritual practice of 'waking up' - to ourselves, to God, to the world around us.  If you've found yourself longing for more in your life, this might be just the conversation you need to get yourself moving in the right direction.  Find the show notes and more breathing room at https://breathingroom.life

Are you looking for less information and more on transformation? In less than 30 minutes you'll feel refreshed and more connected to God through the practice of Lectio Divina. This episode walks you through this ancient practice step-by-step. Slow, savoring of scripture is the perfect remedy for a parched soul. It's amazing how something so simple can be so powerful!

Elizabeth talks with John Fooshee of Gospel Enneagram about ways we can use the Enneagram as a tool for spiritual formation and relationship building. Whatever your level of Enneagram understanding, there are tons of great nuggets of wisdom for you here (plus we talk 'labyrinths' as a spiritual practice, which is really fun!). This is one of our all-time favorite conversations in The Breathing Room!

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Fresh from her morning walk, Elizabeth shares some thoughts on how we can access a new kind of NEW in our lives. Maybe we've been looking in all the wrong places.  This is what our hearts are really longing for.  This shift in thinking could bring new life to our relationships with our husbands, kids, parents, friends, and even ourselves. (NOTE: This is a bonus episode and a sample of what you'll find in TBR online membership community! You can join at https://breathingroom.life/join/ )