Do you ever feel like you're doing "all the things" — serving, working, mothering, showing up — yet still feel completely empty inside?
If your self worth and confidence are buried under exhaustion, resentment, and overwhelm, this episode is for you.
This week, Karen sits down with emotional wellness coach Kristen Smith, who shares her personal journey from burning out as a busy working mom of four to building the peaceful, connected life she always longed for. After 30 years of marriage, raising four daughters, juggling work-from-home life, church callings, and a husband who had drifted from their faith, Kristen found herself crying on the floor of her closet — convinced she needed to change everyone else. What she discovered instead set her on a completely different path.
Kristen opens up about the moment she felt God whisper, "You're praying for the wrong miracle," and how that nudge began a journey toward real self worth and confidence — not through fixing others, but through doing the inner work herself. She shares how gut health, mindset work, and emotional wellness tools all came together to help her find peace without losing her faith or herself.If you've been white-knuckling life and wondering why the gospel isn't "working," this conversation will give you clarity, hope, and a practical first step forward.
**5 Key Takeaways:**
1. Focus on what you want, not what you don't want. Your brain and body respond to where your attention goes. Reframing your thoughts — from "I don't want to fight with my husband" to "I want a loving, healthy relationship" — is one of the most powerful tools for building genuine self worth and confidence from the inside out.
2. You might be praying for the wrong miracle.
3. We all think differently
4. Your body is keeping score.
5. Awareness is always the first step.
**Resources Mentioned:**
- 📖 The Gap and the Gain by Dr. Benjamin Hardy — on focusing on progress rather than lack
- 📖 The Body Keeps the Score — on how stored emotions manifest as physical symptoms
- 🎙️ President Russell M. Nelson's talk on Seeking and Expecting Miracles
- 💬 President Nelson quote: "The joy you feel has little to do with the circumstances of your life and everything to do with the focus of your life."
- 📖 3 Nephi 18:20 — Kristen's favorite scripture on asking, believing, and receiving
**Connect with Kristen Smith:**
- 📲 Instagram: [@body.and.spirit](https://www.instagram.com/body.and.spirit) — relationship coaching & tools for letting go of resentment- 📲 Instagram: [@healthy_kristen](https://www.instagram.com/healthy_kristen) — gut health, nutrition & personal content- 🗓️ Book a free 1-hour session with Kristen via the link in her Instagram bio
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You are of worth. You have a purpose. The Lord loves you and believes in you — and only you can make the impact on this world that you are meant to make.