This week I had someone ask me about how to heal from trauma - where do you even begin, what are the tools available to not just survive hard things but to truly heal and thrive in the wild and beautiful life God has given us? So today we're going to learn about the training and equipment we can use to be Overcomers - we'll learn that although trauma is part of life, it doesn't have to be the story of our life. Listen in to today's episode and become an Overcomer!

What is your first response when someone attacks your character? Mine is to defend myself - to prove the other person wrong and restore my pride that's masquerading as honor. But God teaches us a different way. A way that is more impactful, holy, and will put things in a proper perspective. Today I'm simply sharing some real life struggles that God is using to try to teach me about keeping my focus in the right place and responding in the right ways - even when I don't feel like it.

I have what the cool people call a "micro-farm" - not big enough to be official, but it provides a ridiculous amount of entertainment and learnings, and hopefully some fruit, vegetables, and fresh eggs here soon! Not only is it fun, but I'm also learning some great lessons about life and living that I'll share with you here today!

Absolute honesty - one of the most stressful parts of putting together a podcast is actually the episode description! I'm laughing at myself writing this but it's true. Today's episode is all about stress - because we really want to hear more about the thing that we all experience at an insane level in this time...But if we all experience it, how do we identify it, how do we get better at carrying it, and how do we build disciplines into our lives to respond to it from a Biblical perspective? Tune in to hear that and more as we work to do life God's way with grace and grit.

Are you ever exhausted, overwhelmed, depressed, or feel like you're just spinning your wheels? I do at times. But we aren't supposed to live like that. God teaches us that there are seasons and a time for everything. So how do we learn to recognize and enjoy each season emotionally, mentally, spiritually, and not just physically? Today we're having that conversation - how to recognize the drive our culture pushes for and builds our worth around, the unhealthy cycles we perpetuate, and how to clear space and understand, enjoy, and be fully present in the season God has us in right now.

This week has brought fresh horror with the mass shooting in Texas. This nation is reeling under the weight of ever-increasing violence and the grief and havoc it brings. I'm not here to bring a political message or to solve it. We aren't big enough for that job - but God is. And He has been calling rebellious nations back to Himself since nearly the dawn of time. He's been picking up the broken pieces of our disobedience from a personal level to a national level. He's the only place we have left to turn - because our nation is a failed experiment on doing government, life, and family without Him.

We dream of finding true love, we watch it on the movies where they go riding off into the sunset to live happily every after, we long for the person that we can do life with to build a family and a legacy with. But how can we tell the difference between toxic love and true love? What are the markers of strong, healthy relationships? How can we be aware of those things and apply them? In today's podcast we dig into all those questions and look at what the differences are between toxic love and true love and how to discern what is real and what isn't - even in the chaos of this world.

So often we tie our worth to our career, education, or the titles we carry. It's easy to feel like we're not worthy or valuable if we don't carry the titles that are most important to us. We don't see our mundane life as an incredible adventure in allowing God to use us wherever we're at. So how can we change that? How can we shift our understanding so that it aligns with what God says about us? So, the question isn't what do you do, or what is your title? The question is - who are you being? And are you being the person God has called you to be wherever you are planted? Join me in today's chat to hear what I've been learning!

In today's episode we're wading right into the middle of the chaos that the leaked memo from the Supreme Court caused in suggesting that the Roe v. Wade abortion case could be overturned. It's creating meltdowns everywhere from Pastors who are pro-choice to women who have been deeply affected by abortions to politicians who are screaming about the fall elections. So - who's side are you on? The Right, the Left, not sure? Well today we're going to go straight to the Word of God - because the Life-Giver is going to have the best answers for this mess.

From Genesis to Revelation we learn of God. He has many names - but one of the most precious to me is Jehovah-Jireh: Provider. I look back at my life in awe of God's fingerprints in the smallest details. How he cares not just about the big things, but the little things - the quiet things that are precious to us that perhaps no human will ever know. God sees, knows, and cares for you more than you can possibly imagine. Join me for today's podcast as we do a dive into provision, perspective, and the humbling, overwhelming, calming knowledge that God's care for us is just as infinite as He is.