Catch us in a mini-series of “My Current ________ and What I’m Doing About It.” In this episode, we fill in the blank and talk about what this sentence looks like in each of our lives. We have two special guests this week: Maria McCarthy and Hope Mitchell! Together, we pick a word to fill in this blank. We have a lot of fun and talk seriously about how one word can look so different in each of our different life stages.

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There’s nothing like summertime that brings up thoughts of insecurity about our bodies! We’re faced with negative thoughts about our appearance and sometimes we don’t know quite how to combat them. What does it look like to grow in freedom of our body image? Jess, Megan and Janice dive into this discussion with lots thoughts common to all of us paired with practical advice to move forward in freedom.

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We hear the word boundaries pretty often, but what do boundaries really look like? How can we implement them kindly or know when to set them? What we don’t always realize is that establishing healthy boundaries is inextricably linked to our expectations. We may want to “set a boundary” but it might help to look inward at our expectations!

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Have you ever noticed that sometimes we hear what we want to hear? We get caught up in thinking we're always right, when really, we could be cutting out and ignoring some pretty good information. Listen in as we talk about echo chambers and the dangers they bring.

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Hello Inspired Girls. I’m Jessica on the Inspired team at X Church and sadly, today we end this season of our Inspired Podcast. We’re so glad that you joined us in these conversations and are thrilled to see what comes next. Today, we reminisce and personally pick out our favorite episodes of the season. We talk about the behind the scenes prep that went into every discussion and even tell you which ones made us nervous to talk about.

One thing I know is true: we are all on a journey of learning and discovering. Megan, Janice and I don’t have it all figured out, but we found throughout this episode that God is at work in different areas in all our lives. We found out the things that can be hard and intimidating to talk about are a part of us looking more like Jesus. Patience, endurance and grace are the name of the game in our faith walks and we’re here for it.

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God is the creator and designer of friendship. We see plenty of examples of good (and bad) friendships in the Bible. Friendship is a gift, but so many times we can mistakenly make friendship a goal in our life. When we begin to view our friendships as goals instead of gifts, we lean on our friends to fill us in ways they were not designed to. But what about the absence of friendship? Inevitably, there is loneliness in our journey of finding friends as well. In this episode, we talk about what to do in the absence of friendships and how to shift our mindset in the loneliness. When searching for friends, often times, we encounter them in an unlikely place: when we make the first move. When we initiate the search for a friend instead of waiting for friends to come to us, it can pave the way of transparency, vulnerability and hospitality in our friendships.

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As a checkpoint of sorts, we asked the question that we talked about way back in episode one, how are you doing on your New Years goals? Sometimes we’re great at sticking to them, and sometimes we fail miserably. There are a variety of inner and outer pressures that push us toward perfectionism. Friends, family, social media, comparison…and when we buy into the idea of looking perfect on the outside, it can cause us to live duplicitous lives. In this episode of the Inspired Podcast, we talk about what living a transparent life looks like. When we chose to live transparent instead of perfect, it cultivates a life of authenticity.

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In the spirit of spring on the way, we thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and clean out those toxic friendships. Too blunt? The truth is, we can all be some level of toxic. In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to have toxic friendships. We identify what those relationships look like and have a conversation around what to do about them.

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If you listened in last week on self-care, we stumbled across the topic of forgiveness at the end of the episode…and it opened a can of worms. On this week’s episode, we dive into the topic of forgiveness! Should we forgive? Why should we forgive? And How do we forgive? This conversation is practical and thought-provoking so take a listen.

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We hear all the time about “self-care”, but what does that really mean? Is the way we talk about taking care of ourselves really sustainable? As we un-pack the idea of self-care, we stumble across a difference between self-care that truly improves our lives and self-care that is surface level and weak. In this episode, we offer helpful tools and rhythms that can help you navigate lasting, sustainable self-care. And…Don’t miss Megan telling us an awkward self-care routine she gets done from time to time.

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