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This episode is Part Two of Lizzy’s series about serving an LDS mission.

Last week, Lizzy talked about how to know whether you should serve. In this episode, she turns to the next question: how do you actually prepare?

Lizzy shares the spiritual frameworks that shaped her own mission experience and continue to shape her discipleship today. Through scripture stories, personal reflection, and practical encouragement, she explores why God qualifies those He calls, how Jesus Christ modeled the pattern for spiritual growth, and how missionaries can learn to become instruments in God’s hands.

If you’re preparing for a mission, considering serving, or simply trying to grow closer to God, this episode offers perspective, reassurance, and a reminder that discipleship is a lifelong journey—not just an 18-month assignment.

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References:

Doctrine & Covenants 4: 5

Luke 2: 52

2 Timothee 2: 20-21

Isaiah 52:11

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About The Lizzy Jensen Show:

The Lizzy Jensen show has a simple mission to empower you with the confidence and courage to live your most beautiful and abundant life. Join me weekly as I bring in friends and experts to give you the takeaways you need to help you navigate the complex journey of womanhood. The world is hungry for your love, your heart, your voice and your goodness. Lean in with me as we learn to give our highest contributions to the world, outside and inside our own homes.

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How do you know if you should serve an LDS mission? And how do you know what God wants you to do with your life?

In this episode, I share my personal story of wrestling through the decision to serve, the spiritual principles that helped me receive personal revelation, and what I believe is the more important question everyone must answer first: To whom or to what will you give your life?

We talk about trusting God’s timing, overcoming fear and outside pressure, starting down a path even when you don’t have perfect clarity, and learning how to hear the still small voice. Whether you’re considering serving a mission, supporting someone who is, or navigating a completely different life decision, these principles apply far beyond 18 months of service.

Ultimately, this episode isn’t just about whether to go. It’s about building a relationship with God strong enough to guide every decision you’ll ever face, and trusting that when you turn your life over to Him, He will lead you exactly where you’re meant to be.

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Show Notes: 

🔗 The Lord Jesus Christ Will Come Again - President Nelson https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2024/10/57nelson?lang=eng

🔗 A Plea to My Sisters - President Nelson

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/2015/10/a-plea-to-my-sisters?lang=eng

🔗 Dallin H. Oaks’ Biography - In the Hands of the Lord https://www.deseretbook.com/product/P5246942.html?srsltid=AfmBOopfrKEh0gOW7rAdwiW6H9jjzEsUSP_Gg__RdhwfLtDBfEEgPd3M

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About The Lizzy Jensen Show:

The Lizzy Jensen show has a simple mission to empower you with the confidence and courage to live your most beautiful and abundant life. Join me weekly as I bring in friends and experts to give you the takeaways you need to help you navigate the complex journey of womanhood. The world is hungry for your love, your heart, your voice and your goodness. Lean in with me as we learn to give our highest contributions to the world, outside and inside our own homes.

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Four years ago, I said yes to working inside a small, innovative school... and it changed me.

In this episode, I sit down with director Matt Clayton to share what I’ve learned about mastery-based learning, closing academic gaps, math confidence, growth mindset, and raising capable, self-directed kids in a rapidly changing world.

We talk about what’s really happening in modern education, and what actually works.

If you’ve ever felt like school could be more for your child, this conversation is for you.

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🔗 Slope School’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/slope.school/?hl=en

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About The Lizzy Jensen Show:

The Lizzy Jensen show has a simple mission to empower you with the confidence and courage to live your most beautiful and abundant life. Join me weekly as I bring in friends and experts to give you the takeaways you need to help you navigate the complex journey of womanhood. The world is hungry for your love, your heart, your voice and your goodness. Lean in with me as we learn to give our highest contributions to the world—outside and inside our own homes.

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This conversation stayed with me.

Sharon Eubank has spent decades working in humanitarian spaces most of us will never see—and yet what she kept coming back to wasn’t scale, strategy, or perfection.

It was presence.

Trust.

Showing up with what you actually have.

We talked about how God guides us—not loudly, not all at once—but through quiet impressions that ask us to partner with Him.

We talked about rest, and why it’s not optional.

And we talked about service that doesn’t require more money, more time, or a better version of yourself—just honesty and love.

One of the most grounding reminders from this episode:

It’s really hard to mess up presence.

If you’ve been wondering what God wants from you right now…

If you’ve felt overwhelmed by the idea of “doing more” or “doing it right”…

If you’re craving clarity without pressure—

This conversation is for you.

🎧 Sharon Eubank on The Lizzie Jensen Show — now live.

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Some seasons feel like nothing is happening.

You’re showing up. You’re trying. You’re praying.

And still—it feels quiet.

The older I get, the more I’m convinced those years aren’t wasted.

They’re formative.

They’re the foundation.

In this conversation with Emily Snyder, we talk about a life that didn’t unfold the way it was supposed to—and somehow became richer because of it.

The years of waiting.

The unexpected pivots.

The moments where no one else could walk the road with her, and it became a sacred space between her and God.

Emily has worked alongside some of the most influential leaders of our time—but what moved me most was her trust in the unseen work.

The kind God does underground.

The kind that makes you steady when everything else shifts.

If you’ve ever wondered whether your years of becoming are leading anywhere…

If you’re in a season that feels quiet, slow, or misunderstood…

This episode is for you.

Nothing in God’s timing is wasted.

Not the waiting.

Not the detours.

Not you.

🎧 Emily Snyder on The Lizzie Jensen Show — now live.

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What does it really mean to live with faith and ambition in a world that glorifies hustle?

In this heartfelt conversation, Lizzy sits down with Julie Taylor, a writer, mom of five, and soon-to-be author, to talk about the tension between purpose and peace, control and surrender, faith and doubt. Together they unpack what it means to stay faithful while walking an unpaved path, how to build instead of burn, and why satisfaction isn’t found in achievements—but in the quiet moments when you finally let go.

You’ll learn: how to stop chasing validation, why sharing from your scars matters, and how to find beauty in the middle of the climb.

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Some stories are written in quiet moments.

Others are forged in the middle of exhaustion, loss, and showing up anyway.

In this conversation with Tiffany Rosenhaun, we talk about womanhood in its truest form—

the seasons where you are holding everything together,

the nights you’re parenting alone,

the moments when life changes in ways you never planned for.

We talk about friendship that becomes a lifeline.

About faith that holds when answers don’t come quickly.

About creativity born in the margins of motherhood and grief.

And about the way women rise—again and again—when life asks more than feels fair.

This episode is a reminder that the hardest chapters often shape the most meaningful stories.

That community matters.

That vulnerability is not weakness.

And that becoming is almost always born in the unseen places.

If you’ve ever felt stretched thin, changed by loss, or strengthened by the women around you—

this one is for you.

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This conversation felt holy.

I sat down with Bubba Page and we talked about the things we don’t slow down long enough to notice—our reactions, our triggers, the way our bodies respond before our minds catch up.

What happens when we stop judging the reaction…

and start asking God why it showed up?

We talked about fatherhood as a sacred calling.

About men who lead with God.

About women who create space instead of carrying everything alone.

About healing that doesn’t start with fixing someone else, but with getting honest about what’s happening inside of us.

We talked about faith practices that quiet the noise, community that actually holds you, and why Christianity was never meant to be lived in isolation.

This episode is about slowing down enough to listen—to your body, to your spirit, and to God’s invitation to heal what’s underneath the reaction.

If you’ve felt tense, overwhelmed, disconnected, or tired of carrying it all…

this conversation will meet you right where you are.

🎧 Bubba Page on The Lizzie Jensen Show — now live.

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This conversation stayed with me long after we stopped recording.

Elizabeth Borowsky has lived a lifetime in music — performing internationally as a child, building a career as a pianist, teacher, and composer — and then, suddenly, her life changed in a way she never chose.

A cancer diagnosis has a way of stripping things down to what actually matters. Who you are. What you project. What remains when your body, your plans, and your sense of control shift overnight.

In this episode, we talk about identity, presence, surrender, and the quiet realization that who we are is never just what we look like, what we produce, or what we’ve accomplished. We talk about fear, loss, beauty, and the surprising ways growth shows up through trials.

We also share the story behind a meditation album Elizabeth and Jessica created together — music and words born directly from lived experience, not theory.

If you’ve ever had something happen that wasn’t part of your plan…

If you’ve ever wondered who you are when life takes an unexpected turn…

This conversation is for you.

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Before the goals.

Before the plans.

Before the pressure to become someone new this year.

There’s a quieter question I think we skip too often: What do I actually want?

We live in so much noise — good ideas, better strategies, endless input — and it’s easy to move forward without ever stopping to ask whether the life we’re building is really ours. Whether it’s aligned with who we are, where we are, and what God might be inviting us into right now.

In this episode, I talk about slowing down before the new year rush. About reclaiming your own voice. About learning to tune out what doesn’t matter so you can hear what does. Not so you can do more — but so you can move with clarity, intention, and trust.

If you’ve felt overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure about what’s next… this conversation is for you.

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