If you've been hesitating on an idea, product or service that you believe will absolutely change lives...

Or maybe you're the type of person that takes forever to put your thing out in the world because it's imperfect - or in your mind, it doesn't compare to what someone else has going on...

I believe this episode is exactly for you.

When I started my non-profit Needle Movers for Social Equity - I felt so ill equipped.

I asked myself, "Why should someone like me - someone with no background in activism or diversity, equity, and inclusion - start an organization like this?"

But even in my doubts, I started it anyway.

It was messy, clumsy, and absolutely imperfect, but out of that imperfection emerged a curriculum to help close reading gaps for struggling students, and that curriculum is now being used with students today.

That would have never happened without taking imperfect action, just like the thing in your heart won't until you step out in faith and do it.

In this episode, my sweet friend Melody Pourmoradi, Founder of the GiRLiFE  Certification Program, shares about how she imperfectly started an organization that helps women empower girls to find their voice and confidently lead, and encourages you to unapologetically start that soul-centered dream you've been holding in your heart.

What you'll hear:

• Melody tells the story of the perfectly imperfect beginnings of GiRLiFE.
• We'll talk about what it means to us to do soul-centered work.
• She'll share how you, your organization, your church, or youth group can partner with GiRLiFE.
• And we'll challenge you to start that special thing you've been hesitating to get out into the world.

CONNECT WITH MELODY
Instagram: @girlifeempowerment
How to Run Your First Profitable GiRLiFE Workshop - grab it here.
The Empowering Her Podcast
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Although we're holding a special place in this episode for homeschooling women leaders, don't let the title convince you that this episode is not for you.

I think every mother, no matter how school looks for their home, shares common heart-pulls and desires for their child.

Sometimes those desires are expressed through a homeschool expression, and sometimes not - listen, my children have been both formally educated in public school, had a short stint in private school, and are now back in a homeschool rhythm... we've personally done it all - but no matter your approach, we all share a desire for the best for our kids.

And we want to be good mom leaders.

In this episode, I'm chatting with my sweet friend and homeschool veteran of 20 years Susan Seay about what it means to lead as a homeschool mom, and even if you don't homeschool, I bet you'll nod your head in agreement about the beauty in our shared mom leadership roles in the home (and trust me, it's way more than curriculum choices and learning styles).

All moms have been called to have a heart for their home in some way, shape, or form. Listen in to hear how.

What you'll hear:

• What Susan says are the main messages she feels moms need right now.
• As she speaks to moms all over the globe, she'll share about the common threads she sees transcend cultural differences when it comes to being intentional leaders in our homes.
• She'll give us a glimpse of what homeschool leadership looks like for The Seay Family. 
• And Susan shares about why with all her work with homeschool moms, curriculum choices are not what she talks about - and what she focuses on instead. 

CONNECT WITH SUSAN
The Mentor for Moms Podcast with Susan Seay
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This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

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Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

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Instagram: @refreshedmoms

I grew up in a church where women were not recognized as ministers.

They could lead Sunday School and Children's Church, but were not licensed or ordained as ministers.

Unless it was Women's Day or Mother's Day, you would never see a woman teaching in the pulpit.

Then a funny thing happened in my 20's - I felt like God was calling me into ministry... as a teacher of his word.

But I asked myself, "Do women do things like that? Could this really be God or am I making this up?"

If you're a woman who feels called by God into teaching and sharing God's word to the world - not just to women and children...

Or you're someone wondering if there's a such thing as God calling women into ministry such as this...

Then this episode is for you.

My friend and pastor Phil Manginelli is taking us through two of the most controversial scriptures regarding women and the church, and invites us to spend our own time diving into the words of Paul to the early church as he writes letters to govern their Christ-likeness.

No matter what side of the theology coin you're on, as long as we can agree that we just want to follow Jesus the best we can, then we're in this journey together.

Podcast Episode Referenced:
Jesus Culture Podcast #62 - Women in Ministry
Refreshed Moms Podcast #170 - Nurturing Your Faith While Parenting with Emily Manginelli

CONNECT WITH PHIL MANGINELLI
The Square Church
Instagram: @pmanginelli
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This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

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I'm interrupting our podcast publishing schedule this week in order to make room for this guided time of prayer for the absolute horrors happening in Afghanistan.

If you're struggling with words to say or pray to God, it's my hope that this episode is a tool you can use - at any time - to pray over the country and the people living through these terrible times.

I entered into a place of prayer earlier this week feeling utterly hopeless, but it wasn't long after I started that the scriptures filled my heart with the hope of Jesus and his promised kingdom.

I invite you to join me in prayer for Afghanistan - as you listen, allow the scriptures shared to inspire words to say.

Know you are loved.

DOWNLOAD THE SCRIPTURES USED IN THIS EPISODE HERE.
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5 Daily Prayers for Mompreneurs

Five prayers to pray each day to help you keep God first in your business.

Download them here.

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Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

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Instagram: @refreshedmoms

The evolution of women leadership is still ever present.

We're breaking barriers and bringing our gifts in spaces that have never allowed a women's voice to not only be heard but to influence hearts and perspectives.

But one of the most important areas that I see women embracing as leadership more and more is in their role as a mother.

Being a mom is being a leader, and I don't think I know of a job that's harder or more rewarding.

And even though our culture may struggle with integrating our motherhood role into the other areas we lead in, that doesn't mean we don't keep advocating for it.

In this episode, my friend Victoria Danielle and I are sharing a conversation about redefining women leadership - it's a personal pursuit before it becomes a public one, and we're letting you in on our thoughts about it all.

What you'll hear:

• What does it mean to personally redefine women leadership and why is it important?
• How is female leadership unique... or is it unique at all? 
• We discuss some common challenges we've seen in the work place and culture.
• And we hope you leave this episode fully embracing the call of leadership God has placed on your life as a woman and mom.

CONNECT WITH VICTORIA DANIELLE
Free download: Questions You Need to Answer Before Hiring a Coach
Instagram: @thevictoriadanielle

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Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

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I struggled with how to name this - it started as Moms Who Lead, but after considering it more, I reminded myself that being a mom is leadership all by itself.

It's the toughest leadership role I've ever had, and as older moms before me have told me, the job doesn't get easier as your children age.

So,  mom leadership... it's a thing.

And if you're like me, God has pulled you into leadership in other areas like:

• Homeschooling
• Ministry
• Career
• Business

Women don't turn the leadership bug off once we have kids, and God obviously doesn't mind calling us into his kingdom work while our kids are playing LEGOS under our desks at home.

But, it has become obvious to me that we do this leadership thing differently than our spouses and male counterparts.

Our ebbs and flows, our rhythms, our capacity to do ANYTHING, is just different.

And our kids need us differently, too.

So in this podcast series, we're going to chat with other leaders about Women Who Lead - women just like you - and I'm getting things started right now.
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This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom® in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

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We've come to the end of Season 8, and as my podcast rhythm dictates, it's time for my in-between-seasons break.

But before I head out, I want to leave you with some mom summer rhythm gold.

Sometimes, you need permission to call a rest audible.

Making room for unplanned rest is OK, because there are days AND seasons when you need it.

And in this episode, I'm speaking directly to the mom leader and entrepreneur that thinks all the balls are gonna drop if they pause and take a break.

News flash - even if they do drop, er'body is gonna be a'ight.

So, listen in as I share some very quick insight into calling a rest audible when you need to.
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 FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

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Instagram: @refreshedmoms

This year I've realized that the way my home looks impacts my mood, but it wasn't until I understood sensory rest that it began to make sense why that was happening.

When my senses are over-stimulated by clutter, it's hard for me to lean into rest.

Does this sound like you as well?

Well, if it does, this episode is exactly for you.

I'm talking with my new friend Renea Fieck, Occupational Therapist, host of the More Than Mom Summit and the creator of The Great Clutter Clear Out Challenge, as she shares the importance of not just clearing out clutter in our home, but how eliminating mindset clutter directly impacts the way we feel in our physical spaces.

What you will hear:

• Why rest shouldn't feel like one more thing to check off your to-do list.
• The impact of digital clutter on our mental condition.
• How clutter in our homes can reflect our state of mind.
• Renae will answer the question, "Does clutter really impact our moods?"
• What to do when you feel yourself spiraling into a negative mind space.

CONNECT WITH RENEA
The Rising Moms Podcast
https://renaefieck.com/podcast/

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 FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

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Download on iOS or Android

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Alignment - kinda a buzz word we're hearing these days.

According to Merriam-Webster, alignment means this: the proper positioning or state of adjustment of parts in relation to each other.

My question is, what does it feel like when the work that you're doing feels mis-aligned?

Well, for me it usually includes choosing between what I think is the "right" thing and the "God-inspired" thing.

Cause honestly, God doesn't always follow marketing rules. He's not always interested in increasing revenue. And he's always, always, always has his kingdom on his mind.

Can you absolutely trust God to take care of you financially - without stressing about where the money is coming from - as you allow him to guide your work?

Truth talk, it's easier said than done, but it must be done if you desire to align your work - properly positioning your work in relation with God's heart for it.

In this episode, I'm chatting with Marlena Banks, founder of Big Idea Food™, a Christian media brand that produces faith-fueling content for entrepreneurs & creatives, about how she realigned her misaligned business, and after 1,000+ book sales later she's rediscovered God's heart for her work in this season.

What you'll hear:

• Marlena shares what it means to reconcile your purpose with what the market is saying.
• What to do when your customers say they want something from you, but your heart is screaming no.
• How marketing fits into your efforts to stay aligned with God's guidance.
• Why Marlena says she'd rather be broke - and why I'm in total agreement (you'll wanna hear this)!

CONNECT WITH MARLENA
Grab her wonderful devotion book entrepreneurs, side hustlers, and dreamers.
Big Idea Food: https://www.bigideafood.com/

Instagram: @bigideafood
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 FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Instagram: @refreshedmoms

So, here's the scoop on Dana and me.

We're two business-y, mom leader gals who've become good friends.

But when we get together, it's hard for us to talk straight up business.

Instead, we end up talking about some of the intangibles of being a mom entrepreneur (and sometimes that means we're riffing on exploding boob growth).

We can teach marketing.

We can talk $ scaling (like my jargon-y word there?).

We can go blue in the face on creating simple evergreen funnels that convert.

But, we both know it doesn't mean a hill of beans if you're not enjoying your work, not making room for rest, and end up burnt out as a result of it.

So, in this episode, Dana Malstaff, CEO of Boss-Mom™ is sharing what building a refreshing business actually means to her. And, it may not be what you think.

What you'll hear:

• How prayer helped Dana through her divorce.
• How small 1-minute anchors throughout her day helped her transition into her new parenting season as a single mom.
• The hardest part of her balancing act of business and kids.
• And we get into a discussion on how we give ourselves permission to show up fully as we are in our work.

CONNECT WITH DANA (my affiliate links)
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Work with Dana and me in the Nurture to Convert Society
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Register for the next Refreshed Moms Spiritual Rest Mini-Sabbatical

The #1 virtual experience designed to help mom leaders enjoy rest away from work and kids in order to reconnect with God and renew themselves spiritually.

deannamason.com/spiritualrest

 FREE Mini-Course - Making a Rest Plan 

You can turn business burnout around, and it begins with knowing how to rest.

This mini-course includes very short video lessons on the 7 ways to rest, my Rest Needs Quiz, and the Graceful Transitions Meditation for Moms.

Enroll at deannamason.com/makearestplan

Work with me in the Nurture to Convert Society

When creating your refreshed mom lifestyle, generating consistent income that feels absolutely rewarding contributes to your rest.

Work with me and my good friend Dana Malstaff of Boss Mom™ in the Nurture to Convert Society, the only proven business building membership designed for mom entrepreneurs to help you make a full-time income in 15 hours a week - and you can get started for just $47.

Learn more by going to deannamason.com/ntcs (*affiliate)

Join my Facebook Community, Spiritual Rest with Refreshed Moms

Come nurture your faith with me as we share around scripture, come together in small group discussions, and co-work together as we make room for focused productivity. 

deannamason.com/refreshedmomsgroup

Download the Refreshed Moms App - #1 Spiritual Rest App for Mom Entrepreneurs.

Download on iOS or Android
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