Andi Buerger shares a story about a little girl named Jean who grew up in a home where unimaginable things happened every day. Jean didn't know if she would live to see the next birthday. She sat on a curb at five years old, waiting for a car to come fast enough. But God had a different plan. In this episode, Andi shares what healing has looked like on the other side of survival. Not overnight. Not without scars. But real, full, and anchored in joy, not someday joy, but the kind you choose today. She talks honestly about trauma, faith, identity, and discovering that the worst chapters of your story don't have to be the final word. There is so much hope here. Originally recorded during FORTIFIED: Women Rising in Authority, Ease, and Joy.

In this episode Andi shares about:
✨ A story that will stay with you
✨ What joy looks like after painful seasons
✨ Faith and resilience in the fire
✨ Identity and restoration 
✨ Living fully instead of staying trapped in survival
✨ Hope, healing, and freedom

🎁 Andi's gift: Prevention Packet from Voices Against Trafficking + Broken Treasures inspirational music album.
You can access Andi's full FORTIFIED session, her free gift, and all speaker resources inside the Vibrant Living Skool community. Find them right here

When you hear the word enthusiasm, what comes to mind? Most of us think of energy, excitement, or passion. But the word originally meant something entirely different. Enthusiasm comes from the Greek words en theos — "God within."
In this final episode of the Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence series, we're exploring what it means to stay connected to the source rather than striving to create more energy on our own. We'll talk about reverence, abiding, and why the fire often fades, not because we stop loving God, but because familiarity quietly replaces awe. If you've felt like you're pushing harder than you should have to, this conversation may help you discover whether it's time to stop striving and reconnect with the One who sustains the fire.


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Patrina Pelton-Smith shares on this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast about leadership, betrayal, personal attacks, and what it feels like when people you're serving turn against you. This is an honest conversation about trusting God when you want to quit, being fortified in the fire, and learning that sometimes God seasons you through heat you didn't ask for.

In this episode:

• Leadership and betrayal
• Personal attacks on character
• Trusting God through difficult seasons
• Being fortified in the fire
• Emotional resilience for women leaders
• Christian leadership encouragement
• Staying when you want to leave

Patrina's free gift: Complimentary One-Hour Consultation

Access Patrina's full message and all resources here 

Connect with Donna at https://www.ivibrantliving.com/

In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I welcome Randy Wheeler, owner of Wheeler Coaching and Maxwell Leadership Certified DISC Consultant, for a conversation about the kind of leadership that has nothing to do with a title.
Randy has trained thousands of leaders across the United States and developed leaders internationally. His conviction is simple: leadership is influence. And the women who insist they are not leaders are frequently the ones every room looks to.
This conversation covers what it means to lead from values rather than obligation, why knowing what to say no to is as important as knowing what to say yes to, and how the most effective leaders protect their focus rather than their schedule. Randy and Donna also explore the danger of tying identity to performance, the power of having people in your life who can see your blind spots, and what it looks like to lead not from pressure but from peace.
If you have ever minimized your influence or wondered whether what you do actually matters, this episode answers that question.


More About Randy
Randy Wheeler is the owner of Wheeler Coaching and helps individuals and teams enhance leadership, communication, and teamwork. He holds a Master's in Organizational Leadership and is a Maxwell Leadership Certified DISC Consultant and Working Genius Facilitator. As an Executive Program Leader with Maxwell Leadership, he combines expertise and resources to sharpen focus, clarify strategy, and drive results.
For over a decade, Randy has trained thousands across the United States and developed leaders internationally in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Argentina, and Panama.
Website: leadwell.biz 
YouTube: youtube.com/@wheelercoaching
LinkedIn: Randy Wheeler
Email: [email protected]
Books by Randy Wheeler: When I Am Afraid


Learn More About Donna
Donna Tashjian is a Destiny Activator, ordained minister, and creator of the Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence Method™, helping purpose-driven individuals move from confusion and fatigue into conviction, confidence, and divine alignment.
Website: www.ivibrantliving.com

Alethea Felton shares on this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast about obedience, uncertainty, leadership, and what happens when God asks you to move before you fully understand where He is taking you. Alethea talks about fear, transition, trust, mentorship, and learning that authority does not come from having everything figured out. It grows through obedience, often long before confidence shows up. This is an honest conversation for anyone who has ever felt stretched between what feels safe and what they sense God calling them toward. This conversation was originally recorded during FORTIFIED: Women Rising in Authority, Ease, and Joy.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Obedience and spiritual authority
• Fear, uncertainty, and trust
• Leadership and growth
• Mentorship and support
• Moving before you feel fully ready
• Learning to discern God's direction

🎁 Alethea's gift: Identity & Authority Reset for Women Leaders.
You can access Alethea's full FORTIFIED session, her free gift, and all speaker resources inside the Vibrant Living Skool community. Join us right here

What if the exhaustion you feel is not from doing too much, but from trying to prove something that has already been settled?

In this episode, I uncover the real reason so many faith-filled leaders feel pressure even when they are doing all the right things. It is not a discipline issue. It is not a time issue. It is not even a conviction issue. It is an identity issue. I walk through the foundation of Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence and show how identity shapes everything: your decisions, your peace, your leadership, and your ability to hear God clearly.
In this episode, you will discover: why performance-based identity leads to emotional highs and lows, how success and failure distort your sense of self, the difference between KPI thinking and KSI living, the messenger vs manager distinction and why it matters, why identity in God is received before anything is achieved, and how to shift from striving to abiding.

Are you living from the identity God gave you, or performing the identity the world assigned you?

Ready to find out where you are sourcing from?
Take the 2-minute self-check right here. 

Stay close. One final message is coming in this series, followed by something new opening in July for those ready to remove the noise and live with conviction, peace, and direction.

Amanda Hietter shares on this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast about surviving, abuse, surrender, and what happens when you realize you have spent years carrying life in survival mode. Not thriving. Not truly living. Just surviving. Amanda speaks honestly about fear, control, healing, and learning to trust God again in places where life had taught her to brace for impact. There is something steady and grounding about this conversation. No pretending. Just authentic truth. Just a woman who has been there and is finding her way back. This conversation was originally recorded during FORTIFIED: Women Rising in Authority, Ease, and Joy.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Survival mode and emotional exhaustion
• Abuse and healing
• Fear, surrender, and trust
• Learning to receive support
• Living differently instead of just coping
• What real freedom begins to look like

🎁 Amanda's gift: Tips to Travel Like a Pro. You can access Amanda's full FORTIFIED session, her gift, and all speaker resources inside the Vibrant Living Skool community.

There’s a difference between knowing about God and learning how to stay connected to Him in the middle of real life. In this conversation from FORTIFIED: Women Rising in Authority, Ease, and Joy, Laurie Cavanaugh shares her journey through burnout, breast cancer, striving, healing, and rediscovering a personal relationship with God through the practice of praise. What makes Laurie’s story powerful is not perfection. It’s honesty. She talks about the slow drift so many women experience while carrying responsibility, performing, pushing through, and quietly losing connection to themselves and to God. And she shares how praise became more than worship for her. It became healing. Alignment. Activation. A way of living.

In this episode, we talk about:
✨ The difference between performing and truly connecting with God
✨ Burnout, striving, and emotional exhaustion
✨ How praise shifts your internal atmosphere
✨ Healing after difficult seasons
✨ Why support and accountability matter
✨ Learning to receive help before everything falls apart

Laurie’s message from FORTIFIED is called: The Power of Praise to Heal, Transform, and Activate
🎁 Laurie’s gift: Faith-Based Daily Gratitude Journal

You can access Laurie’s full FORTIFIED session, her gift, and all speaker resources inside the Vibrant Living Skool community.

In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I welcome Jennifer McFarland, ADHD advocate, TFT Tapping practitioner, and founder of Monarch Dawn.
Jennifer works with women who discover their ADHD diagnosis in adulthood, after years of shame, relentless anxiety, and the exhausting work of holding it all together on the outside while everything feels chaotic within.
This conversation names what so many women have carried but never had language for. Jennifer explains why ADHD in women is so frequently missed, how it shows up as internalized anxiety rather than visible behavior, and why the shame around it runs so deep. She shares what it looks like to stop fighting the way your brain is wired and begin working with it instead, from a posture of grace rather than pressure.
I close with a word that lands: relief is information. If this conversation made you breathe, do not rush past that. Awareness is the beginning of wisdom. And wisdom is where change begins.


Resources Mentioned
Dr. Russell Barkley YouTube channel — long-term ADHD expert and researcher Up-to-date, fact-based information on ADHD

How to ADHD by Jessica McCabe YouTube channel — practical tips, compassionate education, and the why behind the struggle

Meet Jennifer
Jennifer McFarland is an author, speaker, ADHD advocate, and TFT Tapping practitioner. She is the founder of Monarch Dawn, where she helps people heal from the past and create a practical plan for success in the future. Her framework, Custom Made Change, is built around learning to rule your day not by willpower but by understanding how your mind and nervous system were actually designed to function.
Trained in TFT Tapping under internationally acclaimed Kevin Laye, Jennifer brings over 12 years of experience helping people release lingering pain and step into sustainable, lasting change.
Website: www.monarchdawn.com
LinkedIn: Jennifer McFarland (Monarch Dawn)
Email: [email protected]

Learn More About Donna
Donna Tashjian is a Destiny Activator, ordained minister, and creator of the Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence Method™, helping purpose-driven individuals move from confusion and fatigue into conviction, confidence, and divine alignment.
Website: www.ivibrantliving.com

Most leaders have been there. An opportunity shows up, pressure builds, and everything around you says: move now. In this episode, I name what that feeling actually is and why it matters where it is coming from.
Urgency and discernment are not the same thing. KPI culture has conditioned leaders to treat speed as wisdom and decisiveness as strength. But Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence asks a completely different question: not how fast you decide, but where you are sourcing your decision from.
This is the third episode in the KSI series. Video 1 explored your source. Video 2 examined your measurement. Now, all of it converges in the most practical question of all: how do you actually make decisions from that place?

Resource Mentioned

Reigning or Striving Self-Check: A 10-point self-check for faith-led leaders. Discover whether you are reigning from rest or driven by striving.
Take the self-check here 


 Kingdom Spiritual Intelligence (KSI) Series:

• Video 1: Make Yourself at Home 
• Video 2: You're Not Behind. Heaven Is Already Ahead 
• Video 3: Urgency Is Not Discernment | This episode

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