Universal Sisterhood Podcast

Holy Week can be daunting- choose one person from the story of the Passion of Christ and stay with them throughout the whole ordeal- they will always lead you to the empty tomb- the beginning of everything.

Did you know that one in three women in Australia will have a unplanned pregnancy?

 Up to one-third of Australian women will face an unplanned pregnancy at some point in their lives. 

Research shows that the most common reason for terminating a pregnancy will terminate their pregnancy because they lack the support they need for parenting. 

Research also shows that the most common reason given by women for deciding to terminate a pregnancy is their lack of readiness & support for parenthood. 

This significant concern that women voice—Diamond Women helps overcome. Diamond Women empowers women & their families through a comprehensive approach to holistic care, creating a wraparound service that is personalised & unique to their needs. 

And as the proverb says, it takes a village to raise a kid, well, we know it takes a village to support a women. 

Diamond has been the village to over 1700 women over the past 15 years. And now it's OUR turn... (to become their Village).

 The Village is a community of people who are willing to donate not just once, but who will commit to supporting local Australian women, each month. stick with Diamond, month after month. We subscribe to things all the time—Netflix, Spotify, the gym. We subscribe to these things because they benefit our lives. 

The Village is a subscription that benefits others' lives. Diamond is looking for 200 of us to join us now. And when we get there, we'll go to 2000. And then 200,000—until the day we can say that no Australian woman ever has to face an unplanned pregnancy alone.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2so-DNXd9M

https://www.diamondwomen.com.au/

Our mindset plays a huge role in how we react to all situations as our thoughts preceded and help shape our actions.

Monica from Wholehearted Fiat is a Catholic mindset coach who can help by giving you the tools to change your mindset.

Check her out at https://wholeheartedfiat.wixsite.com/coaching

You can also find her on face book https://www.facebook.com/wholeheartedfiat

and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wholeheartedfiatcoaching/

She is running a Frustration Free Lent over on Instagram. https://www.subscribepage.com/lentcommunity

Liv and I chat openly about the lessons we leaned from taking a party of 14 on a tropical holiday in the middle of a world wide pandemic.

Go follow over at @universalsisterhood_  or @surprisedbyjoyeveryday

In this episode Megan makes the beautiful point that "Our emotions are like a compass that points toward something that has or hasn't yet been healed. They point to something historical."

 It's so important to listen to what our emotions are telling us. We need to stop and ask ourselves, why am I responding this way? 

Be gentle on the 'Eve' parts of yourself that need to be heled and restored back to life.

"Nothing here below is profane for those who know how to see" Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Let's start a revolution by find joy in the most mundane of places. 

Take a picture,  upload it to instagram with the hashtag #surprisedbyjoy and #heonlygivesgoodgifts

Let's start to see Him everywhere.

1 picture, everyday for a year,  of something that brought you joy that day.

Can't wait to see where I find Him.

Watch this beautiful clip below -  Hailey Bartholomew TED Talk 365 Grateful Project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaufonUBjoQ

In this episode I sit down with three other women to discuss where we find ourselves today, in the world of covid and all it has brought with it.

Here are the two links that Liv mentioned during the podcast.

https://opusdei.org/en-au/article/saint-severinus-martyr/

https://ncc.org.au/newsweekly/