Wholistic Hearts- A Journey from the Head to the Heart, Encounters with Jesus

Letting It Soak In (Part One)

Hold Up. Let's just hit pause. Do you ever listen to a podcast and think, “Wow, I need to just sit on that and let it soak in?” 

Yep, so did Joshua and Kristin.  

These past few weeks on Wholistic Hearts Podcast have been jam packed with so much wisdom Joshua and Kristin wanted to make sure we are taking time to digest all the goodness.  

This week, Joshua and Kristin are discussing how Allen Arnold’s conversation on our previous show about Creativity in Chaos has become reality as of late more than ever.  

If you haven't listened to Allen's interview on Wholistic Hearts, go here.

Joshua and Kristin's takeaways and nuggets they are holding: 

-Our gifting is a weapon of light. 

-Use our gifting to counter the chaos. 

-Your gifting will not be sunshine and rainbows.

-Distinguishing the difference between hard time vs. chaos

-Love Vs. Fear Driven 

-Are we savoring what we have accomplished and what that looks like 

Wholistic Hearts is sponsored by Kristin Fields Chadwick’s Podcast Productions.  For more information on podcast production go to https://kristinfieldschadwick.com/podcast-production/.

This week on Wholistic Hearts, Jami Amerine, author of Stolen Jesus and Well, Girl, became an instant friend while we recorded this episode. (You'll have to excuse my giggles in the beginning...because well, that's just who I am.) Being a fellow wellness mama of youngsters who have allergies and celiac, we hit it off in connecting our hearts. The way the Holy Spirit nudged Jami’s heart in her own wellness journey and her kids’ journey is so inspiring.  Jami talks about the verse “Everything is permissible but not everything is beneficial." (1 Cor. 10:23) She explains how this is the perfect place to lean into as we walk in our identity and wellness journey. So many women feel like they are rooted in failure like roller coaster weight gain or miscarriage or chronic illness. What if we let God weigh in (pun intended) in these holistic approaches to our lives?  I hope you walk away from this episode feeling encouraged and more than anything it draws you closer to intimacy with your Creator. 

On today’s episode, Kristin sits down with the revelatory author and speaker, Wendy Backlund. Wendy is the co-founder of Igniting Hope Ministries and also a leader in the Body of Christ through life changing encounters with God. She is the author of Living From the Unseen, Victorious Emotions, and much more. 

Kristin asks Wendy about her first encounter with Jesus and continues to explain what an “Encounter” actually is and how to use our imagination to experience the spirit realm. 

Wendy also encourages us to renew our minds in the Truth.  Jesus is the Word, and we can use the Truth to bring order to chaos in the natural world. 

This episode is sure to ignite hope and fan the flame of His glorious riches which are continuing to be found everyday if we open our hearts to the Holy Spirit. Through childlike wonder, we can step into even more with our relationship with God. 

To find out more about Transformational Mind Renewal Course, go here. 

To order Wendy’s Books, find it here. 

As we turn the page into a new season, Kristin shares a fresh Encounter on Wholistic Hearts podcast.  This Encounter brings you to a place of home as you meet the Father in the mountains at a log cabin.  I hope you enjoy this beautifully guided peaceful meditation.  

For more Wholistic Hearts Encounter episodes, go to episode 4 and 7.  

Not sure what an Encounter is or have more questions, go here for Kristin's thoughts.  

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On Wholistic Hearts Podcast today, Kristin invites her good friend and author, Megan Nilsen to sit down in the Chadwick studio. Two former MOPS moms shooting the breeze and remembering the good old days. Megan’s book, A Beautiful Exchange,  sparked something deep inside Kristin over five years ago. Megan shares about her book and the journey through international adoption and a desperate need to let go of control in exchange for His Fruit. Megan continued to serve in ministry in the traditional ways through leading various Bible Studies.

Then...Quarantine hits.

Megan discovers and sees more of where the Lord was leading her to share even more so. Megan, stepping bravely out in faith, has created an online course and begun to do spiritual coaching. Kristin encourages her listeners to take a look and participate in Megan’s upcoming in-depth 7 week online course- Beautiful Exchange Experience. 

Here’s a snippet of this amazing course-

Do you resonate with any of these?

• Are hungry to hear from God.
• Want to learn how He speaks to you. 
• Wish to discern what He has for you in this season of life.
• Desire to surrender to the Holy Spirit and walk in step with Him.
• Want to discover your true identity and God-given calling. 
• Want to dig into Scripture and see what God has to say to you through his word.
• Long to be in community with like-minded women who are also eager to throw off whatever is hindering them in order to step into the abundant life Christ offers. 
• Are ready to commit to a season of intentional work and listening for the voice of God in your life.

Wholistic Hearts Listeners receive a $10 discount. Head to https://www.meganbnilsen.com/products and enter promo code “WHOLISTICHEARTS”.

To become a part of Megan’s amazingly encouraging FB community, click here.

*As always, if you click the Amazon affiliate link to Megan’s book, it will help pay for more shows. Thanks a bunch!

Today on Wholistic Heart's podcast, Kristin has an opportunity to speak with Bo Stern, creator of SoulSpace meditation app- a place to anchor your thoughts to the love of God and the way of Jesus. 

Bo shares her story about how meditation has impacted her in everyday life and through anxiety and some really difficult situations. 

Throughout the show, Kristin and Bo share more about their hearts and passion behind meditation and visualization.

Listeners! I guarantee you will love SoulSpace as part of your daily anchoring in the Word.  Check out Soulspace app on iTunes/Android or https://soulspace.co

For more on Encounters, go to Kristin's website. You'll find multiple resources to listen to an encounter or just read the importance of meditating on the heart of the Father. 

Creativity in Chaos 

On this episode of Wholistic Hearts, Joshua and I sit down with Allen Arnold to process what it looks like to create in the midst of chaos.  Allen coaches us through asking us and the listeners, “What is the story I am living in?”  and “Where does chaos come from?” 

We talk about creating and how to guard our hearts in the midst of this chaotic season.  

Allen Arnold is an author of allegory book, The Story of With, an encouraging writing coach, a brilliant speaker, and executive content producer for Wild at Heart ministries.

To find out more about Allen Arnold, visit www.withallen.com or here. 

To watch the videos Allen mentioned, find it https://www.withallen.com/videos-1 or here.

To find Allen's book, click https://amzn.to/3ilsUY8 or here. 

Thanks to our listeners for writing into the show and posting on IG your awesome marriage and parenting questions! We round out our marriage and parenting series this week with answering questions from YOU.  

Some of today's questions covered:

1. In marriage, sometimes one spouse would like sex more than the other, how do you communicate needs and boundaries? 

2. How do you work on your communicating skills with your spouse?

3. How do you continue to learn about one another as your marriage grows? 

4. What's the best way to discipline your children?

We had fun answering these questions and kept our audio unedited...you're welcome.  

I mention quite a few resources in today's show. They are listed below! 

One Extraordinary Marriage Podcast

Favorite Books on Sexual Intimacy:

The Gift of Sex by The Penners

Lovestruck by Sharon Jaynes

Favorite Books for Communicating/Boundaries:

Boundaries by Dr. Cloud and Dr. Townsend

How We Love by Dr. Milan Yerkovich 

For Coaching, check out my website. 

Find more about Kristin Chadwick on social media 

Have you ever said yes to a commitment and everything in you was screaming, “No!” Well, what you experienced was a first hand experience of crossing boundaries. 

On this week’s episode on Wholistic Hearts Podcast, Joshua and Kristin talk about the very important healthy aspect of boundaries within marriage, parenting, work, faith....and much more.  

Key Topics:

1. Boundaries are a good thing! 

2. When we say yes to something, we are also saying no to something else. 

3. Boundaries aren’t selfish.  (I.e. Don’t ask a young overwhelmed mother to come volunteer in the nursery) 

3. Setting boundaries is about speaking up for yourself. 

Books mentioned in the show:

Go Suck a Lemon by Michael Cornwall

Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. Townsend   

To hear more about Boundaries Groups, contact us.

Follow Kristin on IG or FB @kristinfieldschadwick.

What we speak over our children matters. Today on Wholistic Hearts, Joshua and Kristin continue their series of Marriage and jump into the subject of parenting. For Joshua and Kristin, learning to speak identity over their children was a bit of an  awakening process. They discuss:

1. What is identity?
2. How do we discover the unique qualities/gifts God has given in our children?
3. Why it’s important for our kids to know they belong

As mentioned in the podcast, here is the little girl whose affirmations are right en pointe.

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