Have you ever felt like you needed everyone around you to understand why you're changing?

Why you're saying no. Why you're pulling back. Why you're starting something new. Why something that once fit your life suddenly doesn't fit anymore.

In this solo episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy Wienands talks about what happens when you begin outgrowing the old version of yourself—and why you don't need everyone around you to understand your growth.

Sometimes the hardest seasons to leave aren't the obviously bad ones. Nothing is necessarily wrong. Something simply doesn't feel right anymore. You may have outgrown the role, the expectation, the commitment, or even the identity you've been carrying.

Amy talks about how people often build expectations around the version of you they've always known: the one who always says yes, fixes everything, carries the load, answers every call, and keeps everyone happy.

Then you change.

And suddenly your growth changes their access to you.

That can create guilt, especially if you're used to being the one everyone depends on. But Amy reminds us:

You can love people and still disappoint them. You can be generous and still have boundaries. You can be kind and still say no.

This episode also dives into why we over-explain our decisions. Sometimes we're not actually explaining—we're hoping the other person will give us permission to move forward.

But there are seasons when you simply have to say:

“This is the decision I believe is right for this season.”

You don't have to become angry, defensive, or cold. You can simply become settled.

Peace doesn't mean everyone agrees with you.

Amy also challenges you to ask where you're staying stuck because you're afraid someone won't understand. Maybe they'll say you've changed.

Maybe they're right.

You're supposed to grow. You're supposed to evolve. You're supposed to become.

Change can be uncomfortable, even when it's good. Every season shift can initially feel like loss. But holding onto an old season simply because it's familiar can keep you from stepping into what God is doing next.

So ask yourself:

Is what I'm currently giving my time, energy, and effort to aligned with who I'm becoming and where I believe God is leading me?

At the end of the day, you're not responsible for everyone's opinion of your life.

You're responsible for what you do with your one life.

Sometimes becoming who God wants you to be means being misunderstood.

You don't need everyone's permission.
You don't need everyone's approval.
And you definitely don't need everyone to understand.

Keep moving. Keep growing. Keep becoming.

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You truly are more.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome + Join Amy’s Thursday Bible Study
• 00:45 – You Don’t Need Everyone to Understand You
• 01:15 – Stop Making Decisions to Keep Everyone Comfortable
• 01:55 – What If Nothing Is Wrong—You’ve Just Outgrown It?
• 02:30 – Some People Only Know the Old Version of You
• 03:10 – When Growth Changes People’s Access to You
• 04:00 – The Guilt That Comes With Changing
• 05:00 – You Can Love People and Still Disappoint Them
• 05:35 – Stop Over-Explaining Yourself
• 06:20 – Are You Explaining—or Asking for Permission?
• 06:55 – “This Is the Decision I Believe Is Right for This Season”
• 07:20 – Peace Doesn’t Mean Everyone Agrees With You
• 08:00 – Where Are You Staying Stuck?
• 08:30 – You’re Allowed to Change
• 09:10 – Why Reinventing Yourself Can Look Like Failure
• 09:45 – Don’t Become Blockbuster in Your Own Life
• 10:20 – Embrace the Season Shift
• 11:05 – Don’t Stay in a Season Too Long
• 11:40 – When What Used to Fit Doesn’t Fit Anymore
• 12:15 – Why Change Can Feel Like Loss
• 13:00 – Don’t Stay Stuck Because of What People Think
• 14:00 – Is This Aligned With Who You’re Becoming?
• 14:35 – You Don’t Need Permission, Approval, or Understanding
• 15:00 – Keep Moving, Growing & Becoming

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

You still have time. If you're looking at the goals you set for this year and thinking, “I really thought I'd be further along by now,” don't write the year off yet.

In this solo episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy Wienands shares three things you need to stop doing if you want to reach your goals before the end of the year.

The first? Stop waiting until you feel ready.

Some of the most meaningful things you'll ever do will require you to move before you feel completely prepared. Confidence doesn't always come before action. More often, confidence comes because you took action. You learn by moving. You grow by becoming a beginner. You figure it out along the way.

Second, stop negotiating with yourself.

Amy explains how we make decisions in strong moments and then renegotiate those decisions when we're tired, uncomfortable, distracted, or tempted by something easier. But every time you keep a promise to yourself, you're building something much bigger than the result—you're building trust with yourself.

And third, stop measuring your progress by how far you still have to go.

Big goals can make you feel like you're failing when you're actually making incredible progress. Instead, focus on micro commitments. Create measurable daily wins. Let days compound. And don't forget to look at what you've survived, what you've learned, what you've stopped tolerating, and who you're becoming along the way.

Amy also talks about why resistance isn't necessarily a sign that you're on the wrong path. Resistance builds muscle. Delay can build perseverance. Growth creates tension because you're becoming someone capable of carrying what comes next.

And if this year hasn't gone according to plan, remember:

You don't need January 1. You don't need a new planner. You don't need another vision board. You need a decision.

Instead of asking, “Can I still accomplish my goals this year?” ask yourself:

“Who would I have to become over the next four months to accomplish them?”

Then become that person.

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✨ Join Amy every Thursday morning at 6:00 AM Central for the 30-minute 6:00 AM Bible Study Club. Find the link on Amy's social channels or at YouAreMore.com.

You Are More isn't just a statement. It's a life. You truly are more.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

00:00 – 3 Things to Stop Doing Before the Year Ends
00:55 – Join Amy's 6 AM Bible Study Club
01:25 – #1: Stop Waiting Until You Feel Ready
01:55 – Build the Airplane While You're Flying
02:25 – Confidence Comes After You Move
03:00 – Be Willing to Become a Beginner Again
03:35 – What Are You Procrastinating On?
04:00 – #2: Stop Negotiating With Yourself
04:25 – Strong Decisions vs. Weak Moments
05:15 – Keeping Promises to Yourself Builds Confidence
05:45 – #3: Stop Measuring How Far You Have to Go
06:15 – Why Micro Commitments Matter
07:00 – Set Yourself Up to Win
07:25 – Look at Who You're Becoming

08:00 – Win the Day in Front of You
08:25 – Why Resistance Is Good for You
09:05 – Don't Write This Year Off
09:30 – You Don't Need January 1—You Need a Decision
09:50 – Who Do You Need to Become?
10:20 – The 3 Things to Stop Doing
10:40 – You Are More!

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

Are you going through the motions—or are you bringing fourth quarter energy to your life?

In this episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy challenges you to stop sitting on the sidelines, stop waiting until you feel ready, and make this next season count.

Maybe you're not as far along as you thought you'd be. Maybe this year hasn't gone according to plan. Maybe fear, disappointment, procrastination, or broken commitments have taken some of your momentum.

You're not finished.

Fourth quarter energy means deciding that regardless of where you are today, you're going to bring your focus, attention, discipline, and effort to what happens next. 

Amy shares why you sometimes have to do it scared, why avoiding difficult things can weaken your confidence, and how keeping even small commitments to yourself begins creating a history of trust and confidence. 

She also talks about the importance of becoming your own best cheerleader. Stop waiting for somebody else to remind you that you're capable. Speak life over yourself. Remind yourself that you're favored, blessed, equipped, and carrying the wisdom of God into whatever room you're walking into. 

And be careful who you share your dreams with.

You don't need everyone to understand what God has placed in your heart. You need a sacred few faith friends who can believe with you, pray with you, and remind you who you are when disappointment comes. 

Amy's challenge for you is simple:

Do one hard thing today.

Make the call. Set the appointment. Have the conversation. Take the walk. Start the project. Take one tiny action toward the thing you know you're supposed to do.

Then do it again tomorrow.

Because when you repeatedly do the hard thing, the hard thing becomes easier—and you build a history of confidence that reminds you that you're well able. 

Get in the game. Go all in. Make this next season count.

Your best days are ahead of you.

🎧 Subscribe to The You Are More Podcast for more conversations about faith, purpose, mindset, leadership, and becoming everything God created you to be.

You truly are more.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome & Join Amy’s Thursday Bible Study
• 01:12 – What Energy Are You Bringing to Your Life?
• 01:35 – What Is “Fourth Quarter Energy”?
• 02:15 – It Doesn't Take Much to Be 1% Better
• 02:40 – Stop Going Through the Motions
• 03:15 – Waiting Until You Feel Ready Is Keeping You Stuck
• 03:42 – Do It Scared
• 04:15 – Run Toward the Hard Thing
• 04:50 – “Eat the Frog” & Do What You're Avoiding
• 05:10 – Avoiding Hard Things Is Training You to Be Weak
• 05:35 – Why Keeping Commitments to Yourself Builds Confidence
• 06:05 – Get Out of the Funk & Get Back in the Game
• 06:30 – Fear Stops People From Doing Significant Things
• 07:00 – Be Your Own Best Cheerleader
• 08:00 – Stop Waiting for Someone Else to Pump You Up
• 08:35 – How Amy Talks to Herself Before Big Moments
• 09:00 – Protect Your Dreams From the Wrong People
• 09:40 – Why You Need “Faith Friends”
• 10:35 – Bring Fourth Quarter Energy Into This Season
• 11:05 – Do One Hard Thing Today
• 11:35 – Get Off the Sidelines of Your Own Life
• 12:10 – Your Best Days Are Ahead of You
• 12:35 – You Have One Life—Give It Everything
• 13:15 – Take the Tiny Step
• 14:00 – Build a History of Confidence

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

What happens when you've built the success you thought you wanted—but God starts asking you to build something completely different?

In this episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy sits down with entrepreneur, business coach, and God-Led Business host Stefanie Gass for a powerful conversation about success, surrender, faith, burnout, business, and learning to follow God's direction when His plan looks nothing like yours.

Stefanie shares how she reached the top 1% of a network marketing company while privately struggling with anxiety, drinking, and putting her family second. When the business she'd built began disappearing, she found herself crying out to God and asking what came next.

Then, in 2018, Stefanie had a dream with a simple message: “Start a podcast.”

She barely knew anything about podcasting—but she obeyed.

At the same time, she stepped away from social media, despite it being one of her only sources of clients. One year later, her business had returned to six figures exclusively through her podcast. Today, she's approaching 1,000 episodes and leads a multi-seven-figure company.

Amy and Stefanie talk about how to stop striving and start surrendering, finding clarity when you don't know what's next, separating your identity from achievement, moving through fear, resisting shiny-object syndrome, staying in your lane, building a business around what people actually need, and trusting God enough to take the next step without knowing the entire plan.

Stefanie also shares why she believes long-form content is so powerful, how she approaches podcasting and YouTube, and why entrepreneurs shouldn't automatically chase every new platform or strategy.

Sometimes you don't need the entire plan. You just need the next step.

Stop forcing the outcome. Stop looking sideways. Get quiet, listen, and allow God to lead.

🎧 Subscribe to The You Are More Podcast for more conversations about faith, purpose, mindset, leadership, and becoming who you were created to be.

You are on this earth for more.

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• Website: https://www.youaremore.com
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• Social Media: Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/youaremorepodcast and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amywienands/ 
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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome Stefanie Gass
• 01:20 – Stefanie's Story: Corporate America to Entrepreneurship
• 02:45 – Reaching the Top 1%—But Falling Apart Inside
• 04:00 – When Success Becomes an Idol
• 05:00 – Losing the Business She Built
• 06:00 – Stefanie's Bathroom Floor Moment With God
• 07:00 – Getting Healthy, Sober & Starting Again
• 08:00 – The Dream That Said “Start a Podcast”
• 09:00 – Walking Away From Social Media
• 10:00 – Building a Six-Figure Business Through Podcasting
• 11:00 – The Hardest Part of Trusting God's Plan
• 12:00 – Stop Chasing What Everyone Else Is Doing
• 13:00 – Stop Fixing Everything & Choose Faith
• 14:00 – Stop Looking Sideways for Your Answer
• 15:00 – When Achievement Becomes Your Identity
• 17:00 – How to Find Clarity When You Feel Stuck
• 18:00 – Surrender Before Strategy
• 19:00 – Stop Trying to Figure Out the Finish Line
• 20:00 – Fall in Love With the Process
• 21:00 – How to Move Through Fear
• 22:00 – Stefanie Faces Her Fear of Public Speaking
• 23:00 – Fear, Faith & Taking Action
• 24:00 – Why Stefanie Chose YouTube After Podcasting
• 25:00 – Long-Form vs. Short-Form Content
• 26:00 – The YouTube Video That Finally Took Off
• 27:00 – Stay in Your Lane
• 28:00 – How Stefanie Built a Profitable Podcast Business
• 30:00 – Build What Your Audience Actually Needs
• 31:00 – Free Profitable Podcast Bootcamp
• 32:00 – Amy's Biggest Takeaway: Simple Solves Complex

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

What happens when you've built the success you thought you wanted—but God starts asking you to build something completely different?

In this episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy sits down with entrepreneur, business coach, and God-Led Business host Stefanie Gass for a powerful conversation about success, surrender, faith, burnout, business, and learning to follow God's direction when His plan looks nothing like yours.

Stefanie shares how she reached the top 1% of a network marketing company while privately struggling with anxiety, drinking, and putting her family second. When the business she'd built began disappearing, she found herself crying out to God and asking what came next.

Then, in 2018, Stefanie had a dream with a simple message: “Start a podcast.”

She barely knew anything about podcasting—but she obeyed.

At the same time, she stepped away from social media, despite it being one of her only sources of clients. One year later, her business had returned to six figures exclusively through her podcast. Today, she's approaching 1,000 episodes and leads a multi-seven-figure company.

Amy and Stefanie talk about how to stop striving and start surrendering, finding clarity when you don't know what's next, separating your identity from achievement, moving through fear, resisting shiny-object syndrome, staying in your lane, building a business around what people actually need, and trusting God enough to take the next step without knowing the entire plan.

Stefanie also shares why she believes long-form content is so powerful, how she approaches podcasting and YouTube, and why entrepreneurs shouldn't automatically chase every new platform or strategy.

Sometimes you don't need the entire plan. You just need the next step.

Stop forcing the outcome. Stop looking sideways. Get quiet, listen, and allow God to lead.

🎧 Subscribe to The You Are More Podcast for more conversations about faith, purpose, mindset, leadership, and becoming who you were created to be.

You are on this earth for more.

Connect With Us:

• Website: https://www.youaremore.com
• Join The 6AM Club Bible Study! Bible Study: https://www.youaremore.com/bible-study 
• Free Download: 5 Steps to Win Through Adversity https://youaremorepodcast.com/store 
• Social Media: Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/youaremorepodcast and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/amywienands/ 
• Email: [email protected]

Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome Stefanie Gass
• 01:20 – Stefanie's Story: Corporate America to Entrepreneurship
• 02:45 – Reaching the Top 1%—But Falling Apart Inside
• 04:00 – When Success Becomes an Idol
• 05:00 – Losing the Business She Built
• 06:00 – Stefanie's Bathroom Floor Moment With God
• 07:00 – Getting Healthy, Sober & Starting Again
• 08:00 – The Dream That Said “Start a Podcast”
• 09:00 – Walking Away From Social Media
• 10:00 – Building a Six-Figure Business Through Podcasting
• 11:00 – The Hardest Part of Trusting God's Plan
• 12:00 – Stop Chasing What Everyone Else Is Doing
• 13:00 – Stop Fixing Everything & Choose Faith
• 14:00 – Stop Looking Sideways for Your Answer
• 15:00 – When Achievement Becomes Your Identity
• 17:00 – How to Find Clarity When You Feel Stuck
• 18:00 – Surrender Before Strategy
• 19:00 – Stop Trying to Figure Out the Finish Line
• 20:00 – Fall in Love With the Process
• 21:00 – How to Move Through Fear
• 22:00 – Stefanie Faces Her Fear of Public Speaking
• 23:00 – Fear, Faith & Taking Action
• 24:00 – Why Stefanie Chose YouTube After Podcasting
• 25:00 – Long-Form vs. Short-Form Content
• 26:00 – The YouTube Video That Finally Took Off
• 27:00 – Stay in Your Lane
• 28:00 – How Stefanie Built a Profitable Podcast Business
• 30:00 – Build What Your Audience Actually Needs
• 31:00 – Free Profitable Podcast Bootcamp
• 32:00 – Amy's Biggest Takeaway: Simple Solves Complex

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

Are you constantly overthinking conversations, decisions, relationships, or everything that could go wrong?

In this episode of The You Are More Podcast, Amy shares a simple three-step framework for breaking the cycle of overthinking and taking back control of your thoughts:

Catch it. Challenge it. Change it.

Just because a thought enters your mind doesn't mean it's true. But when you continually rehearse fear, anxiety, rejection, or worst-case scenarios, those thoughts can begin shaping your emotions, decisions, and ultimately your future.

Amy walks you through how to identify the thoughts keeping you stuck, challenge the assumptions behind them, and replace them with God's truth. She also explains why changing your thinking isn't enough—you have to move.

Sometimes one phone call, one conversation, or one small action step is enough to break the cycle and create new clarity.

In this episode, you'll learn how to recognize negative thought patterns, challenge fear and worst-case thinking, replace anxious thoughts with Biblical truth, stop allowing feelings to dictate your future, speak God's Word over your circumstances, and use action to break out of overthinking.

Remember this:

Don't let a thought that isn't true determine a future that hasn't happened yet.

Catch it. Challenge it. Change it. Move.

Movement creates momentum.

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You can win the battle of your mind.

You truly are more.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome & Join the You Are More Bible Study
• 00:48 – How to Stop Overthinking
• 01:20 – Just Because You Think It Doesn't Mean It's True
• 02:10 – The 3 Cs: Catch It, Challenge It, Change It
• 02:34 – Step 1: Catch the Thought
• 03:15 – Step 2: Challenge the Thought
• 04:18 – You Can't Change What You Don't Identify
• 05:00 – Step 3: Change It With Truth
• 05:42 – What to Do When Fear Hits at 2 AM
• 06:00 – Changing the Thought Is Where Life Changes
• 07:00 – When Overthinking Pretends to Be Productive
• 07:42 – Don't Let a False Thought Determine Your Future
• 08:14 – Take the Action Step
• 09:10 – Your Mind Believes What You Say
• 09:32 – The Phone Call I'd Avoided for Two Months
• 10:00 – Movement Creates Momentum
• 10:25 – Win the Battle of Your Mind

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

What do you actually want your life to look like—and are your daily choices taking you there?

In this episode of You Are More, Amy shares why clarity is one of the most powerful tools for creating the life you're called to live. Instead of allowing weeks, months, and years to pass while reacting to whatever life puts in front of you, it's time to get intentional about where you're going.

Amy walks through how to start with the end in mind, write a clear vision, turn big dreams into measurable goals, and break those goals into small daily commitments you can actually keep.

Because your daily habits determine your future.

In this episode, you'll learn how to get clear about what you really want, stop living reactively, create measurable goals, use small daily habits to build confidence, train your mind to recognize opportunities aligned with your vision, and stack consistent wins that move you toward your future.

You don't need to transform your entire life today. You need to know where you're going—and take the next small step toward it.

Write the vision. Make it plain. Stack the wins.

If this episode encouraged you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs this message, and leave a five-star review.

You have one life. Love hard. Dream big. Do big things.

You are on this earth for more.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – The Next 10 Minutes Could Change Your Life
• 00:41 – Do You Actually Know Where You're Going?
• 01:15 – You Only Get One Life
• 02:00 – Start With the End in Mind
• 02:38 – Write the Vision and Get Specific
• 03:23 – Why We Get Distracted From Our Goals
• 04:00 – Shorten the Timeline and Create Momentum
• 05:00 – Your Daily Habits Determine Your Future
• 05:42 – Stop Living a Reactionary Life
• 06:00 – Build Confidence Through Micro Wins
• 06:28 – Why Clarity Makes Saying No Easier
• 07:31 – Write Your Vision Down
• 08:15 – Train Your Brain to See Opportunity
• 08:37 – Stack Small Wins Every Day
• 09:30 – Renew Your Mind Daily
• 10:18 – Your Future Self Will Thank You
• 11:06 – Don't Let Your Life Pass You By
• 11:45 – Love Hard, Dream Big, Do Big Things

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

What happens when God calls you to leave a comfortable life before showing you exactly where He is leading?

In this episode of You Are More, I sit down with David Knapp, creator and host of On the Pen, for an honest conversation about fear, faith, purpose, and trusting God with an uncertain outcome.

David’s journey began after he was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes and started taking Mounjaro. Wanting to understand the medication, he immersed himself in scientific literature, FDA documents, and emerging research about GLP-1 medications.

When he realized few people were translating that complicated information into language patients could understand, he began sharing what he was learning.

At the time, David was selling traffic signals and creating videos wherever he could—including inside his Ford Flex. Today, On the Pen is a top-rated podcast, and David has become one of the country’s leading independent voices and patient advocates in the GLP-1 space.

But this conversation is about so much more than David’s professional success.

We talk about the limiting belief that nearly kept him in a comfortable career, the moment he knew it was time to take a leap of faith, and how God used every part of his previous season to prepare him for what came next.

David also shares what happened when he unexpectedly needed approximately $40,000 to close on a new studio—just as his largest podcast sponsor backed out. His wife and four children gathered around him to pray, and within 24 hours, every dollar they needed had been provided.

This is a powerful reminder that experiencing fear does not mean we lack faith. Fear is an emotion, but cowardice is allowing fear to keep us from doing what God has asked us to do.

Your fear may come with you, but it does not get to lead you.

If you feel God calling you out of your comfort zone, this conversation will encourage you to remember His past faithfulness, pray bigger, take the next step, and trust Him with the outcome.

In this episode, we discuss:

• David’s journey from Type 2 diabetes to GLP-1 advocacy
• How On the Pen became a trusted podcast and platform
• Leaving a comfortable career to follow God’s calling
• The difference between fear and cowardice
• Why resistance is not always a sign to stop
• Trusting God through financial and business uncertainty
• The family prayer that preceded a $40,000 breakthrough
• Teaching the next generation to pray big
• Remembering God’s faithfulness when facing a new giant
• Believing that God is truly who He says He is
• Using influence and opportunity for Kingdom impact

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Welcome and Meet David Knapp
02:02 Honoring the Legacy of David’s Father
04:12 David’s Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosis
07:02 Why He Started Talking About GLP-1 Medications
09:22 The Unexpected Growth of On the Pen
12:06 Leaving the Comfort of a Successful Career
15:10 Trusting God with an Uncertain Outcome
18:34 Why God Calls Us Beyond the Familiar
21:16 Knowing When It Was Time to Take the Leap
24:24 How a Ten-Year Stepping Stone Prepared David
27:08 Losing Funding and His Largest Podcast Sponsor
30:12 A Family Prayer and a $40,000 Breakthrough
33:16 Teaching His Children to Pray Big
36:08 Remembering God’s Faithfulness
39:14 Stepping Out in Fear Instead of Cowardice
42:14 Do You Believe God Is Who He Says He Is?
45:18 God Created You for a Unique Purpose
47:32 Take the Next Step and Watch God Move

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Remember: you truly are more.

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

Have you ever trained for something important? Whether it's running a marathon, preparing for a race, or learning a new skill, we all understand that success requires preparation. No one expects to show up on race day without training and perform at their best. But what if the area we neglect to train the most is the one that determines the direction of our entire life—our mind?

In this episode of You Are More, I share why one of the greatest disciplines you can develop isn't physical—it's mental. If you don't intentionally train your mind, your circumstances will do it for you. Life will constantly hand you fear, disappointment, comparison, lack, and setbacks. The question is: will you allow those experiences to shape your identity, or will you choose to renew your mind with God's truth instead?

Everything rises and falls on identity. The way you see yourself determines the way you interpret your circumstances. If you see yourself through the lens of fear, comparison, or victimhood, every challenge will reinforce those beliefs. But when you know whose you are—a child of God—you begin responding differently. Instead of seeing obstacles, you begin seeing opportunities. Instead of believing you're defeated, you remember that God is working all things together for your good.

I also share practical ways I train my own mind every morning. It starts with gratitude, speaking God's promises over my life, and intentionally reminding myself of who I am before the world has a chance to tell me otherwise. Those daily habits don't just change your thoughts—they change the direction of your life. What you continually think about, you reinforce, and what you reinforce eventually becomes the lens through which you see everything.

If you've been feeling discouraged, overwhelmed, or stuck in negative thinking, this episode is your reminder that you don't have to let your circumstances write your story. You can choose a different lens. You can train your mind for victory. Every day is an opportunity to renew your thinking, strengthen your faith, and step into the purpose God created you for.

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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome & Why Training Matters
• 00:41 – If You Don't Train Your Mind, Life Will
• 02:01 – What Last Week Taught Us About Endurance
• 03:16 – Everything Rises and Falls on Identity
• 04:14 – The Victim Mentality vs. Victory Mindset
• 05:34 – The Battle Is for Your Mind
• 06:42 – Teaching Your Mind What to Focus On
• 09:17 – My Three-Step Morning Mindset Routine
• 10:54 – Why You Must Train Your Brain Daily
• 12:39 – Where Have You Given Away Your Authority?
• 13:41 – Human Nature Drifts Negative—Train It Anyway
• 14:22 – You Were Created to Win

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more! 

What if the greatest predictor of success isn't talent—but endurance?

In this episode of You Are More, Amy shares why the people who accomplish extraordinary things aren't always the smartest or most gifted. They're the ones who keep showing up, keep growing, and refuse to quit when life gets difficult.

If you've been feeling discouraged, stuck, or ready to give up, this episode will encourage you to embrace discomfort, strengthen your faith, and keep taking the next step toward the life God has called you to live.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why endurance is the real predictor of success
• How discomfort produces growth
• Why persistence beats brilliance
• The power of getting back up after setbacks
• How God uses difficult seasons to prepare you for your purpose

👍 If this episode encouraged you, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs this reminder today.

Remember—you are on this earth for more.

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• Website: https://www.youaremore.com
• Join The 6AM Club Bible Study! Bible Study: https://www.youaremore.com/bible-study 
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Episode Minute By Minute:

• 00:00 – Welcome & What Really Predicts Success?
• 01:02 – Why Endurance Matters More Than Talent
• 02:33 – Getting Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable
• 03:33 – Difficulty Isn't the Detour—It's the Path
• 04:47 – Stop Asking "Why Me?"
• 05:54 – Barbara Corcoran's Secret to Success
• 07:08 – Winners Stay Longer Than Everyone Else
• 08:33 – Why Persistence Beats Brilliance
• 09:43 – The Power of Getting Back Up
• 10:40 – Success Requires You to Grow First
• 11:35 – Keep Going—It's Worth the Fight
• 12:20 – Don't Live with Regret

Be intentional, stay focused, and remember you are more!