✨ For the woman who carries the holidays… this episode is for you.

In today’s episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori shares a short, powerful section from last week’s The Magic Makers Workshop — an hour devoted to strengthening your emotional and functional capacity for the holiday season.

You’ll hear the beginning of the workshop, where Lori sets the scene for why the holidays feel full, how your capacity expands from the inside out, and why shrinking your desires never leads to peace.

And if you want the full experience — the complete teaching plus the guided Holiday Design Plan workbook — the replay is available for just seven dollars. https://buy.stripe.com/cNiaEX2Yhf91bqQ6zwdAk01

This workshop will help you design a holiday that feels aligned, grounded, and supported — emotionally and practically.

• A behind-the-scenes moment from Lori’s real holiday prep

You can get the full replay of The Magic Makers Workshop — plus the Holiday Design Plan workbook with guided prompts that help you create your entire holiday plan in one sitting.

It’s only $7, and it will change how you move through this season.

👉 Link to purchase - https://buy.stripe.com/cNiaEX2Yhf91bqQ6zwdAk01

• “You don’t need a smaller holiday. You need a stronger rhythm.”

•“Capacity is being able to hold the joy and the overwhelm without making it mean something is wrong.”

• The Magic Makers Workshop (Replay + Workbook) — $7

holiday capacity · emotional resilience · Christian coaching · women and overwhelm

✨ What if the very season that stretches you…

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori continues the story she began in Episode 28—about transition, misalignment, and rediscovering peace when life no longer feels like home.

She shares how, in the swirl of the holidays, she unexpectedly found a new emotional resilience: a way of choosing joy, presence, and peace even when the season demanded more of her. And how that same grace is now carrying her into the rest of life’s changing chapters.

This conversation invites you to see your own stretch differently—not as a sign of overwhelm, but as evidence that your heart is learning how to hold more beauty, more connection, and more joy than ever before.

• How emotional capacity grows when you choose joy in the chaos—not after it

• The Legacy of Beauty — a new space for emotional + spiritual renewal

“Without realizing it, I had been practicing what I now know to be true: that how we think quietly shapes how we live.”

“Peace isn’t found — it’s formed, one decision, one belief, one moment of surrender at a time.”

“I am not at peace when I shrink.”

“Serving — when chosen from love instead of obligation — creates peace.”

“Every detail becomes worship.”

“The demands increase… and so does the grace to meet them.”

“Joy rises to match the weight of love.”

“I used to think joy was the thing you got to after you pushed through a hard season — that it waited for me on the other side of endurance.”

“Joy isn’t a finish line — it’s a companion.”

“I don’t have to wait for everything to feel settled to live with peace.”

“Christmas taught me how to hold more. Life gave me the chance to use it.”

“This one looks like showing up — fully, freely, wholeheartedly. Not because I have to. Because I get to.”

“This is the season to live beauty, not just decorate for it.”

capacity · peace · holidays · motherhood · emotional resilience · renewal

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You are not behind.

Let’s walk this season—fully and joyfully—together. ✨

✨ What if the season that feels like unraveling… is actually the place God is rebuilding you from the inside out?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori shares a deeply personal story of transition, misalignment, and the quiet healing that began when she stopped trying to hold everything together.

Whether you’re navigating a shift in your marriage, work, or family life, this conversation will help you recognize the invitation inside the ache—and remind you that even in the middle of change, you are not lost.

How to recognize the signs of misalignment and emotional over-functioning

Why transitions can reveal what we truly believe about peace and purpose

How to release what isn’t yours to carry without losing your sense of stability

A practical rhythm for finding clarity when life feels full but directionless

The truth about legacy—and why it begins in your heart long before it’s built by your hands

The Legacy of Beauty launch story

Lori’s personal journaling and reflection rhythms

The process of rebuilding from peace, not pressure

Opportunities for 1 : 1 coaching sessions — [Book a free exploration call here →]

“It wasn’t any one thing that created the strain—it was all of it together.”

“The longing you feel isn’t failure; it’s invitation.”

“Peace isn’t something you have to chase—it’s something God restores when you release what isn’t yours to carry.”

“Legacy doesn’t begin with what we build; it begins with what God cultivates in us.”

“You don’t have to wait for life to look perfect before you can experience peace.”

transitions · misalignment · peace · letting go · Christian mindset · emotional resilience · legacy · truth and identity · faith and purpose · spiritual growth · renewing your mind · marriage and change · empty-nest season · healing · inner peace · over-functioning · rest in God

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You’re not meant to carry it all.

Have you ever wondered what people actually feel when they’re around you — the quiet life you live behind the scenes?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, Lori invites you to slow down and reflect on the legacy you’re living right now. Together, we explore what it means to move from striving and perfectionism toward a peaceful, grounded presence — one rooted in truth, alignment, and the gentle order God designed.

Through personal stories of motherhood, accomplishment, and awakening, Lori shares how she once tried to build a beautiful life through effort alone — only to realize that the deepest beauty is found in receiving from God first.

This conversation marks the beginning of something new: the Legacy of Beauty App, a space being built from the ground up for women who want to walk arm-in-arm as they live from peace, order, and purpose in everyday life.

• The difference between outward beauty and inner peace

“That kind of beauty is born when our souls begin to settle back into order — not from control or perfect plans, but when the heart aligns with truth.”

“It’s not performance. It’s not perfection. It’s peace.”

“Legacy isn’t just what people remember about you. It’s what remains because of you.”

• Explore the Journal Planner → [https://lorijsmith.com/journal-planner]

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faith-based coaching • women and identity • presence and peace • legacy and family • righteous order • rest and alignment • Christian living • emotional health • beauty and purpose • spiritual formation

Have you ever told yourself, “I’m just not creative”?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, we uncover the truth that you were made to create and not only that, but that creating is one of the most life-giving ways to wake back up to your own joy, energy, and purpose.

From scrapbooks and school projects to floral booths and photography, I share my own story of how creativity has taken many shapes across different seasons. You’ll hear how, in 2017, I dreamed of creating my first journal planner during a season of transition into the empty nest. That simple act of designing something I needed opened doors I could have never imagined — leading me into coaching, podcasting, and even writing bedtime stories for my grandkids. Each creation became a seed that grew into something new.

Most of all, we’ll explore the deeper rhythm: that our capacity to create isn’t something we invent on our own, but something we inherit from God Himself. Just as He ordered, filled, and delighted in His creation, we are invited to create and delight right where we are.

🎯 You’ll hear about:

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“Every time we create, joy multiplies. Creativity carries its own energy — it stirs us, nourishes us, and wakes us back up to life.”

“Creativity isn’t reserved for artists. It’s in the way we shape a meal, a rhythm, a story, or a home. It’s bringing something into the world that wasn’t there before.”

“The rhythm of creation is this: God orders, God fills, God delights. And in His image, we are invited to do the same.”

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Most of us step into motherhood with such a deep passion to give our kids the very best. We want to show up well. We want to give them everything they need. But the weight of every decision can leave us second-guessing, searching, and slipping into fear or control.

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, we’ll talk about how new moms can move beyond survival mode and into alignment with their true self — the steady, Spirit-led place of peace that already knows what matters most.

🎯 You’ll hear about:

Why new moms lose touch with their intuition under the pressure of outside voices

The difference between instinct, fear-driven control, and Spirit-led intuition

What it looks like to parent from the false self vs. the true self

How outside counsel can help — but not replace — your inner wisdom

The Creation Cycle and how your thoughts create your results

Reflection questions to help you return to your true self in everyday moments

📎 Mentioned in this episode:

The Creation Cycle framework

Reflections from motherhood and coaching conversations

🧠 Quotable Insights:

“Control isn’t the same as peace.”

“Your children don’t need a flawless mom who follows every formula. They need you — steady, rooted, and whole.”

“The more we listen to every other voice, the harder it becomes to hear our own.”

✨ Stay in Touch

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Everywhere you look, the world tells us that more is always better. More opportunities, more goals, more commitments, more plates spinning in the air. But the truth is, chasing everything at once doesn’t bring peace — it leaves us scattered, busy, and unfinished.

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, we explore the surprising gift of constraint — choosing less on purpose. Rather than being a punishment, constraint creates margin, breathing room, and clarity. It allows you to go deep instead of wide, finish what matters most, and live with more ease.

🎯 You’ll hear about:

Why multi-passionate women struggle to choose just one focus

How constraint brings peace, not limitation

The practice of living in 12-week seasons

Why every no is really a deeper yes

The importance of celebrating completion

Wisdom from books like Essentialism, Deep Work, and The Best Yes

A reminder from scripture about living a quiet, peaceful life

📎 Mentioned in this episode:

Essentialism by Greg McKeown

Deep Work by Cal Newport

The Best Yes by Lysa TerKeurst

🧠 Quotable Insights:

“Constraint is not about limitations, it’s about focus.”

“Every no is really a deeper yes.”

“Peace doesn’t come from adding more. It comes from focusing on less.”

✨ Stay in Touch

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Have you ever noticed how easy it is to give — and how hard it can be to truly receive?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, we explore the sacred (and often overlooked) practice of receiving. In a world that celebrates hustle, productivity, and pouring yourself out for others, learning to open your hands and heart is both countercultural and deeply feminine.

I share the small, ordinary ways I began practicing receptivity — like saying yes when someone offered to carry my suitcase — and how those moments opened my eyes to the love, support, and abundance that had been in my life all along. You’ll discover how shifting into a posture of receiving changes the way you relate to your identity, your daily life, your calling, and even your hardest challenges.

🎯 You’ll hear about:

• Why receiving doesn’t come naturally — and why that matters

📎 Mentioned in this episode:

• Book a free 1:1 coaching session → [https://calendly.com/lorijsmith/explore-coaching-free-personalized-session-with-lori]

“Receiving is not sitting back on the sidelines. It is the active choice to open your hands to what God has already placed in your life.”

“When we practice receiving, we begin to see that the love, the help, and the support we’ve longed for were there all along.”

“We don’t work to receive. We work from receiving.”

✨ Stay in Touch

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🧠 Keywords + Topics Covered

faith-based coaching, feminine receptivity, practicing gratitude, resistance and grasping, unworthiness and busyness, identity in Christ, learning to rest, abundance mindset, Christian coaching, personal growth and clarity

Have you ever reached a season where what used to “work” just… doesn’t anymore?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, I share my own story — the journey through childhood, raising a family, stepping into the empty nest years, and discovering that some old survival patterns I had leaned on could no longer carry me forward.

For years, I looked outside myself for validation trying to measure up, seeking approval, and hoping someone else could confirm I was “doing it right.” That worked for a while, but eventually, those patterns left me stuck. What I found instead was the power of deep self-development, the wisdom of both scripture and neuropsychology, and how coaching became the bridge that helped me live from my truest self.

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Have you ever wondered why you keep reacting the same way, even when you want to change? Or thought, “If only my husband, or my kids, or my job would change, then I’d finally feel at peace”?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, I share the truth I’ve discovered: peace doesn’t come when everyone else changes. Peace comes when we learn to guide our own thoughts. And that’s exactly what coaching helps us do.

We’ll look at how scripture and science agree on the power of renewing our minds, what I call the “creation cycle” that shapes every result in your life, and how the Hero’s Journey framework shows us the roles we play—victim, villain, hero, and guide.

Faith-based coaching isn’t about fixing you. It’s about helping you live from your truest identity in Christ. Coaching creates a safe, loving space to see your thoughts clearly, rewrite the script of your life, and step into the story God has already written for you.

🎯 You’ll learn:

• Why ninety-five percent of your daily life is run by thoughts you don’t even notice

📎 Mentioned in this episode:

• Book a free 1:1 coaching session → https://calendly.com/lorijsmith/explore-coaching-free-personalized-session-with-lori

🧠 QUOTABLE INSIGHTS

“Peace doesn’t come when everyone else changes. Peace comes when we begin to notice and guide our own thoughts.”

“Coaching isn’t about fixing you—you’re not broken. It’s about helping you live from your true identity in Christ.”

“Your brain will always choose familiar thoughts, even when they don’t serve you. Coaching helps you choose new ones.”

“Life is not meant to be a flat, uninspiring story. God designed you for a meaningful, compelling journey.”

“You can’t always change your circumstances. But with God’s help, you can change your thoughts—and that changes everything.”

✨ STAY IN TOUCH

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