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Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you lost out on something you could have gained by simply listening? 

Have you been "listening" to someone, yet you are waiting to share your opinion?

Today Amy Carroll will share how she learned that when she shares an unsolicited opinion that it can actually block God’s revelation.

Amy and I will discuss 4 lessons on how to listen and then use our voice with a tender heart.

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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Have you ever wondered who you were created to be?

Both Kris Reece – my guest – and I sure have.  The enemy loves for us to believe that we are lost and have to find out who we are on our own. But our Father tells us that we are His and we were created to do the good work that He has planned for us.  

In this episode Kris will share 3 ways that God calls you into your purpose.

1. Positioning
2. Prodding
3. Pulling

Listen and please let me know which of the three He has used on you!

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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If you’re an “empty nest” or “close to the empty nest” parent, listen in!

I have had a hard time going from what I needed to do when they were younger to doing what I need to do now that they are adults.

In episode 116 Jill Savage and I covered the first 3 of 6 Things Every Empty Nest Parent Needs To Let Go Of. 

In this episode we explore the last three.

4. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒏'𝒔 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒃𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔

5. 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝑶𝒘𝒏 𝑰𝒅𝒐𝒍𝒔

6. 𝑮𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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Letting go has been one of the hardest parts of parenting for me. I used to think the toddler stage was hard!  I was so accustomed to calling the shots in my kids lives (after all I've done that for 18 years) that letting them go was particularly difficult.

I wish I had had a game plan before the time came! So whether you are a seasoned empty nester, new to empty nest or your nest is still full, my time with Jill Savage will give you the tools you need and the sympathetic shoulder you want.

In this episode we explore three of the six things every empty nest parent needs to let go of: Expectation, Opinions, Traditions

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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The enemy observes you, everything about you and he know exactly where to get in your head. It is not where he gets into mine.  He is strategic and customizes his attack just for you, and just for me. We are in a day to day, minute by minute spiritual battle, but we have the upper hand.

Today’s guest is Courtnaye Richard.  We are talking about Ephesians 6 and the spiritual game plan that God has.

Courtnaye reminds us that: “𝗔𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂’𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗼𝗱’𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗯𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝘁. 𝗛𝗲’𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗵𝗲’𝘀 𝗴𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂.”

Listen in and learn how to combat the plan of the enemy with the powerful tool of God’s word.

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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Have you ever believed that before God can use you that you had to have a mature prayer life, be baptized or have proven yourself worthy by a certain standard?

If so I hope that today's episode with storyteller Sharon Wilharm  will be reassuring that God's plan for you started long ago - and He factored in everything about you!

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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The struggle is real! In this world you will have trouble. But take heart!  God has overcome the world.

"I have told you these things, so that in Him you may have peace.” (John 16:33)

Just like  the intricate struggle of the caterpillar in its cocoon,  without struggle we do not gain endurance to overcome the trails ahead. Today Misty Phillip will bring a message of hope.  

That yes the struggle is real, but so is God!

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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Today I am talking with Dorina Lazo Gilmore - Young, a writer, speaker, former news reporter, and long-time runner. She will share her personal journey with running and how it helped her through the most difficult time in her life as well as how God used it to bring her to where she is today.  

Dorina and her husband Shawn wrote the soon-to-be released book Walk Run Soar, a 52-week devotional and training journal to help understand that there is an intersection of faith and fitness.

Whether or not you are a runner, this book will help motivate you in all aspects of fitness.

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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There are many reasons that we are overwhelmed right now, but we all do overwhelm differently.

My personality type will handle it one way while my husband, kids and friends personality type will handle it another. I, like Kathi Lipp, have the type of personality that can easily give a pat answer to a situation based on how we handle things. That is not what someone who handles overwhelm differently needs to hear.

Kathi reminds us that we need to be joyful with those who are joyful and grieve with those who grieve. We need to be able to acknowledge other's pain even when we have not experienced it.

"𝐌𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐢𝐠𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞." Kathi Lipp

In today's episode Kathi gives us 5 common ways we become overwhelmed by the daily decisions we face.

𝟭. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻’𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝟮. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

𝟯. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻’𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗲'𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝗱𝗲

𝟰. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀

𝟱. 𝗪𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝗿𝗰𝘂𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲

Kathi also gives me great advice on how to handle the overwhelm I am having as I pack up my home of 18 years and move across the states.

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri

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Is God real? And if He is, is He good? 

If He is real and good and I am going through hard stuff, then where is He?

Growing up in a faith based home I believed that there was a God, but often I did not believe God. I thought I was one mistake away from the ability to receive grace. That I was on this journey alone while being watched from up above.

If you have struggled with these same beliefs I hope that you will find comfort and relief in the words that Michele Cushatt shares.

Michele encourages us to stop, look back at the journey we've been on and like the Israelites who collected the stones from the Jordan River , we too can collect the stones. The evidence that God was not watching, He was with us!

Whether you are listening for the first time or you've been a listener for a while,  you may or may not know that on June 20th, 2023, I paused the
podcast. Since then, we lost our daughter. 
I recently released a new episode discussing how I processed our year of firsts by creating Grief Conversation Cards. You can learn more in episode 236 and at cherifletcher.com. Thank you, Cheri