Your Story Matters

Your Story Matters

By Michaela ElizabethEducationSelf-Improvement
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Your Story Matters episodes

  • #22 Bonni Mace on Self-Worth + Believing You Are a Masterpiece

    The fourth episode in the Fall Enneagram Series is a special one.



    I am thrilled to introduce you to Bonni Mace (Type 9). This was such an in-depth + robust conversation that I won't soon forget.


    Bonni is a Personal Growth and Certified Enneagram Coach helping people to discover who they are and what they believe during a faith shift or deconstruction. Her passion is to help people see their whole selves - strengths and weaknesses - as a masterpiece and to create a safe, grace-filled space to sit with the more complicated questions of faith and spirituality without prescribing any "shoulds" along the way. She offers coaching in self-discovery via enneagram, naming your personal values, and creating a rhythm of life that expands your ideas of spiritual practices and makes room for growth.



    In this episode, we talk about:

    • The journey of moving from Texas to the East Coast
    • A paradigm shift in women's role in marriage/life
    • Relating Type 9 to Marvel characters
    • The power of extending kindness to yourself
    • and more!!!



      • Book Mention! The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry | Four Thousand Weeks



      Connect with Bonni: Website | Instagram | Facebook



      Connect with Michaela: Website | Instagram

      47 min
    • #21 Linda Hannigan + What It Looks Like to Be Present + Sabbath Well

      Y'all get ready...


      I am so excited to share my new friend Linda Hannigan (Type 3) with you.


      Linda is a wife of 20+ years, mom to three sons, and Enneagram Coach from the Pacific Northwest. In 2018 she came across the Enneagram and began studying it for personal growth. The impact it had on her marriage and parenting was transformational.


      After experiencing information turning into revelation and actual transformation in her life, Linda knew she wanted to share her journey with others. Since launching 9 Lumens in 2020, Linda's coaching has created a safe space for people to explore growth by blending Life and Leadership Coaching with spiritual formation.


      In this episode, we talk about:

      • How the Enneagram found her on a plane
      • The difficulty of being a Type 3 in a 3 world/culture
      • The difference between thriving + surviving
      • The Barbie movie!
      • And more!


        • Book Mention! Garden City | The Hidden Life of Trees | The Artist's Way



        Connect with Linda: Website | Instagram | Facebook

        Connect with Michaela: Website | Instagram

        55 min
      • #20 Renee Bethel on the Ability to Acknowledge Time + Energy

        In our second episode of our Fall Enneagram Series, I am excited to talk with the sweet + caring Renee Bethel!


        Renee Bethel is a Certified Enneagram Coach and a Professional Christian Life Coach who is passionate about nurturing growth in fellow Christian women. She specializes in helping women in the second half of life foster deeper connections and relationships with God, themselves, and with family and friends.

        She is a wife, mom, and grandmother who loves to learn and loves sharing resources to help others. Renee loves deep conversations and personal growth opportunities. As an Enneagram 5, one of her strengths is objectivity.
        In this episode, we talk about:

        • How she discovered the Enneagram after being a caregiver for her husband + daughter
        • An overview of living as a Type 5
        • What to say to love Type 5's better
        • And more!


          • Book Mention! Sacred Rhythms: Arranging Our Lives for Spiritual Transformation by Ruth Haley Barton


          Connect with Renee: Instagram | Website | Coach Profile


          Connect with Michaela: Instagram | Website

          37 min
        • #19 Alison Speerbrecker on Life Coaching + How We Can Combat Self-Doubt

          For the first episode in our 2023 Fall Enneagram Series, I am so excited to be talking with my life coach Alison. Meeting her through a mutual friend has been the highlight of my year as I worked with her, seeking help for feeling "stuck" in my life; she helped me SO MUCH.


          In this episode, we talk about:

          • How the Enneagram found her
          • Moving from a career in social work to becoming a life coach
          • The challenges of being a Type 4
          • What it looks like for fantasy + reality to exist together (it's totally a 4 thing!)


            • Book Mention! Atomic Habits by James Clear


            Connect with Alison: Website | Instagram


            Connect with Michaela: Website

            41 min
          • #18 The Sound of Silence

            Do you notice when your life is too loud?


            Join me as talk about the power of noise + how it's having a negative effect on us. Then, I propose the Enneagram as a way of slowing down. It will help answer questions you have + also help to make sense of the noise surrounding you.


            PLUS this is also an intro to our Fall Enneagram Series! I hope you'll join me in two weeks --- I'll be interviewing Types 3, 4, 5 + 9!

            How Listening to Silence Changes Our Brains

            Book Mention! Silence: The Power of Quiet in a World Full of Noise


            Connect with Michaela: Website

            18 min
          • #17 Color Changes Everything

            Boy oh boy... what a journey this has been!


            A few weeks ago, I started to paint my office + little did I know how much I would change during this crazy adventure. Join me as I share the process of choosing a paint color + how I found myself back at Home Depot to look for another one. This story might have started out about color but really ended up being about the power of change.



            Subscribe to my newsletter to see before, during, and after pictures of my office on August 23rd! | Website

            17 min
          • #16 Be Careful What You Wish For

            I chose "visibility" for my word for 2023 + I talk about how it has challenged, changed, and confused me, to say the least.


            Listen in as I walk through how this summer has been for me especially when I was at my lowest + wanting to quit.


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            11 min
          • #15 Mike Tuchek on our 1st Year of Marriage

            This episode is really fun because I get to bring my husband on the podcast to recap our story from dating to celebrating our 1 year anniversary.


            We chat about our highlights + some tough moments. We recap what we've learned + are still learning. This was so fun to do together, enjoy!


            Follow Mike: Facebook


            Follow Michaela: Website

            36 min
          • #14 Diane Roberts on Our Girls Trip, Prayer + Being Open to Wild Experiences

            You know her + you love her, Diane Roberts is BACK to chat it up with Michaela. This is her first time on Your Story Matters, but she's a pro having co-created/hosted the Don't Worry You're Enough Podcast with Michaela last year.


            In this episode, we chat about:

            • our summer trip to see Annie F. Downs + Carlos Whittaker on the Here for You Tour
            • the difference between singing for theatre + singing at church
            • how Diane's life has changed this year
            • how many times we've said "wild"


              • Book Mentions:

              • The Book Thief
              • Brain on Fire
              • The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell
              • Cyclorama
              • Water for Elephants
              • The Noticer
              • Wicked


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                45 min
              • #13 Stephanie Jordan on Boundaries, Forgiveness & Excess

                The last installment of our Spring Enneagram Series is with none other than powerhouse Stephanie Jordan (Type 8).


                Stephanie is an author, teacher, and speaker. She has been a cosmetologist for 24 years. She has 5 amazing kids with 4 extras that her husband brought into the family. She has one dog and two cats. She has broad life experiences and likes adventure. She loves Jesus and intends to spend her life sharing His message in an unconventional way. Her artistic and rock n roll style influence her outlook on life and living it to the full. She is passionate about riding her Harley Davidson Sportster 48 and reading, writing, and painting.

                In this episode, we talk about:

                • her experience growing up + how that shaped + molded her relationship with betrayal + trust issues
                • how discovering her Enneagram type has changed her personally + professionally
                • her journey of learning about forgiveness after abusive marriages
                • and more!


                  • Book Mention: Believing in Boundaries by Stephanie Jordan | The Emotion Code by Dr. Bradley Nelson | Feelings Buried Alive Never Die... by Karol K. Truman


                  Connect with Stephanie:

                  Website | Facebook | Instagram | Twitter


                  Connect with Michaela:

                  Website | Facebook | Instagram

                  55 min

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                Hello + Welcome! Your Story Matters Podcast is for story lovers + storytellers as we work through life from its perspectives, seasons of life, relationships + more. My hope for this show is that we…