Fierce Calling

Dr. Michelle Bengtson is an international speaker, and the author of the bestselling, award-winning “Hope Prevails: Insights From A Doctor’s Personal Journey Through Depression” and the award-winning companion “Hope Prevails Bible Study” and the recently released “Breaking Anxiety’s Grip: How to Reclaim the Peace God Promises” (Sept 2019). She has been a board-certified clinical neuropsychologist...

In today's episode, God Never Wastes Our Pain: Hope for Your Journey, I'm talking with my friend Dr. Michelle Bengtson. Dr. Michelle knows pain and despair firsthand and combines her professional expertise and personal experience with her faith to help others be all God created them to be. Dr. Michelle Bengtson is an international speaker, and the author of the bestselling, award-winning Hope Prev...

Welcome to the Fierce Calling podcast with your host, author, blogger, and speaker Doris Swift. We are a community of women who are taking action where our passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. We are using our gifts to impact the world for Christ and the mission of this podcast is to encourage and inspire other women to do the same. What is it like when the Holy Spirit shows up in a powe...

In today's episode, Healed & Free: Holy Spirit Empowerment for Your Calling, I'm talking with Bridgett Blood. Bridgett currently serves as Pastor of Spiritual Formation at Shawnee Alliance Church in Lima, Ohio. She shares of a powerful encounter that brought extraordinary healing on an ordinary day. It changed her life and flipped everything she believed about Jesus. He became so real to her a...

Welcome to episode 14 of the Fierce Calling Podcast. This podcast is about a community of women who are taking action where their passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. They are answering God’s call on their lives, rising above difficult circumstances, and using their gifts to impact the world for Christ. We serve an awesome God, yet life can take an unexpected turn and what do we do with...

Welcome to episode 14 of the Fierce Calling Podcast. This podcast is about a community of women who are taking action where their passion, compassion, and conviction intersect. They are answering God’s call on their lives, rising above difficult circumstances, and using their gifts to impact the world for Christ. We serve an awesome God, yet life can take an unexpected turn and what do we do with...

Do you or someone you know struggle with food guilt, weight obsession, and yo-yo dieting?  In today's episode, my friend Johnna Myers shares her story of an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise and how she got free. Now she shares this message of freedom with everyone she meets and we are blessed to be among them.  Johnna is an energetic, full-of-life communicator who loves to share...

Do you or someone you know struggle with food guilt, weight obsession, and yo-yo dieting? In today's episode, my friend Johnna Myers shares her story of an unhealthy relationship with food and exercise and how she got free. Now she shares this message of freedom with everyone she meets and we are blessed to be among them. Johnna is an energetic, full-of-life communicator who loves to share the tra...

Relationships can be messy, amen? In today's episode, hear from Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider, Judy Herman. Judy's story includes a devastating divorce, a dark season in her second marriage due to her husband's Bi-Polar Disorder, and a heartbreaking experience at age 16. Through it all, God led her on a path to freedom, wholeness, and the redisco...

Relationships can be messy, amen? In today's episode, hear from Licensed Professional Counselor and Mental Health Service Provider, Judy Herman. Judy's story includes a devastating divorce, a dark season in her second marriage due to her husband's Bi-Polar Disorder, and a heartbreaking experience at age 16. Through it all, God led her on a path to freedom, wholeness, and the rediscovery of her aut...

Today I welcome my friend Donna Jensen. Donna is the Executive Director of Grace House Pregnancy Center. She shares her story of the difficult decision she made years ago to have an abortion and how God is now using her to minister to women who also made that choice. After her abortion, her life began to spiral downward, but we serve a God who heals and forgives and brings hope and restoration. Gr...

Today I welcome my friend Donna Jensen. Donna is the Executive Director of Grace House Pregnancy Center. She shares her story of the difficult decision she made years ago to have an abortion and how God is now using her to minister to women who also made that choice. After her abortion, her life began to spiral downward, but we serve a God who heals and forgives and brings hope and restoration. Gr...

What is it like to rescue children from going into the system?  Listen in as I have a chat with Frances Chaisson. We're talking about her ministry work at the Rescue Station, health & wellness, and her beautiful adoption story. Frances is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus and bringing hope and encouragement to a world that desperately needs it.  Frances was born and raised in Puerto...

What is it like to rescue children from going into the system?  Listen in as I have a chat with Frances Chaisson. We're talking about her ministry work at the Rescue Station, health & wellness, and her beautiful adoption story. Frances is passionate about sharing the love of Jesus and bringing hope and encouragement to a world that desperately needs it.  Frances was born and raised in Puerto R...

Have you ever experienced a spiritual wilderness?  In this episode, I'm talking with Corella Roberts. Her Fierce Calling thus far includes a difficult season in bush Alaska and adventures in Thailand. Hear what she learned during her spiritual wilderness, what her family is currently praying and waiting for, and how God is using her in a land that is less than 1% Christian. Plus she's wr...

Have you ever experienced a spiritual wilderness? In this episode, I'm talking with Corella Roberts. Her Fierce Calling thus far includes a difficult season in bush Alaska and adventures in Thailand. Hear what she learned during her spiritual wilderness, what her family is currently praying and waiting for, and how God is using her in a land that is less than 1% Christian. Plus she's writing a boo...

What would life be like if you could hear God's whispers of love to you? He longs to have those conversations with you. As you connect with God, you find out more about your own heart.  You can discover new ways to pray and listen that allow two-way conversations with Him. In this episode, I'm talking with Nancy Booth. Nancy is an author and Certified Spiritual Director who walks alongsi...

What would life be like if you could hear God's whispers of love to you? He longs to have those conversations with you. As you connect with God, you find out more about your own heart.  You can discover new ways to pray and listen that allow two-way conversations with Him. In this episode, I'm talking with Nancy Booth. Nancy is an author and Certified Spiritual Director who walks alongside you as...

In this episode, I’m talking with author, speaker, and coach Danielle Bernock. Danielle didn’t always believe God loved her. Losses, traumas, and lies sent her running from God. So what happens when a girl is taught that what the Bible means about dying to self is that our true self is not worthy of God's love? Instead of it being told dying to self meant taking up our cross and following Chr...

In this episode, You are Loved, I’m talking with author, speaker, and coach Danielle Bernock. Danielle didn’t always believe God loved her. Losses, traumas, and lies sent her running from God. So what happens when a girl is taught that what the Bible means about dying to self is that our true self is not worthy of God's love? Instead of it being told dying to self meant taking up our cross and fol...

Sometimes just a shift in perspective can make all the difference. Join me as Abby McDonald shares her passion for women finding their identity in Christ instead of the noise of the world. We'll talk about hard times, good times, and how God is in it all.  Abby McDonald is the author of Shift: Changing Our Focus to See the Presence of God. She is also a blogger, speaker, wife, and mom whose w...

What if your breakthrough was one shift in perspective away? In this episode,  A Shift in Perspective, I'm talking with my friend Abby McDonald. She shares her passion for women finding their identity in Christ instead of the noise of the world. We talk about hard times, good times, and how God is in it all. Sometimes all it takes is a shift in perspective. Abby McDonald is the author of Shift: Ch...

Rhonda Marie Stalb is no stranger to trauma and dysfunction. After a horrifically traumatic event, Rhonda was compelled to step into her passion, compassion, and conviction to help others walk in freedom. Do you or someone you know struggle with past trauma and dysfunctional family patterns?  "When I was 19, I married my first husband. I was starving for love and connection with someone. So, I put...

In today's episode, Victory Over Trauma and Dysfunction, I'm talking with Rhonda Marie Stalb. She is no stranger to trauma and dysfunction. After a horrifically traumatic event, Rhonda was compelled to step into her passion, compassion, and conviction to help others walk in freedom. "When I was 19, I married my first husband. I was starving for love and connection with someone. So, I put my heart...

Kathy Burrus never intended to be an author. That changed the day after her daughter Leisha died. In the back of Leisha’s journal, Kathy found Chapter One of a book her daughter had begun. Leisha started by telling the love story of her parents and ended the chapter with "…and then I was born, Leisha D. Burrus". At that moment, Kathy knew she was meant to finish the book. Her first book, Lovely Tr...