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Welcome mama friend! Today, we’re diving deep into a powerful verse: 'Take every thought captive to make it obedient to Christ.' That’s 2 Corinthians 10:5, and it’s often quoted when we talk about taking control of negative, intrusive, or unhelpful thoughts. But today, I want to explore another angle—what about the good thoughts? The God-ideas? Those dreams, purposes, and inspirations that the Hol...

Welcome mama friend! Do you practice GRATITUDE? Do you sit with your journal in the morning and list the things you are grateful for? THEN, you may be doing it all wrong! Today, I talked with Holistic and Mompreneur Coach, Amanda Masterson. We discuss gratitude, mompreneur hood, and living a low-tox life and give REAL practical examples!  Amanda is a twin mom, dental hygienist, and 6 figure busine...

Welcome Mama friend, Today, we're diving into a topic that affects every one of us: the thoughts we let into our minds and how they shape our lives. We know that our own thoughts are powerful—what we think becomes what we say, do, and ultimately who we are. But what about the thoughts others plant in us? The voices we hear, the media we consume, and the people we surround ourselves with? These thi...

Welcome Wellness Warrior! One form of prayer we discussed in the Jesus is the main gift challenge is listening prayer. For one of the Prayer Dares I created a one page coloring sheet with Psalm 23:1 with shepherds, sheep and stars to color.  The point was to meditate on the scripture and engage in listening prayer while coloring. I loved this and so did the challenge participants!! SO today I want...

Welcome Back Wellness Warrior! I had another great Epiphany this year and God revealed my word of the year for 2025. To hear my other words of the years go back to episode 135 on Epiphany. My word this year is COMMUNICATION. It's nothing fancy and I may have resisted it to be honest, but it's all encompassing. You see, Prayer is communication with God, relationships are built on communicating, hea...

Welcome, Wellness Warrior, to the third breath prayer episode in the series Breathe and Be Still. You can find the first and an introduction to the series on episode 121 and another on episode 127 . It's a New year and the day I'm recording this : Epiphany. Let's set our heart, mind and body on the truth that God has big, abundant plans for you for a future of hope and peace. Our Breath prayer is...

Welcome Back, Wellness Warrior! Happy New Year…..AND Merry Christmas…..We are actually still in the 12 days of Christmas!  There are many times to tell time, and the church has a calendar it uses and breaks the year into seasons. It all starts with Advent, then Christmas which lasts 12 days, and ends on Epiphany, January 6th. The word Epiphany comes from the greek noun- “epiphaneia” which means “s...

Welcome Back, Wellness Warrior!  ‘Tis the time of year to set new year’s resolutions. Or is it?? Do you set them? Should you? Statistics show they don't work, so why don’t we do something this year that does work!? Let’s set Wellness goal for 2025 that we will actually achieve! Don’t stress about it, but use this simple 5 step method to make a daily proof plan!  To join the ultimate accountability...

Welcome Wellness Warrior! I love that as a society as a whole, we put a big emphasis on decluttering, purging, organizing, planning, vision, this week and next. So I'm going to share a simple 3 step process that you can use whether you are decluttering your mind, body or home. And yes, we need to do all of those. All 3 areas are overwhelmed by stuff. Use this simple 3 step Holistic process to get...

Welcome Wellness Warrior! As we learned in episode 130, so many struggle with loneliness this time of year. It's a complex feeling that can stem from many origins. And I think it's the ploy of the enemy,  that he brings on full force at the Christmas season because we are literally celebrating GOD WITH US. We are never to feel alone again because Jesus came so we could be connected to him for eter...

Welcome Wellness Warrior! Let’s continue this conversation on hearing from God on what to do with complicated feelings or ANYTHING! We need His voice to truly heal from everything. My guest today is skilled in teaching others to hear God’s voice. Heather is a prophetic healing coach, minister, author, and speaker. She helps Christians heal with God from trauma, anxiety, and depression by hearing G...

Welcome Wellness Warrior! Today, we are having a real, honest conversation about LONELINESS. We talk a lot about stress and overwhelm this time of year, but loneliness is this complicated emotion that can be under it all. First off, if you are feeling anything…you’re not alone. This is a very emotional time of year!  We will unpack this complicated feeling and give you action steps in managing it....

Welcome Wellness Warrior! I literally laid down in bed the other night this week, and said I feel like I have been running at 100 mph all day. It's this season of busy, hustle and bustle , BUT love is slow.....Jesus walked and this season is about peace and calm, BUT why do we feel the opposite?!! How can we find calm? I had a recent coaching client ( anonymous ) where we talked about this exactly...

Welcome Back, Wellness Warrior! Today I have another friend from the podcast world on this show.  Amy is a wife, mom to 4 kids under 6 and chaos coordinator. As a Organizational Systems Strategist Coach, she has a Top 3% globally ranked podcast called Master Organized Motherhood.   Amy learned how to NOT do it all, but live each motherhood day with intention and purpose for more peace in her home....

Welcome Wellness Warrior,  to the second breath prayer episode for the Breathe & Be Still Series. You can find the first and an intro on episode 121 . I'm so glad you pressed play on this episode. Let's breathe and be still and know that He is Lord and you are safe, known, loved by Him. In light of the Christmas season, we will refocus our hearts and minds and words on the gift of Jesus and no...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 For many years I dreaded the Christmas countdown......because not only are we running around overly stressed already, but the holidays add a super large helping to it. The STRESS of Christmas is unique. Did you know 90% of illnesses are stress related? No wonder sickness is the gift that no one wants and so many get during the holidays. We have stress of finances,...

Happy day after thanksgiving and merry Christmas friends! We are full force Christmas now and with today being Black Friday, I wanted to share a Facebook live Jenna Michael (see episode 105)  and I did together a couple weeks ago. One major thing that adds to the Christmas stress plate is : GIFTS. But does to really have to? Jenna gives us some amazing tips on how to reduce the stress of gift givi...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 Happy Thanksgiving week!  It's thanksgiving so let's give thanks, plus it's the antidote to stress!!  Something we know about the holidays is that stress increases. We are struggling to manage the stress we already have, so let's pursue peace and calm and lower our cortisol with thanks!  We will go through each wellness area IN EVERYTHING (just like Philippians 4:...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 On Tuesday, in the Simple Wellness Solutions for Motherhood Stress, Jenna Michael and I had a great conversation on Christmas- gifts in particular. And the purpose was how do we keep Jesus as the main gift. You can go watch the replay- its pinned at the top of the group - if you are not in go to bit.ly/courageousvillage . The main way we discussed to keep Jesus as...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 Have you decorated for Christmas yet? We have and while we did it it turned into a decluttering/purging weekend. It's hard for it not to, when taking down and putting up decor and going through storage and so forth. And now I NEED the message in this episode, so I thought you might too! I interviewed my friend and organizer, Kristina Borseti on episode 108. I also...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 This is the first of a NEW type of episode I will be doing. Every so often I will have a Breath prayer episode in a series called Breathe and Be Still . Which I have adapted from Alisa Keaton of Revelation Wellness. Mama, you are going, going, going and don't have time for long podcasts or long walks or an hour in the Word. BUT this stress and pace of life is addi...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋    Did you know that kids are developing their identity in their first 8 years of life. So as a mom raising kingdom kids, it's crucial that we help our kids learn this identity. AND its counter culture. The culture around us and the lies that are fed to us daily are what you are, what you have, what you do and what people say about you. And that's not true. The on...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 I have shared on the podcast several times how I have had some past financial anxiety. What I know is this is not uncommon! Maybe even a stressor for most every American. So, I'm very excited to have the Budget Besties on the show today…. Shana & Vanessa are best friends and business partners on a mission to redefine personal finance for women worldwide. They’...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 I’m super excited for today’s conversation because I have been wanting to have one of my kids on for a while now! For a few reasons.... 1) it will be fun  2) You are a lot like me,mama, and that means your kids are a lot like you and that means you should be able to relate what my kid says to yours!  Hearing my daughter's perspective on some of this may help you i...

Hey, Holistic Wellness Warrior 👋 Have you ever prayed the prayer “Open my eyes Lord, help me to see others and today with your perspective” Or something of the sort. This was and still is a common prayer of mine, and in October 2022, he did not only open my eyes, but I learned a great deal about vision from an eye infection. God taught me how to shift my perspective to not only learn from my pain...