Journey with Jess

Do you ever feel lost when it comes to creating a quiet space for prayer or meditation? If you just need help getting started, this podcast might be for you!

How do we keep loving when it’s been hard? When love doesn’t seem to come easy, can you seek and find love in other things? Let’s keep our love activated.

I share one of the most famous passages on love in this episode. And ask - how do we keep believing in this love, even when love has failed?

Here are some ideas for affirming love in your life. Enjoy!

Love can bring freedom. Resentment and freedom can’t co-exist. Let gratitude bring you back to love and healing.

Love can heal, and cause heartache. Love can be beautiful, and hard. Let’s keep learning to love in new ways and believe there is more to come.

February is a month that is often focused on love. My goal is to keep learning to love big and love well. Even when I am tired and my capacity feels limited. Here’s some encouragement to love well even when it isn’t easy to do.

Let’s welcome February! More love, more communication, more of the good stuff!

Do we need mastery and expertise? Or do we need a heart for learning, progressing and moving forward?

What if we believe in our progress, in our wins? What if we learn to celebrate ourselves along the way?

Sometimes we grieve the things we give up. And we can change our perspective and see it as something that makes us better!

Find yourself seeking quick fixes instead of lasting changes? Sometimes we are in survival mode and it’s hard to see past the quick fix. Find some encouragement here in this episode.

Here’s some simple tips to rule the weekend. Stay intentional and focused, keeping your eye on the goal even though the weekend is here.

Quiet doesn’t mean there won’t be chaos. Quiet can be found in many different ways. Quiet as often dependent on the condition of my own heart.

By now many people have given up on their resolutions, or goals for this Nee Year. It takes time and effort and energy to be committed to ourselves, and many weeks to establish routine. Let’s have a reality check and see where we really are so far in 2023.

What areas of you life need a little de-cluttering? This is an active word that requires participation, examination and work on our part. I would love to hear more about what you are working on.

What is your internal dialogue? What are you saying to yourself or about yourself? Let’s learn to speak life over ourselves.

Let’s consider how choices impact our journey. Our choices matter. What sometimes brings a release in a moment may bring future chaos.

As we keep setting intentions in this first month of the year, my hope for us all is that we can continue to find freedom. Freedom in our health, wellness, finances… Freedom.

We all need community. A place where we can truly create fellowship and practice vulnerability. A place where we know we will not be judged, where we can come as we are and share and listen and participate together. This episode describes that and sharing words of the year within community.

January (or any time!) is a great time to create a map of where you’re heading for the coming year.

Rest is vital for a healthy lifestyle. Here are some affirmations to encourage peaceful sleep.

How can we stay focused and consistent when we are distracted by all the shiny, new things? Let consistency be our guide!

On the days that overwhelm us, can we make time to pause, and create space? Pausing long enough to process and find a glimmer of hope to hang on to.

Mondays are often the day we like to start something new. What if we just stay started?