Just One Simple Thing

Send us Fan Mail How often should I post on social media? It’s a question that everyone who is building a business or ministry online has asked at one point or another. And no matter what the gurus say, the answer is not the same for everyone. In Episode 115 of Just One Simple Thing, you’ll learn four things that can determine how  much time you need to spend promoting on social media. If you are...

Send us Fan Mail Are you taking a summer break from your ministry or business?  While you might want to just drop everything and head for the sun, a little bit of planning can make for a better break and a better return from your break. Listen into Episode 114 of Just One Simple Thing as I share the things I’m doing to prepare for my upcoming break and get ready for when I come back. As I record a...

Send us Fan Mail Summer is right around the corner, and maybe your mind has already started wandering in that direction. How will you keep up with your ministry or business with the kids out of school, changing routines, and a body of water somewhere calling your name? Join me for Episode 113 of Just One Simple Thing where you’ll learn four strategies to keep your goals on track for the summer. Am...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever been at a place where you didn’t feel like you had any goals? You are just rocking along, keeping up with your work, and content with where you are? Listen in to Episode 112 of Just One Simple Thing where you’ll learn the benefits of having goals that are not related to big projects or results, and how they can keep your work fresh and fun. A few months ago, I was do...

Send us Fan Mail In uncertain economic times, you might feel like you are taking hits from things you can’t control. But there is one thing that can keep you growing when the world’s on fire, and it is totally under your control. That’s to develop a reputation for delighting your audience through above-and-beyond customer service. Here in episode 111 of Just One Simple Thing, you’ll learn three wa...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever taken a step you thought was the right one ... then it wasn’t? Or maybe you’ve made decisions based more on FOMO than faith. Those are just two of the things my friend Avery Forrest and I talked about, along with a little fashion advice. So join me for Episode 110 of Just One Simple Thing. I’m so glad you are here because you are in for a treat! In the last episode,...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when your to-do list is longer than the space in your calendar? You might think you just need to figure out how to create more time in your day. But did you know that time is only ONE way you can manage your capacity? Join me for a special conversation in Episode 109 of Just One Simple Thing as I talk to my friend Avery Forrest to learn about the capacity equation a...

Send us Fan Mail If you are a Words girl instead of a numbers geek, which I think most of you probably are, measuring what’s working and what isn’t might make your eyes glaze over. But I promise it doesn’t have to be complicated or time-consuming. In Episode 108 of Just One Simple Thing, you’ll learn the three types of information you should be tracking, and how to know if what you are doing is wo...

Send us Fan Mail Is the next step you want to take in your ministry or business so big that it scares you? So scary that you can’t make yourself do it? In Episode 107 of Just One Simple Thing, I’ll share three ways you can right-size that idea and make it just scary enough that it excites you again. Welcome back to Just One Simple Thing, where we are in the middle of a series about taking your nex...

Send us Fan Mail What is an influencer? Are you one? Are you trying to be one? Even if you don’t identify yourself as an influencer, to grow your ministry or business, you need to be able to influence people. So let’s learn how to ask for what we want, get people to say yes, and while we are at it, we’ll peek in on an OG influencer in the Bible. We are in our Next Steps series. Maybe you’ve taken...

Send us Fan Mail Hey friends! Welcome back to Just One Simple Thing. With this episode, we are starting a new series about how to take your next step. I’m not talking about taking your first step ... we covered that way back in Episodes 8 -10 . I’m talking more about the next step that is going to move you to a new place in your ministry or business. It may seem like a collection of odds and ends,...

Send us Fan Mail If you ask me how I keep things organized, my answer would be one word. Trello. Join me for Episode 104 of Just One Simple Thing where you’ll learn how I use Trello to helpme and my clients save time and stay on track. If you aren’t very familiar with Trello, it’s a visual organizer. Information is put on Cards, which are organized in Lists, and saved on Boards. You can assign peo...

Send us Fan Mail Still think Canva is just for creating nice graphics? Think again. Canva has continued to update their product so that it has a unique offering of branding tools, website, video, and document creation, automation, and of course, graphic design. In Episode 103 of Just One Simple Thing, we’ll look at some of the best time-saving tools for content creators inside Canva. Hey friends!...

Send us Fan Mail How many emails do you get every day? It seems like I spend half my day in my email inbox. Thankfully, Gmail has some features that can actually save us time. Listen in to Episode 102 of Just One Simple Thing as I share my favorites. Welcome back to part 2 of our Time Saving Tools series! As I was preparing for this series, I did a poll on my Instagram stories asking which tools y...

Send us Fan Mail What’s the hottest topic right now out in the online business space? If you said “ChatGPT” or another AI program, you are correct! It’s what everyone is talking about. We are kicking off our Time Saving Tools series with 4 ethical ways you can use ChatGPT to make the most of your time. Curious? Keep listening! It’s not very often that something dominates the conversation the way C...

Send us Fan Mail It’s the 100th episode of Just One Simple Thing, and we are celebrating by answering your questions. Stay tuned for my thoughts on co-laboring with God, figuring out what to work on first, and how much of your time you should  spend on promoting versus creating. It seems like only yesterday that I said I would rather stick a needle in my eye than start a podcast! But here we are ....

Send us Fan Mail Are you tired of struggling to establish good habits? In this last episode in the Habits series, you’ll learn practical steps and biblical principles to help you change your mindset, pick the most essential habit to change, and make a plan for consistently practicing your new habit for success. Let’s dive in. Welcome back to Just One Simple Thing! We are at the end of our series a...

Send us Fan Mail Tapping into the power of habits is not just about discipline and will-power hacks. By pairing up these hacks with sound Biblical principles, you can make real progress on the actions that will fuel your goals. Listen in to Episode 98 of Just One Simple Thing where you’ll get three tips for breaking bad habits. I know you were really serious about those goals and plans you set up...

Send us Fan Mail What could you begin doing today that would impact your God-inspired dream for the long haul? Join me and my friend Merritt Onsa in Episode 97 of Just One Simple Thing as we kick off a month of equipping you to build small habits that can have a big impact. We have just finished up our January Reset series, where we decluttered some critical areas of our work to make space for the...

Send us Fan Mail This is it! The last episode of theJanuary Reset series... a month spent cleaning up our ministry and biz clutter to make room for the new opportunities God has for us in 2023. Are you ready to talk about financial stewardship? Let’s dive in to Episode 96 of Just One Simple Thing. I know it is really not nice of me to ask you to look at your finances right after the new year. But...

Send us Fan Mail In the January Reset series, we're spending a few weeks looking at ways to declutter our business and ministry to make physical, mental and spiritual space for the new opportunities God wants to bring us in the new year. In Episode 95, let's look at some simple ways to make space, and make peace, with our social media. Social media may be a necessary part of growing onli...

Send us Fan Mail It’s the second part of our January Reset ... time we have set aside to clear out some of our ministry and business clutter and make way for the amazing opportunities God has in store for us this year. In Episode 94 of Just One Simple Thing, let’s talk about some simple principles for organizing digital files. In Episode 93, we started our January Reset with our email inbox. Did y...

Send us Fan Mail Before we close our 2022 planners and open the crisp new ones, blank with possibilities for 2023, there are some things we can do to make way for all those possibilities. We need to unload some things and straighten up others. Let’s kick off the new year in Episode 93 with my best tips for managing email. All this month, we'll work on getting organized ... just a little at a...

Send us Fan Mail We’ve covered a lot of ground  in Just One Simple Thing in 2022. Decision-making, project planning, creating community, launching new projects, and one big pivot. Before we wrap up the year, let’s take a look back at the top five episodes of 2022. If you are listening to this in real time, we are into the last week of 2022. I thought it would be fun today to revisit a few of the m...

Send us Fan Mail It’s that time of year where everyone is trying to be good. Kids are trying to be good so Santa will show up. Adults are trying to be good on their diet so they can indulge at holiday meals. But are we also trying to do good? Listen in to Episode 91 of Just One Simple Thing to learn eight simple good things you can do in this holiday season. Author Stephen King once said, “Being g...