Mama's Ministries

Friday night was belt testing at the dojang. Leo and Milo tested from orange belt to green belt. Joel and I sat on the sidelines with injuries and very different relationships to resilience. But somewhere between broken boards, nervous system responses, missed kicks, and a child refusing the smaller board… God started revealing something deeper: The Kingdom does not edit out the trembling. We do....

You can build discipline. You can build structure. You can build a life that looks like mastery from the outside. But what happens when the very strength that built you… becomes the thing that keeps you from being finished ? In this episode, I open up - honestly and vulnerably - about a decision that’s confronting me in real time: hiring a coach and surrendering control in an area of my life I’ve...

I placed dead last. And somehow… that wasn’t the part that changed me. In this episode, I’m walking through what actually happened-not just on stage, but internally. Because what I felt… and what was true… didn’t match. And that gap? That’s where the real work was. We talk about: The quiet habit of rejecting yourself before anyone else can What it looks like when your feelings don’t match reality...

I stepped on stage not fully prepared… and for the first time, I didn’t try to compensate. I stayed present. I let it be messy. I let myself be seen. And I lost. Not just “didn’t win”- I didn’t place well. And my body? It gave out before I even made it to the night show. So now the real question isn’t about competition… It’s: What do you do when you show up fully… and it doesn’t validate you? In t...

I’m in peak week… and I don’t feel ready. Not the way I normally would. Not the way I trust. Not the way I’ve always proven to myself I belong. And for the first time… I’m doing it anyway. This isn’t about a stage. This isn’t even about preparation. This is about what happens when everything you’ve relied on to feel “worthy” is stripped away… and you’re left asking: What if I show up… and it refle...

I wasn’t prepared. Not the way I normally would be. Not the way I trust. Not the way I’ve always proven to myself I’m “ready.” And for the first time… I had to ask: What if I don’t need to prove it anymore? In this episode, I’m sharing what it looks like to stand at the intersection of identity, performance, and truth - when everything you used to rely on to feel ready is stripped away. This isn’t...

There’s a moment in every healing process where things start working again… And suddenly - you feel tempted. Tempted to move faster. Tempted to take control. Tempted to make sure it doesn’t slip away. But what if that moment isn’t progress… What if it’s the test? In this episode, I share what I’m learning in real time about: – misinterpreting a glimpse as arrival – why the brain equates progress w...

In this episode of Mama’s Ministries , Missy shares her journey through sports injury and recovery, revealing a deeper truth about healing—one that cannot be rushed, controlled, or forced. What begins in the body unfolds into a lesson in trust, presence, and restraint. “How often would I have gathered your children together, even as a hen gathers her chicks…” — Matthew 23:37 Sometimes healing isn’...

Recently my heel touched the ground. Not fully. Not clean. Still guarded. But it touched. And it made me realize something I wasn’t expecting- I decided to prep for this show on February 21st… not realizing my last lift had already happened on February 18th. No transition. No buildup. Just… stillness. Scripture says: “The steps of the righteous are ordered by the Lord.” (Psalm 37:23) But no one ta...

What Grace Actually Is Grace isn’t permission to stay the same. It’s power. In this episode, we strip away the soft, surface-level version of grace and look at what Scripture actually reveals—grace as divine enablement , not passive covering. When your body won’t cooperate… when your discipline breaks… when your mind can’t perform- that’s not failure. That’s the exact place grace was designed to m...

There’s a part of growth no one can measure. No reps. No steps. No data. And for me… that’s where everything started to unravel. After an injury took me out of training, I expected to adjust, modify, push through. Instead, I was met with something I wasn’t prepared for: Stillness. And not just physical stillness… but the loss of the place I had learned to find myself -through output, progress, and...

There’s a pattern in Scripture that most people never notice. Every time a woman cries out to God… something shifts. Hannah prays - and a prophet is born. Esther fasts - and a nation is saved. A bleeding woman reaches through a crowd - and power leaves Jesus instantly. But the most astonishing moment of all happens in Luke 1:38. Mary says: “Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according...

Sometimes the chapter of your life that looks the least like the outcome… is actually the one right before the reveal. In this episode of Mama’s Ministries , I share the unexpected symbolism that unfolded during this prep season — a journey marked by injury, recovery, and learning to move forward one careful step at a time. From a mouth infection and allergic reaction, to a displaced rib I’m still...

Sometimes the strongest people are the ones God has to stop. After victory on Mount Carmel, the prophet Elijah collapsed under a broom tree and asked to die. Instead of rebuking him, God gave him something unexpected: Sleep. Food. And silence. In this episode, Missy explores the psychology and theology of forced rest - through the lens of injury, athletic identity, and the biblical story of Elijah...

What if you could train… even when your body can’t move? In this episode of Mama’s Ministries , an injury forced me off the gym floor and back into something we explored during Presence Prep: embodiment through imagination. While sidelined on the couch, I ran my entire workout mentally - rep by rep, set by set - using the same weights and tempo from my last session. The result? My mind stayed almo...

Athletes are taught how to train through pain - but almost no one teaches us how to recover through it. Sometimes growth doesn’t come through pushing harder. Sometimes it comes when the body - and life - makes you stop. In this episode of Mama’s Ministries , I share the story of another unexpected injury during prep: a torn calf muscle that forced me to sit on the mat and face a hard reality - thi...

This one’s personal. I’m in a true build season for the first time - no deficit, no shrinking, just slow intentional growth. And as someone who was once obese, putting on weight (even strategically) messes with old wiring. Now I have to step on stage mid-build to qualify for nationals - not dieting, not cutting - just trusting. This episode is about becoming a version of yourself you’ve never met...

What happens when the plan changes seven weeks out from a show? In this episode, I share what a slipped rib taught me about control, competition, and true strength. Being temporarily sidelined in the middle of prep forced me to confront something deeper than conditioning: my attachment to control. This isn’t about losing progress. It’s about learning union. We explore Psalm 90 - “Teach us to numbe...

In this episode of Mama’s Ministries, I share a personal season of interruption - shoulder pain, infection, identity shifts, and hearing words no athlete wants to hear. What happens when your body doesn’t cooperate with the plan? What if the setback is not punishment… but pruning? We explore: • The physiology of adaptation • Nervous system shutdown and numbness • Identity beyond aesthetics • “It i...