Raw Real Redeemed Podcast

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Part 2 of Amber's breakdown of vulnerability where we name our shame. Speaking the things out that we struggle to be authentically vulnerable about out loud brings them into the light where shame can no longer hide and thrive. It helps us face hard truths and start to address them and/or move past them. You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Today Amber breaks down Vulnerability. What it really is ...and isn't. How our childhoods can effect our willingness to be vulnerable and how connected it is to pride, perfectionism and shame. You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! It's that time again. The BLEAK mid Winter. This episode is for all my fellow SAD ( Seasonal Affective Disorder ) sufferers...or anyone who is currently feeling a little blue. Winter can be rough. Life can be rough. The two together can be BRUTAL. Let's talk about surviving ... and possibly even...surthriving! You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! It's been 3 months since I had a hysterectomy. It took a solid two months to heal...accompanied by significant atrophy of all the muscles in my abdomen.  Soooooo...it's now time for a personal rescue mission.  I want to feel and be strong again and it is going to take some work and a new plan.  The combination of being in my mid 40's PLUS abdominal surgery definitel...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! This is now one of our favorite January traditions. The thoughtful choosing of a word that sums up what we feel God is putting before us in this new year. This helps keep each of us grounded in the specific, personal areas that God is working on us in this new season. What would be YOUR word for this year if you had to pick just one? Is there something very special...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Sometimes the Urge to Purge strikes even before Christmas...when I know there will be piles. Piles of boxes. Piles of presents. Piles of "after"...and for me anyway...once more of ANYTHING comes INto our home, SOMEthing MUST go OUT. Let's talk through my top TEN things to purge once Christmas has come and go. It's time. Let's get started!   You can e mail us at hell...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! I will be the first to admit I have a problem...and that it's a struggle to stay on the straight and narrow path of true simple living.  It's a struggle in my heart. It's a struggle reflected in my choices every day that have created habits which become my very life. Let's just start scratching the surface of this addiction...to seeing and doing too much. The podcas...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Part two of "The Story I'm Telling Myself" where Amber teaches us how to get to the root of our negative naratives. Once we figure out where those stories come from we can let the harmful ones go or at least change them to get to the freedom on the other side. You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! What are the feelings that creep back up into your mind and heart when you are in a stressful situation? When someone is being harsh with you? When life gets tough and you are tempted to give into the big feelings that start to take up residence in your heart space? What story about yourself do you let characterize the way you internalize, process and move forward w...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Happy New Year sweet listener! We know it's been a rough year for many, including all three of us on some fronts. Today we spent our time purposefully looking back at how God showed Himself faithful and steadfast in the hard parts of 2023. As a celebration of another whole year of podcasting we have a special blooper reel at the end of this episode! As much as we lo...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Merry Christmas Everyone! Our first Episode to land on Christmas Day! We each have a short list of our top three favorite things...some to give...some just to have as a well loved part of our every day lives. We wish you all a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! See you in a week as we start our fourth season! You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Christmastime brings with it a lot of wishes and wants and for some of us, pain, stress and feelings of being or having less than.  It is a struggle to keep things simple, at home, in gift giving and in our hearts. In it's truest meaning, Christmas is about God sending his son into the world to save sinners...in a most humble way and having nothing to do with decor,...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! In Wintertime I find it harder to balance work and rest, joy and angst, doing and just being. The struggle is real...to find that sweet spot of obedience in working hard at the many things God has set before me...and just enjoying the sweet, simple things I love the most about every new day. What is YOUR favorite day friend? One filled to bursting with work and exci...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! How do we maintain the balance between tidy and chaos, order and disorder, calm and stressed, enough and too much? It's not easy. But one test I use in our home...is...you'll have to tune in to find out.  And I MIGHT just send a shot across the bow in regards to hoarding...and a way to tell if you might be slipping into that territory. Everything home is my favorite...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Today, Amy does a short but sweet deep dive into one her all time favorite books, Mark Batterson's, "The Circle Maker" , a powerful little book about BIG and unwavering faith and the life changing power of prayer.  You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com    

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Amber ends almost two years of counseling with her friend and therapist...and shares her last little nuggets of Beauty from Ashes with us today, ending a long season of healing from lifelong traumas and leaning forward into a bright, new chapter. You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.com

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Whilst going through a seriously difficult season physically I had to fight and fight and fight for the next right step...because the situation itself kept changing so drastically and there were so many different moving pieces that I could not control. In the end...I had to surrender and just pray...and God moved the mountains. Since this episode was recorded I have...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! When we were gathered to record this episode there was a state wide man hunt going on for someone who had just killed almost 20 people and injured many more. This was a first in our state and very scary to experience even an hour away from where it happened...let alone where Amber's oldest daughter was...in the same town. So as you can imagine, Ber was feeling ALL t...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Last week our sweet friend, Juliette Osborne shared her battle with lupus and how that played out in her daily life as a wife and mama. Today she shares her miraculous story of healing through strict intermittent fasting. She goes into both the science and faith behind it and how beneficial it has been to her regaining and maintaining her mobility and freedom while...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Our special guest in today's episode has battled Lupus for over 15 years and through long debilitating years of being bedridden, in a wheel chair followed by years healing through a deep dedication to intermittent fasting, she has learned to see the Lord's hand in EVERY situation. She now boldly welcomes the challenge to find the JOY of the LORD even in the worst da...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Part two of owning our own weirdness...which started out hot and heavy last week and digresses into more of the actually weird and quirky today. We also decided to celebrate all things Fall-tober with our annual pumpkin spice taste testing whilst deep diving into some things you probably don't even WANT to know about us. You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed.co...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! BUCKLE up sweet listeners.  This one takes a few turns into places you might not be ready for.  In an effort to speak into a few of the harder things in life...we just SCRATCH the surface in how "weird" we all are. Weird meaning...these are actually things we feel really strongly about and that even between the 3 of us...we barely agree on. So don't give up on us if...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Our resident Hot Mess Express expert takes us through a pretty typical fight in her marriage and breaks it down into where she felt "triggered" and what she did about it in order to come out on the other side of said fight no worse for wear. She gives us practical advice for navigating situations where we feel slighted, hurt and triggered in ALL the ways...and how t...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! Someone is feeling a LITTLE hormonal...and it's ME.  I am feeling triggered by ALL the things. I am going though menopause, I am feeling the Fall coming in hot and heavy. So as any hot mess does...I lose it...JUST a LITTLE over Fall decor and how INSANE it all is these days...trying in my own strange way to fight for simplicity and beauty in natural decor over store...

Welcome to Raw. Real. Redeemed! After years and years of living through difficult things rapid succession, Amber has come up with her own 4 steps to surviving hard conversations. While most of our natural responses can be neither Godly or healthy, this more thoughtful response protocol can help move a conflict towards a grace filled, peaceful resolution. You can e mail us at hello@rawrealredeemed....