Take Time to Believe

This episode invites listeners to redefine beauty throughGod’s eyes instead of the world’s expectations and reminds women that true beauty isn’t found in perfection, appearance, or trends—but in how we love, connect, serve, and let our light shine. Through personal stories, reflections from traveling theworld, and a tender experience with her daughter, Alicia explores how women often spend years c...

Have you ever given your best… and still felt unseen? In this episode, I share a personal experience that triggered feelings of being unappreciated—and the deeper pattern behind it: over-giving, over-proving, and tying your worth to how others respond. You’ll learn how to stop chasing validation, process the emotion instead of reacting to it, and reconnect with the truth: Your worth was never mean...

When someone you love is overwhelmed by trauma, it’s easy to feel unsure of how to help without making things worse. In this episode, we explore what’s really happening during a trauma response, why fixing or explaining doesn’t work, and how to create emotional safety without losing yourself. Learn how to stay grounded, set compassionate boundaries, and support with calm presence instead of self-s...

In this deeply personal episode, I reflect on a sacredmoment in the Arequipa, Peru Temple that helped me see my pain—and my healing—through the lens of faith. Inspired by the story of the woman with the issue of blood, we explore why some wounds feel impossible to move on from, how our brains create lasting patterns of self-blame, and why the Savior’s mercy can still meet us no matter how long we’...

Replay episode, interview with Latter-day Life Coaches. "In this heartfelt and healing conversation, Heather sits down with self-worth coach Alicia Hall, who helps Latter-day Saints recover from the effects of toxic relationships by restoring wholeness through spiritual connection. Alicia shares her personal journey of escaping cycles of fear, shame, and self-blame, and how she found lasting...

When you don’t allow yourself to feel your grief — toactually sit in the pain, sorrow, and loss — it doesn’t disappear. It comes out through reactivity, defensiveness, irritability, or withdrawal. In this heart-centered episode, Alicia helps you uncover thehidden grief behind emotional reactions and teaches how to find healing on the other side of it. You’ll learn: * Why your reactions aren't...

Your brain was designed to predict from the past—but God gave you the gift of reason to live in the present. In this episode, I share how old predictions shaped my self-image, how Christ helped me rewrite painful stories, and why it takes courage to step into new beliefs rooted in His love.

Feeling stuck in a difficult relationship? In this episode, learn how to set Christ-centered boundaries that protect your peace without sacrificing your love or values. Discover what toxic behavior really looks like, how to separate the person from the pattern, and why forgiveness doesn’t mean enduring moreharm. There’s a better way—and it starts here.

In this heartfelt episode, I share a personal struggle with a bike that wasn’t working right—and how it mirrors the way we often blame ourselves when things feel hard. From feeling invisible in social settings to questioning our worth, I explore the common, deeply human experience of not fitting in. We’ll talk about: The difference between "fitting in" and "belonging", How past...

If you’ve ever found yourself overthinking, shutting down, or replaying conversations long after they’ve ended, you’re not alone—and you’re not broken. In this episode, I’m sharing why these reactions are actually your nervous system’s way of trying to keep you safe, especially if you’ve experienced emotional neglect, criticism, or felt like your voice didn’t matter. We’ll explore how safety isn’t...

The voice of shame can often sound like truth with statements like, you should do better, you shouldn't have said that, what's wrong with you, and so forth. But without the awareness of what shameful thoughts you keep having, you will remain stuck in believing the worst about yourself and become distant from the One true source of truth, your Savior. In this week’s episode of Take Time to Believe,...

Feeling weighted down by the pressure to do more, to be better but despite your best efforts you'll still only see how you're falling short. Why? Because of how you're defining perfection. Subconsciously you've created rules of what is required of you to be or do enough and when you're not meeting those expectations then out of habit, your inner critic will remind you of what y...

Experiencing feelings of discomfort when someone is upset, either with you or just in general, is your nervous system feeling dysregulated. In this episode I'll help you understand why you feel the urge to fix or change how the person feels, needing to defend or explain yourself, or question what you're doing wrong. And how you can feel better without trying to manage everyone's emotio...

The expectation of being loved, of expecting others to love you, can created more heartache than joy in your life.   While God commands us to love, it's not the commandment itself that has causes pain, but the expectation of what love should look like and believing that the people in your life are responsible for you feeling 'loved' or not. We all have an idea of how we want to be love...

When you've spent most of your life seeking validation andapproval from others, out of habit, you'll look for evidence of what you can believe about yourself from others too.  Confirming truth based on how they treat you, if they agreewith you, or evidence of your worth based on what you’ve been through. Only believing what you are seeing, without questioning ifit's true because you&#3...

We are all showing up from the beliefs we have about ourselves, which makes it important to learn how to intentionally choose beliefs that will help you live in line with who you want to be. This comes from being able to create personal boundaries. There are clear boundaries you are willing to set with others but when you lack creating boundaries within yourself, your emotions & thoughts will...

It is one thing to be critical of your own shortcomings but having someone else find fault with you or make threats if you do not comply with their "rules" can be a paralyzing experience. This can easily leave one in a state of trauma, constantly overthinking every action or word, and living in fear of others' reactions. In this week's episode, I will discuss the mindset tools I use to help me det...

We all experience fear, but what happens when fear starts to take over, making it difficult to think clearly, feel calm, and access your ability to function normally? Your fearful reaction is most likely a habit reaction and not coming from actual danger around you. In this episode, I share five steps you can use to break the habit reaction from feeling anxious, afraid, and panic, to feeling safe,...

Ever struggle with feelings of guilt or shame for taking time for yourself? Worried about being seen as selfish, lazy, unproductive, or irresponsible? Or do you make excuses as to why you shouldn't make time for you? This week I'm going to teach you how to let go of shame drama around personal self-care, so you can tune into your needs and give yourself permission to take time for you. You...

Creating expectations is your brains way of living with certainty. It feel safer than feelings that come with uncertainty of what could happen. However, when expectations aren't being met or you're feeling burdened with the pressure of meeting someone else's expectations, you're left with feeling the negative emotions you're trying to avoid. Certainty is the opposite of faith. Certainty is based o...

Worrying is a normal human response when you're trying to prevent something from happening. It seems useful and necessary. However, the real reason you're trying to prevent something from happening in the first place, is so you won't have to experience feeling negative emotions, when in fact, worrying creates more negative emotions than not worrying. This happens because your brain can...

Struggling with being reactive, easily triggered with anger, frustration, stress, anxiety, overwhelm, & resentment doesn't mean you're a monster or a bad person. It means you have internal fears, and your nervous system only knows how to respond with reactions because it's kept you alive all this time. If you want to stop reacting, you'll need to start with learning how to regulate your nervou...

When you're still associating painful thoughts about yourself, to the actions, words, or behaviors of others, then it's time to heal the way you're seeing yourself. You've created associations of your worth to the way others reacted or treated you, since you were a kid. Creating negative narratives in the way you see and treat yourself because you believed you should in order to feel accepted, lov...

When all you see is how your needs aren't being met, you're not being seen, heard, understood, or treated with love and kindness, you might start to wonder if you're even wanted. This feeling of unwanted can leave you stuck in feelings of isolation, shame, and even despair. Causing you to question other's motives, build up walls of defense, and keep to yourself, creating more reasons to believe yo...

When it comes to the difficult people in your life, it may seem beneficial to blame them for how difficult your life is, but have you noticed how you're the one who's left stuck in misery and chaos, constantly thinking about what they did or said? What if there's another option available for you to walk away feeling confident and peace of mind? In this episode I'll teach you how you can improve yo...