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I'm so excited to welcome one of the founding members of the Hallow app team, Bryan Enriquez, to the podcast. Having grown up a cradle Catholic, the Lord used Bryan's college experience at Notre Dame to bring him deeper into relationship. It was at Notre Dame that Bryan met his roommate, Alex Jones, and with him embarked on creating the #1 prayer and meditation app in the world! Start pray...

On today's episode, Jordan Burke joins me to talk about every day spiritual warfare. Jordan is a former police officer who traded in his badge and gun for a bible and a rosary. Combining his love of The Truth, history, and tradition with practical application, Jordan turned his life motto, "Do The Harder Thing," into a program of acquiring virtue and overcoming habitual sin for all w...

As I'm growing my spiritual life, I've been praying about ways to strengthen my defenses against the enemy. Christ has the victory, but we have to remain on alert against his "flaming arrows," especially because of the damage that happens to our ability to see God as a loving father. Click here to receive my newsletter.

In this episode, I discuss my personal reasons for not engaging on social media at this time. The reasons include ways in which the enemy plays upon pride, envy and idolatry in our use of social media. If you feel the Lord is calling you to stay away from social media for now, check out The Digital Detox challenge on Hallow. Click here to stay in touch with me via my newsletter.

Most of us grew up learning only vocal prayer, but for true intimacy with God, healing, and spiritual strength against temptation, we must engage in daily mental prayer. This episode explains how to do just that! Explore Mental Prayer with The Spiritual Exercises led by Father Timothy Gallagher on Hallow Click here to sign up for my newsletter as I share things that have inspired me in my own walk...

This is the time of year everyone chases their goals, but let's make sure we start and end with The Lord. What are your goals for 2025?

For this third week of Advent, I wanted to go into Joseph and the role he can play in our faith, and especially that of the Holy Family. Healing starts in the family and Jesus gives us His to heal the roots. This will be the final episode of this podcast for 2024. Thank you so much for being here and I pray the Lord Jesus gives you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with your family. Be sure to...

For this second week of Advent, I wanted to briefly talk about Our Lady of Guadalupe and how Mary not only helped in converting millions of Aztecs and native Mexicans to the Christian faith, but how she continues to bring us all closer to her son. Learn more about Our Lady of Guadalupe in this documentary

Welcome to the season of Advent. If you listen to this podcast, it is because you are serious about your walk with Christ. This Advent, let's ask The Lord to shine a light on the areas where we still experience darkness so that He can truly take flesh in us.

The world becomes incredibly small when God wants you to meet someone! On this episode, I had the pleasure of connecting with Meghan Maloof-Berdellans. Meghan is a seasoned professional with a background in digital marketing, real estate, and health and wellness.  This episode will have you saying, "give him the bike," the next time you have an issue with someone! Click here to connect with Megan....

When it comes to relationships and motherhood, we tend to have these conversations with other women, so I wanted to sit down with Isaac Padilla, the coach behind Catholic Warrior Fitness, and get a man's POV. Isaac is a Catholic Christian husband, father, and men's fitness coach. Make sure you share this episode with the men in your life. Click here to connect with Isaac Padilla Click here to conn...

This is a very real and raw episode with daughter of God, mother and widow, Sasha. I am so in awe of the way Sasha lives out her faith and how the Eucharistic love of Christ has carried her through. There will definitely be a part two!

It is a joy to be able to welcome Claudia Coss on the podcast! Claudia is a listener of the podcast and I've had the joy of getting to know her better and listen to how Jesus has been leading her and her family into the faith! To connect with Claudia: https://www.instagram.com/nylifewithclaudia/

This is an episode that is as close to my heart as possible. I ask that you please listen with open hearts and refer to some of these resources below for more information: Short book to read: This Is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival by Bishop Robert Barron Eucharistic Miracle at Lanciano, Italy Father Spitzer talks about Eucharistic Miracles Jewish Roots of The Eucharist by Dr. Brant Pitre

Over the past year, I have made it a habit to go at least once to the Sacrament of Reconciliation / Confession. What I've noticed is that it's helped me to face my sins head on and cooperate with Christ in my healing, develop virtue, and take me deeper into areas in which He wants to shed light. To find Confession times near you, check out this link. Here are two videos that can help you with Conf...

I am so blessed that my good friend and sister in Christ, Ivette Guzman is back on the podcast for her 3rd time! This is an ecumenical episode in which Ivette and I discuss the tensions that can arise between Catholic Christians and Non-Catholic Christians, and why the call exists for ALL of us to show up better in building the Kingdom of Christ. I would personally love to know your experience gro...

It was a joy to speak to Jossie and Angelica of the "Acercate a Dios and Stay Pretty" Podcast! Listen in on how God called them into podcasting despite having so much on their plates and their call to help women discover their feminine genius and true beauty in Christ! Follow Jossie & Angelica on Instagram. Follow me on Instagram.

In this episode, I share how The Lord changed the course of my parents' lives and my life. I share this because it is all grace for the glory of Jesus Christ. Connect with me on Instagram. Read my father's book and personal testimony

Sometimes life gets really busy and we find that we don't have the time to spend praying in the way we would like. On this episode, I share a new way I've been looking at distractions as altars to which I can sacrifice my heart to Jesus. Let me know if this resonates with you!

Nikki Mariano is back on the podcast with me today to make a big announcement! We are hosting a dinner together on Wednesday, October 23rd on Long Island! This is a small, intimate dinner for women of faith who are looking to connect with one another and love Jesus together. Come dine, pray and praise with us as we learn to let go of shame and guilt that has been hurting us, and surrender it all t...

This episode is a dream come true for me. Heather Khym of The Abiding Together Podcast is a fierce woman of God I truly look up to. She's a wife, mother, Catholic speaker, but she is someone who loves Jesus deeply and it's evident in the wisdom and time she shared with me. The Abiding Together Podcast is about to launch its 15th season on September 23rd. Heather's new book, Encounterin...

The work of inner conversion is the work of The Holy Spirit but we are also called to cooperate with that work. On this episode, I share 3 hard pill truths we need to accept if we want to truly align ourselves with the will of God and obey His Word. Click here to join The Aligned Coaching Community on September 16th. Connect with me on Instagram

Grab your tissues because this is a deep and emotional conversation! Laura Skeik is a daughter of God, wife, mother of two, Latina life coach and creator of Cradle Catholic Latina, an online platform that helps educate cradle Catholics on what we believe. In this episode, Laura describes how questioning her faith led to her reversion to the faith and the conversion of her husband from Islam. To co...

Nikki Mariano is a wife, mom, Alzheimer's and Dementia expert, and a woman full of The Holy Spirit. In this episode, she shares her testimony of how God is using her and the miracles He's done in her life. To connect with Nikki: https://www.instagram.com/nikkiknc/ Want to grow in faith and grow with other like-minded, praying women? The Aligned Coaching Community is the place for you. This...

Katherine Flores is a Miami-born Dominicana who moved to New York to pursue her career in Interior & Architectural Design, and to find holy friendships. In this episode, Katherine shares her experience attending The National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indiana from July 17th - July 24th with 55,000 people in attendance. During the episode, Katherine shares a stand out moment d...