The Devoted Dreamers Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Julie Landreth has a passion for healthy and thriving relationships–especially marriages. She is a speaker and wife coach who loves sharing with women her passion for prayer and how to cultivate a thriving marriage. She leads a growing number of women in San Jose, CA through her weekly WifeLab curriculum: Loving Well, The Art of Pra...

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Natalie Ard is the creator, author, and illustrator of The Christmas Star From Afar® and The Easter Story Egg™. She is a wife and mother to three and has built the Star From Afar Kids company on the foundation of creating inspirational, interactive games and toys that help children play with a purpose. Star From Afar Kids creates to...

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Amy Peterson lives with her husband and two children on a couple of acres of Indiana farmland. She teaches and works with the Honors program at Taylor University. With a B.A. in English Literature from Texas A&M and an M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College, Amy taught ESL for two years in Southeast Asia before retur...

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Cynthia Culver graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, and after seven years working in the corporate world, she left to go back to school. With a Masters in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and her LPC -- Licensed Professional Counselor – license, Cynthia split the next ten years working for Watermark...

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Hannah is a Midwesterner loving the Colorado life. She’s married to Brad -- a pastor, passionate engager of culture and beer, and a lover of bourbon. They were recently blessed with a bright-eyed baby boy, Ransom, after five years of infertility. While learning to be new parents, they attempt to keep up with their spirited husky/blu...

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher If you live near Denver, Colorado, you can meet this week's guest, Alexandra Kuykendall, in person at the Denver Institute for Faith & Work event called “Ambition: Living with Drive & Devotion” happening this Friday, March 10th in Denver. Learn more & register here: http://denverinstitute.org/ambition/ Alexandra Kuy...

Send us Fan Mail Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Jess Connolly is passionate to communicate about Jesus. Whether that's through writing, speaking, or having a coffee date -- she loves spurring other women on and wants to leave her generation more in awe of God than she found it. She's one of the co-founders of  SheReadsTruth , one of the owners of Amen Paper Company , co...

Send us Fan Mail Here’s a quick follow-up conversation for you with Erin Straza (who was a guest back in episode 1 of the podcast). In this mini-episode, Erin talks about her newly released book, Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom from the Habits that Bind You. I invited her back to chat with us about how life is different now and what she’s learned from becoming a published author. I love Erin’s hone...

Send us Fan Mail Instead of listening to God, graphic designer Amber Brannon says she was fearful of the unknown in the dream He’d given her. And then there was that day He made it abundantly clear that she was to leave her agency job to create a business of her own. So, with fear and trepidation, she took that step and found herself in a dream job that’s provided more than enough for her needs an...

Send us Fan Mail For 10 years, Angie Weszely believed her dream of working in ministry was dead for good. But God took her through a series of small steps of faithfulness and rekindled a dream in her that she never knew to have. Today, Angie is the co-founder and CEO of ProGrace , which equips Christians with a new response to the abortion issue, one that goes beyond the political debate by focusi...

Send us Fan Mail I’m jumping into your feed today with an update about the podcast following the season break I took in January. First, The Momentum Podcast is now called The Devoted Dreamers Podcast. In this mini-episode you’ll hear a bit about what was going on in my world before I launched this podcast, more about the name change and new tagline, and what’s on my heart for the future of this en...

Send us Fan Mail My interview this week veers a bit from the norm. In this episode, I’m speaking with two previous Momentum guests, Alysa Passage and Cheryl McGrath , who partnered together to do something new that would move them forward in their God-shaped dreams. Their story is not only a great example of courageous movement toward their dreams, but it also covers a topic we could all benefit f...

Send us Fan Mail Sharon is an author, speaker, pastor’s wife and mom of two boys who lives, with her family, in North Carolina. She has been a regular contributor to Christianity Today , Propel , and She Reads Truth , and she is currently working on her first book, set to release in 2017. In addition to writing, Sharon recently completed her PhD, which explored the stories and experiences of women...

Send us Fan Mail Amanda is a Jesus-loving, adventure-seeking humanitarian who has recently relocated from the U.S. to Iraq where she works with an empowerment program for refugee women as part of Preemptive Love Coalition. A southern hippie who hails from Texas, Amanda loves good coffee, local food, extreme sports, creating, dancing, and Willie Nelson. She has lived all over (Texas, Colorado, Nort...

Send us Fan Mail Kate Boyd is a business coach and strategist helping entrepreneurs with a God-sized dream to squash their fear, gain strength from their faith, and align their passions with powerful strategy. Kate provides personalized coaching so you can make the income that empowers you to impact lives every day and create the freedom you crave. Kate shares from her experience leading two onlin...

Send us Fan Mail Mackenzie is a young professional working as a biological and agricultural engineer in Raleigh, NC. She has a God-given passion for water and a heart for the global water crisis. Ever since learning about the crisis in high school, she has felt called to play a role in its resolution. While working as an intern for Water Mission in Charleston, SC during one summer in college, her...

Send us Fan Mail In 2013, Rachel Dodson left New York City for Phnom Penh, Cambodia to create a social enterprise jewelry company--called Penh Lenh--that would empower marginalized and at-risk young women by providing quality education, skills training, and advanced career opportunities. Rachel believes that through designing bold, colorful, and unique pieces, Penh Lenh is creating a platform for...

Send us Fan Mail Jacci Turner has a passion for teaching contemplative prayer. She has great empathy for those whose spiritual disciplines have fallen short under the demands of life, and she longs to offer new tools for their toolbox. In her lifetime, she has worn many hats: therapist, school counselor, campus minister, spiritual director, and mom. Her favorite hats are her writer and grandmother...

Send us Fan Mail Six years ago, Hannah Anderson slowly began to cultivate a career as a writer. It was not something she ever anticipated doing, but with young children at home she found herself wondering how to steward her gifting. She committed to God that she’d give two years to learning the trade and leave the results in His hands. Today she’s the author of two books:  Made for More and the ne...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah Conner oversees programs for a Dallas-based poverty alleviation ministry that serves hundreds of individuals each year on their path towards self-sufficiency and flourishing. Since 2011, she’s also been living her passion of unleashing and equipping women through Polished Dallas. Her story is one of overcoming heartache through faith in God and some great community! She’s a...

Send us Fan Mail Hallie Graves is a 30-something, energetic Jesus follower living the single gal life in Austin, Texas. A lawyer, passion-collector, and the director of Polished Austin , Hallie loves encouraging women to live the fullest, most free lives that Jesus has called them to live. In this episode, Hallie shares openly about her struggle with body image and what she is learning about how t...

Send us Fan Mail Sarah is a business strategist, brand consultant, and entrepreneur with a passion for helping people use their influence to make the world a better place. Drawing on her background in marketing and the music industry, Sarah decided to launch SDH Strategy in 2016 with the goal of helping female creatives and small business owners combine great ideas with purpose and strategy. Got a...

Send us Fan Mail Jessyca Allen is a newlywed and a Midwestern soul living in Colorado. Because she struggles with comparison and negative self-talk, she loves creating beautiful pieces that point herself and others to God's character and His love for His children. Several years ago Jessyca began wondering how God might use her creativity for His glory. Today, her calligraphy and graphic desig...

Send us Fan Mail In 2009, Addie Cunningham helped create the Indiana Parkinson Foundation following the devastating diagnosis of her dad, Don Waterman, and today she serves as the foundation’s Chair. Addie joined forces with her college roommate, Joy Gordon (a physical therapist), to launch an exercise program that provides hope, community, and movement opportunities for people with Parkinson’s ac...

Send us Fan Mail Simone Halpin is the co-founder and Director of Naomi’s House, a residential safe home for women who have suffered from commercial sexual exploitation. She also serves as the Director of Women’s Care at The Moody Church. There, Simone founded the Precious to Him Project, an extension of the Women’s Ministry, devoted to serving vulnerable and exploited women in Chicago and beyond. ...