The Devoted Dreamers Podcast

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Does it ever feel like you got the enormous dream? In June 2022, the nationwide conversation about abortion rose to the top again after the U.S. Supreme Court decided the Dobbs v. Jackson case and overturned Roe v. Wade after decades of legalized abortion in the U.S. It was long before that, though, when today’s guest Angie Weszely began to understand how the...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. What can you do when you lack the energy and vitality to pursue your God-shaped dream? Oftentimes we find ourselves with to-do lists that far outweighs the hours we have in a day to complete those tasks. And somewhere in the mix, we can lose sight of our health and the impact it has on everything we do, including running after your God-shaped dreams. But wher...

Send us Fan Mail Join me to experience the transformation that becomes possible when you are no longer working on your dream alone! Register here : https://www.merrittonsa.com/augustworkshop Date : Wednesday, August 3, 2022 Time : 9am PT / 10am MT / 11am CT / Noon ET Location : Zoom NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || Book a Call Leave a Review: Apple Podcasts/iTunes Subscrib...

Send us Fan Mail Find the show notes here. Have you delayed your dream because you don’t feel ready yet? One of the biggest lies keeping dreamers stuck is thinking you are lacking something necessary to begin. It’s like there’s a box to check, an accomplishment to achieve, or a degree to earn before you can truly begin on the dream in earnest. Well, that’s simply not true. In this episode, you’re...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Do you have a burning question that feels too small to ask?   I have a really special episode for you today, thanks to a previous guest Jenn Jett Barrett who came on the show first in 2016 (ep 16) and then again in March 2022 for my financial series. In that most recent episode (#234, which was filled with amazing ideas for funding our dreams) , Jenn offered...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. How do you discern God’s will when it comes to your passion and purpose in life? I regularly speak to Christian women seeking to discern what God wants for their lives, especially as it relates to a personal passion or God-shaped dream. These women share worries about hearing God incorrectly, making a wrong decision about a direction to pursue, or even lackin...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Are you living as a stranger in a strange land? My guest this week was struggling with loneliness and homesickness living away from her native India when her husband’s work required them to move to the States. It was in that experience that Mabel Ninan began to cry out to God, asking for His help to face these struggles and in the process realized the deeper...

Send us Fan Mail Find the show notes here. Have you wanted to quit on your dream before you’ve made any real progress? Getting started can be one of the most difficult parts of pursuing a dream. In the early stages, a lot of the details are still foggy. The lack of progress makes it feel like you’re pushing a boulder uphill and pushing something heavy uphill makes you want to quit. But don’t quit...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. What can you do to intentionally place yourself in God’s good care? Mindy Caliguire is President/Co-Founder of Soul Care, a spiritual formation ministry dedicated to increasing soul health in the Body of Christ. In this episode Mindy shares about a dream that’s been on her heart for decades, the shape it’s taken over the years, and where she finds herself in...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. What if God has a different path for you than the one you are on right now? When you begin pursuing a passion project, there usually isn’t a clear finish line, so how will you know when the dream has run its course? Do you ever wonder what else might God have planned for you after this? You may hesitate to even ask these types of questions, especially if thin...

Send us Fan Mail Find the show notes here. Does it ever feel like you’ll never reach the finish line? If you’ve spent any time on social media lately, you probably think everyone else is years ahead of where you are with your dream. It feels even worse if you haven’t started yet. But I’m here to shatter that perception and tell you that you’re right on time no matter how far along you are (or are...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. How often do you sense yourself feeling anxious? I don’t know if my anxiety has gotten worse since the pandemic or if I’m just more aware now of how everyday stressors make me feel in my body. The truth is, knowing the anxiety is there won’t actually change it, but it is a place to start. And certainly, finding the antidote feels important if you’re living bu...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Has God called you to be bold and courageous in your dream? If you are actively pursuing a dream—or even considering it—you are possibly facing opposition, fear, comparison and even imposter syndrome. But instead of seeing your dream as a mountain too high to climb on your own—which it very likely is—what if the dream became an invitation from the creator of...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Have you seen God’s hand on your life, even through the most difficult trials? My guest today will tell you that she was so caught up in herself when the reality of her motherhood didn’t look the way she always dreamed it would. She will tell you that it became an obsession to fix the ache caused by her unmet desires. And she will tell you what God did instea...

Send us Fan Mail Find the show notes here. Have you ever wondered if you could get paid to do the thing you love? Something I often hear from dreamers is a question about whether a God-shaped dream should be a business or a hobby—and how to decide. I recorded this solo episode first as a wrap up for my financial series from last month but also to share a bit of my business-building story. You’ll h...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. What will it cost to get your dream off the ground? This episode is the third and final conversation in my financial series where I’m bringing back a previous podcast guest to share her brilliance and experience related to the money side of launching a dream! This week’s guest is dream defender and founder of Camp Well and The Well Summit Jenn Jett Barrett wh...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Have you counted the cost of your dream? This episode is the second of three conversations in my financial series in which we’re talking about how to think about spending your hard-earning money on a dream and how to determine if your dream should be a business or a hobby. My guest this week is Business Coach Katie Wussow, who shared her dreamer story in epis...

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Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Is money a barrier to launching your dream? This episode is the first in a series of three finance-focused conversations in my financial series where we’re talking about how to think about spending your hard-earning money on a dream. Listeners have been telling me that time and money are among the biggest barriers to jumping into a God-shaped dream. That may...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Does comparison steal your joy and keep you from fully walking in your purpose? With 24/7 social media access to everyone’s highlight reels, it’s no wonder so many of us struggle with comparison. Today’s guest Heather Creekmore is no stranger to comparison, and God has been using this struggle as part of her God-shaped dream to help women stop comparing and s...

Send us Fan Mail Find the show notes here.   Do you ever wonder if you’ll ever get past the novice stage of dreaming? Dreams don’t happen overnight, but appearances are deceiving. What you see when you look at someone else’s dream from the outside is the result of years invested in learning, refining, healing, practicing, failing and getting back up to try again. You’ll never get to witness the ye...

Send us Fan Mail When you begin to think about taking the next step toward your dream, do you ever worry what someone else might think? Whether it’s your sister who doesn’t get you, a parent who’s never understood your passions, or a spouse who already feels deprived of time with you (or a host of other potential responses from friends that have only played out in your head) running after a dream...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Do you ever wonder if the time you’ve spent on your dream is going to be worth it? Maybe you haven’t seen the fruit you expected at this point, or your progress has been slower than you imagined, especially given what you’ve already invested. Wouldn’t it be terrible to look back one day and realize it was all a waste of time? Want some support on this journey...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here. Do you tend to question your dream? Or wonder if you heard God right the first time? Nearly every day I encounter someone talking about the fear of missing out on the purpose God has planned for her life. Some even describe it as a deep worry or anxiety that everyone else has beaten her to the finish line, and she’s somehow gotten it wrong but doesn’t know ho...

Send us Fan Mail Find show notes here.  Is the timing right for my dream? I hear this question all the time in my conversations with women who have a dream on their hearts but who also have a list of other responsibilities and interests that take up the majority of their waking hours. How do you determine the “right” timing to pursue a passion project? If your life is already full, how do you deci...