The Resilient Living Podcast

Send us Fan Mail I have the awesome opportunity to sit down and talk with Vanessa Kelly, the founder of Function Pilates. I met Vanessa over 5 years ago when I attended a class purchased on Groupon. I fell in love with Pilates and fell in love with all aspects of her studio. Vanessa has customized every aspect of her Pilates empire and developed a well-rounded approach to wellness and health. Our...

Send us Fan Mail Focused, smart, funny, and wise are just a few words to describe Tatiana and Alex. Our girls have been friends since high school. In this episode, they share insight into their high school career and the lessons they learned to stay smart girls. Both girls had the privilege to attend private Christian education, which developed their character and faith. The decision to develop &q...

Send us Fan Mail Happy New Year! 2024 is here, and I couldn't think of anyone more qualified to start our year off than another conversation with Connie Waters. Connie shared her knowledge and wisdom about nutrition, the Word of God, and the power of living our best lives.  We were introduced to Connie in Episode 81: Healing from the Inside Out. We continue the conversation about our health a...

Send us Fan Mail Well, we made it! 2023 is ending, and it is time to get organized and ready for 2024. I talk about my process of decluttering my life. In my world, I begin decluttering my physical, emotional, and spiritual life. Decluttering simplifies and organizes my life around me for clarity. I have so many goals that I want to achieve in 2024. It begins with cleaning up my space, donating it...

Send us Fan Mail As we close out 2023, it is time for me to take a look at what I am doing and what I want to do differently next year. I looked at my time spent using social media. Social media is an amazing medium that allows us to connect innovation and technology in a social environment.  There are aspects of social media that allow us to connect and dream bigger dreams, and there are aspects...

Send us Fan Mail Happy Holidays!  Merry Christmas! Happy Thanksgiving! Sometimes we have to change our perspective to enjoy the season. This episode offers tips to encourage those who do not like holidays or have had time with holidays due to situations beyond their control. To deal with holidays, we need to focus on how we feel and on being generous. We need to be generous with our time, our mone...

Send us Fan Mail I am happy to spend studio time with Pastor Phreddie & George Khalil to talk about the faith that it takes. We have launched an initiative to activate John 14:12 in our church, Word Life Church, and invite others to express their faith and share with others. We are going out to grocery stores and asking people if we can pray for them. Our "Go Team" is a group of beli...

Send us Fan Mail I loved my conversation with Connie Waters - an advocate and catalyst for health and healing. Connie is a dynamic woman who has been in service to others for more than 40 years. This conversation is brilliant! Connie had a lot of medical conditions and has journeyed through this life with many illnesses and diagnoses. The truth is that she can love herself the way that God intende...

Send us Fan Mail I had a great conversation with my friend Linda Khalil. Linda is a homeschool mom by choice and is committed to God and his instruction to take on teaching her children from home. Linda studied for many years to become a nurse and loved her career. After balancing work and caring for her children, Linda felt the calling to come home and teach her children at home. Homeschooling is...

Send us Fan Mail I am currently on the grind. With the grind of work, family, church, school, and work again I have many jobs, titles, and goals. Most of all, I have dreams and goals that keep me motivated to continue. We have to stay motivated to continue in order to achieve success in those things that fulfill our purpose. In this episode, I talk about what happens when you are not able to compr...

Send us Fan Mail I had the amazing opportunity to meet with Doreah (Dor-ray-uh) Dean. Doreah is a delightful, energetic brand strategist who continues to empower clients and friends to define their dreams and identify their purpose in all that they do. We had a dynamic conversation about faith, purpose, and hearing God. Doreah is thoughtful, meticulous, and full of analytical skills that have insp...

Send us Fan Mail Sometimes we feel disconnected. Our disconnection can be a result of frustration, exhaustion, and discontentment. We need to learn the lesson that we are taught when receiving airline instructions from the flight attendants. We need to put the oxygen mask on ourselves before we can put it on others. We need to take care of ourselves. We need to keep our focus to stay attached to o...

Send us Fan Mail  We have to remember that FIRST WORDS MATTER. In most situations, if not all. What we begin saying about a situation is what we believe. There have been many situations that I have dealt with that were serious. I have dealt with doctor's reports on my health, issues in my relationships, and circumstances in my workplace. In all these situations, I came to learn that what I sa...

Send us Fan Mail We've all been there. We have been lenders to friends or family that were in need of money. In this episode, we talk about key guidelines that help you understand what you are doing, when you will be paid back, and why the money that you lend should be money that you may never see again. Money is often the foundation of hurt, misunderstandings, and foolishness in many relatio...

Send us Fan Mail Today we will talk about disappointment. Disappointment is real. We can be disappointed in people, places, and things. We can not allow disappointment to find its place in our hearts and distract us from the vision that God has given us. As Christians, we believe that God created us in His image and has a plan and purpose for our lives. We talk about the story of Elijah and how he...

Send us Fan Mail Great conversation with my educated friend, Tricia Beck. Tricia is a teacher with more than 30 years of experience. She is a natural teacher who brings so much good energy to the conversation about learning. Her passion for helping others developed from her conversations with her mentor, Paul. Paul asked about her future and ignited a desire for Tricia to accomplish all that was i...

Send us Fan Mail I have had this topic on my mind for so many years. My husband and his amazing genes are all around me. All of my children look like him. I have dealt with this for so many years. In my frustration, I prayed to God to let me know why He allowed my kids to look like him. He answered me and told me they looked like both of us. Every internal organ looks just like me! So they are com...

Send us Fan Mail We had a good time. I would highly recommend listening to Ebony Whitaker. Sometimes you meet people that inspire you to do more for you. As Ebony talks you see how her words follow her actions. She is an original that continues to develop who she is - not based on the trends or the social media persona. Ebony has cultivated the example that her mother showed her. Ebony is an origi...

Send us Fan Mail Great conversation with Derrick & Kendra Byrd. Such an amazing couple! I love talking to them about their love story, the individual growth they had when they broke up - for 2 years, and the reconciliation that created the union that they have now. These LoveByrds have a counselor's heart with the purpose to coach couples. The thread in all that they do is Faith and the p...

Send us Fan Mail Today we will be talking about Preparation - being ready, and planning for the good or the not-so-good. We are all prepared. Our character is developed by the time we are 5 years old. Parents spend the majority of their time reminding children of who they are. We are prepared with the "how" to do things; it is just the application of the "when" that makes the d...

Send us Fan Mail I listened to Alicia Keys' song "Underdog '' recently and I thought about all of those that are identified as an underdog and how fortunate they are. The underdog is the person that is not counted in the fight to win' yet they are winning all the time. There are people who are working and doing the work that fulfilled their purpose, their heart. How awesom...

Send us Fan Mail We love our children. We should love them enough for them to have a relationship with the God that created them. Our children learn how to live based on how they witness our lives. It was important to our family to teach the children that their first relationship should be with God. God will never leave them and when the time comes that they need help beyond your hands - they will...

Send us Fan Mail Two Words. Two different expressions of our emotions. Anticipation is the action of expecting something. Procrastination is the act of delaying something that must be done. I examine situations in which I have felt both of these emotions. I work to remain in the "moment" after my Anticipation meets reality. I also keep my focus to get through the hard work being done whe...

Send us Fan Mail Yes, you guessed it. We are going to talk about Money. This episode talks about my relationship with money and the resiliency to apply what I have learned. My childhood was one where all of my basic needs were met. I developed a love of saving money when I was young. I learned about money as I began struggling as I started adulting. I had a lot to learn. Listen in and take notes....

Send us Fan Mail I thought that it was only fair to talk about living in the moment. I have talked about celebrating life and burnout. In all the subjects that I have talked about, I have never talked about being in the moment to experience moments that become core memories. We can go through the motions in our life and many times we do. We navigate marriage, work and family as tasks to be done an...