Ready to Thrive

This episode actually wasn’t recorded for the Ready to Thrive podcast, it was a conversation I shared with Wendy for my Mama Get Your Life Back group. I loved it so much I felt like it would be worth sharing with my Ready to Thrive audience as well! Wendy and I discuss her first book, Triggers, and what we can actually do when we are triggered by our kids actions.

Karrie has faced a lot in her life; the tragic loss of her mother, her addiction to meth, the ending of her first marriage. You would never know what Karrie has walked through when you meet her. She is a dynamic speaker and a woman dedicated to helping others experience a journey towards freedom. One of the many ways she walks alongside women is through Freedom Academy, check it out here!

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Check out the Ready to Thrive School here! Use code THRIVE20 for 20% off any of my courses! Now is the time to Thrive! And grab my gut health and mental wellness products here!

Check out the Ready to Thrive School here! Use code THRIVE20 for 20% off any of my courses! Now is the time to Thrive! And grab my gut health and mental wellness products here!

Listen in as Lisa shares her story, and check out her book, “Life Can Be Good Again: Putting Your Life Back Together After It Falls Apart.” 

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Molly is a mom of 6 kids, a foster and adoptive mom and the author of Digital Detox: The Two-Week Tech Reset for Kids.

If you feel like your kids or even YOU need a digital detox, this is the episode for you! I was right in the middle of our two week digital detox for our kids and I can’t say enough how significant this time has been for us. Grab Molly’s book and be encouraged and equipped mama, you can do this!

And check out the Ready to Thrive School here! Use code THRIVE20 for 20% off any of my courses! Now is the time to Thrive!

My Tangled book is found here! Or you can get the e-copy through the course here! And if you want to check out a free mental health assessment and how healing your gut can help with your mental health, check that out here! Or find out about the gut health products here!

And if you’re a mom who feels like she’s ready for a bit more in her life, you can check out my Ready to Rise course and my Mama Get Your Life Back Mentorship Community!

Dr Caroline Leaf is a world-renowned Neuroscientist and a best-selling author of multiple books. We sit down to discuss her latest book, Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess: 5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Steps to Reduce Anxiety, Stress, and Toxic Thinking and how you really can renew your mind!

I love how Dr. Leaf reminds us that feelings of depression and anxiety are completely normal human responses! She simply teaches us how to process and deal with our experiences and emotions rather than try to hide from them! If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by feelings of anxiety and depression you are not alone! And in this episode we discuss the app Dr. Leaf created that has had overwhelmingly positive results on renewing the mind. Check it out here!

My Tangled book is found here! Or you can get the e-copy through the course here! And if you want to check out a free mental health assessment and how healing your gut can help with your mental health, check that out here! Or find out about the gut health products here!

I know you’re going to love this conversation! And don’t miss those free bonuses for pre-ordering his book. You can do that here!

My Tangled book is found here! Or you can get the e-copy through the course here! And if you want to check out a free mental health assessment and how healing your gut can help with your mental health, check that out here!

I loved this conversation with Amber. You see, it didn’t start with food for Amber. It started with her anger towards her kids! She co-wrote the book Triggers alongside former guest Wendy Speake. And just like God has continued to challenge and free Wendy in different areas of her life, (Sugar and Social Media).  He’s been doing the same with Amber. Her latest book, Food Triggers: Exchanging Unhealthy Patterns for God-Honoring Habits.

And if you’re like most people, you have a bit of a complicated relationship with food. Maybe you eat more than you’d like to on holidays, or on vacation. Maybe food has become a comfort to you over the craziness of the past few years. Amber gets that. I get that. And in this episode - we talk about it.

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Becky is a mama to 3 boys and the community manager of Incourage. She is the author of “The Simple Difference:How Every Small Kindness makes a Big Impact.”

Check out the FREE family summit ESTABLISHED + THRIVING here!

You can also check out our conversation here on my YouTube channel.

I loved chatting with the women behind the ministry She Works His Way! And what a great way to kick off Ready to Thrive in 2022!

Listen in as Michelle Myers, Somer Phoebus and I share about how we can move from striving in our lives to thriving in them. The world says “hustle harder” and “make it happen” but what does working God’s way look like? This conversation is a great foundation for any new years goals you are tackling!

Check out their new book, She Works His Way: A Practical Guide to Doing What Matters in a Get-Things-Done World.

And check out my new membership for moms of all ages and stages!! Mama Get Your Life Back is a faith based mentorship membership that focuses on helping moms thrive! Check it out here!

If you want something a little more, check out my Ready to Rise course for the woman that wants to unpack who God has created her to be and begin to run her race freely and lightly! OR Tangled, identifying and uprooting the weeds that have been planted in the soil of our heart. Or maybe you’re a mama that is ready to grow in her faith, her confidence and her sanity! Join me at Mama Get Your Life Back! Check them all out here!

A few years back I wasn’t loving life. I was overwhelmed. I just didn’t understand how people managed this whole parenting thing! I picked up a copy of a book titled “Loving Your Actual Life” by Alexandra Kuykenall and appreciated the deep dive she did into her own life and what it would look like to love it.

Fast forward many years and our world has changed significantly. And once again Alexandra has written a book that is incredibly timely. Seeking Out Goodness: Finding the True and Beautiful All Around You. What does it look to seek out the good when there is so much chaos all around us?

And if you’re a mom who feels like she’s ready for a bit more in her life, you can check out my Ready to Rise course and my Mama Get Your Life Back Mentorship Community!

This was hands down one of my favourite conversations I’ve had this season. I deeply resonated with Justin’s sentiment: “You become your habits, your kids become you!” And while the topic of habits has become a “hot topic” over the past few years, how does that translate to our home?

I know this conversation will deeply encourage you and I would love for you to share it! This is one of those episodes that’s too good to keep to ourselves! Click those three little dots and share with a friend! Also grab Justin's new book Habits of the Household!

And if you’re a mom who feels like she’s ready for a bit more in her life, you can check out my Ready to Rise course and my Mama Get Your Life Back Mentorship Community!

Ken Coleman is “America’s Career Coach. When his book, From Paycheck to Purpose arrived in the mail and I devoured it! It’s easy to read, and full of incredibly practical tips to not only identify the type of work that makes your heart come alive, but also equips you with the steps it takes to get there.

Maybe you don’t hate your job but you’re looking for more purpose, wanting a promotion, or desiring to shift gears in your current career. I know this conversation will give you a few aha moments of your own and help you take a step towards the career you were made for!

And if you’re a mom who feels like she’s ready for a bit more in her life, you can check out my Ready to Rise course and my Mama Get Your Life Back Mentorship Community!

Mama Get Your Life Back is a faith-based mentorship group for moms of all ages and stages. Sign up here! And if the doors are closed, hop on the waitlist here!

If you’ve felt weary or worn at all this season - this is the episode for you. Susie and I share quite vulnerably in this episode about the year we have each walked through. And we ask the question, what does it look like to press into those hard and uncomfortable places in our life? What happens when we lean in instead of retreating into our comfort zone? This episode will be a balm to your weary soul.

So will Susie’s Advent Devotional, Prepare Him Room. Grab it quickly as she let me know they are flying off the internet shelves!

And for the mamas that are feeling worn and weary, I have created a space just for you! Mama Get Your Life Back is for the overwhelmed mom that feels like she’s lost herself in the middle of the mundane work of motherhood. Let’s revive that spark inside you mama and give you bite sized steps to declutter your head, your heart and your home. Because when mom thrives - everyone else can too! Hop on the waitlist to find out more! (Doors are open Nov 1-7th)

Any other tired mamas out there? You are not alone! Though you might feel that way. Motherhood can feel incredibly isolating, even before this crazy pandemic started. Heather MacFadyen is on a mission to help moms feel not so alone along this whole motherhood journey.

This conversation is about so much more than motherhood, we talk about following God’s nudges, moving towards dreams despite disappointment, and what it looks like to pursue friendship in this crazy season. Heather is fun and funny and I know you’re going to enjoy this conversation!

And check out her book, Don’t Mom Alone: Growing The Relationships You Need to Be The Mom You Want to Be!

If life has you feeling Tangled - check out my online course to break free in 6 weeks! Here’s what women are saying - “I wish I had done this course years ago. I strongly urge you to take this course if you feel weary and need rest for your soul!”

Laura Harris Smith is a Naturopathic doctor, a pastor, a mom to 6 kids, the executive producer and host of theTHREE, her body, mind and spirit show that airs every day of the week all over the world, and the CEO and inventor of Neromatics Oil. She has authored over 25 books! No wonder she had trouble sleeping!

Laura’s new book “Give it to God and Go to Bed” helps deal with not only the body issues when it comes to sleep but also addresses the mind and spirit.

As someone who struggled with sleep for most of my adult life I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation and I hope that it helps you move towards a more restful night’s sleep.

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If life has you feeling Tangled - check out my online course to break free in 6 weeks! Here’s what women are saying - “I wish I had done this course years ago. I strongly urge you to take this course if you feel weary and need rest for your soul!”

In this episode I share practical tips on how to be a person of peace and why it is so crucial for our families that we carry a non-anxious presence. Here are the links I talk about! Reappearing Church by Mark Sayers and my course Tangled!

If you have felt overwhelmed by your own life this is the episode for you! Christy and I don’t just discuss how to manage your schedule but how to figure out what matters to YOU and how to make it happen. Share this episode with a friend and go grab a copy of Christy’s new book so you can begin to build a life based on what is actually important to you in your one and only life!

Christy Wright is a #1 national best-selling author, personal development expert, and host of The Christy Wright Show. Since 2009, Christy has served at Ramsey Solutions, where she teaches on personal development, business, and faith. Her new book, Take Back Your Time, just released yesterday!

Follow Christy on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube or online at www.christywright.com.

Check out my e-course Ready to Rise for 7 weeks to dig into who God has created YOU to be and begin to throw off the fears that are holding you back! And if you’re looking for deep-rooted peace in your everyday life, check out my Tangled course to help you break free from all that you’re holding onto and all that is holding onto you!

Natalie Hixson knows what it's like to lose her cool. When she first became a mom, destructive anger was her norm. I get that. I couldn’t believe how angry I felt as a young mom. I love the saying, “Marriage helps you realize how selfish you really are and motherhood makes you realize how angry you are.” It’s true. For many moms they are shocked at just how angry they get at their kids and it can be a shame-filled hidden secret. After all, who do you talk to about how you just yelled at your kids? Or how you gave them a bruise by squeezing their arm?

Natalie gets that, and after overcoming the anger she was experiencing in motherhood she has turned around to help other mothers that are in a similar place.

Grab Natalies free Trigger Tracker here!

And check out my e-course Ready to Rise for 7 weeks to dig into who God has created you to be and begin to throw off the fears that are holding you back.

Jeannie unpacks that and other ways that the Holy Spirit is essential to thriving in our lives in her latest book, Don’t Miss Out: Daring to Believe Life is Better With the Holy Spirit.

And sometimes, we can feel a little guilty or selfish for pursuing the things that bring us joy. But what if those things that light us up are God-given? And what if pursuing them aren’t in fact selfish but are for others? Amy McLaren knows first hand what it looks like to feel like “maybe there’s a little more out there for me.” She started small and spent a few weeks following a nudge in her heart and that nudge has turned into Village Impact, a non-profit that has built over 14 schools in Kenya. That doesn’t sound selfish at all.

Listen in to our conversation and maybe it will give you your own “aha” moment towards your own passions and desires. Check out Amy’s book Passion to Purpose, for a deeper dive into discovering what your passions may be and how to boldly follow them despite your fears.

And check out my e-course Ready to Rise for 7 weeks to dig into who God has created you to be and begin to throw off the fears that are holding you back.

Carol Bevil of Fuel Body Feed Soul gets that! She has worked with women for over 35 years in the health and wellness space and while she used to preach “willpower is the way” she has experienced a total transformation in her relationship with food and her body. She shares about how you too can experience freedom from the strongholds of Diet culture in her book Break Through: 6 Weeks to Demolish Diet Culture Strongholds. 

To begin to walk out who we have been called to be we need to know the truth of who we have been created to be. If you want to start identifying the lies from the truth in your life, grab my free Lies vs Truth download! And if you want a deep dive into breaking free from those lies and other areas that are keeping you bound, check out my 6-week course Tangled. It will help you identify where you are stuck and begin to walk in freedom!

Listen, Ginger is just fun, period. She is one of those people that lights up the room when she walks in and I am guessing one of those people you would call up if you want to go on a crazy adventure! Ginger's enthusiasm for life and for seeing God’s wonder in our everyday life will put a spark in your heart!

Ginger is the Chief Creative Officer of Joyce Meyer Ministries and the author of Chasing Wonder: Small Steps Toward a Life of Big Adventure. I loved our conversation about what it looks like to pursue God’s wonder in our lives and I trust it will encourage you right where you’re at!

This was one of those conversations where we had to stop talking so we could press record and keep talking. Kay Wyma is such a lovely individual with such a big heart for God and for those around her.

Unexpectedly Kay found herself with a bad attitude in an everyday life situation and God used that moment to invite her into a 30 Day journey of pursuing thankfulness, kindness and mercy. The result: Peace. And often peace feels like one of those elusive things, reserved for those people who don’t seem to experience frustration or anger. Those people who don’t experience loss or have misunderstandings. But what if peace is available to even those of us who do. Us regular humans that bump up against the pressures and stresses of life and other broken and hurting people? Kay invites us into a journey to pursue peace through her latest book, The Peace Project: A 30 Day Experiment Practicing Thankfulness, Kindness, and Mercy.

And if you’re looking for deep rooted peace in your everyday life, check out my Tangled course to help you break free from all that you’re holding onto and all that is holding onto you.

Sissy is the author of many books to help parents and kids with their struggles with anxiety and her latest book Brave: A Teen Girls Guide to Beating Worry and Anxiety is so timely! If this past season has taken a toll on you or your kids, this is such a great conversation and a valuable resource.

On this episode we talk about speaking the truth to ourselves, and if you want a free resource today to begin to identify the lies from the truth, grab my free Lies vs Truth download, or my course Tangled to dive even deeper into identifying what is going on in your heart and beginning to walk in the freedom of the truth.

And if you responded with a “no” or an “I don’t know” I want to say I get that! That was how I lived for much of my Christian adult life. I had no idea that deep peace was available for me even through the hard and messy places in our life. Dawn Marasco sat down to share with me what it looked like for her to go from the hard and hurting places to finding true, deep, satisfying peace. And she shares about how that is possible for you too in her book Continuous Peace: 4 Steps to Living the Life of Peace God Intended. You can also check out her 2-minute peace quiz here to find out what obstacles might be preventing you from experiencing peace! And if you want to grab Dawn’s downloadable workbook check out how here!

So much of what Dawn shares in her book relates to what I share in my book and course Tangled. And if deep peace is what you desire today, grab them both! You can check out my book Tangled here, and my course (comes with the e-copy of Tangled) here!

Tera Bradham should be a household name. She should have a display case full of Olympic swimming medals. But at the age of 13 everything changed. An undiagnosed injury left her not only with shattered Olympic dreams but fighting for her life.

If you’ve ever wondered, “God where are you? God why this pain? God, I was doing what I thought you asked me to do, and yet this is not the life I imagined,” then this episode is for you. Listen to Tera’s hard fought battle of chronic pain and disappointment and how through it all she wasn’t abandoned like she thought, the pain wasn’t for nothing.

Tera shares her full story in her book Swimming for Freedom: A True Story of Faith, Hope, and Victory.

If you are looking for Deep Soul Rest and have been struggling to meet with the One who provides it, grab my 5 Days to Deep Soul Rest here!

I was so honoured to have Shannon share her story of walking through the loss of her husband and navigating grief as a single mother. She has been a source of inspiration and deep encouragement for me as I’ve gotten to know her and I know you will be encouraged as you listen to her share today. You can check out her writing on her blog at hopeinthehurting.com.

If you find yourself exhausted by the end of the day and just don’t have it in you to figure out what it is you want to pray over your kids as you tuck them into bed, grab my Bedtime Prayers resource to help guide you to speak Scripture and truth over your kids during that special time of the day when you’re worn out!

Jon Acuff is a New York Times Best Selling Author, an INC Magazine top 100 speaker, and his latest book Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking. Maybe you don’t consider yourself an overthinking but have you ever considered whether your thoughts are true, or helpful? What if some of your thoughts are actually holding you back, keeping you stuck, and unkind?

In this episode Jon and I discuss the ways the soundtracks we hear in our minds may not in fact be telling us the truth, how to flip the script on what we hear and begin to get un-stuck from the thoughts that are holding us back.

If you want to start identifying the lies from the truth in your life, grab my free Lies vs Truth download! And if you want a deep dive into uncovering what some of your soundtracks might be and begin to walk in the truth, check out my 6-week course Tangled. It will help you identify where you are stuck and begin to walk in freedom!

I loved this conversation with Mo (Isom) Aiken, unpacking her latest book Fully Known: An Invitation to True Intimacy with God. I trust that if you start this conversation dry and weary, you will end it with hope and direction towards the source of living water.

If you want to take some practical steps towards cultivating intimacy with God, grab my course Tangled!

Nicki Koziarz is a first generation farmer, a mom to 3 girls, an author, a speaker, and someone who has walked through incredibly difficult seasons. Her latest book Flooded: The 5 Best Decisions To Make When Life is Hard and Doubt is Rising was written during one of those very difficult seasons of her life.

If you have found yourself feeling like you are drowning in doubt, or life just feels incredibly difficult right now, this conversation will encourage you right where you are at and remind you where you can continue to turn with your questions, your disappointment, and your pain.

If you want to take a closer look at where Doubt has been planted in the soil of your heart, grab my course Tangled!

If you don’t already listen to Ginny Owens music you are missing out! It is like a breath of fresh air. I loved listening to Ginny in some deeply formative years as I graduated from high school and embarked on the process of stepping out into the world and becoming an adult. And recently I have re-discovered her music and realized that she has been writing the songs that my heart needs to hear ever since then. Alongside her beautiful music, I have loved diving into her new book Singing in the Dark: Finding Hope in the Songs of Scriptures.

Ginny knows what it's like to sing in the dark, she has been blind since the age of 3. But darkness for most of us comes through difficult seasons, loss, discouragement, and disappointment. Ginny has had many of those seasons as well. She unpacks what it looks like to choose praise in those seasons of our life and how that has the power to transform us, even in the lowest valleys. This conversation is a must listen for anyone who feels like they are walking through a hard place. I trust it will encourage you right where you’re at.

If you want to take a deeper dive into learning to stay anchored to Christ through life’s storms - grab my course Tangled!

If you want to take a deeper dive in getting to the heart of where these words are coming from, grab my Tangled course or my free Lies vs Truth download!

If you want a deeper dive into getting un-offended, check out my 6-week course, Tangled, to help you get to the root of what is really going on in your heart and begin to live freely and lightly!

And if life has you feeling Tangled - check out my online course to break free in 6 weeks! Here’s what women are saying - “I wish I had done this course years ago. I strongly urge you to take this course if you feel weary and need rest for your soul!”

And if you feel like you are itching to run in your life, you know there’s something more you want to be doing with your life - check out my new course Ready to Rise!

I loved sitting down with my new friend Jen to discuss how her life has pivoted over the last 10 years. If you’re feeling discouraged by the curveballs that life has thrown you in this past season, listen in and be inspired and encouraged! This may not be where you planned to be friend, but maybe its an uncomfortable stepping stone leading to somewhere significant! And speaking of significant, Jen is also launching her podcast, The Significant Life, along with her husband Marcus. If you were encouraged by hearing her story today, this is a great place to hear more from Jen!

Jen Jones is an author, a speaker, a course creator, a podcaster and a health coach. Not to mention a busy mom of 4, wife and cheerleader of women! She has a deep heart for helping women overcome the places in their lives where they are stuck and I have a feeling this podcast will help shift something in your own life.

And I want to help you get unstuck! I created a 6-week course to help you move from surviving to thriving! Check out my Tangled course that helps you get to the root of what is really going on in your heart. (psst, its on sale this week!)

Jennifer and I first met over email when she rejected my first book proposal. And then we met over zoom where she rejected my second book proposal. Talk about growing slow! I gave her a hard time about that during our conversation. She is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. And, she has learned a lot about what is looks like to burnout despite great boundaries.

She has learned firsthand what it looks like to slowly watch your dreams become reality. She is the author of multiple books, including her latest, Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-hurrying Your Heart From an Accidental Farm Girl. I don’t know about you but I always want to grow fast. I want instant everything. But sometimes the pursuit of the fast and furious lifestyle leaves us empty, and just, well, tired.

Crystal Paine is a mom of 4, a foster mom, a New York Times Best Selling Author, and the successful business woman behind themoneysavingmom! Phew! But a few years ago she found herself in a parenting crisis when one of her kids nearly got expelled from school and became suicidal. Something had to change. Something had to get fixed. Crystal wanted the 3-step plan and instead, she found that she was the one being healed. She had been parenting from a place of performance, not love. Her own heart needed to be loved by God before she could begin to love her kids in a way that would heal them.

If this deeply resonated with you, check out my free Lies vs Truth download. Or for a deeper dive, why not start the healing journey of your own heart through my course Tangled. It’s a 6-week program to take you through the healing of your heart. And if you want some ready-for-you bedtime prayers to begin speaking life and truth over your kids at bedtime, grab my free Bedtime Prayers Resource!