In this episode I share strategies to help overcome work-related anxieties. I focus on three main areas: identity, worthiness, and boundaries. I hope it helps you.
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If you come from a religious, rules based church experience but long for something more, this episode is for you. My best friend and host of The Practice Room Podcast and I discuss moving forward in our faith post-pandemic.
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All nine of the Holy Spirit gifts are listed in 1 Corinthians 12. Churches that pick and choose which gifts are valid are wrong.
My point isn’t to create a division in the church but to release us from the fear of the more supernatural gifts. I believe God wants to activate these gifts in us to help other people know Him.
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Is God bringing about a spiritual awakening? I explore this topic with Pastor Keith-alan Hinson of Purpose Place LA.
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My recent trip to Malawi, Africa left a strong impression on me. An impression that’s been hard to express in words. When I came home, I was so happy to see my husband, pet my dogs, and hug my grandbaby. I was grateful I could turn the water faucet as cold or as hot as I wanted. I could grab an ice-cold sparkling water out of my fridge, enjoy unlimited WIFI, and watch what I wanted on demand. But there was an emptiness I couldn’t shake. I missed the people I’d met in Malawi, but it was something deeper. I realized I missed God.
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Well, loved ones, I’ve been on quite a journey! I don’t know if the term Christian deconstruction adequately describes it but over the past couple of years, I’ve examined my beliefs to determine what I really believe and why. In this podcast, I give you a peek behind the curtain of my process that I’d like to think, has matured and strengthened my faith and relationship with God.
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The All Gifts Podcast is about processing through pain and finding the gifts but some pain is hard to process. I don’t have it all figured out but there are some fundamental truths that I know for sure. Listen for more.
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We’ve all heard that we should surrender our cares to God. But when it comes to our deepest desires and fears, it is easier said than done. I could do it only after I’d exhausted all other methods. Too weary to go on, all I could do was stop. God is showing me that what we do during these pauses is critical.
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The key to breaking negative cycles in your life starts with effective goal setting. With the acronym RISE I explain how you can set effective goals and create new healthy cycles in your life. Then, you’ll be able to find the gifts in your challenges.
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Why is identity so important? In this episode I contrast two very different places we can look to for our sense of identity. One leads us down a path of despair. The other, a hope and a future.
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Whether you're a war veteran or abuse survivor, staying silent keeps us from the very thing that could aide our healing and recovery, connection to others. It can also create generational cycles of managing pain through dysfunctional or maladaptive means. Here I talk with author Peyton Garland about how the message “Silence is Strength” gets passed down through generations. Let's break those cycles!
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Did you spend your childhood envisioning yourself “making it" only to grow up and realize you didn’t know how? In this episode I share my first step on the path of discovering the right career for me. Maybe it will inspire your next right step in choosing the right career.
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A cycle breaker is someone who sees a destructive pattern in their family and intentionally decides to break the cycle. I am a cycle breaker.
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In Episode 28, Marriage and Family Therapist Molly LaCroix joins me to discuss why it’s better to label behavior as toxic, not people. We don't minimize abusive behaviors but we discuss why it is helpful to distinguish between a person and their behavior.
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In Episode 26 of The All Gifts Podcast, psychologist Alison Cook, PhD joins me to discuss how childhood wounds can show up in our spiritual walks and relationship with God. Alison is a counselor, a speaker, and co-author of the book Boundaries for Your Soul.
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In Episode 25 of The All Gifts Podcast, Jenn Whitmer, speaker, coach, writer, and self-professed “Joy-bringer,” joins me to discuss toxic work environments: how to spot them and how to deal with them without losing your joy in the process.
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I was delighted when a friend introduced me to Episode 24’s guest, Cindy Villanueva. We were both unwed teen moms who bounced back from that failure only to end up with divorce, domestic violence, and career setbacks as part of our stories. We both learned that we aren’t our failures. And, thanks to our faith, we’ve also learned that we aren’t what we’ve accomplished. Our identities are more than our degrees, careers, and even our children.
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If you’ve been through any kind of toxic situation whether it was a relationship or a certain work or living environment and you want to learn how to find the gifts in that, how to not only survive it but thrive because of it, then you’ll want to tune into this season. We will look at narcissistic, toxic people and situations. How to spot them and how to deal with them.
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From media to hi-tech, you can’t achieve big dreams without being comfortable with the risk of failure. When I learned this, I had to make a choice. I was going to either play it safe and avoid failure or go for it. And, since my dreams mean so much to me, I chose to get friendly with failure.
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This is the third episode in a three-part series called Spiritual Identity that explores deconstruction and inclusivity. Not everyone who listens to The All Gifts Podcast is a Christian. I hope to make it a welcoming space for anyone. So, in the spirit of inclusivity, in this episode, I demystify and define some common Christian religious terminology and concepts.
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