Do you feel like you’ve done all you can to break the cycle of poverty in your life, but you still haven’t been able to build true wealth? I was stuck in a rut until I met today’s special guest Peggy Buck, a Financial and Wealth Advisor and creator of the Prosperity 101: Financial Workshop Series. I hope this episode blesses and inspires you toward your financial breakthrough.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreI 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.
Read MoreFrom 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.
Read MoreDid you know that our journey with God has stages? And did you know that along that journey there are times of intense doubt where you question everything you once were taught and believed? If you are in that stage right now, what if I told you there is nothing wrong with you? That what you are going through is not only perfectly normal but that it’s also really, really good?
Read MoreIn Episode 18 of The All Gifts Podcast I’m joined by Jodie Cooper, my first international guest! Jodie is Australian and writes children’s books for Christian families. Jodie and her husband have two small children. In this episode, we talk about how a few years in, Jodie found herself in an abusive marriage with punishing behavior, moods and tones used to manipulate and control.
Read MoreEpisode 17 of the All Gifts Podcast, I’m joined by guest Molly LaCroix who obtained her master’s in marriage and family therapy at a seminary and writes about the intersection of faith and well-being. In this episode, she shares about being diagnosed with breast cancer in April of 2020 and how she relied on a spiritual practice she developed to deal with this in the middle of the pandemic.
Read MoreIn Episode 16 of The All Gifts Podcast I discuss the harmful effects of Purity Culture with Dr. Camden Morgante, a licensed psychologist and college professor who writes about relationships, sexuality, women’s issues, and mental health.
Read MoreIn Episode 15 of The All Gifts Podcast, I talk with Mary Kate Brown, a writer and homeschool mom of three little girls about her journey with the autoimmune illness Crohn’s Disease. Through the nine months it took to diagnose this inflammatory bowel disease, the birth of her third child, dealing with insurance, hospitalizations and eventually, major surgery, Mary Kate suffered.
When she was at the height of her physical suffering, Mary Kate became aware that she was also battling emotional wounds. She discovered that her inner life was affecting her physical body. God used her condition to unearth unhealed areas of her life and put her on a path of spiritual, emotional, and physical healing.
Read MoreThis week’s episode of the All Gifts Podcast is about my journey overcoming marijuana and alcohol addiction. Author Jennifer Evans joins me to share a few laughs as we talk about the things that have helped us get and stay sober through the insanity of life, popular recovery language that no longer serves our needs, and how good it feels to be free.
Read More2021 is a time to rebuild. Lana Negrete, owner of Santa Monica Music Center, takes us behind the scenes of the news footage of the 2020 riots, describing the difference between the looters and the protesters. And shares how she, a small business and non-profit owner, used the pain of nearly losing it all to pivot her business and her perspective.
Read MoreIn this episode of The All Gifts Podcast artist influencer, wife and mother, Chantel Deniese joins me to discuss how forgiveness unlocks deeper levels of healing, creativity, and freedom in our lives.
Why Forgiveness?
We have justifiable reasons to be angry, offended, or hurt. Maybe we’ve been betrayed, abused, or let down by people we trusted. . .
Read MoreIn Episode 7 of The All Gifts Podcast, How to Redefine Failure, I have a conversation with my twenty-nine-year-old son Jarelle Dampier about things we’ve perceived as failures in our lives but which looking back, we can now see as gifts.
Read MoreTo be the kind of leader that I want to be, I’ve learned to first lead myself. For more, please listen to the related All Gifts Podcast Episode 6, Leading Yourself Through Change and Disruption.
These are just a few practices I do regularly to “lead myself” well . . .
Read More2020 has been the great equalizer. It has forced us all, no matter race, gender, or income, to face change. We can resist change, or we can transform it into a gift.
Read MoreYou’re probably thinking I’ve lost it. How can attending video meetings be a gift? Most of us enjoy at least some face-to-face interaction and have suffered due to shelter in place orders where socialization has been limited to digital platforms. . .
Read MoreAlthough COVID-19’s forced isolation has been immensely difficult, it has had unexpected gifts. As I discussed in my previous post, one of the gifts has been finding and owning more of my voice and identity. Surprisingly, this was reinforced by the awakening of racial injustice to our American consciousness.
The events of 2020 gave me an opportunity to reflect more on my racial identity . . .
Read MoreIn March, my job which consisted of traveling, meeting with my team, and being in front of customers, shifted to working from home. I went from face-to-face interaction with tons of people to staring at screens all day. Even my church went to digital services . . .
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