Journal Gently: Helping Introverted Women Find Healing After Grief, Hurt, and Trauma

Bonus episodes are designed to be a space for us to explore some spiritual practices together. And these are so important for us, whether we are the ones caring for others, or we are the ones going t…

As women, we’ve had this metaphor held up before us. As a thermometer, we read the temperature, as it were, of the room we’re in. We can tell who is having a good day, who is having a bad day, and th…

What happens in those seasons where you feel like you don’t have anyone there for you? Or when it seems like nobody cares?

When your friends move away?

When your trust has been betrayed?

When you’ve …

Hey, my friends. Welcome back to Let’s Encourage One Another. Today, we are going to talk about one of the most common things we experience when we have a friend who is hurting.

“I don’t know what to…

Today I am talking with fitness coach Carmen James about her journey with cancer and how she has—or has not—experienced God through it.

Perhaps you’re a bit taken aback by the combination of the word…

Today we are going to talk about something that all of us deal with, and that is fear and anxiety.

I have to admit that there are times when I get so afraid of something that my thoughts just start g…

Today, we are going to talk about a problem that so many of us struggle with—and it’s actually a two-fold problem: saying no to someone’s invitation to help and then also accepting no as an answer to…

Some of my favorite episodes on other podcasts are when coaches let you listen into a live session. You can hear them as they are talking with someone about an issue or problem that they want to figu…

There are times when we are caring for others—or when they are caring for us—when something rubs us the wrong way.

Maybe they say something to us.

Maybe it’s their tone of voice when they say somethi…

I mentioned last week that I have been meeting so many amazing gals online and I can’t wait to introduce you to them all. Today is one of those conversations.

Eva Kubasiak is the host of the Bible St…

Today’s guest is blogger and writer Celia Miller, and she and I met on Instagram. We both follow one particular writer, and somehow or another, we found each other and realized pretty quickly that we…

I know that many of us think about more traditional spiritual practices like Bible study, Bible reading, prayer, and service.

But what I’d like propose to you is that almost anything can be a spiritu…

Have you ever made a decision that you knew was the right one for you, that you felt was aligned with God’s will and calling for you, and then found yourself worrying about it or second guessing your…

If I had to pick one author who has most deeply impacted me and taught me about life with God, I daresay it is Sharon Garlough Brown.

The way she is able to weave spiritual insight into a story forma…

It seems like the moment I finally settle into a good rhythm or routine, there is a changing of the seasons. Something comes up that requires me, that invites me, to make adjustments.

We are contempl…

Most of us, throughout our lives, will have someone who is struggling with something really heavy. And we want to be there for them. We really do. But when we think about being able to help them or c…

In this episode, we are going to go through a liturgical prayer together that was written for those who have experienced a loss and are about to leave that time of marked grieving and return to daily…

What do you do when you feel like you don’t have a purpose? Or maybe let me ask it this way, Do you feel like you are living life on purpose? Do you struggle to find meaning with the work you do—whet…

Today, I am going to be sharing with you a session I led at the Women’s Ministries Conference offered by Small Church Summits. I spoke specifically to women’s ministries leaders about ministering to …

Today I want to conclude a sort of mini-series about journaling and reflection with a reflection of my own, and it’s going to center around a personal retreat I took a couple of weeks ago.

One of my …