Season Five: Beauty For Ashes With Special Guest Holly Hayes

In today's episode, we chat with Holly Christine Hayes is Founder + CEO of Sanctuary Project, a survivor-run nonprofit social enterprise employing and empowering women who’ve survived lives of trafficking, violence, and addiction in Austin, TX. Holly was rescued out of a life of trauma more than nineteen years ago and knows the path to recovery can be long and rocky. Her vision and leadership create a safe space for other survivors to grow in practical skills, unleash their creativity, embrace their femininity, and heal their hearts – all in community with other survivors. Sanctuary Project was recently named Austin Woman Magazine's 2020 Women's Way Business Awards "Business to Watch - Under $3M". Their impact jewelry line can be seen both online and at several local and national boutiques and was recently picked up by Target.com as their newest jewelry brand, launching in the Fall of 2020.

An award-winning author of the book “From Basement to Sanctuary,” Holly is passionate about sharing her vulnerable journey of healing and finding hope in Christ. She speaks in jails, churches, recovery communities and conferences all over the globe about transformation from trauma and the Redeemer who can lift any life from the pit.

In her spare time, she and her husband, Jeff, enjoy life on a hobby farm and vineyard in Southwest Austin, with their chickens, goats, cows, dogs and newest addition to the farm, their daughter Havana, who they welcomed in July of 2019.



We're talking about beauty from ashes in Season 5. Jesus reminds us in  John 16:33, “In this world, you will have trouble, but take courage, for I have overcome the world.”

God never intends for us to stay stuck in our sin, pain, or deep sorrow. He heals, restores, and calls us up. Reminding us that in Him, we have great purpose and hope. And that’s the key to the ashes that cover our days in this life.  Christ came to bring beauty from ashes.

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