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Quick body scan: are your shoulders up around your ears and tight right now? Mine too.

Here's the truth none of us like to say out loud: we walk around all day with a backpack full of rocks.

The worry. The mental to-do list that never stops scrolling. Other people's opinions. The need to keep every plate spinning. And old hurts we've been hauling around for years.

But my sweet, God never asked you to carry any of ...

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Well, here we are at the end of our little Sundays Are Simple journey; the last one in this series, at least for now.

We opened with peace, we walked through mercy, and today we land on the one that ties it all together: compassion, and her companion, kindness.

Because compassion isn't pity sitting in the corner feeling sorry from across the room. Compassion is love that gets up out of its chair and moves toward t...

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Last week we started filling our cup with ten quiet minutes. This week, we use some of that quiet time to set down one of the heaviest things we carry: a weight that was never really ours to begin with.

Let's talk about mercy and forgiveness.

Mercy is simply kindness given to someone who perhaps doesn't deserve it. But before we hand anyone else a single ounce of it, we go slow and acknowledge: you were hurt, and ...

Hello, beautiful! We made it, my sweet. September asked a lot of us, and we walked all the way through it and back into the light.

So now, we build our inner peace. One step at a time.

Because peace isn't a place you arrive at once and you're finished; it's something you create, and then tend, a little at a time, like a garden.

And here's the heart of it: your outer peace begins with your inner peace, because you simply can not pou...

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We made it, my sweet. After two tender weeks down in the valley, this week we walk back out into the light together, and oh, it’s beautiful out here.

I've been saving a line from Wayne Dyer for exactly this morning: "Heaven on earth is a choice you must make, not a place you must find."

Because so often we wait, once I beat this self-doubt, once everything lines up, THEN I'll feel like a beloved child of God...

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Thank you for walking this journey with me, my sweet. Two weeks in, and it means the world.

Last week we sat with the truth that you are seen. This week, we go a little deeper, and a little braver.

There's a story in Luke where Jesus tells us about a shepherd who leaves the ninety-nine to go after the one sheep that wandered off, and it's the heart of this whole episode. He doesn't wait at the gate for the lost on...

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Here we are again, my sweet. September. A month to slow down, take a pause, and check in on each other.

Do you see me? And more importantly, do you know that you are seen? That little ache to be noticed, to not be overlooked when our light feels like it's dimming, is underneath so much of what we carry. So this month we're gently leaning into the truth that you are seen, you are held, and you are a beautiful child...

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For weeks now we have done deep, tender work together: the essence arc, the river, the pain and the processing. So this week, my sweet, we exhale.

Are you standing at the almost-halfway-through-the-year mark feeling a little restless? Chasing a shinier version of yourself that always seems just out of reach? Then come sit with me for a few quiet minutes. This one is a pause, a breath, and a gentle homecoming to th...

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So, can I ask you something, just between us? Are you overwhelmed? Because I sure have been. This week I hit an 8, and do you know what I did about it? I went and dusted. On purpose. And if you know me at all, you know that is a five-alarm sign that something is off, because I loathe dusting.

Here’s the sneaky truth. When we’re overwhelmed, we tend to do everything except the one thing that actually mo...

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"The pain will leave you when it's done teaching you."

Heidi heard that line recently and filed it straight under commandments.

This week, she hands you two: that one and another that stopped her cold when she saw it written on the page.

Are you willing to go through pain to get what you truly want?

This is a different kind of episode, my sweet. Not one to fix, solve, or research. Just one to sit with. 

H...

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A river never travels in a straight line. She begins small, high on a mountain or hidden in the forest. She rushes, she’s still, she goes over the rocks. Some seasons she is glass.

Women are like a river.

Some seasons she’s a current she didn't choose. And still, she’s always moving toward the sea.

This week something poured out of Heidi: a poem from years ago that suddenly grew into something m...

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Have you ever been stuck and couldn't figure out why?

You’re not tired, certainly not lazy, just... off.

Your mojo packed a bag and left no forwarding address.

Well, then I think you need to have a listen!

This is week three of our Essence series: Breath, Heart, Soul.

We released what we were holding. We faced what we were hiding. And now we come home to who we are: our soul, our essence, the part of you ...

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The most dangerous lies you'll ever hear are not the ones somebody tells you. They're the ones you tell yourself, in your own voice, in your kitchen.

And you never think to question them!

This is week two of our Essence series: Breath, Heart, Soul.

Last week we released what we're holding. This week we look at what we're hiding.

Heidi tells the truth about her 2018 layoff, the confidence that turned to crickets, ...

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There's a kind of crying that makes no sound at all. If you've ever been down on that floor, this episode is for you.

Isak Dinesen believed that saltwater—whether sweat, tears, or the sea—is the remedy for everything. That quote sits right in my heart.

So, this week, we’re starting a new three-part series, Breathe - Heart - and we land on Soul, your Essence, and we begin with breath, because you ...

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You know I love talking confidence around here — but today, we're flipping the lens. Because confidence without a check on it isn't strength, it's a setup. So we're talking humility: the thing that keeps our confidence from tipping into something it was never meant to be.

You'll Learn:

👣 Why asking for help is actually the wiser, more confident move (hint: Proverbs 28:26 says so)

👣 The Greek concept of h...

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Have you ever thought about the dash — that tiny little line between your birth date and your death date on a headstone?

It doesn't look like much. But it's everything.

In today's episode, I'm showing you how affirmations can help you step up and ignite real joy — even when fear or imposter syndrome is trying to keep you stuck.

Pulling from an old poem called "Between the Dash," a Christmas trip gon...

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We're back for Part 2 of our Finish the Year Strong series — and if you haven't listened to Episode 160 yet, go back and start there!

Last week, we talked about Walt Disney and Conrad Hilton and what their bankruptcy-before-breakthrough stories teach us about motivation, God's timing, and never giving up on our dreams.

Today, we're going deeper into how we can take that motivation and put it to work throug...

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Mid-year check-in: how's that to-do list looking?

No judgment here — my book was supposed to be done in March, and I’m just now hitting "upload" on Amazon. (Big announcement still coming, by the way!)

That said, this episode is part one of a true-story two-parter about what it actually takes to get things done.

And we lay the groundwork with Motivation.

Listen to the tales of two very different men,...

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Ever feel that quiet fear creep in right when you’re about to try something new?

Not the big, dramatic kind.

The sneaky kind.

The “I’ll think about it” kind.

The “maybe next time” kind.

This week, hubby handed me the perfect topic out of nowhere –  the fear of trying new things, and why you were never meant to face it alone.

We’re talking about support systems,...