May 16, 2025 • 29 mins
Today, I’m hitting pause on our Root Causes series for a heart-to-heart, unscripted conversation straight from my real life. I missed yesterday’s episode—because honestly, the one I had planned was just too much. So I cancelled it.
Instead, I’m going rogue and sharing what’s been on my heart lately… the behind-the-scenes of podcasting, my journey as a tired-but-still-showing-up holistic wellness coach, and the real-life struggles that come with juggling calling, motherhood, and wellness.
If you’ve ever wondered what it actually looks like to walk out wellness in the midst of real life chaos, or you just need to hear from another mama who doesn’t have it all together but knows God is still in it—this one’s for you.
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Jerusha (00:00):
Hello friends and a happy Friday.
I am pretty sure I'm gonnaget this out on Friday.
Um, it might be tomorrow morningon Saturday, but I am going.
Off the books here for a minute because,um, normally I post episodes every Tuesday
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and Thursday, and you may have noticedthat yesterday I did not post anything.
Um, I actually had an episode totallyready to go, insulin and sugar, and
I literally had it all recorded.
I was editing it And I just kept havingthings pop up that were kind of off, but
(00:45):
I was like, you know what, it's okay.
Um, I, if you don't know me,I'm a very type A person.
I like to, you know overanalyzethings and pick at the details
and be super planned ahead.
And I've been doing really good so farwith this podcast of really just letting
God lead and letting go of perfectionismand just knowing that Sometimes showing
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up is enough and it's never going tobe perfect, but there's gonna be a
lot of chances for more conversations.
And so I was really trying withthis episode to not like overthink
it, but something in my spiritwas just not settling right.
And the truth was is thatthe episode was too much.
It was simply too much.
(01:32):
And I already feel like in this rootcauses series that there has been a
lot of information that I've thrown atyou, and I'm doing my best to really
keep it short and concise and to notovercomplicate it because there are a
lot of nuances about the body and abouthow all of these things are connected.
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But my ultimate goal is to showyou how these things are connected
and how beneficial they are toyour overall health, physically,
mentally, and spiritually whenyou align your body in this way.
But my goal is not to completely overwhelmyou with information that you don't know
what to do with, and that is just kindof where I felt like this episode was at.
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The truth is, is that.
The effect of sugar and high insulinlevels in your body is really extensive,
and I think what we're gonna have todo is just have more conversations
about this as we move forwardtogether so that we can understand.
Stand, you know what this really means.
But what I'm gonna do is I am gonnaactually go back to the drawing board.
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I'm gonna simplify things a lot,and I'll rerecord the episode and
I'll be back next Tuesday withthat information for you guys.
But ultimately what I decided was,you know, I have been really dedicated
to getting these episodes out.
I know that you may not knowmy life personally, but the
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past couple months have been.
So, so busy.
There's just like one thing after another,like a week after week after week.
I just cannot escape it no matter how hardI try to pull back and say no to things.
It's just been genuinely busy andwe're almost at the end of school.
Next week is my kids' last day ofschool, and I've been doing so good
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at getting these podcasts out on time.
And I have a goal toreach a hundred episodes.
I told myself when I started setting thisup and when I started, I, I told some
close friends that I'm telling you now, soyou can help hold me accountable too, that
I could not even talk about quitting untilI reached a hundred episodes because a lot
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of people quit after the third episode.
The majority of people quit beforethey even get to the 20th episode,
and I think if you make it past.
Episode 20, you're like in the top 1% of.
Podcasters because you actually got toepisode 20 and that is insane to me.
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And this will be, I guess, episode 14.
Um, so I'm already pretty close to that.
I've been really dedicated and I wasjust like, God, I'm gonna show up
and I'm gonna do this and I'm gonnatrust you to, uh, you know, just give
me the content that you wanna sharewith your people, um, and, and your
heart for, for women and their health.
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And so when I was faced with thisidea of not posting an episode on
Thursday, I had to really evaluatelike, what, what does this mean?
And.
Ultimately, like thenumbers are important.
Yes.
Because that's, that's my commitmentand um, and my dedication to being
consistent here for you, but also thequality of what I share with you is so
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much more important than the quantity.
And I didn't just wanna throwout an episode that was so.
Overwhelming and just packed withtoo much information that was
really helpful in one sitting.
And so I just said, you know what?
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That's okay.
I'm just gonna let go of it.
I'm gonna let go of itand it's gonna be okay.
So today, I, I honestly haveabsolutely no notes in front of me.
I, and, and it's just one ofthose days, one of those Fridays
where I, I literally have like.
Coffee in one hand anda Benadryl in the other.
(05:37):
And I woke up this morning andthought it would be a great idea
to put on a cream colored shirt.
It's gonna be so cute.
I love this shirt.
And then on the way to takingmy son to school, I remembered
I have to go pick up soil.
From Home Depot, like what am I thinking?
(06:00):
Like why did I wear this cream coloredshirt and also like cream colored
sandals at the same time so that Icould go to the store and pick up soil?
Because tomorrow we haveto work in the garden.
And I need the soil like it has to happentoday and it has to happen this morning.
I can't go home and change because ofjust how the day's schedule was gonna go.
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And so I literally am like the hotmess express right now and I just
felt like showing up and having anhonest conversation with you guys.
So I hope you're here for it.
Um, like I said, Iliterally have no notes.
I, I have my coffee and, and, andBenadryl like are my best friends today.
Why?
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Because allergies are for real.
They're for a real thing.
If you listen to the episode aboutallergies, you know that I have struggled
with allergies since I was a child.
Um, outdoor allergies, and it doesnot keep me from going outside.
And it's funny because, you know.
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As a, as a holistic wellness coach,since I have stepped out into this
role, sometimes I've had to, I'vehad like an inner struggle with.
Being real and being, I guess,what people think that I should be.
Because now I have this title, likeI am a holistic wellness coach.
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You know, I'm, I'm have thispodcast called Tired Mommy
Revival, so maybe I should neverlook like I'm tired ever again.
And I really just had to tell myself like.
Jha, that is ridiculous.
Like, how could you evenpossibly show up that way?
Like that is so exhaustingand so unreal, you know?
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And the truth is, is that I have.
All of our natural allergy,uh, remedies around the house.
They're like, they're literallysitting on the counter.
I don't even put them away because they'rejust like out accessible all the time.
We've got the eyedrops and thenose spray and the stinging nettle.
Oh my gosh.
I love stinging nettle.
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It is.
Absolutely my, my favorite allergy relief.
We've got the essential oils, I'vegot my allergy tea, um, which also
has sticking nettle in it, and, and Ithink it has some spearmint in it too.
It's really refreshing and, and nice.
Um, but literally everything is sittingout on the counter, and yet despite that.
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Sometimes it feels like, yeah,but I'm the wellness coach and I
shouldn't need the Benadryl, right?
Because I have all my natural remedies.
Well, honey, the strugglewith the pollen is real.
It is for real.
And despite all my best efforts andall my gut healing practices and all
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the different things, um, your girlstill needs Benadryl sometimes, and.
Yesterday I was actually out in thegarden for three hours and um, it was
super hot and I totally underestimatedhow hot it was gonna be because it's
May and it's that time of year wheresometimes it's cold, sometimes it's hot,
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and sometimes it's cool in the middle.
And I thought, okay, the sunis out, but it's not that bad.
Like I do every single year.
I don't know when I'm going tolearn my lesson, but I did it.
Yet again, I went outsidewithout sunscreen on.
And not only was I so super hot and theheat made me tired, but I got sunburnt
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and then I was out in, you know, dealingwith wood and hay and soil, and the
wind was blowing with the pollen and.
There's only so much I can do, like Iam, I am just feeling exhausted today.
And so I was like, I need some coffeeand I need some Benadryl, and I just
need to have a real conversationwith my peeps on the podcast.
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And so that's what we'rehere for right now.
Um, honestly, I think it's important totalk about these things because sometimes
in the health world, you know, people who.
I guess, what would they call themselves?
Influencers, I guess like healthinfluencers or, um, exercise influencers,
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whatever, which is not really how Ithink of myself, but people out there
who are, you know, trying to sellproducts or, you know, get people's
attention and, um, you know, talkabout wellness and whatever capacity.
Sometimes it seems likethey're so perfect, right?
Like it seems like.
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You know, they never havecravings and they never get, they
never get exhausted or tired.
They never need the medication becausethey're doing everything naturally.
And like, you know, they're healthyand they're super strict and they never
struggle with their discipline and they,you know, never comfort e and they just
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have it all together because they're.
So super healthy and ultimately it's,that's not encouraging in the least.
Like it makes you feel like not only dothey not understand what you're going
through, but their level of dedicationis so high, it feels unattainable.
You're like.
Not only, I'm not even sure that Iwanna be where you're at in the first
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place, but even if I did, I'm notsure that I could even get there.
Like, you're so intense and I think it'simportant, you know, to, to be real.
Like, hey, like, you know.
When I started this podcast,the Tired Mommy Revival.
Oh my gosh.
I can't even tell you.
Like the spiritual attack that came on meafter I stepped out in faith was insane.
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I was so unprepared for it in one of thebiggest ways that it showed up was I,
I am, I can't make this up, you guys.
I became exhausted.
And really cranky, especially at my kids.
And I felt like such a hypocritebecause I literally just put out
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this podcast and I have this, um,intro that plays at the beginning
of every podcast that talks about.
You know, hey, I have found the solutionsand I show up as a mom with grace and
energy and joy and most days, right?
Most days.
That's the caveat there.
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And here I was like being exhausted andcranky and you know, just feeling so off.
And I was like, what is going on?
And you know, I had thatinward struggle of like.
You know, should I even be doing this?
Should I even be doingthis podcast right now?
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Because look at me.
Look at me.
I am the hot mess express over here.
Like I am telling people what to do andI'm not even doing it here at home myself.
Ultimately, what I recognized wasthat the crankiness and being really
on edge, there was actually a, a,there was a spiritual aspect to
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it and I, once I prayed that off.
Of me, it actually lifted immediately,and that helped me feel so much better.
And also it was confirmation that I wasdoing the right thing in this podcast
because the enemy doesn't attack youwhen you're doing something useless.
Okay?
When you're out on your own doingyour own thing apart from God and
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there's, you know, nothing holy ordivine about it, or you know, God
instructed about it like he don't care.
He don't even wanna bother withyou because you're not a threat.
But when you step out into what Godhas called you to do, whether that's
starting a business or stewardingyour health or getting up to read your
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Bible in the morning, whatever thatis, like the spiritual attack will
come because he's like, no, no, no.
I don't want you continuing in this, soI'm gonna attack you in the beginning when
you're vulnerable, when you'll believe thelies and when it's easy to get under your
skin and affect you here in the beginning.
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And so I was like, you know, I've,I've done so many business things over
the years, you guys, I can't even tellyou, I, I was in pursuit of the thing.
That I knew that God had calledme to, I just didn't look like, I
didn't know what it looked like yet.
And so, uh, I believe that it was, it was,all of it was fruitful in the end because
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God doesn't let anything go to waste.
But I, this kind of felt likemaybe one of those things, like,
am I just doing another thingthat's not gonna be fruitful?
Like, is this my idea, not God's idea?
Like.
You know, am I, is this even important?
Is anybody even going to listen?
And when I got spiritually attacked,I was like, I'm on the right track.
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I know I'm on the right track.
Now if I didn't know before, I haveconfirmation now that spiritually
the enemy is aware of somethingthat I'm not even fully aware of.
And so.
I have just continued to do it andcontinue to step out in faith and,
and I love being here with you guysand I love having these conversations.
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And in fact, I would love for you tojoin the conversation with me too, so
it doesn't just feel like I'm talkingat you, but we are doing this together.
And so please leave a comment or,you know, respond to an email.
If you're on my email list, you get, um,I send you updates about the podcast.
I. Don't spam me whatsoever.
You get an email when a podcastcomes out and I let you know what
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it's about and that's basically it.
And if I have sales on my coursesor coaching, you'll get some
information about that too.
But, um, really that's it.
Like I'm not gonna spam you, I'm notgoing to email you five times a day.
Like nobody has time for that.
So, um, I forgot whereI was going with that.
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But let me just come back to this andsay that, you know, I'm a real person.
Like I'm.
I'm a mom most days, like morethan anything else, I am a mom.
And oftentimes that means that, you know,whether it's, um, you know, feeling the
effects of, and symptoms of allergiesor, you know, just struggling to figure
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out how to manage a business and be a momand keep up with all the meal prepping
and work out like I need to and fitall of those things into my schedule.
Like there are days where Ishow up and I am tired too.
You know, there are days when Ishow up and I didn't put my makeup
on, and I look tired whether Iactually am or not, because I have
permanent dark circles under my eyesand you know, I'm gonna look tired.
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And sometimes I genuinely am tired.
And ultimately I think that that's,that's what makes this right, you doing
this with you because I'm not perfect.
I don't.
You know, feel amazing and haveincredible energy every single day.
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But I'm like, Hey mama, guess what?
God has showed me something.
He has taught me some thingsabout my health, and sometimes
I know what I need to do.
It's just a matter of being like comingback and saying, okay, God, I got off
track and help me figure out how to get.
There again, because I know that thesethings are helpful and beneficial
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and I know that you desire for meto do them, and so help me get there
again in the midst of what's goingon in this season because it looks
different than the last season.
Help me get there again andI know the right things.
I just have to.
Figure out how to do them and leanon God's help and support for that.
And so ultimately, it's not thatI'm leading this perfect, amazing,
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energetic, awesome life every singleday, but I'm saying, Hey mama, I get it.
I am here with you tired, mommy revival.
Let's do it together.
Because it's one thing to be exhaustedfor a day or even a week or maybe even
a month, but to, to live out, um, our.
You know, years or decades ofexhaustion to live out our motherhood
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in a constant state of exhaustion.
That's not what God designed us for.
And.
I won, you know, I'mhere to do that with you.
Let's do it together.
Let's remind each other of the thingthat you know, that you need to
do, but you lost track or you lostmotivation or something shifted and
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now you need, you know, help beinglike, Hey, let me hold you accountable.
Let's get back to it.
Hey, remember how goodthis thing is for you?
Let's, let's get back on it.
Let's, let's do it again.
And, and just encouraging each other in.
This journey because one of the reasonsthat I am so passionate about helping
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not just women and their health,which I am, but moms specifically,
is because it is so dang hard totake care of yourself in motherhood.
You have a million demands.
You know, if you think that youwere exhausted or short on time
before you have children like.
As a mom, you know, you're like,you're like laughing right now.
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You're like, you don't evenknow the meaning of exhausted.
You don't even know the meaning of busy.
You don't, you think you have no time.
You don't even understand what that islike, and, and to have so many needs,
you know, thrown at you every single day.
And to have so many things on yourplate, and then just show up and take
care of yourself too, and feel goodand energetic and joyful and at peace
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and patient through all of that.
Is a huge thing and and even if you figureit out in one season, a season will shift.
Like for example, if you start eatingreally healthy in January, which is
just like an amazing time to start,not because everybody else is setting
New Year's resolutions or even that youneed to set a New Year's resolution,
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but it's a calmer time of year.
And I can even say from experience that.
Somehow I always come out ofJanuary and February thinking
I was busy, but with what?
Like, what was I actually busy with?
I, I, I don't even know what happened,but in comparison to the rest of the
year, it's a pretty chill time of year.
It's a really good time to investin your health because there's.
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Space to do it.
But as you get closer tospring, things start picking up.
We've got, you know, we're runningaround for sports with our kids,
you know, like me, I have to startthe garden and that's a ton of work.
And we're outside a lot.
And then like we're coming intoright now, the kids are getting
ready to be out of school.
And then you're what was already becominga little bit strained, like just.
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Totally flops once summer beginsand your kids are home all the time
and you're like, my schedule andmy rhythm is like totally off now.
And if you homeschooland you're, and you're.
Um, schedule is consistent.
Maybe you continue to kind of schoolthrough the summer and you have
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figured this out in some capacity.
Please share, please sharewith us what's working for you.
So if, um, and you know, I would loveto, to talk about that and share,
you know, some of what you guys aresharing with me, with our audience so
we can all benefit from that together.
But I don't know, for me,it always seems like I get.
So off every summer and I, I gointo it knowing that it's going
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to be tough and I make a planand it's like a super great plan.
And then somehow
it doesn't even happen like inthe least and the whole thing ends
up gaining totally thrown away.
And then all of a suddenit's time for school again.
And then I have to try to somehow recovera routine that I haven't had in months.
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And so as moms like we, there'snothing consistent about our lives.
Like it is constantly changing.
Just when we think we figured out.
One child, like they go through a growthspurt and then something is different.
Our lives are so inconsistent thatit's really hard to build consistency,
but also I think that there'ssomething beautiful about doing it
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in the messiness, and I really feelGod's heart saying, I have more.
For my women than beingexhausted and worn down.
And so it is worth it to me toshow up and talk to you guys
and have these conversationsand to encourage you because.
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Oftentimes when I'm talkingto you, I'm talking to me.
I'm like, oh girl, remember this.
Remember how bad sugar is for you.
You can't be eating it all the time.
I know you're stressed and you're busyand you didn't have time to meal prep.
You're sugar free.
I. Things that are way healthier andlower carb and make you feel better,
but that doesn't mean that you cango start eating ice cream every night
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because you're gonna feel terrible.
I am literally like remindingmyself of those things too, and
walking this journey with you too.
And so I hope that youare encouraged by that.
By my vulnerability andcomplete lack of perfection.
Um, but also like I'm so passionateabout health and wellness and I'm so
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passionate about showing up to do thedo to do the job that God has called
me to do, um, or the assignment thathe's called me to in this season.
Okay.
Better than I have before.
Um, and I've had a lot of seasons ofbeing really defeated and depleted and
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just lost for answers and lost aboutdirection and what to do and where to go
next and, and how to handle everything.
And I've had seasonsof feeling like I was.
Falling apart, and I didn't know whereto go or if I could even continue
to do this, but I knew that I had tokeep showing up as a mom, as a person,
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as a daughter of God, um, as a wife.
And, um, and God didn't letme give up and he didn't give
up on me through the journey.
And since then I'velearned a lot of things.
But like I said, just because I knowthem doesn't mean they always come
naturally to me or that they're always.
Easy.
It's not always easy, but it is alwaysworth it to pursue your health and to show
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up day after day and to try again and, andseason after season to say, okay, we got
off track, but let's get back on track.
Because I know that I feel better.
I know that I show up better.
I know that I'm closer toGod when I steward my health.
And so I hope that you'reencouraged by this.
Um, it's been 25 minutes of me.
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Rambling things that I didn'tplan on saying, or I didn't know
where I was going with this.
So I'm gonna go ahead and wrap up.
Um, let me just say a prayer.
I just, I just feel led to say aprayer, so let's do that together.
Lord, thank you.
Thank you for bringing us to this place.
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Together.
God, thank you for joining yourwomen together in Unity, Lord,
and the pursuit of you and, andin every beautiful way that you
created us, body, soul, and spirit.
God.
Father, I pray that you would build us up.
I pray for every woman listening rightnow that you would build them up in
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every season of where they're at.
God, if they feel like they're failing,if they feel like they're exhausted
and they don't know how to show uptoday, God, I pray that you would just
meet them right where they are at.
I pray that you would speak to them andthat you would comfort them, and I pray
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that you would remind them that they canunload their burden on you, God, that
they don't have to carry the weight ontheir shoulders all alone, Lord, but
you are there to help lift the burdenoff of them, God, and they may not know.
Exactly what they need or whatto even pray for right now.
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But they know that they need you.
And God, I pray that you would reveal tothem that you are a good father and that
you are looking after them today, and thatyou will lead them to every good thing
that you need them and you want them tohave Lord, because you care about her.
You care about her health.
You care about her thriving in thisworld and you have a call on her life,
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whether it's to show up for her babiestoday or whether it's to to go out
and to minister to somebody else, God.
Or anything in between.
You have a purpose for her and youcare about her ability to show up in
the way that you have created her.
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And I pray that you would just uplifther, God, that you would hold her tight
and remind her that you've got her,you've got her in this season, Lord.
You see her and you are sending help.
You're sending help.
You're sending angels out on assignmentright now to be with her and to strengthen
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her in every way that she is goingto need it, and the ways that she is
aware and the ways that she's not evenaware yet, God, your goodness is going
out over her, and I thank you, God.
For what you're doing in my life, whatyou're doing in the life of every single
woman who is involved in this beautifulcommunity who is standing up to say,
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we're not going to live like this.
We're not gonna settle for the waysof the world of being exhausted and
defeated and depleted because we arewomen of God and he has more for us.
I thank you for them, God, and I prayyour blessing over them, and I pray
that you would bless their weekendas they go forth in Jesus' name.
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I will see you next Tuesdayfor that conversation about
sugar and insulin and how.
Your life will be so much better if youget your sugar addiction under control.
This struggle is real for me.
This is what I struggle with probablythe most, more than anything else.
So I will be taking my own adviceas I share this information with
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you and will do it in a, in a moreconcise, um, not so overwhelming way.
So I can't wait to see you next time.
I hope you were blessed by today'sconversation, and I love you guys.
Praying for you always,and, uh, leave a comment.
Let me know.
Let me know what you thoughtabout today's conversation.
I'd love to hear what you're thinking.
Hello friends and a happy Friday.
I am pretty sure I'm gonnaget this out on Friday.
Um, it might be tomorrow morningon Saturday, but I am going.
Off the books here for a minute because,um, normally I post episodes every Tuesday
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and Thursday, and you may have noticedthat yesterday I did not post anything.
Um, I actually had an episode totallyready to go, insulin and sugar, and
I literally had it all recorded.
I was editing it And I just kept havingthings pop up that were kind of off, but
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I was like, you know what, it's okay.
Um, I, if you don't know me,I'm a very type A person.
I like to, you know overanalyzethings and pick at the details
and be super planned ahead.
And I've been doing really good so farwith this podcast of really just letting
God lead and letting go of perfectionismand just knowing that Sometimes showing
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up is enough and it's never going tobe perfect, but there's gonna be a
lot of chances for more conversations.
And so I was really trying withthis episode to not like overthink
it, but something in my spiritwas just not settling right.
And the truth was is thatthe episode was too much.
It was simply too much.
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And I already feel like in this rootcauses series that there has been a
lot of information that I've thrown atyou, and I'm doing my best to really
keep it short and concise and to notovercomplicate it because there are a
lot of nuances about the body and abouthow all of these things are connected.
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But my ultimate goal is to showyou how these things are connected
and how beneficial they are toyour overall health, physically,
mentally, and spiritually whenyou align your body in this way.
But my goal is not to completely overwhelmyou with information that you don't know
what to do with, and that is just kindof where I felt like this episode was at.
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The truth is, is that.
The effect of sugar and high insulinlevels in your body is really extensive,
and I think what we're gonna have todo is just have more conversations
about this as we move forwardtogether so that we can understand.
Stand, you know what this really means.
But what I'm gonna do is I am gonnaactually go back to the drawing board.
(02:42):
I'm gonna simplify things a lot,and I'll rerecord the episode and
I'll be back next Tuesday withthat information for you guys.
But ultimately what I decided was,you know, I have been really dedicated
to getting these episodes out.
I know that you may not knowmy life personally, but the
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past couple months have been.
So, so busy.
There's just like one thing after another,like a week after week after week.
I just cannot escape it no matter how hardI try to pull back and say no to things.
It's just been genuinely busy andwe're almost at the end of school.
Next week is my kids' last day ofschool, and I've been doing so good
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at getting these podcasts out on time.
And I have a goal toreach a hundred episodes.
I told myself when I started setting thisup and when I started, I, I told some
close friends that I'm telling you now, soyou can help hold me accountable too, that
I could not even talk about quitting untilI reached a hundred episodes because a lot
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of people quit after the third episode.
The majority of people quit beforethey even get to the 20th episode,
and I think if you make it past.
Episode 20, you're like in the top 1% of.
Podcasters because you actually got toepisode 20 and that is insane to me.
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And this will be, I guess, episode 14.
Um, so I'm already pretty close to that.
I've been really dedicated and I wasjust like, God, I'm gonna show up
and I'm gonna do this and I'm gonnatrust you to, uh, you know, just give
me the content that you wanna sharewith your people, um, and, and your
heart for, for women and their health.
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And so when I was faced with thisidea of not posting an episode on
Thursday, I had to really evaluatelike, what, what does this mean?
And.
Ultimately, like thenumbers are important.
Yes.
Because that's, that's my commitmentand um, and my dedication to being
consistent here for you, but also thequality of what I share with you is so
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much more important than the quantity.
And I didn't just wanna throwout an episode that was so.
Overwhelming and just packed withtoo much information that was
really helpful in one sitting.
And so I just said, you know what?
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That's okay.
I'm just gonna let go of it.
I'm gonna let go of itand it's gonna be okay.
So today, I, I honestly haveabsolutely no notes in front of me.
I, and, and it's just one ofthose days, one of those Fridays
where I, I literally have like.
Coffee in one hand anda Benadryl in the other.
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And I woke up this morning andthought it would be a great idea
to put on a cream colored shirt.
It's gonna be so cute.
I love this shirt.
And then on the way to takingmy son to school, I remembered
I have to go pick up soil.
From Home Depot, like what am I thinking?
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Like why did I wear this cream coloredshirt and also like cream colored
sandals at the same time so that Icould go to the store and pick up soil?
Because tomorrow we haveto work in the garden.
And I need the soil like it has to happentoday and it has to happen this morning.
I can't go home and change because ofjust how the day's schedule was gonna go.
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And so I literally am like the hotmess express right now and I just
felt like showing up and having anhonest conversation with you guys.
So I hope you're here for it.
Um, like I said, Iliterally have no notes.
I, I have my coffee and, and, andBenadryl like are my best friends today.
Why?
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Because allergies are for real.
They're for a real thing.
If you listen to the episode aboutallergies, you know that I have struggled
with allergies since I was a child.
Um, outdoor allergies, and it doesnot keep me from going outside.
And it's funny because, you know.
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As a, as a holistic wellness coach,since I have stepped out into this
role, sometimes I've had to, I'vehad like an inner struggle with.
Being real and being, I guess,what people think that I should be.
Because now I have this title, likeI am a holistic wellness coach.
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You know, I'm, I'm have thispodcast called Tired Mommy
Revival, so maybe I should neverlook like I'm tired ever again.
And I really just had to tell myself like.
Jha, that is ridiculous.
Like, how could you evenpossibly show up that way?
Like that is so exhaustingand so unreal, you know?
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And the truth is, is that I have.
All of our natural allergy,uh, remedies around the house.
They're like, they're literallysitting on the counter.
I don't even put them away because they'rejust like out accessible all the time.
We've got the eyedrops and thenose spray and the stinging nettle.
Oh my gosh.
I love stinging nettle.
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It is.
Absolutely my, my favorite allergy relief.
We've got the essential oils, I'vegot my allergy tea, um, which also
has sticking nettle in it, and, and Ithink it has some spearmint in it too.
It's really refreshing and, and nice.
Um, but literally everything is sittingout on the counter, and yet despite that.
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Sometimes it feels like, yeah,but I'm the wellness coach and I
shouldn't need the Benadryl, right?
Because I have all my natural remedies.
Well, honey, the strugglewith the pollen is real.
It is for real.
And despite all my best efforts andall my gut healing practices and all
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the different things, um, your girlstill needs Benadryl sometimes, and.
Yesterday I was actually out in thegarden for three hours and um, it was
super hot and I totally underestimatedhow hot it was gonna be because it's
May and it's that time of year wheresometimes it's cold, sometimes it's hot,
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and sometimes it's cool in the middle.
And I thought, okay, the sunis out, but it's not that bad.
Like I do every single year.
I don't know when I'm going tolearn my lesson, but I did it.
Yet again, I went outsidewithout sunscreen on.
And not only was I so super hot and theheat made me tired, but I got sunburnt
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and then I was out in, you know, dealingwith wood and hay and soil, and the
wind was blowing with the pollen and.
There's only so much I can do, like Iam, I am just feeling exhausted today.
And so I was like, I need some coffeeand I need some Benadryl, and I just
need to have a real conversationwith my peeps on the podcast.
(09:50):
And so that's what we'rehere for right now.
Um, honestly, I think it's important totalk about these things because sometimes
in the health world, you know, people who.
I guess, what would they call themselves?
Influencers, I guess like healthinfluencers or, um, exercise influencers,
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whatever, which is not really how Ithink of myself, but people out there
who are, you know, trying to sellproducts or, you know, get people's
attention and, um, you know, talkabout wellness and whatever capacity.
Sometimes it seems likethey're so perfect, right?
Like it seems like.
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You know, they never havecravings and they never get, they
never get exhausted or tired.
They never need the medication becausethey're doing everything naturally.
And like, you know, they're healthyand they're super strict and they never
struggle with their discipline and they,you know, never comfort e and they just
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have it all together because they're.
So super healthy and ultimately it's,that's not encouraging in the least.
Like it makes you feel like not only dothey not understand what you're going
through, but their level of dedicationis so high, it feels unattainable.
You're like.
Not only, I'm not even sure that Iwanna be where you're at in the first
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place, but even if I did, I'm notsure that I could even get there.
Like, you're so intense and I think it'simportant, you know, to, to be real.
Like, hey, like, you know.
When I started this podcast,the Tired Mommy Revival.
Oh my gosh.
I can't even tell you.
Like the spiritual attack that came on meafter I stepped out in faith was insane.
(11:43):
I was so unprepared for it in one of thebiggest ways that it showed up was I,
I am, I can't make this up, you guys.
I became exhausted.
And really cranky, especially at my kids.
And I felt like such a hypocritebecause I literally just put out
(12:06):
this podcast and I have this, um,intro that plays at the beginning
of every podcast that talks about.
You know, hey, I have found the solutionsand I show up as a mom with grace and
energy and joy and most days, right?
Most days.
That's the caveat there.
(12:27):
And here I was like being exhausted andcranky and you know, just feeling so off.
And I was like, what is going on?
And you know, I had thatinward struggle of like.
You know, should I even be doing this?
Should I even be doingthis podcast right now?
(12:48):
Because look at me.
Look at me.
I am the hot mess express over here.
Like I am telling people what to do andI'm not even doing it here at home myself.
Ultimately, what I recognized wasthat the crankiness and being really
on edge, there was actually a, a,there was a spiritual aspect to
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it and I, once I prayed that off.
Of me, it actually lifted immediately,and that helped me feel so much better.
And also it was confirmation that I wasdoing the right thing in this podcast
because the enemy doesn't attack youwhen you're doing something useless.
Okay?
When you're out on your own doingyour own thing apart from God and
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there's, you know, nothing holy ordivine about it, or you know, God
instructed about it like he don't care.
He don't even wanna bother withyou because you're not a threat.
But when you step out into what Godhas called you to do, whether that's
starting a business or stewardingyour health or getting up to read your
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Bible in the morning, whatever thatis, like the spiritual attack will
come because he's like, no, no, no.
I don't want you continuing in this, soI'm gonna attack you in the beginning when
you're vulnerable, when you'll believe thelies and when it's easy to get under your
skin and affect you here in the beginning.
(14:16):
And so I was like, you know, I've,I've done so many business things over
the years, you guys, I can't even tellyou, I, I was in pursuit of the thing.
That I knew that God had calledme to, I just didn't look like, I
didn't know what it looked like yet.
And so, uh, I believe that it was, it was,all of it was fruitful in the end because
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God doesn't let anything go to waste.
But I, this kind of felt likemaybe one of those things, like,
am I just doing another thingthat's not gonna be fruitful?
Like, is this my idea, not God's idea?
Like.
You know, am I, is this even important?
Is anybody even going to listen?
And when I got spiritually attacked,I was like, I'm on the right track.
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I know I'm on the right track.
Now if I didn't know before, I haveconfirmation now that spiritually
the enemy is aware of somethingthat I'm not even fully aware of.
And so.
I have just continued to do it andcontinue to step out in faith and,
and I love being here with you guysand I love having these conversations.
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And in fact, I would love for you tojoin the conversation with me too, so
it doesn't just feel like I'm talkingat you, but we are doing this together.
And so please leave a comment or,you know, respond to an email.
If you're on my email list, you get, um,I send you updates about the podcast.
I. Don't spam me whatsoever.
You get an email when a podcastcomes out and I let you know what
(15:47):
it's about and that's basically it.
And if I have sales on my coursesor coaching, you'll get some
information about that too.
But, um, really that's it.
Like I'm not gonna spam you, I'm notgoing to email you five times a day.
Like nobody has time for that.
So, um, I forgot whereI was going with that.
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But let me just come back to this andsay that, you know, I'm a real person.
Like I'm.
I'm a mom most days, like morethan anything else, I am a mom.
And oftentimes that means that, you know,whether it's, um, you know, feeling the
effects of, and symptoms of allergiesor, you know, just struggling to figure
(16:36):
out how to manage a business and be a momand keep up with all the meal prepping
and work out like I need to and fitall of those things into my schedule.
Like there are days where Ishow up and I am tired too.
You know, there are days when Ishow up and I didn't put my makeup
on, and I look tired whether Iactually am or not, because I have
permanent dark circles under my eyesand you know, I'm gonna look tired.
(16:59):
And sometimes I genuinely am tired.
And ultimately I think that that's,that's what makes this right, you doing
this with you because I'm not perfect.
I don't.
You know, feel amazing and haveincredible energy every single day.
(17:20):
But I'm like, Hey mama, guess what?
God has showed me something.
He has taught me some thingsabout my health, and sometimes
I know what I need to do.
It's just a matter of being like comingback and saying, okay, God, I got off
track and help me figure out how to get.
There again, because I know that thesethings are helpful and beneficial
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and I know that you desire for meto do them, and so help me get there
again in the midst of what's goingon in this season because it looks
different than the last season.
Help me get there again andI know the right things.
I just have to.
Figure out how to do them and leanon God's help and support for that.
And so ultimately, it's not thatI'm leading this perfect, amazing,
(18:07):
energetic, awesome life every singleday, but I'm saying, Hey mama, I get it.
I am here with you tired, mommy revival.
Let's do it together.
Because it's one thing to be exhaustedfor a day or even a week or maybe even
a month, but to, to live out, um, our.
You know, years or decades ofexhaustion to live out our motherhood
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in a constant state of exhaustion.
That's not what God designed us for.
And.
I won, you know, I'mhere to do that with you.
Let's do it together.
Let's remind each other of the thingthat you know, that you need to
do, but you lost track or you lostmotivation or something shifted and
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now you need, you know, help beinglike, Hey, let me hold you accountable.
Let's get back to it.
Hey, remember how goodthis thing is for you?
Let's, let's get back on it.
Let's, let's do it again.
And, and just encouraging each other in.
This journey because one of the reasonsthat I am so passionate about helping
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not just women and their health,which I am, but moms specifically,
is because it is so dang hard totake care of yourself in motherhood.
You have a million demands.
You know, if you think that youwere exhausted or short on time
before you have children like.
As a mom, you know, you're like,you're like laughing right now.
(19:36):
You're like, you don't evenknow the meaning of exhausted.
You don't even know the meaning of busy.
You don't, you think you have no time.
You don't even understand what that islike, and, and to have so many needs,
you know, thrown at you every single day.
And to have so many things on yourplate, and then just show up and take
care of yourself too, and feel goodand energetic and joyful and at peace
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and patient through all of that.
Is a huge thing and and even if you figureit out in one season, a season will shift.
Like for example, if you start eatingreally healthy in January, which is
just like an amazing time to start,not because everybody else is setting
New Year's resolutions or even that youneed to set a New Year's resolution,
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but it's a calmer time of year.
And I can even say from experience that.
Somehow I always come out ofJanuary and February thinking
I was busy, but with what?
Like, what was I actually busy with?
I, I, I don't even know what happened,but in comparison to the rest of the
year, it's a pretty chill time of year.
It's a really good time to investin your health because there's.
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Space to do it.
But as you get closer tospring, things start picking up.
We've got, you know, we're runningaround for sports with our kids,
you know, like me, I have to startthe garden and that's a ton of work.
And we're outside a lot.
And then like we're coming intoright now, the kids are getting
ready to be out of school.
And then you're what was already becominga little bit strained, like just.
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Totally flops once summer beginsand your kids are home all the time
and you're like, my schedule andmy rhythm is like totally off now.
And if you homeschooland you're, and you're.
Um, schedule is consistent.
Maybe you continue to kind of schoolthrough the summer and you have
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figured this out in some capacity.
Please share, please sharewith us what's working for you.
So if, um, and you know, I would loveto, to talk about that and share,
you know, some of what you guys aresharing with me, with our audience so
we can all benefit from that together.
But I don't know, for me,it always seems like I get.
So off every summer and I, I gointo it knowing that it's going
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to be tough and I make a planand it's like a super great plan.
And then somehow
it doesn't even happen like inthe least and the whole thing ends
up gaining totally thrown away.
And then all of a suddenit's time for school again.
And then I have to try to somehow recovera routine that I haven't had in months.
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And so as moms like we, there'snothing consistent about our lives.
Like it is constantly changing.
Just when we think we figured out.
One child, like they go through a growthspurt and then something is different.
Our lives are so inconsistent thatit's really hard to build consistency,
but also I think that there'ssomething beautiful about doing it
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in the messiness, and I really feelGod's heart saying, I have more.
For my women than beingexhausted and worn down.
And so it is worth it to me toshow up and talk to you guys
and have these conversationsand to encourage you because.
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Oftentimes when I'm talkingto you, I'm talking to me.
I'm like, oh girl, remember this.
Remember how bad sugar is for you.
You can't be eating it all the time.
I know you're stressed and you're busyand you didn't have time to meal prep.
You're sugar free.
I. Things that are way healthier andlower carb and make you feel better,
but that doesn't mean that you cango start eating ice cream every night
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because you're gonna feel terrible.
I am literally like remindingmyself of those things too, and
walking this journey with you too.
And so I hope that youare encouraged by that.
By my vulnerability andcomplete lack of perfection.
Um, but also like I'm so passionateabout health and wellness and I'm so
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passionate about showing up to do thedo to do the job that God has called
me to do, um, or the assignment thathe's called me to in this season.
Okay.
Better than I have before.
Um, and I've had a lot of seasons ofbeing really defeated and depleted and
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just lost for answers and lost aboutdirection and what to do and where to go
next and, and how to handle everything.
And I've had seasonsof feeling like I was.
Falling apart, and I didn't know whereto go or if I could even continue
to do this, but I knew that I had tokeep showing up as a mom, as a person,
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as a daughter of God, um, as a wife.
And, um, and God didn't letme give up and he didn't give
up on me through the journey.
And since then I'velearned a lot of things.
But like I said, just because I knowthem doesn't mean they always come
naturally to me or that they're always.
Easy.
It's not always easy, but it is alwaysworth it to pursue your health and to show
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up day after day and to try again and, andseason after season to say, okay, we got
off track, but let's get back on track.
Because I know that I feel better.
I know that I show up better.
I know that I'm closer toGod when I steward my health.
And so I hope that you'reencouraged by this.
Um, it's been 25 minutes of me.
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Rambling things that I didn'tplan on saying, or I didn't know
where I was going with this.
So I'm gonna go ahead and wrap up.
Um, let me just say a prayer.
I just, I just feel led to say aprayer, so let's do that together.
Lord, thank you.
Thank you for bringing us to this place.
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Together.
God, thank you for joining yourwomen together in Unity, Lord,
and the pursuit of you and, andin every beautiful way that you
created us, body, soul, and spirit.
God.
Father, I pray that you would build us up.
I pray for every woman listening rightnow that you would build them up in
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every season of where they're at.
God, if they feel like they're failing,if they feel like they're exhausted
and they don't know how to show uptoday, God, I pray that you would just
meet them right where they are at.
I pray that you would speak to them andthat you would comfort them, and I pray
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that you would remind them that they canunload their burden on you, God, that
they don't have to carry the weight ontheir shoulders all alone, Lord, but
you are there to help lift the burdenoff of them, God, and they may not know.
Exactly what they need or whatto even pray for right now.
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But they know that they need you.
And God, I pray that you would reveal tothem that you are a good father and that
you are looking after them today, and thatyou will lead them to every good thing
that you need them and you want them tohave Lord, because you care about her.
You care about her health.
You care about her thriving in thisworld and you have a call on her life,
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whether it's to show up for her babiestoday or whether it's to to go out
and to minister to somebody else, God.
Or anything in between.
You have a purpose for her and youcare about her ability to show up in
the way that you have created her.
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And I pray that you would just uplifther, God, that you would hold her tight
and remind her that you've got her,you've got her in this season, Lord.
You see her and you are sending help.
You're sending help.
You're sending angels out on assignmentright now to be with her and to strengthen
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her in every way that she is goingto need it, and the ways that she is
aware and the ways that she's not evenaware yet, God, your goodness is going
out over her, and I thank you, God.
For what you're doing in my life, whatyou're doing in the life of every single
woman who is involved in this beautifulcommunity who is standing up to say,
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we're not going to live like this.
We're not gonna settle for the waysof the world of being exhausted and
defeated and depleted because we arewomen of God and he has more for us.
I thank you for them, God, and I prayyour blessing over them, and I pray
that you would bless their weekendas they go forth in Jesus' name.
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I will see you next Tuesdayfor that conversation about
sugar and insulin and how.
Your life will be so much better if youget your sugar addiction under control.
This struggle is real for me.
This is what I struggle with probablythe most, more than anything else.
So I will be taking my own adviceas I share this information with
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you and will do it in a, in a moreconcise, um, not so overwhelming way.
So I can't wait to see you next time.
I hope you were blessed by today'sconversation, and I love you guys.
Praying for you always,and, uh, leave a comment.
Let me know.
Let me know what you thoughtabout today's conversation.
I'd love to hear what you're thinking.
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