Ep. 023: Learning to Receive: The Gift We Resist

Have you ever noticed how easy it is to give — and how hard it can be to truly receive?

In this episode of Your Most Beautiful Life, we explore the sacred (and often overlooked) practice of receiving. In a world that celebrates hustle, productivity, and pouring yourself out for others, learning to open your hands and heart is both countercultural and deeply feminine.

I share the small, ordinary ways I began practicing receptivity — like saying yes when someone offered to carry my suitcase — and how those moments opened my eyes to the love, support, and abundance that had been in my life all along. You’ll discover how shifting into a posture of receiving changes the way you relate to your identity, your daily life, your calling, and even your hardest challenges.

🎯 You’ll hear about:

• Why receiving doesn’t come naturally — and why that matters • The roadblocks that keep us from receiving (resistance, grasping, unworthiness, busyness) • Practical coaching shifts to move from proving and productivity into openness and trust • Four areas where you can begin practicing receptivity today • Why receiving is not passive but an active, sacred choice • How learning to receive frees us to live from abundance and gratitude instead of scarcity and striving

📎 Mentioned in this episode:

• Book a free 1:1 coaching session → [https://calendly.com/lorijsmith/explore-coaching-free-personalized-session-with-lori] • Listen to Ep. 016: Sacred Identity Over Self-Improvement

🧠 Quotable Insights

“Receiving is not sitting back on the sidelines. It is the active choice to open your hands to what God has already placed in your life.”

“When we practice receiving, we begin to see that the love, the help, and the support we’ve longed for were there all along.”

“We don’t work to receive. We work from receiving.”

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🧠 Keywords + Topics Covered

faith-based coaching, feminine receptivity, practicing gratitude, resistance and grasping, unworthiness and busyness, identity in Christ, learning to rest, abundance mindset, Christian coaching, personal growth and clarity