A continuation of the discussion of our soul messy and how we can still have very real faith. This episode will encourage you to cling to the hope and faith that comes from a God who is ever faithful. Let’s take this journey together! For more from me visit: http://www.abigailalleman.com
Where I begin to unpack the truth of messy souls and how our honest journeys with God amidst the mess leads to deeper, stronger and more resilient faith. I had a lot to share in this area so I am going to be following this up with a Part 2 in my next episode. Hope you listen in!
In this episode I share my journey of running but more what it is to remember what must be remembered and focus on the truly important. With a focus on Memorial Day but also remembering those who have lived well and are no longer on this earth 🌏, I share things we can all do to remember well. 1 - We Remember 2 - We practice thankfulness 3 - We Live 4 - We Remember the Ultimate Sacrifice. It was a challenging episode to me and I hope it challenges you too in the best of ways… To learn more about...
In this episode I share what gets in the way of truly listening to God and how to work through those things. As always, I affirm the messy of it even while encouraging that the journey is possible. I also share about my new store and self-guided companion workbook to my book ‘A Million Skies’. Please visit my website for more from me: abigailalleman.com and you will also see a ‘Journey With Me’ box which will describe and link to the store and my coaching waitlist. I hope you listen in…
In this episode I share from the heart about being open with our struggles, whether with mental illness or just life in general. In this I believe we can see the culture change and shame and stigma in how we all struggle be overcome in Jesus Name! For more from me and Mental Health Resources, visit my website abigailalleman.com 💛
Hi everyone! I hope you are still with me! I am excited to be back podcasting and updating you on my messy life in which I continue to learn to be present yet listening for what I am to be doing—podcasting or not 😊 You can still find me at www.abigailalleman.com !
In this episode I share more deeply about what I am learning afresh as I plant and tend my garden, both literally and figuratively…Hope you listen in!
No is a hard word to use at times at least if you are like me. In this episode we explore the no’s we need to say and the no’s God says to us and just how valuable they can be…Hope you listen in!
Today is a messy ramble about…THE MESS and the light of the Savior shining through it all. I would love for you to listen in…
Hello There! I hope you listen into this episode as I talk about a beloved children's book and what it teaches us about becoming real amidst all of our mess. This episode is for you if: You need to remember true life does not come from being put together You need to remember you are safe and loved fully by God You need to remember you are not alone in your mess You love children's stories, especially the Velveteen Rabbit May you find today and every day, the certain love found in the reality of ...
*Don't forget 'A Million Skies: Secure in God's Strength When Your Mind Can't Rest' releases on March 15, 2022. Pre-order your copy today on Amazon ! In this episode I review the heart of the podcast. Stories and thoughts that remind us all it is more than ok to be messy. For, in our mess we receive deeply and sweetly the all-encompassing love of God. Listen in if you: Are just feeling like a mess and don't feel like it's ok. Need the hope that it's more than ok to NOT BE PERFECT. Are put togeth...
Hey Friend, So glad you are joining me for this episode! I tackle worry today and how messy it is, but also etch out, although messy, a pathway to trust. Listen in if you: Are often overrun by anxiety Don't struggle often with anxiety, but know it is an issue Want to remember what trust looks like--even in dark places Need to hear about our stories and how they help us in all of this. Here are two links to things I reference and the link to pre-order my book "A Million Skies"! Tim Keller podcast...
Welcome! In this episode I will share a reflection on what I gleaned from my word, 'All' last year. I will also look ahead to what I am already learning and hope to learn from my 2022 word, 'pure'. It's a powerful thing to focus on one word for the year and I encourage you to take your own journey as we all seek clarity in the very real mess. Listen in if you: also have a word for the year and want some encouragement don't have a word for the year, but want to know more about it have had unexpec...
Have you ever felt stuck in a relationship or not sure if it is a good thing for you? In this episode I take a brief look at the ins and outs of messy relationships. In so doing, I hope you can find the grace to navigate your relationships in a more healthy way. Listen in if you: Want to know if all relationships are necessary {Hint: 'NO!'} Wonder if there's something wrong with you in relationships. Want to understand more clearly what makes a good relationship. Need a push to let go, even for ...
Hello! Glad you are here! In this episode I share from my experience with traditions and what it has looked like as things have changed so much over the years. Listen in if you: are not looking forward to the holidays because so much has changed. have trouble with strained relationships in the holidays. don't know what to do or who to please during the holidays. need to be reminded of the Great Feast of Heaven One Day. Thank you for being here with me! Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend...
Hey friend! In this episode you will find a touch of salt mixed with grace as I remember something hard, a story about a roof caving in, and how I can now laugh at this. And my parents, from Heaven, are laughing right with me! Listen in if you: Need to remember, in Jesus, it is all going to be ok. Want to give yourself permission to laugh in the hard things. Desire to know you are not alone in hard places. Could use a reminder that there is a lightheartedness we can know because our forever with...
In this episode I remember why it is so important to share our stories, it's really self-serving as I prepare to release my book into the world. Speaking of, here are the links to pre-order A Million Skies: Secure in God's Strength When Your Mind Can't Rest: Amazon Pre-Order Leafwood Publishers Pre-Order Now back to the episode. Listen in if you: Struggle to be vulnerable about the hard places with others Have shared your story and it has cost you Forget how God has shared his vulnerable story W...
Have you ever felt like you're a bad parent? a bad friend? The truth is we can't love others if we aren't loving ourselves, by this I mean seeing ourselves in the perfect way God sees us and receiving His love to give it away. In this episode I talk about my own journey as a mama and what God is teaching me about receiving his love for me... Listen in if you: Think you are a 'bad' or not good parent Need grace to love yourself just as you are today Struggle to consistently love others Want to re...
Hello! Hola! Szia! That's the popular greetings in three languages: English, Spanish and Hungarian. These are the three languages I have learned or attempted to learn ;) In this episode I share funny stories from the cross-cultural language-learning experiences I have had and talk about what it is that Jesus came to us cross-culturally. Listen in if you: need to laugh and hear something funny. struggle through taking yourself TOO seriously. have ever tried to learn another language. want to lear...
Hey friend! In this episode I pivot from the topic of grief to laughter. It is amazing how sorrow and joy, brokenness and lightness can exist in the same seasons. Today, my prayer is you would laugh with me over funny stories of messy clumsy and otherwise moments in my life. Listen in if you: need a good laugh :-) want to be reminded to take yourself less seriously. need to know that laughter is real amid the hard. want to borrow a few laughs for your bag of laughter. May you enjoy this episode ...
Hey! Glad you're here! Join me on a journey through the grief we all face at some point of Losing Home. By this I mean any place of security which is no longer ours. It's a real grief and we must figure out how to navigate it. Listen in if you: Feel sad and don't know why. Have wounds from your past you want to work through. Know there's more to your story than you've been experiencing. Want to remember or learn for the first time about your Dearest Love. Thanks for coming to this sacred space w...
Hello friend, I am glad you are here. In this episode I share the grief which centered on our sudden departure from Hungary after I was hospitalized in a mental ward for two weeks. I unpack a little of what it has looked like to walk that intense, in some ways fathomless, grief. Listen in if you: are facing a grief and no one has died. feel acute pain at a loss and don't know what to do. want to know you are not alone in your grief. wonder if your story, your darkest times, can be redeemed. stru...
Here is the original blog post: ' A Tree of Life Out of a Root of Grief ' as it was originally posted at {in}courage. In this episode I remember a 'breakthrough' in the healing of my grief over my mother's death. While I speak specifically of this grief, what I learned applies to any grief as we learn how God can and wants to create a tree of life out of every root of our grief. Listen in if you: Feel stuck in processing a certain grief. Don't know if you know how to grieve. Have ever lost someo...
Welcome to the MLML podcast! Today, I continue my series on grief and talk about how it is a constant part of our lives and what it looks like to know that. Listen in if you: Wonder if you grieve well. Tend to stuff your emotions. Get angry often and don't know why. Want a better answer to dealing with grief. Need real hope that your grief means something. It's not easy to keep talking about grief, but it is important. I hope you continue to join me in this journey. Your fellow messy-life journe...
Welcome to the MLML podcast. Today I begin a series on grief, because there are few things messier than this. We are so inundated with grief, it is hard to imagine a day when we are not somehow impacted by it. Listen in if you: are experiencing fresh grief, if you wonder if you really grieved a loss. need the hope that is found in the midst of grief. are desperate to know you are not alone in your grief. I would love to hear your feedback or thoughts on grief. You can email me at abigail.alleman...
It's been a while since I've been in this space and there's good reason for that. There's been moves, book editing, but most, the caring for my father before he went home to Heaven on August 6, 2021. This episode's main body is the tribute to my father I shared at his memorial service. Listen in if you: Have ever loved someone beautiful and lost them Have known the love of an earthly father Have struggled to know the love of an earthly father Need to remember we do not grieve as those who have n...
After a hiatus because of the messy days I am living as I sell and leave the home I have made in this world and make way for a new home I do not yet know, I am back. Instead of launching into the many ideas that have come from this messy time, I thought I would finish what I started and do the second part of the 'Messy Art of Listening' series I began a few weeks ago. Listen in if you: struggle to listen well, being patient with others. want to be encouraged you are not alone in the struggle. do...
In this episode, I begin a two part series on Listening, and listening well. For the next two weeks I will take the top 10 things to do to listen well according to this website , and unpack them to help us all think more, amid the sure mess of listening, on how to love others well by really listening to them. Listen in if you: Struggle with knowing how to listen well Need a reminder of what it looks like to listen well Are seeking to heal from a relationship where the other didn't really listen ...
In this episode, I talk about my journey of learning to surrender, from little girl to present day woman. Sometimes it is all so painful, and bloody kind of messy, but what we gain for the true journey, is worth it. Listen in if you: are holding on tight to something and feeling the call to surrender want to remember how God met you in surrender before need to know you aren't alone in the struggle to surrender want to learn to rest, even in surrender struggle to trust the goodness of God in all ...
In this episode, I look at my own performing ways and how that radical bent is exactly the mess Jesus came to speak into and embrace with his own mighty love. Listen in if you: have ever struggled at perfectionism. want to live life your way. need to know you aren't alone in your mess. hear the 'try-hard' message playing too often and too loud. May God grace you with a special measure of His deep, measureless love for you, today! Your fellow messy-life journeyer and friend, Abigail Alleman (Abby...
