We are taking a break from our normal guest interviews this summer to dive into the topic of body image. These episodes aired originally on this podcast two years ago and God dropped it on my heart to release them again this summer, so if you listened before, I highly encourage you to listen again. Today we are chatting about simple steps to have a strong body. This is not going to be rocket science. These are principles you can apply immediately with no tricks, gadgets, or gimmicks! Resources M...
Jun 23, 2021•28 min
We are taking a break from our normal guest interviews this summer to dive into the topic of body image. These episodes aired originally on this podcast two years ago and God dropped it on my heart to release them again this summer, so if you listened before, I highly encourage you to listen again. This week we are chatting about the power of a submitted heart and a sound mind when it comes to having a Biblical body image. Be sure to download our Biblical body image therapeutic coloring book at ...
Jun 16, 2021•30 min
We are taking a break from our normal guest interviews this summer to dive into the topic of body image. These episodes aired originally on this podcast two years ago and God dropped it on my heart to release them again this summer, so if you listened before, I highly encourage you to listen again. In this episode, we dive into 5 reasons I believe we struggle with body image issues. Be sure to download our Biblical body image therapeutic coloring book at rachaelgilbert.com/biblicalbodyimage ! Co...
Jun 09, 2021•42 min
We are taking a break from our normal guest interviews this summer to dive into the topic of body image. These episodes aired originally on this podcast two years ago and God dropped it on my heart to release them again this summer, so if you listened before, I highly encourage you to listen again. In this episode, we dive into 5 reasons I believe we struggle with body image issues. Be sure to download our Biblical body image therapeutic coloring book at rachaelgilbert.com/biblicalbodyimage ! Co...
Jun 02, 2021•50 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm speaking with singer, songwriter, and author Ginny Owens about finding hope - the topic of her new book Singing in the Dark . Ginny became a household name as the Gospel Music Association’s 2000 New Artist of the Year. Growing in notoriety as both a singer and a songwriter, winning 3 Dove awards and multiple ASCAP Awards along the way, Owens has sold over a million records over the course of her career. A top performer on the Christian radio charts with hi...
May 26, 2021•39 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael, I'm chatting with bestselling author and speaker, Nicki Koziarz. As a part of Proverbs 31 Ministries, she speaks nationally at conferences, retreats, and meetings and hosts her own podcast . An evangelist at heart, Nicki inspires others to become the best version of who God created them to be. Nicki and her husband and three girls run a small farm just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, which they affectionately call The Fixer Upper Farm. Key Points from O...
May 19, 2021•40 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with author Jeannie Cunnion about her new book Don’t Miss Out: Daring to Believe Life is Better with the Holy Spirit . Jeannie is well known for writing stories that make much of the wild love of Jesus because of how her life has been rescued by it. She is also a beloved Bible teacher and sought-after speaker who has been featured on outlets such as the TODAY show, Fox News, The 700 Club, and Focus on the Family. Jeannie, who holds a master’s degre...
May 12, 2021•38 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with author Jennifer Dukes Lee about her new book Growing Slow: Lessons on Un-Hurrying Your Heart from an Accidental Farm Girl . Jennifer lives on the fifth-generation Lee family farm in Iowa, where she and her husband are raising crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans. She writes books, loves queso, and enjoys singing too loudly to songs with great harmony. Once upon a time, she didn't believe in Jesus; now he's her CEO. Key Points from Our Convers...
May 05, 2021•40 min
This week on Talk Therapy I want to share a story of redemption. Our world is full of heartbreaking news and I wanted to share a story that builds your faith. A fun fact you may not know about me is that my son and I share a birthday (May 4th) and every year it serves as a reminder of the goodness and redeeming power of God. He is my rainbow baby. How about you? What has been lost perhaps even in this last year of the pandemic? Be bold and ask God to redeem it. Start by pouring out how you feel ...
May 03, 2021•15 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with recording artist Rachael Lampa. Rachael has been enjoying music industry success since her teen years, yet ask her what her richest accomplishments are, and you’ll hear a lot more about the relationships that have formed her on the road, the fans that have become dear friends, the beauty that has bridged impossible gaps in ministry to the marginalized and the miracle of her own growing family and sense of home. Even while her own story continu...
Apr 28, 2021•31 min
Today's episode is a bit different than my regular Talk Therapy. I recently gave a TED Talk for my university that many of you said you were interested in hearing about EMDR and emotional eating. I'm presenting this from an academic standpoint, but it contains great content from professional journal articles. I encourage you to lean in and see the Holy Spirit wants to teach you in this conversation. Resource mentioned: EMDR International Association Connect with Rachael: website | Instagram | Fa...
Apr 26, 2021•25 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with Dr. Irini Fambro. She's is a wife and mother, teacher and student, speaker and listener. She and her high school love, Kenneth, have two children: Kalila and Kenneth. Irini's passion is to increase the contributions within organizations through valuing a greater definition of intelligence. Out of that desire, Intelligent Leadership was birthed from her dissertation work on Multiple Intelligence in leadership. Her experience includes a BS in Bu...
Apr 21, 2021•45 min
As a counselor in training, I have discovered that many people suffer from chronic stress and anxiety simply because they do not allow themselves to feel the emotions that arise. Anger and other emotions are normal human responses. Ephesians 4:26 says: "Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger..." You’ve probably heard sermons before that remind us anger itself is not the problem, rather it is the sin that follows that anger. I believe anger gets lodged in our hearts whe...
Apr 19, 2021•11 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with the host of the Truth for your Twenties podcast , Katie Bulmer. The mission behind everything Katie does is to be who she needed when she was younger. She is an author and keynote speaker to over 50 colleges nationwide, mom of two girls, TikTok creator, and a big fan of guacamole. Key Points from Our Conversation: Katie was a quiet child who never could have imagined God would call her to public speaking. After a meltdown in adulthood, she rea...
Apr 14, 2021•33 min
This week I felt God drop it on my heart to speak to you about why we need to retreat in order to advance. This word came to me for the JOYmail newsletter I send once a month. By the way, if you aren’t on that list click here to join. I love to look to Jesus to learn how to set healthy boundaries and create space to process emotions. Jesus would often retreat to a quiet place to be alone and pray. And he said to them, “Come away by yourselves to a desolate place and rest awhile.” For many were c...
Apr 12, 2021•8 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with author Kat Armstrong about her new book The In-Between Place . Kat was born in Houston, TX where the humidity ruins her curls. She is a powerful Mexi-German Bible teacher and author of two books ( No More Holding Back and The In-Between Place ). As the co-founder of The Polished Network , an outreach to working women navigating careers and exploring faith, she is invested in the lives of women eager to learn about how the scriptures are releva...
Apr 07, 2021•42 min
Today's episode is the last in my series leading up to Easter about 5 topics that will help us prepare our HEART - Holy Spirit conviction Embrace grace Align your heart with His Restore union Thanksgiving As we focus on thanking Jesus this Easter, I also want to discuss thanksgiving as a Biblical principle that helps our mental health. When we give thanks to God with a posture of gratitude, something shifts in our spirit. It lifts us out of despair. I want to encourage you to make a gratitude li...
Apr 05, 2021•10 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael, I'm chatting with author Jen Weaver. Jen is passionate about helping women know the love of Christ and engage in life with Him. She’s the author of "A Wife’s Secret to Happiness" and serves as Bible teacher, ministry coach, and contributing writer for various publications. Married to her best friend Jared, she’s a happy boy mom of two young sons and is most likely to be found with her hair full of dry shampoo and a coffee mug in-hand. Key Points from Our Conv...
Mar 31, 2021•38 min
Leading up to Easter, I'm doing a series about 5 topics that will help us prepare our HEART - Holy Spirit conviction Embrace grace Align your heart with His Restore union Thanksgiving Today's episode was inspired by the phrase from John Eldrige's book Get Your Life Back . In it, he writes about the act of taking a 1-minute pause to realign your heart with God to restore union with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. God's desire is to be in union with us all day, every day. I encourage you to down...
Mar 29, 2021•6 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm talking with author Charlotte Gambill. Charlotte has an infectious love for life, a deep love for people, and zealous love for God’s House. Her passion is to build the local church across the earth, to see people reach their full potential, and to develop and strengthen leadership. Charlotte is known for her practical, humorous, and passionate application of God’s Word. Charlotte is an author, speaker, pastor, and mother, she leads Life Church in England w...
Mar 24, 2021•38 min
Leading up to Easter, I'm doing a series about 5 topics that will help us prepare our HEART - Holy Spirit conviction Embrace grace Align your heart with His Restore union Thanksgiving This week I’m focusing on aligning our hearts with His. When we can do that and pray from a position that's in line with God's will, we will see doors bust open. It just takes a simple prayer. Here are 2 simple ways to align your heart with His: 1. Get in the Word It reads you while you read it. If you're looking f...
Mar 22, 2021•9 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael, I'm talking with Christy Wright about her new book Living True: 40 Days to Get Back to You . Christy Wright is a #1 national best-selling author, personal development expert, and host of The Christy Wright Show. She’s been featured on Today Show and Fox News and in Entrepreneur and Woman’s Day Magazines. Since 2009, Christy has served at Ramsey Solutions, where she teaches on personal development, business, and faith. Key Points from Our Conversation: Christy...
Mar 17, 2021•33 min
Leading up to Easter, I'm doing a series about 5 topics that will help us prepare our HEART - Holy Spirit conviction Embrace grace Align your heart with His Restore union Thanksgiving This week I’m focusing on embracing grace. We could sum up the Bible in the phrase “God’s grace.” “Grace” is God’s favor to humans through Jesus. He purchased our freedom with the blood of His Son and forgave our sins, we just have to choose to receive it. Have you received grace through the gift of salvation? Do y...
Mar 15, 2021•7 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm speaking with Karen Ehman about her new book Make Their Day: 101 Simple, Powerful Ways to Love Others Well . Karen is a New York Times bestselling author, speaker with Proverbs 31 Ministries , and a writer for Encouragement for Today, an online devotional that reaches over four million women daily. She has authored 15 books and has been featured on numerous media outlets including FoxNews.com, TODAY Parenting, Redbook.com, Crosswalk.com, and HomeLife Magaz...
Mar 10, 2021•33 min
When I asked God what He wanted me to share for today's Talk Therapy, He laid on my heart this phrase, "Prepare your hearts for my Son.” Leading up to Easter, I'm going to be doing a series about 5 topics that will help us prepare our HEART - Holy Spirit conviction Embrace grace Align your heart with His Restore union Thanksgiving This week I'm sharing about what it looks like to be convicted by the Holy Spirit and why it's necessary for us to listen and obey. If there's something you feel would...
Mar 08, 2021•10 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm excited to talk with Dr. Caroline Leaf about her new book Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess . She is a communication pathologist and cognitive neuroscientist with a Masters and Ph.D. in Communication Pathology and a BSc Logopaedics, specializing in cognitive and metacognitive neuropsychology. Since the early 1980s, she has researched the mind-brain connection, the nature of mental health, and the formation of memory. She was one of the first in her field to stu...
Mar 03, 2021•46 min
This week as I was feeling anxious, I began to analyze myself when God interrupted my thought process and reminded me to pray. Anxiety, worry, and fear are not from God. Whenever those things pop up, we can use them as reminders that we must make it a daily habit to cast our cares upon God. Casting requires action, but it also lightens our load and does something to fix the problem. What is God asking you to cast on him today? 1 Peter 5:7, "Cast all your anxieties on the Him because He cares for...
Mar 01, 2021•7 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael I'm chatting with my friend Lisa Corley about how we can better understand the gift of prophecy. Lisa Corley is a wife and mother of three boys. She has been an active member of Gateway Church for 18 years. She has lead small groups and is involved in the prophetic ministry. Lisa has taught on parenting, understanding prophetic ministry, and living a Spirit-filled life in women’s groups. She loves the prophetic aspect of the Christian walk. Her gentle loving p...
Feb 24, 2021•39 min
We all have coping strategies, but are they healthy? When life throws the unexpected at you, it's natural to seek to numb the pain through coping. Maybe you run to online shopping, alcohol, or binge eating. But God's desire is for us to soothe in a way that draws us closer to Him. That can look like praying or reading the Bible or even going for a walk or listening to upbeat, positive music. This week, I encourage you to write out a coping list. Be honest about your good and bad strategies, cros...
Feb 22, 2021•9 min
This week on Real Talk with Rachael, I'm talking with Tom Lane, Dallas campus pastor at Gateway Church about his book Tested and Approved: 21 Lessons for Life and Ministry . Tom Lane graduated with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and business administration from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Prior to Gateway, he was in pastoral ministry at Trinity Fellowship for 27 years where he held a variety of positions, and prior to that, he worked in corporate settings in Omaha, Oklahoma City, and...
Feb 17, 2021•45 min
