Send us a text Jennie Allen is an award-winning and bestselling author of Nothing to Prove , Anything and Restless , as well as the Bible Studies Stuck , Chase , Restless and her most recent, Proven . As the founder and visionary for the IF: Gathering , she is a passionate leader following God’s call on her life to catalyze a generation of women to live what they believe. Jennie has a master’s degree in Biblical studies from Dallas Theological Seminary and lives in Austin, Texas, with her husban...
Jun 21, 2017•43 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Send us a text Corine Sandifer is a business and life coach with a vision of helping other women. Since 2010, she has been coaching women entrepreneurs and students to discover their talents and skills so they can reach their highest level of contribution at work, school and in life. She is the owner and founder of Brentwood Life Coach and the host of Rising Stories Podcast where she interviews business owners and authors who tell their stories of triumph, grit and glory. In this episode, Corine...
Jun 14, 2017•41 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Send us a text Hannah Toldt is an extroverted introvert with a passion for authenticity, people and simple living. She owns an ever-growing photography business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and photographs weddings, portraits and families. Hannah started her business to combine her love for people with her creative eye. She is passionate about helping women see their beauty through her photographs of them, and she has a deep longing for all women and girls to know their value, worth and beauty. It’s...
Jun 07, 2017•58 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Send us a text Hope Mangiafico’s mission is to help others recognize that, whatever their current situation may be, there is always hope. Because of her own experience living with a Type I Diabetes diagnosis, Hope wants to help people recognize their worth beyond a label or life-stage that could currently be holding them back from living the life God created them to live. Hope is passionate about working with people through their health journey, and she works locally (in Greenville, South Caroli...
May 31, 2017•43 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Send us a text Amy Pierson loves to gather people and help them pay attention to what God is creatively up to in their lives. She believes we are all expressions of God’s creativity—which is why it cracks open our souls. Burning Heart Workshops was born out of her life-long journey with faith, learning, and leadership and shaped by hundreds of conversations with like-minded hearts. While her background is advertising and journalism, over the last 10 years Amy has led efforts of the Spiritual For...
May 24, 2017•51 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Send us a text Julie Manning is a wife to her beloved husband, John, mother of three fun-loving boys, and pediatric nurse practitioner. At the age of 25, Julie left her career in corporate America to pursue a bachelor’s degree in nursing. While in nursing school, the Lord birthed a passion within Julie to care for children born with heart disease. Little did she know seven years later, she would learn that her own heart was sick. The Lord’s pursuit of Julie’s heart and soul through the valley of...
May 17, 2017•50 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Send us a text Rachel Swanson is a dental hygienist turned author and speaker. Her book, Big and Little Coloring Devotional (released in LifeWay stores, April 2017), was birthed by her own struggle to keep it together as a busy mama of three children under two years old. A rising inspirational speaker, Rachel shares personal and spiritual growth insights related to encouraging moms in motherhood, helping women discover their unique purpose in Christ, understanding God’s design for healthy sexual...
May 10, 2017•57 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Send us a text Suanne Camfield is the women’s ministry director at Christ Church of Oak Brook and the author of The Sound of a Million Dreams: Awakening to Who You are Becoming (her first book, released in March of 2017). She previously worked for Caris , a nonprofit counseling organization that supports women and children, was an assistant editor at InterVarsity Press and the blog manager for FullFill , a nonprofit focused on mobilizing women to invest their influence in the world for God's pur...
May 03, 2017•57 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Send us a text Shanon Roberts married her high school sweetheart and now lives in Columbia City, IN with their two teenage daughters. When they’re not attending girls’ soccer or basketball games, they’re playing recreational sports, or cuddled up with a good movie. She’s worked as an orthopedic designer for nearly seventeen years, and co-invented a handful of patents as a result. About nine years ago, Shanon consciously committed her life to Christ and has been relying on Him to lead, guide, and...
Apr 26, 2017•42 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Lauren Jones is a homeschooling, bio/adoption and foster care mama of four kids ages 9 to 9months. If you can’t find her in the kitchen or the mountains, she’s probably scouring vintage shops for beautiful books. It should be said that she’s definitely not cleaning her house--you can pray for that if you’d like. Lauren and her husband Joe started foster care three years ago and have had 7 placements in that time. It’s been a healthy...
Apr 19, 2017•51 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Julie Landreth has a passion for healthy and thriving relationships–especially marriages. She is a speaker and wife coach who loves sharing with women her passion for prayer and how to cultivate a thriving marriage. She leads a growing number of women in San Jose, CA through her weekly WifeLab curriculum: Loving Well, The Art of Praying for Your Husband . This year Julie and her husband will celebrate 13 years of cultivating a marri...
Apr 12, 2017•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Natalie Ard is the creator, author, and illustrator of The Christmas Star From Afar® and The Easter Story Egg™. She is a wife and mother to three and has built the Star From Afar Kids company on the foundation of creating inspirational, interactive games and toys that help children play with a purpose. Star From Afar Kids creates toys and games that spark a child’s curiosity and creativity while delivering positive messages and crea...
Apr 05, 2017•47 min•Season 2Ep. 39
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Amy Peterson lives with her husband and two children on a couple of acres of Indiana farmland. She teaches and works with the Honors program at Taylor University. With a B.A. in English Literature from Texas A&M and an M.A. in Intercultural Studies from Wheaton College, Amy taught ESL for two years in Southeast Asia before returning stateside to teach in California, Arkansas, and Washington. Amy has written for Books & Cultu...
Mar 29, 2017•48 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Cynthia Culver graduated from the University of Texas in Austin, and after seven years working in the corporate world, she left to go back to school. With a Masters in Biblical Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary and her LPC -- Licensed Professional Counselor – license, Cynthia split the next ten years working for Watermark Community Church and in private practice at West Counseling. Now specializing in coaching individuals,...
Mar 22, 2017•51 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Hannah is a Midwesterner loving the Colorado life. She’s married to Brad -- a pastor, passionate engager of culture and beer, and a lover of bourbon. They were recently blessed with a bright-eyed baby boy, Ransom, after five years of infertility. While learning to be new parents, they attempt to keep up with their spirited husky/blue heeler mix, Scout, and meet the needs of their entitled cat, Brooklyn. Brad and Hannah started The T...
Mar 15, 2017•53 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher If you live near Denver, Colorado, you can meet this week's guest, Alexandra Kuykendall, in person at the Denver Institute for Faith & Work event called “Ambition: Living with Drive & Devotion” happening this Friday, March 10th in Denver. Learn more & register here: http://denverinstitute.org/ambition/ Alexandra Kuykendall says she spends her days driving to multiple schools, figuring out what to feed her people and sear...
Mar 08, 2017•52 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Send us a text Leave a review of the show on iTunes or Stitcher Jess Connolly is passionate to communicate about Jesus. Whether that's through writing, speaking, or having a coffee date -- she loves spurring other women on and wants to leave her generation more in awe of God than she found it. She's one of the co-founders of SheReadsTruth , one of the owners of Amen Paper Company , co-author of USA Today Best Seller "Wild and Free," and the co-founder of The Influence Conference and Network . Sh...
Mar 01, 2017•37 min•Season 2Ep. 34
Send us a text Here’s a quick follow-up conversation for you with Erin Straza (who was a guest back in episode 1 of the podcast). In this mini-episode, Erin talks about her newly released book, Comfort Detox: Finding Freedom from the Habits that Bind You. I invited her back to chat with us about how life is different now and what she’s learned from becoming a published author. I love Erin’s honesty about hitting an emotional wall just a few months before the big launch and what it feels like to ...
Feb 22, 2017•38 min•Season 2Ep. 33
Send us a text Instead of listening to God, graphic designer Amber Brannon says she was fearful of the unknown in the dream He’d given her. And then there was that day He made it abundantly clear that she was to leave her agency job to create a business of her own. So, with fear and trepidation, she took that step and found herself in a dream job that’s provided more than enough for her needs and allowed her to build a design business full of heart for telling her clients’ stories. Amber is a fr...
Feb 15, 2017•46 min•Season 2Ep. 32
Send us a text For 10 years, Angie Weszely believed her dream of working in ministry was dead for good. But God took her through a series of small steps of faithfulness and rekindled a dream in her that she never knew to have. Today, Angie is the co-founder and CEO of ProGrace , which equips Christians with a new response to the abortion issue, one that goes beyond the political debate by focusing on God’s heart for both the woman and the child. Find the show notes and resources mentioned in thi...
Feb 09, 2017•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 31
Send us a text I’m jumping into your feed today with an update about the podcast following the season break I took in January. First, The Momentum Podcast is now called The Devoted Dreamers Podcast. In this mini-episode you’ll hear a bit about what was going on in my world before I launched this podcast, more about the name change and new tagline, and what’s on my heart for the future of this endeavor that I’m secretly calling a “Dream Ministry.” May you be encouraged as I share that dreams, lik...
Feb 07, 2017•14 min
Send us a text My interview this week veers a bit from the norm. In this episode, I’m speaking with two previous Momentum guests, Alysa Passage and Cheryl McGrath , who partnered together to do something new that would move them forward in their God-shaped dreams. Their story is not only a great example of courageous movement toward their dreams, but it also covers a topic we could all benefit from—better self-care. I hope their experience of stepping out and trying something new gives you an id...
Jan 01, 2017•45 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Send us a text Sharon is an author, speaker, pastor’s wife and mom of two boys who lives, with her family, in North Carolina. She has been a regular contributor to Christianity Today , Propel , and She Reads Truth , and she is currently working on her first book, set to release in 2017. In addition to writing, Sharon recently completed her PhD, which explored the stories and experiences of women called to ministry. Sharon speaks a message of hope, truth and courage into our lives. I can’t wait f...
Dec 28, 2016•42 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Send us a text Amanda is a Jesus-loving, adventure-seeking humanitarian who has recently relocated from the U.S. to Iraq where she works with an empowerment program for refugee women as part of Preemptive Love Coalition. A southern hippie who hails from Texas, Amanda loves good coffee, local food, extreme sports, creating, dancing, and Willie Nelson. She has lived all over (Texas, Colorado, North Carolina, Kenya, Ethiopia and Zambia) and has worked in every type of job under the sun, including s...
Dec 21, 2016•51 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Send us a text Kate Boyd is a business coach and strategist helping entrepreneurs with a God-sized dream to squash their fear, gain strength from their faith, and align their passions with powerful strategy. Kate provides personalized coaching so you can make the income that empowers you to impact lives every day and create the freedom you crave. Kate shares from her experience leading two online businesses, one she’s had for years and the other—her business coaching—she launched after feeling a...
Dec 14, 2016•45 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Send us a text Mackenzie is a young professional working as a biological and agricultural engineer in Raleigh, NC. She has a God-given passion for water and a heart for the global water crisis. Ever since learning about the crisis in high school, she has felt called to play a role in its resolution. While working as an intern for Water Mission in Charleston, SC during one summer in college, her passion grew. Today, she is learning to let go of control and allow God show her how He will use this ...
Dec 07, 2016•44 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Send us a text In 2013, Rachel Dodson left New York City for Phnom Penh, Cambodia to create a social enterprise jewelry company--called Penh Lenh--that would empower marginalized and at-risk young women by providing quality education, skills training, and advanced career opportunities. Rachel believes that through designing bold, colorful, and unique pieces, Penh Lenh is creating a platform for so much more. She sees every day as an opportunity to educate, empower, and impact not only her staff ...
Nov 30, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Send us a text Jacci Turner has a passion for teaching contemplative prayer. She has great empathy for those whose spiritual disciplines have fallen short under the demands of life, and she longs to offer new tools for their toolbox. In her lifetime, she has worn many hats: therapist, school counselor, campus minister, spiritual director, and mom. Her favorite hats are her writer and grandmother hats, which come in wild colors and don’t fit too tightly. Jacci and her husband live in Nevada’s hig...
Nov 23, 2016•34 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Send us a text Six years ago, Hannah Anderson slowly began to cultivate a career as a writer. It was not something she ever anticipated doing, but with young children at home she found herself wondering how to steward her gifting. She committed to God that she’d give two years to learning the trade and leave the results in His hands. Today she’s the author of two books: Made for More and the newly released Humble Roots: How Humility Grounds and Nourishes Your Soul (Moody). Enter the giveaway to ...
Nov 16, 2016•51 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Send us a text Sarah Conner oversees programs for a Dallas-based poverty alleviation ministry that serves hundreds of individuals each year on their path towards self-sufficiency and flourishing. Since 2011, she’s also been living her passion of unleashing and equipping women through Polished Dallas. Her story is one of overcoming heartache through faith in God and some great community! She’s a big believer in having lots of good girlfriends, laughter, and a great cheese plate. Today is the last...
Nov 09, 2016•57 min•Season 1Ep. 22
