Send us a text Hallie Graves is a 30-something, energetic Jesus follower living the single gal life in Austin, Texas. A lawyer, passion-collector, and the director of Polished Austin , Hallie loves encouraging women to live the fullest, most free lives that Jesus has called them to live. In this episode, Hallie shares openly about her struggle with body image and what she is learning about how to build her life around the gifts and callings God has given her. Thanks to this week's sponsor: Audib...
Nov 02, 2016•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 21
Send us a text Sarah is a business strategist, brand consultant, and entrepreneur with a passion for helping people use their influence to make the world a better place. Drawing on her background in marketing and the music industry, Sarah decided to launch SDH Strategy in 2016 with the goal of helping female creatives and small business owners combine great ideas with purpose and strategy. Got a God-shaped dream? Enter our giveaway to win a Sip & Strategy session with Sarah so you can figure...
Oct 26, 2016•55 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Send us a text Jessyca Allen is a newlywed and a Midwestern soul living in Colorado. Because she struggles with comparison and negative self-talk, she loves creating beautiful pieces that point herself and others to God's character and His love for His children. Several years ago Jessyca began wondering how God might use her creativity for His glory. Today, her calligraphy and graphic design business, Bezalel & Babel , is the space where pursuing Him and creating her art intersect. NEXT STEP...
Oct 19, 2016•44 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Send us a text In 2009, Addie Cunningham helped create the Indiana Parkinson Foundation following the devastating diagnosis of her dad, Don Waterman, and today she serves as the foundation’s Chair. Addie joined forces with her college roommate, Joy Gordon (a physical therapist), to launch an exercise program that provides hope, community, and movement opportunities for people with Parkinson’s across the state of Indiana. From the beginning, they both prayed God would do something big. Already th...
Oct 12, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Send us a text Simone Halpin is the co-founder and Director of Naomi’s House, a residential safe home for women who have suffered from commercial sexual exploitation. She also serves as the Director of Women’s Care at The Moody Church. There, Simone founded the Precious to Him Project, an extension of the Women’s Ministry, devoted to serving vulnerable and exploited women in Chicago and beyond. With a M.A. in Biblical Studies from Moody Theological Seminary, Simone teaches and trains women what ...
Oct 05, 2016•46 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Send us a text Jenn Jett Barrett is a graphic and web designer, a speaker, published author, and co-founder of The {Well} Studio. She loves helping her design clients make their dreams a beautiful reality and figure out how to move their dreams from great to awesome. A conference and retreat junkie, Jenn’s primary focus for the year 2016 has been on the creation of Camp Well, a four-day deep-rooted, faith-filled venture for dreamers, doers and entrepreneurs held recently in Denver, Colorado. NEX...
Sep 28, 2016•41 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Kat Armstrong is a preacher, a preacher’s wife, and the co-founder and Executive Director of Polished , an outreach ministry sharing the gospel with a generation of young professional women and equipping young professional women to share the gospel. Kat’s passion is to see young women navigate the complexities of work and life, inviting them to learn how the God of the Bible can inform and influence their day-to-day lives. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || ...
Sep 21, 2016•54 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text K.B. Hoyle is an award-winning author, public speaker, creative writing instructor, and classical history teacher who uses her knowledge of the ancient and medieval worlds to pen speculative fiction for readers of all ages. She is currently preparing for a major career change in order to pursue her dream of full-time writing. In the midst of the unknown, she shares the peace the Lord has given her about these next steps. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || Bo...
Sep 14, 2016•49 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Andrea Conway is passionate about living life authentically with others, whether that be in her community, gathering women around a dinner table, or working with Ethiopian children who live in extreme poverty. Each year, Andrea travels to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia with Out of the Ashes . She has learned that going into situations ready to listen, learn, work, and then listen some more, opens up doors for communities to grow, stereotypes to fall, and love to blossom. NEXT STEPS: Connec...
Sep 07, 2016•1 hr 12 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Kim Davis is a Texas soul living in Colorado with her husband, Chase, and their two boys Knox & Owen. She curates & runs an online boutique - Oh, Sweet Joy! - and loves inspiring others to find the beauty in the everyday, especially in their wardrobe. Kim is an unlikely pastor's wife to Chase, who is on staff at The Well in Boulder. She is currently navigating how to thrive in the tiresome days of motherhood, ministry, and running a business. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merri...
Aug 31, 2016•44 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Amy Knuver’s passion for people led her to pursue a degree in elementary education and inspired her interest in teaching overseas. Now, a recent college graduate, she is on her way to Togo in West Africa where she will finally have her own classroom, teaching second grade missionary kids. In the midst of this adventure and all of the unknowns ahead, she is striving to love unconditionally, laugh uncontrollably, and live unrestrained. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || In...
Aug 24, 2016•37 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Cheryl McGrath shares her decades-long struggle with workaholism and its impact on her family, personal health, and understanding of success. The Lord eventually upended her perspective on where to find her value and identity. Taking what she learned from that experience, Cheryl is now pursuing her passion to help women embrace their self-worth and live life wholeheartedly through her new coaching business, Every Season Coaching. If you wrestle with feeling like you’re “not enough...
Aug 17, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Trina Cress is the author of Simplifying Home and the girl behind SimplifyingHome.com . In between caring for three kids and advocating simplicity, she also writes about simple faith and life on her personal blog BeginnerBeans.com . There she shares from her messy beginnings to uncover beauty in the process and joy in the simple. She and her family live in Nebraska where Trina aims to live her “real life” first and then make her online updates an echo of that. NEXT STEPS: Connect ...
Aug 10, 2016•33 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Claire Nix is a business coach for mompreneurs and digital media strategist. She is passionate about helping women seek Jesus, prioritize their families, and create a successful, fun business allowing them to find purpose outside of caring for young children. She is a wife (to her high school sweetheart), a mom to two boys, and a woman with a God-sized dream who is on a mission to help other women find success in life and business. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Inst...
Aug 03, 2016•27 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text The podcast takes a bit of a turn this week to discuss the dream of having a family and the intimate struggle of infertility. Sarah Targgart gives a voice to this heart-wrenching topic. She is vulnerable about what the journey has been like for her. She shares what was and was not helpful while she and her husband fought to cling to the promises of God while wondering if their dreams of having a family would ever come true. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram ||...
Jul 27, 2016•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Heather Disarro is a food-centric lifestyle blogger at Heather's Dish . She is passionate about embracing the beauty that surrounds us in our everyday lives, and she revels in the opportunity to bring the love of cooking to the world as a way to love others well! In this episode, Heather is honest about her insecurities and the challenges she faces in chasing God’s plans in spite of the fears that could hold her back. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || Book ...
Jul 20, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text When she was still single, Britt Peck’s God-shaped dream moved her to Las Vegas to minister to women in the sex industry. Now back home in Connecticut, she’s newly married, supporting her husband through law school, and living in the in-between as she waits for God to reveal what’s next. In this season, Britt is learning to be still, finding gratitude in the simple things, and figuring out what it means to be a godly wife. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || ...
Jul 06, 2016•41 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text Brooke Fish creates and sells eco-friendly, stylish baby accessories through her company Fresh BiB, but her greatest desire is to encourage new moms. In this episode she openly shares about her past, including her struggle with post-partum depression, as well as the challenges of today with regard to discerning the future of Fresh BiB. She fervently believes God will provide for those who are willing to actively engage in the pursuit of the dreams He has given. NEXT STEPS: Connect...
Jun 29, 2016•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text Missy Williams is the co-founder of Seed Effect, a Christ-centered, nonprofit microfinance organization focused on providing economic and spiritual empowerment for the people of South Sudan. While Missy never set out to start a microfinance organization, she is now able to share the powerful tips she learned about executing on a dream and keeping your eyes on the Lord. Join me as we learn together what can happen when God places a seemingly impossible assignment in your hands. NEX...
Jun 22, 2016•56 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Alysa Passage is a graphic designer and Restoration Advocate with kitchen intuition . She has a sincere desire to help others pursue authentic community and deep fellowship through shared meals. Her special gift to Momentum listeners is a free guide called “12 Simple Ways to Break Free from the Daily Grind Today!” Listen in as Alysa and I talk about how some of her dreams have unfolded and the challenges she still faces along the way. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || I...
Jun 15, 2016•49 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text In episode 1 of Momentum , author Erin Straza shares the concepts behind her new book, Comfort Detox , regarding our tendency to numb our emotions and buffer against the hard things of life. At the same time, it’s a book about hope and recovery, showing us how we can become God’s comfort agents to the world. Listen as Erin shares where she finds creative inspiration, how she battles self-doubt and comparison, and much more. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram ||...
Jun 08, 2016•48 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Send us a text In this debut episode of Momentum , I share a bit of my story as well as an introduction to what you can expect from future episodes. You’ll hear the “why” behind Momentum and the one question that put some of my God-given dreams in motion, including this podcast. Stick around after the closing music for a quick 3-minute update with a little vulnerability about what it was like to record my first podcast episode. NEXT STEPS: Connect with Merritt: Website || Instagram || Book a Cal...
Jun 01, 2016•16 min
