The weight of our past, present, and uncertain future stops us and keeps us dead in our tracks. The all-too-familiar feeling of unworthiness becomes prominent, causing us to live from a place of fear and despair. But what if it chose to talk about it, rather than push it down? Eryn Eddy has been there and wants readers to know the truth that changes everything: they are valuable. In her new book, So Worth Loving: How Discovering Your True Value Changes Everything, the speaker, creative director ...
Feb 26, 2021•49 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Allison Fallon is a bestselling author and founder of Find Your Voice—a community that offers workshops, coaching, editing and support for anyone who wants to write a book. She's written and published 13 books and counting, coached hundreds of writers from total beginners to New York Times Bestselling authors, hosted workshops all over the country and world, and helped hundreds of thousands of people use writing as a tool for their own personal growth. Related Links: WEBSITE: allisonfallon.com I...
Feb 18, 2021•42 min•Season 1Ep. 158
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief is Daryl Strawberry, an American former professional baseball right fielder and author who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Throughout his career, Strawberry was one of the most feared sluggers in the sport, known for his prodigious home runs and his intimidating presence in the batter's box with his 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) frame and his long, looping swing that elicited comparisons to Ted Williams'. During his career, he helped lead the New York Mets ...
Feb 10, 2021•41 min•Season 1Ep. 157
Millennials might endure negative labels from older generations--lazy, broken, entitled, lost--but the most damaging labels are the ones we use on ourselves. Words are powerful. Even when they aren't true, they can begin to shape our perceptions of ourselves and the decisions we make. Yet the only labels that really matter to this, the largest and most diverse generation yet, are the ones with which God originally designated us. What does he call our generation? Sons and daughters . We are calle...
Feb 03, 2021•48 min•Season 1Ep. 156
If you’re anything like Kerri Pomarolli, you’ve read Proverbs 31 and thought, “Who is this woman? And what kind of magic unicorn, Energizer Bunny juice does she have on IV?” And you thought social media standards were hard to live up to! As a sought-after comedian living in LA, Kerri knows about impossible standards. “I don’t plow, and I don’t rise early. When it says she gathers her food from afar, does that mean takeout…?” In Confessions of a Proverbs 32 Woman, Kerri fearlessly shares the mess...
Jan 27, 2021•31 min•Season 1Ep. 155
Maggie Combs is the author of the upcoming book Motherhood Without All the Rules: Trading Stressful Standards for Gospel Truths (Moody Publishers, Fall 2020). When motherhood overwhelmed her, God drew her closer to him through writing her first book, Unsupermommy. She loves playing games with her husband and three boys, herding goats on their family farm, and reading young adult literature and cozy mysteries in her free time. It is her joy to disciple women in her local church and through her wr...
Jan 20, 2021•38 min•Season 1Ep. 154
Taylor Kiser, author of Eat The Cookie , understands the pendulum swings we experience with our weight and self-perception. She knows what it's like to let fear of falling short turn into a belief that you're not worthy, and this belief turned into destructive habits that controlled her life for far too long. Now a certified nutrition and fitness coach, Taylor enjoys eating a cookie now and then, even as she enjoys discovering recipes and habits that give her renewed physical energy and health. ...
Jan 13, 2021•33 min•Season 1Ep. 153
Nancy Hicks is a teacher and speaker who inspires women to find their God-given power and ignite a life of passion. As a mother, wife and leader, Nancy Hicks understands the many roles a woman plays and the feeling that there must be more in her and for her. Nancy knows what it’s like to spend blurry days scrubbing floors and doing laundry, and she also knows what it’s like to use her voice as a singer and a former on-air spokesperson for QVC, reaching millions with her platform. In each season,...
Jan 06, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 152
Karen Ehman is a Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and New York Times best-selling author. She writes for Encouragement for Today online devotions that bring God's peace, perspective, and purpose to over four million women daily. Karen is the author of 11 books, including Listen, Love, Repeat, Keep It Shut, Hoodwinked, and Pressing Pause. She is also the Speaker Track Director of Proverbs 31 She Speaks Conference and a teaching staff member of their writers' training site, COMPEL. Related Links: WE...
Dec 16, 2020•33 min•Season 1Ep. 151
Jenny has served in ministry and worked in the entertainment, publishing and creative industries for over fifteen years. Her unique personal story and creative adventures have provided her with a platform to encourage others to find freedom and take action. Her dedication to helping individuals be rooted in faith frees people to move beyond their failures in pursuit of purpose. Jenny’s been quoted in popular media outlets like Bustle, Martha Stewart, Inc. Magazine, and other numerous print, tele...
Dec 09, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 150
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Lisa Bevere ! Lisa Bevere has spent three decades empowering women of all ages to find their identity and purpose. She is a New York Times bestselling author and internationally known speaker. Her previous books, which include Fight Like a Girl , Lioness Arising , Girls with Swords , Without Rival , and Adamant , are in the hands of millions worldwide. Lisa and her husband John are the founders of Messenger International. Do you have a godmother? If y...
Dec 04, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 149
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn from Not a Partnership ! About the Authors: Tod Jacobs Tod Jacobs is Director of the David Robinson Institute for Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem, which he co-founded in 2005. Prior to his current role teaching and counseling his students and alumni, he enjoyed a distinguished career on Wall Street as one of the leading authorities on the telecommunications industry globally. As a managing director at JP Morgan and before that a...
Nov 18, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 148
Hello, I'm Marilyn Vancil! It is a sacred honor to witness "Holy Aha Moments" for those I accompany as a spiritual director, coach, and facilitator of workshops and retreats. Being in the presence of how God draws people to new experiences of freedom and ever-deepening awareness of Divine Love and Grace in their everyday stories is a privilege and a joy! I've been passionate about the Enneagram personality model and its value in Christian spiritual transformation for over thirty years. My worksh...
Nov 04, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 147
In 2009, Lara Casey —PowerSheets® creator, best-selling author, and mom to three—wrote a blog post ("How to Make Things Happen") in an attempt to answer the many emails she received asking, "how do you do it all?" The blog post received a flurry of responses, resonating with hundreds of people. It sparked a movement that turned into the Making Things Happen Conference a decade ago, where she continues to lead attendees through our proven process to uncover what truly matters to them and do somet...
Oct 28, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 146
Welcome Kelly Balarie to the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast! Now more than ever, we need rest –a deep, trust-centered knowing of God’s goodness and peace. Yet, these days, we are experiencing the opposite: Three out of five people admit to doing more than they can manage. Many are more fearful than ever because of Covid-19. Great amounts of people are under the weight of massive financial burdens. Not only this, but family life, virtual schooling, safety discussions and workplaces are overtaking...
Oct 21, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 145
Shari Rigby, a former model who represented numerous companies such as Mercedes Benz, Humira, American West Airlines, Suzuki, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Cox Cable, got her start in acting as a lead in the Dove award winning music video, “Slow Fade,” by Casting Crowns. She also appeared in The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Her feature films include Not Today which received seven awards including an IFFF Spirit Award and Best Justice Film, October Baby named one of the “To...
Oct 14, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 144
As an international speaker at churches, conferences and university chapels, Megan Fate Marshman is a leading voice to this generation. She has devoted her life to loving God and overflowing His awesome love to others. Megan is currently a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and the Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. She also shepherds women at her home church, Arbor Road. She also enjoys adventuring all over the globe with her family speaking and sharing t...
Oct 07, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 143
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn from Not a Partnership ! Beyond being a typical collaboration between two authors or scholars, this book represents the culmination of more than fifteen years of work that Tod and Peter have done together in the area of marriage. The students of the institute they lead have provided a living laboratory for how to prepare for marriage, face and ultimately overcome its classic and idiosyncratic challenges. The pair’s primary ob...
Oct 01, 2020•55 min•Season 1Ep. 142
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Kayla Stocklein ! Widow of Megachurch Pastor Leaves Breadcrumbs of Hope for Those Lost in the Wilderness of Mental Illness in New Book Kayla Stoecklein Shares the Journey that Led to Her Husband’s Suicide, Encourages Others to Be a Safe Space for Those Struggling in ‘Fear Gone Wild.' “It’s crucial we approach this message as both a love story full of life and a tragedy full of loss at the same time. When we leave room for both/and in another person’s ...
Sep 23, 2020•36 min•Season 1Ep. 141
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Laura Smith ! In the new book, How Sweet the Sound: The Power and Promise of 30 Beloved Hymns from Our Daily Bread Publishing, author Laura Smith takes a fresh look at 30 classic hymns, sharing warm devotional stories and making meaningful connections between these songs of the past and our twenty-first century lives. Do you miss listening to the sweet harmonies of hymns being sung in church? Do you recall precious life memories when a specific hymn e...
Sep 16, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 140
My interview this week is with Jamie Ivey. Jamie hosts a podcast called The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey , she lives in Austin, TX, is a wife to Aaron, and together they have four kids under the age of 13. On the podcast this week I want to focus on an incredible book Jamie just finished writing entitled If You Only Knew: My Unlikely, Unavoidable Story of Becoming Free . Her book is scheduled to be released January 2018. In this book, she is honest, vulnerable, and raw with personal stories about ...
Sep 09, 2020•55 min
This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Paul David Tripp ! Dr. Paul David Tripp is a pastor, event speaker, and a best-selling and award-winning author. With more than 30 books and video series on Christian living, Paul’s driving passion is to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Experience The Marriage Of Your Dreams Paul Tripp will encourage you with what the Bible has to say about marriage: No matter how long you have been married, you must continually rea...
Aug 26, 2020•55 min
This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Daniel & Brittany Price Brooker ! After the tragic untimely deaths of their respective spouses, Brittany Price and Daniel Brooker each found themselves as a young widow/widower – dealing with their own individual journey’s of grief, and pain, and heartache, and loss… a loss that ultimately brought them together in remarriage....
Aug 19, 2020•45 min
Please welcome John Mark Comer to the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week talking about our world of HURRY and how we can eliminate it!! Our worst moments tend to happen when we are in a hurry—late for an appointment, behind on our to-do list, cramming too much in our day. It occurs when we’re trying constantly to do more, creating a bone-deep tiredness not just in our minds or bodies but deep in our souls. In short, hurry doesn’t just make us weary. It is the great enemy of our spiritual l...
Aug 12, 2020•50 min
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Alli Worthington! Alli is like many of us – a woman following her calling in ministry, work, and family – who found herself at a spiritual crossroads. God called her into something new, but she wasn’t sure she was strong enough to say yes. Standing Strong delivers a wealth of practical tips and Godly wisdom that will leave you encouraged to follow the dream God has planted in your heart. You are enough” is a well-intentioned, encouraging message preac...
Aug 05, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 139
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Dawn Barton ! Dawn Barton has endured more pain and heartache in her lifetime than Hallmark can fit into a single movie: the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, near-death of her mother from a brain aneurism, the death of her only sibling, and her husband’s substance abuse. But because she experienced such incredible pain, she also knows incredible joy… so much so, this sassy southerner refers to herself as a "Joyologist.” In her new book, Laughin...
Jul 29, 2020•35 min•Season 1Ep. 138
Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is musical artist, Banning Liebscher! Banning Liebscher is on staff at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He and his wife, SeaJay, are the directors of Jesus Culture, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing, equipping, activating, and sending a new breed of revivalists worldwide. Related Links: WEBSITE: Leadership.JesusCultureSchool.com INSTAGRAM: @thebanning TWITTER: @thebanning FACEBOOK: /thebanningpage...
Jul 22, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 137
Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, on mother/daughter relationships, Dr. Helen McIntosh and Blythe Daniel. Are You Struggling with a Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationship? Dr. Helen McIntosh and Daughter, Blythe Daniel, Provide Tools to Help You Restore What Needs Mended! Relationships between mothers and daughters can be messy and hurtful. Dr. Helen McIntosh understands the uncertainty of a strained relationship and the scars that can develop. Raised by a mother who battled anxiety, anger, ...
Jul 16, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 136
Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, we have Jen Fulwiler! About Jennifer: When SiriusXM radio host Jennifer Fulwiler decided she wanted to seriously pursue stand-up comedy, she repeatedly heard there wasn’t a place for a minivan driving, female comic with six kids. But Fulwiler wasn’t going to let anyone stand in her way. After countless open mic-nights, she self-produced a comedy tour, using her personal credit card to secure venues. Tickets sales were explosive with many shows selling out in...
Jul 08, 2020•34 min•Season 1Ep. 135
Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, we have Sharon Jaynes ! Sharon is an international inspirational speaker and Bible teacher for women’s conferences and events. She is also the author of several books, including Becoming the Woman of His Dreams and The 14-Day Romance Challenge. Sharon and her husband, Steve, call North Carolina home. Words have the power to spur others on to achieve greatness and also the power to have a lasting negative impact. International speaker Sharon Jaynes encourages...
Jul 01, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 134
