Get ready to leave defeat and disbelief in your dust, and step boldly into the life God has purposed for you from the beginning.

It’s tough when your gifts and passions are stuck in holding patterns of insecurity, shame, and comparison. But the truth is, every experience of your life has prepared you to live out your God-given purpose in this exact moment. The world is hurting and our lives are waiting, we don’t have time stay stuck–we’ve got to make a move.

You Are the Girl for the Job is not an empty catchphrase. It’s the straight-up truth God has proclaimed over your life from the beginning. It’s not a statement about your capacity, but rather about His–and that’s why we can dare to believe it’s true.

With powerful insights and heart-pumping hope, bestselling author Jess Connolly is here to coach you through six steps toward empowered purpose:

#1 Call It Quit (You’ll see, it’s the best place to start)

#2 Find Your People

#3 Use What You’ve Got

#4 Face Your Fear

#5 Catch the Vision

And finally, #6 Make Your Move

You don’t have to hide, hold back, or wait for permission when God calls you forward. Let this book–as well as the study guide and video study (sold separately)-be your jumpstart into confident, purposed living.

Show Host: Debbie Cole

Guest: Emily Roth – Mother, Author, Video Producer, Creative Consultant

Quotes From the Book:

“We think our responsibility is to tell everyone how they should interact with Jesus, but what is most life-changing is when we interact with Jesus in front of others and let them see the difference HE makes in our lives.”

“I refuse to miss out on what God is doing, what He might be saying, and how He may be miraculously intervening. I refuse to miss out because I’m focused on myself, my insecurities, or my perception of my own capacities.”

Episode Verse

Ephesians 2:10: “For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago.”

Imposter Syndrome OSWD Episode 5 Show NotesEmbrace challenge, unleash your self-confidence, and recognize your true worth

• Do you sometimes feel like a fraud at work, despite years of training and experience?
• Do you feel like it’s pure luck that people can’t see your incompetence?
• Are you worriedthat one day, people will find out that you’re really just faking it?

If you answered a resounding YES to these questions, then you might be experiencing Imposter Syndrome.

Imposter Syndrome is a persistent feeling of self-doubt, incompetence, and inadequacy, despite evidence that reflects otherwise.

Sure, we all feel self-doubt sometimes. But Imposter Syndrome is a whole new level of self-doubt. It’s like self-doubt on steroids!

It makes you feel as if you don’t deserve any of your accomplishments because you can’t shake off the feeling that you are not good enough at what you do. It’s almost as if you are just “winging it” and you are lucky that people are fooled by your act.

Psychologist, Dr E V Estacio shares groundbreaking research from applied psychology and insights from her own experience, so you can apply these practical and easy-to-follow techniques to overcome Imposter Syndrome, know your worth, and flourish with self-confidence at work and in life.

It draws upon scientific research from health psychology, positive psychology, organizational psychology, coaching psychology, client-centered and humanist counseling, brain and cognitive psychology, and critical psychology, to effectively melt away feelings of worry, fear, and self-doubt, and ultimately manage your Imposter Syndrome.

In this book, you will learn about:

• The basics:what Imposter Syndrome is and what is not; the characteristics and symptoms of Imposter Syndrome; and how mismanaging Imposter Syndrome can be harmful to you and others around you;
• Mindset:how adopting a GROWTH mindset, as opposed to a FIXED mindset, is crucial to overcoming all sorts of fear (e.g., fear of risk, fear of failure, fear of rejection, fear of disappointing others, and yes, even fear of success!);
• Perfectionism:why you need to understand the difference between adaptive perfectionism and maladaptive perfectionism, and how maladaptive perfectionism feeds your inner critic
• Message framing:how messages from childhood, the media, and the environment can influence Imposter Syndrome; and how you can re-frame these to help you unleash your inner self-confidence;
• Scientifically-proven techniques:effective and easy to adopt strategies from applied psychology such as mental imagery, the TLC questioning sequence, and mindfulness to improve your mindset, boldly conquer your fears, and build self-confidence.

Show Host: Debbie Cole

Guest: Melisa Turner – Wife, Mother, Ministry Wife, Writer

Episode Verse

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. – Philippians 4:6-9

NEW YORK TIMES

“A must-have resource for anyone looking to get control of their thoughts.”—Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 Ministries

CHRISTIAN BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY COSMOPOLITAN

Are your thoughts holding you captive? I’ll never be good enough. Other people have better lives than I do. God couldn’t really love me. Jennie Allen knows what it’s like to swirl in a spiral of destructive thoughts, but she also knows we don’t have to stay stuck in toxic thinking patterns.

As she discovered in her own life, God built a way for us to escape that downward spiral. Freedom comes when we refuse to be victims to our thoughts and realize we have already been equipped with power from God to fight and win the war for our minds.

In Get Out of Your Head, Jennie inspires and equips us to transform our emotions, our outlook, and even our circumstances by taking control of our thoughts. Our enemy is determined to get in our heads to make us feel helpless, overwhelmed, and incapable of making a difference for the kingdom of God. But when we submit our minds to Christ, the promises and goodness of God flood our lives in remarkable ways.

It starts in your head. And from there, the possibilities are endless.

Show Host: Debbie Cole

Guest: Emilie Baca, New Wife, Ordained Minister, Past Classmate

Episode Verse

“Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” Romans 12:2

How to Parent Your Adult Children OSWD Episode 3 Show NotesAre you struggling to connect with your child now that they’ve left the nest? Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change? In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition.

If you’ve raised a child, you know that parenting doesn’t stop when they turn eighteen. In many ways, your relationship gets even more complicated–your heart and your head are as involved as ever, but you can feel things shifting, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact.

Doing Life with Your Adult Children helps you navigate this rich and challenging season of parenting. Speaking from his own personal and professional experience, Burns offers practical answers to the most common questions he’s received over the years, including:

• My child’s choices are breaking my heart–where did I go wrong?
• Is it OK to give advice to my grown child?
• What’s the difference between enabling and helping?
• What boundaries should I have if my child moves back home?
• What do I do when my child doesn’t seem to be maturing into adulthood?
• How do I relate to my grown child’s significant other?
• What does it mean to have healthy financial boundaries?
• How can I support my grown children when I don’t support their values?

Including positive principles on bringing kids back to faith, ideas on how to leave a legacy as a grandparent, and encouragement for every changing season, Doing Life with Your Adult Children is a unique book on your changing role in a calling that never ends.

Show Host: Debbie Cole

Guest: Adrian Loffer – Wife, Mother to 2 amazing boys and an almost teenage daughter, Children’s Pastor and most importantly a chicken lover.

Guest: Hayley McCroskey – Wife, Mother to 1 amazing boy and a 5 year old girl that thinks she is a teenager, Registered Nurse, Professor and loves to thrift shop.

Episode Verse

3 John 1:4 -“I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.”

Psalms 133:1 – “How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!”

Ignorance is bliss―except in self-awareness.

What you don’t know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships―and even keep you in the shallows with God. Do you want help figuring out who you are and why you’re stuck in the same ruts?

The Enneagram is an ancient personality typing system with an uncanny accuracy in describing how human beings are wired, both positively and negatively. In The Road Back to You Ian Morgan Cron and Suzanne Stabile forge a unique approach―a practical, comprehensive way of accessing Enneagram wisdom and exploring its connections with Christian spirituality for a deeper knowledge of ourselves, compassion for others, and love for God.

Witty and filled with stories, this book allows you to peek inside each of the nine Enneagram types, keeping you turning the pages long after you have read the chapter about your own number. Not only will you learn more about yourself, but you will also start to see the world through other people’s eyes, understanding how and why people think, feel, and act the way they do.

Beginning with changes you can start making today, the wisdom of the Enneagram can help take you further along into who you really are―leading you into places of spiritual discovery you would never have found on your own, and paving the way to the wiser, more compassionate person you want to become.

Show Host: Debbie Cole

Guest: Elaine Jones, Wife, Mother, Ordained Minister, Friend

Episode Verse

Psalm 139:14 Living Bible – Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! It is amazing to think about. Your workmanship is marvelous—and how well I know it.

Favorite Quotes from the book

“Just remember, it is a tool to deepen my love for God and others.”

“And when they see the JOY in you, they see Jesus.”

So I have chosen some books – with various topics that I trust will help and encourage YOU. I invited some friends to come in and discuss them with me. Unscripted – just sitting over coffee. Won’t you join us?

Our first book is: Un-off-end-able, by: Brant Hansen

This book was encouraging for me in the NOW… But what if Christians were the most Unoffendable people on the planet? I feel like everyone is walking around offended and proving their point to WHY they are right. Can we as Christian leaders walk in this way – Unoffendeable?

Show Host: Debbie Cole

Guest: Amanda Sullivan, Wife, Mother of 3, Ordained Minister, Cancer Survivor

Episode Verse

Proverbs 19:11 ESV – “Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.”

Favorite Quotes from the book

“Choosing to be un-off-end-able means actually for real TRUSTING God.”

“Gratitude and anger can’t co-exist. It’s one or the other. One drains life from you. The other fills your life with wonder. Choose wisely.”

“Forgiving means surrendering your claim to resentment and letting go of anger. Anger is extraordinarily easy. It is our default setting. Love is very difficult. Love is a miracle.”

You can find out more on Gina on her website: counselorgina.com

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