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How to Trust God’s Grace with Max Lucado Sep 18, 2023

Hey friend! Have you ever wondered if your past is too much for God to use you? What can He do with all of the ways we struggle? Have you ever bargained or wrestled with God?

One of my favorite guests (and fan-favorite!) Max Lucado is here to talk with us about it all today.

Called “America’s Pastor” by Christianity Today, Max is the bestselling author of 45 books and counting. He is a pastor and speaker who says he “writes books for people who don’t read books.” Max is a father of three, grandfather of two, and he lives with his wife in San Antonio.

In his newest book, God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob’s Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy, and God’s Relentless Love, Max examines the life of Jacob in Scripture, how God loved and pursued Jacob, and what that means for us.

Join Max and I for a great conversation as we talk about:

Where he gets his book ideas
Why there aren’t as many books about Jacob as there are about biblical heroes like Daniel and David
How to discern when our understanding of God has become too small
Why Max connects with and treasures the story of Jacob
God’s faithfulness to his people, no matter what

You’ll also love hearing my chat with Max about how to have hope in a divided world. Check it out here.

Favorite quotes:

“In the story of Jacob he is hot and cold, in and out, weak, and then he’s strong. He has dreams and then he wrestles with God. Then he falls and flops. It is every person’s story.”
“Jacob’s relationship is a transactional relationship with God. You do this. I’ll do that. That really strikes home with many of us.”
“All of us go through some negotiation or transactional relationship with God.”
“It is okay to wrestle with these things. Ultimately there is one authority and it is not you or me.”
“Be kind to yourself. God hasn’t given up on you. Don’t give up on yourself.”

Coaching this week:

Three truths about business you won’t find anywhere else on the internet. (31:40)

Links to great things we discussed:

Max Lucado Website
God Never Gives Up on You: What Jacob’s Story Teaches Us About Grace, Mercy, and God’s Relentless Love
These Days - Jackson Browne
The Chosen
1883
1923
PXG Golf Irons
The Wino and I Know - Jimmy Buffett
Migration - Jimmy Buffett
The Coach School
The Coach School Instagram
3 Secrets to Become a Successful Coach

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xo,

Alli

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

How to Live Into Your Full Potential with Jon Acuff Sep 11, 2023

In a recent survey, 3,000 people were asked, “Do you feel like you are living up to your full potential?” I was shocked to find out that 96% of them said no! How did we get here, and how can we change that?

My friend Jon Acuff and I had a great conversation all about our potential: what “potential” refers to, how we can reach it, and some pitfalls to avoid along the way.

If you want to close the gap between your dreams and your reality without causing yourself to burn out in the process, this conversation is for you!!

Jon is one of INC’s Top 100 Leadership Speakers and the New York Times bestselling author of nine books, including his most recent, All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential. He’s a husband and dad to two teenage girls, living outside Nashville.

Lean in and listen as Jon and I discuss:

How to get around the massive barrier between you and what you want to do? (Jon calls this barrier “the vision wall”)
The difference between a high performer and a high achiever
A fun tool that creates gratitude, teaches the superpower of self-awareness and will help you be present
The only reason people leave their comfort zones
The connection between personal responsibility and potential

Jon’s last visit to the show was equally amazing, especially for parents of teens. The things we believed as teenagers can be so impactful. It is so encouraging to think about how the teens in our lives can learn to create new thoughts that lead to actions and even better results. Be sure to listen in to find out how!

Favorite quotes:

“You should dream but when your dream is divorced from reality it doesn’t end in a healthy marriage.”
“Excellence is boring.”
“Potential is the gap between your vision and your reality.”
“You're the CEO of your actions, not the CEO of your outcomes. Focus on those actions.”
“The Best Moments list starts to teach you about what you want in the future. The list reflects your past, informs your present, and prepares your future.”
“The only reason people leave the comfort zone is because what’s on the outside is better than what’s on the inside.”
“The harder the challenge, the kinder the words.”

Coaching this week:

Automatic thoughts that can stop you from starting a business and how to battle them. (45:14)

Links to great things we discussed:

Jon Acuff Website
Jon Acuff Instagram
All It Takes Is a Goal: The 3-Step Plan to Ditch Regret and Tap Into Your Massive Potential
Homesick - Noah Kahan
Busy Child - The Crystal Method
The Grand Tour
BritBox
Bose Headphones
Leuchtturm Notebooks
PowerSheets
The Coach School
The Coach School Instagram
3 Secrets to Become a Successful Coach

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xo,

Alli

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How to Reduce Anxiety as a Mom with Sissy Goff Sep 04, 2023

Hey friend! Worry seems to be a routine part of life these days. As parents, it feels like we worry non-stop even though we don’t want our kids to worry. Is it even possible to reduce that anxiety?

My friend Sissy Goff has written amazing resources on raising worry-free kids, but her newest book, The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too, is a resource for grown-ups.

What we do with our worry as parents impacts our kids more than we know, and that’s why Sissy and I went all in, both in this conversation and in our recent books. This conversation is too important not to!

Sissy is the author of multiple books and co-host of The Raising Boys and Girls podcast. She is a counselor who works with kids and their families in Nashville.

Join Sissy and I as we talk about:

Why this was the right book for Sissy to write, both as an author and as a therapist
Best practices you can use if you find yourself struggling with anxiety, especially as a mom
Five ways parents tend to respond to anxiety in our kids
One common denominator Sissy sees in people of all ages who deal with anxiety
How being hard on ourselves impacts our kids
Sissy’s advice for parents of perfectionists

And after living through a pandemic, we are all uncertain, anxious and even a little bit cranky about things going back to normal. As adults, we have a lifetime of practice building coping strategies that work for our individual personalities and lifestyles. But what about our kids? Don’t miss our previous conversation about the state of our kids in a post-pandemic world and how we can better support them.

Favorite quotes:

“Anxious parents raise anxious children.”
“Anxiety spreads by the way we respond.”
“Be present in the moment rather than focused on the only time you have left.”
“Right now even more concerning is that parents feel like failures more than ever before.”
“The way we talk to ourselves is going to spill over onto others.”
“You need to fail in front of your kids and laugh at yourself when you do it.”

Coaching this week:

The Stages of Delegation (37:09)

Links to great things we discussed:

Sissy Goff Website
Sissy Goff Instagram
The Worry-Free Parent: Living in Confidence So Your Kids Can Too
Goodness of God - Cece Winans
Tom Lake
The Bear
K. McCarthy
Meg 2
New York State of Mind - Billy Joel
Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z
Welcome to New York - Taylor Swift
Ciate Dewy Blush
The Coach School
The Coach School Instagram
3 Secrets to Become a Successful Coach

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xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com

How to Cultivate Resilience with Bianca Juarez Olthoff Aug 28, 2023

Hey hey! We’ve all had times when we wanted to quit, but why do some people lean in and stick with it when others check out? The answer to that question may surprise you!

My friend Bianca Juarez Olthoff wrote the book on grit and resilience, and we had a fantastic conversation about just that. What she learned while writing this book is both fascinating and encouraging, and I can’t wait for you to hear it!

Bianca is a Bible teacher, host of the “We’re Going There” podcast, and author of three books, including her newest, Grit Don’t Quit: Developing Resilience and Faith When Giving Up Isn’t an Option. She is passionate about helping people live counter-culturally and significantly.

Bianca and I don’t hold back today!

Lean in and listen as we discuss:

The lost art of perseverance in a world where most things are easy and fast
Encouragement (and a permission slip!) for when you feel behind
3 key elements of resilience (the best news: these are 3 things we can learn and practice)
3 people you should meet with before you decide to quit anything
What kills our grit (and how to protect it)
Why our thought lives matter more than we know
And don't miss Bianca's challenge results in the P. S. at the end of the show notes!

Favorite quotes:

“The best things in life will cost you the most and take you the longest.”
“Keep going! Just because it is hard doesn’t mean you're not supposed to do it. Good things are hard.”
“There are three key elements to people who are resilient and they are learnable and actionable.”
“Can you find a purpose for this season and make the most of it? Those are the people that are the grittiest and successful.”
“Our mind matters so let’s make sure we are mindful of what we are thinking.”
"Bet on yourself and invest in yourself. It is the one investment that is going to pay you back 100 times and you can’t lose."

Coaching this week:

What is the best investment you can make in your business? (34:43)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

P.S. Face Oil Challenge results: After a week of trials, the surprise results are in and Bianca isn't using face oil anymore! Stay tuned for more of my favorite recommendations in each episode of the show.

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How to Set Boundaries with Dr. Alison Cook Aug 21, 2023

Hey friend! Have you ever struggled to tell the difference between making sure your needs are met and being selfish? Is there a difference? Lean in – today’s conversation is for you!

As we continue to talk about Remaining You While Raising Them and the secret art of confident motherhood, I couldn’t miss the chance to bring you a replay of a conversation I got to have last fall with a friend who is a pro on boundaries and showing up to your life with the best of yourself. You’ll discover how to set boundaries with care and compassion.

My friend Dr. Alison Cook is a Boston-based psychologist and author of two books, Boundaries for Your Soul and The Best of You. She is a wife and mom to two adult children, and she specializes in bringing faith and psychology together for real change in people’s lives.

Join Alison and I for this conversation as we talk about:

How to find the healthy middle between never thinking of ourselves and only thinking of ourselves
Some commonly used (and misunderstood!) Scriptures that keep women playing small
Signs to look for when women give up on parts of themselves (and how to find our way back)
What it costs our loved ones when we shrink ourselves
Why noticing and naming struggles we see in ourselves is so essential to becoming whole

Favorite quotes:

“You can trust God and still feel anxious, overwhelmed, lonely, and broken inside.”
“When I hide myself, make myself invisible, or play like a doormat it is not only bad for me, I’m not bringing the best of who I am to the people I love.”
“When I’m really being my true self , when I’m aligned with myself, I’m empowering other people which is what helps them heal and become who they really need to be.”
“We are worth so much more than numbing through all the various ways we can check out. God wants so much more for us.”
“When women are healthy we change the world.”

Coaching this week:

What is the biggest mistake people make when starting a new project? (41:41)

Links to great things we discussed:

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xo,

Alli

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

How to Discover the Secret Art of Confident Motherhood Aug 14, 2023

Hey hey! Have you lost yourself in the demands of motherhood? Have you wondered if it’s possible to care for yourself well in the midst of a full life?

Today’s show is a special one, featuring the first two chapters of my newest book, Remaining You While Raising Them: The Secret Art of Confident Motherhood.

This is not a parenting book about your children- those books are already out there! This is a motherhood book, and it’s about you.

I wrote Remaining You While Raising Them to help women find freedom from the heavy weight of modern motherhood. I can’t give you a step-by-step plan to raise perfect children (an impossible dream!), but I can help you thrive as a happier, healthier mom.

Listen in on these audio chapters to hear:

One thing that bonds all moms together (besides our fierce love for our children)
Personal stories from my own motherhood journey with five sons
The shocking truth about the greatest gift we can give our kids
Why motherhood is not just about what you do, but who you are (and what your kids will remember)

Favorite quotes:

“I had no idea motherhood would be my greatest joy and also the hardest thing I would ever do. I wasn’t prepared for how motherhood would change my life, and I certainly wasn’t prepared for how it would change me.”
“Motherhood is harder, messier, crazier, and more amazing than anything we could have imagined.”
“Modern motherhood may be broken, but we don’t have to let it break us anymore.”
“Being the best mother you can be starts with learning to mother yourself.”
“The greatest gift I can give my kids is to be an emotionally healthy mom and to model the way for them.”
“A mother’s emotional health (her spiritual, mental, and relational health) is the most important legacy she can give her children.”
“Motherhood isn’t about what you do, it’s about who you are.”

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

https://alliworthington.com/remaining-you-while-raising-them

How to Overcome Mom Guilt and Prioritize Self-Care Aug 07, 2023

Tomorrow is the big day! My newest book, Remaining You While Raising Them, releases into the world, and I can’t wait for it to be in your hands!

To celebrate, my friend Phoebe Barron is here to turn the tables and interview me!

Phoebe is the mental health consultant on Remaining You While Raising Them. She is a licensed counselor and counseling professor. She speaks to churches about emotional health and lives in Oklahoma with her husband, three kids, and fluffy golden doodle.

I’m thrilled for you to hear some of her perspectives firsthand (you know, I couldn’t resist sneaking in a few questions of my own!).

Join Phoebe and I as we discuss:

The single biggest driver of mom guilt (secret: it’s not your mom or your MIL)
Why having a mother who models caring for herself and her needs is so important to our daughters (and our sons!)
One magic question that keeps “taking care of mom” from becoming just another thing on your to-do list
How trusting your gut and doing what’s best for your family are backed by research
My ultimate goal for writing THIS book

Favorite quotes:

“When I asked about mom guilt almost all women said they had mom guilt but the single biggest driver was social media.”
“The most important thing we can do to be good moms is to make sure that we are as emotionally healthy as possible.”
“Taking care of ourselves emotionally is the most selfless thing we can do for our families.”
“Getting in the habit of saying what do I need right now is the ultimate self-care.”
“There are a few ways of really parenting up. There are a ton of ways of getting it good enough and there are no ways of getting it perfect.”
“Our job is to model health to our children, discipline our children, and give them discipline but most of all to love our children. If we do those things our kids are going to be just fine.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Remaining You While Raising Them
Oppenheimer
I’ve Witnessed It- Passion and Melodie Malone
The Ordinary Glycolic Acid 7% Toning Solution

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

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xo,

Alli

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How to Raise Kids with Love and Emotional Intelligence Jul 31, 2023

Hey hey friend! If you’ve been here for a while, you know I am passionate about emotional health. I want good emotional health for all my friends (yes, you!), and I brought in one of the smartest people I know to help us get there.

Terra Mattson is a licensed marriage and family therapist and licensed professional counselor who has practiced for nearly two decades and oversees a team of 20 clinicians.

She’s a wife, a mom of two teenage girls, and passionate about helping moms raise their kids well. Terra and I go all in today on a conversation about my favorite topic: emotional well-being in moms and kids.

Listen in as Terra and I talk about:

Women discovering who they are apart from a specific role, even in the trenches of motherhood
How to disentangle ourselves from unhealthy messaging about the calling of motherhood, even within (maybe especially within) the Church
Why emotional regulation is an important piece of raising kids who love like Jesus
How our emotions reflect our being made in the image of God

Favorite quotes:

“Our identity especially in the Christian community gets wrapped up in motherhood in good and not healthy ways."
“The power of knowing our story and how it has influenced us is so important.”
“Emotional regulation is one of the number one resources and modeling that we have to give our children.”
“Each of us have something to offer and teach each other.”
“We don’t have to be in competition. We can link arms and model a different way to our children.”
“The work that you are doing at every stage of your children’s lives is affecting the relationship even today.”
“Think about the long haul while you are figuring out who you are.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com

How to Overcome Imposter Syndrome with Brittany Maher and Cassandra Speer Jul 24, 2023

Around here, we love seeing women partner together to build amazing businesses, ministries, and more. I’ve got two Smart Girl guests for you today, and they’re here to tell you how it’s done!

Brittany Maher and Cassandra Speer are the dynamic duo behind Her True Worth, an online community dedicated to helping women know their true worth and identity in Christ.

This powerhouse partnership has grown Her True Worth to over 1.6 million strong, and they have authored two books together, including a new devotional, There’s Beauty in Your Brokenness: 90 Devotions to Surrender Striving, Live Unburdened, and Find Your Worth in Christ.

Listen in as Brittany, Cass, and I discuss:

Overcoming imposter syndrome when you feel like a fraud (and trust us- it’s not just you!)
Why relationships are the key to our growth
Where our worth really comes from, apart from success
The power of consistency

Favorite quotes:

“If you don’t want to be an imposter don’t feel like one.”
“To walk in our true worth of Christ derives from being and not doing.”
“Show up where God has called you and steward what he has given you. Stewardship is often consistency.”
“When you are intentional about amplifying the voices and giftings of others for the glory of God and you are seeking out opportunities to be generous with what little we have been given, it multiplies.”
“Start with the one and focus on the one.”
“We have limitations and heartache on this side of heaven but we have access to holiness and healing in Him.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Her True Worth Website
Her True Worth Instagram
There’s Beauty in Your Brokenness: 90 Devotions to Surrender Striving, Live Unburdened, and Find Your Worth in Christ.
Living God - Red Rocks Worship
50 First Dates
The Wedding Singer
Lost
Summer Baking Championship
Asteroid City
New York City’s Killing Me - Ray LaMontagne
ChatGPT App
Join the Launch Team!

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to eat the way we were designed with Leslie Schilling Jul 17, 2023

Hey friend! So many women have (or have had) a complicated relationship with food, our bodies, or both. If you want to kick the lies of diet culture to the curb, this is a conversation you do not want to miss!

My friend Leslie Schilling is a dietician and nutrition therapist who owns Schilling Nutrition, LLC, where she works in private practice helping people move toward health with a non-diet approach.

Leslie is also an award-winning author of two books, including her latest, Feed Yourself: Step Away From the Lies of Diet Culture and Into Your Divine Design.

She is a mom who wants a legacy that is better than body hatred for the next generation and freedom for our generation, too.

Lean in and listen as Leslie and I talk about:

How Leslie went from traditionally practicing sports nutrition to where she is today
Disordered eating practices that are often considered healthy in our culture
The issues social media can cause in our relationships with food and our bodies
Why weight loss and health promotion are not the same
The divine nature of body diversity
Leslie’s number one rule for getting back to eating the way we were designed to

Favorite quotes:

“Disordered eating is the rule not the exception.”
“Social media is really problematic for everyone’s health. All of the comparisons are disordered.”
“Body diversity is divine. We are meant to be all the sizes.”
“Just start eating consistently and include foods you love.”
“If you have good relationships and move your body in joyful ways those are the things that really matter and get good sleep.”
“A feed body is one that can go live its purpose.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to build your dreams with Stefanie Gass Jul 10, 2023

Hey hey! If your story and career have had highs, lows, and lots of twists, you’re going to want to listen in on this conversation!

Stefanie Gass has experienced the rollercoaster of success. She was the youngest financial controller in a global company at 26, then the company closed, and she was laid off.

She started with a network marketing company and worked her way up to the top 1%. By the following year, she had lost the majority of her income, and her family struggled to pay their bills.

Stefanie found her footing in entrepreneurship in online business! Today, she is a multi-six-figure CEO, podcast host, and Christian business and podcast coach.

Through her courses and coaching, Stefanie helps other women build their businesses via podcasting while staying present in their lives. And she does it all without relying on social media!

Join in as Stefanie and I discuss:

How Stefanie learned to find her identity apart from success
Why knowing your natural response to things is a game-changer when it comes to moving forward
How Stefanie has grown her podcast and business while being off of social media
The first question to ask if you’re reevaluating your relationship with social media
Staying motivated on the days you just don’t have it in you to keep going
Stefanie’s advice on where to focus your efforts as you build your business

Favorite quotes:

“The first question is: Lord, is there anything that I should make a change in or lay down that’s creating distraction from my purpose and the way you want to show up.”
“For some people he wants to show you there is another way for you to either grow your business or your ministry. You don’t have to do it the world's way just because everyone else is doing it that way.”
“The biggest most incredible changes that you make here on this side of heaven are the things you don’t even know about.”
“Don’t create something and try to sell this thing that you have actually not done successfully yourself.”
“Where is the fire in your business? Where is the data actually supporting that your people are coming from? Go pour fuel on the one fire until it is completely out of control.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to persevere with Natalie Runion Jul 03, 2023

Hey friend! Have you ever been tempted to throw in the towel and walk away from your dreams or maybe even your calling? Our guest today for Smart Girl Summer gets it (and so do I!).

As a preacher’s kid who watched her family experience deep church hurt, Natalie Runion understands the desire to walk away. Even as an adult on the other side of that, working as a worship leader and songwriter, she wrestled with wanting to quit.

Today, Natalie is still a worship leader and songwriter. She’s also a wife, a mom, a sought-after speaker, and a first-time author. Her season of wanting to walk away became the foundation for her debut book, Raised to Stay: Persevering in Ministry When You Have a Million Reasons to Walk Away.

Whether you work in ministry or the marketplace, this conversation will encourage you to stay the course even when you want to bow out!

Lean in and listen as Natalie and I talk about:

How she went from middle school gym teacher to where she is today
Why abiding in Christ is central to our perseverance
How to balance all the things without letting mom guilt overwhelm us
The surprising role failure has in our dreams

Favorite quotes:

“Ministry is wherever we are because he is in us.”
“Being kind is a first form of ministry that we can offer each other.”
“We are called to abide in Christ and when we abide in him even on the days we want to quit, he will still produce good fruit through us.”
“As we get older we should be what we needed to the next generation.”
“Christians were made to believe for the impossible.”
“When we fail to fail we really don’t allow God to show up in the way he promises to do.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Love our Bodies with Alisa Keeton Jun 26, 2023

Hey there! As the season of swimsuits and shorts, summer can bring up all kinds of feelings about our bodies. Women can feel afraid (or even ashamed) to talk about it. Today, we’re going there, and I’ve brought in a good friend for this special Smart Girl Summer episode to help us!

Alisa Keeton is the founder of Revelation Wellness, and she is on a mission to help women love God, get healthy, be whole, and love others.

Alisa is also an author, and her new book, The Body Revelation: Physical and Spiritual Practices to Metabolize Pain, Banish Shame, and Connect to God with Your Whole Self, is a tool to help women do just that.

Listen in our conversation as Alisa and I discuss:

Why we are prone to extremes when it comes to our bodies
How getting healthy and being whole impacts how we love God and others
The point in a new venture when most women quit (and why they shouldn’t give up!)
How trauma affects our physical bodies, and why downplaying it is so detrimental
The prayer you should pray if you’re not sure if your idea is your own or from the Lord

Favorite quotes:

“Your body has been designed by God. There is nothing about you that genetically is flawed. He is on purpose with a purpose. Every body is a good body.”
“Love God. Get healthy, be whole. Love others.”
“I don’t think you need to be polite with Jesus. You have to be real with him and never let go.”
“Before you had words for life to explain and have a worldview, your body was trying to tell you things and it has always been trying to tell you stuff.”
“Before you go ask your friends or all the people you think you need their approval, sit down with the Lord. Take a day, pull away, go away, turn your phone off, and get in the Word and hear from Him. Once you have heard from Him, there’s no turning back.”
“You know it is the Lord if you don’t stop thinking about it. It keeps coming up.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Overcome Comparison with Kia Stephens Jun 19, 2023

Hey friend! We are over halfway through June- can you believe it?! I’ve got a brand new Smart Girl I can’t wait for you to meet today!

My friend Kia Stephens is the founder of Entrusted Women, a speaker, a podcaster, and the author of Overcoming Father Wounds: Exchanging Your Pain for God’s Perfect Love.

Kia is a go-getter, an innovator, and an incredible leader. Her book is special to my heart- so much so that I endorsed it!- and I’m so glad we get to have this conversation.

Listen in as Kia and I talk about:

One thing you can do to overcome comparison
Seeing the hand of God in waiting seasons (especially when you’re a go-getter with a lot of ideas!)
Why it is so important to separate ego from the results of your work
The value of surrounding yourself with people who are where you want to be

Kia Stephens is a speaker, podcaster, founder of Entrusted Women, and author of Overcoming Father Wounds: Exchanging Your Pain for God’s Perfect Love. She is a contributing writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries and iBelieve. Kia and her husband have two children.

Favorite quotes:

“I started to celebrate the women publicly that had what I wanted and was doing what I wanted to do.”
“The comparison if you don’t figure out how to kill it is only going to intensify and increase. It is a demon you have to consistently slay.”
“God is a crockpot and we are more of a microwave people so when he forces us to get on his timetable and be the crockpot, it is challenging but it is always best.”
“God created us to counter losses, keep it moving, and go on to the next thing.”
“When it comes to selling, we are really just talking about something that solves a problem, something that we believe in, and we are also giving people choice options.”
“Don’t put limits on what God can do in your life.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Giving yourself permission with Hannah Brencher Jun 12, 2023

Hey hey! I love having a chance to bring back one of my favorite conversations with someone who is not just my friend, but a friend of the show. This woman is brilliant, so Smart Girl Summer is the perfect time to re-air this incredible conversation.

Hannah Brencher is the founder of More Love Letters (leaving letters for strangers- how fun is that?!), a TED speaker, and the best-selling author of three books.

Hannah teaches people to establish important disciplines through her fantastic online courses and doesn’t shy away from tough topics like mental illness. I’m so excited for you to get to hear from her today!

Join in as Hannah and I discuss:

Why giving yourself permission to try something new is so important
What it’s really like being the breadwinner, and why this is an essential conversation for women in the church
How to protect yourself from comparison and imposter syndrome
Why gratitude (and expressing it!) at every juncture is key

Hannah Brencher is a TED speaker, founder of More Love Letters, and author of three bestselling books, including her latest, Fighting Forward: Your Nitty-Gritty Guide to Beating the Lies That Hold You Back. Hannah and her husband, Lane, live in Atlanta with their daughter.

Favorite quotes:

“If you want to learn how to hone your voice and you want to become a writer and you haven’t established a readership, a blog is a really great way to start.”
“If you have never tried something before don’t say no because you are scared.”
“I don’t want people to be spectators in the lives of other people. I want them to be fully in their lives and that requires doing the work every single day.”
“Just because it has been done this one way a thousand times before doesn’t mean that it is what you have to do.”
“Make sure you finish things as well as you start them.”
“We need to celebrate more because we are doing big things and just because it doesn’t look like the milestone that person had doesn’t mean your milestone is any less important or any less worthy to be celebrated.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to reach your goals while having fun with Annie F. Downs Jun 05, 2023

Hey friend! I couldn’t let us get too far into Smart Girl Summer without bringing back a conversation I had last summer with a friend who is a pro on fun!

My friend Annie F. Downs is the podcast host of That Sounds Fun, a best-selling author of multiple books, including devotionals, a children’s book, and the New York Times Bestseller That Sounds Fun: The Joys of Being an Amateur, the Power of Falling in Love, and Why You Need a Hobby.

Annie is a sought-after speaker and a brilliant business woman, and I can’t wait for you to hear all the insights she shares!

Lean in and listen as Annie and I talk about:

How Annie got to where she is today professionally (and some encouragement if you feel like you’ve worked for a long time and seen little movement)
The key to managing comparison and imposter syndrome
Why failure isn’t as bad as it may seem- and why Annie says nothing is a total failure
Annie’s biggest piece of advice for someone who is pursuing a dream, especially in creative work

Annie F. Downs is a New York Times Bestselling author, speaker, podcast host, owner of the That Sounds Fun Network. Her most recent devotional, Chase the Fun: 100 Days to Discover Fun Right Where You Are, is available wherever books are sold. Annie lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

Favorite quotes:

“Finding and creating the email to send to your friends on the other side of your work that sounds and looks like you is really important.”
“You don’t bring a guest to get the guest’s audience. You bring a guest that blesses your audience.”
“Nothing is a total flop or failure. Everything is an experiment that you pivot as you build.”
“If you don’t know why you are doing what you are doing, when you get put in the fire you will jump out.”
“Go after the thing that is in you, get someone who really believes in you to come alongside, and ask God to open and close all the right doors.”
“Fun actually will make you feel more healthy physically, spiritually, and emotionally so you have got to start putting it on the calendar like you do every other thing.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

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How to be courageous with Jennifer Dukes Lee May 29, 2023

If your career looks different than you ever imagined it could, you’re going to want to lean into today’s conversation!

Today’s episode kicks off Smart Girl Summer, an eight-week series featuring some behind-the-scenes stories from some of the smartest women I know. I am thrilled to have my friend, Jennifer Dukes Lee, here to start this series with a bang!

Jennifer is the author of multiple books, including her most recent, Stuff I’d Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery.

So how did Jennifer go from the hustle and bustle of reporting for metropolitan daily newspapers to being a fifth-generation farm wife? How did she get from life on the farm to writing books and helping other authors as an acquisitions editor? I can’t wait for you to hear it from her!

Join Jennifer and I as we talk about:

How someone’s belief in you can change the trajectory of your life
Where opportunity comes from, and why friends are so important
Why the work we do in obscurity really does matter
How to stay motivated when it would be easier to quit

And if you loved this, go check out her previous visit to the show: Un-Hurry Your Heart with Jennifer Dukes Lee.

Jennifer Dukes Lee is an acquisitions editor and author of multiple books. Her most recent book is a brilliantly written guided journal, Stuff I’d Only Tell God: A Guided Journal of Courageous Honesty, Obsessive Truth-Telling, and Beautifully Ruthless Self-Discovery. Jennifer and her husband, Scott, have two daughters and are the fifth generation to live on the Lee family farm in Iowa.

Favorite quotes:

“Our opportunities come through relationships.”
“There is nothing like the process of writing a book.”
“God uses other people so often in our lives.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

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How to Thrive in Your Marriage with the Enneagram and the Gospel with Beth McCord May 22, 2023

Hey hey! We’re back for Part 3 of our Enneagram series. I couldn’t let this series go by without taking the chance to re-air a conversation I got to have with one of my most popular guests ever, Beth McCord.

You may recognize my friend, Beth. She is an Enneagram expert and coach, best-selling author of multiple Enneagram books, and founder of Your Enneagram Coach, the leading platform for all things Enneagram.

Beth’s enneagram work is all about how to use this amazing tool through the lens of the Gospel. She has written a book for every type, and with her husband, Pastor Jeff McCord, wrote Becoming Us: Using the Enneagram to Create a Thriving, Gospel-Centered Marriage.

Listen in as Beth and I talk about:

How understanding the Enneagram types as nine different perspectives can grow your compassion for others (especially your spouse)
Why assuming is so harmful, Beth calls it assumicide
Two ways not to use the Enneagram
What has surprised Beth most in all of her work with the Enneagram and couples

Beth McCord is an Enneagram expert, world-renowned speaker, coach, and teacher of over 20 years. Beth founded Your Enneagram Coach and co-authored Becoming Us: Using the Enneagram to Create a Thriving, Gospel-Centered Marriage with her husband, Jeff. They live outside Nashville, Tennessee, and have two adult children.

Favorite quotes:

“The Enneagram is pointing out why we do what we do, our heart condition, and then the Gospel shows us how we will heal it.”
“The Enneagram gives us the nine lenses that all types see through. Each of us has on a particular lens.”
“Each of the nine types are going to have the things that make them soar and things that make them struggle in life.”
“Don’t use the Enneagram as a sword or a shield.”
“Think of the Enneagram as a flashlight or an x-ray. It is pointing out what is there or what is broken. The x-ray cannot heal you. It just exposes what is wrong and needs healing.”
“The Enneagram is this great amazing tool but it’s the Gospel that transforms it.”
“It means you have resources and the Gospel is always there to heal and restore when we are willing to surrender and depend on him to do the work in and through us.”

Teaching Series from Remaining You While Raising Them: Habits

The Power of Identity with Our Actions (43:47)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Strengthen Your Marriage with the Enneagram with Jackie Brewster May 15, 2023

Hey friend!

We’re back again for Part 2 of our Enneagram series! We talk a lot around here about the importance of self-awareness. But how does self-awareness help us understand the people we have relationships with? Can a self-awareness tool like the Enneagram really impact our marriages for the better?

My friend Jackie Brewster is here to help us make that connection between self-awareness and understanding our partner!

Jackie is a certified enneagram coach who uses the Enneagram to help individuals, couples, and teams get to know themselves better so they can love and serve others well. Her new book, The Enneagram, and Your Marriage: A 7-Week Guide to Better Understanding and Loving Your Spouse will help you apply this tool to the most important relationship in your life: your marriage.

Join in as Jackie and I discuss:

What to do if you love the Enneagram but your spouse does not
That one thing that really communicates love to your spouse, based on their Enneagram type
How defense mechanisms serve us, and how to identify them by type
Why active listening is crucial for productive conversations (and what “active listening” actually means)

Jackie Brewster is a certified Enneagram coach and author of The Enneagram and Your Marriage: A 7-Week Guide to Better Understanding and Loving Your Spouse. Jackie and her husband, Stephen, have four children and live in Franklin, Tennessee.

Favorite quotes:

“Intimate relationships see a different side of us but our heart longings are the same whether it is an intimate partner or really good friendships.”
“Enneagrams 2, 7, and 9 are in this positive outlook group. They try to minimize the tension, chaos, and confusion.”
“Then you have got the Enneagrams 1’s, 3’s, and 5’s, and they are in the confidency group. They would prefer to deal with situations, conflict, and disappointment but also just situations from a more logical standpoint.”
“The Enneagram numbers 4, 6, and 8, they are in this more reactive group. They have to deal with their emotions before they can move on.”
“Active listening is such a gift that you can give to another person.”
“Information is not transformation until you activate it.”

Teaching Series from Remaining You While Raising Them: Habits

The Power of 1% Better (34:20)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Use the Enneagram to Boost Success with Scott Allender May 08, 2023

Did you know only around 15% of people experience true self-awareness? Even more surprising, in the same study, researchers found that the more self-aware someone thinks they are, the opposite is likely to be true!

When Scott Allender shared this info with me in a recent conversation, I was floored! I just had to hear more about how self-awareness relates to our emotional health and how both of those pieces relate to success.

In his new book, The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success, Scott uses one of my favorite tools, the Enneagram, to help you move towards emotional health in a way that makes sense for your personality and sets you up for success.

Listen in as Scott and I talk about:

Why your emotional intelligence (EQ) is more important than your IQ when it comes to success
How the tools provided in the enneagram help us get back to who we are made to be
What it looks like for each Enneagram type to be functioning at a high level of self-awareness (and what it looks like when we’re not self-aware!)
The role our spiritual life plays in our emotional intelligence

Scott Allender is the co-host of The Evolving Leader podcast and author of The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success. Scott is an expert in global leadership who regularly teaches enneagram workshops and lives in Nashville.

Favorite quotes:

“Only 13-15% of people are truly self aware and the more self aware somebody thinks they are the opposite is likely to be true.”
“Your IQ might get you in the door. Your EQ is going to determine whether or not you stay inside the room or get invited back. Our EQ is our IQ at its testing point”
“Until we do the work of cultivating this level of awareness we are often operating on autopilot.”
“The studies say that more than 70% of our success is directly attributed to emotional intelligence.”
“What is common to all types is really getting connected to the body, heart, and head.”

Teaching Series from Remaining You While Raising Them: Habits

The Tipping Point (23:47)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Make the Most of Your Time - The Best of Life Hacks May 01, 2023

Hey friend! I know you’re juggling a lot. Your work, your relationships, your habits, your home…even the best things in our lives can feel overwhelming at times!

What if you could get some brilliant-yet-doable tips on managing it all, from multiple experts, all in one place? That could be a game-changer, right?

That is exactly the kind of episode I’ve got for you today!

I have taken some of my favorite advice we’ve heard here on the show and pulled it all together to give you the best of life hacks.

Whether you are looking to maximize your time on a macro level, strengthen your relationships, build good habits, or declutter your home, these tips will meet you where you are and help you take each area of your life to the next level.

This highlight episode features:

How to name what really matters to you and let go of the pressure to do it all with Kendra Adachi
Why starting a hard conversation the right way can make all the difference with Eric Barker
The power of gratitude and commitment devices with Mark Batterson
Where to begin with decluttering and what to do about toys with Allie Casazza

Kendra Adachi is a systems expert, creator of The Lazy Genius Podcast, and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lazy Genius Way. Kendra lives in North Carolina with her husband and their three children.

Eric Barker is the bestselling author of Barking Up the Wrong Tree and Plays Well with Others. He is a sought-after speaker and calls Los Angeles home.

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church and is the author of over 20 books, including his book on habits, Do It for a Day. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live in Washington, D.C.

Allie Casazza has built a multimillion-dollar online business with her proven and practical approach to minimalism and is the author of Declutter to Destress. Allie lives in southern California with her husband, Brian, and their four children.

Favorite quotes:

“We think that starting small doesn’t make any difference but if you don’t start small you often don’t ever start at all.”
“Spend more time with your friends consistently and raise issues with your partner diplomatically.”
“If you give three minutes and three gratitudes a day, that little domino habit can change your outlook on life and totally change the way that you feel.”
“Make it easy for the whole family to contribute.”
“Look for the gaps in your home that are not working. It is making your house work with you instead of against you. Create a solution that is cheap and effective and makes things run more smoothly.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Know What God Wants For You with Heather MacFadyen Apr 24, 2023

What if I told you that shrinking back when you’re called to something big is not a display of humility? It is so ingrained in us, especially as women, to think of ourselves as less-than in an effort to be humble. But what if it’s actually pride that makes us play small?

This idea of understanding true humility was a big focus for me when I wrote Standing Strong, and I couldn’t wait to have a conversation with my friend Heather about it!

Heather MacFadyen is the one to talk about this with because she shares such good insight on this very thing in her new book, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space.

And we’re not holding back on this one! Join us as we talk about:

Four boundary lines that will help you identify the core of the assignments God has for you in this season
How to use those boundary lines as a decision-making tool
Ways to process rejection in a way that invites God into it
The impact of social media on mom guilt and shame, and why we need an inner circle
How to listen to God as an important first step in everything you do (and Heather’s example of what that process looks like for her!)

Each time Heather visits the show she brings truth and wisdom. You can listen to her last visit where where she shares about the dangers of comparison. Her relatable stories remind moms they are never alone in the pursuit of becoming the best mom they can be.

Heather MacFadyen is the host of the Don’t Mom Alone podcast, a speaker, and the author of two books, including her latest, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space. Heather lives with her husband and their four sons in Dallas, TX.

Favorite quotes:

“You don’t have to hustle. You can trust that God is outside your space hustling on your behalf.”
“Nothing new is under the sun. It is just are we doing it. Are we inviting God into our decisions and are we looking for his invitations for what he is doing?”
“God speaks through the Holy Spirit in us and through His word and we can know if it is him if it resonates with the truth of who he has always been and what is written.”
“Your current living is what dictates your future moments so how are you spending that time.”
“When we experience God it ignites the Spirit in us and we can hear those promptings and invitations.”
“If you have never sat and listened to God’s voice, what he thinks about you, and what he is inviting you into, that would be a great first step.”

Coaching this week:

Believing the best about our partners. (36:23)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Live Unafraid of the Future with Lisa Whittle Apr 17, 2023

Hey friend! We all want to live without fear of the future, for ourselves and for our children. But, in today’s world, it’s easy to look around and wonder if it’s even possible. There’s just so many things outside of our control and how do we cope with them, much less live without fear.

Today, my friend Lisa Whittle joins me on the show to talk about just that. We walk through those challenging questions we’ve all had about fear, pain and the future and what it means to trust God rather than give into fear.

Lisa knows what she’s talking about, too! She is a best-selling author and has written a new book called God Knows, all about how those two little words can change our lives if we will let them.

Join us as we talk about:

How to lean into the comfort that God knows all and is in control, even (and maybe especially) in seasons of pain
Why believing God knows can bring peace to motherhood
The three reasons people stop dreaming (plus, how dreaming is a form of self-care!)
An analogy that will change how you see boundaries and letting people into your inner circle

Once you hear this conversation, you’ll want to check out Lisa’s last visit to the show where we shared practical tips as you consider ways to move forward in strength. These conversations about dreams and goals will change your life.

Lisa Whittle is a Bible teacher, speaker, and host of the Jesus Over Everything podcast. She is the author of nine books, including her latest, God Knows: When Your Worries and Whys Need More Than Temporary Relief. Lisa and her husband, Scott, have three children and live in Charlotte, NC.

Favorite quotes:

“It is hard to rest and rely on God for your pain relief but what choice do you have?”
“When we actually get to know who God is and understand the vastness of what it means God knows. It shifts something within us.”
“Dreaming is self-care.”
“If you are a believer in Jesus Christ you definitely want to root your own life in him so as you root yourself in him your dreams come in alignment.”
“When we become committed to our boundaries we only have to verbalize them 10% of the time.”
“Choose your life travelers wisely.”

Coaching this week:

Piling on the positives to transform your relationships. (30:29)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Build Great Friendships with Laura Tremaine Apr 10, 2023

Hey hey! Friendship is something we all want and need. While it seems simple on the surface, it can feel so complicated. How do we make friends as adults? If I don’t have deep heart-to-hearts with someone in my life, are we still friends? What about neighbors, co-workers, and people I see casually or in passing each week? Do they count as great friends?

I invited one of my friends to help me sort all that out! Laura Tremaine is a podcaster, speaker, and author of two books. Her newest book, The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs, is a great resource to help us reframe how we think about friendship.

Listen in on this conversation as Laura and I talk about:

Giving ourselves permission to not go deep with every friend
Why we should be lavish with encouragement, including our likes on social media
The importance of having different kinds of friends and the roles each can play in your life
Holding space for friendship break-ups and how to move past them

Y’all, I’m so happy to have Laura back on the show today. You can check out her previous show here. We talked about the tools we need to not only start important conversations with our people but continue to be vulnerable and reconnect even when it feels hard.

Laura Tremaine hosts the 10 Things to Tell You podcast and author of two books, including her most recent, The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs. Laura and her husband, Jeff, have two children and live in Los Angeles, California.

Favorite quotes:

~ “We have so many ideas about what women friendship should be.”

~ “When we withhold our likes and comments it hurts us. Withholding ourselves can be toxic to friendship.”

~“When friendships end, that can be so devastating. Often if you have gone through that it affects the relationships that follow.”

~ “The ten friends are over your life. Some of the seats are meant to be that over the course of your life you are meant to have these people that will be good guides for you.”

~ “Look around at who is filling what space in their life and who they are to others. It elevates all of our roles to one another.”

Coaching this week:

Healthy ways to deal with conflict in relationships. (35:20)

Links to great things we discussed:

Laura Tremaine Website
The Life Council: 10 Friends Every Woman Needs
Laura Tremaine Instagram
Laura Tremaine Facebook
10 Things to Tell You Podcast
Neon Sign
Lover - Taylor Swift
Wednesday
We All Want Impossible Things - Catherine Newman
Dyson Airwrap Styler

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Transform Your Relationships with Three Little Words with Mark Batterson Apr 03, 2023

Hey hey! We all want to live and work in happy, healthy spaces, but how do we create them? How do we build a culture where people enjoy being together and working together?

Those are big questions, but what if I told you it all starts with three little words we all learned as kids?

I chat with pastor and author Mark Batterson about these concepts from his new book, Please, Sorry, Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything. Mark and I talk about how those words- please, sorry, thanks- set the tone in the places we lead.

Join in on this conversation as we discuss:

What Mark calls “the crown jewel” of emotional intelligence
Why vulnerability is so critical, especially for leaders
One of the hardest lessons Mark learned in leadership
Two rules of life for leaders that will change how you see people
How gratitude can change your life, and why it is so vital for your soul

Mark blesses us with wisdom every time he visits. Last year, Mark shared how we have to 3-M our habits. We have to make them measurable, we have to make them meaningful, and we have to make them maintainable. Catch that episode here!

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church and is the author of over 20 books, including his latest, Please, Sorry, Thanks: The Three Words That Change Everything. Mark and his wife, Lora, have three children and live in Washington, D.C.

Favorite quotes:

~~“When it comes to creating culture or a happy healthy family system or just a place you want to work, those cultures are really good at please, sorry, and thanks.”

~~“Nothing opens doors like a please. Nothing mends fences like a sorry. Nothing builds bridges like a thanks. More than words, they have to become a lifestyle.”

~~“In all relationships you have to get really good at sorry because you are going to have to reset all the time.”

~~“Whatever you don’t turn into praise turns into pride so we have to get really good at giving thanks.”

~~“You don’t see the world as it is. You see the world as you are and if you are filled with gratitude you are going to find things every single day that you can be grateful for even if it is a tough day.”

Coaching this week:

How to use social media in friendships that won't leave you feeling lonely. (35:47)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Nourish Your Soul with Amy Seiffert Mar 27, 2023

Hey friend! Is it hard to put down your phone, even when you realize you’re numbing out? Is distraction really a bad thing? And what can we do to get back on track after it’s gone too far?

Today’s episode is a great conversation with author Amy Seiffert about all the things we consume that are filling our minds but starving our souls. Amy and I get super practical in our discussion on how we can replace spiritual junk food with things that will nourish the center of who we are.

Listen in as we talk about:

Two things we tend to think of as helpful that can actually do more harm than good
Three practices you can start incorporating this week to care for your soul
How small, simple shifts can have a game-changing impact on our lives
Why Sabbath rest is so important and why there are fewer (and better!) rules around Sabbath than you may think
The crucial role of community in our lives, why women often push it to the back burner, and the power of encouragement

Amy Seiffert is a speaker and author of two books, including her latest, Starved: Why We Need a Spiritual Diet Change to Move Us from Tired, Anxious, and Overwhelmed to Fulfilled, Whole, and Free. Amy lives with her husband and their three children in Ohio.

Favorite quotes:

~“I will be consuming and taking in various things but it is starving my soul. We need a spiritual diet change.”

~“How often because of the noise and the distractions, we can’t even hear what God might be saying.”

~“Start with silence and put the phone down. Practice looking outside and sitting there and not producing or pushing just letting yourself be loved.”

~“What would it look like to take a whole day and everyone you encounter, you practice saying to yourself, “I see an image bearer.” You begin to restore dignity, value, and worth to every person in front of you.”

~“It is a small shift but that very small shift is going to have a phenomenal impact on our spiritual health, emotional health, and mental health.”

~“What would it look like every time we meet to think in your brain when I show up part of my job in our community is to encourage?”

Coaching this week:

How to honor your priorities in your friendships (25:33)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Practice Compassion with Aundi Kolber Mar 20, 2023

Hey friend! Does it ever feel like you’re living in survival mode? You know that feeling where you find yourself constantly saying, “if I can just get through one more day, things will be better”? I know I have!

But what does it really take to move out of survival mode? How do we find a place a safety and compassion for ourselves (and others) as we process and move past what we’ve been through?

Trauma-informed therapist Aundi Kolber joins me on the show today to tackle those questions and more!

Aundi is a licensed professional counselor, and while we can’t all be her clients, we can all access the wisdom she shares in her two books, Try Softer and Strong Like Water.

This is a rich conversation about emotional health, and I’m so excited to share it with you.

Join in as we talk about:

How the last three years have affected all of us (and why it makes sense if you’re not “over it”)
Steps we can take to build safety in ourselves, with each other, and in our spaces like churches and schools
The surprising way compassion impacts our nervous system
The different styles of attachment, and why “good enough” parenting really is good enough

Aundi Kolber is a licensed professional counselor and author of two books, including her most recent, Strong Like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move through Hard Things–and Experience True Flourishing. Aundi lives with her family in Castle Rock, CO.

Favorite quotes:

~“Trauma is anything that overwhelms our nervous system's capacity to cope.”

~“How we experience is something at least as important as the event itself.”

~“Getting yourself outside is a great place to do grounding. Nature is so soothing to us and really regulating to our nervous system.”

~“We are designed for more. Both our fierceness and softness are God-given.”

~“Our relationship with ourselves is influenced by our attachment style.”

~“Secure relationships have an internal sense of predictability that when you have needs others around who care for you will do their best to meet their needs to the extent they are able.”

~“One way to begin is to become aware of our attachment style.”

Coaching this week:

1. Bundling Friend Time: Getting enough friend time, especially during busy seasons. (38:15)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Manage Your Time Well with Crystal Paine Mar 13, 2023

Hey hey! Have you been overwhelmed with all there is to do or wondered how to make it all happen? Maybe you’ve wondered how to prioritize better what is most important to you?

Me too, and today’s guest is here to help us with that!

Crystal Paine is one of the wisest women I know, and she (literally) wrote the book on time management: The Time-Saving Mom. We had a great conversation about how to make the most of our days and spend them well, and I think you’ll find some practical help and encouragement here!

Listen in as Crystal and I discuss:

Crystal’s 4-step system for feeling less frazzled in the midst of a busy life
The most challenging piece of managing our time (and why our mindset is so important!)
Two foundational questions you can ask to reduce decision fatigue
One thing to keep in mind to help you focus on what really matters

When Crystal visited with us last year, we dove into love-centered parenting, mom guilt, and what happens when we let our kids make mistakes. She shared the emotional journey with one of her children, who was experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts. If you are experiencing a difficult season, you can find practical wisdom and hope here.

Crystal Paine is an entrepreneur and New York Times Bestselling author of multiple books, including her newest, The Time-Saving Mom: How to Juggle a Lot, Enjoy Your Life, and Accomplish What Matters Most. Crystal and her husband, Jesse, live in Nashville, TN, with their six children (three teens and three under three!).

Favorite quotes:

~“You need to know where you are going with your day.”

~“A Time Blocked To-Do list gives you freedom because you can be fully present where you are.”

~“We can change our life by making little choices every day that add up to a big change over time.”

~“Change your mindset and you are going to change your life.”

~“There are very few things that are actually going to matter in 25 years and it allows me to let a lot of things go and focus on what really matters.”

Coaching this week:

Our kids may make life meaningful, but relationships make life happy. (39:17)

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Heal From the Inside Out with Debra Fileta Mar 06, 2023

Hey friend! Our emotional health is crucial to our well-being, but sometimes it’s hard to know exactly how to get there or even what to do. What does it look like for us to move toward healing from the inside out?

I invited my friend Debra Fileta on the show to walk us through those questions and talk about the practical side of emotional health. Debra is a licensed professional counselor and has written a new book called RESET, which is all about healing from the inside out.

Listen in as we talk about:

Why self-care really is soul care (and not made up or selfish!)
What triggers can tell us and how we can welcome them instead of avoid them
How children learn about emotional health
One exercise you can do in the next 24 hours to start to identify your thought patterns

Debra Fileta is a licensed professional counselor, speaker, and host of the Love + Relationships podcast. She is the author of six books, including her latest, RESET: Powerful Habits to Own Your Thoughts, Understand Your Feelings, and Change Your Life. Debra and her husband, John, live with their four children in Lancaster, PA.

Favorite quotes:

~~“Just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it never will. Your mindset is 90% of the battle.”

~~“Our thoughts lead to our feelings which then lead to our behaviors. So when you are thinking negative thoughts and are hopeless, the truth is your life is going to follow suit.”

~~“It is hard work to get healthy, but it is harder work to stay unhealthy.”

~~“We need to understand the underlying thoughts that are leading to the underlying feelings that are impacting our behavior. We can't just expect to change from the external.”

~~The spirit can give us what we need to not continue to do things in an unhealthy way and live an abundant life the way Jesus calls us to here and now.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Build Resilient Faith in your Children with David Kinnaman Feb 27, 2023

Hey friend! Have you seen so many people- on social media, in your own life, or both- walking through deconstructing their faith? Why is that happening? Is there anything we can do to help our kids build a faith they won’t have to tear down?

I brought in a friend to talk through these things with me. David Kinnaman, the CEO of the leading research company, Barna Group, did years of research to try to answer those questions, and he’s here to share some of his insights with us.

David spent many years researching why people leave the Church, and then he and his team asked, “What can we learn from those who stay?” The results were fascinating!

Listen in as David and I talk about:

5 practices of young people who have a resilient faith
What the story of Daniel in Scripture teaches us as we navigate a digital world
Why is oversimplification an enemy of faith?
One profound question we have to ask ourselves as Christian parents raising children of faith
The importance of work and how our work and faith are connected.

David Kinnaman is the CEO of Barna Group and author of multiple bestselling books, including Faith for Exiles: 5 Ways for a New Generation to Follow Jesus in a Digital Babylon. David has three children and lives in Fort Worth, Texas.

Favorite quotes:

~“Things have sped up so much that the ability of our families and churches to stay up with what it means to live a fully human and fully Christian life is really changing.”

~“Being ready and prepared and having deep roots into what God says about us, those are the things that are most important.”

~“We’re doing dial-up ministry in a WiFi world.”

~“Young people really want to learn and I think a lot of churches do a disservice by oversimplifying the message of the Christianity.”

~“We have a more American vision of what it means to be a young adult than we have a Christian vision of what it means to be a young adult.”

~“Let’s give away the fear and instead focus on what God has for us.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Why Your Story Matters with Beth Moore Feb 21, 2023

Hey hey! I’m so glad you’re here, friend. I’m delighted to have Beth Moore with me today, as we discuss mental illness–a tender topic that many of us have experienced either ourselves or alongside someone we love.

In this fantastic conversation, Beth and I talk about the stories she shares in her new memoir, All My Knotted-Up Life, many of which she’s sharing publicly for the first time.

Join Beth and I as we unpack:

The prevalence of mental illness, how it affects people we love, and why it is worth it to Beth and her family to share their story.
What she would say to the woman who struggles with the calling on her life and the reasons she can’t or shouldn’t do it.
Why authenticity is so important in our daily lives.
The most tender part of the audiobook for Beth to record.

Talking with Beth is always a blessing. On her last visit to the show, she shared how to know if you are actually called or if it’s your own desires. And why I almost killed a man on Mount Olympus in her honor. You can catch that episode here.

Beth Moore is the founder and visionary of Living Proof Ministries, an international Bible teacher, and bestselling author of numerous Bible studies and books. Her newest book, a memoir titled All My Knotted-Up Life, is a must-read for anyone who needs to be encouraged by a woman’s resilience and God’s faithfulness. Beth and her husband, Keith, have two grown daughters and three grandchildren and live outside of Houston, Texas.

Favorite quotes:

~“Do the next thing that God puts on your heart that is a benefit to someone in his name.”

~“God is training you as you do it. He is even training you through what you learn you are not called to.”

~“Real life baggage and real life complications do not disqualify us from ministry.”

~“There are so many people dealing with mental illnesses in their homes and hiding in it as if it is a shame of some kind.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Love Your Spouse Well - The Best of Love Feb 13, 2023

Hey friend! What if you could get some of the best marriage advice from multiple experts all in one place? That would be a game-changer, right?!

In celebration of Valentine’s Day tomorrow, that’s exactly what we’re doing today!

I have pulled together some of my favorite marriage advice we’ve gotten here on the show over the last year to give you the best of love.

These marriage tips come from three experts with different perspectives and wisdom we could all use when it comes to our marriage (and our relationships!).

No marriage is perfect, but these tips will help you build that connection and strengthen the most important relationship in your life.

Listen in as we talk about :

The two buckets we carry into every conflict, and the importance of one of those buckets in building a marriage with Kevin Myers
Four red flags in relationships and what we can do about them with Toni Nieuwhof
Tips for staying connected in your marriage and the worst choice you can make when you feel disconnected from your spouse with Gary Thomas

Kevin Myers has been married to his wife and co-author, Marcia, for nearly forty years. The Myers have four grown children and two grandchildren, and live in Georgia, where Kevin is senior pastor at 12Stone Church.

Toni Nieuwhof has worked as a divorce attorney and knows what it’s like to wish your marriage was better. She and her husband, Carey, have weathered the ups and downs to have a great marriage, and now Toni helps others do the same through books, courses, and podcasts.

Gary Thomas is an international speaker and best-selling author of over fifteen books, including Sacred Marriage, which has sold over one million copies. Gary and his wife, Lisa, have been married for nearly forty years. They have three grown children and two grandchildren.

Favorite quotes:

~“You need to be in the life of prayer to accomplish only what God can accomplish and make possible in a marriage relationship.” - Kevin Myers

~“We tend to use marriage rather than build it.”” - Kevin Myers

~“A much healthier approach to marriage is to recognize what you really want is to elevate your bond and marriage connection higher than your own individual interests.” - Toni Nieuwhof

~“One of the best ways you can give security to your kids and give them that solid loving foundation is to love your spouse really well and make your marriage a priority.” - Toni Nieuwhof

~“An emotionally connected marriage makes the difficulties easier to bear and the fun times that much more delicious to enjoy.” - Gary Thomas

~“Intimacy is dependent on security. You can’t be intimate with somebody that you don’t feel secure with.” - Gary Thomas

Links to great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Talk About with Your Spouse with Shaunti Feldhahn Feb 06, 2023

Hey hey! If you’ve ever wondered if you’re normal regarding what you and your spouse do behind closed doors, this conversation is for you!

Today, my friend Shaunti and I are talking about those things married people do in the bedroom. Before you get bashful and bow out, I promise we will use comfortable language for this often-uncomfortable topic.

This conversation isn’t for little ones but is vital for married couples, and you don’t want to miss out on it! These insights are game-changers.

Shaunti has spent years on this intimate kind of research. We are going there today, discussing the questions that are sometimes difficult to ask

Tune in to our conversation as we chat about:

Why money and intimacy are so tough to talk about
How can we open the conversation, so both spouses feel more comfortable talking about their needs
The real reason we all want to know if we’re normal behind closed doors
What most couples don’t know about desire

I love how Shaunti helps us normalize talking about what matters to us this week. Did you catch her when she joined us to talk about how to find joy and happiness regardless of what’s going on around us? Listen to that episode here.

Shaunti Feldhahn is a Harvard-educated social researcher, speaker, and best-selling author of researched-based books, including her most recent, Secrets of and Marriage: 8 Surprises That Make All the Difference. Shaunti and her husband, Jeff, have co-authored several books together, including For Couples Only. They have two children and call Atlanta home.

Favorite quotes:

~“Those people who could talk about their intimate lives were far more likely to be satisfied with their intimate lives and to be connecting much more often.”

~“The key is that you have to talk about what matters to you.”

~“One way to get started is to dig into some of those heart issues with your spouse.”

~“Whoever has the initiating desire has to recognize your spouse is going to be making a decision based on how they feel about you that day and how close you are.”

Coaching this week:

How do I convince my loved ones that coaching is a real and viable business? (37:41)

Links to great things we discussed:

Join The Coach School here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Finally Start (or Grow) Your Business Feb 02, 2023

If you’ve heard me talk about The Coach School and wondered, “Is this for me?” or “Is now the time?” this episode is for you! If you’re not a coach, stick around because this conversation may change your mind!

In a fun twist, my friend Sahar Twesigye is taking over the show today, and I’m answering the questions! With Sahar’s help, I’m giving you an inside look at all things The Coach School.

Listen in on this conversation with Sahar and me as we talk about :

The two messages I kept hearing (and still hear!) from women that made me build The Coach School
What kinds of coaches the world needs
Why The Coach School may be a game-changer for you, even if you don’t think of yourself as a coach
What you really need to know about a recession (and why it can be a great time to start or build your business!)

Sahar Twesigye is a multi-passionate entrepreneur and speaker. She is crazy about marketing and can help you with your own via her Pinterest course (you don’t want to miss that!). Sahar and her husband, Andrew, live in London with their four young children.

Favorite quotes:

~“The world needs great coaches who are values-driven and who want the best for people.”

~“With the Coach School I wanted for you to have all the curriculum of a course but you also have people to help you. It is a very high-touch program.”

~“We need to get out of that scarcity mindset to invest in ourselves, our future, and our business.”

~“Women need help no matter how successful we look on the outside. Women need help.”

~“You will never feel like you are ready and you will never feel like the time is right. If we wait until we feel confident and have enough time we are going to be waiting forever.”

~“Don’t be afraid to invest in yourself because you can change the course of life for your family and it is a legacy to leave for your children.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Change the Way You Think with Megan Hyatt Miller Jan 30, 2023

Hey friend! Have you ever felt stuck, like you’re circling the same issue in your life over and over? Or maybe you have dreams that feel out of reach because you don’t know how to move forward?

If either of those applies to you, I’ve got some good news!

Change is possible.
There is a way forward.
This episode will help you get there!

Listen in on this great conversation with my friend Megan Hyatt Miller who (literally) wrote the book on why our thoughts matter and how we can change them.

Megan and I don’t hold back on this conversation, friend! While it’s normal to struggle with limiting beliefs at times, we don’t have to get stuck there.

Tune in to learn more about:

What science says about how our brains are wired (and why this is good news for anyone who feels stuck!)
What happens when we feel uncomfortable (and what we can do about it!)
Why the stories we tell ourselves feel so true, even when they aren’t
One quick action step you can take today to change your mindset

Megan Hyatt Miller is the President & CEO of Michael Hyatt & Company, host of the popular business podcast Lead to Win, and author of the new book, Mind Your Mindset. Megan and her husband, Joel, have five children and live in Franklin, Tennessee.

Favorite quotes:

~“If we go upstream from our actions we can actually produce way better results then if we just double down on new and different actions without understanding what is driving those in the first place.”

~“Your brain can change. You actually can cut new pathways when you learn to leverage your thinking.”

~“We are not victims to the thoughts that come into our head and that is not the final word.”

~“We want to take the stories that are disempowering and we want to be intentional about rewriting those.”

~“You get a choice in what you believe about yourself, the world, and other people.”

Coaching this week:

Signs you could be an amazing coach. (30:03)

Links to great things we discussed:

Megan Hyatt Miller
Megan Hyatt Miller IG
Mind Your Mindset
Every Little Kiss - Bruce Hornsby
All Creatures Great and Small
CEO Excellence - Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, & Vikram Malhotra
Instacart
Stanley Cup with Straw
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Resurrender - Hillsong Worship ft. Brooke Ligertwood
Red Light Therapy Light
The Coach School

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Be Compassionate with Carlos Whittaker Jan 23, 2023

Hey hey! The last three years have done a number on us, haven’t they? If you have found yourself looking around and thinking, “What is going on with people?” or even, “What has happened to us?” You are not alone!

Join me as I talk with my friend Carlos Whittaker about those kinds of thoughts and his new book, How to Human: Three Ways to Share Life Beyond What Distracts, Divides, and Disconnects Us.

Carlos and I go all in, talking about how we are supposed to do this life as humans who live from a place of compassion.

Listen in as Carlos and I discuss:

What actually has happened to us the last three years, and how can we course-correct
Three keys to being a human who is compassionate and empathetic
The fantastic work Carlos’ “InstaFamilia” has done as a community, and the backstory of how they got started
The importance of finding that thing that makes you come alive

Carlos Whittaker is a gifted storyteller, but his greatest gift is the ability to make people feel seen. He is a global speaker, podcast host of Human Hope, and author of four books, including his latest, How to Human. Carlos and his wife, Heather, live with their family in Nashville, Tennessee.

Favorite quotes:

“We have to be very intentional about getting back to who we were created to be and getting back to the humanity we were created in the image of God.” - Carlos Whittaker

“Be who you were created to be.” -Carlos Whittaker

“It is important to find the thing that makes you come alive. There is something that makes you come alive. You just haven’t figured it out yet.” -Carlos Whittaker

“The change has to start with us.” -Carlos Whittaker

Coaching this week:

If you have one piece of advice for someone growing her coaching business, what would it be? (27:53)

Links to great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Parenting Well with Sandra & Andy Stanley Jan 16, 2023

Hey friend! When it comes to parenting, have you ever wondered if you’re getting it right? What does success look like as a parent anyway?

If you’re a parent, have a parent, or want to be a parent, don’t wait to listen to this episode! I had a fantastic conversation with Andy and Sandra Stanley about their new book, Parenting: Getting It Right.

With three grown children who love each other and love being together, even now that they no longer have to and can make those decisions for themselves, Andy and Sandra don’t hold back on sharing what they’ve learned in raising their family.

Listen in as Andy, Sandra, and I discuss all things parenting, like:

How establishing their end goal for raising their children shaped their parenting decisions
Why the law of the harvest applies to parenting (and why you can’t ignore it!)
One of the most important things we can help our kids understand about their behavior
Why teaching kids how to repair and restore relationships so is important

Andy Stanley is the founder of North Point Ministries, with eight Atlanta-area churches and a network of 180 churches around the world, a gifted communicator, and the author of over 20 books. Sandra Stanley is the author of two devotionals, and she loves speaking and writing about faith, family, and fostering.

They have three grown children, whom Sandra homeschooled, and Parenting: Getting It Right is their first book.

Favorite quotes:

“Your potential relationship with your adult children is much longer than the years or seasons you are in right now. Later is longer and you are sowing now you repent a healthy adult relationship with your kids.” - Andy Stanley

“Parenting with that relationship in mind gets us to the finish line.” -Sandra Stanley

“We don’t have rules just because we want to have rules. We have rules for reasons and to protect relationships. Our consequences for breaking the rules in our home were all tied to restoring the relationship.” -Andy & Sandra Stanley

“One of the greatest gifts we can give our children is a healthy marriage.” -Andy Stanley

“A great marriage sets our kids up for success in a lot of ways.” -Sandra Stanley

Coaching this week:

Habits for Moms: all about the power of 1% better and our trajectories. (30:17)

Links to great things we discussed:

Andy’s Website
Andy & Sandra’s Book - Parenting: Getting It Right
The Last Kingdom
1923
Heaven - Bryan Adams
This is My Song - North Point Worship
Worthy of My Song - Phil Wickham
The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry - John Mark Comer
When Crickets Cry - Charles Martin
How We Got to Now- Steven Johnson
From Strength to Strength - Arthur Brook
TheraGun Mini
Worship for Fierce Faith

Love Thy Neighborhood Podcast and The EnneaCast

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How We Relate to God, Ourselves, and Others with Jesse Eubanks Jan 09, 2023

Welcome back, friends!

I can’t wait for you to listen to today’s conversation with Enneagram coach and podcast host Jesse Eubanks as we discuss his soon-to-released book, How We Relate: Understanding God, Yourself, and Others through the Enneagram.

Ok, so I’m going to come right out and say it… It’s very intriguing to consider the Enneagram alongside our relationship with God, isn’t it?!

Jesse and I discuss so much in this one, including ways to experience more meaningful relationships with God, others, and ourselves. The value of understanding how we approach our relationships is the same way we approach our relationship with God as well.

Jesse Eubanks is a certified Enneagram coach and host of The EnneaCast, a podcast exploring personality and relationships through the lens of the Enneagram. He is also the founder and executive director of Love Thy Neighborhood, an urban missions agency putting young adults on the front lines of nonprofit work. Jesse and his wife, Lindsay, have two children and live in Louisville, Kentucky.

Listen in to learn more about:

The nine essential desires and how one comes to the forefront in our lives.
Some of Jesse’s cardinal rules for using the Enneagram and why they are essential to consider.
The three vital underlying emotions that are harming us and their antidotes.

Favorite quotes:

~~“You can not have healthy relationships without self clarity. Self clarity is essential. It is essential for intimacy with other people, intimacy with God, and emotional flourishing. You need a tool to help you grow in your ability to see yourself from the outside and the Enneagram can serve you in that way. It will absolutely lead to deeper, more fulfilling relationships with God, other people, and yourself.”

~~“Our story that we have lived has a profound influence on who we are. We can’t understand our personality and our Enneagram type apart from understanding our life story.”

~~“The Enneagram as a tool can definitely be utilized to help us grow in our self awareness and have an understanding of what’s happening on our end of the relationships we have with other people.”

~~“It is really important to understand we are wielding something powerful when we look into the Enneagram and we suddenly have insights into other people. We have to approach that with a huge degree of humility, kindness, and empathy.”

This week’s coaching segment:

A simple trick to make a new habit stick while giving yourself grace. (27:51)

Links to great things we discussed:

Love Thy Neighborhood

The Two Day Rule - Matt D'Avella

Andor

Avatar: The Way of Water

A Million Pretty Pieces - Nightly

Spirit Break Out - Kim Walker-Smith

Electric Kettle

Alli’s Worship for Fierce Faith - Spotify Play List

Jen Pollock Michel - Website

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Live Free From Time Anxiety with Jen Pollock Michel Jan 02, 2023

Hey, hey, everyone! Today I welcome show writer, speaker, coach, and podcast host, Jen Pollock Michel for a very insightful (and much-needed) conversation about our love-hate relationship with our clocks and the anxiety it often brings to our lives.

Be sure to listen to how Jen discusses a couple of truths she has landed on, including-

“Time belongs not to us but to God.”
“There is always enough time to do what God has planned.” Whew. So good but often so hard to live, am I right, friends?! She reminds us of the importance of living not in our timing or the timing of others but in having the courage to live in God’s timing for our lives.

So much wisdom is found in what Jen discovered while writing her most recent book titled, In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace…. I promise you don’t want to miss out on this eye-opening conversation!

Jen Pollock Michel holds a B.A. in French from Wheaton College, an M.A. in Literature from Northwestern University, and is working on completing an M.F.A from Seattle Pacific University. After eleven years of living in Toronto, Jen now lives in Cincinnati with her husband and two youngest children.

Listen in to learn more about:

What time anxiety is and how it plays out in our lives, whether we're trying to find time, save it, manage it, or make the most of it.
Some of the assumptions we often have concerning time management and how we can ground our lives in God’s timing.
The eight practical habits for reimagining productivity and how embracing those will help us develop a healthier relationship with the clock.

Favorite quotes:

“A faithful life is a courageous life. Tuning our ears to God’s voice takes a lot of courage.”

“A practical place to start is to think about habits and practices of everyday life.”

“There is not a right way. It is actually living every day in faithful response to God’s voice. ”

Coaching this episode:

The Secret to Habits Without the Hassle (27:00)

Links to great things we discussed:

In Good Time: 8 Habits for Reimagining Productivity, Resisting Hurry, and Practicing Peace By Jen Pollock Michel

Counterproductive: Time Management in the Knowledge Economy By Melissa Gregg

Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies By Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung

The Bear

Madmen

L'Occitane Pure Shea Butter

Atomic Habits By James Clear

Avatar: The Way of Water

I Thank God - Maverick City Music

Order your copy of Fierce Faith here

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How To Overcome the Fear of the Future with Alli Dec 26, 2022

Merry day after Christmas, friends!

How about we just start today’s episode with this thought… I think it’s safe to say none of us are disappointed that 2022 is on its way out the door.

As I planned what to talk about on the show today, I couldn’t help but think about how we’re all continuing to process everything that has happened this year (and the last two years really!) while also planning for the one to come.

With that in mind, I felt a little nudge that I needed to talk about Chapter 9 of my book, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety. In 2017, I titled that chapter “What If Things Fall Apart?” and I don’t think anything could be more relevant now.

I'm so excited to share the chapter with you today. I sincerely hope that this chapter brings peace about the future and encourages you to find your own stones of remembrance to remind you of God's faithfulness along the way.

Listen in to hear all about:

How fear can paralyze us from making our dreams come true.
What can happen when we wait for the perfect moment to take action (and how it can keep us wandering around the desert for 40 years).
What God really thinks about our plans to become successful in all that we do.

Links:

You can also join the Confident Motherhood Community here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How To Prayerfully Ask for What You Need with Alli Dec 19, 2022

On the show today, we’ll dive into Chapter 10 of my latest book, Standing Strong. This chapter, titled Ask For It: I’m Relearning How Prayer Really Works, is especially relevant today as we all look towards 2023 and what next year may bring.

In Chapter 10, I share how God revealed to me that he genuinely wants to partner with each of us in our journey and how an intentional walk with him is the adventure of a lifetime.

But it all starts with prayer, my friends.

Prayer is powerful, and we know that. However, our prayers also have the power to change God’s mind. He always listens because He cares about us and knows what matters to us.

Inviting Him through prayer helps us better understand his plan for our lives, even when we resist because we think we have it all figured out.

So as we approach the end of 2022, I challenge you to ask for what you need in full faith that God will give you what is best for you.

Listen in to hear all about:

How the ways we view God determine how we live our lives.
To step into the life God has called you to, you must know the truth and partner with it.
Instead of living in the land of “good enough,” we should ask God to show us His “immeasurably more.”

Order your copy of Standing Strong here.

You can also join the Confident Motherhood Community here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How To Hear God More Clearly with Pete Greig Dec 12, 2022

Have you ever wondered if you’re hearing God or just listening for what you want to hear? Me too, friend!

This is why I’m re-airing an episode I had earlier this year with Pete Greig as he talks with me about how to hear God, which I believe to be one of the most important topics we’ve ever covered on the show. (Hence the re-air because it never hurts to hear important information more than once, am I right?!)

Pete and I discuss why hearing God speak to us is so challenging for some. And we also talk about how to identify what’s actually the voice of God and ways to sort through delusion and deception. We are covering so much ground in this episode!

Pete has committed his life to help people hear the voice of God and facilitating the supernatural outpouring of His word and truth throughout the world. In addition to being a best-selling author, Greig is one of the founding champions of the earth-rattling 24-7 Prayer Movement and Senior Pastor of Emmaus Road Church in the south of England.

Listen in to hear all about:

Why we are comfortable talking to God but not so much talking with God.
Differentiating between when God is speaking to us and what isn’t actually God at all.
How to determine the difference between God’s word and God’s whisper (and why it matters!).

Favorite quotes:

~ How do ordinary, normal people, grow in the most important thing we’ll ever do, which is walking and talking with God?

~ Ask yourself : a) Is this affirming? b) Is it Biblical? c) Is it Christlike? If the answer is yes, this is affirming, biblical, and Christlike, then it will be good even if it isn’t God.

~ We need to hear God in community. We often need to discern God's will with other people, not just our own thoughts.

In this episode I answered this question:

I feel uncomfortable building a platform. How can I do it in a healthy way? (42:12)

Links to great things we discussed:

Shauna Niequist - Website

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xo,

Alli

How to Find Your Way with Shauna Niequist Dec 05, 2022

Hey friend! Do you find yourself still reeling from the extraordinary changes we’ve experienced over the past two years in one way or another? (My hand is raised over here for sure!)

Today, I’m bringing back one of my favorite episodes from 2022 - the amazing Shauna Niequist ! I brought this conversation back from the archives because I don’t know about you, friend, but this book and Shauna’s message still feel relevant to what’s going on around me right now. I hope you also find value in listening to this one once again with me.

In this episode, Shauna and I take a deep dive into how pain can make us tender, demand less of the world, and show us the good even in the face of what has been lost. We also talk about how seasons of significant loss can act as catalysts to significant transformation in our lives.

Our pain doesn’t define us; what we do with it does. You truly don’t want to miss this one, my friend!

Shauna Niequist is the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine, Savor, Present Over Perfect, and her latest book, I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet. She is married to Aaron, and they live in New York City with their sons, Henry and Mac.

Listen in to hear all about:

The concept of finding your next self.
The importance of taking care of ourselves (and how to cultivate a desire to fight for our health!).
How to live lightly and be a person who is easily delighted.

Favorite quotes:

~~If you feel overwhelmed by the mess that your life has become, don't try to go through that alone.

~~I need to not listen to the voices that are telling me who to be, I need to get quiet enough to listen to the voice deep inside of me to see what she has to say.

~~We don't change when we are feeding ourselves a steady diet of shame and abuse. We change when we anchor ourselves in love and self-esteem - That’s what gives us the courage to make changes.

~~I want to walk through life not dragging around these resentments, grudges and complaints. I want to live with a sense of freedom, with a lot of space inside myself, inside my heart for possibility for the present and the future instead of feeling like I am dragging my past behind me like an anchor.

~~I want to maintain the capacity to be easily delighted. I want to be a person for whom joy comes easily and frustration is harder to come by.

~~Pain can tenderize you and can make you demand less of the world and can show you what’s good even in the face of what’s been lost.

In this episode I answered this question:

Do you have quotes that you frame for inspiration? (41:13)

Links to great things we discussed:

Shauna Niequist - Instagram

Soy Yo - Song

The Crown - TV Series

Below Deck - TV Series

Tick Tick Boom - Movie

Wordle

https://www.bag-all.com

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022) - IMDb

Josh Groban - O Come All Ye Faithful (feat. the Mormon ... - YouTube

A Holly Jolly Christmas - playlist by Alli Worthington | Spotify

Maybe You Should Talk To Someone: A Therapist ... - Amazon.com

TAYA - Getaway (Official Music Video) - YouTube

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xo,

Alli

How to Plan for Starting Your New Year Strong with Lisa Whittle Nov 28, 2022

Hey, friends! I am thrilled to have my good friend, my Called Creatives business partner, Lisa Whittle, back on the show today!

Honestly, We’re just two friends coming together to talk about 2022 + finishing strong + how we plan to start the new year on the right foot!

By the end of this episode, we hope YOU are encouraged to let 2023 be the year that you go for it + let it be the year that you don’t hold yourself back from pursuing your goals and dreams!

Lisa and I would love to help you take that next step… whatever the next step may be. Let’s do this!

Lisa Whittle is the author of eight books, a sought-after Bible teacher, founder of Ministry Strong, and the popular Jesus Over Everything podcast. Lisa is also the co-founder of Called Creatives and co-host of the Launch podcast with Jamie Ivey. She and her family live in North Carolina.

Listen in to learn more about starting 2023 on the right foot!

Why Lisa and Alli don’t set up new year’s goals anymore + the value of measurable goals and small wins every day. So, let’s focus on the next 90 days!
Setting goals we can all benefit from for 2023 - no self-sabotage, no playing “small,” and taking a leap of faith!
Practical tips as you consider ways to move forward in strength in 2023.

Favorite quotes:

~~Productivity is really difficult for creatives.

~~There is also a fear that comes with other people's opinions. How much of what we do or not do is stifled by other people’s opinions.

~~To be a Creative does require community.

~~Some of us need to pivot to a new dream or a dream that looks a little different.

Links to great things we discussed:

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xo,

Alli

How to Be Brave Enough to Be Broken with Toni Collier Nov 21, 2022

Welcome back, friend! I am so glad you are joining me for today’s conversation with speaker and author Toni Collier. We dive right into our discussion of hurt, hope, and healing.

Be sure to listen in as we discuss trauma, abuse, childhood wounds, and toxic relationships that have broken us and how there is no shame in brokenness. It’s in our brokenness that the healing power of Jesus comes to find us. This is such a powerful episode, friend.

Toni Collier is the founder of an international women’s organization, Broken Crayons Still Color, which helps women process brokenness and find hope. She is a Speaker, Host, Author of Brave Enough to be Broken, and consultant that has helped organizations with creative marketing, leadership, student ministry, and strategic planning. Toni is teaching people all over the globe that you can be broken and worthy and unqualified and still called to do great things. She doesn’t want you to just face your demons; she wants you to quash the illusion of your brokenness so you can live the most colorful life possible, on and off stage. Toni is the wife of Sam and a mom of two living in Atlanta.

Listen in to learn more about:

What it looks like to intentionally build community and how to develop and maintain friend circles
How to identify a space, relationship, or workplace that is toxic and building healthy boundaries to protect yourself from that
The value of accessing your core lie and learning to speak truth to it.

Favorite quotes:

~ Hurt and hope can co-exist. That we can be going through things and we can be doing our best to survive those things but we can also have the capacity to put up a front.

~ Jesus had circles too and when we get intentional about how we structure friendship circles we can ultimately live healthier lives.

~ We have to become aware of what we need. Some of the reason why we get into toxic environments is because there is a toxic part of us that craves it and it becomes a magnet.

~ We should be curious, not condemning. We are not good about being curious about helping people.

In this episode I answered this question:

How do you handle chores with all your boys? (33:27)

Links to great things we discussed:

The Blacklist (TV Series 2013– ) - IMDb

The Chosen (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb

Lavender Salve All Purpose - MST Goods

Opinion | Happy Children Do Chores - The New York Times

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) - IMDb

Whitney Houston (feat. The Georgia Mass Choir) "Joy to the World"

This Is Us (TV Series 2016–2022) - IMDb

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xo,

Alli

How to Build Resilient Relationships with Seth & Heather Thompson Day Nov 14, 2022

Hey hey! Today’s episode is a must-listen! The cancel culture of the world today makes it tricky to navigate relationships, doesn’t it? Listen in as I chat with Seth and Heather Thompson Day about these issues on the show.

Seth and Heather provide a framework of what the Bible says about showing up for one another—even when we feel like giving up. They also share just how important it is to stop waiting for the “perfect” time to move forward in our lives.

Heather Thompson Day is an Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews University. She is passionate about supporting women and runs an online community called I’m That Wife, which has over two hundred thousand followers.

Heather’s writing has been featured on outlets like TODAY and the National Communication Association. She believes her calling is to stand in the gaps of our churches for young people. She is the author of seven books, including It’s Not Your Turn and Confessions of a Christian Wife.

Seth Day is a graduate student of Educational Psychology. He has been a pastor and campus chaplain. His background in Human Service Counseling and ministry brings an important spiritual component to their most recent book, I’ll See You Tomorrow.

Listen in to hear all about:

How communication drives relationships and what it means to be wired to be in relationships with other people.
How messages and experiences we have in childhood affect our relationships into adulthood
What weak ties are and how we can value them in our lives.

Favorite quotes:

~Our experiences in life, what we go through as children; we are constantly seeking affection. We are going to adapt our coping styles to whatever way helps us get that affection and the unfortunate part is that we carry this to our adult relationships.

~It starts with you! I can only control what I choose to do. The reality is it starts with YOU making the commitment to start living life again

~Narcissists don’t want love, they want adoration.

~Weak ties matter. If we spend all our time saying we don’t have any best friend relationships we will miss the relationships that we have.

~People who are part of a church community are healthier and happier.

In this episode I answered this question:

How can I become more confident in my abilities? (29:51)

Links to great things we discussed:

Abbott Elementary (TV Series 2021– )

Jesus I Never Knew, The: Philip Yancey, Bill Richards - Amazon.com

Lash Boost Eyelash Conditioning Serum | Rodan + Fields®

I'll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You ...

Heather Day (@heatherday) • Instagram photos and videos

The Chosen (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb

Milk & Cookies: A Merry Crowder Christmas - Amazon.com Music

Naked Body Oil - Osmia Organics - Integrity Botanicals

AWS Internship Program Application: Become an intern on Alli’s team

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xo,

Alli

How to develop healthy boundaries with Lysa TerKeurst Nov 07, 2022

Welcome to the show! Today I welcome my dear friend, author, and fan-favorite, Lysa TerKeurst, for a very insightful (and much-needed) conversation about boundaries - how to make them and keep them.

Be sure to listen in as Lysa honestly shares how we can stop the dysfunction of unhealthy relationships by showing us biblical ways to set boundaries without losing the best of who we are.

At some point, Lysa realized she had many questions about boundaries and relationships. Lysa used these questions to dig deeper into God’s Word to discover the many Scriptures that demonstrate that boundaries are not just a good idea but God’s idea. So much wisdom is found in my time with Lysa today…. I promise you don’t want to miss out on this eye-opening conversation!

Lysa TerKeurst is president of Proverbs 31 Ministries and the author of more than twenty-five books, including Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are, It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way and the #1 New York Times bestsellers Forgiving What You Can’t Forget and Uninvited. As a mother of five and Gigi to three, Lysa writes from her family’s farm table and lives in North Carolina.

Listen in to learn more about:

Lysa’s definition of boundaries includes these three words - Access. Responsibility & Consequences.
Signs of a healthy relationship vs. an unhealthy relationship + some scripts we can use to communicate necessary boundaries in our lives.
How boundaries are not about leaving people but about loving people with the best of who you are.

Favorite quotes:

~Boundaries are not just a good idea, they are a God idea. He established the foundations of the world with boundaries.

~When we need someone to lift up their area of responsibility, if they don’t have the desire within themself to change their level of responsibility and match the level of access you have given them, no amount of external pressure will create lasting changes in them.

~A boundary without a consequence is nothing but a bad suggestion.

~The purpose of a boundary is not to shove people away. The purpose of a boundary is to love others really well without losing the best of who we are.

~Anytime you feel like you have to minimize the best of who you are to help make excuses or cover up for the worst of who someone else is, that's not just a red flat that is a full on fire!

Links to great things we discussed:

Free Coaching With Alli

Lysa TerKeurst |

Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing

Adele - Easy On Me (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube Music

The Chosen (TV Series 2017– ) - IMDb

Dual Transformation: How to Reposition Today's Business While …

Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel: Garmus, Bonnie - Amazon.com

The Crown (TV Series 2016 - IMDb

Yellowstone (TV Series 2018– ) - IMDb

AWS Internship Program Application: Become an intern on Alli’s team

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xo,

Alli

How to Find the Best of You with Alison Cook, PhD Oct 31, 2022

Hey hey! Do you ever struggle with caring for family, friends, and co-workers without pushing your own needs to the back burner? Well, friend, you are precisely in the right place today!

My friend Dr. Alison Cook joins me on the show to talk about her most recent book, The Best of You, which helps us find our true selves while in relationship with God, other people, and ourselves.

During our conversation, Alison teaches us how to find our best and most authentic versions of ourselves in a way that allows us to show up for ourselves before we show up for others. Also, she details some of the ways childhood wounds, confusing church messages, and cultural conditioning toward women and their wants have kept women stuck, overwhelmed, and defeated.

Dr. Alison Cook is a psychologist and the author of two books, including her new book, The Best of You and Boundaries for Your Soul. For 20 years, Alison has empowered women to heal from past wounds, develop a strong sense of self, forge healthy relationships with others, and experience a loving God who is for them. Her weekly email and podcast reach more than 70,000 people. She specializes in bringing faith and psychology together to create real change in people's lives. Alison and her husband, Joe, are the parents of two adult children. They are based out of Boston and spend time in the mountains of Wyoming as often as possible.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Christian women internalize an unhealthy message of putting our needs and wants last (and how we can work to reverse it!)
How to identify the differences between selfishness, selflessness, and selfhood.
The signs that we have given up on ourselves and how to rediscover our voice.

Favorite quotes:

~We think of Jesus' words “Love others as yourself.” There is an assumption there that there is a you that is showing up; that you know who that you is that you are bringing into relationships but a lot of women don’t understand or don’t feel like they have permission to do that work.

~When I hide myself, when I make myself invisible, when I play like a doormat, it’s not just bad for me , but I’m not bringing the best of who I am to the people I love.

~When I’m really being my true self , when I’m aligned with myself, I’m empowering other people which is what helps them heal and become who they really need to be.

~We are worth so much more than just numbing through all the various ways we can check out ; God wants so much more for us.

Links to great things we discussed:

Free Coaching With Alli

Adele - Easy On Me (Official Lyric Video) - YouTube

Abbott Elementary (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Podcasts - Armchair Expert

Being Known Podcast

The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up …

Dr. Alison Cook website

The Best of You: Break Free from Painful Patterns, Mend ... - Amazon

Amsterdam (2022) - IMDb

https://bethallisonbarr.com/

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xo,

Alli

How To Explore Biblical Womanhood with Beth Allison Barr Oct 24, 2022

Hey hey! Today’s episode is a must-listen, friend! I am so convinced that this is 100% true I am bringing this conversation back from the archives! You’re certainly in for a treat as we revisit this powerful discussion with historian, pastor's wife, and author, Dr. Beth Allison Barr.

Listen in as we talk about her book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood, in which she outlines the definition of biblical womanhood and how it affects women’s choices about careers, their roles in ministry, their relationship dynamics, and so much more. Beth shares how biblical womanhood isn't biblical but actually arose from a series of clearly definable moments in history. Friends, this is a game-changer conversation for sure!

Beth Allison Barr is the James Vardaman Professor of History at Baylor University. She earned her PhD in Medieval History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the bestselling author of four books including The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth. She is also a pastor’s wife and mom of two great kids.

Listen in to hear all about:

How to become more biblically literate by approaching the Bible with a contextual understanding of the time it was written.
What the Reformation cost women in terms of opportunities and societal norms.
Ways culture shapes our view of women and men in a way that women and men are not shaped in the Bible.

Favorite quotes:

~Biblical womanhood is one of the most recent manifestations of the patriarchy.

~I think the cost of the reformation for evangelical women is that it made only one right way for us to be Godly. And that was to be married with children under the authority of our husbands.

~Culture shapes the way we view women and men in a way that women and men are not shaped in the Bible.

~There was a wage gap in the medieval world. Women made about 71 cents to the dollar, if we put it in modern terms. And here we are in the 21st century and women make about 75 cents to the dollar compared with men for doing the same jobs. I think that is a very powerful example of something going on in which women’s work is not valued in the same way as men. That women are seen as not as not quite as good as men around them.

Links to great things we discussed:

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women ...

Bon Jovi | Spotify

Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - Spotify

Star Wars Series | StarWars.com

Loki (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Pants - Summersalt

Don't Worry Darling (2022) - IMDb

Mad Men (TV Series 2007–2015) -

Apple AirPods Pro (2nd Generation) Wireless Earbuds with ...

Audioslave - Cochise - YouTube

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xo,

Alli

How to Be Good & Kind with Rich Villodas Oct 17, 2022

Hey there everyone! Today’s episode is packed with wisdom and grace, and I just know you’re going to love this conversation with pastor, author, and speaker Rich Villodas. We talk about how we can truly become whole in a broken and fractured world.

Listen in as Rich invites us to ask ourselves two questions:

1. How did we lose goodness, kindness, and beauty?

2. More importantly, how do we get them back into our lives?

The answers to both are especially valuable as we live in our walled-up and often hostile world.

Rich Villodas is the Brooklyn-born lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. He enjoys reading widely, preaching, and writing on contemplative spirituality, justice-related matters, and the art of preaching. He's been married to Rosie since 2006, and they have two beautiful children, Karis and Nathan.

Listen in to learn more about:

The five questions we can ask ourselves whenever we experience anxiety to protect both our emotional health and our relationships with others.
Ways to cultivate a calm and loving presence in the middle of an anxious culture.
Contemplative prayer and why it is important in our lives.

Favorite quotes:

At its core, sin is failure to love. If Jesus says that the greatest commandment is to love God with your heart, soul, mind and strength and to love your neighbor as yourself, then the essence of sin must be the violation of that.

A calm and loving presence is a presence that is not driven by your action or reaction. It’s a life that moves beyond emotionality and reactionality.

Contemplative prayer, at its core, is being present in the presence of God. It is friendship with Jesus.

The fruit of contemplative prayer is not simply greater self awareness or self actualization or religious goose bumps, it is how can I be more lovingly present with people. It begins with us befriending silence, normalizing boredom and reframing distractions.

In this episode I answered this question:

How do we view happiness in a positive way? How do I pursue happiness without harm? (32:50)

Links to great things we discussed:

Rich Villodas

Harry Styles - As It Was (Official Video) - YouTube Music

Mosquito Treatment For Yard - Amazon.com

Stranger Things (TV Series 2016– ) - IMDb

Happiness: Alcorn, Randy: 0031809189344: Amazon.com: Books

Confess, Fletch (2022) - IMDb

Kentucky Down Under Adventure Zoo | Mammoth Onyx Cave …

Reckless Love (Official Lyric Video) - Bethel Music & Cory Asbury

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xo,

Alli

How God Stays with Matthew West Oct 10, 2022

Hey, hey! Do you remember what you were doing in March 2020 or what I call, the before times? We have come so far, and yet almost everything has changed for all of us in one way or another. Right?!

Today on the show, I’m joined by singer, songwriter, author, and podcast host, Matthew West. He joins me for a candid conversation about 2020, the pandemic, and everything that has turned our lives and illusions of security upside down.

Matthew shares his memories of the day the lockdown directly impacted his life in an unexpected place and how God used a stranger to comfort him.

During our conversation, Matthew shares stories, experiences, and discoveries from his faith journey of rediscovering “God with us” as inspired by the words of his hit song, “The God Who Stays.”

Matthew West is a five-time GRAMMY® nominee, three-time Dove Award winner, and a multiple ASCAP Christian Music Songwriter/Artist of the Year winner. In addition to his recording career, he has more than 130 songwriting credits, including cuts by Rascal Flatts, Michael W. Smith, and Casting Crowns. He has also written multiple books, including his recent release, The God Who Stays. Matthew is also the husband of Emily and the father of two daughters.

Listen in to learn more about:

What happens when we have the opportunity to step into someone else’s story.
How missed opportunities are a gift in their own right.
Matthew’s “Summer of No What-Ifs” and how what he learned can impact our lives.

Favorite quotes:

~You can’t quit on a calling no matter how many times you get rejected.

~It’s an honor to step into people’s stories and when you do that and when you focus on somebody else’s story instead of your own, your perspective on life changes in a radical way.

~Make the most of the one story that God has you on this earth to write and He is writing it for you so follow in to his plan and that’s where you discover life to the fullest.

In this episode I answered this question:

How can I stay motivated? Because I find myself having great intentions but I don't follow through. (42:17)

Links to great things we discussed:

Matthew West - Website

[Sittin' On] The Dock Of The Bay - YouTube

Seinfeld (TV Series 1989–1998) - IMDb

The Middle (TV Series 2009–2018) - IMDb

Athletic Greens® - Official Site

Gooey Butter Cake | Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams

The Woman King (2022) - IMDb

High Impact™ Mascara - Clinique

Official website of Tour de France 2022

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xo,

Alli

How to strengthen your marriage with Gary Thomas Oct 03, 2022

Welcome back, friends! I’m delighted to welcome Gary Thomas back to the show to give us some practical advice about marriage, especially during tough times..

Realistically, we all know life brings storms at times. Just think about the past two years! That’s why I’m so glad Gary is here today to talk about his latest book Making Your Marriage a Fortress: Strengthening Your Marriage to Withstand Life’s Storms, while sharing stories from his own marriage. It’s so reassuring to know that we are not alone in navigating tough times in our relationships.

Gary is the author of numerous books that have sold over two million copies, translated into more than a dozen languages, and won numerous awards. He also enjoys running in his spare time and has completed 14 marathons, including the Boston Marathon, three times. He and his wife Lisa have been married for 38 years, and they have three adult children and two grandchildren.

Listen in to learn more about:

The three things we can do right now to storm-proof our marriages
Making our marriages emotionally healthy
Practical ways couples can strengthen their marriage in the middle of attacks on multiple fronts.

Favorite quotes:

~Both affluence and financial depreciation can strengthen marriages if faced together.

~It’s wise as a couple for both to know what’s going on financially.

~It’s not just keeping your marriage together more important than that; it’s keeping your heart together with God. Keeping God on your side. Enjoying the favor and comfort of God.

~The crisis will come. The kind of marriage you have now , will it hold when the crisis hits?

~Stay connected as a couple so that when the storm does hit your marriage will be a refuge and will be part of the solution and not the problem.

In this episode I answered this question:

How can I keep myself motivated to tackle new things in life without giving up? (37:50)

Links to great things we discussed:

The Beach Boys | Spotify

Complete works of Thomas Brooks - Classic Christian Library

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb

In Jesus' Name (God of Possible) - Katy Nichole - Lyric Video

Blended Face Powder - Clinique

The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings (Official Video) - YouTube

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xo,

Alli

How to Find Strength in the Holy Spirit with Max Lucado Sep 26, 2022

I have a question for you, friend. Do you ever feel like you’re drowning in questions you can't answer and problems you can't solve? Today on the show, I welcome back pastor and author Max Lucado for a conversation about how we can learn to lean into the life-saving strength of the Holy Spirit.

In this conversation, Max and I speak candidly about who the Spirit is, how he can empower us to be more joyful, and the ways we can overcome anything when we draw closer to God.

Max encourages us that while the chaos of our lives often feels like too much to take on by ourselves, there is no more need to feel as if we are walking this path alone. There’s also no more carrying weight we were not intended to bear. We can rest easy knowing that help Is here.

Trust me when I say this is another conversation you don’t want to miss!

Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and bestselling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Max has found strength and purpose through understanding the Holy Spirit.
The ways the Holy Spirit can impact our daily fears and anxieties, not just milestone moments in our lives..
Why God gave us an advocate in the Holy Spirit and how we can use Him as an everyday guide.

Favorite quotes:

~Jesus described the Holy Spirit as our helper and our counselor and that’s when it dawned on me that that’s who has been helping me lately and that opened my mind with a deep appreciation and a better understanding of the Holy Spirit.

~Any voice I hear has to submit to scripture.

~The Spirit is always going to be kinder to you than you are to yourself.

~The Holy Spirit is the seal of the saint. He seals us for eternity which means that though I may not know much about what’s going to happen, one thing that I don’t have to question is where I will spend eternity.

~The Holy Spirit is our advocate. He knows exactly how to pray and he takes the groans of our heart and turns them into prayers worthy of heaven.

In this episode I answered this question:

You seem as if you always have it all together. Do you ever get stressed out and can’t think? How do you stop doing that? (35:09)

Links to great things we discussed:

Max Lucado website

Help Is Here

The Old Man (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb

How Did I Get Here?: Finding Your Way Back to God When ...

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth - Amazon.com

PXG - Parsons Xtreme Golf - Clubs Unlike Any Other

Liquid I.V. - Faster Hydration Than Water Alone

Iron Bell Music - Hallelujah Lives In Me (Lyrics) - YouTube

Jeff and Beth McCord’s website and books

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xo,

Alli

How to Be More than Your Enneagram Number with Jeff & Beth McCord Sep 19, 2022

Hey hey! Today’s episode is a must-listen! Whether you are all-in on the Enneagram or a skeptic, there is so much to consider and learn as Jeff and Beth McCord join me on the show.

Listen in as Beth provides us with a framework - sharing how the Enneagram is focused on why you think, feel, and behave in particular ways. Friends, this is so valuable to recognize in our own lives and the lives of those around us. A game changer for sure!

We also dive deeper into their soon-to-release book, More Than Your Number, by talking about the importance of moving past often quickly assigned and sometimes stereotypical Enneagram Types. Instead, we can consider how our personality makes us so much more complex than just a number.

Pastor Jeff McCord and Beth McCord co-founded Your Enneagram Coach nearly 20 years ago. As an Enneagram coach, teacher, and speaker, Beth is now leading the industry in simplifying the profound truths of the Enneagram from a Biblical perspective. The McCord's passion is to make the Enneagram accessible for everyone, anywhere, so they can experience the transformation and freedom in Christ they long for. Beth and Jeff live outside Nashville, have been married for 23 years, and have two adult children.

Listen in to hear all about:

Why some Christians are so freaked out about the Enneagram, according to Jeff.
How you can use the Enneagram like healthcare providers use an X-ray.
Your Enneagram Internal Profile and the five ways becoming aware of your EIP can help you, through God's grace, better lead your internal thoughts.

Favorite quotes:

~Anything that is not scriptural or Biblical from God's truth we are just going to throw out but let’s take what is still good and true and brings clarity about our heart; not for self help and to work on ourselves or self focus but it’s more about how we can align our heart with God.

~Your main type is your driving force. Your main type actually has two parts within it. It has a wounded child and a beloved child. The wounded child is the younger part of your heart that was wounded or traumatized as a child in some form or fashion and it was trying its best to survive. But what’s beautiful is that because of the redemption of Christ, when we trust in Him and receive Him as Lord and Savior, not only are we forgiven but his righteousness is poured out on us and God looks at us as if we are Christ.

~We want to help people understand that there’s an infinite number of variations for type and it should promote curiosity not stereotyping.

~God created us diverse but to unify and glorify Him.

~ The reason the enneagram is so helpful is because it gives us vocabulary to behave, think and feel the way we do.

In this episode I answered this question:

I am working on being more self aware and raising my emotional intelligence. What are some negative thought traps do I need to avoid? (41:41)

Links to great things we discussed:

Sleeping at last - playlist spotify

Amos Lee - Worry No More [Official Music Video] - YouTube

Only Murders in the Building (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Pure Luck (1991) - IMDb

The Lord Is My Courage: Stepping Through the ... - Amazon.com

Not So Black and White: An Invitation to Honest Conversations …

Nest Hub (2nd Gen) – Google Store

Traeger Grills® - The Original Wood Pellet Grill

That's The Power - Hillsong Worship - YouTube

Turo car sharing marketplace | Rent the perfect car

Midsomer Murders (TV Series 1997– ) - IMDb

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xo,

Alli

How to Supercharge Your Teenager’s Mindset with Jon Acuff Sep 12, 2022

Welcome back, friends!! Today on the show, I’m delighted to have author and speaker Jon Acuff for a conversation about a soon-to-release book he recently co-authored with his two teenage daughters. Yes, you heard that right! He wrote a book with his teenage daughters! How amazing is that?!

You may remember when Jon was on the show last year around the release of his book Soundtracks. Well, so many parents reached out to him after reading it asking for a version for teenagers. He knew they were on to something, but he also knew he couldn’t write a book for teenagers without it reading like an adult trying to sound cool. So he enlisted the help of his daughters! Your New Playlist is a book for teenagers by teenagers, and I’m so thrilled Jon ran with this idea.

The things we believed as teenagers can be so impactful. It is so encouraging to think about how the teens in our lives can learn to create new thoughts that lead to actions and even better results. Be sure to listen in to find out how!

Jon Acuff is a New York Times bestselling author, an INC Magazine Top 100 Leadership speaker, and host of the All It Takes Is A Goal podcast. He has spoken to hundreds of thousands of people at conferences and companies around the world, including FedEx, Nissan, Microsoft, Lockheed Martin, Chick-fil-A, Nokia, and Comedy Central. He lives outside of Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife and two teenage daughters.

Listen in to learn more about:

How the truth grows like compound interest.
The ways our thoughts can work for us or against us and how we get a say in how they work.
The things Jon’s daughters taught him about thought patterns and what teenagers deal with today.

Favorite quotes:

~If you are a parent it is good to listen to ‘absolutes’ from your kids because it is usually the sign of a broken soundtrack.

~There’s a real joy when you as a parent help your child do a difficult thing and they realize it’s possible.

~A good friend is an archive and they store memories and moments for you that in times of stress you forget.

~Nothing gets better accidentally.

In this episode I answered this question:

What is something easy I can do to help me in my career? (42:01)

Links to great things we discussed:

Jon Acuff: Home Page

Grantchester (TV Series 2014– ) - IMDb

John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023) - IMDb

Nobody (2021) - IMDb

Amazon.com: Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals ...

The Psychology of Money: Timeless lessons on wealth, greed, &...

Steven Pressfield - War of Art, The MP3 CD - Amazon.com

All It Takes Is A Goal Jon Acuff - Apple Podcasts

How one woman's positive mindset took her from barista to CEO - All ...

Secura 60-Minute Visual Timer, Classroom Countdown Clock, Silent ...

Champion - Bethel Music (Lyrics) feat. Dante Bowe - YouTube

Maverick city music- old church basement

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xo,

Alli

How to Set Healthy Boundaries with Sasha Shillcutt, MD Sep 05, 2022

Friend, do you feel like you struggle to set strong, workable boundaries? If so, you are absolutely in the right place! My friend Sasha Shillcutt joins me today to discuss her upcoming book about overcoming burnout, learning to set work-life boundaries, and taking back control of our time.

Boundaries are essential in today’s world. And I think the more we talk about them, the easier it is to implement them successfully in our own lives. Don't miss this conversation as Sasha helps us learn that boundaries are kind, not restrictive, and being a person with boundaries is the most empowering and peaceful way to live.

Dr. Sasha Shillcutt is a physician, researcher, speaker, author, wife, mom of four amazing kids, and Founder/CEO of Brave Enough. Sasha’s greatest passion is empowering and encouraging others to achieve well-being in their professional and personal lives. Thousands of people viewed her TEDx talk, Resilience: The Art of Failing Forward. She also leads conferences and retreats for professional women, and her second book, Brave Boundaries, releases in the Fall of 2022.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Sasha defines boundaries and how you can live your life in a way that reflects your priorities.
What burnout looks like in Sasha’s life and how she flips the script on it.
Boundary backlash, especially when people call you selfish for setting them.

Favorite quotes:

~A boundary allows you to live your life that reflects your priorities.

~The only thing that is going to allow you to fulfill that life where you put your energy and time where you want is boundaries.

~If you don’t have boundaries in your life, someone else will.

~When we set boundaries for ourselves, we are honoring the person we want to be. It is like preventive medicine.

~Boundaries don’t just keep the bad out, they keep the good in. Without boundaries our biggest strengths can become our biggest time and energy sucks and wastes.

~We have to be women who are approachable. It doesn't mean we have to be women who are always accessible.

In this episode I answered this question:

How do you recommend getting started marketing a new business with virtually no resources? (44:35)

Links to great things we discussed:

BritBox: Home

Dry Scalp Treatment - Scalp Care Collection - Living Proof

Amazon.com: The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences ...

Brave Enough® | Life + Career Coaching for Female Physicians

Brave Enough Podcast

The Coach School- Roadmap

Jack Reacher (2012) - IMDb

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016) - IMDb

Firm Foundation (feat. Cody Carnes) // The Belonging Co - YouTube

Killing Comparison: Reject the Lie You Aren't Good Enough and ...

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xo,

Alli

How to Kill Comparison with Nona Jones Aug 29, 2022

Welcome back, friends! I am so glad you are joining me for today’s conversation with preacher, speaker, author, and the head of global faith-based partnerships at Facebook, the amazing Nona Jones. We dive right into this one to chat about just how prevalent insecurity is in our culture and how important it is for us to recognize that toxic comparison is deadly.

Friends, you are not a failure because of someone else’s successes.

Nona and I also speak candidly about how social media is often our number one trigger in feelings of comparison, insecurity, or being enough. However, the truth is that social media often just exposes our insecurity rather than is the source of our insecurity. She shares her experiences working in the social media industry and ministry and wrestling with insecurity. It provided the connection of experience for her to speak about this topic in the soon-to-release book, Killing Comparison. Be sure to listen in as we discuss practical ways to conquer daily comparison - to live confidently in who God made us to be.

Nona is recognized as one of the world’s foremost experts on digital discipleship through social technology, motivating thousands of church leaders each year to reimagine social media as a strategic tool for ministry. Nona's passion and purpose in life is to demonstrate God's power to turn pain into purpose, a calling she fulfills in her career and alongside her husband as co-leader of Open Door Ministries in Gainesville, Florida. She is the proud mother of two sons and a Goldendoodle named Shiloh. She has also written five books, and is an avid runner and fitness enthusiast, having recently run her 13th half-marathon in Paris, France.

Listen in to learn more about:

How we spend so much time denying insecurity that we never get to the place of actually defeating it.
Guarding our hearts by guarding our eyes + how this principle relates to the story of Saul, David, and Jonathan in the Bible.
The importance of tracing our insecurity back to its roots so that we can begin to reclaim that ground and stop being triggered every time we see someone succeed.

Favorite quotes:

~Insecurity is not about thinking lowly about yourself. Insecurity is really a question of what your identity is secured to.

~Social media more exposes our insecurity than is a source of our insecurity. Two people can view a post and one can walk away inspired while the other person can walk triggered.

~We spend so much time denying insecurity that we never get to the place of actually defeating it.

~There's something in our background, in our biography that has created an insecure foundation.

~Perfection isn't real and many of us are comparing our reality to someone else’s fiction.

In this episode I answered this question:

What is the best advice to grow in a specific area? (43:16)

Links to great things we discussed:

Nona Jones Ministries

Chopped | Food Network

"Food Network Star" Beat Bobby Flay (TV Episode 2017) - IMDb

Plant-Based Meal Delivery - Factor

‎All Things New by Tye Tribbett on Apple Music

How Great Thou Art (Austin City Limits Live) - Crowder - YouTube

The Gray Man (2022) - IMDb

"Feels Like Home" | Drew & Ellie Holcomb ... - YouTube Music

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xo,

Alli

How to Raise Emotionally Strong Boys with David Thomas Aug 22, 2022

Hey, hey! Welcome back to the show! Today’s episode will be so helpful to anyone who has a boy in their life that they care about deeply.

David Thomas joins me today to talk about raising emotionally strong boys. He’s spent 25 years counseling boys and young men. After all, we live in a world that often bombards our boys with messages like “don’t feel” or “don’t ask for help.” Both are harmful messages and, unfortunately, ones that many of them absorb throughout their lifetimes.

Listen in as David and I discuss how we can best communicate with the boys (and even the men) in our lives, along with practical ways to help them develop new vocabulary and skills that will better serve them over time.

As the mom of five boys, you know I listened closely to David’s advice in this episode, my friends. Such wisdom!

David is the director of Family Counseling at Daystar Counseling Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee. He has co-authored ten books, including his two latest titles, Raising Emotionally Strong Boys and Strong and Smart: A Boy’s Guide to Building Healthy Emotions.

Listen in to learn more about:

What causes boys to instinctively begin to channel all primary emotions (fear, sadness, confusion, disappointment) into anger around ages 9-10
Some red flags may indicate the boys in our lives are struggling emotionally and how we can help them recognize, regulate, and repair those emotions
How Jesus is the perfect example of healthy masculinity

Favorite quotes:

~Boys tend to have a less expansive emotional vocabulary which makes us think they have fewer emotions.

~Somewhere around 9 to 10 boys instinctively begin to channel all emotions fear, sadness, confusion and disappointment into one emotion and that is anger.

~Having side by side conversations rather than eye to eye. Even shame registers differently for us as males and too much eye to eye ,where females can experience intimacy and connection, we males experience shame and threat in that.

~Anger is a secondary emotion; there is always something going on beneath.

~This evidence that Jesus felt all the things we are going to feel and had an emotional presence and strength in the midst of it. He also was a man who walked in intimate close relationships with a handful of men.

Links to great things we discussed:

Kipchoge: The Last Milestone (2021) - IMDb

Everything sad is untrue- Book

Vuori Clothing: Activewear & Athletic Clothing for Ultimate …

David Thompson’s website- Raising Boys & Girls

All Hail King Jesus (Lyric Video) - Bethany Wohrle - YouTube

Worship for fierce faith - Playlist

Sharon Hodde Miller (@sharonhmiller) • Instagram photos and videos

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xo,

Alli

How to Release Control with Sharon Hodde Miller Aug 15, 2022

Hey friend! Today, I welcome back to the show one of my dear friends, pastor, author, and speaker, Sharon Hodde Miller. This much-needed conversation about our craving for control and what happens when we don’t deal with it gave me so many things to think about, and I think it will do the same for you!

Be sure to listen in to hear as Sharon shares how the advice she heard about handing control over to God (while entirely true, biblical, good, and important even) wasn’t exactly helpful as she struggled to navigate life in the middle of the pandemic… as a wife, mom, and church planter.

Sharon realized that it wasn't just that she didn't have control but that it would cost her dearly when she tried to have it. So much wisdom is found in what she discovered…. I promise you don’t want to miss out on this eye-opening conversation!

Sharon pastors Bright City Church in Durham, NC, with her husband, Ike. She is also the author of three books, travels around the country speaking at churches and conferences each year, and holds a Ph.D. on women and calling.

Listen in to learn more about:

How control is an illusion that will break more than it fixes in our lives and relationships.
Identifying the red flags that could indicate controlling behavior and ways to address them.
How our generation brings our control issues to the internet instead of God.

Favorite quotes:

~Whenever we feel anxiety, we reach for control to soothe that anxiety. But control is not able to do that. What it actually does is exacerbate our anxiety even more.

~God does not give us control but he gives us agency. Agency is power with limits.

~Make room so that you can actually pay attention to what’s going on inside of you. Don’t turn on podcasts, audio books or music when you are in the car, just sit in silence when you drive and then name accurately what’s going on inside of you . Very often it’s not something outside of you, it's something spiritual going on inside of you.

~We were created for security and stability and so whenever we feel that fear, that overwhelm; that is our soul recognizing there is a dissonance with the world around us.

In this episode I answered this question:

How do you know as a coach that you don't want to work with someone? (40:55)

Links to great things we discussed:

The Cost of Control Book - Amazon

This Is Thomas Newman | Spotify Playlist

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - IMDb

Only Murders in the Building (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Mark Sayers Book- A Non-Anxious Presence

Nuuly: Clothing Rental + Resale Marketplace

See A Victory | Live | Elevation Worship - YouTube

Dashing Diva USA: Shop Glaze, Magic Press, Gloss & Glue-On Nails.

Beautiful People Don't Just Happen: How God Redeems Regret ...

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xo,

Alli

How God Makes Us Better Humans with Scott Sauls Aug 08, 2022

Hey hey! Today on the show, I welcome back pastor and author Scott Sauls for a candid conversation about how we can find freedom from regret, hurt, and fear that’s part of the human experience.

Listen in as he speaks candidly about his struggles with anxiety, depression, and fear over the years and how those struggles are all important parts of telling the story of what God is up to in his life. Scott also reminds us we live in a broken world, but God’s not finished with us yet, and He is in the process of redeeming and renewing everything. Such a comforting reminder for all of us, right?! So good.

We take a deeper dive into how carrying these burdens weigh us down. At the same time, we can find hope in how God is drawn toward us, not appalled by us, in our sin and sorrow.

Trust me when I say this is another conversation you don’t want to miss!

Scott Sauls is senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashville. Before this, he served with Tim Keller at New York City's Redeemer Presbyterian Church as a lead and preaching pastor. He is the author of six books, including Beautiful People Don't Just Happen: How God Redeems Regret, Hurt, and Fear in Making Better Humans. In addition to his books, Scott also blogs regularly at scottsauls.com.

Listen in to learn more about:

Why we tend to absorb the things in life we regret like a sponge, but things like grace tend to quickly leak out.
The way challenging experiences build character and a natural path for knowing God better.
How we can walk through the hard things with a more positive take on what God can do with those parts of our lives we’d rather avoid.

Favorite quotes:

~We easily get appalled, by ourselves. It traces back to the Garden of Eden, we were made for perfection and so there’s this alien experience we have to our original nature and original design. Whenever we fall short of the mark there is something within us that is triggered toward guilt and shame.

~There is no punitive motivation that God has towards his children. His motive towards sinners and sinners is surgical not punitive. God's heart toward his kids is not punitive but redemptive, it’s a healing motive.

~Our emotions are just as much a God given part of us that’s meant to complete our humanity and expression.

~Owning what’s wrong in us is the first step to becoming the best version of ourselves.

~It’s like we have become disintegrated people because we have become performative.

~The lives that we are living now are just prologues because life in the fallen world is all prologue to the fullness of Life that still awaits those who are anchored into the finished work of Jesus Christ.

In this episode I answered this question:

Can you give me your best tip on how to get myself organized? (40:08)

Links to great things we discussed:

Child Again - song and lyrics by NEEDTOBREATHE | Spotify

Ozark (TV Series 2017–2022) - IMDb

Free Design Tool: Presentations, Video, Social Media - Canva

TurboTax Tax Filing

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) - IMDb

Coach School

Annie F. Downs – author. speaker. podcaster. loud laugher.

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xo,

Alli

How to Build Things That Matter with Annie F. Downs Aug 01, 2022

Hey friends! It’s the last week of our Smart Girl Summer series… I sure hope you have enjoyed it as much as I have! I am thrilled to have Annie F. Downs on the show today. I’m absolutely convinced that the world needs more fun and laughter, and Annie brings both wherever she goes!

In this conversation, we talk about business, marketing, podcasting, friendships, failures, and even how to chase the fun in life! You definitely don’t want to miss how we bonded over the importance of having a solid mission statement to keep us focused. Plus, Annie candidly shares how her understanding that God has called her to build something that will bring light keeps her motivated and pushing forward in all seasons.

Annie F. Downs is a New York Times bestselling author, sought-after speaker, and successful podcast host based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founder of the That Sounds Fun Network—which includes her aptly named flagship show, That Sounds Fun—and author of multiple bestselling books, Annie shoots straight and doesn’t shy away from the tough topics. But she always finds her way back to the truth that God is good and that life is a gift.

Listen in to learn more about:

How “knowing your lane” in your business or ministry is the absolute BEST way to manage imposter syndrome and comparison.
Debunking the myth that just because someone has a bit of success, everything magically turned golden for them. 100% not true, by the way!
How Annie views failures. Here’s a hint, she believes everything is an experiment and an opportunity to ask, “So, what’s next?!”

Favorite quotes:

~It’s a little easier to cheer for everyone who’s in their lane when we are sure of our lane. I need to see my mission statement everyday so I know MY lane and don’t compare myself to other people and I don’t live and die by the applause of the internet.

~The reality is that nothing is a total flop or a failure. Everything is an experiment that you pivot as you build, so sometimes, you stop building the building if you don’t want to put energy into it anymore; or if the return on the investment is not matching the investment.

~If you don’t know why you are doing what you are doing when you get put in a fire, you will jump out.

~What keeps me doing this is that I really think God put me on the planet to do the thing I’m doing right now.

~What keeps me motivated is that I believe God’s really called us to bring light to the dark places.

~My biggest piece of advice is to start paying people to help you before you have the money to pay them; if it means giving away a little piece of equity or paying them hourly.

~We pray for wisdom and the mind of Christ everyday, that’s how you are going to make decisions you do not know how to make.

Links to great things we discussed:

Concealer Makeup | IL MAKIAGE

Buc-ee's Famous Beaver Nuggets Sweet Corn Puff Snacks Texas …

Buc-ees: Home

That Sounds Fun Book - Annie F. Downs

The Old Man (TV Series 2022– ) - IMDb

Lauryn Hill - Doo- (That Thing) (Official Video) - YouTube

Lisa Bevere (@lisabevere) • Instagram photos and videos

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Follow Your Calling with Lisa Bevere Jul 25, 2022

Welcome back to our Smart Girl Summer Series, which features real conversations with real friends and colleagues about the behind-the-scenes of our careers and lives.

You definitely don’t want to miss today’s chat with my friend, Lisa Bevere. I’ve had so many valuable conversations with Lisa in my life, and I’m so glad to share one with you! This conversation is encouraging and affirming. I personally love Lisa’s perspective on giving up the fight for a seat at the table, and instead, focusing on doing what God has asked us to do. Oh, friends… I agree with her wholeheartedly about this!

Lisa Bevere is a wife to John, mom to four men, godmother, internationally known speaker, and New York Times best-selling author. She has spent nearly three decades empowering women of all ages to find their identity and purpose.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Lisa never dreamed she would be doing the work she is doing now
The importance of making exchanges in the lies we believe and how comparison can make us misunderstand God’s love for us
These 3 truths: Smart girls know what to hold on to and what to let go of. Smart girls know who to give weight to in their life. Smart girls don't allow random strangers to assign value to you… and so much more!

Favorite quotes:

~There’s certain things that when God drops into our hearts we need to actually guard them. There’s people that you should share them with and people you should not share them with .

~We have to think about social media as people being guests in your realm . They do not have the right to hijack it or take you emotionally hostage.

~If we have a revelation that God loves me uniquely then there is no place for comparison. Because comparison says,” I want to be like them or I want to have what they have or want to do what they do” but if I understand that God loves me uniquely then I am going to take the time to find out what God has entrusted me with.

~You have to be faithful in the season. The right thing in the wrong season becomes the wrong thing.

~When you are first starting a journey the things that you see on the road are different from an aerial view.

~Smart girls make sacred spaces in their lives.

~When we sense the Holy Spirit speaking to us , we have to add weight to it by adding action.

Links to great things we discussed:

Lisa Bevere: Home

Premium BB Beauty Balm SPF 40 - Dr. Jart

The Original Refrigerated Protein Bar - Perfect Snacks

Fat Fuel Keto Coffee

Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) - IMDb

November Rain- Gunsnroses

Jen Fulwiler - Website and Social media

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xo,

Alli

How To Fight Self-Sabotage with Jen Fulwiler Jul 18, 2022

Hey hey! Today’s episode is a must-listen, friend! So much so, I’m bringing this Smart Girl Summer conversation back from the archives. Jen Fulwiler shares all sorts of knowledge about what it looked like in her life to step out in faith from one career to another. Y’all, it’s so inspiring!

Jen is a standup comic, bestselling author, former Sirius XM Radio host, and mom of six. And as if that isn’t impressive enough, she self-produced her first standup comedy tour, booking theaters across the country with nothing more than a Google search and her personal credit card. And she sold out almost every show!

We talk about her famous Tik Tok videos, how she pivoted through a pandemic as a stand-up comic, and the lessons she’s learned when dealing with self-sabotage and resistance moments. We also dive into how she faces a setback, gets out of her own way, and some of her “bomb” moments.

Listen in to hear all about:

View courage like it is a sport. Some have a natural talent for it and others have to practice.
The importance of getting help where you need it if you want to accomplish your goals and dreams (and how to embrace the grace necessary to accept that help!).
The differences between Tik Tok and Instagram and the importance of knowing the demographics for each platform (if you’re interested in growing your reach on social!).

Favorite quotes:

~Courage is like playing a sport, in the sense that some people might be just born with more natural skill in that area than others but anyone can learn to be good at it if they practice.

~You learn about the game of life by taking little risks and letting them turn into bigger risks. You start to feel more comfortable with the bigger risks because you just have more experience with risk.

~Going for it is the most humble thing you can do and in fact when people stop themselves, usually it is actually your ego driving that it is your ego saying, “That would be embarrassing to me.”

~When I face a setback, I speak in terms of action, not emotion, and that has really helped me move forward and stay strong, even when I know I’m feeling frustrated or embarrassed or whatever it is.

~I think it takes humility to say, “I can’t do it all, I can’t, I need some help in this department.”

Links to great things we discussed:

Phone stand - Amazon.com

Skin Care, Fragrances - philosophy

Billions (TV Series 2016– ) - IMDb

Only Murders in the Building (TV Series 2021– ) - IMDb

Mr. Jones - song by Counting Crows - Spotify – Web Player

BarkBox - The Monthly Dog Toy and Treat Box

Instagram Links — EHM - Erin Moon

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xo,

Alli

How to Be Kind & Curious About Life with Erin Moon Jul 11, 2022

Welcome back to Smart Girl Summer, friend! I’m thrilled to welcome Erin Moon on the show today. You may know her as The Bible Binge’s Resident Bible Scholar or from her mission to educate the internet on Zac Efron, but no matter how you found her, you can’t deny that she’s fun!

Our conversation covers everything from following a dream job that didn’t work out to how our relationships (yes, even the ones we have online!) can create incredible opportunities for us to recognize our calling and then dive in to learn all we can about it. Friends, we covered All. The. Things. And we had a blast while doing it!

I hope you find yourself laughing along with us as you listen.

Erin Hicks Moon is the author of the weekly newsletter, The Swipe Up, the Resident Bible Scholar on The Bible Binge podcast, host of the Faith Adjacent podcast, and senior creative at The Popcast Media Group.

Listen in to learn more about:

How authentic networking helps you build real relationships with people (and how natural opportunities follow!)
How Erin’s offline and online community and helping people feel seen and heard serve as professional motivators for her
How to show you care about your audience on a personal level and the value that action provides

Favorite quotes:

~We got so comfortable putting ourselves down that we never bothered to notice all the things that God has gifted us with.

~When anything I do resonates with anyone, makes someone feel less alone, makes them feel heard and understood I feel motivated.

~We are in a time right now where it’s very easy to learn. If you want to start a YouTube channel or reels or TikTok or be a writer - There are so many resources out there available to help you do that. I would recommend figuring out what it is you want to do and then diving in and trying.

Links to great things we discussed:

The Bible Binge: Home

Turning Red (2022) - IMDb

Ms. Marvel (TV Mini Series 2022– ) - IMDb

trtl Pillow - Scientifically Proven Super Soft Neck Support Travel …

Some Call Me Crunchy - Cosmetics

Lectio 365 on the App Store

Lovesac - Modern Furniture | Modular Sectionals & Bean Bag Chairs

Elvis (2022) - IMDb

Only Wanna Be with You - YouTube

Reeds Classic Hard Candy Rolls - Root Beer Pack of 24

About Lisa - Lisa Whittle

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xo,

Alli

How to Follow Your Calling in Community with Lisa Whittle Jul 04, 2022

Hey, friends! I am absolutely thrilled to have my good friend Lisa Whittle back on the show today as part of our Smart Girl Summer series! We go behind the scenes in Lisa’s story and share never-before-told stories of our friendship over the years along with our co-founding Called Creatives. I can’t wait for you to hear this one!

Listen in as Lisa talks candidly about a season she experienced with wanting to step away from what she knew deep in her marrow God had called her to do. It is often a challenge to push through the hard places in pursuing our God-given missions, and Lisa brings so much truth-telling to this topic for us.

We also debunk the self-sabotaging mindset that if we don’t have success in the beginning or in the first few years, even then, “it’s just not meant to be.” We both agree what this means is that maybe it’s merely the time to acknowledge you’re in some pretty good company because we’ve all been there at some point or other in our callings and creative endeavors.

Lisa Whittle is the author of eight books, a sought-after Bible teacher, founder of Ministry Strong and the popular Jesus over Everything podcast. Lisa is also the co-founder of Called Creatives and has been featured in numerous media outlets.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Lisa wanted to quit writing after book 3 or 4 and seriously contemplated going back to school to become an interior decorator, an attorney, or a chef!
The ways we can over-spiritualize the hard places in our lives and self-sabotage ourselves.
The importance of keeping company with other people who have things in common and who make us better.

Favorite quotes:

~One of the biggest lies is that we are the only one that is facing rejection or lack of traction or whatever the case may be. And so, because we are very self focused and we only know our own experience I think the most powerful thing is when women find community with other women.

~Just because you have hit an impasse, just because you have come to a place where you are feeling uncomfortable or you are getting a rejection or things did not go smoothly that does not mean you need to quit, that is a sign that you are in a very normal situation of trying to move forward in a calling or a creative entrepreneurship role.

~There’s something about keeping company with other people who not only do we have things in common with, but also make us better.

~ If you are a woman who is concerned about doing business with another woman do your due diligence but I wouldn’t let your trust issues get in the way.

Links to great things we discussed:

Called Creatives

Breaking Bad (TV Series 2008–2013) - IMDb

Magnetic Eyelashes - Amazon

Lightyear (2022) - IMDb

Remember Two Things - Album by Dave Matthews Band - Spotify

Vaseline - Amazon

Jack Harlow - First Clas series s [Official Music Video] - YouTube

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Dream Again with Bianca Olthoff Jun 27, 2022

Hey hey! Welcome to week three of our Smart Girl Summer Series as I continue to speak with my most brilliant friends sharing behind-the-scenes stories that you won’t hear anywhere else.

Be sure to listen in today as I chat with author, speaker, podcaster, Christian leader, and my long-time friend, Bianca Olthoff. We talk about how the early death of a dream she had for her future actually led to her discovering what God called her to do.

Don’t miss how she references the word reboot many times throughout this interview… such wisdom is found in each mention! I promise!

Bianca Juarez Olthoff is the best-selling author of Play With Fire and How To Have Your Life Not Suck and host of the We’re Going There podcast. She is a passionate Jesus-loving, Bible-teaching, book-writing MexiRican who loves to help people navigate life, connect in community, and live significantly.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Bianca believes God has graced her for various seasons of life (including this VERY BUSY current one) and how He does the same for each one of us as well.
Creating space in our lives to look back on our hardest seasons to see how far God has brought us (and take the time to celebrate the spiritual success and growth found there!)
The practical ways Bianca accomplishes so much in her everyday life, including what she learned after tracking 14 days of her life.

Favorite quotes:

~ If the Lord is asking you to lay this down it’s because it’s not Yours to carry and when you pick this up it will be with even greater strength.

~ When you’re building a business, when you're building your purpose , when you’re walking in you’re calling -it’s like triage, I need to invest in the things that are actually going to live.

~Anointing does not mean awesome, it means you are set apart.

~ Identify your voice. What is your teaching style?

~ Right now we have access to every amazing biblical communicator there is across the world. What happens is that we are prone to emulate the voice , the sound of other people we admire. That’s great to be inspired by, It’s dangerous to be influenced by.

Links to great things we discussed:

Bianca Olthoff -website

Top Gun: Maverick (2022) - IMDb

Keeping Up With the Kardashians Streaming Online - Hulu

Hollywood Flawless Filter de Charlotte Tilbury | Sephora

Stracciatella (ice cream) - Wikipedia

Lightyear (2022) - IMDb

Tuesday Night Music Club - Album by Sheryl Crow | Spotify

Amazon.com : IT Cosmetics Bye Bye Pores Pressed Finishing Powder

Kasey Van Norman - Website

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Smart Girl Summer with Kasey Van Norman Jun 20, 2022

We’re continuing our Smart Girl Summer Series this week with Kasey Van Norman! Remember, Smart Girl Summer is a series featuring some of my most brilliant friends sharing behind-the-scenes stories that you won’t hear anywhere else.

Kasey is a bestselling author, counselor, cancer survivor, and Bible teacher. But I invited her on the show to talk about hard things. Kasey has a passion for trauma therapy, and I wanted her to share her perspective on trauma, faith, what God means to her, and how nothing is wasted in our lives
This episode is not meant for young kids, as we cover some difficult topics, but my sincere hope is that our conversation will touch your heart.

More on Kasey: She has 20 years of experience as a mental health therapist and has traveled the country encouraging others with God’s Word for 10 years. She loves connecting with women through retreats and events and is a plenary speaker for the Extraordinary Women Conferences and the American Association of Christian Counselors.

Listen in to learn more about:

The winding path that led Kasey to her role as a trauma therapist and what we all need to know about trauma
What God needs from us before He sends us into sit with someone and hold their story
Generational trauma, and the important steps we can take to process and prevent it.

Favorite quotes:

Trauma really is an experience that you had in your life that at that moment, was so far outside of your emotional wheelhouse, of what you knew to be true that it so radically shifted the internal landscape of your brain, your mapping, the way your pathways moved and it wrote itself in and created this threat response.

A 5 year old speaks to safety, 15 year old determines “Who can I trust” and 25 year old says, based on those 2 messages and core beliefs “This is who I am going to let myself be intimate with.”

You can be in the Church serving, in leadership, a full blown believer going to heaven when you die and still be in complete bondage.

That’s the work of trauma- it is accessing those old pieces of us that are still very present and allowing them to speak.

The Bible is not waiting on me to change , the Bible is not waiting on something to be true, it is a book that is true no matter who I am.

Links to great things we discussed:

Love on the Spectrum - Netflix show

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

Green Goddess Glow Oil - Milani Cosmetics

Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

Dune Movie

Obi-Wan Kenobi (TV Mini Series 2022)

Lenny Kravitz- Mama said album

The Pet ID Jingle Free Peace of Mind Dog Tag - Amazon.com

Paris Apartment Book- Lucy Foley

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Smart Girl Summer with Emily Ley Jun 13, 2022

Watch out! Hot Girl Summer is so last year. And Smart Girl Summer is here to take its place. So let’s celebrate! Smart Girl Summer is a five-week series featuring some of my most brilliant friends sharing behind-the-scenes stories that you won’t hear anywhere else. And we’re kicking it off with Emily Ley!

Tune into today’s episode to hear all about Emily’s childhood dream of writing children’s books and how it’s become a reality with her soon-to-release book titled, You’re Always Enough: And More Than I Hoped For. How exciting, right?!

Plus, we spend quite a bit of time discussing her joys, struggles, wins, and failures in her life as an entrepreneur from the beginnings of her business, Simplified, through today. So much goodness here on so many levels. Emily Ley is the founder of Simplified® - a brand of planners and organizational tools for busy women. She is the author of several national bestselling books.

Listen in to hear:

The one piece of advice Emily would love to share with entrepreneurs.
Ways she kept moving forward when things got tough.
Emily's dreams for the future for Simplified (hint: it involves simplifying other parts of your life beyond your planner) and her life as an author.

Favorite quotes:

I had to constantly redefine what success looked like for me.
My goal was to create a job for myself that allowed me the flexibility to be the mom that I wanted to be.
It is important to become a master of one thing and then move on to the next.
Decide what matters utmost to your life, whatever that is - Name it and don’t forget it , and every time you have to make a decision for your life, family or business go back to that. That’s the candle you hold it up against.
As long as you have strong roots you will make good choices.

Links to great things we discussed:

Apple airpods

Vinters daughter serum

Augustinus bader serum

Asana software application

Emily Ley website

You’re always enough - Book

The Chicks- Spotify playlist

Pink Nudes Mineral Eyeshadows - Pacifica

Spiritual gifts - Romans 12:3-8

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Hear from God with Becky Thompson Jun 06, 2022

Friends! You do not want to miss out on this conversation with my friend, Becky Thompson! She is probably best known for her books on motherhood, but recently, she’s ventured in a new direction, spirituality. In her newest book, God So Close, she leans into all things related to the Holy Spirit (and she takes us along with her!).

If you’ve ever found yourself asking why God doesn’t speak to you or who exactly is the Holy Spirit, this episode is for you! I hope you’ll be blessed by our conversation.

Becky Thompson is the author at http://www.BeckyThompson.com and is the founder of the Midnight Mom Devotional community on Facebook, where over one million moms gather nightly for prayer. She has a captivating way of encouraging women (and men) in need of hope, healing, and the Heavenly Father's love. Becky lives in NW, Oklahoma, with her husband, Jared, and their three children.

Listen in to learn more about:

What it looks like to live more fully in the presence of the Holy Spirit
Who the Holy Spirit is, how we hear from Him, and why He is important
The gifts of the Spirit and how we can use our gifts to impact the world and share the message of Jesus

Favorite quotes:

~The enemy hasn’t taken the power away from the church, He has simply done his best to make us believe that we don’t possess it. A life awakened to the Spirit is a life lived listening to God, listening to His voice and remembering that you are more than you can see and more than what you feel and that God has a purpose even for the little things in your life.

~The Holy Spirit is a speaking member of the Trinity.

~What happened in the early church was not just for the early church, it was a continuation.

~There aren’t people who don’t hear from God, you just haven’t learned how He speaks to you specifically yet.

~When we don’t have the realization that we are supernatural beings that happen to live in earthly bodies, that our supernatural lives began the moment we said Yes to a saving relationship with Jesus, that eternity began then for us. We were born not just of flesh, but we were born of spirit, alive in that moment for eternity.

~If the spiritual gifts are tools given to us by the Holy Spirit so HE can move through us, then, it makes them less about us, less about the gift and more about the person on the other side.

Links to great things we discussed:

Spiritual Gifts - 1 Corinthians 12

Becky Thompson's Website

Lion -Elevation Worship song

Marvel Movie Series

Rees Howell's Biography - Book

Natural Sea Sponge

Sonic drive in app

Top Gun; Maverick 2022

Chris Tomlin - Always song

Shadow liner - Sephora

Pantsuit Politics - Beth and Sarah's Website

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Move Forward When We are Divided with Sarah + Beth of Pantsuit Politics May 30, 2022

Is it possible to build a kinder society even while we’re stuck in conflict? Today’s episode couldn’t be more relevant than it is today.

Sarah and Beth of Pantsuit Politics literally wrote a book to navigate this question! They join me to talk about their upcoming book, Now What? How to Move Forward When We’re Divided (About Basically Everything). Listen in as they share the one thing they want you to know — you are NOT alone if you find yourself tired of the anxiety, frustration, and fear that seem to be almost commonplace nowadays in your connections with other people, both online and in real life.

I don’t know about you, friend, but this feels like an important (and maybe long overdue) conversation for us to lean into given the cultural climate we find ourselves in right now.

Sarah Stewert Holland and Beth Silvers host Pantsuit Politics podcast featured in the New York Times, the Atlantic, and named by Apple Podcasts as one of the Best Shows of 2021. They are also the authors of I Think You’re Wrong (But I’m Listening): A Guide to Grace-Filled Political Conversation (2019).

Listen in to learn more about:

How our families of origin inform our views on politics and the ways we connect with others + reasons why this particular chapter of the book was written and rewritten multiple times.
Ways to have conversations about current events with the kids in our lives.
Navigating our differences in friendships + how being in connection does not mean being in agreement.

Favorite quotes:

~My faith informs less about my policy positions and more about the way I treat other people in the course of discussing politics.

~I hope that my faith builds in me a quiet but strong patience with other people and with myself. I hope that my faith makes room to change my mind when circumstances in the world have changed because with politics we are often just talking about what we prioritize at the moment.

~Don’t think that because your political identity is not shared that everything is broken.

~Something in what you absorbed from the people who raised you, the people who taught you what love means, the people who taught you what scarcity and fear mean - something connects to those bigger picture opinions and in our houses where we don’t have to make policy, we don’t have to all agree on who we have to vote for, in our houses we can have much more deeper and interesting conversations with each other if we are willing to trace that thread back.

~Conflict can be a source of connection; it does not necessarily have to be a source of disconnection.

Links to great things we discussed:

Sarah's Instagram

Beth's instagram

Somewhere in the vicinity of my heart - Song

Missing Piece - Vance Joy song

Atlanta - TV Series

Succession - TV Series

Lost City- Movie

Doctor Strange - Movie

Moon Knight

Everything Everywhere all at once - Movie

One Touch- Blood glucose app

Cody Carnes - Firm Foundation song

Physicians Formula - Loose Powder

Memento Theme song - David Julyan

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Have Great Relationships with Eric Barker May 23, 2022

If I asked you to list all of the relationships in your life, we’d be here a while, wouldn’t we?! From friendships to romances and everything in between. We’re human, and God designed us to engage with others! That’s why I’m so excited to share this insightful conversation with Eric Barker, the Internet’s resident relationship expert.

Of course, you know, I just had to ask him what made him decide to dive into the science of relationships in the first place, and his answer did not disappoint my friends!

Listen in as Eric talks to us about how he challenged some of the age-old relationship advice we’ve all received with science and skepticism. And how that experience led him to more fulfilling friendships, love, and community. This is so, so good.

Eric Barker is the author of The Wall Street Journal bestseller “Barking Up the Wrong Tree,” which has sold over half a million copies and been translated into 19 languages. It was even the subject of a question on “Jeopardy!” His new book, “Plays Well with Others,” was released earlier this month.

Listen in to learn more about:

What surprised Eric the most in his research for this book on relationships, [Hint: It has absolutely everything to do with friendships!]
How to navigate negative and positive sentiment override and how they impact our relationships
Productive ways to begin an argument or hard discussion that preserves both parties’ humanity in the conversation

Favorite quotes:

~Friendships make us happier than any other relationship yet friendships don’t get the kind of respect or attention because friendship is completely voluntary.

~ We are just not that good at reading others. Human beings in general default to trust and cooperation. We do want information but not all the information. In some ways it is our brain trying to protect us.

~ Screaming matches only lead to divorce 40% of the time. The issue is that you scream when you care and when you stop screaming you stop caring. What precedes divorce is living parallel lives where you don’t interact and don't yell and scream, because you don’t even care anymore.

~ The four things that are more predictive in divorce are all to do with how you talk, how you communicate. They are - Criticism, Defensiveness, Stonewalling and Contempt.

~ Friendship Is fantastic, makes us happier than anything else but there’s a whole new level of synergy when friends become a group, a community.

Links to great things we discussed:

Severance - TV Series

Ozark - TV series

Amazon Kindle - App

Bose Noise canceling headphones - Amazon

Plays well with others - Book

Barking up the wrong tree- Eric Barker's previous book

Eric Barker's website

Doctor Strange - Movie

Ray LaMontagne ft. Sierra Ferrell - I Was Born to Love You

Bare Minerals - Well rested eye brightener

Head on over to Called Creatives to sign up today!

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xo,

Alli

How to Pursue Your Dreams in Community with Lisa Whittle May 20, 2022

Hey Friend! Today I’m bringing back a special BONUS episode from the archives that I can’t wait to share with all the dreamers in my audience! I know you’ll love this one, especially if you’ve ever felt called to write, speak or maybe even start your own podcast!

My good friend and Called Creatives Co-Founder, Lisa Whittle, joins me on the mic today to give you an inside peek at what goes on at Called Creatives, our coaching community with hands-on training for women who want impact and influence.

Lisa and I talk about following your dreams and how to push past the things that are holding you back. We discuss being called to write and speak and how to overcome the fear of rejection, failure, perfectionism, or thinking what you want to do is not what God has called you to do.

Listen in to hear all about:

The most common thing that holds women back who feel called to write.
How overthinking, making assumptions, and compartmentalizing impacts God’s plan for us and how He wishes for us to partner with Him to fulfill His purposes on this Earth.
What happens when you let go of the excuses that are holding you back from your full potential.

We know that in order to achieve your dreams, you need someone to walk alongside you, telling you exactly what you need to know. Don’t worry if you’re not quite there yet; we’re going to give you the pieces to get there!

In Called Creatives, we help you reach your dreams with trainings and monthly LIVE coaching calls. You’ll love our special mastermind collectives where you will be connected with 3-5 women who know what you’re going through and can guide you down the right path.

As a Called Creative member, every month, you’ll receive…

LIVE, 90-minute interactive group coaching call with Alli and Lisa
Writing training sessions that will equip you to become a better writer, establish your voice and get traction
Speaking training sessions designed to help you develop your unique message, sharpen your speaking skills and leverage speaking opportunities
Guest training sessions with industry leaders (publishers, agents, writers, speakers)

Plus, you will also…

The opportunity to join a FREE mastermind to provide deeper accountability, resources, input, and relationship within the community
Have on-demand access to the online library of resources and trainings
Expand your network of like-minded women who are pursuing their calling and cheering each other on
Join specialized communities of fellow entrepreneurs, women in ministry, and podcasters inside the bigger Called Creatives community
Connect directly with Lisa, Alli, and the Called Creatives team through the private online community platform
Listing in the 2022 directory of members to help expand your network

xo,

Alli

How to Be a Difference Maker with Kyle Idelman May 16, 2022

How does God want to use you to have an impact? If this question has ever crossed your mind, today’s episode is for you, friend!

I am super excited to share this recent conversation I had with Kyle Idelman as he talks to us about the Jesus way of changing the world--loving people one at a time.

Most of us don't want to spend our lives being time-wasters, space-takers, binge-watchers, or game-players. We want to be difference-makers. Kyle does an amazing job in giving us practical ways we can do that in our everyday lives.

Kyle Idleman is a bestselling author and the senior pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, one of the largest churches in America. He’s most widely known for his award-winning book, not a fan., which has sold more than 1.3 million copies and has sparked a movement among believers. Kyle has authored other books, including One at a Time, The End of Me, gods at war, Grace Is Greater, and Don’t Give Up. Kyle and his wife DesiRae have four children and live on a farm where he does no farming.

Listen in to learn more about:

The profound impact and influence we can have in the lives of others and the best way to go about it.
How the use of the two words “Jesus saw” preceded some of the most amazing stories of transformed lives..
The bystander effect, how it keeps people from making an impact in the lives of others, and some practical steps to begin making a difference today.

Favorite quotes:

~ We tend to define influence or influencer to describe someone who has a certain amount of social media following. While that has impact and influence, the most profound influence we can have is almost always one person at a time.

~ When Jesus loves people one at a time it begins with His eyes, it begins with what HE saw. One of the things I really would challenge people about is to pray a simple prayer of “ Jesus help me to see people the way you see them, give me eyes for the one”.

~ One of the most important pieces is availability, is just saying “OK ,I’ll do it, I am available” - That, saying Yes to God and being available to God is a big piece of this and is certainly consistent in how God calls people throughout the Old and New Testament - He invites but we have to be available and have a willingness to do it.

~ Jesus talked about if you want to be great then you become the servant of all, you make yourself less. Greatness is not defined by attention, it is defined by servanthood.

In this episode I answered this question:

What are some small changes I can make to feel happier everyday? (32:47)

Links to great things we discussed:

It's always been you - Phil Wickam song

The Office - TV Series

Life 360 app

Kyle Idleman Website

One at a time -Kyle Idelman resources

The Crown - TV Series

King of my heart - Song

Worship for Fierce Faith - Spotify Playlist

Loreal - Magic Perfecting base

The Lazy Genius Collective

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Stay Present in the Here & Now with Jeanne Stevens May 09, 2022

Hello and welcome! Today I am joined by the amazing speaker, leader, and writer, Jeanne Stevens. Let me just say that I waste no time at all in this episode by asking her all of my many questions about her trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro, You heard that right… Mt. Kilimanjaro! That’s so amazing!

I asked the questions, and she delivered my friends… from hilarious to deeply personal thoughts; she shared all the details with us about what God was doing in her in the midst of this life-changing experience. And interestingly enough, Jeanne shares how she wonders if her book didn’t actually start to take shape during her experiences on Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Her soon-to-release book is called What’s Here Now?, and I just love the subtitle - How to stop rehashing the past, rehearsing the future, and start receiving the present. So good.

I promise you don’t want to miss listening in to hear Jeanne teach us how to embrace the present moment and all that God has for us here, now.

Jeanne Stevens is also the founding and co-lead pastor of Soul City Church in Chicago, one of America's fastest-growing urban churches. Prior to starting Soul City Church, Stevens was on the pastoral staff at Willow Creek Community Church and North Point Community Church. Jeanne's passion is to help people wake up to their purpose as they pursue a life of wholehearted freedom. She lives in Chicago with her husband, Jarrett, and their two children. What’s Here Now will be available nationwide on May 17, 2022.

Listen in to learn more about:

Valuable questions to ask ourselves as a way to come into our “now” moments often throughout the day,
How the present is where God lives, and it is where God invites us to live with Him.
The differences between our automatic self and our authentic self.

Favorite quotes:

~ When things don’t go the way you believe they should go, it is packed with all the very best learning.

~ It was such a great inner teacher for me to not make it to the top and to unwind all of what that meant in my life.

~We are so inclined to think about what happened, to go to the ‘what was, the what ifs and all I had was what IS’ ,this present moment - here on the mountain. And the thing to do each day was to put one foot in front of the other and to be present with that.

~I was doing the work of God but the work of God was deteriorating in me.

~What I began to realize and recognize in my own life was that the places where I was most hanging out were in the past and in my future. I was all about rehashing things that already happened or rehearsing things that had not yet happened and I wasn't allowing myself to be present to this NOW moment.

~I need to locate myself to this location and check into this present moment.

In this episode I answered this question:

How can I calm myself down when I am feeling stressed so often? (44:17)

Links to great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Lazy Genius Your Kitchen with Kendra Adachi May 02, 2022

Today, the Lazy Genius is moving us into the kitchen. Yep, you heard that right, friends! The Lazy Genius (and self-proclaimed professional permission giver) Kendra Adachi joins me on the show today to share how when she couldn’t find a book like The Lazy Genius Kitchen for herself over the years, she decided to write it!

Listen in as Kendra tells us how she wants this book to help the cookbooks you already have, the items in your kitchen, your rhythms, basically all the kitchen-related things in your life, ALL OF IT, to work better for you.

Kendra’s book is described not as a cookbook but as a lifeline. Trust me when I say you absolutely don’t want to miss out on this one!

Kendra Adachi went to college to become a high school English teacher but instead became the Lazy Genius, passionately and candidly sharing how to stop doing it all for the sake of doing what matters.

Listen in to learn more about:

The 7 things Kendra does every Sunday to prep for her week + the noise of extra in our kitchens (well, our lives, actually).
How to tell if a recipe is any good. Fun side note here: it has to do with salt, heat, and fat… you’re welcome for that info!
Asking the magic question… What can I do now to make something easier later?

Favorite quotes:

1. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

2. Take away the things that are in the way of what matters to you. It is a great thing when we remove the noise and focus of what does matter

3. You have permission to love something even if you think other people will think it’s silly.

4. Ask yourself the magic question: What can I do now to make my life easier later?

5. We all have different priorities and we need to not apologize for them. When we learn to accept that, we’ll all be a lot happier.

In this episode I answered this question:

I am a new entrepreneur and need a mentor. How do I find one? (58:26)

Links to great things we discussed:

The Lazy Genius Kitchen

Jacob Collier - Fix You Cover

We Don’t Talk About Bruno

Stay Close

Harlan Coben

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

Owala Water Bottle

IMDB App

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore

The Best is Yet to Come

MAC: Satin Taupe

www.alliworthington.com/kendraadachi2/

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Stop Performing for Your Worth with Mary Marantz Apr 25, 2022

You cannot achieve your way into worth. Full stop. Oh, friends, did you feel the weight of that statement along with me.

Be sure to listen in today as Mary and I discuss her soon-to-release (and absolutely beautiful, I might add) devotional, Slow Growth Equals Strong Roots. This is a message that I believe will resonate with so many women. The woman who feels like she must always be "on." The one who is always performing. You know her. Maybe you are her.

Mary shares some practical ways to move from achieving, striving, and performing for our worth to the grace, freedom, and purpose that come from knowing our identities and callings are determined by God. Whether you lean toward what Mary describes as the Performer, the Contortionist, the Tight-Rope Walker, the Masquerader, the Illusionist, or all of the above, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss out on!

Mary Marantz is a speaker, an entrepreneur, plus the bestselling author of Dirt and her soon-to-release book, Slow Growth Equals Strong Roots. She is also the podcast host of The Mary Marantz Show. She lives in an 1880s fixer-upper by the sea in New Haven, Connecticut, with her husband Justin and their two very fluffy golden retrievers, Goodspeed & Atticus.

Listen in to learn more about:

Signs that you may have an achievement orientation/mentality.

How we must release other people’s dreams and expectations of us.

The filter we walk through life with and how that can affect everything.

Favorite quotes:

For those of us who did not grow up with a lot, a self-preservationist switch got flipped. It can appear to the outside world as selfish or self-absorption, but we just feel like we are trying to survive.
So many of us are walking around -we are ears to dreams that we have never dreamed, hopes that we have never hoped , a crystal plated version of the good life that someone else has held on our behalf.
I started treating God like a Pez dispenser, keeping the sugary sweets and the highs of getting everything I ever wanted of more of success coming. Never mind the anemic in my faith, in the process. Never mind that what I actually needed besides a filling is an extraction of all the I have tried to fill my life with just so the raw nerve endings go quiet for a while - It never works.
Have you ever reached a point where you are starting to get tired of all of this achieving and running and acquiring and accumulating? Then none of the other stuff is going to work.

Links to great things we discussed:

Mary Marantz- Website

Golden Girls - TV show

Yellow Stone - TV Show

American Underdog - Movie

Shauna Niequist Book - I guess I haven't learnt that yet

Peloton app

Hatch app

Glossier Cosmetics

What's your achiever type - Quiz

Rest on us song - Maverick City

Tarte - Amazonian clay blush

https://alliworthington.com/marymarantz/

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Make Smart Decisions with Andy Stanley Apr 18, 2022

Today’s episode is a special one! Actually, I get so many questions about making great decisions during our coaching time, I knew it was time to share one of my favorite episodes. I’m still absolutely giddy that I got to talk to him!

Andy tells us about his most recent book, Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets, and even gives us a peek into the five game-changing questions he believes we should ask ourselves every time we need to make a decision. He also gives us a solid framework for making wise decisions and some guardrails for how to avoid the bad ones.

I hope it’s helpful to hear this one again as we consider how every decision we make matters as we keep moving forward in 2022!

Andy Stanley is a pastor, author, and podcaster who founded Atlanta-based North Point Ministries (NPM) in 1995. Today, NPM consists of eight churches in the Atlanta area and a network of 180 churches around the globe that collectively serve over 200,000 people weekly. As host of Your Move with Andy Stanley and author of more than 20 books, he is considered one of the most influential pastors in America. Andy and his wife, Sandra, have three grown children and live near Atlanta.

Listen in to learn more about:

The power of asking the right questions when it comes to a decision.
How decision-making can shape your life story in a beautiful way.
How to develop strength and maturity as a decision-maker.

Favorite quotes:

We all ask questions. If we are willing to embrace some more penetrating questions. And get in the habit of asking those every time we make even a medium sized decision, we're just going to make better decisions.
The proof that there's a relationship between good decisions and good questions is this: when people think about their worst decision, whether it's a financial decision, business decision, or a relationship decision. On the other side of a bad decision, we always think or even say: I should have asked more questions. Which is true. Because if we ask the right questions on the front end, we generally have fewer regrets on the back end.
To lead ourselves well we have to be honest with ourselves.
The decisions you're making right now are part of the story that you're going to tell. So write a good story.
Our greatest regrets are the regrets where we stepped over the moral line, the ethical line, the legal line. Our greatest regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise decisions.
When we live within the realm of wisdom, we stay away from the edge of disaster.

In this episode I answered this question:

Could you give me one tip that would make me a better communicator? (37:46)

What's the difference between religion and a relationship with Jesus? (39:14)

How do you know how much to charge for your services? (44:49)

Links to great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Not Be Defined By Our Pain with Shauna Niequist Apr 11, 2022

Are you reeling from the extraordinary changes we’ve experienced over the past two years in one way or another? (My hand is raised over here for sure!)

Today, the amazing Shauna Niequist joins me to discuss her book, I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet, and share her story of finding herself after a tough season. I don’t know about you, friend, but this book and her message feels relevant to what’s going on around me right now. I hope you find value in it, too.

Shauna and I take a deep dive into how pain can tenderize us, make us demand less of the world, and show us the good even in the face of what has been lost. We also talk about how seasons of significant loss can act as catalysts to significant transformation in our lives.

Our pain doesn’t define us; what we do with it does. You truly don’t want to miss this one, my friend!

Shauna Niequist is the New York Times bestselling author of Cold Tangerines, Bittersweet, Bread & Wine, Savor, Present Over Perfect, and her soon-to-release book, I Guess I Haven’t Learned That Yet. She is married to Aaron, and they live in New York City with their sons, Henry and Mac.

Listen in to learn more about:

The concept of finding your next self.
The importance of taking care of ourselves, even a willingness to fight for our health.
Ways to live lightly and be a person who is easily delighted.

Favorite quotes:

If you feel overwhelmed by the mess that your life has become, don't try to go through that alone.
We don't change when we are feeding ourselves a steady diet of shame and abuse. We change when we anchor ourselves in love and self-esteem - That’s what gives us the courage to make changes.
I want to walk through life not dragging around these resentments, grudges and complaints. I want to live with a sense of freedom, with a lot of space inside myself, inside my heart for possibility for the present and the future instead of feeling like I am dragging my past behind me like an anchor.
I want to maintain the capacity to be easily delighted. I want to be a person for whom joy comes easily and frustration is harder to come by.
Pain can tenderize you and can make you demand less of the world and can show you what’s good even in the face of what’s been lost.

Great things we discussed:

Shauna Niequist - Website

Shauna Niequist - Instagram

Soy Yo - Song

The Crown - TV Series

Below Deck - TV Series

Tick Tick Boom - Movie

Wordle

Bag All Store

jeen-yuhs - Kanye Documentary

This is the Kingdom - Song

Ipsy Website

Tarte - Amazonian Clay Bronzer

https://alliworthington.com/petegreig/

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/shaunaniequist/

How to Live a Meaningful Life with Joshua Becker Apr 04, 2022

Welcome friend! Have you ever found yourself wanting to spend hours talking to someone who is not only interesting but also interested in what you have to say? Allow me to introduce you to my friend Joshua Becker.

Joshua is here to talk to us about living a meaningful life with no regrets. He shares how we can move past the things holding us back and how we don’t feel as much regret if we are in service to others. You know that I just love when research backs up what we’ve known for thousands of years.

Joshua Becker is a prolific author, father of two, and founded a nonprofit organization for orphans called The Hope Effect. He is also the founder and editor of Becoming Minimalist, a website dedicated to intentional living for the last 13 years. (He’s been blogging on the internet almost as long as I have!).

Listen in to learn more about:

Joshua’s journey from being a youth pastor in Vermont to being a full-time blogger and embracing his minimalist journey.
What minimalism is and how others can push back against it.
How to overcome past mistakes that may make you feel regretful.
Practical steps for those who choose to become more minimalist.

Favorite quotes:

Possessions were not the only distraction that kept me from pursuing my best and most meaningful, fruitful life.

Why would I want to chase more money if I don’t need more money to live on?

Admit the mistakes, notice them and do your best to learn from them. We can redeem our past mistakes if we allow them to recreate who we are.

Minimalism, to me, has always been removing the things I don't need, so I can focus on pursuits that are more important in the short run and long run.

Great things we discussed:

Fitbod app
The Greatest Salesman in the World - Book
The Office deep dive podcast
The Office - TV series
Elevation worship - Iheart radio
Costco - Stroopwafels
Joshua Becker website
Inventing Anna - Netflix series
The Crown - TV series
Ray LaMontagne - It's always been you
If my marriage had a soundtrack - Spotify Playlist
Confident Motherhood Community

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/joshuabecker/

How to Survive the In-Between with Jordan Lee Dooley Mar 28, 2022

Hi friend! You are in the right place! Do you feel like you are in-between seasons? Things seem to both move too fast and too slow, and you’re generally unsure of which direction to go on almost everything in your life.

My friend Jordan Lee Dooley joins me today to talk about her upcoming book and share her story and heart about what to do when you are in the “in-between.” We also discuss how broken dreams make us rethink everything. (Hello, the last two years!)

The fantastic thing is that even the wins of our perceived failures (along with God’s love) can make you a better and happier you. I just love Jordan’s message, and I hope our conversation provides you encouragement and reassurance today.

Listen in to learn more about:

Coming to terms when your dreams and goals don’t seem to go to plan.
Coping with burn out and fatigue.
The wisdom to live in the season of the ‘middle’.

Favorite quotes:

~ Most of our lives are actually lived in the middle, we aim for the mountain top moments and the moments where we have the victory and cross the finish line but the majority of the time of the race that we run is spent running the race and enduring the sore legs and fatigue.

~ There is very little that we can control the outcome on, what we can control is our effort.

~ Implementing a sabbath, creating a regular rhythm of rest, consistently for a year, was helpful for us, our marriage and family.

~ There are so many things, weeds , lies, beliefs etc that can take root in the gardens of our lives, our hearts and minds and it can feel impossible to get out but assigning them to a physical activity like decluttering a closet is representative of something that I am trying to remove from my life and allowing for good things to grow in my life.

~ Success is not just outcome oriented, it can also be process oriented.

~ Success comes down to being content in the middle and being content in the present while being clear about what you value so you can make intentional steps towards the future.

Links to great things we discussed:

Wait on you - song

Names - Song

1883 - TV series

Yellowstone - TV series

The Proposal - Movie

Red Notice - Movie

It ends with us Book - Colleen Hoover

How to Heal your Metabolism Book - Kate Deering

In shot app

Crunchi makeup

Primally pure hair products

Jordan's website

The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel TV Series

John Mayer's Album - Room for squares

Clinique Chubby Stick blush

Confident Motherhood Community

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/jordanleedooley2/

How to Hear God with Pete Greig Mar 21, 2022

Have you ever wondered how to actually hear God? You’re not alone, friend! And today’s episode is going to prove that. Pete Greig is with me to talk about one of the most important topics we’ve ever covered on the show.

We talk about why hearing God talk to us is so challenging for some and how to tell when the signs that what we think we hear are not actually God’s word. We also dive into his new book, “ How To Hear God: A Simple Guide For Normal People” and why it is so important for Christians to learn how to sort through delusion and deception.

This is such an awesome conversation, I just can’t wait for you to listen to it.

Pete has committed his life to helping people hear the voice of God and facilitating the supernatural outpouring of His word and truth throughout the world. In addition to being a best-selling author, Greig is one of the founding champions of the earth-rattling 24-7 Prayer Movement and Senior Pastor of Emmaus Road Church in the south of England.

Listen in to learn more about:

Why we are comfortable talking to God but not so much talking with God
The ABCs of when God is speaking to you and signs that what we are hearing isn’t God at all
The difference between God’s word and God’s whisper
Why dreams and vision played a role in scripture but not so much in recent times
Lectio Divina and how to use it as a way of hearing God

Favorite quotes:

Ask yourself : a) Is this affirming? b) Is it Biblical? c) Is it Christlike
We need to hear God in community. ( Col 1;27).
We often need to discern God's will with other people, not just our own.
It is weird how weird we get about God, considering by definition, if He is the creator of normality then He has the right to inhabit normality.
One of the keys to hearing God is to learn to slow down, Be still and tune in to the things He is whispering to us in the normality of our lives.
We all have times when we can no longer see God, hear God or feel God the way we did before. It is not His absence it is His presence manifested in a new way and He is doing it to mature us , grow us and teach us some new skills. It wont go on forever but hang in there and you will return to a season where you will Hear God the way you used to.
PRAY - Pause, Read and Reflect, Ask and Yield.

Great things we discussed:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Embrace Imperfection in Motherhood with Heather MacFadyen Mar 14, 2022

We’ve all heard the phrase, “It takes a village to raise a child.” But so many moms feel alone. Whether it’s internal pressure of trying to be the perfect mom or external standards we’re trying to meet that we find all over Instagram. Well, friends, my guest today is going to help us be our authentic true selves while raising our kids.

Heather MacFadyen is here to break motherhood down for us. Together, we open up about motherhood and what trying to be the perfect mom really does to us. We also chat about how parenting is harder now than 15 years ago (it totally is!), why we tend to feel guilt, especially in Christian circles, and the barriers that keep us from being vulnerable and honest as moms.

Heather shares about the dangers of comparison and how she almost decided to stop recording her podcast last year. We also dive into her book, Don’t Mom Alone, and how she shares relatable stories that remind moms they are never alone in the pursuit of becoming the best mom they can be.

Heather is an author, podcast host, and mom of four boys and has been encouraging moms to support each other on their motherhood journeys for almost 10 years on her popular podcast, Don’t Mom Alone.

This is a conversation that all mothers need to hear.

Listen in to learn more about:

How to stop comparing ourselves to other moms (and practical tips to implement!)
How comparison truly is the thief of joy, not just an Insta-worthy quote
The importance of community as a mother–even when community doesn’t come naturally

Favorite quotes:

Raising a human being is hard, so every person is limited. There is no way I am going to have the ability to see everything that my kids are going to go through. I am not omniscient, I am not all powerful - If they get hurt in my presence it is not cos I missed something. Pain is reality and so to free myself from feeling that it is all up to me was such a huge gift to mothering

I just want to free moms from having all the information and from doing it all right.

We have to ask ourselves what’s going on in my heart that I feel like I am the only one who needs to be there to care for our children.

We have to do the inner work and release ourselves from feeling like we are God. I am important but I am not essential.

It’s not essential because we are not God, we are not creators although it feels like we created them.

Moms, in general, are not very aware of what we are feeling at any given moment because our energy is really focused on whether everyone else is OK.

Links to great things we discussed:

Frank Sinatra
Stand by Me movie
Good Will Hunting
Yellowstone series
The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
Becoming Mrs. Lewis - Book
Once upon a wardrobe - Book
Nuuly Store
Alexa app
Heather's Don't mom alone - podcast
Heather MacFadyen's website
Uncharted movie
Honey in the rock song
Liverpool Jeans
Confident Motherhood Community

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to live with hope and more happiness with Nicole Zasowski Mar 07, 2022

What if hope only leads to disappointment? If this question has ever crossed your mind, today’s episode is for you, friend!

My new friend, Nicole Zasowski, is on the show today and, let me tell you, she is a breath of fresh air. She shares her perspective with us on toxic positivity, celebration, and hope. And she’s a therapist, so her perspective is particularly welcome today!

Nicole and I take a deep dive into why we are afraid to feel joy and what we can do about it. For so many of us, we skip our celebrations as a way to avoid touching someone else's pain. We also talk about her latest book, What If It’s Wonderful?, and the importance of everyday celebrations.

I’m so inspired by Nicole’s insights and honesty about our hesitations and the way she illuminates a path to less fear and more happiness. Our conversation reminds us how God wants us to be joyful and happy.

Nicole is a mom, wife, licensed marriage therapist, and From Lost to Found author. She enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience.

Listen in to learn more about:

Toxic positivity and how it impacts us
Foreboding joy and how joy can be vulnerable
Practical ways we can celebrate in our everyday lives and why we should.

Favorite quotes:

Joy is not off limits to us in pain and what it does is that it trusts what’s possible with God in the midst of pain.

Joy and celebration have to be avenues of not only experiencing God’s presence, but learning and growing too, even in the midst of pain.

Savoring celebrates the ordinary.

Thanksgiving is the expression of that gratitude and the way of sharing it and is a way of celebrating the gift with the Giver.

A celebratory life is making a beautiful life with God right where you are not the perfect circumstances.

We have somehow made happiness the hedonist version of joy.

Great things we discussed:

Fear - Ben Rector song
Yellowstone TV show
1883 TV show
The Way of the Heart - Book
The Personal Librarian - Book
Eucalyptus shower steamers
Tezza app
NYT cooking app
Nicole Zasowski's website
The Chosen - TV show
Speak to the Mountains song - Chris McClarney
Enjoy Life foods
Confident Motherhood Facebook Group

Order your copy of Standing Strong here.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Prepare for Lent with Tsh Oxenreider Feb 28, 2022

One of the reasons I started this podcast was to create a way to learn something every week. Well, friends, Tsh Oxenreider came prepared to teach me all about Lent. Growing up Southern Baptist, I had a surface level understanding of Lent and the importance of it. So when Tsh wanted to talk about the divine aspects of Lent and how to observe it, I knew you might find our conversation interesting.

Her most recent book Bitter & Sweet: A Journey into Easter is a kind companion for your walk through Lent. Since it's the Monday before Ash Wednesday, I hope you’ll find our conversation interesting and informative. I know I did!

Tsh Oxenreider is the bestselling author of several books, most notably Shadow and Light: A Journey into Advent and At Home in the World, her memoir about her family’s year traveling around the world and living out of backpacks. She’s also a travel guide, teacher, and podcaster, and she lives in Georgetown, Texas, with her husband and three children. She is equally happy snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef with her family and putzing around her own backyard.

Listen to learn more about:

Understanding the significance of the 6 weeks leading to Easter, starting from Ash Wednesday.
The Three Pillars of Lent.
The 5 questions to ask yourself when you are deciding what to give up for Lent.

Favorite quotes:

Lent is a gift that I am truly grateful for. It is not something God demands of us, it is something that God gives us through the Church.
The beauty of lent is so much more than what we can give up.
Lent is a slow journey towards Easter where we start off with the hard and we end up with a sense of redemption about the practices we have participated in.
In tandem with the letting go you are also adding something good to your life -that is the beauty of Lent.
It’s helpful when you are praying about what to fast from for Lent to know that you are going to mess up, meaning the point of this is not to do it perfectly.

In this episode I answer this question:

How can I overcome procrastination? (34:50)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Tsh's Website

2. Encanto Movie Soundtrack

3. Downton Abbey

4. Zebra Ballpoint pens

5. Readkit App

6. Atomic Habits

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Find Friends as an Adult with Jennie Allen Feb 21, 2022

Hey friends! The lovely Jennie Allen is on the show with me today. If the last two years taught us anything, it’s that we need friendships and community more than ever. Our conversation is a powerful reminder that we need to look for new relationships and fight for those who matter.

Tune in to hear us talk about society's past and present and the results of those changes. And Jennie’s insights about why women struggle with friendships or finding friends. We also chat about Jennie’s new adventure into the world of TikTok, what she experienced at Passion last year, her new book, and what happens when you’re obedient to God.

Jennie is the founder and visionary of women’s organization IF: Gathering, the host of the top-rated Made for This podcast, and the New York Times bestselling author of Get Out of Your Head.

Listen in to learn more about:

How obeying God brings the supernatural into our everyday lives.
What causes our generation to be the loneliest and what we can do about it.
How to identify what makes for a good friend and what are some red flags to look for in our current relationships.

Favorite quotes:

Our God is communal and built us not as people to do community, but we are, in our essence, community. We are literally, from the womb, communal people who come from a communal, triune God who is three in one in His being.
When we expect to disappoint people and we expect them to disappoint us there is a lot more grace in the world to mess up and to work it out.
You don’t need perfect -You just need that we can actually go somewhere and be awkward together and spend time together.
We are broken as a culture, and something has to change. We all came out of the womb looking for someone looking for us.

In this episode I answer this question:

What do you collect? (40:30)

Links to great things we discussed:

1) Spotify Hot Country Playlist

2) Spiderman movie

3) Alias

4) Get your life back book - John Eldrege

5) Dwell app

6) Anastasia Brow gel

7) Ipsy

8) Ghostbusters Afterlife

9) Spotify 90s road trip

10) Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/jennieallen3/

How to Have Hope in a Divisive World with Max Lucado Feb 14, 2022

Friend, you are in the right place today! Max Lucado joins me for a conversation full of hope and encouragement, and I am so excited to share it with you. Max gives us an update on his recent health crisis, what his youth was like growing up in West Texas, and his new book, 3:16: The Numbers of Hope.

Over the last several years, we’ve all been through so much. There is so much division, a lot of which is steeped in a “me first” mentality and anti-God philosophy. Max brings an encouraging word from one of the most famous verses in the Bible, John 3:16, and how God can love us no matter what if we seek Him.
Max and I also discuss what we think Heaven and will be like, as well as the idea if someone can “out-sin” God’s love and forgiveness. And he shares an exciting new online study that kicks off next month.

Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and bestselling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas, and his message is for the hurting, the guilty, the lonely, and the discouraged: God loves you; let him.

Listen in to learn more about:

Max’s conversion story and what it was like for him to come back home to the church.
Heaven’s policy for who gets in.
How he decided that an entire book on John 3:16 was the next book to write.

Favorite quotes:

1) This whole promise that is found in John 3:16 has been a treasure to me. I clung on that verse, in fact in the book I call it a life vest, cos I have clung to that throughout my life. For me, personally, it is that verse that summarizes the gospel, that expresses our hope so well, so brilliantly simple yet so deeply profound.

2) I think we forgot that the whole purpose of being here is to say Yes or No to God’s invitation to come and spend forever with Him in a restored garden of Eden.

3) I have a sinful inclination within me, but I am chosen by God, I have been made special, I am indwelt by His Holy Spirit and I am being prepared for Heaven. All these ideas that give me strength and joy I would have missed out on had I not been willing to put my trust in the ability for God to forgive me.

4) Studying John 3:16 increased my longing for heaven and increased my horror of .

In this episode I answer this question:

How do I convince myself or others that the business I'm building is worth it? (32:00)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Max Lucado’s Website

2. Free 5 - Week Online Bible Study

3. Ain't no sunshine

4. The Chosen

5. The Grand Slam Book

6. Peloton

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Increase Marital Satisfaction with Gary Thomas Feb 07, 2022

Friends! As promised, Gary Thomas is back with us on the show today! Gary is one of my favorite people to interview because he breaks down tricky subjects into conversations we can feel good about. That’s why I love his books so much, too!

Today, we’re talking about a topic that’s part of many of our lives but not often part of our regular conversations – married . His newest book co-written with Debra Fileta, Married , is a guide for Christian married couples to reimagine their love lives both in and out of the bedroom.

Friends, this is not an episode to listen to with your kids around as Gary and I talk about adult topics, but I believe in sharing conversations that will help you live well. This conversation is a reminder and encouragement that doesn’t have to carry shame with it, and that God designed it for our pleasure. I’m so glad we have authors like Gary who tackle subjects like this and hold space for conversations that can feel challenging to explore.

Gary Thomas is a bestselling author and international speaker whose ministry brings people closer to Christ and closer to others. He unites the study of Scripture, church history, and the Christian classics to foster spiritual growth and deeper relationships within the Christian community.

Listen in to learn about:

Why is so difficult to talk about for people who grew up in the Church
What God intended to be like for women (spoiler alert: it’s not always about the man)
Three hallmarks of a healthy life and relationship according to Gary’s research

Links to great things we discussed:

1) Let it be Jesus - Christy Nockels

2) The Godfather Movie Series

3) Rocky Movie Series

4) Peloton Exercise Bike

5) Married Book

6) Gary Thomas Website

7) Citizen Kane

8) Run to the Father - Cody Carnes

9) Run to the Father - Matt Maher

10) Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/garythomas3/

How to Stop Striving with Ruth Chou Simons Jan 31, 2022

Does it feel like your anxiety level is at an all-time high?! You’re not alone. Ruth Chou Simons joins me to talk about how to care for ourselves, especially when we feel like we have to keep striving to make things feel like they’re okay.

After the last two years, I’m sure that everyone is feeling it in one way or another. It’s one of the reasons why I had to hit the pause button on writing my next book till this year.

Ruth and I explore the pressure we feel to do more, define what striving is, and discuss ways we can check in with ourselves when we are doing more from our own power instead of relying on God’s plan.

We also dive into how to ultimately find God’s grace and why what He offers is so much better than the hamster wheel of performance and perfection. This conversation is so good and you may want to take notes! Ruth drops some brilliant truth bombs for us.

Ruth is a talented artist, and a best-selling, award-winning author of several books, including her latest release When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming Grace.

Listen to learn more about :

How to stop subscribing to the Gospel of Self-Improvement and replace it with the Gospel of Grace.
How we can cease striving and yet be productive and fruitful.
How to discern making Christ our role model as opposed to making ourselves the hero of our own stories.

Favorite quotes:

The truth is we have to be honest and keep realigning our hearts with what is true,(because pandemic or not), it is pretty easy to spiral into a narrative or a thought pattern that takes you far from what is actually true.

Weariness in itself is not some awful thing. It is that weariness that is self-induced by carrying the weight of performance, approval and belonging - all those things on our own shoulders, thinking that it was up to us to hold all things together and that, is not the gospel.

If we are Christ followers until we know what is unshakeable and true about our identities in Christ and until we know what is sure and true and what we already have in Christ, we will be chasing after something thinking that we can attain it for ourselves, when it was meant to be given by God alone.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How do I know what to name my Business? (34:50)

Great things we discussed:

1. When Strivings Cease

2. Graceland by Ruth Simmons

3. John Piper's quote on sleep

4. Ruth's favorite song - City of Lights

5. Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

6. The Disciple of Grace - Jerry Bridges

7. Nars Concealer

8. Ruth Chou Simmons Instagram

9. American Underdog

10. Brooke Ligertwood - A Thousand Hallelujahs

11. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/ruthchousimons2/

How to Uncomplicate Friendship with Andi Andrew Jan 24, 2022

Hey friends! For almost two years we’ve been doing what we can to navigate a global pandemic, lockdowns, and basically a new way of life. Our relationships with others have taken a dramatic hit because of this. We’ve had to make choices on what’s best for ourselves and our families, sometimes at the expense of our friendships.
That’s why I’m so excited about today’s show as my friend, Andi Andrews joins me to talk all about friendships, how to maintain healthy friendships while practicing good boundaries. Andi also shares about her book, Friendship: It’s Complicated. I loved her perspective on what it was like writing a book on friendship in the middle of a pandemic!

Andi Andrew is an author, speaker, as well as co-founder, and co-pastor with her husband, Paul, of Liberty Church, in New York City. In 2015, she launched the She Is Free Conference to equip and activate women to walk in freedom, spirit, soul, and body, and see others set free in their sphere of influence.

Listen in to learn more from Andi about:

What life has been like leading a church in the middle of a pandemic in New York City
The importance of being vulnerable with a few and authentic with many
How to determine if your friendships are healthy
The difference between self-preservation and good boundaries
How to reduce the drama in our friendships

Favorite quotes:

1. A wrestle really came for me when I got to a place where I got so defeated in my female relationships that I sat before God and I felt the Holy Spirit say to me “Andi you are the common denominator in every relationship you are in.”

2. You can have self control, you can’t control the outcome of anyone else's choices. You can’t stop them from doing what they’re doing but you can make decisions that change who you are so that you can become a better friend.

3. We need to learn to be vulnerable with the few and authentic with the many.

4. Boundaries protect us instead of causing us to self preserve. It helps us to guard our heart and our mind and to take responsibility for our lives.

5. Sometimes to break the drama cycles in our life we have to sit with someone and have a hard conversation and sometimes that will bring peace and be beautiful and sometimes it will end a friendship.

In this episode I answer this question:

What are 3 tools you swear by in your business? (35:18)

Great things we discussed:

1. Andi Andrew
2. Friendship—It’s Complicated

3. Gratitude

4. Bridge to Haven

5. Facing Codependence: What It Is, Where It Comes from, How It Sabotages Our Lives
6. Secrets of the Secret Place: Keys to Igniting Your Personal Time With God

7. Savor Beauty

8. Here As In Heaven

9. The Family Firm: A Data-Driven Guide to Better Decision Making in the Early School Years

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

Xo,

Alli

How to Live Fully (without Getting It All Right) Jan 17, 2022

Today’s episode is a special one! I’m joined today by a new friend, Mallory Ervin, and whew, what a powerful story she has to tell!

Mallory is a former Miss America contestant, ran the Amazing Race with her father three times, and now hosts the popular podcast Living Fully. She also runs a global lifestyle brand that turned her passion for sharing her love of fashion, beauty, and life into a platform for impact.

She shares with us the behind the scenes of the Amazing Race (y’all it’s so fun!) and her journey with her addiction to perfection and success. She also talks about the lessons she learned from her time in rehab and how that inspired her upcoming book, Living Fully: Dare to Step into Your Most Vibrant Life.

Listen in to learn more about:

The role systems and habits play in her life and the book that made all the difference
Her experience and history with competing in the Amazing Race multiple times
Two pivotal moments that changed her life forever

Favorite quotes:

I realized how attached I become to what people saw on the outside and my appearance and how much that became ingrained in who I needed to see myself as.
It is so hard to break free from attachments and these beliefs we have about ourselves: the masks we wear and these shields we hold up and these people that we make ourselves into. It can hold you back from a whole full life if you don’t explore that.
There are days where I don’t want to open the harder door. Where I do want the ease and comfort of just fine. I will fight against it until the day that I die.
You might not lose your life but you’ll lose a pretty amazing version of it if you stay in your comfort zone.

In this episode I answer this question:

How do I know if I’m cut out for business? (30: 45)

Great things we discussed:

1. Mallory Ervin

2. Living Fully: Dare to Step into Your Most Vibrant Life

3. Miranda Lambert

4. Yellowstone

5. The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain

6. Sing 2

7. Firm Foundation

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/malloryervin/

How to Recognize a Toxic Relationship with Gary Thomas Jan 10, 2022

Hey Friends! My DMs and inbox have been full of questions lately about one specific topic – toxic relationships, and ultimately, toxic people. How to deal with them. How to identify them. And how to safeguard yourself against them as a Christian.

So, I’m bringing back an episode from the archives with my friend Gary Thomas, where he talks in depth about toxicity, how to be in relationship with others, and how to break free of a toxic cycle.

I hope it’s helpful to you as we invest in our emotional and relational health together in 2022!

Listen in to learn more about:

1. The difference between a difficult relationship and a toxic one

2. Playing spiritual offense vs spiritual defense

3. Why it’s so important to break free from toxic cycles

Favorite quotes:

1. If somebody is trying to get you to stop being you or get you to stop doing what you are convinced God wants you to do- for you that person is toxic. It’s an attack on your being and an attack on your mission.

2. Jesus had such freedom to walk away and it wasn’t about failing or succeeding it was about the person just not receiving.

3. I walk away from toxic people not to go binge Netflix. I walk away to invest with reliable people. I walk away from toxic relationships into healthy relationships.

Great things we discussed:

1. Gary Thomas

2. When To Walk Away

3. Kari Jobe: Steady My Heart

4. A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection

5. Strava app

6.. Kari Jobe : Favorite Place

8. Encanto

9. Standing Strong

P.S. Gary will be back later this month for a new episode, and I can’t wait for you to find out what we’re talking about then. It’s a good one, y’all!

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/garythomas2/

How to Live a More Authentic Life with Hosanna Wong Jan 03, 2022

Happy New Year, friend! Thank you for being here and investing in yourselves.

Joining me today on the show is with the lovely Hosanna Wong. She is an international speaker, author, host on TBN’s “Better Together,” and spoken-word artist who grew up in an urban ministry on the streets of San Francisco.

Hosanna shares with us her story of growing up in San Francisco, and some of the lessons learned along the way. We also talk about living authentically and the right (and wrong) way to do evangelism, especially with your own family.

We also talk about:

Revisiting significant places in our histories, like Hosanna returning to San Francisco and some of the trauma she experienced there as a child.
How we can fight for the people that we love by stepping into their world and fighting for the relationship.
The importance of coaches and therapists in the lives of Christians, even though they already have Jesus.
How to make an impact with or without big, public (sometimes viral!) spiritual moments

I sincerely hope you are inspired from my conversation with Hosanna, feeling empowered to fight for your relationships and to live an authentic life this year.

Favorite quotes:

1. There are so many lies that the enemy tells us that we often believe that keep us from being who God has called us to be and doing what God had called us to do.

2. Fighting to be right is the perfect plan on how not to save the world. It’s the perfect plan how not to show God’s love to people.

3. If we want to reveal God’s real love to the people right next to us, many times our greatest witness will be our with-ness. How are we coming alongside people and being with them where they really are.

4. We are partnering with Him on His mission for everyone to know how loved they are.

5. When we overcomplicate it and believe the lie that we have to do something big to do something important, the enemy has victory in us ignoring the people right in front of us.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How can I get over my fear of promoting myself? As a coach I know I need to promote but I feel self conscious about it. (45:16)
Great things we discussed:

1. Hosanna Wong
2. How (Not) to Save the World: The Truth About Revealing God’s Love to the People Right Next to You

3. Believe For It
4. The Office
5. Breaking Free from Body Shame: Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good

6. Woman Evolve: Break Up with Your Fears and Revolutionize Your Life

7. Hunter Boots

8. West Side Story

9. West Side Story Soundtrack

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Life On Purpose with Tanya Dalton Dec 27, 2021

Hey friends! I hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

You are in for a treat on today’s show because my new brilliant friend, Tanya Dalton is joining me on the show today. In this episode, we have a perfect chat as we wrap up this year and start planning for 2022! Tanya and I take a deep dive into what holds us back, disrupting those patterns, and how to move forward in purpose and intentionality.

Additionally, we talk about Tanya’s latest book “On Purpose: The Busy Woman's Guide to an Extraordinary Life of Meaning and Success.” And she shares practical action steps on how we can use “cathedral thinking”, incorporate our legacy work and how to build the momentum to keep moving forward.

Listen in to learn more about…

How the typical 5-year plan isn’t helpful and tips on what to do instead
How we tend to fill our calendars but actually we need to fill our souls
The surprising lesson Tanya has learned as she has scaled her business
Having “ perfect balance'' means we aren’t given our best selves. We need to learn one way or another for a season.

Favorite quotes:

1. We want to have goals but goals are not the goal. Goals are the vehicle to get us to the life we want. They’re part of the milestones getting us to the big, bright beautiful future we are dreaming about.
2. The goals that you set for yourself need to be aligned with that vision that you have, what I call your cathedral.
3. I think that it's really about the small steps. Yes big steps are good and it looks really good on social media to have these big giant steps but at the same time it's the small steps that bring you joy.

4. Overwhelmed isn't having too much to do, it's not knowing where to start.

5. Productivity isn’t about doing more, it's about doing what's important.

Great things we discussed:

1. Tanya Dalton
2. On Purpose: The Busy Woman’s Guide to Extraordinary Life of Meaning and Success

3. The Beatles

4. Ted Lasso
5. Voxer
6. Asana

7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

8. The Truly Co

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Finding Your Rhythm Dec 20, 2021

Hey Friends,

It’s almost Christmas! We are in our final week of sharing some of my favorite books. (Maybe I’m a bit biased since they are MY books :) ) This week we are diving into Chapter 7, Time: Finding Your Rhythm in a World of Overwhelm from my book, Breaking Busy.

No one is living their life where they are not busy, right? We all have something to do, whether it is a work project, raising our kids, etc. As we plan to start a new year and cast our vision for what we want that year to look like, we need to examine what is a healthy and unhealthy “busy season.”

Make sure to stick around to the end to hear some practical tips and advice on setting boundaries on our time and live with more intentionality as we head into 2022.

Listen in to learn more :

The Resolution that changed Alli’s life
What is “ tyranny of the urgent” and how even Jesus set boundaries!
Choose discomfort over resentment
Practical tips on setting boundaries on what to take out and what to add in when it comes to time management.

Merry Christmas!

Listen now:

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Links to great things we discussed:

1. Breaking Busy

2. Coach School

3. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

You Were Born For This Dec 13, 2021

Hey Friend! This week, I am sharing another special message from my book that is especially relevant right now. Last week, we focused on overcoming fear. Today, I’m sharing Chapter 1 from my book, Standing Strong: “You were born for this”. This short but rich chapter really wraps up my heart and the vision behind Standing Strong.

Friend, If you are in a season of life and have had adversity (hello 2021!), or you have battled with a lack of self confidence, or you feel God nudging your heart toward something in the future, this episode is for you!

So I’m excited to share the chapter in its entirety with you today. It is my sincere hope for you that this chapter brings peace about the future and encourages you to move forward with the things that God has placed on your heart.

Listen to the end to hear some practical tools and advice as we head into 2021. And remember, with God, we have everything we need to do what he has called us to do. When we step into our gifts and our callings, we can change the world around us.

Without further ado, here’s Chapter 1 of my book, Standing Strong.

Great things we discussed:

1. Standing Strong

2. Coach School

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/bornforthis/

Overcoming Fear of the Future Dec 06, 2021

Hey Friend! I’m so excited. Over the next 3 weeks, I am sharing special messages from my books that are especially relevant right now. That’s why you are here, learning something that will help you get healthier, live the life God is calling you to, and improve life a little bit every day. You are looking to understand what God has for you and to go for it.

Today I’m bringing you a chapter from my book Fierce Faith, all about overcoming the fear of the future. Listen in to hear how to stop the fear of things falling apart in the future from slowing us down. Stick around for the practical action steps. It’s a perfect message as we prepare to move into a new year!

Without further ado, here’s Chapter 9 of my book, Fierce Faith: A Woman’s Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety.

Great things we discussed:

1. Fierce Faith: A Woman’s Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety

2. Coach School

3. Encanto

4. Oh Come All Ye Faithful- Josh Groban with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

5. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/OvercomingFear/

Life After Death with Lee Strobel Nov 29, 2021

Have you ever experienced a near death experience? Have you ever wondered what Heaven is like? Will there be marriage or even our favorite dogs in Heaven?

Well, friends, We are tackling all of that in this amazing episode with my new friend, the one and only, Lee Strobel! This one is very special and a bit vulnerable for me. I was moved in the moment and shared something I’ve never shared before.

After a near death experience several years ago, Lee knew he needed to tackle life’s last and, in his opinion, most important question—what happens once we die, which was a bit of a pivot from his normal line of work. In fact, as an atheist-turned-Christian, he has been described in the Washington Post as “one of the evangelical community’s most popular apologists.”

Lee joins me on the show today to talk about his latest book, The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death, and the things he learned after two years of researching, interviews and studying the Bible.

Listen to learn more about:

Near-Death Experiences (NDE) and if we can trust them or not
What neuroscience tells us about our souls and surviving the demise of our bodies
What physics, history and philosophy say about life after death
The difference between annihilationism and universalism and why it matters

Favorite quotes:

1. Look at what actually takes place during a near death experience, not how people interpret it. Because people can interpret it through the lens of their worldview. So what actually happens during most near death experiences is consistent with what the Bible tells us about the afterlife.

2. Heaven will resemble our present Earth, but it would be a transformed place for transformed people.

3. If you look at the cosmos, you look at the stars. You look at these billions of galaxies that are light years away. When we look, we say ‘Well, we'll never be able to get to those.’ In heaven, what if in a mere thought, you could explore a distant galaxy?

4. On earth, we have certain colors that we can see and it's based on the color spectrum of the light from the sun, but in heaven, the color spectrum would be based on the light of God. We will see colors that we can't even describe in this world because they're not in our color spectrum.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. If someone wanted to start reading the Bible for personal growth, where would you have then start? (39:45)

Great things we discussed:

1. Lee Strobel
2. The Case for Heaven: A Journalist Investigates Evidence for Life After Death
3. Case for Christ
4. It’s A Wonderful Life
5. Return of the God Hypothesis: Three Scientific Discoveries That Reveal the Mind Behind the Universe
6. Lee Strobel Center on Evangelism and Applied Apologetics

7. Yellowstone

8. Joy To The World

9. Angels We Have Heard On High

10.Holly Jolly Christmas playlist

11. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/leestrobel/

Chasing Happy with Phil Waldrep Nov 22, 2021

We all yearn to be happy right? Most people come from a place where they think if they just buy one more thing or accomplish one more goal, they’ll be happy. But it rarely works out that way. Most of us are always left wanting more.

I call this getting stuck on the happiness hamster wheel–continually chasing that one more thing and never really finding it. That is the enemy’s strategy. However, when we finally find what God designed us to do and do it, happiness and joy are natural side effects of it.

Today, I am so excited to have the amazing Phil Waldrep on the show to talk about the constant drain of chasing happiness, how to find your purpose, and his new book, Chasing Happy.

Listen in to learn more about:

Phil’s decision to write a book on happiness and why we need it now more than ever
How to discover our God-given talents (Phil gives us a masterclass in doing just that!)
How to navigate the challenges of living from a place of joy
Discovering your purpose when you’re not in ministry or the Church
Practical advice on what to do once we find our purpose

Favorite quotes:

1. Most people who are trying to be happy will never be happy. It happens when people discover what God designed them to do, what God wants them to be, and they do it. That's when happiness is the byproduct.
2. I have discovered that in most of our lives, when God gave us a purpose, he also gave us a passion to do that.

3. I think the more you get in line with your purpose and your passion in life, the more productive you're going to be and the more influential you're going to be.

4. When you're trying to discover your purpose, remember it's not always the big things. It's not always profound things.

5. Happiness is very dependent on happenings, what's going on around us. But joy is deeper.

In this episode I answer this question:

How did you balance being a wife and a mom while starting a new business? (36:50)

Great things we discussed:

1. Phil Waldrep

2. Stop Chasing Happy

3. The Andy Griffith Show
4. The Bully Pulpit
5. Waze App
6. Passion To Profit

7. Eternals

8. At Lash’d Mascara

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/philwaldrep2/

Break the Pattern with Karen Ehman Nov 15, 2021

The holiday season is fast approaching, friends! You know, the busy season where we overperform, try to make everything perfect and say yes to all the things. But, what would the holidays look like if we didn’t run around trying to make others happy all the time?

I’m so excited to have my friend and prolific author, Karen Ehman, back on the show again this week. We sit down to talk about Karen’s new book When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable and how to live out your own priorities despite what others think. Plus, Karen shares ways that we can cultivate strategies for knowing when to say yes and how to say no to ultimately break the pattern of people pleasing and confidently live our lives.

This one is super practical, with grace-filled advice, and I think it will resonate with so many of us during this busy season.

Listen in to hear more about:

Why Karen knew it was time to write this particular book
How saying no can be one of the most important things we do
How to handle the pushers, pouters and guilt-bombers when we start putting up boundaries
Karen’s practical and simple advice on what to say yes or no to and shares her “stop it” statements for recovering “people-pleasers”

Favorite quotes:

1. As Christians, we want to be loving and helpful. We want to serve, we want to put other people before ourselves and consider others as better than ourselves. We want to do all of that. But when we cross the line and we're doing it because someone expects us to or we're trying to get in their good graces, now we are doing the right things for the wrong reasons.
2. I realized after the first 10 years of parenting that I don't have to do every single tradition, every single year, in order to make fun memories for my kids.

3. Other people's happiness is not my assignment. It's God's assignment to bring people joy. It's not my assignment to bring them temporary happiness.

4. If God is really calling you to do something, don't fail to do it because you're afraid that somebody won't approve. You don't need their permission.

In this episode I answer this question:

1.When you’re working with your business coaching clients, what habits or beliefs are the ones that make some of them unable to succeed? (40:45)

Great things we discussed:

1. Karen Ehman
2. When Making Others Happy Is Making You Miserable

3. Smooth Deep Brown Noise
4. Only Murders in the Building

5. The Hidden Art Of Homemaking
6. Vegetable pods

7. Picture This

8. The Story I’ll Tell

9. Invasion

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/karenehman2/

Healing and Hope with Philip Yancey Nov 08, 2021

Hey Friends! What a show this is. I am so excited to have the amazing Philip Yancey with us to talk about his personal journey with God. This is such an important conversation, and I hope you’ll walk away from it feeling encouraged and inspired.

Philip and I take a deep dive on his experiences growing up in an Independent Baptist Church, the difficulties with his mother, and how we can make sure we are living a life of grace. We also discuss his new memoir, Where the Light Fell.

As you may know Philip is a Christian author who writes about questions and topics of faith that matter to both believers and doubters alike.

Listen in to learn more about:

How growing up in a rigid household gave Philip the wrong picture of God.
The importance of nuance in our prayers to God. It is not a voting competition where we need to get a number of people on our side to persuade God to do something.
His journey of making peace through the years with seeing God as a loving parent.
How the experience with the Church and your experience with God are two very different things.

Favorite quotes:

1. Grace means there’s nothing you can do to make God love you more.
2. Grace-healed eyes means seeing the world not through the performance, merit, ranking eyes that we tend to do around us but rather through God’s eyes.
3. I’ve learned early on what you believe is important. You got to get it right. Some people who claim to speak for God happen to be wrong and we shouldn’t take it at face value when they say they are speaking for God.

4. God wants us like little children to climb into a parents lap and say this is what I want.

5. Don’t make your decision about relating to God based on your experience in the church.

Great things we discussed:

1. Philip Yancey
2. Where the Light Fell: A Memoir

3. Reckless Love
4. The Good Doctor
5. Paul: A Biography
6. Nespresso Vertuo Coffee and Espresso Maker by De'Longhi, Piano Black

7. Dune

8. Pieces

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

alliworthington.com/philipyancey/

Do It For A Day With Mark Batterson Nov 01, 2021

Our life is directly related to our everyday habits. We are one habit away from accomplishing any goal that we set. But what if those things don’t come naturally to you? What does it take to build a new habit?

I’m super excited about today’s show. The always brilliant Mark Batterson joins me today to talk about the intersection of faith and habits, how the practice of gratitude can be life-changing, and his new book, Do It For A Day.

Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC. One church with multiple locations. NCC is focused on reaching emerging generations and meets in theaters throughout the DC metro area. NCC also owns and operates the largest coffeehouse on Capitol Hill. Mark holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Regent University and is the New York Times bestselling author of 19 books.

Listen in to learn more about:

Mark’s experience of writing his latest book and why he chose the topic of habits
When setting your goals, you should make them measurable, meaningful, and maintainable.
Mark shares how the science of habit formation is as old as the sermon on the Mount.
If the habit we are trying to implement doesn't match who we truly are, then we won’t keep doing it.

Favorite quotes:

1. Leadership starts with self leadership and self leadership boils down to daily habits. What are you doing one day at a time?
2. If faith is being sure of what we hope for then I think goal setting can actually be a spiritual exercise.
3. You have to 3-M your habits. You have to make them measurable, you have to make them meaningful, and you have to make them maintainable.

4. Habit formation is really identity formation.

Great things we discussed:

1. Mark Batterson.com
2. Do It for a Day: How to Make or Break Any Habit in 30 Days

3. Lord Send Revival
4. Ted Lasso

5. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know

6. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate―Discoveries from A Secret World

7. TimeHop

8. No Time To Die

9. Great Things

10. Summer Island: A Novel

11.Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/markbatterson/

Taking Back Time with Christy Wright Oct 25, 2021

Hey friends, I’m so excited to welcome my dear friend Christy Wright to the show today! In this episode, we’re answering the questions most of us find ourselves asking frequently: Where did all of my time go? And how do I get it back?!
Christy and I dive into having a balanced life, how social media affects mothers, and examine if we can truly have a balanced life in an out-of-balance world.

In our conversation, we talk about Christy’s new book “Take Back Your Time, ” and she shares practical tips on how we can redefine what life balance is to take back our time. As you’ll hear from her in the episode, real balance is about doing the right things at the right time.

Listen in to hear:

Christy’s strong feelings on the phrase, “ It’s the thought that counts!”
How balance is not something that you need to do; instead, it is something that you become.
What can cause the internal narrative of “you’re failing” and how to stop it in its tracks.
Christy share practical, super-tactical ways to embrace this type of balance in our lives.

Favorite quotes:

1. Life balance comes when you do the right thing at the right time. When you do that you will feel that sense of balance you’ve been looking for.
2. You can be super productive and still not feel happy.

3. Even a good thing at the wrong time is a wrong thing.

4. Priorities are not a set it and forget it thing. You can change your plan, you can change your mind, you can change your priorities and you should because what matters to you is determined by the season that you’re in.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How do you recalibrate when you’ve gotten off course with your goals? (40:25)

Great things we discussed:

1. Christy Wright

2. Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance

3. The Man
4. Ted Lasso
5. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World

6. Famcal

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/christywright/

Trusting God with Jackie Hill Perry Oct 18, 2021

Hey friends! On the show today, the brilliant Jackie Hill Perry joins me to talk all about her new book, Holier Than Thou (isn’t that a great title?!), why she wrote the book, and how we can trust God because He is Holy, and not in a scary, rigid way we may have heard growing up in the Church.

Jackie Hill Perry is a mom, writer, poet, and artist whose work has been featured in the Washington Times, The 700 Club, Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, and other publications. Since becoming a Christian in 2008, she uses her speaking and teaching gifts to share the light of the gospel of God as authentically as she can.

We also dive into a variety of topics such as the crisis of discipleship and holding others accountable, how we are wasting time not to trust God, and why believers should care about God’s holiness.

Listen in to learn more about:

How idols are unholy and insufficient to be God for us. The fact that God is alive makes Him sufficient as a Savior for us.
What believers get wrong about God’s holiness
How suffering and sin, in so many ways, have protected us against God. We need to remember that if God cannot sin, He cannot sin against you.

Favorite quotes:

1. Discipleship is simply allowing someone in your life, or being in someone’s life where you can not only observe how they live but also be taught how they live.

2. We need people in our lives to impart wisdom and we need people in our lives that we can impart wisdom to.

3. God’s holiness is not just his moral purity but it's also his transcendence. The fact that he exists differently from us, that he is a creator not a creature. He is external, he is not finite.

4. Caring about God’s holiness is caring about God himself.

5. It’s always going to fail you if you don’t know God.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How do you work from home and stay productive? (32:42)

Great things we discussed:

1. Jackie Hill Perry
2. Holier Than Thou

3. Come Thou Fount
4. Big Brother
5. When Narcissism Comes to Church
6. Water Flosser

7. TimeHop

8. Be Praised

9. PowerSheets

10. Called Creatives

11. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com

Choosing Peace with Chip Ingram Oct 11, 2021

We all know that living through a pandemic is hard and uncertain work. Almost every day, we face new challenges politically, culturally, and spiritually. Most of us want to look for more peace in our lives, but how do we choose peace considering all that we have been through?

Today’s guest helps us do just that! Chip Ingram joins us to bring fresh perspective and wise insight into how we really can choose peace in a world we can’t control. I wish I could have Chip on the show every month! Every time he is here, he says something that I just know is a gift from God.

Chip Ingram is a Christian pastor, author, and teacher. He is the founder, teaching pastor, and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry. He’s passionate about helping Christians really live like Christians.

Listen in as we talk about:

Why Chip decided to write a book about peace in the middle of a pandemic.
How God’s agenda isn’t to get your life to work out exactly as you have planned. His agenda is to get you to trust Him and that requires faith.
Understanding the peace of Christ. Chip breaks it down for us on how to actually experience that peace.

Favorite quotes:

1. We never really know what we actually believe until it’s tested.

2. Faith isn’t going to happen without risk. If there is no risk, there is no faith.
3. God’s agenda is not to get your life to work out. God’s agenda is to get you to trust Him.

4. Greed must die before peace can live. Because our treasure both reveals but it also directs our affections.

5. We have to put our treasure where we want our heart to be.

Great things we discussed:

1. Chip Ingram
2. I Choose Peace: How to Quiet Your Heart in an Anxious World

3. Can’t Help Falling In Love With You

4. Faith Driven Entrepreneur: What It Takes to Step Into Your Purpose and Pursue Your God-Given Call to Create

5. Air Vent Clip
6. Chip Ingram App

7. Reminiscence

8. Worship For Fierce Faith

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/chipingram2/

Made for This Moment with Max Lucado Oct 04, 2021

Confusion, chaos and crisis don’t even begin to cover the challenges we faced over the past 18 months. Most of us are still facing challenges big and small while continuing to hold what’s happening in the world around us. We don’t know what next month or even next year will hold.

That’s why I’m grateful to have the always wise and wonderful Max Lucado on the show today. Max shares with us his insights and personal takeaways from his latest book, You Were Made for This Moment, based on the book of Esther and God’s promised deliverance. He also talks about his own recent life-changing diagnosis.

Max Lucado is a pastor, speaker, and best-selling author who, in his own words, “writes books for people who don’t read books.” He serves the people of Oak Hills Church in San Antonio, Texas. I absolutely loved our conversation, and I hope you leave it feeling encouraged.

In this episode, we discuss:

How God always has strategically placed in the right place at the right time and His people responded.
How the issue of identity in the book of Esther compares with our struggle with it today.
How God gives us the capacity to face the challenges He knows are in our future.
How we can live in our faith boldly, even if we are in the midst of a difficult season.

Great things we discussed:

The Blessing
The Chosen
Faith in a Faithless World
Christianity Today Podcast
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/maxlucado/

Being Human with Kate Bowler Sep 27, 2021

Hey friends! You are in for an absolute treat of a show today! The delightful and brilliant Kate Bowler sits down with me to talk all about how to move forward with life when it’s not really what you would have picked out for yourself.

Kate is a New York Times best-selling author, podcast host, and associate professor of the history of Christianity in North America at Duke University. And she’s one of my very favorite humans.

She shares her story of being diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at a young age, what she learned during her cancer journey, how she really feels about the phrase “living your best life now,” and what we can do when unexpected changes in life turn our carefully laid plans upside down.

Listen in to hear about:

What happens when we distract ourselves from that muted ache that comes with just being a person
What we sacrifice when we say we’re going to live in the present only
What the Bible says about the human experiences, especially suffering
What happens when we ignore our fragility in exchange for “living our best lives now”

In this episode I answer this question:

I recently parted ways with my best friend of 10 years, how do I grieve someone who is not actually dead? (45:09)

Great things we discussed:

1. Particle Man

2. Friday Night Lights

3. Raising a Rare Girl

4. Vivino

5. The Ordinary Facial Mask

6. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/katebowler2/

Finding Hope and Healing with Sheila Walsh Sep 20, 2021

For over 18 months, we have been learning how to cope with the pandemic. Some of us focus on our families, and some of us watch disaster movies (or The Great British Baking Show!). But the uncertainty and the overwhelming level of sad and disappointing news has caused cases of depression and anxiety to accelerate at alarming levels.

The temptation to give up is real, which is why I’m so honored to have my friend Sheila Walsh on the show today for a very special conversation about mental health.

Sheila is an author, Bible teacher, and television host and, fun fact: she’s originally from Scotland! In this episode, she shares with us her mental health journey with clinical depression and the practical actionable steps we can take to manage this hard season. She also shares about her book, Holding on When You Want to Let Go, and what she learned as she managed her depression during the isolation of the pandemic.

Tune in to learn more about:

How to best support loved ones when they’re experiencing a difficult season
How the church is responding to conversations about mental health and challenging the stigma of shame around struggle
How God hears and holds us even when we don’t have all the right words in prayer
How you can incorporate Sheila’s daily practices to help with depression

In this episode I answer this question:

How do I know I would be good at starting a business? (30:01)

Great things we discussed:

1. Sheila Walsh

2. Holding On When You Want to Let Go

3. All We Do

4. Art and Faith: The Theology of Making

5. BBC News App

6. Primer by Tarte

7. RESPECT : Aretha Franklin Movie Trailer

8. Too Good Not to Believe

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/sheilawalsh3/

The Healing Power of Food with Danielle Walker Sep 13, 2021

Joining me today on the show is best-selling cookbook author, wellness advocate, Danielle Walker. Danielle is an absolute joy, and I know you will love this episode!

She shares with us the story of her autoimmune disease, her journey to manage her chronic illness with food and healthy lifestyle choices, and how that inspired her upcoming book, Food Saved Me.

In this episode, Danielle (also known as the Against All Grains Lady) shares her vulnerable and intimate eleven-year journey from suffering to healing, taking back her life by making drastic dietary changes. We also dive into how she managed all of that while being a mom, creative and business owner.

Listen in to hear all about:

What it takes to manage a chronic illness well, including mental health, minimal stress, nutrition, and sleep
How our food choices impact the natural healing processes of our bodies
Danielle’s best advice for those dealing with a chronic illness and those who have a loved one dealing with a chronic health issue.

In this episode I answer this question:

“If you had one piece of advice for someone building her coaching business, what would it be? “ (41:02)

Great things we discussed:

1. Food Saved Me by Danielle Walker

2. Danielle Walker

3. Johns Hopkins Migraine Prevention Diet

4. So Lit (clean)

5. The Alice Network

6.Honest Mascara

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/daniellewalker/

The Hard Good with Lisa Whittle Sep 06, 2021

Hey Friends! I’m so excited about today’s episode and it is a special one! On the show today, I’m joined by my good friend, and Called Creatives Co-founder Lisa Whittle. This episode was quite vulnerable for me but I just loved our conversation!

We take a deep dive into why we need to find the good during the hard seasons, how to allow God to work in us during setbacks for bigger and better comebacks, and how to navigate through some of those “good“ hard seasons like loss, grief, and jealousy.

Can you imagine living life led by managed feelings versus out-of-control emotions? Lisa and I go over how that’s possible and what the difference is.

Listen in to hear us talk about :

How to shift the narrative from “what if” to “what is,” so that God can bring us back in a different way
How to know when God is speaking to us
Allowing God to manage our feelings so they come back under our control.

Favorite quotes:

1. Whatever draws us to the good is good for us.

2. We need to make peace with a life that has gone rogue on us.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. I feel so uncomfortable with self-promotion. How can I build my business in a way that doesn’t feel “icky”? (42:03)

Great things we discussed:

1. Lisa Whittle

2. The Hard Good

3. Warby Parker

4. Maverick City Music

5. Jungle Cruise

6. Pillow Slides

7. Called Creatives

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

Xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/lisawhittle7/

Declutter to Destress with Allie Casazza Aug 30, 2021

Do you feel so overwhelmed and stressed out you don’t know where to go or what to do? What if I told you that you could have a life that is aligned with your priorities and space for all the things you want to do? Well, friends, today is an episode just for you!

My friend and friend of the show, the brilliant Allie Casazza is here to talk about minimalism and tips on how to declutter to destress our lives, families, and home. We talk about hot mess mom culture, how to make minimalism work for you, and tips for managing the kids’ toys (and the dog toys, too!)

Allie Casazza wants to eradicate the "hot mess mom" stereotype by empowering other women. She has built a massive audience and a multimillion-dollar online business based on her proven, family-oriented approach to minimalism. She is also the host of The Purpose Show, a chart-topping podcast, and the creator of multiple online programs and courses that garner tens of thousands of registrations each time they run. Her platforms continue to grow every day as more women discover her life-changing approach to creating an abundant life.

Tune in to hear more about:

Allie’s journey on how she become the go-to “minimalist mom”
How to take ownership of your life by taking ownership of your space
The ways being a mother impact your sense of identity
The importance of setting the intent for each room in your home.

Favorite quotes:

1. If you can take ownership over your space, you can take ownership over your life.
2. You being a mom is not your identity. It is a piece of what you’re here to do, just a piece. A really beautiful important piece of it.

3. There’s always going to be some level of mess even if you declutter. So what can you do to stop taking on all the pressure on yourself to maintain the house and clean it up? Put your kids in charge of their own stuff, set boundaries, do chore charts, do consequences. Whatever it is that fits in your parenting style. Set it up in some way so you're not the only one doing everything.

4. It’s about connecting with who you are in each room and setting up your space to support you. When we do that, we have an intention for the space and that helps us make decisions about the stuff.

5. If clutter is always unmade decisions, then declutter is to make decisions.

In this episode I answer this question:

I’m setting up my business, what are the most important systems I need to build right now? (44:24)

Great things we discussed:

1. Allie Casazza
2. Declutter Like A Mother

3. Asana
4. Trello
5. Woman
6. Frasier

7. Flex Disc

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/alliecazzaza/

Exploring Biblical Womanhood with Dr. Beth Allison Barr Aug 23, 2021

Friends! You’re in for a treat today as we jump into a powerful discussion with my new friend, the brilliant Dr. Beth Allison Barr.

Beth is an associate professor of history and associate dean of the Graduate School at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, where she specializes in medieval history, women’s history, and church history. She is the president of the Conference on Faith and History and is a member of Christians for Biblical Equality. And she has serious credentials, having written for Christianity Today, the Washington Post, and Religion News Service, and is a regular contributor to The Anxious Bench, the popular Patheos website on Christian history.

Beth joins me on the show today to talk about her latest book, The Making of Biblical Womanhood, and the importance of knowing the history of what women have been through. We also dive into the importance of understanding the context and culture of the day when reading the Bible, and the cost of the reformation for evangelical women.

Listen to learn more about:

How to become more biblically literate by approaching the Bible with contextual understanding of the day when it was written
What the Reformation cost women in terms of opportunities and society norms
Why it’s important to understand our history even in religious contexts
Junea, the first female apostle, and how she was written out of the Bible.

Favorite quotes:

Biblical womanhood is one of the most recent manifestations of the patriarchy.

I think the cost of the reformation for evengelacial women is that it made only one right way for us to be Godly. And that was to be married with children under the authority of our husbands.

Culture shapes the way we view women and men in a way that women and men are not shaped in the Bible.

There was a wage gap in the medieval world. Women made about 71 cents to the dollar, if we put it in modern terms. And here we are in the 21st century and women make about 75 cents to the dollar compared with men for doing the same jobs. I think that is a very powerful example of something going on in which women's work is not valued in the same way as men. That women are seen as not as not quite as good as men around them.

In this episode I answer this question:

I know my fear of failure is holding me back, how do I put myself out there even though I’m scared to make mistakes? (46:10)

Great things we discussed:

1. Beth Allison Barr on Twitter

2. The Making Of Biblical Womanhood

3. Bon Jovi

4. Loki

5. Summersalt

6. Coach School

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/bethallisonbarr/

Holley Gerth Joins Us For Smart Girl Summer Aug 16, 2021

Hey friends! We’re wrapping up the 2021 Smart Girl Summer Series today with the wonderful Holley Gerth. Holly is a life coach and author, and she brings a wealth of insight and wisdom for all of the introverts out there (including me!).

Holly is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, podcaster, and life coach, with a Master’s of Science in counseling. She has spent the last decade empowering nearly a half a million people to realize their God-given potential through books like You’re Already Amazing, Fiercehearted, and The Powerful Purpose of Introverts.

In this episode, Holley and I take a deep dive into stepping into God’s calling despite your fear, how she manages comparison and imposter syndrome (yes, even today!), and how we need to honor our personal capacity and purpose.

Listen in to learn more about:

Holley’s story of transitioning out of a full-time job to pursue writing and how she worked through that fear.
Looking at our own purpose and not other people’s journey and calling. We need the truth speakers to call us back to our true selves, just like God does.
Resisting the constant input from others that tells us to do all the things, all the time that leads us to feeling like we’re falling behind and distracted from what really matters.

Favorite quotes:

1. If we just keep doing the next thing and then the next thing, then God will meet there and turn it into what he wants it to be.

2. We have to be willing to start out being bad at stuff and know that’s okay, that's the only way through it.

3. So as long as something really matters to us, we are going to have an element of fear when we pursue it.

4. Pausing and asking: how has God designed me? And believing whatever the answer is, is intentional. We are created perfectly for His purpose for our lives.

5. I think we underestimate what a little bit at a time can do in the long term if we’re consistent.

Great things we discussed:

1. Holly Gerth
2. Introvert Quiz

3. Yasso Frozen Yogurt Bars

4. Evernote
5. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/holleygerth/

Beth McCord Joins Us for Smart Girl Summer Aug 09, 2021

Smart Girl Summer continues with one of my most popular guests of all time, the amazing Beth McCord of Your Enneagram Coach! Beth is an Enneagram speaker, coach and teacher with 17 years of experience and a co-founder of Your Enneagram Coach, the leading platform for all things Enneagram.

Beth is passionate about coming alongside individuals and helping them re-write their stories, allowing them to see that lasting change, meaningful relationships, and a life of deep purpose is possible. This passion is what drove her to create this community, a safe place for individuals to explore the Enneagram.

Beth and I talk about the first days of her business, how she knew she was called by God to do this, three keys that are part of her business’ success, and the daily work she does to stay focused and committed to her business. We also dive into how we can avoid blind spots in our daily lives by understanding the true nature of ourselves.

Listen in to hear all about:

How God has a plan and a story for each and every one of us, and how we can trust His plan and move forward in faith.
How to focus on our own work and lives in order to be exactly the person God created you to be.
How the Holy Spirit doesn’t shame or mock us. The Holy Spirit will set our feet on a firm foundation to keep us moving in the right direction.

Favorite quotes:

1. It is important for people to recognize God has a plan and a story for their life. We need to faithfully trust the process, the steps, the unclarity. Because he's got the clarity and we need to just keep going forward.
2. I think a lot of times people get going in their business and then they stop for many reasons. But what we have to realize is that it's going to be hard and you've got to, with the Lord's help, figure out what you need to do.
3. Recognize you may not have all the answers. You may not have all the expertise. But just get it out there. There are people that need this.

4. Every day I'm having to battle this internal dialogue and so it's exhausting. When I wonder: can someone else do this? Then God gently reminds me ‘No, I called you specifically for specific reasons to do this work for specific people who are going to be blessed.’

5. I encourage people to be careful when listening to other people's stories. It's great to listen, learn, and grow. But don't fall into the trap that my story is your story or my advice should be the advice you take.

Great things we discussed:

1. Beth McCord
2. What Is The Enneagram

3. Slack
4. Sob Rock
5. Brow Chow
6. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Kennesha Buycks Joins Us for Smart Girl Summer Aug 02, 2021

Hey Hey friends! Once again, our Smart Girl Summer series continues again this week with the amazing and inspiring, Kennesha Buycks.

Kennesha is a mom, gifted artist, writer, and curator. Also, she is the creative force behind Restoration House, a dream realized while living on the island of Oahu, Hawaii back in 2010. A proud Alabama girl, Kennesha realized at a very young age she had a knack not only for the creative but for connecting the hearts and minds of the communities in which she had the privilege of sharing life through those very talents.

She has such a unique perspective when it comes to following her why for her life and her business, and her passion to bring encouragement, honesty, and inspiration to each and every project she works on.

In today’s episode, we discuss how we can protect ourselves from imposter syndrome, shame, and comparison, encouragement for the hard seasons of life, and how we can lean into God to make sure we are following what He is calling us to do. Also, you don’t want to miss hearing my take on Medium or Fine ballpoint pens!

Listen to learn more:

How to use boundaries in place for social media so that you don't get sucked in with comparison and shame.
How we need to be careful of sharing too much of our lives on social media and we need to set the standards for the generations that follow us.
When you use your gits the way that you are supposed to, it serves someone in a way that no one else can do but you.

Favorite quotes:

1. I think my heart is to always try to get us back to what God always intended. If we think about Scripture and we look at Genesis, we think about the garden that was our first home. That was where we were meant to commune with Jesus, with God, with the Holy Spirit.
2. It's helpful to remember my why, remember my purpose, it helps me focus on the fact that I don't have to feel like an imposter if I'm actually doing what I'm called to do.

3. I believe that when we're vulnerable it brings freedom.

4. I think that when we're in a space where we are freely flowing, because I think when we're not publicizing our work as an artist, when we're not putting our stuff out there, whether it's words or actual paintings or whatever your artistic form is, when we're not putting it out there, we have a different energy and we have a different motivation We're literally just creating to create.

Great things we discussed:

1. Restoration House

2. Instagram

3. Tome

4. Space Jam
5. Freedom Look Good On You
6. Profile Ballpoint Pens

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Are you called to write a book? A special smart girl conversation with Lisa Whittle Jul 28, 2021

Hey Friend!

I’ve got a special bonus Smart Girl Summer episode for you! You’re going to love it, especially if you’ve ever felt called to write, speak or maybe even start your own podcast!

My good friend and Called Creatives Co-Founder, Lisa Whittle, joins me on the mic today to give you an inside peek at what goes on at Called Creatives, our coaching community with hands-on training for women who want impact and influence.

Lisa and I talk about following your dreams and how to push past the things that are holding you back. We discuss being called to write and speak and how to overcome fear of rejection, perfectionism, or thinking what you want to do is not what God has called you to do.

Listen in to hear all about:

The most common thing that holds women back who feel called to write
How overthinking and compartmentalizing impacts God’s plan for us and how He really wishes for us to partner with Him to fulfill His purposes on this Earth.
What happens when you let go of the excuses that are holding you back from your full potential.

We know that in order to achieve your dreams, you need someone to walk alongside you telling you exactly what you need to know. Don’t worry if you’re not quite there yet, we’re going to give you the pieces to get there!

In Called Creatives, we help you reach your dreams with trainings, monthly LIVE coaching calls, as well as our special mastermind collectives where you will be connected with 3-5 women who know what you’re going through and can guide you down the right path.

As a Called Creative member, every month you’ll receive…

LIVE, 90-minute interactive group coaching call with Alli and Lisa
Writing training sessions that will equip you to become a better writer, establish your voice and get traction
Speaking training session designed to help you develop your unique message, sharpen your speaking skills and leverage speaking opportunities
Guest training session with an industry leader (publishers, agents, writers, speakers)

Plus, you will also…

The opportunity to join a FREE mastermind to provide deeper accountability, resources, input, and relationship within the community.
Get on-demand access to the online library of resources and training
Expand your network of like-minded women who are pursuing their calling and cheering each other on.
Join specialized communities of fellow entrepreneurs, women in ministry, and podcasters inside the bigger Called Creatives community
Connect directly with Lisa, Alli, and the Called Creatives team through the private online community platform
Listing in the 2021 directory of members to help expand your network

Head on over to Called Creatives to sign up today!

www.alliworthington.com/lisawhittle4/

Meshali Mitchell Joins Us for Smart Girl Summer Jul 26, 2021

Smart Girl Summer continues with the fabulous and incomparable Meshali Mitchell, and, y’all, it’s a good one!

Meshali is a photographer, public speaker and soon-to-be author, and I absolutely loved chatting with her. She is so relatable when it comes to starting and building her photography business, following God’s calling for her life as well as her passion for storytelling through her art.

In this episode, Meshali and I take a deep dive into the hardest part of building her business, battling comparison and imposter syndrome (even today!) and how we need to rebrand our failures and flops into tests and lessons learned. Plus, she *almost* convinces me that I need to get some fancy chickens.

Listen in to learn more about:

How Meshali decided to pivot into photography after earning her social work degree

How you can leverage your relationship with God when you feel imposter syndrome creeping in

Practical tips for those days when you want to throw the towel in on the projects you feel called to complete.

Favorite quotes:

1. I believe everyone's called to pioneer something.
2. Through prayer and honestly just growth and maturity, I came to a point where I got a strong conviction that there is only one me. And I'm called to create in such a specific way. It was that conviction. Knowing there's only one me. This is a calling. Only I can fulfill what God's called me to do as an artist.

3. It's impossible to compare my work or myself with any other photographer. And all of us see uniquely, especially in the photography world. You kind of have to aggressively get a hold of that.

4. One of the keys to success is surrounding yourself as much as possible with key people that spur you on and cheerleaders around you that see beyond what you see in yourself.

Great things we discussed:

1. Meshali's Website
2. Meshali on Instagram

3. Charcoal mask
4. Benefit mascara
5. Tomorrow War
6. Caviar Volumizing Mascara

7. Standing Strong.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/meshalimitchell/

Smart Girl Summer with Jo Saxton Jul 19, 2021

Smart Girl Summer continues again this week, and I’m so excited to be joined again by my closest friend, author, speaker, and leadership coach, Jo Saxton. When Jo is on the show, you know it will be excellent and full of genuine honesty and fun!

Jo has dedicated her career to growing leadership teams worldwide and empowering women to find their purpose in their personal lives and in leadership. She is continuing this mission by making sure they have access to training and opportunities that women need.

In this episode, we talk about what to do when you feel called by God to do one thing while you are doing something else, finding the threads that God shows us, as well as the idea of who you want to be on the other side of the crisis.

Jo and I also discuss the kryptonite for women who are following their calling, trying to find abundance in a scarce place, and Jo’s upcoming event this fall. (She even shares a discount code!)

Listen in as we also discuss:

How Jo got started, where she is now, and where she is headed
The way to ensure experiments are successful (and it’s not by whether they actually succeed or not!)
The mindset needed during transitions so that we can become more creative and more self-aware
What God expects from us as we face a challenge (and what He does for us every day)

Favorite quotes:

1. I think these threads are like cross-stitch or a tapestry, the front that others may see seem logical. The back, the actual journey, is a hot mess of threads that are entangled and weaving in and out.
2. Just because it's uncertain doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. It doesn't mean it's all falling apart. And even if it is all falling apart, it doesn't mean it's over. It means I've got to be curious about it, rather than give up and walk away.
3. Transition isn't just an aberration and an evil thing. It can be hard for sure, but transition is an opportunity to be creative. This is an opportunity to become more self aware and aware of what God is saying to me. This is an opportunity to dust off some things.

4. Arriving at the end of transition isn't the point, it's how you transition that matters.

5. I think we forget what it is to learn. And we forget that learning is integral to our gifting, and our calling.

Great things we discussed:

1. Jo Saxton

2. Ezer Collective

3. Elemis

4. Black Widow

5. Sweet Ever After

6. Dashing Diva

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe to iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Smart Girl Summer with Jen Fulwiler Jul 12, 2021

Hey friends! Smart Girl Summer Series continues with the fantastic Jen Fulwiler! And she is dropping all sorts of knowledge and insight.

Jen is a standup comic, bestselling author, former Sirius XM Radio host, and mom of six. And as if that isn’t impressive enough, she self-produced her first standup comedy tour, booking theaters across the country with nothing more than a Google search and her personal credit card. And she sold out almost every show!

We talk about her famous Tik Tok videos, how she pivoted through a pandemic as a stand-up comic, and the lessons she’s learned when dealing with self-sabotage and resistance moments. We also dive into how she faces a setback, gets out of her own way, and some of her “bomb” moments.

Listen in to hear all about:

How courage is like playing a sport. Some have a natural talent for it and others have to practice.

The importance of getting help where you need it if you want to accomplish your goals and dreams. (And how to embrace the grace needed to accept that help! )
And for those using social media in their every day business pursuits, she shares the differences between Tik Tok and Instagram and the importance of knowing the demographics for each platform.

Favorite quotes:

1. Courage is like playing a sport, in the sense that some people might be just born with more natural skill in that area than others but anyone can learn to be good at it if they practice.

2. You learn about the game of life by taking little risks and letting them turn into bigger risks. You start to feel more comfortable with the bigger risks because you just have more experience with risk.

3. Going for it is the most humble thing you can do. In fact when people stop themselves, it is actually their ego driving. It is your ego saying, “That would be embarrassing to me.”

4. When I face a setback, I speak in terms of action, not emotion, and that has really helped me move forward and stay strong. Even when I know I'm feeling frustrated or embarrassed or whatever it is.

5. I think it takes humility to say, “I can't do it all. I can't. I need some help in this department.”

Great things we discussed:

1. Jen Fulwiler at her website, Instagram & Tic Tok

2. Hair Tutorial on Jen’s Insta

3. Phone Stand
4. Philosophy

5. Billions
6. F9: The Fast Saga

7. Constellations

8. Bye Bye Pores

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Smart Girl Summer with Kelli Masters Jul 05, 2021

We’re continuing our Smart Girl Summer Series this week with another fantastic guest that will inspire you (and maybe even help you out at the next sports trivia night!). Now, as a reminder, Smart Girl Summer is an eight-week series featuring some of my most brilliant friends sharing behind-the-scenes stories that you won’t hear anywhere else.

And today, we have the brilliant and business-savvy Kelli Masters on the show today! Kelli is an attorney, a certified sports agent, and the founder of KMM Sports, a full-service sports management company based in Oklahoma City. AND, fun fact: she was one of the first women to represent a Top 5 pick in the NFL draft!

She has represented more professional athletes than any other woman in the sports business history and was named one of the 25 most influential women in sports worldwide by Bleacher Report. Needless to say, Kelli knows a thing or two about business, sports, and remaining true to yourself against all odds.

We sit down to chat about Kelli’s experience working in a male-dominated field, what her faith in God means to her, and some of the lessons she has learned along the way. Plus, she shares some good advice for the next generation of trailblazing women.

Listen in to learn more about -

How Kelli got to be where she is and how she found her calling to be a sports agent.
How to be fierce without being aggressive or unkind.
The inside scoop of being a sports agent and what Kelli has on her radar next.

Favorite quotes:

1. It’s funny how those of us who try to map out what we think our life is going to look like and we fly and make all these plans. But truly, when you trust God with that and put it in his hands, it doesn't look linear at all.
2. Being fierce doesn't come from me being egotistical or or overly confident. It comes from knowing God has called me to do this. He has given me the skills to do this. And he's given me the passion and the ability to fight for my clients, to fight for the people that I've been given to fight for and there's nothing more powerful.
3. Isn't it so easy to beat yourself up for where you're not?

4. What we've created is so different and so special. And it's 100% because I just said, “God, I want to do it your way and I don't want to do it my way.” I don't want to just look successful. I want to make an impact and create successful opportunities and lives for the players that I get the chance to work with.

5. It's interesting how you can spend so much time working on the details of something when God's like- no trust me over here. Just keep being good to people. Keep listening to me. Keep being kind to people. And I'll come through for you.

Great things we discussed:

1. Kelli Masters
2. KMM Sports

3. High Impact Life
4. Rose Toronto Skincare
5. Quiet Place 2
6. 96,000

7. Bare Republic Sunscreen

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/kellimasters/

Hannah Brencher joins us for Smart Girl Summer Jun 28, 2021

Hey hey friends! I’m sure you’ve heard the phrase “Hot Girl Summer,” but around here, we’re having Smart Girl Summer.

Smart Girl Summer is an eight week series featuring some of my most brilliant friends sharing behind-the-scenes stories that you won’t hear anywhere else. And we’re kicking it off with Hannah Brencher!

Hannah is a best-selling author, speaker, and entrepreneur, and y’all have loved her episodes in the past. She is such a breath of fresh air when it comes to running a business, staying creative, and embracing God’s plan for her life.

We dive into how she got her start, the lessons she learned from passion projects that didn’t go as planned, how she manages imposter syndrome, and what she does when she feels herself beginning to play the comparison game.

Listen in as we discuss:

The freedom that comes with giving yourself permission to try new things (and not be great at them!).
How we handle the reactions of church friends when they find out our husbands are both full-time Dads while each of us are the breadwinners for our families.
What a good workflow looks like, and how they can help you reach the goals you set for yourself.

Favorite quotes:

1. I don’t want people to be spectators in the lives of other people. I want them to be fully in their lives.
2. I spent so many years being so scared that I wasn’t in the calling of God. And then I realized that's not how it works. Go out there, experiment, have fun with things. I would have never known that I could be an entrepreneur if I didn’t give myself that permission.
3. Just because it’s been done this one way 1000 times before, doesn’t mean that it’s what you have to do.

4. Make sure you finish things as well as you start them. Don’t let the momentum keep you from doing a good job from all angles.

5. Do the thing that scares you.

6. Invest in the craft instead of the applause.

Great things we discussed:

1. Hannah Brencher Creative .com
2. Monday Club

3. Cocokind
4. In The Heights

5. Dashing Diva

6. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Breaking Free with Jess Connolly Jun 21, 2021

What would your life look like if you dared to reclaim what God has named good? My friend Jess Connolly is challenging us to consider that we’re made for more than having a love/hate relationship with our bodies.

According to a study at Glamour magazine, 97% of women struggle with body image issues. It is an effective and intentional tool that convinces us that taking care of our bodies is not a spiritual issue.

Jess returns to the show today for a super fun, honest and essential conversation about her new book Breaking Free from Body Shame: Dare to Reclaim What God Has Named Good. We also talk about the role social media plays and how to break free from the beliefs that hold us back from living our fullest lives.

She is an author, entrepreneur, and is the founder of Go + Tell Gals and helped start She Reads Truth. She and her husband planted Bright City Church in Charleston, South Carolina, where they live with their four children.

Listen in to hear Jess tell us:

Her story of body image struggles and how she unfolded the truth that these struggles were a spiritual issue.
How she learned to be grateful when experiencing weakness because it is just a canvas for God’s goodness and compassion to shine.
Practical tips on how we can learn to love our bodies more.

Favorite quotes:

1. It seems like such an intentional and effective tool of the enemy to convince women that this is not a spiritual thing.
2. I think one of the best ways we can fight this is genuinely just showing up in our actual bodies and letting people say, “this is what it is, this is reality, and I'm okay with that.”

3. Whatever it is, if it's Botox, if it's doing a 40 day fitness challenge, if it's being a person who does CrossFit, if it's running, if it's walking, if it's doing Pilates, if it's getting your hair done, if it's getting facials, if it's drinking green smoothie... the goal is simply that you do it because it's worshipful for you. Not because you feel pressured or shamed into doing it.

4. This is my body to steward. Nobody gets to speak about it. Nobody gets to be harmful toward it. Nobody gets to try to speak untruth, or negative things over it.

Great things we discussed:

1. Jess Connolly
2. Breaking Free From Body Shame

3. Exile
4. Gilmore Girls
5. When We Stand
6. Gallon Sized Water Bottle

7. Cruella

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Praying Daily with J.D. Greear Jun 14, 2021

Whether praying is a part of your daily routine or just something you do when your back is against the wall, I bet you’ve wondered, at least once, “Does prayer actually work?”

I’m not talking about doubting faith here, but often prayer can feel more like a duty than a delight. It can be tempting to think it doesn’t make a difference or we’re too busy to do it properly. Well, friends, J.D. Greear is joining me today to help us make sense of our relationship with prayer.

J.D. is the pastor of The Summit Church, with locations in Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, and the Southern Baptist Convention president. And he’s got a new book coming out later this summer called Just Ask where he shares practical tips for including prayer in everyday life. And not just prayer, but confident, bold, patient, relentless, shameless, dependent, grateful, powerful, expectant prayer.

Together, JD and I discuss the idea of how God works through our prayers to accomplish His will and what’s at risk when we don’t pray.

JD also shares practical advice on praying so that it’s a natural part of our relationship with our Heavenly Father, not an obligation.

Listen in to learn:

Why JD wrote Just Ask and how God spoke to his heart throughout the process
What happens when we pray and how it impacts the work God is doing
Practical advice on praying so that it becomes a natural part of our relationship with God instead of an obligation.

Favorite quotes:

1. One of the encouragements that I gathered from my reading and study of prayer in the bible is how much the bible is written to deal with the problem of unanswered prayer or that feeling that God is not hearing me.
2. Some things only come out in persistent prayer because God uses that to give us a hunger and thirst for him.
3. Prayerlessness is a fruit of a heart that has not been trained properly by the gospel.

4. Prayer warriors are not born overnight. They’re developed by discipline and consistent gospel input that reshapes your heart to call out to your heavenly father.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. For a busy mom with a sporadic schedule, how do I fit in time with the Lord? (30:23)

Great things we discussed:

1. JD Greear

2. Just Ask

3. William Augusto
4. Seinfeld
5. The Last Kingdom
6. Gentle and Lowly

7. Luluemon

8. Dream Horse

9. Tremble

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

How to Have Tough Conversations with Nicole Unice Jun 07, 2021

For over a year, we’ve been doing what we can to take care of ourselves and our families during a historic pandemic. And for some of us, shutting off our emotions was (and continues to be) one of the only ways to get things done.

But what happens when hard seasons end (or need to end)? Is it possible to feel like ourselves again without the overwhelming flight or fight mode we’re used to? In today's episode, we’re exploring exactly that!

My brilliant friend and fan-favorite Nicole Unice joins me on the show to talk about navigating difficult seasons and relationships and how being a mother affects us as opposed to the way it affects our children. Nicole also turns to the tables on me as I honestly share about the health struggles with two of my sons. Make sure to grab some tissues!

We also talk about Nicole’s new book The Miracle Moment, in which she shares practical advice for having difficult conversations and how to anticipate and overcome roadblocks on the way to healthy, "miracle moment" relationships.

Listen in to learn more about:

What makes people pull away when they experience strong emotions like fear.
How to become more self-aware by being open to learning from complicated relationships (and what that can teach us about ourselves and, ultimately, God)
The person who needs to grow the most when challenging situations arise in our relationships.

Favorite quotes:

1. It’s okay to be healing from pain and be hopeful about your future at the same time. It’s okay to grieve and also laugh.
2. The miracle moment is actually the moment after you feel misunderstood, or you missed each other, or frustrated, or can’t communicate, or it’s not going the way you want. It’s the next moment where a miracle could happen because it’s the intentional choice that we make to move towards one another or away.
3. Small is big. Very very small consistent changes over time will transform your life.

4. The first place to start in a difficult relationship is you. Allow this a time for you to grow. And when you grow, you’ll see what happens to the other party.

Great things we discussed:

1. Nicole Unice
2. The Miracle Moment
3. Poldark
4. Prayers In The Dark
5. NYX Micro Brow Pencil

6. The Chosen

7. Jeremiah’s Playlist

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Succeeding at Life with Megan Hyatt Miller May 31, 2021

Are you having a hard time describing how you’re feeling these days? Depressed is too strong a word, but unmotivated isn’t strong enough. That general blah feeling or phase has a name–languishing. And my friend and fellow mom of 5, Megan Hyatt Miller is here to tell us what we can do about it!

Languishing is like the neglected middle child of mental health, but a lot of people experience it. Especially now that we’re coming out of a pandemic and coping with stress in ways we’ve never had to before. That’s why I’m delighted Megan wanted to tackle this topic with me, which isn’t surprising because her work is all about helping us be our best selves.

Megan Hyatt Miller is the President and Chief Executive Officer at Michael Hyatt & Company and the co-host of the popular business podcast, Lead to Win. And she just co-authored Win at Work and Succeed at Life with her dad Michael Hyatt. This book is all about freeing yourself from the cult of overwork, so you can bet she shares some great advice and techniques about how to get back to ourselves.

Tune in and hear all about:

Where to start when exercise and nutrition isn’t helping you feel like yourself anymore.
Creating a culture of double win -- instead of choosing either “I’ve got to hustle” or “I need a break!”
Megan-approved practical tools to allow us to feel better and get our groove back.

Favorite quotes:

1. If you're coming out of 2020 like most people that I've talked to, with your tires on fire, you know you just sort of feel like we're running on fumes and self care is all out of whack. Probably the place to start is not exercise and nutrition. As important as those things are and we talked about that some in the book, but the place to start really is with rest.

2. We've been going and going and going and using all of our reserves and just regular life has taken so much more energy that we are chronically exhausted and chronically depleted and we don't even know it right now.

3. The temporary has a way of becoming permanent, and then it starts to take a toll on our health, our mental well being, you know, and health, and our most important relationships, and if we don't catch it in time, then we end up in a situation where we have regret.

4.Work and life don't actually have to be in opposition to each other, they actually can be mutually reinforcing and supportive of one another and there's not magic to it, there is a process.

5. There isn't enough time to do everything but there is enough time to do the most important things.

In this episode I answer this question:

What does business coaching entail and how do I know if it’s right for me? (20:21)

Great things we discussed:

1. Megan Hyatt-Miller
2. Win at Work and Succeed at Life

3. Every Little Kiss
4. Miss Scarlet and the Duke
5. Reparations: A Christian Call for Repentance and Repair
6. KF49 Face Mask

7. Newsies

8.Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Share Your Stuff with Laura Tremaine May 24, 2021

Laura Tremaine has built a thriving Internet community around the idea that we all have valuable (and worthy) information to share, especially in our relationships. That’s why I’m thrilled she’s here with me today to talk about loneliness, reconnection, and why it’s so important that we share our own stuff.

In the early days of the Internet, she started sharing her life online through the popular blog Hollywood Housewife and eventually moved onto podcasting via the Sorta Awesome Show and Smartest Person in the Room. Now, she hosts 10 Things to Tell You, a weekly podcast that provides a jumping off point for journaling or to start a meaningful conversation with people who matter to you. And I love that she models what she wants her listeners to do by never being afraid to go first.

In her debut book, Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First, Laura shares both personal stories and reflection questions to help us cultivate authentic connections with others that really only come from sharing parts of ourselves.

Y’all, I’m so happy to have Laura on the show today to talk about the tools we need to not only start important conversations with our people but continue to be vulnerable and reconnect even when it feels hard.

Tune in for the whole conversation to hear:

All about our most notable and hilarious fashion moments
The behind-the-scenes of mommy bloggers, brand deals and today’s influencer culture
How to safely and confidently share on social media without compromising your values
What practical tools you need to invest in your relationships.

Favorite quotes:

1. Sometimes there’s real reasons why we can’t share, because of our job, or our community, or lots of reasons it's legitimately hard to share online. But these women were mostly saying they can’t share online or off, because of the shame they felt.

2. You can share and let yourself be seen without vomiting out every bad thing that’s happened to you.

3. When I hear someone else's magical moment, it is so invigorating to me. I don't care if I 100% buy into it, it’s still an amazing story.

4. When you go first, you’re opening the door for other people to also share themselves.

In this episode I answer this question:

Is the Message Bible a safe bible to read? (42:47)

Great things we discussed:

1. Laura Tremaine
2. Share Your Stuff. I’ll Go First

3. WandaVision
4. Dirt
5. Charlotte’s Magic Cream
6. He’s Always Been Faithful

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

The Essential Work of the Holy Spirit with Jeannie Cunnion May 17, 2021

One thing I love about this space is your willingness to dive in deep with me on topics that affect us every day but don’t get much air time anywhere else. That’s why I invited today’s guest Jeannie Cunnion to join me. Jeannie is on a mission to help women embrace the freedom found only in Christ.

With the release of her latest book Don’t Miss Out, Jeannie shows us the impact the Holy Spirit can have on our lives, how we can welcome it into our daily routines, and the ways it can enrich our personal relationship with Jesus.

Jeannie is my friend, a best-selling author of four books, and a fellow mom of five boys. But more than that, she’s made it her life’s work to help women and parents connect with the Lord on a deeper level so they can live in the power of the Holy Spirit.

I know you’ll get so much out of our conversation. Hang around until the end to hear all about:

The job of the Holy Spirit, including how it sanctifies, strengthens and sustains us in our walk of faith..
Our influence on the ways we hear the Spirit and what we can do to hear it more often.
Identifying your spiritual gifts and why it’s critical that you name it and put it into practice.

Favorite quotes:
1. Jesus relied on the Holy Spirit and the disciples needed the Holy Spirit. So why do we today think that we can or should do anything without the power of the Holy Spirit?
2. I think people put their trust in Jesus. Then they think they have to follow Jesus in their own strength and it's their job to make their lives grow more and more in the likeness of Jesus when it's the Holy Spirit who sanctifies us.

3. It's so true that we are all filled with the Holy Spirit in the sense that we are given a spirit at salvation but so few of us are walking in the fullness of it.

4. Because He dwells in us and will never leave us, we can grieve Him. We can question. But we can never force him to abandon us. He is our seal of salvation and he is the most loyal companion.

5. When we recognize that the Holy Spirit is fully God. That He is also a divine person. The person of the Holy Spirit is with you. He has a mind, he has a will, he has emotions, he has this beautiful personality and he really desires to give you this deep sense of awareness of his presence to be a comfort to you.

In this episode I answer this question:

What books do you recommend for newlyweds? (36:54)

Great things we discussed:

1. Jennie Cunnion
2. Don’t Miss Out

3. Fresh Wind
4. Rest On Us
5. Surviving Savanah
6. Believe For It
7. Latisse

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Un-Hurry Your Heart with Jennifer Dukes Lee May 10, 2021

Friends, I’m thrilled to welcome back my dear friend Jennifer Dukes Lee to the show today! Jennifer is a calm, encouraging voice in our fast-paced world that is obsessed with hustle and haste. And I hope our conversation is a safe place for you to land when you’re reaching for ways to live a quiet, easy, and successful life.

In our conversation, we talk about Jennifer’s new book “Growing Slow” and she shares practical tips on how we can stop treating life as an emergency and start living life the way it was meant to be lived - slowly. She also reminds us that true peace comes from embracing the life that God crafted for each and every one of us.

Listen in as Jennifer and I talk about:

The trap of comparing ourselves to the accomplishments of others
The connection God created between our lives and the Earth’s seasons
How to view time as a both a friend and tool that God uses in our daily lives
Her craziest farm story about a rogue pig

Favorite quotes:

1. When I put into place some pauses in my life, really changed things and adopted what I call a slow growth mindset, that has been transformational for me.
2. Slow progress is still progress.

3. There's always something sitting out there as if it’s a milestone. I don't know who created these, but there really are no set milestones. I think when we strip all of that away. And if we go our own way and grow our own way. We will experience a lot of freedom. That chips away at the hurry that's hanging around our hearts.

4. In our hurry, we're really not setting down the roots that we need to hold us firm when the storms inevitably come.

5. Without sustainable living as human beings we're gonna ruin the fields that are our lives and our hearts in these places where God's planting seeds in us.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What’s your process for knowing what to say yes and what to say no to? (35:20)

Great things we discussed:

1. Jennifer Dukes Lee website
2. Growing Slow

3. Catch Me Singing
4. The Great British Baking Show
5. Dirt

6. Breville Espresso Machine

7. The Sill

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Navigating Hard Seasons with Nicki Koziarz May 03, 2021

Have you ever caught yourself pleading with God for good news? For an easier season? For just one day with a silver lining instead of difficulties and disappointment?

If we’re honest with ourselves, we’ve all been there and we’re afraid to admit it to others. That’s why I wanted to have my friend Nicki Koziarz on the show today. Nicki is a best-selling author and Proverbs 31 ministry speaker, so when she spoke up about her own tough seasons and devastating losses in her new book Flooded, I knew her message could help so many.

Nicki and I dive into what we do when we’ve been in a tough season of life and what to do when doubt creeps in, especially doubt about our faith. Nicki shares her journey of managing the flood of difficult situations and wondering if they will ever stop.

Listen in to hear about:

The impact that going to God in a tough season can have on our lives even if it’s the last thing we feel like doing.
What happens when we stop looking at our faith journey as if God is controlling us like puppets.
How to manage the opinion of others and the impact and unintended consequences those opinions can have on our belief in God’s plan for our lives.

Favorite quotes:

1. Unfortunately sometimes we make decisions that lead us on a path that's not part of God’s plan.
2. Doubt can turn into sin really easily.
3. Every hard thing that you and I will go through, there's already someone in the scriptures who's overcome it.

4. Sometimes when we’re walking through really things we feel like we’re the ones carrying it but God actually is doing the hardest part in these assignments of grief but it's up to us to see it that way.

5. God is in charge of the plan, I’m in control of my obedience.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you determine a curfew for teenagers these days? (41:58 )

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Nikki Koziarz
2. Flooded

3. Champion
4. Buried by the Bernards
5. Draw The Circle
6. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

7. Flo Vitamins

8. Goli Gummies

9. Tula

10. Rest On Us

11. Rinse Off Foaming Cleanser

12. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Getting Unstuck with Chip Ingram Apr 26, 2021

As we begin to come out of the pandemic fog we've been in, we can feel stuck. After a year of limbo, we’ve been unable to move forward. Wondering what the next day, week, or month would hold. Many of us leaned in and got closer with God. But we don't know how to move forward.

On Today's episode, I have my friend and fan-favorite, Chip Ingram, on the show. We dive into what it looks like to get spiritually unstuck and how to move forward with power in this new season. Every time I have Chip on the show, I always walk away with fantastic nuggets of wisdom that I know are just for me! This time is no different, and I hope it’s the same for you.

Chip Ingram is a Christian pastor, author, and teacher. He is the founder, teaching pastor, and CEO of Living on the Edge, an international teaching and discipleship ministry.

In this episode, we discuss:

How to live from God's approval and not for God's approval.
Gratitude as the heart of thanksgiving and how important it is in our process of transformation.
Chip breaks down transformation and God's intent to make us like Jesus.

Favorite quotes:

1. The marriage of the gospel and the American dream have gotten so intertwined. I think there are times where we have very unbiblical expectations. That if I really do trust God and I really love him, and I lean in, there's going to be deliverance, joy, or effervescence. A sense that I'm going to be more than a conqueror, but I probably won't suffer.

2. There is a practice of thanksgiving that is so important on this journey. It allows us to stay in line and keep in step with the Spirit.

3. At the heart of life change is understanding that change begins with your thinking.

4. Keeping the big picture is critical. Then recognizing that the only thing you or I can control is today.

5. We've got to begin to filter and look for the subtle messages in what we read and watch and listen to that may not be ‘bad, evil, or violent’ but they keep sending me messages that I don't measure up or that life could be easier. Those are the subtle things that the enemy wants to embed in our psyche. These messages keep us discontent or thinking that we're not doing well, when we might be making great progress.

Great things we discussed:

1. Chip Ingram at livingontheedge.org and the Chip Ingram App

2. Yes! You Really CAN Change

3. Waymaker
4. Victoria
5. Godzilla vs Kong
6. The Blessing

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

The State of Our Kids with Sissy Goff Apr 19, 2021

After a year of living through a pandemic, we are all uncertain, anxious and even a little bit cranky about things going back to normal. As adults, we have a lifetime of practice building coping strategies that work for our individual personalities and lifestyles. But what about our kids?

A year of distance learning, isolation from friends, disruption of routines and continued uncertainty only adds to anxiety they may already feel and not know how to manage. That’s why I invited Sissy Goff on the show today to talk about the state of our kids in a post-pandemic world and how we can better support them.

Since 1993, Sissy has helped girls and their parents find confidence in who they are and hope in who God is making them be, both as individuals and families. She is a sought-after speaker for parenting events and the author of twelve books, including her latest release for teenage girls, Brave.

Join us as she shares her insights and knowledge on:

How anxiety and depression manifest differently in boys and girls.
Practical ways parents can support their children who struggle with anxiety.
The number one thing parents can do to help support the mental health of their kids.

Favorite quotes:

1. Culturally we’re just doing too much and moving too fast. And kids are often getting the brunt of that unintentionally from us as adults.
2. For adolescents, so much life for them comes from peers. The loneliness really immediately started impacting them in a very different way.
3. Anxiety is an overestimation of the problem and an underestimation of ourselves.

4. Anxiety is the most prevalent condition among kids but it's also the most treatable.

5. When we can come up with a name for anxiety, it loses its power.

In this episode I answer this question:

I want to host Bible study but I didn’t go to seminary, is it okay that I host one? (45:13)

Great things we discussed:

1. Find Sissy at her website & on Instagram

2. Brave

3. Goodness Of God
4. Parenthood
5. Late Migrations
6. K. McCarthy

7. Hold On To Me

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/SissyGoff/

Make Overthinking Your Superpower with Jon Acuff Apr 12, 2021

There’s an old bumper sticker quote that goes, “Don’t believe everything you think.” But we’ve all done it. It starts as a tiny idea or worry that we push to the back burner. Then slowly over time, it grows and grows until we eventually act on it or let it dictate our decisions.

Changing our mindset is a choice, but it’s easy to forget that we are in the driver’s seat when it comes to our thoughts. That’s why I asked my good friend Jon Acuff to join me on the show today. Jon is whip-smart, funny and a New York Times bestselling author, but more than that, he’s on a mission to help others flip the script on overthinking and turn it into a superpower.

Throughout our conversation, he shares what he’s learned throughout his research on overthinking and talks about the tools we need to master our thoughts. I loved this conversation, and I just know you’ll love his unique blend of humor, honesty and hope.

Stick around to the end to hear all about:

1. What Dolly Parton has in common with telegrams and bald eagles

2. The four simple words you can use to make any goal easier

3. How words can easily control of our thoughts, feelings and emotions

4. The most surprising discovery Jon learned from his research for his new book Soundtracks

Favorite quotes:

I think everyone tends to undervalue the things they're good at and overvalue the things other people are good at.
2. At some point, everybody has to live out the thing they are good at and enjoy being good at that.
3. The soundtracks we listen to have a lot more power than we think. They’re playing constantly and what if we can do something about that? What if we can choose the soundtrack we listen to?

4. Repeating things that are positive about yourself puts them at the top of your playlist. So when you’re in a situation where something happens, it’s like your brain grabs the most recent song.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How do you decide when to invest in your business? (52:28)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jon Acuff Website

2. Soundtracks: The Surprising Solution to Overthinking

3. Immunity

4. Married At First Sight
5. Alone
6. I Hate Running And You Can Too
7. Vulnerability Is My Superpower

8. Leap Over A Wall

9. Leuchtturm Notebook

10. The Falcon and the Winter Solider

11. LUMIFY Redness Reliever Eye Drops

12. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/jonacuff/

Building a Life You Love with Emily Ley Apr 05, 2021

Have you ever noticed how we tend to enjoy the things we are intentional about a little bit more than our routine, day-to-day lives? What if I told you that it’s possible to build a life you love and rediscover your most authentic self without winning the lottery or upending your entire world?

Well, you’re in for a treat, friends! My dear friend Emily Ley is joining me on today’s show to talk all about how to create a life you love (and not just one that people will envy on the Internet!).

You may know Emily from The Simplified Planner® or her bestselling books A Simplified Life, Grace Not Perfection, or her newest release Growing Boldly. She’s built a life she loves, and she’s on a mission to help others do the same.

In today’s episode, we talk all about life, business, and what happens when you imagine the life you dream of then create a plan to make it happen. She also shares practical ways for women to rediscover themselves, especially after spending so much time in the role of a parent or caregiver.

Tune in to hear more about:

The big risk Emily took that failed spectacularly and what she learned from it.
Identifying when you’re operating overcapacity and how to implement changes to save your sanity.
Emily’s “Build” philosophy and her personal challenge to every listener out there.

Favorite quotes:

1. There is a time and a place for that kind of work, for the sacrifice. If you're not balancing that work with a season of rest, of nourishment, of taking care of yourself you are absolutely going to fail.

2. I think that we have this responsibility to live our lives in a bold way, but what if we lived our lives that brought others up with us.

3. I really believe that nothing about you is to be wasted. And when you know these things about yourself, you are suddenly looking at a pile of bricks that you can use to build the life you love.
4. Look at life and make a choice. What matters right now? Is it the deadline? Or is it the fact that my kids need me? Is it simply getting dinner on the table? What is it? Which ball is in the air that I cannot drop? Let me give myself permission and grace to tell everything else: not right now.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. Do you have tips and suggestions when it comes to networking? (31:54)

Great things we discussed:

1. Find Emily Ley on Instagram
2. Growing Boldly: Dare to Build a Life You Love

3. Simplified Sisterhood

4. Handclap

5. Call The Midwife
6. Essentialism
7. Vinter’s Daughter
8. Interstellar

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

Xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/emilyley/

Writing It Down with Ally Fallon Mar 29, 2021

Have you ever noticed how much power the simple act of putting pen to paper has? Whether we’re jotting down our to do list, writing out a prayer that’s too precious to speak, or organizing our thoughts when making a decision, writing things down signals to our brain it’s time to take action. And author Ally Fallon is here to tell us why!

In her new book The Power of Writing It Down, Ally shares how writing every day can change our lives. And she would know! She’s published over 13 books and coached hundreds of writers through storytelling workshops. And I’m so excited she’s joining me today to talk about using writing as a tool for personal growth.

We talk about the science of actually writing our prayers, words, and thoughts down and how we can remove some of the self-inflicted pressure that makes us feel stuck. She also gives us her best tips to develop a daily writing practice and reveals the #1 reason people avoid writing things down.

Tune in for the whole episode to hear us talk about:

How writing things down enables you to tap into parts of your brain that are on cruise control most of the time.
Being the hero of your own story and what can change when we challenge our victim mindset.
The shared connection between the practice of writing and talk therapy (and how it may even help the work being done!)

Favorite quotes:

1. In the modern world writing is not an option, it's a necessity, we're all doing it. And the data is really clear that a regular practice of writing can produce really meaningful and positive change in our life.

2. The fastest way to write something bad is to be like I've got to write something good.

3. Truth has a strong reputation for getting us out of ruts. When we access the truth, even if the truth is uncomfortable and we wish that weren't the truth, that's usually the thing that unlocks our path forward.

4. Great stories start with great questions. If you don't like the story you're telling, ask better questions.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you regulate the time you spend on your phone? (43:40)

Great things we discussed:

1. Ally Fallon
2. The Power of Writing It Down

3. Swingin’

4. Imposters
5. Know My Name
6. Ergobaby 360
7. Ted Lasso

8. Hymn Medley

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliwortghington.com/allyfallon/

Parenting From a Place of Peace with Crystal Paine Mar 22, 2021

We’re shifting gears this week and talking about parenting! I don’t usually cover parenting here on the show, so I invited my good friend Crystal Paine to join me.

Now, you may know her as the Money Saving Mom, but her message goes beyond good deals at the grocery store. And I’m so glad she’s with us today to talk about what it’s like to be vulnerable, especially when it comes to parenting our children.

We dive into love-centered parenting, mom guilt, and what happens when we let our kids make mistakes. She also talks about her latest book and the hard-won lessons she’s taken away from shifting from results-based parenting to a love-centered model of raising her kids.

You’re going to want to stay until the end of this episode, friends! Tune in to hear:

Crystal’s journey with one of her children, who was experiencing depression and suicidal thoughts
How our mental, physical and spiritual health affect our parenting styles and choices
Practical tips for productive communication with your kids and how to ask for (and accept!) their feedback

Favorite quotes:

1. When we cram truth in and we continue to call out the lie and replace it with truth, it rewires our brain. Like scripture talks about renewing our mind, it's that rewiring of the way that we've always thought that allows us to renew instead of walking in lies and letting those lies be what we lead with. It allows us to have freedom and to walk in truth, and then to live out of that truth.
2. Are the words that you are saying to yourself, about yourself and letting just kind of swirl around in your brain, are those words that you would say to other people?

3. Our kids are paying attention to that life we're living before them. And that’s probably going to be the most powerful sermon we are ever going to preach to them.

4. Ultimately, I want to be able to send my kids out as adults, not dependent children. And so if I'm going to do that, I have to let go and not just create all these rules in order to protect them from never getting hurt, never having to make choices and never making mistakes.

5. How we interact with our kids affects how they view God.

In this episode I answer this business question:

Would you rather have in your team a nice fool or a reliable jerk? (40:01)

Great things we discussed:

1. Crystal Paine: The Money Saving Mom & On Instagram @TheMoneySavingMom
2. Love-Centered Parenting

3. Graves Into Gardens

4. Off The Clock
5. We Were The Lucky Ones
6. Laura Vanderkam’s Track Your Time

7. The Lord Of The Rings

8. God Of Israel

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/crystalpaine/

Defeating Our Doubt and Disbelief with Angie Smith Mar 15, 2021

Today I’m with the hilarious, vibrant Angie Smith. She is the author of Woven: Understanding the Bible as One Seamless Story and I couldn’t be more honored to have her by my side as we talk doubt and disbelief.

We all have moments where we doubt God’s plan for us and, maybe, even wonder if He’s really even there. Certainly, a loving God wouldn’t allow us to suffer or withhold the things we most desire, right?

Friends, I’m here to tell you that doubt and disbelief happen to all of us, even the most public Christian figures, writers, and speakers. But doubt doesn’t surface because we don’t want to believe. Instead, it helps us gain clarity on what we believe in and reveals the true nature of our faith.

That’s why I’m so glad Angie is here with me today. She shares her own experience of trying to run from God during a traumatic season, how doubt affected her faith journey, and what we can do to process the guilt that sometimes comes along with disbelief.

Join us for the conversation as we talk about:

How God continues to call us, even during the most traumatic time of our lives.
How our doubt is proof that we want to be reminded that God is real.
And about that time that Angie broke into an American Airlines lounge.

Favorite quotes:

1. I feel like through the process of this I lost my dad and I found my Father again.
2. For a lot of us, the doubting doesn’t come because we don't want to believe, it comes because we so desperately want to.

3. People don’t feel smart enough to study the bible. They feel like it's all been figured out. But here's this and it's super empowering that we have access to all of these things and we can look it up.

4. I always say go into scripture with curiosity. I think that starts to uncover all of these “wait, I didn’t know” moments. Then you kind of chase that rabbit for a little bit.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Angie Smith and on Instagram @officialangiesmith
2. Woven

3.Summer of 69
4. Africa
5. Married At First Sight
6. Emotionally Healthy Spirituality

7. EyeVac Home

8. Dunkirk

9. Promises

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/angiesmith/

Transforming Your Marriage (Not Your Spouse!) with Toni Nieuwhof Mar 08, 2021

Our marriage mini-series continues this week with a question we’ve all likely asked ourselves at some point in our lives: wouldn’t I be better off alone? It’s a question that creeps up on us in moments where we feel stuck, overwhelmed and disconnected from the person that matters most.

This week, Toni Nieuwhof joins me on the show to talk about those moments of doubt, guilt and worry that affect our relationships. She has worked with hundreds of families over the years, often as a divorce attorney, and she tells us what she’s learned from those difficult experiences along with the important lessons she and her husband, Carey, have learned as they took their own marriage from unhappy to thriving.

In today’s episode, Toni shares research-driven data, real-life examples and practical tools to transform struggling relationships into healthy, safe spaces. We also chat about her book, Before You Split: Find What You Really Want for the Future of Your Marriage, and she gives her best advice for fighting for the couple instead of yourself and how the light of Christ can help us identify self-limiting beliefs.

Some of my favorite moments from our conversation include:

1. The 5:1 ratio and its importance in our interactions with our spouse, significant others, and even our children.

2. How kindness and respect are essential pillars of the family space and how we can use them to change our family dynamic.

3. How our reliance on God and those we’re in relationship with can help us become fully alive.

Favorite quotes:

1. Sometimes looking inside is scary. Or it feels painful. And yeah, there's some pain to go through, but if you can sit with it and not back away, and just move through that pain, there's just something so beautiful on the other side.
2. The victim story you may be telling yourself is probably blurring your vision.

3. We had to come to the point where we could realize that the only emotions we can really try to influence or control are our own.

4. Just sit with your spouse's emotions and validate them, and accept them for what they are.

5. It's really hard when you're in the midst of the struggle to recognize just how much value your spouse has in the eyes of your child. Your child needs both of you.

Great things we discussed:

1. Toni Nieuwhof
2. Before You Split

3. Gratitude
4. Pride & Prejudice
5. Forgiving What You Can’t Forget
6. Raw Hemp Seeds

7. Window Bird Feeder

8. Titanic

9. Gladiator

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/toninieuwhof/

Rebuilding Your Marriage with Kevin Myers Mar 01, 2021

Hey friends! We’re kicking off a mini-series on marriage this week, and I couldn’t be more excited to share this conversation with you!

Marriage is a beautiful and life-giving experience for many of us because we have a trusted partner by our side to celebrate the good times and weather life’s unexpected storms. But sometimes the storms can begin to overwhelm the relationship, and we can easily find ourselves in a relationship that looks nothing like it did when it began.

Today, author and 12Stone Church senior pastor Kevin Myers and I talk about tackling common marriage problems, rebuilding our relationships, and making them stronger than ever before.

We also talk about his book The Second Happy along with seven strategies to rebuild your marriage, how to use prayer to work on internal problems that help us (and our spouse!), and how to evict the elephants in your marriage.

Listen in to hear:

How fighting fairly allows for intimacy in a relationship and how this intimacy helps us grow closer as a couple and with God.
How to view conflict resolution through “buckets” and when to apply water on your issues instead of gas.
How God can help us with our marriage through thoughtful and intentional prayer.

Favorite quotes:

1. I think a lot of times people feel the weight of carrying both sides of the problem and you can't. You can only carry your side.
2. You realize in the life of ministry, if you're really devoted to helping people, that some things are broken that they can't fix and only God can fix.

3. Everybody in the church carries two buckets and you're either adding to harmony or conflict, but you're never neutral.

4. We tend to use marriage rather than build it, because we're trying to build so many other things in our world.

5. You cannot consistently pray over someone you love and consistently despise them.

In this episode I answer this question:

What’s your take on the law of attraction? (36:52)

Great things we discussed:

1. Kevin Myers at 12Stone
2. The Second Happy: Seven Practices To Make Your Marriage Better Than Your Honeymoon

3. Stairway to Heaven
4. The Mandalorian
5. Change Your World

6. Hudson Taylor’s Spiritual Secrets

7. Groundhog Day
8. The Schuyler Sisters

9. Guns and Ships

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/kevinmyers/

How (Not) to Read the Bible with Dan Kimball Feb 22, 2021

I started this podcast to create a safe space for exploring our faith, our beliefs and new ideas. Well, friends, this conversation with Dan Kimball delivers and I can’t wait for you to hear it!

Dan is an author who focuses on encouraging us to think creatively about breaking the negative stereotypes both the church and Christians face. And our conversation today is inspired by his new book, How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture.

During our time together, we talk about the dangers of using Scripture out of context and what we can do when someone uses the Bible against us to discredit our beliefs. Dan also gives us a helpful lens to use when reconciling challenging parts of the Bible, especially violence and slavery, with our faith.

And don’t worry, we wrap up the episode with some fun talking about why Scripture is anti-shrimp, how to get a donkey into a bathtub, and if there are really unicorns hiding out in the Bible.

In this episode, Dan and I talk about:

The truth of God’s character and how we can learn from everything in the Bible, including themes of violence
How information is our strongest defense when it comes to safeguarding our faith, especially for younger generations
Seeing the Bible as a library instead of a science manual and how we can use it to inform our modern-day questions, but not necessarily answer them.

Favorite quotes:

1. Most Christians are not prepared to address the not-so-nice sounding bible verses. We just have to be prepared.

2. We have to know how to read our bible, the good verses and the crazy sounding verses.
3. Never read a bible verse by itself.

4. The bible was written to other people. But it was written for us so we can understand who God is.

5. We have turned the bible into a science manual trying to get our modern day questions and that wasn’t its intent.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Dan Kimball
2. How (Not) to Read the Bible: Making Sense of the Anti-women, Anti-science, Pro-violence, Pro-slavery and Other Crazy-Sounding Parts of Scripture
3. The Fat Man
4. The Chosen
5. Greenland

6. Prayer: Experiencing Awe and Intimacy With God
7. Skull Socks

8. Max Richter Sleep Album

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Taking Action In The In-Between Place with Kat Armstrong Feb 15, 2021

So many of us are finding ourselves in a place of uncertainty about what happens next. We know that we need to move forward, but how do we do it? And how do we bring our friend Jesus along to help us through whatever despair we might encounter?

Kat Armstrong is joining me on the show today to help us take action, even if things feel a bit unstable. Kat is a Bible teacher, author, and fellow curly-haired girl is passionate about encouraging women to be all in for Jesus. And I just know you’re going to love what she has to say!

We talk about her latest book The In-Between Place: Where Jesus Changes Your Story along with the places and times in our life we personally feel or have felt stuck. Plus, she shares some practical tips and advice about making peace with the past, finding hope in the present and stepping into the future.

Listen in for our conversion that covers:

1. How the presence of Jesus changes everything, even in our difficult in-between places

2. The way God uses our deepest needs to bring about meaningful moments in our faith

3. The importance of being brave enough to ask hard questions and accept hard truths despite how we feel

4. How we can use imaginative prayer when our challenges prevent our forward momentum

Favorite quotes:

1. Jesus has good things planned for us, but where we are right now is difficult, that’s our in-between space.

2. Crappy places can be redeemed.

3. Some of the things I am grieving, that I am facing, I can’t put a pretty bow on some of this. I know I can get through this. My soul is not despairing. I have hope in Jesus.

4. If we keep our eyes on Christ, he will take us through the messy middle. He is in it with us.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. I keep bumping against struggles in my business. How do I know if it's time to stop?(42:02)

Great things we discussed:

1. Kat Armstrong

2. @KatArmstrong1 on Instagram

3. The In Between Space

4. Imaginative Prayer

5. Make Room

6. Little Women

7. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/katarmstrong2/

Finding Your Gifts with John Bevere Feb 08, 2021

Hi friend! I’ve got fan favorite John Bevere on the show today. John is a best-selling author, international speaker, and follower of Christ, and I always walk away from our conversations feeling inspired and motivated in both my work and my relationship with God.

In John’s latest book X: Multiple You God-Given Potential, he helps us think differently about what we are called to do and consider why God called us to do it.

And in today’s conversation, he shares real-life experiences and practical applications with us so we can identify our unique gifts and make a greater impact in the world for God (and not just in the moments that we deem sacred).

In this episode, we chat about:

The concept of spiritual gifts and how they don’t show up for everyone at the same time
Shifting our mindset when we are called to do something that doesn’t feel like a natural fit
The way God engages with our frustrations and why he does so
How to find our roles, both inside and outside of the church.

Favorite quotes:

1. Every single human being whether you are a stay at home mom, your an ER nurse, or your a hairstylist, every single person has a call of God on their life to build the kingdom of God.
2. We don’t shine by what we say, we shine by how we excel with our supernatural gifts on our life.
3. I think a big aspect of building the kingdom is completely missed because we limit it down to church on Sunday, the pastor on the platform.

4. We will never ever be truly satisfied until we take what is uniquely in us and we multiply it for the benefit of others.

Great things we discussed:

1. John Bevere
2. X: Multiply Your God-Given Potential

3. The Blessing
4. Hacksaw Ridge
5. The Pursuit Of God
6. Instant Pot

7. WandaVision

8. Valentines Day Gift Guide

9. Called Creatives

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthimgton.com/johnbevere

Learning to Rest with Christy Nockels Feb 01, 2021

If God asked you to take a step back from something you truly loved to rest more fully in His love, could you do it?

This thought-provoking, and maybe even challenging, question is where we pick up the podcast this week. And I’m joined by author, worship leader, and mother of three Christy Nockels, who knows first hand what it means to transform the soul by learning to rest.

She shares the full story in her new book The Life You Long For: Learning to Live from a Heart of Rest (available February 16), but I’m delighted to have her on the show today to share what she’s learned throughout the years as she embraced the sacrifices the Lord asked her to make.

Some of my favorite highlights from our conversation include:

How the challenges of 2020 ultimately forced us to rest and reevaluate the meaningful things in our lives, including our relationship with God and family
What caused Christy to completely change how she interacts with those around her
Why we should look for opportunities to lead ourselves back into the heart of rest (and how to identify them!)

Favorite quotes:

1. There’s a hustle that actually holds us back. Our hustling ends up preventing the supernatural work of God in our lives.
2. He called me home to take care of my kids so I can be his kid again.
3. So often I think He leads through our desires.

4. If you just hit the bullseye, God will take care of all the outer rings of your life and God will show you his glory.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What’s a simple change I can make in my conversations that will help me seem more confident? (39:03)

2. Why does God not answer some prayers? (40:30)

3. Do I need to create a business plan for my new business? (43:02)

Great things we discussed:

1. Christy Nockles
2. The Life You Long For

3. Heart Of Worship
4. Iron Man
5. Abiding In Christ
6. The Ruthless Elimination Of Hurry

7. Kieh's Epidermal Re-texturizing Micro Dermabrasion

8. Knives Out

9. Soul

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/christynockels/

Surviving the Storms with Ruth Schwenk Jan 25, 2021

Hi friends! We’ve been through a lot over the past year, as people, as communities, as a nation and world. And although there is comfort to be found in suffering through hardships together, what happens to our souls when we’re left suffering privately or by ourselves?

My good friend Ruth Schwenk is joining me on the show today to help us figure that out. Ruth is an author of many wonderful books about parenting, the founder of TheBetterMom.com, and the co-founder of FortheFamily.org.

But what I’m really excited about is her most recent book she co-wrote with her husband Patrick. It’s called In a Boat in the Middle of a Lake: Trusting the God Who Meets Us in Our Storm.

She talks about this new book along with an update on her husband’s health, which inspired the idea of writing about God meeting you in the roughest waters and in the darkest storms.

We also chat about some practical tips on how to take care of yourself right now, even if you’re sitting in the middle of one of those dark, stormy lakes.

Stick around for the whole episode to hear:

Ruth sharing some of the ways God has used suffering and trials to change and teach His people.
How suffering can be a form of education and how God protects us through unanswered prayers.
When it’s okay to take a step back from giving of your time and resources (and who you should surround yourself with and why!)

Favorite quotes:

1. When we’re put in the middle of a storm our faith is tested. It exposes what we really believe about God. And honestly that’s where God really grows us and helps us learn because we have no other choice but to cling to him in that.
2. The biggest thing he does in our suffering is helps us to turn to him and deeper and grow our faith.

3. It’s ok to sit in your pain. It’s not comfortable. Who wants to sit in their pain? But it’s the day after day, step after step looking towards him that he used to change us.

4. I think in dryness and in burnout, he’s using that to purify our faith and to deepen our faith. He wants us to keep seeking him. Eventually if we keep seeking him day after day we discover that he was there all along waiting for us.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How should I handle fasting as someone who has a tendency to have an eating disorder? (41:32)

Great things we discussed:

1. Ruth Schwenk
2. In A Boat InThe Middle Of The Lake

3. Hillsong Young and Free
4. When Calls The Heart
5. The Lighthouse Keeper’s Daughter
6. Davines Minu Shampoo

7. Nakee Butter

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

https://alliworthington.com/ruthschwenk2/

The Science and Scripture Behind Joy with Shaunti Feldhahn Jan 18, 2021

When the calendar flipped to 2021, a lot of us felt relief. We made it through a challenging year, and, finally, it seemed like there was a light at the end of the tunnel. Well, friends, while things are getting better, nothing’s magically changed yet. It can be hard to find joy when it all feels the same.

That’s why I’ve asked my dear friend, Shaunti Feldhahn, to join me on the show today. Shaunti is my favorite social research, and I’m forever wowed by her ability to combine scripture with good, factual data.

She takes us on a journey through what science and scripture say about finding joy, recognizing when we need to trust God (spoiler: always), and how to find joy and happiness regardless of what’s going on around us.

In this episode, she helps us:

Identify practical ways to look for joy in the everyday
Discover what research and scripture say about a joyful life
Create boundaries on negative thinking
Reaffirm that we need to trust God and his purpose for our lives, especially in times of uncertainty

Favorite quotes:

1. We're actually challenged by the fact that God says that joy is supposed to be the characteristic of the Christian, regardless of whether it's dark and cold or beautiful outside.
2. It's really astounding how God has created us. When we focus on the things that are worthy of gratitude, that emotion, that joy is one of the things that wells up inside us.

3. There is an interesting principle, about looking back, and remembering all the ways that God has been so faithful to us each time we've had a freak-out before and going ‘Oh yeah. Right.’

4. God never, ever promises us that there is going to be this constant overflowing of time, or provision, or energy. It's always that we have enough for that day, that moment, as long as we follow the shepherd.

Great things we discussed:

1. Shaunti Feldhahn

2. Find Joy: A Devotional Journey to Unshakable Wonder in an Uncertain World

3. Understanding Green Pastures

4. Francine Rivers: Mark of the Lion Series

5. Lord of The Rings

6. Gulu bags

7. Soul

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/shauntifeldhahn2021

Giving up guilt with Valorie Burton Jan 11, 2021

Have you ever noticed women tend to feel guilty more often than men? Whether it’s taking a day off or saying no to our children, there’s a lingering little voice inside us that second-guesses the decision we’ve made.

Well, friends, Valorie Burton is here to help us give up the guilt! Valorie is a talented writer, but more than that, she’s dedicated her career to researching how women can lead happier lives, be more successful, and, finally, let go of the never-ending guilt that threatens to hold us back.

In today’s episode, Valorie and I talk about the concept of false guilt and why it’s so important for women to understand their true callings from God. She also shares some practical strategies that we can implement right now to help us break free from the draining and sneaky cycles of guilt.

Stick around for the whole episode because we discuss:

What false guilt looks life in our everyday lives and how to spot it before it starts
How to identify spiritual guilt and what to do about it
Why conversations about guilt are essential in our relationships
How parents can reconcile guilt brought on by the pandemic

Favorite quotes:

1. The thing about guilt is that if we allow it to take control, that’s when it becomes a problem because guilt is a message.
2. Oftentimes we need to notice when our guilt is triggered but also label your guilt.

3. We have to push through those feelings of guilt and be honest with ourselves. Because God will break those clouds open and that sunshine starts to come in.

4. It’s important to notice that your joy is missing. Notice what guilt is doing to dampen your joy and be willing to accept what is.

Great things we discussed:

1. Valorie Burton
2. Let Go of The Guilt

3.Curious George
4. Secrets of Six-Figure Women
5. Towel Warmer
6. Successful Women’s Academy

7. Greyhound

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/valorieburton2

Showing up for your life with Hannah Brencher Jan 04, 2021

Happy New Year, friend!

Joining me today on the show is mental health advocate, viral TED speaker, and author Hannah Brencher. Hannah is a dear friend of mine, and I’m thrilled to kick off the new year by sharing our conversation with you!

She shares with us the story of God leading her to show up for her life and how that inspired her latest book, Fighting Forward. In Fighting Forward Hannah cheers us on and encourages us to battle the lies we tell ourselves that hold us back from living out the life God wants for us.

We also talk about:

Taking back our stories from fear and how to practice courage and strength regularly
Partnering with God to make changes for the better, not just for the sake of the calendar
Digging deeper to look for God in new ways when we’re experiencing pain and loss

I sincerely hope you walk away from this conversation with Hannah feeling empowered to fight for God’s calling in your life this year.

Favorite quotes:

1. A lot of times I feel, in the monotonous and the mundane, when we're getting to the edge we want to quit. That's when the breakthrough actually happens, you're actually closer than you think.

2. If I can look at the things that I'm doing as if all of this is progress, none of this is for naught, then I can't quit before I start to see the evidence of the actual moving and shaking of what God is doing.

3. The devil can't do much when you make the decision. Regardless, I am still going to keep showing up and that is not going to change the outcome of how I'm going to be here.

4. There are a lot of us sitting right now, waiting on something. And I think what's really important to know is that just because we've gone through these things, doesn't mean that you won't grieve, doesn't mean that you won't mourn. But at the same time, we cannot believe the lie that life is on pause because we are in this waiting or because we are suffering. Life is still very much happening all around us.

Great things we discussed:

1. Hannah Brencher Website

2. Fighting Forward: Your Nitty-Gritty Guide to Beating the Lies That Hold You Back

3.Hannah’s previous episode

4. The Queen’s Gambit
5. Crime Junkie
6. Bringing Up Bebe
7. Egg Cooker
8. Keurig

9. You Hold It All Together

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/hannahbrencher2

Rejection, FOMO, and Living Loved from Fierce Faith Dec 28, 2020

Friends, we made it to the end of 2020! Can you believe it?! At times, I didn’t think we’d get here, but here we are. And for some of us, we’ve been holding on to this expectation that if we just make it to the end of the year, things will get better. Our problems will go away. We’ll know how to better cope with suffering. The overwhelming amount of pain and trauma we’ve experienced will finally be in the past.

That expectation is lovely in theory, but really, it’s unnamed fear.

I don’t want you to head into the next week, the next month or the next year holding on to unnamed fears. When we do this, we’re saying we’d rather sit on the sidelines. That’s why I wanted to read Chapter 4 of my book Fierce Faith on the show today.

In “What If They Don’t Like Me?,” I share my own personal stories of rejection, and more importantly, how fear of rejection impacted my life. It’s not something we talk about often, fear of rejection, but it lingers in everything we do. Whether or not we post that picture of our accomplishment on Instagram. If we tell our partner about our new business idea. How we share something personal with a new friend.

I hope this chapter gives you a starting place to embrace 2021 with hope and confidence.

We break down:

1. How rejection causes us to overgeneralize and view the world from a place of hurt

2. The way Jesus dealt with rejection from his friends, disciples, and including his outcry to His own father.

3. What practical tools we can use to develop a battle plan for overcoming our fear of rejection and live a joy-filled life.

Links to great things:

1. Fierce Faith

2. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/fiercefaith3

Prayer and why we can ask God for what we need Dec 21, 2020

It’s almost Christmas, friends! On the show today, we’re going to dive into Chapter 10 from my latest book, Standing Strong.

I believe this chapter, which is titled Ask For It: I’m Relearning How Prayer Really Works, is especially relevant today as we look towards 2021 and what next year may bring. This chapter specifically talks about how God told me to walk away from a job I cared about and provided financial security for my family. I also share how God revealed to me that he truly wants to partner with us in our journey and how an intentional walk with him is really the adventure of a lifetime.

And it all starts with prayer. Prayer is powerful, of course we know that. But our prayers also have the power to change God’s mind. He is always listening because he cares about us and he knows what matters to us. Inviting him along with us through prayer helps us better understand his plan for our life even when we’re resisting because we think we have it all figured out.

As we approach the end of 2020, I challenge you to begin asking for what you need in full faith that God will give you what is best for you.

As always, at the end of today’s episode, I share how to make it a habit to invite God into your work, your life and your relationships. I hope it makes a difference in your attitude towards prayer.

With the holidays quickly approaching, I am including you all in my prayers this week. Merry Christmas!

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/standingstrong2

For those who worry about things falling apart Dec 14, 2020

Well, friends, I think it’s safe to say none of us are disappointed that 2020 is on its way out the door. As I planned what to talk about on the show today, I couldn’t help but think about how we’re all continuing to process everything that has happened this year while planning for the one to come. I felt a little nudge that I needed to talk about Chapter 9 of my book, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety.

Way back in 2017, I titled that chapter “What If Things Fall Apart?”, and I don’t think anything could be more relevant right now. It feels like we are all a bit lost and lonely in our own wilderness because we’re afraid. Afraid of what’s to come. Afraid of what could be. Afraid of what our anxiety reveals about who we are. Afraid of what will happen if things actually fall apart.

So I’m excited to share the chapter in its entirety with you today. It is my sincere hope for you that this chapter brings peace about the future and encourages you to find your own stones of remembrance to remind you of God's faithfulness.

And stick around to the end to hear some practical tools and advice to fight fear and live with more confidence as we had into 2021.

Listen in to hear all about:

1. How fear can paralyze us from making our dreams come true

2. What can happen when we wait for the perfect moment to take action (and how it can keep us wandering around the desert for 40 years)

3. What God really thinks about our plans to become successful in all that we do

Great things:

1. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Share with a friend and be sure to subscribe in iTunes. While you're there: slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Enneagram Deep Dive with Marilyn Vancil Dec 07, 2020

Hello Friends! If you’ve been on the Internet at any point in the past couple of years, you’ve likely encountered the Enneagram. Or at least the watercolor, hand-lettered Instagram form of it.

Today, we’re pushing the memes aside (no matter how funny or true they may be!) and diving into Enneagram numbers, arrows and wings with the delightful Marilyn Vancil.

Marilyn is an author, Certified Enneagram Professional and spiritual director who uses the Enneagram to help others develop self-awareness so they can live out the unique life experience God created for them.

In her new book, Self to Lose, Self to Find: Using the Enneagram to Uncover Your True, God-Gifted Self, Marilyn explores the beloved, ancient personality typing system as a means to uncover greater freedom in one’s spiritual, emotional and relational life.

We start out our conversation with a short refresher on the nine types of the Enneagram along with God’s gifts for each type. If you’re well-versed in the basics, you may want to skip ahead to about 29 minutes in. But if you’re anything like me, you’ll be interested in everything Marilyn has to say about the Enneagram.

During our deep dive, Marilyn and I talk about:

1. The difference between the adaptive self and the authentic self and how to recognize them

2. What causes our disagreements with others more often than not

3. How our Enneagram wings create balance and nuance

And stick around for our coaching segment, where I reveal how to determine if your business idea will work or not. Plus, I have a special offer just for this week!

P.S. Have you finished your Christmas shopping yet? If not, my team and I have your back! My FREE Christmas Gift Guide is over 40 pages of gift ideas for everyone on your list. Grab your copy at: www.alliworthington.com/christmas

Favorite quotes:

The Enneagram helps give more definition, more understanding of what your particular obstacles are. It’s just a tool but it’s really helpful in discerning where it is we’re stuck.
When we’re trying to determine our type it's good to look at what you are like under stress.

Some people say you only have one wing. I think we have two and one is stronger than the other at times but we access both of them. They both influence you.

We have our arrows. We have our wings. We have our dominant type. It’s really important to say this is the pattern. These are just patterns, these are not definitions. This is describing a pattern of being. It’s really important not to peg yourself or others.

In this episode I answer this question:

I want to start a side business to bring in income for the family but I don’t know if I have the personality for it. How do I know if I can make it work? (50:47)

Great things we discussed:

1. Marilyn Vancil

2. Self to Lose Self to Find

3. This Is Us

4. The Liturgy of The Ordinary
5. Passion To Profit
6. The Polar Express
7. Tribl
8. Weightless

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/marilynvancil

Lysa Terkeurst on forgiving what you can’t forget Nov 30, 2020

The holiday season is upon us! And while it brings us moments of reconnection, Christmas magic, and a whole lot of festive cheer, it can sometimes reveal deep pockets of pain that we haven’t fully addressed yet.

If you know all too well what I’m talking about, today’s episode is for you. I’m honored to share my conversation with author and speaker Lysa TerKeurst, but you may know her as the President of Proverbs 31 Ministries. She shares about her journey with forgiveness, specifically while dealing with a betrayal in her own home, and how she used it to find true healing.

In Lysa’s new book, Forgiving What You Can’t Forget, she teaches us new ways to work through pain and move on with joy in our hearts. She brings a new level of honesty and vulnerability that helped me find a new perspective on this essential skill we all practice in our day-to-day lives.

Things we covered in this shorter-than-usual episode:

1. The shocking blessing of bitterness

2. The best time for forgiveness (the answer will surprise you!)

3. The false narrative we tell ourselves when we experience a trigger

After our conversation, stick around for our coaching time where I share listener-submitted questions about life, faith, and business!

And while you’re here, have you downloaded my FREE Christmas Gift Guide yet? My team and I spent weeks putting together this extensive guide to all things gifts, and I just know you’ll find the perfect item for everyone on your list. Grab your copy at alliworthington.com/christmas

One more thing, this is the last week to join Called Creatives at the introductory price of $19! After this week, the price jumps up to $29 (but if you join now, you’ll lock in the intro rate forever and ever amen).

Favorite quotes:

1. I always thought forgiveness was an unfair gift we have to give to the person who hurt us, and what I discovered is forgiveness is more about God giving the gift of healing to our hearts.
2. Forgiveness is both a decision and a process.
3. The blessing of bitterness is it actually shows us what a tender beautiful heart we have because bitterness doesn't often visit people with cold hearted hearts. Bitterness often comes to people who have loved deep so they got hurt really deep.

4. Forgiveness is supposed to be that step toward healing that we take early on, so that our heart can embrace, not just the reality of the situation, but the potential beauty of the life lessons we can learn along the way.

5. Boundaries aren't meant to shove another person away, but they are meant to help hold me together, so I can fully forgive someone.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What do I need to do to take care of my skin as I near my 40s? (30:17)

2. What should I do if I don't agree with all my church’s teachings? (36:30)

3. How do I know what to invest in my business? (40:36)

Great things we discussed:

1. Lysa Turkerust
2. Forgiving What You Can’t Forget
3. The Forgiveness Journal
4. Epionce
5. Bye Bye Foundation

6. Bare Minerals
7. The Crown
8. Take Courage

9. The 2020 Christmas Gift Guide

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/lysaterkeurst2

Healthy relationships with sugar and Social Media with Wendy Speake Nov 23, 2020

Hey Friends! Joining me on the show today is author Wendy Speake, who is passionate about pointing others to Christ through the power of storytelling. She’s written many wonderful books on how we can help take back our lives from things that have power over us.

So it’s safe to say we covered a lot of ground in our conversation, including how setting healthy boundaries with both sugar and social media can lead us to a deeper connection with God and how the stress of 2020 has impacted mothers especially.

Plus, I’m sharing my best advice for handling overwhelm this season and the seemingly endless stream of information and opinions we’ve been bombarded with over the past few months.

Things we discussed:

1. How staying connected online can keep us distant from the ones who matter most

2. How triggering situations affect relationships and lines of communication between moms and their kids

3. How social media can act as a crutch to ignore our relationship with God

Favorite quotes:

1. God never asked us for a sugar sacrifice. He asked us for a living sacrifice. So we lay down sugar in order to feast on Him like we’re fasting but the whole goal is feasting. We’re taking a break from what we usually shove in our mouths, in our lives to say I want to consume you Lord.

2. The fast is so much more than a detox because we are lifting our eyes to see Christ, to see our people and then to see others.

3. If your device is your vice, if your device is divisive. It is separating you from God and others in real life. Take those details to the Lord.

4. It’s possible that when we turn to our pantries and our freezers to get us through our stress, that is actually causing us more stress.

In this episode I answer this question:

How do you not let information overwhelm you? (49:17)

Great things we discussed:

1. Wendy Speake (Website and Facebook)
2. 40 Day Social Media Fast

3. Behold Him
4. Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
5. The God Dare
6. Muscle milk chocolate powder

7. Mrs. Doubtfire

8. First Love

9. The 2020 Christmas Gift Guide

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/wendyspeake

How to Break Busy for the Holidays Nov 16, 2020

The holiday season is fast approaching, friends! But first, let’s take a moment to imagine what the holidays could look like if things were different. What if you started the season with less stress and more joy? What would it feel like if you ditched the Christmas chaos once and for all?

I’m sharing a chapter from my book, Breaking Busy, on today’s episode to give you a practical look at how you can do just that.

Dive into Chapter 6 with me as we talk all about traditions, finding a way that works for us in a world of expectations, and how we can break being busy in the middle of what feels like the busiest time of year.

Plus, I’m sharing all the details about something my team’s been working hard on in the background for months now, The 2020 Christmas Gift Guide.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.AlliWorthington.com/Christmas

The magic of awe and wonder with Harris III Nov 09, 2020

Have you lost your childlike imagination? Do you still find wonder in the world or are you more cynical than ever?

My guest today is the incredible illusionist, storyteller, and author Harris III! Harris and I have a fascinating conversation today about the concept of wonder and why awe is vital for thriving in life. Harris shares how to reawaken child-like wonder, how awe impacts our physical and mental health in a powerful way, and why it's important to find magic in the mundane.

We also chat about:

-How gratitude can reawaken the magic in our life

-The "special" lie and why we need to debunk it

-And how to find our greatest purpose out of our deepest pain

Favorite quotes:

What I understand of wonder is that it's contagious. Their wonder and response to that first magic trick reawakened my wonder, turned on the wonder switch and gave me permission to start dreaming of this whole new possible life

Wonder is this really essential process. It’s this state that we can get back to that gives us permission to believe.

The presence of awe and wonder can boost the production of cytokines in your body. It can boost your immune system, it can decrease stress.

There’s magic in the mundane. There’s beauty right in front of our faces, we just can’t see it.

You can live an extraordinary life, just like anyone else you admire, if you understand the fact that we are all special. Contained within us all is this magic and the ability to do extraordinary things.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Do you ever feel extra pressure to not feel busy or worried or unhappy because you write books on how to overcome it? How do you balance what you teach? (48:51)

2. How can I help my kids develop their own faith and not just depend on my faith? (51:48)

3. How do you know when it's the right time to quit your job and go all in on running your own business? (55:41)

Great things we discussed:

1. www.harrisiii.com
2. The Wonder Switch

3. STORY Gatherings

4. Forrest Gump Soundtrack
5. Atomic Habits
6. Ecamm
7. Honest Thief
8. Highest Praise

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/harris-iii

Andy Stanley on Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets Nov 02, 2020

Today I'm so excited to announce that my DREAM GUEST is joining us. Some women may want Beyonce on their show- but move over Queen B- because this gal wants Andy Stanley on her podcast!

You may know Andy from his book, podcasts, and as the pastor of Northpoint Church in Georgia. His work has shaped my life, ministry, and walk with God in a profound way. And even though this is my first time to interview Andy, I claim that he's been on my "personal board of directors" for years!

In this episode- Andy is going to share about his new book Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets. We chat about what it looks like to make wise decisions and the massive impact it can have on your life and leadership in the long run. He gives us a framework for how to make wise decisions and some guardrails for how to avoid the bad ones.

He also shares:

-The power of asking the right questions when it comes to a decision

-How decision-making can shape your life story in a beautiful way

-How to develop strength and maturity as a decision maker

Favorite quotes:

We all ask questions. If we are willing to embrace some more penetrating questions. And get in the habit of asking those every time we make even a medium sized decision, we're just going to make better decisions.

The proof that there's a relationship between good decisions and good questions is this: when people think about their worst decision, whether it's a financial decision, business decision, or a relationship decision. On the other side of a bad decision, we always think or even say: I should have asked more questions. Which is true. Because if we ask the right questions on the front end, we generally have fewer regrets on the back end.

To lead ourselves well we have to be honest with ourselves.

The decisions you're making right now are part of the story that you're going to tell. So write a good story.

Our greatest regrets are the regrets where we stepped over the moral line, the ethical line, the legal line. Our greatest regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise decisions.

When we live within the realm of wisdom, we stay away from the edge of disaster.

In this episode I answer these questions:

Could you give me one tip that would make me a better communicator? (37:46)

What's the difference between religion and a relationship with Jesus? (39:14)

How do you know how much to charge for your services? (44:49)

Great things we discussed:

1. Andy Stanley
2. Better Decisions, Fewer Regrets

3.The Trial of the Chicago 7
4. Holy, Holy, Holy
5. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/andy-stanley/

How knowing yourself well protects you and your family with Rachel Cruze Oct 26, 2020

Anyone ready to talk about one of the subjects you are never supposed to talk about?!? Don't worry- it's not politics.

Today, we are diving into MONEY with the one and only Rachel Cruze. I love this episode because Rachel is both fun and practical- and her interesting perspective on how your personality affects your spending is truly a game changer. We dive into so many topics in her new book Know Yourself, Know Your Money. She shares why it's important to know how your emotions impact your interactions with money, how your childhood created "money classrooms” whether you recognized it or not, and how to talk to your own kids about financial literacy.

We also chat about:

How to find contentment so we don't make money an idol

The 7 different money personalities and the 6 money fears (and why fear is a terrible financial advisor)

How to equip yourself with the self-awareness you need to meet your financial goals

Favorite quotes:

Rule number one: you can change your money situation. You can start making choices on the practical side to get yourself in control.

A lot of these fears drive our money decisions and what motivates us with money. So pinpointing it for yourself is really important. And if you're married, for your spouse. What is their thing that they’re fearful of when it comes to money? Know that. Because once you identify it you can talk about it.

The first thing you have to do in order to save is have a plan.

I think by naming and understanding how you grew up, you realize the habits you formed.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your parenting advice when it comes to disciplining your kids? (43:01)

2. Is God really listening when I talk to him? (46:11)

3. An entrepreneur once said that to be successful, the business always has to come first and that I can’t really have a life or friends outside of it. Is that really what running a business is like? (48:41)

Great things we discussed:

1. Rachel Cruze

2. Know Yourself, Know Your Money

3. Goodness of God Bethel

4. Real Housewives
5. Discerning The Voice of God
6. Voice of the Heart
7. The Turn of the Key
8. The Guest List

9. Electric Fly Swatter

10. Coco

11. Promises

12. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/rachel-cruze

Lisa Bevere on mentors, mom guilt, and what she would say to her younger self Oct 19, 2020

The one and only Lisa Bevere.

Lisa brings the fire and preaches the "bark off a tree" as I say in this episode, as she shares about her new book Godmothers. Lisa shares what a Godmother really is (spoiler alert: it's not a magical fairy or mafia mother figure!) and why we all need spiritually mature women intentionally speaking into our lives.

We also tackle mom guilt, how to start actually enjoying our lives instead of performing for others, and why it takes courage for older women to approach mentoring relationships.

We also talk about:

-How to nurture your dream in the early stages

-The amazing advice another mom gave her early on

-Why women need each other more than ever in 2020

Favorite quotes:

A godmother is a mother who is always going to point you towards godliness. This means she’s going to ask you the questions you don’t want to answer and tell you the things you don’t necessarily want to hear.

A godmother is someone who will be by your side, not necessarily on it because you could be wrong. But she will be by your side pointing you to growth and blessing what is in your life from your own hard lessons.

I have the right to write my life. I have the right to move forward with strength just like everybody else does. God is inviting us to write our lives well. Which means we need to do it with intent and an awareness that we have a story behind us and a story in front of us.

You are not allowed to let the enemy’s narrative be the last page of your story.

Sometimes God says step outside so that something inside of you can be enlarged. We need to be people who understand that our God turned hopelessness into a victory.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Lisa Bevere Instagram
2. Godmothers
3. Nothing Else on Spotify
4. Radioactive
5. The Idiot
6. Let The Light In

7. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/lisa-bevere-3

Jamie Ivey on finding contentment where you are Oct 12, 2020

If you love podcasts, you'll LOVE our guest this week- the podcasting queen, Jamie Ivey! Jamie and I released our new books the same week and we are so passionate about the messages God gave us for 2020.

I loved this conversation with my friend about her new book You Be You! We chat about how to find your unique voice, find joy and contentment in the life right before you, and why we don't need to shy away from success- but rather redefine it.

We also chat about:

Where she got the courage to try a radio competition 10 years ago, that changed everything
How to give up the idea that your life needs to look like others to be fulfilling
The amazing, applicable to all advice she'd give her 20-year-old self

Favorite quotes:

When I’m faithful to do what God has asked me to do, that faithfulness will actually equal success.

Great things we discussed:

1. jamieivey.com
2. You Be You

3. Maverick City Music

4. Blackish
5. The Great Alone
6. White Awake
7. Manime
8. The Nightingale

9. Thrive Eye Brightener

10. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/jamie-ivey

Remember Who You Are from Standing Strong Chapter 3 Oct 05, 2020

Standing Strong is here! And I'm so grateful you can finally have this message in your hands and hearts. Today, as a gift to you- I'm reading Chapter 3 on the podcast! In this chapter, we remember our forgotten identities as women and the lies that attack them. We also explore how God designed women to create, complement, and complete. And, we'll walk together to rediscover our strength and why we ALL are truly Wonder Women. This chapter is for you if: -You aren't sure if you have the strength it takes to keep going or walk into a new season -Struggling to pinpoint your purpose and mission as a woman -and you need to remember the source of your strength

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/standingstrong

Bianca Olthoff + Alli Worthington on friendship, confidence, and owning our gifts Sep 28, 2020

It's book launch week for Standing Strong and in the middle of my vulnerability hangover- there's not another soul I'd rather take over the podcast than my dazzling friend, Bianca Olthoff. This book was dedicated to three of my close friends- and Bianca is one of them. She not only helped me with the writing process of this book- she helped me live it.

We talk about why you need friends who will be honest and call you on the carpet, how to get confirmation when you know God is speaking, what it means to be a confident woman of God, and why so many women are holding back- even when they believe they were made for something great.

Today you will get a little bit of sass, a little bit of funny, and a whole lot of honesty.

We also chat about:

-Who resists change and transition the most

-Why Bianca called me "basic"

-My shocking skincare secret and Bianca's guilty pleasure TV show

Favorite quotes:

1. I think for too long Christian women have felt like we’re just suffering through life and we’re just surviving. We forget that God is a God who is intimately involved in our lives, who wants to partner with us in our lives, and has great plans for every woman

2. Our purpose is to decide if Jesus or not, and our calling is different in every season of our life.

3. I think that for so many women we thought that we missed the bus on our purpose. It’s too late for us, or we don’t know what God has for us, instead of realizing that God has something new for us all the time.

4. I hope that this book is a kick in the pants to women to realize God has great things for you.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com

How to Partner with God with Lisa Whittle interviewing me Sep 21, 2020

It's another takeover! And today, I'm with my friend, fellow writer/speaker, and Called Creatives Co-founder Lisa Whittle. We are tackling why most women say they don't feel strong, what it means to weed through all the competing voices in your life, and how to move forward when you want to hold back.

We also talk about the huge, devastating decision that I had to make last fall- and whether or not I regret it.

Lisa is such a truth-teller and we bring the heat in this conversation. If you feel like you're ready to Stand Strong, but don't know how to get out of your own way- this one's for you.

We chat about:

1. How self-doubt hinders us from moving forward

2. The mind shift of partnering with God

3. The different type of people we need in our lives

Favorite quotes:

1. When we begin to take God seriously, we will take ourselves seriously.
2. We need to think about God partnering with us in our daily activities. If he's not going to fail us and he's not going to abandon us let's shift that and say he's going to strengthen us. He's going to give us everything we need. We don't have to feel strong, we don't have to feel confident, we don't have to feel like we know what we're doing everyday. but if we lean into him and let him give us that little boost to get going, and wisdom to know what to do, we will have the strength to put one foot in front of the other.

3. The only way we're going to get strong is to make sure that we get out of our own way. Because yes, adversity holds us back, but I think so many times self-doubt holds women back and we just don't start moving forward and do what God wants us to do.
4. We have this idea that yes, God will partner with pastors, or God will partner with people working in a non-profit on the other side of the world feeding hungry children but God works with all of us, and all of our work matters.

5. When we think about whatever we're doing in our life, however, we're living, whatever the work is that God put in hand at that moment that day it is a partnership with him because everything we do that makes this world a better place that helps people is fulfilling his purpose for them.

Great things we discussed:

1. Called Creatives

2. Called Creatives Book Deal Training
3. Tenet

4. American Dirt

5. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com

Jo Saxton + Alli Worthington on how to stand strong in every season Sep 14, 2020

Today- I'm handing my mic over!

Don't worry- it's in the best hands because my dear friend and my personal board of directors Jo Saxton is taking over the show today to interview ME about Standing Strong.

She didn't pull any punches. I may have cried. And we totally "went there" on all the topics.

I share my story of overcoming bankruptcy and homelessness, starting a business in a McDonald's play place with a broken keyboard while nursing a baby, and why I almost sold my wedding ring.

We also talk about positive toxicity, curated vulnerability, and how to tell if a dream is really from God.

If you are curious about my new book and the heart behind Standing Strong- this is a conversation you don't want to miss.

Favorite quotes:

1. Something happens when we go through hard times and when we go through difficulties. Sometimes we will lean into the Lord but sometimes there’s something inside of us that feels a little bit betrayed and let down by him and we pull away from him.

2. Let’s talk about real life. Let’s not just share cute little stories that still make us look good at the same time. Let's talk about how things are hard. Let’s talk about how we go through seasons that are soul-sucking.
3. We can’t help other people if we are not honest about what we’re going through.

4. I think to some degree it is a process of wrestling with our own disappointment and being honest with God about how we feel and everyday saying, “I don’t understand what you’re doing. I don’t understand what the time frame is, but I trust you. I trust that you know better than I know and you have good things for us in the future,” and sometimes that’s all I have to hold onto.

5. Sometimes we think partnering with God we’re going to be more confident. We’re going to have all the answers. I think sometimes God asks us to partner with him and we need to just keep swinging that hammer even when it doesn’t make sense.

Great things we discussed:

1. The Personal History of David Copperfield

2. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast

Chrystal Hurst on the power of prayer Sep 07, 2020

Intentionality. Wisdom. Strength. These are the words that come to mind when I think about Chrystal Evans Hurst!

She is joining us on the podcast today and pouring out so much wisdom- you don't want to miss it! We cover so many important topics like finding mentors and friends that call us to the next level, what she's learning during COVID-19, and how to actually develop a powerful prayer life.

Chrystal also shares her powerful testimony of being a pastor's daughter, who became a single mom at 19. There are so many powerful moments here!

We also chat about:

How stuffing her emotions impacted her in the long run

Why most people don't pray and how to overcome

Her experience with homeschooling before we all started it (she's a seasoned pro!)

Favorite quotes:

1. I think we should stand up and say, “Listen, I need to learn something. Who can teach me?” and those who can teach sometimes need to stand up and say, “Hey I’ve got something to share, who wants to learn?”

2. I think that life becomes so much more well-lived when we take a risk and love people and we're authentic and transparent and make it a safe place for them to do the same.

3. I believe that when you recognize the power that you have not only as a spiritual being, not only as a woman, but as a believer, where you now have a true divine connection to God through the power of the Holy Spirit- that he's informing your spiritual being, and informing you intuition. It just takes this knowledge to a whole other level.

4. I'm reminded of this power we have of being connected: we may not always know what, we may not always know when, and we may not always know exactly what the thing is- but that God is always speaking.

5. Once we take the expectation off of prayer. Once we make room for it. Once we decide to release and surrender to God instead of trying to do everything ourselves, then we can free ourselves up to pray in a non-prescribed way, but in the way that works for us so that we're doing it as often as we can to leave room for God to talk to us.

In this episode, I answer a business question-

I am multi-passionate in my pursuits. Can I launch my brand and focus on multiple things at work once? (49:29)

Great things we discussed:

1. Chrystal Hurst

2. The 28 Day Prayer Journal

3. The Blessing

4. This Is Us

5. Battlefield Of The Mind

6. Aqua Notes

7. Inception

8. Rattle

9. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com

Discovering your true self with Chip Ingram Aug 31, 2020

This conversation is one of my favorite ones I’ve ever had! If there was ever a time to stop your scroll and listen, the time is now.

I'm with the one and only Pastor Chip Ingram and the timeliness of this message left me floored. Chip shares about his new book Discover Your True Self and we take a deep dive into our identities, how to break free of stagnant living, how to actually live out who God made you to be. If you are struggling with your significance, this one is going to speak to you in a powerful way.

We chat about:

-God’s holy ambition for us

-How to move from shame to security

-The powerful lesson Chip says he's learning during the craziness of 2020

Favorite quotes:

1. We either live for God’s approval or from God’s approval.

2. We need an accurate view of God before we have an accurate view of ourselves and that comes from Scripture.

3. God is a God whose arms are open, who's looking for us even when we are afar. When we say we don’t want anything to do with you, he will let us have our own way. And the moment we come to our senses, his arms are open and he loves us.

4. Holy ambition is discovering what God made you to do and doing it with all your heart.

5. Because you are beautifully and uniquely made, there are people that no one can help, or love, or understand the way each individual person listening to us right now are them.

Great things we discussed:

1. Chip Ingram
2. Discover Your True Self
3. Lauren Daigle
4. Aaron Keyes
5. The Stylistics
6. Doobie Brothers

7. Foyle’s War
8. Poldark

9. Oneness Embraced

10. Break Short: My First 20 years

11. Garmin Smartwatch

12. Slumdog Millionaire

13. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/chipingram

Ryan Stevenson on what to do when you feel like your dreams are on hold Aug 24, 2020

If you feel like your dreams are on hold or under attack, this episode is for you.

I'm with the Grammy and Dove award-winning Ryan Stevenson to talk about calling and dreams and the amazing backstory of his music career.

We chat about his fascinating journey from a paramedic in a tiny town to a smash hit songwriter in Nashville, what an emergency ambulance call had to do with funding his first album, and how he bounced back stronger than ever after being cut from his first record label.

We also talk about:

-The hit song he wrote "just for fun"

-What the songwriting process looks like for him

-And why no one is an overnight success.

Favorite quotes:

1. Looking back, every moment has been so crafted by the Lord. Just painting a picture and using even my mess-ups, even my mistakes, even my brokenness, even my wounds, and my scars. The things that I didn’t do or say right. The things that I didn’t get right. He even wove those into the story and has made such a pretty mosaic out of every experience. Not just the good stuff.

2. Sometimes it’s easy to let a dream die when we don’t see the results that we think should be there.

3. We weren’t made for the mountaintops. We’re made for the valleys.

4. When our heart is totally lined up with his, our dreams line up with his.

5. If my songs and my music are not pointing people to the healer and the comforter, in the hope of Jesus- I am just making a bunch of noise and I will not do that.

6. Hearing other people confess the dirty parts of their life and the broken parts of their life heals us. There’s something so special and spiritually profoundly healing when we’re able to testify and share our stories.

In this episode I answer the question, “Does God still do miracles?”

Great things we discussed:

1. Ryan Stevenson

2. Weathering the Storm book

3. Weathering the Storm Podcast

4. Someone You Loved

5. Clouds

6. Yellowstone

7. The Shack

8. Costco’s Dried Figs

9. JFK

10. Standing Strong

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/ryanstevenson

Drop the guilt, get smart, and be a lazy genius with Kendra Adachi Aug 17, 2020

Are you ready to drop the guilt over things you don't really care about? Can you name and decide what really matters to you in life?

Today, I'm with the fabulous Kendra Adachi and we are going to deep dive into the brilliance of her new book The Lazy Genius Way. I mean it when I say, her message is life-changing. We are going to talk about how to stop our "all or nothing" cycles, find your area of genius, determine what's worthwhile in your daily life- and honestly stop being so TIRED.

We also talk about:

-Why you may only need one expert voice on a given topic

-How to start small for monumental change

-And why your underwear will actually show up when you need it (you'll get it later)

Favorite quotes:

1. To be a lazy genius is to be a genius about the things that matter and lazy about the things that don’t.
2. Rather than be like, well I can’t do anything and give up or keep trying harder at the things you actually don’t care about. Choose what matters. Be a genius about that.
3. Let’s stop being so tired. Let’s have energy about things that matter to us and let’s start caring about the things that matter to us and letting the things that don’t matter, let other people care about those. We can all care about our different things and not have to compare our lives and how we’re choosing to live them like we’re on some sort of continuum of womanhood.

4. We think that starting small just doesn't make a difference but if you don’t start small, you usually don’t start at all.

5. When you name what matters to you, then you can essentialize your life and only keep what matters.

6. You do not need another list of things to do. You need a new way of seeing what is in front of you.

Great things we discussed:

Kendra Adachi

The LazyGenius Podcast

The Lazy Genius Way

Bet All I Have

Jayber Crow

Bri McCoy’s Whisky Sour

Middleditch and Schwartz

Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/kendraadachi

Beth Moore on staying strong. Aug 10, 2020

We are back with THE BEST OF- and bringing back the one and only Beth Moore!

Beth needs no introduction as a trailblazing Bible teacher, author, and speaker--but we will discuss her call to ministry as a young girl, the fire that keeps her going no matter the circumstances, and what Tuscany taught her about suffering, growth, and God. And, Beth was so on fire that we let her take over coaching today.

We'll also discuss:

-When to know if you are actually called or if it's your own desires

-Why I almost killed a man on Mount Olympus in her honor

-Her Enneagram number, favorite mascara, and the one female product you shouldn't wear on stage

Listen now:

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Favorite quotes:

1. A vine produces a grape when a vine is concerned that it may not survive. It has to be under enough stress that it wonders, “I wonder if I’m going to make it here.” It is only then that the grape produces.

2. I feel like there are so many people at risk of quitting because they think that God somehow gave out on them or up on them.

3. If we don’t recognize that going forward involves cutting back to prepare us to go forward and that a lot of times growing looks a lot more like shrinking, then what happens is we quit.

4. I think one of the things I’m most called to do in this era of my life is to cheer people on in their calling. I feel a tremendous responsibility to that. To say to people He’s not done with you. Even if you are going through a time of chastisement with Him, even if you have reaped the whirlwind here. God so faithful. His grace is so immeasurable and He will be faithful. Anybody that cooperates with Him and abides in the vine- He will see to it that we bear much fruit.

In this episode BETH answers your questions:

1. What prompted you to start writing and teaching? (30:33)

2. How do you discern when the calling is from the Lord or your own secret desires? (57:07)

https://alliworthington.com/podcast/beth-moore2

Gary Thomas on handling toxic people from a Christian perspective Aug 03, 2020

I’m with the legendary Gary Thomas to talk about his new book "When To Walk Away". We'll explore toxic relationships, how we can recognize them, and examine how Jesus set boundaries in his own life.

This message from Gary is life-changing, and if you struggle with a toxic relationship in your life, he will equip you with tools to break free in a healthy, biblical way.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The difference between a difficult relationship and a toxic one.

2. Playing spiritual offense vs spiritual defense

3. Why it's so important to break free from toxic cycles

Favorite quotes:

1. If somebody is trying to get you to stop being you or get you to stop doing what you are convinced God wants you to do- for you that person is toxic. It’s an attack on your being and an attack on your mission.

2. Jesus had such a freedom to walk away and it wasn’t about failing or succeeding it was about the person just not receiving.

3. I walk away from toxic people not to go binge Netflix. I walk away to invest with reliable people. I walk away from toxic relationships into healthy relationships.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How can I motivate myself to make changes in my life? (43:45)

2. What’s your perspective on the best way to evangelize? (48:36 )

3. What’s the best advice you can give a woman with a dream (54:32 )

Great things we discussed:

1. Gary Thomas

2. When To Walk Away

3. Kari Jobe: Steady My Heart

4. A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection

5. Strava app

6. Peanut Butter Falcon

7. Michael W. Smith: Waymaker

8. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/garythomas2

Laughter, calling, and wild monkeys with Sophie Hudson Jul 27, 2020

Get ready to laugh today! No one brings the belly laughs like my friend Sophie Hudson and today we cover a lot of ground; her trip to Kenya, her book writing process, and how monkeys with spicy pistachios sparked her last book idea.

Sophie shares what her latest book meant to her as an Enneagram 9- trying to stand up more in life. We also explore how she felt like a late bloomer in the publishing world and why she's glad she didn't release her first book until she was in her 50s.

We also chat about:

-Why woman need to prioritize the creative process on their to-do lists

-The products that make us feel like old women, but are FABULOUS

-The hilarious reason she was drooling during our call and the facial problem her jade roller couldn't fix

We even discuss what investment you need in the bedroom. (Just wait for it!)

Favorite quotes:

1. Initially, we may have things that we want to burn it down but really what we want is some fresh fire to help however we’re meant to help usher in the kingdom

2. I think that’s something else that’s hard for women is to be kind to ourselves because you really can’t do everything. You really can’t, not all at one time. Something is always going to get the short end of the stick.

For coaching time, I’m answering this question-

How do you keep your email from getting overwhelming? (51:02)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Sophie Hudson

2. Stand All the Way Up

3. Ben Platt: Take me to the Pilot

4. Never Have I Ever

5. Barbara Brown Taylor: Leaving Church

6. Cara Wall: The Dearly Beloved

7. Jo Malone Lime and Basil

8. Tarte Shape Tape Contour Concealer

9. OPI Hue is the Artist

10. Gmail Tips

11. Hamilton

12. Hamilton Soundtrack

13. Standing Strong

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sophiehudson

Standing Strong, overcoming adversity, and living with confidence- a sneak peak just for you! Jul 20, 2020

You can't break a woman who draws her strength from God.

What does it mean to stand strong in the middle of pandemics and parenting? What does it look like to be a mighty woman of God- when the world sometimes feels like it is crumbling around us? How do we keep from putting our dreams and callings on a shelf when we feel like we are simply surviving?

Join me for an intimate and special episode of the podcast today- as I share the first chapter from my upcoming book Standing Strong: A Woman's Guide to Overcoming Adversity and Living with Confidence.

If you feel like God is calling you to something new, and maybe you don't even know what it is yet, or you don't know where to start- this one's for you!

If you love what you hear, I would LOVE it if you would pre-order on Amazon or your local bookseller.

Reserve your copy of Standing Strong here

When you pre-order you’ll get all the pre-order thank you gifts I’m busy in the background creating.

You’ll get:

Access to a free 3-day Standing Strong challenge

A free 6-week video Bible Study

And a big surprise I can’t talk about yet!! :)

If you pre-order please reply to this email and let me know so I can thank you personally.

I really appreciate your support of this message!

Xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/standingstrongchapter1

David Platt on obedience, trust, and the goodness of God. Jul 13, 2020

I'm joined today by the inspiring David Platt who has helped millions through his book Radical- to look beyond the American Dream and be sold out to a life of obedience to God instead.

David dives even deeper today and talks about a trip to the Himalayas that wrecked his own faith and worldview, and has him surrendering more than ever. David shares how a season of questioning had him take bold moves in work and life- and shaped his new book Something Has To Change.

We also talk about:

-What God is teaching him as a pastor during a global pandemic.

-Why this book is more honest and raw than any of his others.

-Why radical obedience doesn't always look the way we think.

Favorite quotes:

1. In the end, God’s goodness guarantees that His justice will reign, His mercy will reign, that all who look to Him and trust in him will experience an eternity where there's no more sorrow, and no more tears, and no more suffering, and no more injustice.

2. The more we come face to face with need, the more the gospel becomes so precious and so valuable.

3. Don’t underestimate the part God is calling you to in the spread of his glory in the world.

4. If we can trust God to save us from eternity, certainly we can trust him with the next few years of our lives and to lead us and guide us.

In this episode I answer these questions and life and business-

1. How do you deal with writing about family issues and struggles in your books? (39:08)

2. I’m a creative entrepreneur and I hate systems. So far it hasn't hurt my growth. Do I have to build systems or can I stay successful without them? (46:00)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. David Platt

2. Something Needs To Change

3. Psalm 23

4. The Voice

5. Knowing God

6. The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment

7. Captain Phillips

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/davidplatt

How to stop overthinking according to your enneagram type with Anne Bogel Jul 06, 2020

Raise your hand if the last few months has had you stuck in your head more than usual!

It's easy to get stuck on loops of anxiety, worry, or second-guessing. Today, I'm joined by my brilliant friend Anne Bogel- enneagram expert and author of the new book Don't Overthink It.

Anne breaks down how overthinking typically manifests for each enneagram type and how we can break out of unhealthy cycles with quick and amazingly simple adjustments- so you can live with more freedom, joy, and clarity.

We also chat about:

-Why overthinking may not look the way you imagine.

-How perfectionism traps us into chronic overthinking.

-Why scheduling time to worry can save you tons of mental energy in the long run.

Favorite quotes:

1. When people lose their cool or get really mad about something they see on the internet or say something they regret, or get sucked into endless scrolling on Instagram they don’t do it when they are healthy, happy, well-rested and well-fed. They do it when they’re tired and hungry.

2. I thought I knew what overthinking looked like but I did not see how many different forms it takes in our lives. It can feel like worry, it can look like second-guessing, it can look like spending too much time on second guesses, it could look like laying awake at 3am, it could look like worrying about the small stuff but the underlying thread is that these thoughts are repetitive, unhealthy, unhelpful.

3. You think nobody should know your own life and own mind better than you but I think it really comes back around to you need some limitations. Limit yourself to free yourself.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Is it true that God never gives us more than we can handle? (49:12)

2. I want to start a side business to bring in income for the family but I don't know if I have the personality for it. How do I know if I can make it work? (52:14)

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Links to great things we discussed:

1. Anne Bogel

2. Don’t Overthink It

3. Avett Brothers

4. Counting Crows

5. The West Wing

6. The End of October

7. The Barefoot Contessa- Weeknight Bolognese

8. Passion To Profit

9. Worship For Fierce Faith

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/annebogel2

Learning to hear God with Becky Thompson Jun 29, 2020

What does healing from worry and anxiety look like? How can we find peace when God feels far off? How can we hear God like a close friend?

Join me and my new friend, Becky Thompson, as we dive deep into the voice of God, what it means to obey God in the craziest callings and her testimony of how God healed her from the anxiety that gripped her from childhood. Becky also shares the powerful lessons she's been learning during quarantine and how God is meeting her in the hardest of places.

We also chat about:

-The leap of faith that took her from quiet Oklahoma to the heart of L.A.

-The prayer group she started that now reaches millions of moms

-And why she had to talk to her neighbor "Fred" like a toddler before our interview

Favorite quotes:

1. I feel like there's a moment in your life where you know God led you to it, you just might not have said it was the voice of God. You felt directed, but you wouldn’t have said God spoke. If we can begin to attribute those leadings as a voice of the Father who loves us, then all those other moments become visible that might not have been visible before.

2. I think God is so much closer than the average woman, the average powerhouse Christian woman-love-Jesus-her-whole-life remembers that He is. He is right here and He wants to talk to you.

3. I think at the end of the day, it comes down to the hallway between where you want to be and where you currently are, and hearing the voice of God saying, “I am here, you're okay,” and letting that be enough.

During coaching time, I answer the question, “ How can I motivate myself to make changes in my life?” (46:09)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Becky Thompson

2. Peace: Hope and Healing for the Anxious Mamma’s Heart

3. Steffany Gretzinger- Forever Amen

4. The Chosen

5. House of Lashes

6. Needtobreathe- Survival

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/beckythompson

Carlos Whitaker on praying the promise instead of the problem Jun 22, 2020

The king of instastories is back!

My friend, fellow author, the official king of Instagram stories- Carlos Whittaker. We are doing a deep dive into what God has been teaching Carlos while writing his latest (and what he says is his most important book) Enter Wild.

Carlos shares how his family battled through his 18-year old daughter's terrifying diagnosis, how his prayer life has radically changed in recent days, and what it means to live in the "wild" place of God's manifest presence and miracles.

We cover a lot of ground in this one, including:

-The recent awakening to racial injustice in our country, and how he's passionately advocating.

-What it means to enter rest, war, and wild.

-The jaw-dropping miracles and breakthroughs he has seen since he started praying the promises instead of the problems.

Favorite quotes:

1. Right now is the time we have to get wild. Right now is not the time for getting mild and safe and protecting ourselves. Right now is the time we have to shout from the rooftops and live into the fullness God has for us. He has not called us into this mild faith.

2. Rest is not defined in this book as a vacation. Rest is not defined in this book as lowering your blood pressure. Rest in this book is defined as lowering the volume of life so that the volume of God goes up.

3. The promise of the word of God is going to accelerate your healing.

4. The reason why people don’t get specific with God is because we’re scared He won’t answer.

In this episode I answer this question:

I recently parted ways with my best friend of 10 years, how do I grieve someone that isn’t dead? (50:19)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Carlos Whittaker

2. Enter Wild

3. Chris McClarney- Valley

4. Outer Banks

5. The Hate U Give

6. The Silent Patient

7. DGRule - The Invisible Hub for MacBook by DGRule — Kickstarter

8. The Dark Knight Rises

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/carloswhittaker2

Knox McCoy being hilarious and reconsidering all the things. Jun 15, 2020

Anyone else need a good laugh today? I've totally got you, friend.

We are joined by the brilliant and hilarious Knox McCoy- co-host of the Popcast and Bible Binge Podcast, and lover of the word "Swashbuckler". We talk about his random train rides to Baton Rouge, his aversion to UT orange, and what he's learning in quarantine (important stuff, like, where to buy a Star Wars mask).

We also spend way too much time talking about the correct pronunciations of quinoa, beignets, facade, and Yosemite.

We chat about:

-His new book "All Things Reconsidered" and how we can all start asking better questions

-The crazy story behind starting the PopCast with Jamie B. Golden

-How the show will go on, despite the world being shut down

Favorite quote:

I think a lot of us were stuck in our homes and we thought, “So the life I’ve been living for the last few years, did I choose that or did I kind of just get swept up into routines that I don't know if I actually want more?”

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Do you have a Bible reading plan that you recommend? (47:38)

2. I’m starting a new business, should I name the business my own name or something else? (49:40)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Knox McCoy

2. All Things Reconsidered

3. Popcast

4. Frank Ocean- Super Rich Kids

5. Run

6. Glass House

7. Bane Face Mask

8. F260 Bible Reading Plan

9. Raiders of the Lost Ark

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/knoxmccoy

The power of community and coaching with Jenni Catron Jun 11, 2020

Jenni Catron, leadership expert and great friend of mine, joins us to discuss-

how to develop confidence and inspire it in others
how to prevent leadership from being lonely
how to invest in your own emotional health and address anxiety
unique challenges that women leaders face
the impact of the mental load women are currently carrying
why Jenni and Alli love the enneagram
how the Women in Leadership Coaching Intensive could be your catapult to the next level in your leadership journey

Find out more here- https://get4sight.com/women-in-leadership-coaching-intensive/

Rachel Macy Stafford on parenting with intention and helping kids manage stress Jun 08, 2020

In stressful times- how can we help our kids manage worry, relationships and technology? What does it look like to be the role models they need- even when we are trying to hold it together ourselves?

Today, I'm joined by Rachel Macy Stafford of Hands Free Mama to talk about what stressors the younger generation is battling with most, what it looks like to lead the way in healthy technology use, and how to point your kids to a life of relationship and purpose.

We also chat about:

-How our own coping mechanisms can help our children thrive

-How to respond to your kids in a way that builds trust

-And the questions to ask before we hurl accusations or give corrections

Favorite quote:

There’s no right or wrong way to love each other through the tricky turns of life.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do I know if I'm self-sabotaging myself? And if I am, how do I stop it? (36:07)

2. How do I learn to trust God? (41:15)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Rachel Macy Stafford

2. Live Love Now: Relieve the Pressure and Find Real Connection with Our Kids

3. Noah Kahan- Mess

4. Life is a Verb

5. Where the Crawdads Sing

6. Bethel Revival’s in the air

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/rachelmacystafford

How to get unstuck with Jennifer Allwood Jun 01, 2020

Two blonde curly-headed, business coaching, Jesus-loving, Podcasterers are together today!

I’m joined by my new friend Jennifer Allwood. We are diving into the story behind her latest book "Fear's Not The Boss Of You", the lessons she's gained from coaching women, and how we can all stop self-sabotage and get unstuck!

This message is so timely for women wanting to charge ahead (even in the middle of this crisis) and you are going to love her big heart and personality.

We also chat about:

-The thing women are most afraid of (it's NOT what you think!)

-Her adoption journey

-And what an elderly woman taught her about diving into the deep end

Favorite quotes:

1. Every time we do something that shows us we can do big, hard, scary things without dying, it trains that fear muscle in us to show up and go again next time.

2. Getting unstuck requires figuring out why it’s important to you to not stay there.

3. I’m just trying to work out all the feelings and trying to make sure I’m not eating my weight in raw cookie dough every day.

This week, in coaching time, I’m answering:

“Are we supposed to forgive people even though they are not sorry? And how do we keep from getting hurt again?” (45:00)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jennifer Allwood

2. Fear Is Not The Boss Of You

3. Waymaker

4. Dharius Daniels- Relational Intelligence

5. Peanut Butter Falcon

6. Peloton App

7. Elevation Worship- Graves Into Gardens

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jenniferallwood

Melanie Dale on how to calm the heck down, parenting, and motherhood May 25, 2020

How do we learn to calm the heck down?

I'm with my hilarious, horror-movie loving friend Melanie Dale and we are talking about the book she swore she'd never write.

Melanie share why she ended up writing a parenting book after all and that title just may be perfect for every parent during this global pandemic, "Calm The Heck Down"!

We have a great time getting honest about topics on marriage, parenting, work, and Melanie tells all on this fun episode.

She also shares:

-How she ran accidentally in a 15K (really!)

-How we can drop the expectations and stop majoring in the minors.

-The 90s show she's letting her kids currently binge with her.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Should I let my son play with toy guns? My husband says yes but I’m not so sure
(46:45)

2. Is it wrong for Christians to watch rated R movies? (49:34)

Favorite quote:

Whether you work from home, you work out in the world, or you are a stay at home mom and you're working in that capacity, I think the idea of communicating the value of work to our kids is important.

Lisa Bevere on strong women and living fearlessly in uncertain times May 18, 2020

What does it look like to live fearless in an uncertain season?

Today, I'm calling in the big guns and my most fierce and fabulous friend Lisa Bevere - to remind us what it means to be STRONG.

Lisa shares what God has been placing on her heart specifically during this global pandemic, what this time can look like for believers if we allow testing to bring out our best, and why she believes we can still have the strength to laugh at the days ahead.

We also do a deep dive into:

-What it means to "speak life" to the dead things in our path

-Why we are stronger when God strips things away from our life

-And why we need to hang on tight for what's next!

Favorite quotes: 1. Strong is not wrong, and so many women get mixed messages from the church about strength. They think that assertive is equal to combative or they think confidence is prideful so they tend to back down their strengths. 2. If we are going to be women who do good rather than just look good, we are going to have to develop a strength that goes to our core, because right now most people are okay looking strong but not doing things that require strength. 3. I believe in a time of testing. God tests us to bring out the best. He brings out the best. He shows us realities. In this episode I answer these questions: 1. How do I know if I’m self-sabotaging myself and if I am, how do I stop it? (39:22) 2. How do I learn to trust God? (46:25) 3. How should the “about me” page on my website be written? What's the best strategy for success? (52:54) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Lisa Bevere 2. Strong: Devotions To Live A Powerful And Passionate Life 3. Cody Carnes Nothing Else 4. Monk 5. Howards End 6. The Chosen 7. Fierce Faith Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Paula Faris on being called out, taking big risks, and finding your calling. May 11, 2020

If God asked you to walk away from your dream job and everything you've ever worked for, could you do it?

Today, we are joined by the brave and brilliant Paula Faris as she shares the jaw-dropping story of walking away from her journalism career for ABC News, Good Morning America Weekend and The View.

Paula shares insight into how God got her attention, her challenge to stop finding her identitiy in career alone and what it was like to live through what she calls the " year".

Paula also shares:

- How the American dream was impacting her health, marriage and family.

- The 3 keys to identifying out true "vocational calling".

- Her year and how she came out of it stronger.

Favorite quotes:

1. When we ignore God and ignore that stirring and that restlessness in our spirit that we know is coming from Him, He will get our attention.

2. I think we can sense when something is off and God will let you know. He will got to great lengths to get your attention. I think he's trying to get a lot of our attention at this moment right now. He can use any sort of crisis for His glory to redeem the moment. To redeem your life. To redeem my life.

3. Give yourself the permission if you feel a stirring, permission to branch out, because your gifts and unique talents can translate to so many different capacities.

In this episode the coaching question is:

How do you say no to people without feeling guilty? (38:26)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Paula Farris

2. Called Out

3. Hillsong- Touch of Heaven

4. Pat Barrett- Into Faith I God

5. Homeland

6. The Silent Patient

7. Fierce, Free and Full of Fire

8. Honest Beauty Magic Beauty Balm

9. Two Popes

10. Kari Jobe- Surrounded

Hope you loved this episdoe! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/paulafaris

The power of worship with Melodie Malone May 07, 2020

Melodie Malone from Passion Music is with us today. We are sharing how worship can bring us through hard times.

Passion is a movement founded by Louie and Shelley Giglio in 1995, Passion has been rooted in the truth of Isaiah 26:8 – “Yes Lord, walking in the way of Your truth we wait eagerly for You, for Your name and Your renown are the desire of our hearts” - existing to glorify God by uniting students in worship, prayer, and justice for spiritual awakening in this generation. Passion has ushered in the writing, recording, and leading of some of the most recognizable and unforgettable worship anthems of this generation and is currently helmed by Kristian Stanfill, Brett Younker, and Melodie Malone. Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Crowder, Christy Nockels and more have also lent their voices alongside Passion throughout the years. With more than two million units sold and a multitude of chart-topping singles such as “Glorious Day,” “Build My Life,” “God, You’re So Good,” “How Great Is Our God,” “God Of This City,” “One Thing Remains,” “Even So Come,” and “10,000 Reasons (Bless the Lord),” listeners across the world continue to be impacted by the music of Passion. They have more than two billion album streams total, and their most recent release, Follow You Anywhere, has more than 47 million global streams alone.

Sheila Walsh on the power of prayer May 04, 2020

What do we pray when we don't want to pray? What do we say to God when we are angry or hope feels lost?

Today, I'm joined by my friend and the best storyteller on the planet, Shelia Walsh. Shelia shares about the personal journey that led her to write her latest book "Praying Women" and why it's been especially important during this global pandemic.

Shelia shares powerful testimony and insight into how she knows God is near to the brokenhearted and why we shouldn't shy away from prayer even when our words fall short or our hearts lack strength.

We also talk about:

1. Where to start if you aren't sure how or what to pray.

2. If God is sovereign and already knows our fate, why pray?

3. How to pray boldly and proactively for our families.

Favorite quotes:

1. The level that we’re willing to be honest with God is an indication of how much we actually trust who He is.

2. No prayer is wasted. A lifetime is not too long to pray.

3. Prayer was so important to Jesus. If you think about the number of times that He woke up really early in the morning or late at night when the disciples are exhausted and He sends them off in a boat but He goes up to the mountains to pray. If prayer was so important to Jesus why would we think it should be any less important to us.

In this episode, I answer this question- “I want to start a business but I don’t know if I have a great idea for it yet. How do I know if my business will work? I know it’s time to take the leap and I want to make sure I won’t fail. How do I know for sure?”

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Praying Women

2. Free 8 week bible study / Code word: HOP

3. Kelly Clarkson: I Dare You

4. The Great British Baking Show

5. Frederick Buechner Telling The Truth: The Gospel as Comedy, Tragedy, and Fairy Tale

6. COLOR WOW Dream Coat

7. Passion to Profit / Discount Code: PODCAST

8. Bad Boys For Life

9. Amanda Lindsey Cook: Help Is On The Way

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sheilawalsh2

Sasha Shillcutt, MD on leadership, burnout, and community. Apr 27, 2020

My guest today, Sasha Shillcutt MD, is a dear friend, coaching client, and hero on the front lines during this global pandemic. Today, it's such an honor to share her story!

We spoke a few weeks before the Coronavirus hit the US and Sasha shared her incredible story of how burnout and overcommitment led her to make radical life changes and even start an organization to help others!

She talks about how she found herself again, found community and friendships after a season of loneliness, and how she bravely pursues authentic leadership.

We also chat about:

-Common problems women face in leadership and why most find themselves unhappy the higher they climb.

-Why she started her community, Brave Enough.

-The power of women sharing their skills and gifts.

Favorite quotes:

1. The reality is that most of the time, our life is that in between. We're between grit and grace, and it's a spectrum, and it's okay.

2. I’m a research nerd on gender issues in the workplace. If you look in the psychology literature, there's an interesting phenomenon that as women have become more successful in the workplace, we've actually become less happy in the workplace.

3. Spend time with yourself and unplug. Because what I hear and what I see is that women, when you have 30 minutes, you don't want to be with yourself. You don't want to think in your own head and do a little internal checklist on how you're doing because it's scary. I can tell you that clarity comes, I think for most of us when we spend time alone, and that means unplugging.

In this episode, I’m answering this question- Did God create evil if He created everything?

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Sasha Shillcutt

2. Between Grit and Grace: The Art of Being Feminine and Formidable

3. L'Oreal Paris Makeup Double Extend Beauty Tubes Lengthening Mascara

4. TOO FACED Peach My Cheeks Melting Powder Blush

5. REVLON Colorstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick

6. Bethel - It Is Well

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sashashillcutt

Protecting your marriage in troubled times with Shaunti Feldhahn Apr 23, 2020

Shaunti joins us to talk about how to protect your marriage in the middle of huge stressors.

“Couples stuck at home during this pandemic may feel alone -- with each other and their money worries. But it’s possible to leverage this crisis to permanently improve a relationship. Your marriage can come out stronger than ever before.”

About- Shaunti Feldhahn earned her graduate degree at Harvard University and was a Wall Street analyst before becoming a best-selling author and social researcher. Shaunti’s books, often co-authored with her husband Jeff, have sold 3 million copies in 25 languages. Their latest is Thriving in Love & Money: 5 Game-Changing Insights about Your Relationship, Your Money, and Yourself. Shaunti’s research has been featured in outlets such as The Today Show and The New York Times.

Jen Fulwiler on finding your blue flame, stand up comedy, and big family quarantine Apr 20, 2020

Today, I'm joined by my wonderful friend Jen Fulwiler and she's sharing the jaw-dropping story of how she started pursuing her dreams of writing and of stand up comedy.

She shares so many lessons from her journey that will inspire us to fall in love with our bomb moments, find the gifts that truly set us aflame, and stop seeing our life-giving passions as "extra work." Jen is so bold and brave and I'm so excited for the belly laughs and deep truths she's bringing us today.

We also chat about:

-How she became wildly popular in a certain country in Europe

-What is a "blue flame" passion and how do we find it?

-Why her new book cover is making everyone blush

Favorite quotes:

1. The defining thing about a blue flame is that it's not about you. It's about adding light and love to the world, but it fills you with energy when you use it.

2. I believe and continue to believe, to this day that using these gifts using my blue flame is a favor to my family. I feel like I did my kids and my family a favor by making space in my life for my writing work, which turned into my radio work, which turned into comedy.

3. One of the ways you get confirmation that this is the right path is that you have these little signal graces. These things that come together that are beyond coincidence. When it seems like God is clearing your path.

Favorite quotes:

1. The defining thing about a blue flame is that it's not about you. It's about adding light and love to the world, but it fills you with energy when you use it.

2. I believe and continue to believe, to this day that using these gifts using my blue flame is a favor to my family. I feel like I did my kids and my family a favor by making space in my life for my writing work, which turned into my radio work, which turned into comedy.

3. One of the ways you get confirmation that this is the right path is that you have these little signal graces. These things that come together that are beyond coincidence. When it seems like God is clearing your path.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jennifer Fulwiler

2. Your Blue Flame

3. Judah and The Lion: Best is Yet to Come

4. MasterClass

5. Fierce Faith

6. Jen’s Favorite Carry-on Bag

7. Sephora Clay Mask

8. Gold

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jenfulwiler

Jo Saxton on rising from adversity to strength Apr 13, 2020

How do you keep moving forward when the world seems to be caving in? How do you form habits for your future when everything seems so uncertain? How do you rise from adversity to strength?

Friends, today's episode is powerful. It's the episode I recorded because it’s the episode I needed to hear.

I'm joined by one of my best friends, leadership expert, and a picture of strength- Jo Saxton. We get raw, real, and share what we are both feeling during this unique time in history and how it's impacted us personally.

We talk about adversity and how we can find faith and strength in the hardest times. Jo shares how suffering can uncover your calling, the role of innovation when the world's upside down, finding new ways to serve, and how to stay consistent with your calling when you want to quit.

We also chat about:

-How to be honest about your feelings, but not let fear overtake you.

-The difference between trying and training.

-Why you should give yourself permission to do things badly right now.

Favorite quotes:

1. In this moment in our history, we really need to be unwrapping those gifts because they're not just about us. They're for human flourishing. They’re for the solution to the world's problems from a gracious and good God.

2. That scenario is familiar in terms of uncertainty and tragedy and pain. And what do we do in this moment? And will we be immobilized by the moment or will it be an opportunity? Can God do something with this and cause us to rise.

3. Feel your feelings because feelings aren’t the opposite of faith. Feel your feelings. Grieve the grief. You need to acknowledge them so they don’t flood your entire day.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jo Saxton

2. Ready to Rise: Own Your Voice, Gather Your Community, Step into Your Influence

3. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist

4. Laura Huang- Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage

5. Fenty Lip Gloss

6. Bethel- We Will Not be Shaken

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/josaxton3

Dealing with disappointment and feeling upset with God through this crisis? Apr 09, 2020

Dealing with disappointment and feeling upset with God through this crisis? Listen to this special mid-week conversation with Jarrett Stevens.

I'm bringing together friends and experts to give us the encouragement and guidance we need during this pandemic. These are relaxed conversations designed to help us all right now.

I hope you enjoy them as much as I do!

John Eldredge on how to get your life back Apr 06, 2020

Is it possible to reclaim the abundant life, the un-distracted life, a life deeply rooted in God--without making drastic life changes? We are going to tackle that today and let me tell you--our guest is a legend and an inspiration!

Author, Speaker, and counselor John Eldridge pulls back the curtain and shares his struggle with burnout and digital distraction and the simple steps he implemented to regain a life worth living. He shares how one minute a day could change everything, why you don't have to move to a remote island to find peace, and how to turn the volume down on life to hear God more clearly.

We also chat about:

-Why grandparents need to occasionally press pause on social media too

-Why beauty is important for healing

-and why you need to take your shoes off more often

Favorite quotes:

1. God never intended your soul to carry the heartache of the world.

2. There is a direct correlation between the amount of social media you imbibe and rising levels of anxiety and depression.

3. If you’re able to name what you were feeling it reduces the negative consequences.

4. We can all handle a crazy day. Everybody has crazy days and we can handle a crazy week but what’s become normal for us is crazy as normal. We don’t ever get out of it. We don’t have non-crazy weeks, we don’t have non-crazy months. We are sucked into it and the cumulative effect of that over the years is what really erodes our soul.

5. The world that we live in right now is really brutal on human beings. What we assume to be a normal pace of life, the amount of media that we intake, the amount of time on technology, but also the complexity of the world that most people find themselves having to navigate the trauma, the heartbreak in the world or in friends and family- all of it. That requires souls that are really well and really strong if you’re going to make it through this particular moment but this particular moment is perfectly designed from preventing your soul from being strong and from you being really rooted in the life of God.

In this episode, I’m coaching you on how to not let fear overtake you and sharing three things you can do right now to help overcome anxiety.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. John Eldredge

2. Get Your Life Back

3. One Minute Pause App

4. Vertical Worship- Shelter

5. Robert Karen- Becoming Attached

6. 1917

7. The Blessing

8. The Blessing (video)

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/johneldredge

Melanie Shankle on fighting for the bright side of life Mar 30, 2020

This quarantine is serious and heavy--but my family is surviving with daily laughter. That's why I'm so thankful that my hilarious and FUN friend Melanie Shankle is on the show today. We recorded last month pre-pandemic, and I’m so happy to have a break to laugh with Melanie today!

We have a great time chatting about extreme hermit crab rescue and rehoming groups, snail mucus for our face, and how she's preparing to be an empty nester. We chat about why (more than ever) we need to continue to look on the bright side and see the best in the world and people.

We also talk about:

-What trends will be hot this fall (when we hopefully get to be in public again.)

-Her favorite skincare regimen.

-And why her dogs are her competition

Favorite quotes:

When you look for the good, you’ll find some good.

In this episode I answer this questions:

1. I want to learn more about body language, what can you teach me? (42:02)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Melanie Shankle

2. On the Bright Side: Stories about Friendship, Love and being true to Yourself

3. Piper and Mable: Two Very Wild but Very Good Dogs

4. All I Need to See

5. The Morning Show

6. My Dear Hamilton

7. Thrive Bright Balance Cleanser

8. The Rise of Skywalker

9. No Longer Slaves

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/melanieshankle2

Lisa Whittle on perspective, peace, and Jesus Over Everything. Mar 23, 2020

We can try so hard to simplify our lives, but it never seems to last. Why do we make things so complicated?

Today, I'm with one of my best friends and co-founder of Called Creatives, Lisa Whittle! We are celebrating the release of her new book Jesus Over Everything and how this really is so much more than just a book. It's so much bigger than cleaning out a closet or streamlining your schedule.

Lisa shares how letting go of our coping mechanisms and surrendering to the seemingly upside-down way of Jesus can bring us the peace we long for--and free us up in a big way. She shares what putting Jesus Over Everything looks like practically and what she learned personally from tackling this bold message.

We also chat about:

-The deadly "overs" and how they are stealing our abundant life.

-Why Lisa is known for giving away outerwear.

-The tale of two coats--one awesome, one not so much.

Favorite quotes:

1. When we obey, whatever it looks like, whatever weirdness it is, or sounds like to us, something changes inside of us.

2. Jesus over everything is the beauty of Colossians one and Ephesians one. That he is covering us, but he has us. Also if we want our lives to be less complicated, the way that it works is the way that it was set up to work in the beginning of time.

3. Scripture is for our benefit and I think that’s what we forget sometimes. We think it’s a list of to do‘s. It is for us and so there’s a reason why steadiness is the way to go over hype because it is the way our life stays much more simple and certainly more calm.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you know the difference between fear and God telling you no and not yet? (48:16)

2. I’m in the first stages of building my platform, what do I need to focus on most? (54:18)

3. Do you have a mentor and how do you recommend finding one? (1:00:05)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Lisa Whittle

2. Jesus Over Everything

3. Everything but the Bagel season

4. Neutrogena Hydro Boost

5. Lindsay Letters Calendar

6. Called Creatives

7. I Still Believe

8. Worship for Fierce Faith

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/lisawhittle3

Addison Bevere on saints, culture, and the power of unlearning. Mar 16, 2020

What if saints are more than historical figures with halos? What if discovering your identity as one of Christ’s saints could change everything?

I never imagined I’d be interviewing the SON of one of my good friends for the podcast but today we are joined by the amazing Addison Bevere- the grown son of John and Lisa and now COO of Messenger International. Addison bucks our definition of the word “Christian” and gives us a much better and Biblical replacement- “Saints”.

We explore why saints are rule breakers and world shakers but also why being a saint is the only true path to “the good life”. Addison taught me so much during this conversation and had me taking vigorous notes. You don’t want to miss this episode!

In this episode we discuss:

1. Saints are more than just halos and stained glass windows.

2. How God is like Sam I am from Green Eggs and Ham

3. The difference between conservation and salvation

Favorite quotes:

1. The term Christian is something that’s become a culture term. It’s lost its sense of meaning. It’s been wrapped in stereotypes and stigmas.

2. There are a lot of people that grew up in “Christianity” who are disillusioned with the faith, who are no longer following Jesus. They’re looking for meaning, looking for purpose, looking for community outside of the context of the church.

3. The gospel is plenty robust for the needs of this world but I think in our attempt to be systemic, we’ve systematically removed the wonder and power of the gospel message.

4. If we look at the New Testament the word christianos, Christians in Greek, is only used three times but the word saints is used over sixty times.

5. So much of this journey in Christ is unlearning. It’s letting go of assumptions of ourselves, about other people, about what is possible. It’s about finding eyes to see, ears to hear, hearts to perceive and understand.

6. Saints are people who see the beauty of God’s kingdom. The beauty of his redemptive promises in their everyday lives.

7. We’ve taken this identifier saint and we relegated to a post-mortem distinction. We’ve made it about what has been. We’ve made it about halos on people’s heads and stain glass windows and things that are out of touch with our everyday lives. But the thing about a saint is that saints are profoundly present

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your go-to coping mechanisms when you feel overwhelmed? (37:46)

2. Do your non-Christian family members question what you’re doing with your life and if so how do you answer? (41:49)

3. How do you balance being a wife and mom while a new business? (44:33)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Addison Bevere

2. Saints: Becoming more than Christians

3. Into the Unknown

4. The Mandalorian

5. The Return of the Prodigal Son

6. Sound Machine

7. Parasite

8. God I look to You

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/addisonbevere

Seth Haines on waking up, faith, and sobriety . Mar 09, 2020

What if finding true sobriety is so much more than ditching our substances?

In this powerful interview, my friend and brilliant author Seth Haines shares the heart wrenching story behind how he became an alcoholic after receiving his young son's terminal diagnosis, how he ultimately won his battle against addiction, and how he found true wholeness.

Seth also shares the heart behind his newest book Waking Up and how can we truly wake up physically, emotionally, and spiritually to so much more.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The role of pleasure and self-control in our lives, and how they point us to sobriety.

2. The science behind addiction and how it can help us change addictive patterns.

3. Why our smallest vices are still costing us big.

Favorite quotes:

1. The opposite of drunkenness is not just not drinking. The opposite of drunkness, true sobriety, is being awake to the divine love of God and the world around you.

2. I was using a substance to numb the pain. I won’t only say a substance. Social media was something I used, books, binge-watching Netflix. All of these things became addictions.

3. We have the choice and the chance to wake up. We have the choice and the chance to say, I believe we can wake up. I believe we can wake up from despair. I believe we can wake up from the pain. I believe we can wake up to something beautiful.

4. God didn’t just give us pleasure for the fun of it, it's an invitation to do something.

5. Do the work to wake up! Do the next right thing.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your policy on chores in your house with all those boys? (34:18)

2. Why am I afraid to pray out loud? I live in fear of people asking me to pray. (39:1)

3. How can I improve my Instagram engagement? (41:58)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Seth Haines

2. The Book Of Waking Up

3. The Oh Hellos- Eurus

4. Typhoon- Offerings

5. The Two Popes

6. 1917

7. Atomic Habits

8. Fijifilm X100V Digital Camera

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sethhaines

Valorie Burton on success, expanding our comfort zones, and the power of the right questions Mar 02, 2020

What if the breakthrough you are looking for isn't in having all the right answers--but in asking the right questions?

What is my procrastination telling me? Why am I afraid to succeed? Will you give yourself permission to make a change? Sometimes, sitting in a powerful question is the key to success beyond anything you've ever dreamed.

Today, we are with a powerhouse woman who loves raising up other women, and she'll explain how the fear of sending out her resume at the beginning of her career blossomed into a passion to help other women overcome their deepest fears.

Valorie Burton is the author of 13 powerful books (!!!!) and a coach to women all over the globe and she's going to help us ask the right questions to walk in our callings as talented and equipped women!

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why women struggle with perfectionism and the fear of success more than men.

2. What is positive psychology and how it impacts our everyday life.

3. Why women from Christian backgrounds struggle with the idea of success.

Favorite quotes:

1. The job of fear is to put enough doubt in us that we become paralyzed and our job is to say nope that’s not gonna happen.

2. The things that are hard now make it easier for when you reach new levels.

3. The longer I stay out of my comfort zone, the more my comfort zone expands.

4. A growth mindset is what changed me. I remember saying maybe I have not made the right choices before but that's not going to be my story. That’s not how this story is going to end. I’m going to learn what I need to learn and I’m going to unlearn the things I need to unlearn because I'm not doomed.

5. If you don’t think you don’t deserve it, then you won’t move towards it. If you don’t think it can happen, you won’t move forward. This causes procrastination in your life.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How can I develop a positive mindset? (42:38)

2. What if different denominations believe different things? How do I know what is true? (55:32)

3. How do you market yourself well when you're just starting out in a new endeavor? (1:01)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Valorie Burton

2. Life Coaching for Successful Women

3. Old Town Road

4. Fitbit

5. Feel Good by David Burns

6. Passion To Profit

7. Resurrecting

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/valorieburton

Every parent needs this one! David Kinnaman on resilient faith, navigating digital Babylon, and how to parent in a way that builds faith in your kids. Feb 24, 2020

This may be the most important podcast I've ever aired. In this episode, David Kinnaman president of Barna Group and best selling author shares the results of thousands of hours or research and sheds light on why young people are leaving the church in a mass exodus. You’ll learn why kids are falling away from the faith and how you can parent in a way that builds faith in your kids.

He'll also share what young people flourishing the faith have in common and how we can parent in a way that builds a lasting faith in our kids.

David shares about interviewing young people and what helped them grow and stay in their faith. He shares the five practices of the younger generation with resilient faith: experiencing Jesus speaking to them, cultural discernment, meaningful relationship, vocational discipleship, and countercultural mission.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why faith should be an exciting (and even risky) leap for your kids.

2. Why over-simplified faith answers aren't cutting it anymore.

3. Why the American dream may be crushing their faith.

Favorite quotes:

1. It is not a matter of if your kids are going to be exposed to it, it’s a matter of when. We have to be ready and prepared to live by what God says so that we can help our kids. We can’t protect them from everything. So it’s not saying “if this happens” but “when this happens?

2. Young people really want to learn and I think a lot of churches do a disservice by oversimplifying the message of the gospel.

3. We’re doing dial-up ministry in a wifi world.

4. To practice cultural discernment is to live under the authority of scripture.

5. We have a more American vision of what it means to be a young adult than we have a Christian vision of what it means to be a young adult.

In this episode I answer this question:

1. How can I overcome my past pain? (51:19)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. David Kinnaman

2. Faith For Exiles:5 Ways a New Generation to Follow Jesus in Digital Babylon

3. Hillsong: Awake

4. Twenty One Pilots: My Blood

5. Little Women

6. The Tech-Wise Family

7. Dolittle

8. UPPERROOM: All Hail King Jesus

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/davidkinnaman

Melissa D’Arabian on using our gifts, food, and hospitality Feb 17, 2020

Today's guest is truly a STAR...A Food Network Star! We are with the winner of Season 5, Melissa D'Arabian and whether you are a foodie or not--this is a conversation you don't want to miss!

We talk about how she landed a spot on the reality show by creating the craziest food ever in her hot, Texas garage and how some hard experiences from her childhood set her on a mission to help those on a tight budget.

Melissa is passionate about helping others realize eating well doesn’t have to cost your whole paycheck and how being hospitable can be simple. She also shares a grocery store hack that will change the way you shop forever.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The reason most of us downplay our gifts.

2. How to avoid the performance trap in hospitality.

3. What God says about food. (it’s not what you think!)

Favorite quotes:

1. The magic happens when we take on a servant mentality, that we’re meant to show up and use our gifts to the best of our ability.

2. The news from God on food, in my experience, is one of unity and drawing us closer into Him.

3. My thinking and work about eating best is really about strategy. It’s so much less about that one magic recipe. It’s really about strategy in thinking strategically about my grocery bill.

In this episode, I answer this question-

1. If God forgives me, why do I feel like He hasn’t? (58:16)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Melissa d’Arabian

2. Tasting Grace

3. Frank Sinatra playlist

4. The Greatest Showman

5. Beetlejuice

6. Getting To Yes

7. Breathe Right Strips

8. SNL Gas Right

9. SNL More Cowbell

10. Just Mercy

11. Right Here

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/melissadarabian

Phil Waldrep on betrayal, forgiveness, and true healing. Feb 10, 2020

I'm with my wonderful friend Phil Waldrep, founder of The Women of Joy and Gridiron Conferences.

Phil shares his personal story of processing through a deep betrayal and what God has taught him over decades about bitterness and forgiveness. Phil is like your favorite, wise uncle who can gently teach us and encourage us at the same time--and I know this conversation is going to leave us forever better.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to heal from betrayal.

2. How to tell if bitterness is an issue for you.

3. And why his dog is suspicious of him.

Favorite quotes:

1. You may be in the pit right now, but when you overcome feelings of betrayal in a healthy way, your pit can become a palace.

2. Betrayal is like building a wall around your heart. People that have been betrayed, build this wall around their hearts and they decide ‘no one else will hurt me because no one else is getting in.’

3. You can trust again. You can have joy again. You can have peace again, but you have to process that betrayal that you’ve been feeling.

4. At the root of betrayal is selfishness. That’s the reason why people betray you. They put their desires ahead of your desires.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How can I learn to stop yelling at my kids all the time? (41:26)

2. How do I fully lean in and trust God? (52:52)

3. How do you stop fear and doubt when you want to open your own business as a woman? (58:38)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Phil Waldrep

2. Beyond Betrayal

3. Women of Joy

4. Elvis: American Trilogy

5. Andre Rieu

6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

7. American Gospel

8. Traeger Grill

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/philwaldrep

Robin Dance on doubt, overcoming people pleasing, and freedom. Feb 03, 2020

I'm with author and OG Blissdom friend Robin Dance! Robin bares all during our time together--including a season where she considered leaving the church and her faith, the trauma of losing her mom at 9, and how chronic people-pleasing left her feeling like a fake.

Robin's vulnerability and transparency in this episode will help us find the life-lines we need during times of doubt and how to let our questions point us back to God.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why taking offense often may be a symptom of something bigger.

2. The time she caught the eye of Harry Conninck Jr.

3. How our doubt can bring us back to God.

Favorite quotes:

1. Your doubts could be the very thing He is using to call you back to Him.

2. As a woman of faith, I should be living to please God not anyone else.

3. Where you are today, you will not be here forever. God will use this hard situation and turn it around for your good.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Can we really learn to stop self-sabotage? (35:40)

2. How do you find joy in life when God isn't answering your prayers? (41:15)

3. How do you know if you are cut out for business? (48:55)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Robin Dance

2. For All Who Wander:Why Knowing God Is Better than Knowing It All

3. Everything Is Yours: How Giving God Your Whole Heart Changes Your Whole Life by Kris Camealy

4. Perversion by Urban Decay

5. Maybe by Nichole Nordeman

6. She Used to Be Mine by Sarah Bareilles

7. Knives Out

8. Place of Freedom by Highlands Worship

9. Fierce Faith

10. The Reason for God

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/robyndance

Jennie Allen on getting out of her head, fighting back, and community Jan 27, 2020

I'm joined by Bible teacher, IF:Gathering Founder, and my good friend Jennie Allen. Jennie is going to share about a recent season that rocked her faith, left her full of questions, and doubting her call.

We talk about Jennie's new book "Get Out Of Your Head" and why she decided to start talking back to her midnight fears. If you've ever wrestled with God and asked "Is this all true?"-- then Jennie's story is going to meet you in a powerful way today and help you boldly take charge of your thought life.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why she called security on an elderly woman while at a church in her hometown.

2. Why she had to avoid the Avengers movies for a season.

3. The dramatic change she is making to the IF:Gathering this year.

Favorite quotes:

1. The enemy wants to shut down anybody that is following Jesus and he’ll do it in ways that we won’t notice.

2. Paul knew that what we were up against wasn’t just a few flighty thoughts of insecurity, but that we’re up against an enemy that was a spirit and we have to fight him with spiritual weapons.

3. We need people. Why? Because loneliness and isolation are an epidemic and we are connected, but not truly in a relationship sharing what’s really going on with our lives, and when that happens, the devil has us.

4. I do believe that everything can change. I also believe we’re a part of that in our obedience. We take the first step and God comes in and brings freedom.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you know if someone is codependent? (52:54)

2. How does God talk to you? (57:25)

3. How do you hustle to grow towards your dreams and goals without striving? (1:05:19 )

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jennie Allen

2. Get Out Of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

3. Humility

4. The Pursuit of God

5. Systematic Theology

6. Drybar Dry Shampoo

7. Buxom Lip gloss

8. 1917

9. Bryan and Katie Torwalt- Remember

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jennieallen2

What to do when you feel called to write and speak with Lisa Whittle Jan 20, 2020

Do you feel called to write or speak? Over the past decade, I have received questions from hundreds of women who feel called but haven’t known where to start. This week, I have a special episode for you that lays it all out!

I'm with my good friend Lisa Whittle to share our personal stories of how we built writing and speaking careers. We'll share common misconceptions, practical advice for getting started, and how to take the next step. We are also announcing something extremely exciting for those wanting to step confidently into this space. If that's you, don't miss this episode!

In this episode we discuss:

1. How do I start speaking if I've never been invited?

2. What if I don't have any connections?

3. What do I do if I'm struggling with writer's block?

Favorite quotes:

God is doing big things in the hearts of women and we change the world when we share our stories. You may not feel creative, but God has called you to create!
We are launching a coaching community for women who are called to share their messages of freedom with a lost and broken world. We want to remove the intimidation, confusion and frustration of navigating your calling to write and speak by guiding you in developing your gifting, building your message and expanding your reach.
On what holds women back-

We think it’s a lack of information or skills, but what really holds us back is our self-doubt and our imposter syndrome. We get overwhelmed because we don’t know where to start. We want to help you start!

On progressing to our goals-

If God has called you and you stay obedient to learning what you need to learn and take small steps every day, He will take you exactly where you are supposed to go. You can’t let your present circumstances or your past define where you go in the future.

On deciphering his will and our will-

When you walk with God, His dreams for you and your dreams and desires for yourself tend to morph. You will know much more clearly what you’re supposed to be doing with your life if you stay in tune with Him.

In this episode we answer your questions:

1. How do you get started when you are unconnected and feel unqualified? (26:52)

2. How do you know the difference between the dream of writing and speaking being God’s dream for you or a dream you need to let go of? (31:33)

3. Is there anything I can do to position myself as a speaker before I’ve actually been called up to the mic? (35:55)

4. Do I have to be published to be a credible speaker? (43:39)

5. I have an idea of what I want to write about and I’ve begun keeping notes. But when I open up my computer to start writing I freeze up staring at a blank screen. How can I take my ideas and thoughts and create something cohesive. (47:31)

As a listener, you have access to Called Creatives today! We are only opening the doors for seven days and you have early access!

Called Creatives is a specialized coaching community for women who are called to write and speak.

As a Called Creative member, every month you’ll receive…

LIVE, interactive group coaching call with Alli and Lisa.
Writing training session that will equip you to become a better writer, establish your voice and get traction.
Speaking training session designed to help you develop your unique message, sharpen your speaking skills and leverage speaking opportunities.
Guest training session with an industry leader (publishers, agents, writers, speakers).

Plus, you will also…

Get on-demand access to an ever-growing library of resources and trainings
Expand your network of like-minded women who are pursuing their calling and cheering each other on.
Join specialized communities of fellow entrepreneurs, women in ministry, and podcasters inside the bigger Called Creatives community
Connect directly with Lisa, Alli and the Called Creatives team through the private online community platform

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/calledcreativeswithlisawhittle

Beth Moore on fruitfulness, calling, and staying strong. Jan 13, 2020

In this episode, I'm with the one and only Beth Moore.

Beth needs no introduction as a trailblazing Bible teacher, author, and speaker-- but we will discuss her call to ministry as a young girl, the fire that keeps her going no matter the circumstances, and what Tuscany taught her about suffering, growth, and God.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to know if you are actually called or if it's your own desires.

2. Why I almost killed a man on Mount Olympus in her honor.

3. Her enneagram number, favorite mascara, and the one female product you shouldn't wear on stage.

Favorite quotes:

1. A vine produces a grape when a vine is concerned that it may not survive. It has to be under enough stress that it wonders, “I wonder if I’m going to make it here.” It is only then that the grape produces.

2. I feel like there are so many people at risk of quitting because they think that God somehow gave out on them or up on them.

3. If we don’t recognize that going forward involves cutting back to prepare us to go forward and that a lot of times growing looks a lot more like shrinking, then what happens is we quit.

4. I think one of the things I’m most called to do in this era of my life is to cheer people on in their calling. I feel a tremendous responsibility to that. To say to people He’s not done with you. Even if you are going through a time of chastisement with Him, even if you have reaped the whirlwind here. God so faithful. His grace is so immeasurable and He will be faithful. Anybody that cooperates with Him and abides in the vine- He will see to it that we bear much fruit.

In this episode BETH answers your questions:

1. What prompted you to start writing and teaching? (30:33)

2. How do you discern when the calling is from the Lord or your own secret desires? (57:07)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Beth Moore , Twitter , Instagram

2. Chasing Vines

3. The Crown

4. Moroccan oil

5. Loreal Mascara

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/bethmoore

Kate Bowler on strength, suffering, and leadership Jan 06, 2020

Today I'm with my friend and brilliant Duke divinity professor, author, and TED Talk presenter Kate Bowler.

We talk honestly about suffering, terminal illness, and how Jesus fits into all of it. Kate will also talk about her fascinating and extensive research about the dynamics of women leading in the church.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why most women in conservative denominations don't attend seminary.

2. What she discovered after researching the prosperity gospel of health, wealth, and happiness.

3. What it's like to battle Stage 4 cancer at age 35.

Favorite quotes:

1. There’s a fun history of how women have managed to skirt the technicalities of preaching as a vocation. They largely do it as self-taught women.

2. Everyone wants you to only bowl down the middle on every topic and I think there’s something we lose when we don’t allow, especially women, the particularity of their experience.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What under-eye concealer won’t make me look like I’m 90? (46:50)

2. Going into 2020 and looking back, what did God teach you last year? (49:47)

3. What email software do you use? (55:25)

Favorite quotes:

1. There’s a fun history of how women have managed to skirt the technicalities of preaching as a vocation. They largely do it as self-taught women.

2. Everyone wants you to only bowl down the middle on every topic and I think there’s something we lose when we don’t allow, especially women, the particularity of their experience.

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Kate Bowler

2. The Preacher’s Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities

3. Kate’s Ted Talk

4. Alias TV Show

5. Tarte Travel Shape Tape

6. Ford v Ferrari

7. Jeremy Riddle All Hail King Jesus

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/katebowler

Special Breaking Busy episode: Identifying the signs of crazy busy and finding peace and purpose. Dec 30, 2019

HAPPY almost 2020! We're looking to a new year, a new decade--and it's a great time for a fresh start. What if we all started off with less stress, more joy, greater purpose, and a lower chance of burnout?

In this special episode, I'm sharing a free chapter from my book Breaking Busy! I'll share my personal story of how busy almost broke me...until I got (a literal) wakeup call....from my bra.

We'll take inventory, learn to recognize the red flags of busy, and get a game plan to go from a frazzled to full life.

I'm also giving away chapter one from Breaking Busy free today.

Quotes from this episode-

1. Contrary to what many of us have been told, we all have limits. We can't handle it all, nor should we. We have to stop pretending we are superhuman with an endless supply of energy, because we aren't. Embracing our limits and respecting our personal capacity is the key to success and living out our calling.

2. Not taking care of ourselves works in the short run but it always spells disaster for everyone around us eventually. Taking care of ourselves means we’re willing to care for ourselves so we will be able to live out the calling on our lives. Self care is never selfish. You can’t live the life that God created for you if you’re running on fumes.

3. Having a limited physical capacity is not a flaw in my character, it is by glorious design for an incredible purpose to realize my need for him.

4. When God created us, he created us with limitless capacity to love others and a limitless ability to stretch our talents to be used for his glory.

5. We each have a different capacity level. Our levels increase and decrease, depending on our season and our situation. Identifying and respecting our own capacity is life changing and it's the first step to breaking busy.

If you love the message of Breaking Busy and want your own copy, you can grab one on Amazon on sale.

Happy New Year,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/breakingbusy

Special Fierce Faith episode: What if things fall apart? Identifying and overcoming the fear of the future. Dec 23, 2019

Merry Christmas! As a special gift for you, today's episode is a free recording of Chapter 9 of my book Fierce Faith called "What If Things Fall Apart" ,all about the fear of the future.

The fear of the future can paralyze us, leave us imagining the worst, and keep us from pursuing our God-given purpose and dreams. Today, I share a lot of my personal story with fear as my family faced illness and bankruptcy. I'll also share about the Israelites and the lessons we can take for their journey into the promised land.

And, if you know me well, you KNOW there's going to be practical application as well! I'm going to give you a battle plan to fight the fear that will help you start 2020 empowered, strong, and hopeful for the future.

I'm also giving away chapter one from Fierce Faith free today.

Quotes from this episode:

1. The enemy of our souls want to distract us, delay us, and discourage us with fear. The enemy of our souls has always used the fear of the unknown to keep us stuck. Instead of forging forward into the Promised Land, we wander around, lost and lonely in our own wilderness.

2. We are so busy looking for the perfect set of circumstances to line up with what we think we must have, we completely miss out on what God had for us all along.

3. The enemy of our souls fights hardest when God is doing a great work in our lives. But we know that he who has overcome the world lives in us. We know that victory is his, and even though we face a battle today, the enemy will not be victorious. We fight from a place of victory because of Jesus. We don't have to fight for victory, because it is ours already!

4. God's presence doesn't mean I'm fearless; instead, it means I can fear less.

5. God wants to strengthen us to face the future. He is building each of us to be the person he created us to be. And sometimes, to reach our promised future, we have to fight to get there.

If you love the message of Fierce Faith and want your own copy, you can grab one on sale on Amazon.

Merry Christmas, Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/fiercefaith

Jeff Bethke on saying to with the hustle, wisdom from Frozen II, and living intentionally. Dec 16, 2019

Today, I'm with the brilliant Jeff Bethke to talk about why you may need to ditch the American dream, say "To With The Hustle", and find a way to be human again.

Jeff shares why his family decided to get off the conveyor belt of overachievement, restructure their family life, and take some leaps that were well worth it.

In this episode we discuss:

1. What Elsa and Arendell can teach us about risk-taking.

2. Living wisely in an information overload culture.

3. What it means to live an integrated life.

Favorite quotes:

1. So many of us are trying to achieve spiritual perfection when God is more concerned about spiritual formation. He doesn’t want you to just reach the goal, He wants you to become a particular type of person.

2. A lot of us are willing to make certain sacrifices based on the monetary financial gain rather than asking “Is this job humanizing to me? Is this job where the Lord has actually called me?”

3. There’s a trajectory that our culture puts us on that’s just more, more, more, do, do, do. The pressure seems to compound and the farther we went down this conveyor belt of the American dream, the more we were actually losing practices, formations, rhythms, and rituals that we believe profoundly make us human.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you deal with writing about family issues and struggles in your books? (46:06)

2. If a Christian commits a sexual sin is it forgivable? If so, why are ministers who have a “moral failure” asked to step down? (52:58)

3. I’m a creative entrepreneur and I hate systems, and so far it hasn’t hurt my growth. Do I have to build systems or can I stay successful without them? (1:00:05)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jeff Bethkey

2. To With The Hustle: Reclaiming Your Life in an Overworked, Overspent, and Overconnected World

3. Sinach- Waymaker

4. Frozen 2

5. Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope

6. Chasing the Scream: The Opposite of Addiction is Connection

7. Cast iron

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jeffbethke

Beth McCord, Your Enneagram Coach, on how to use the Enneagram for a healthier and happier marriage Dec 09, 2019

One of my most popular guests is back: Beth McCord of Your Enneagram Coach! Today, we are talking about is the Enneagram and your marriage.

We'll chat about how to use the Enneagram for insight into your spouse's perspective, needs, and triggers as well as how to keep turning back to the gospel for our core needs.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How Christians should view the Enneagram.

2. The new Enneagram Instagram account you can't miss

3. How to use the Enneagram for healthier conflict in marriage

Favorite quotes:

1. Understanding one another allows us to have those conversations that are more purposeful and meaningful. It averts conflict and hurting the relationship where it doesn’t need to be.

2. Conflict is not in and of itself isn’t bad. People are going to have different views and desires but it’s how we deal with that conflict that really matters. We all come from different vantage points and perspectives and if we can validate and understand one another then we can work through those conflicts. We can come together and that’s where we can really honor God.

3. The Enneagram, think of it as just a flashlight or an x-ray. It pointing out what’s there or what’s broken like a bone. But the x-ray cannot heal you, it just exposes what’s wrong and what needs healing. The Enneagram is pointing out why we do what we do, our heart condition, and then the gospel shows how to heal it.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What did you do for all the birthday parties when your kids were little? (45:27)

2. What do you do when you don’t want to do what God tells you to do? (49:30)

3. How do you know when it’s time to hire employees? I just started a small business and I want to make a plan. (57:02)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Your Enneagram Coach

2. Becoming Us

3. Becoming Us: Using The Enneagram to Create a Thriving Gospel-Centered Marriage

4. Your Enneagram Coach instagram

5. EnneaDog

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/bethmccord2

Laura Wifler and Emily Jensen of Risen Motherhood on work, motherhood, and freedom. Dec 02, 2019

Today, we are with the brilliant women behind the podcast Risen Motherhood- Laura Wifler and Emily Jensen.

We chat about how potty training launched their blockbuster show that millions love, what it's like to balance work and raising small children, and how we can use comparison to point us to truth.

In this episode we discuss:

1. What it looks like when two different personalities and styles work together.

2. The importance of community for working moms.

3. How to conquer mom guilt

Favorite quotes:

1. Nothing is perfect. Nothing is guaranteed. But if I don’t have enough time for Jesus then I’m missing something and that’s something that I always try to prioritize no matter what life is looking like that day.

2. When we dig under the surface of what we’re wrestling with in our soul it’s the fact that we feel before the Lord we are not enough. We are not good enough and the good news is that God has sent His son Jesus Christ to be good on our behalf to meet all the measurements and standards.

3. In Christ, we are not called to live with guilt and shame. That’s one of the beautiful things about the gospel is that we don’t have to live with mom guilt or any guilt at all.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Do you sleep? How do you get so much done? Tell me your secrets! (48:27)

2. As Christians, is drinking alcohol okay? (52:48)

3. I have an idea for a book. How do I know if it’s a good idea? (57:44)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Risen Motherhood

2. Risen Motherhood: Gospel Hope for Everyday Moments

3. I asked the Lord

4. Nickel Creek

5. Educated

6. A Little Book on the Christian Life

7. Trader Joe’s Seltzer

8. EOS chapstick

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/risenmotherhood

Sarah Mae on healing, making peace with the past, and moving forward with strength Nov 25, 2019

Today, I'm with one of my long-time and OG blogging friends Sarah Mae.

Sarah Mae shares the powerful testimony of how she forgave her alcoholic mother, found healing in her own parenting and relationships, and how she found peace after her mother's death.

In this episode we discuss: 1. The moment she realized her cooking was terrible. 2. The hair removal product she literally carries with her everywhere. 3. The chaotic life decision she made twice. Favorite quotes: 1. Nobody has the authority to tell us who we are but God. 2. We are all just trying to meet our deepest longings that God has given us. We want to be unconditionally loved and we want to make an impact on the world. 3. We heal in community. You have to put yourself out there. It takes work but the work ends in such wonderful fruit of good kindred friendship and really special relationship and healing relationship and so if you don’t have that in your life, you’ve got to go after it. Put yourself out there.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your best advice for raising siblings who like each other? (44:43)

2. What do you do when you feel overwhelmed by what God has asked you to do? (51:02)

3. How can I get comfortable with the concept that I need to build a platform for myself and my business? (53:57)

Links to great things we discussed: 1. Sarah Mae 2. The Complicated Heart 3. Taylor Swift- Paper Rings 4. The Politician 5. Tinkle Razor

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sarahmae

John Mark Comer on The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry, Work, and Sabbath Nov 18, 2019

I'm joined by the brilliant John Mark Comer, one of my all-time favorite authors and teachers. I love his work so much I think I embarrassed him just a little.

We'll talk about why I pay my children to read his books, the importance of Sabbath, and what it means to live a spiritually disciplined life in a busy, modern world.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why work isn’t a bad thing.

2. Keeping the Sabbath holy.

3. Practical ways to unhurry life

Favorite quotes:

1. The two major areas where we actually follow Jesus and work out our spiritual formation are family or close interpersonal relationships and work. I think the church does a great job of talking about family, marriage, parenting, relationships, community. What’s there a lot less said about, though I think is changing in the past decade or two, is work and how it dovetails into our spirituality and her apprenticeship into Jesus.

2. The garden was never supposed to stay a garden. Adam and Eve weren’t there to just mow the lawn and take care of things and enjoy life. It was actually supposed to spread out and inevitably become a city had no sin had ever interrupted that project. It would become this garden-like city environment where all sorts of human beings live together in love of God from God and for each other.

3. Sabbath is a practice by which we cultivate a spirit of restfulness. It’s not just one day of the week but seven days of the week.

4. The goal is to become the kind of person in whom literally in our body, in our muscle memory, we have become people of rest.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What do you think of the advice that we should just follow our passion? (50:32)

2. Why do Christians say they love Jesus and still act like horrible people? (56:28)

3. When you’re working with your business coaching clients what habits or beliefs are the ones that make some of them unable to succeed? (1:00:01)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. John Mark Comer

2. The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

3. Favella

4. Educated

5. The Current War

6. God of Wonders

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/johnmarkcomer

Alex Seeley on the countercultural way to live an abundant life Nov 11, 2019

I'm so excited to have the wonderful Alex Seeley back with us on the show today.

Alex is powerful and wise and we talk about planting the Belonging Co with her husband in Nashville TN, why most Christians are missing the abundant life, and what it means to follow the backward life of Jesus.

In this episode we discuss:
1. The keys to a powerful abundant life
2. Women in ministry
3. Everything from Revelation to Foundation

Favorite quotes:
1. We have to realize there is a beauty in waiting. There is a beauty and wisdom we gain in trials and testings and waiting for God’s appointed time. We have a generation that’s so obsessed with the now and immediate gratification that we’re losing the depth and the wonder and the beauty of how God designed us to live.

2. Abundant life doesn’t mean a perfect life but a blessed life.

3. In Christianity and in faith, we’ve taken and adopted so much of the worldly system of how to get ahead, how to have this successful life, but you’ll often find in Scripture and especially in the gospels that Jesus is teaching us a different way.
In this episode I answer these questions:
1. Do you ever feel extra pressure to not ever feel busy, worried, or unhappy because you write books on how to overcome it? How do you balance living what you teach? Whenever I try to teach anything, I feel like a hypocrite because I can’t walk it out perfectly. (41:35)

2. How do I help my kids develop their own faith and not just depend on my faith? (44:29)

3. How do you know when it’s the right time to quit your job and go all-in on your running your own business? (47:23)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Alex Seeley

2. Alex’s previous episode

3. Cody Carnes- Nothing else

4. Suits

5. Discipleship On The Edge

6. Fenty Beauty by Rihanna

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Sarah Bessey on Miracles and Other Reasonable Things, grace, and wilderness seasons Nov 04, 2019

I'm with one of my wisest friends and all-time favorite writers Sarah Bessey to talk about her new book Miracles And Other Reasonable Things. After this conversation, you'll realize why I binge-read it in less than two days and couldn't make it through the interview without crying.

Sarah shares the tender story of healing from a tragic car accident, what God taught in the depths of tremendous suffering, and why she values healing above a quick cure.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why she's a "Jesus Feminist"

2. How she connected me to one of my most important jobs

3. How God is gracious to meet us, even when we've put Him in a box

Favorite quotes:

1. This is not about curing and it’s not about big grand miracles even though some of those things show up. It’s about what it looks like to pursue and stay open to healing and all its forms.

2. The wilderness is not the absence of God‘s presence but actually an invitation from the Holy Spirit to encounter the love of God and a new and different wider open space perhaps.

3. God is larger than your own story, yet will still remain with you where you are.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. You seem so organized. How do you keep up with everything you do, what’s your secret? (59:46)

2. How do I encourage my husband and his spiritual maturity without pushing? (1:05:50)

3. How do you force yourself to do the boring stuff in business? (1:08:38)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Sarah Bessey

2. Miracles and Other Reasonable Things

3. The Highwomen - Crowded Table

4. A Better Man - Lousie Penny

5. Defiant - Kelly Nikondeha

6. Ad Astra

7. Chris Tomlin

8. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sarahbessey

Gary Thomas on breaking free from toxic people, boundaries, and purpose Oct 28, 2019

I’m with the legendary Gary Thomas to talk about his new book "When To Walk Away". We'll explore toxic relationships, how we can recognize them, and examine how Jesus set boundaries in his own life.

This message from Gary is life-changing, and if you struggle with a toxic relationship in your life, he will equip you with tools to break free in a healthy, biblical way.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The difference between a difficult relationship and a toxic one.

2. Playing spiritual offense vs spiritual defense

3. Why it's so important to break free from toxic cycles

Favorite quotes:

1. If somebody is trying to get you to stop being you or get you to stop doing what you are convinced God wants you to do- for you that person is toxic. It’s an attack on your being and an attack on your mission.

2. Jesus had such a freedom to walk away and it wasn’t about failing or succeeding it was about the person just not receiving.

3. I walk away from toxic people not to go binge Netflix. I walk away to invest with reliable people. I walk away from toxic relationships into healthy relationships.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How can I motivate myself to make changes in my life? (43:08)

2. What’s your perspective on the best way to evangelize? (47:58)

3. What’s the best advice you can give a woman with a dream? (53:53)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Gary Thomas

2. When To Walk Away

3. Kari Jobe: Steady My Heart

4. A Practical Treatise Upon Christian Perfection

5. Strava app

6. Peanut Butter Falcon

7. Michael W. Smith: Waymaker

8. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/garythomas

Ruth Chou Simons on balance, worship, and business Oct 21, 2019

I’m with the lovely and wise Ruth Chou Simons and we are talking all things boy mom, blogging, and blossoming in the hidden seasons.

We'll also talk about her transition from a Chinese-speaking chemistry major to a Best-selling author (in her second language) and artist and the secret behind remembering your child's birthday if you have a million kids.

In this episode we discuss:

1. What she learned in the busy seasons of life

2. Why she's glad she didn't step foot on a stage until her 40s

3. Priceless advice for women starting a business and a platform

Favorite quotes:

1. What the Lord was really wanting was Him more than my own success or my own kingdom or my own abilities. Because really if you're just chasing what you are good at then it can get kind of stressful because you think I’m good at this, can I make more money? Can I get more notoriety, and this, that, and the other. That can’t be the way we are called to live.

2. We think we want to be inspiring. We want to encourage others. We want to run out there and lead and be effective in our generation. I’m saying to all the women coming up behind me- Hey, press on and lean into Jesus first yourself before trying to make something public out of it because the very best work that you will do will come out of an overflow of a rich and invested hidden personal life of growth.

3. The art of becoming is saying I surrender to the process here and the process might include me falling on my face.

4. Cultivating the inner man and inner woman is so much more important than what you put out publicly and we’re responsible to make sure that those things line up. Because you’ll burn out if the inner person doesn’t match what you're producing on the outside.

5. The truth is we don’t just know the truth, we let the truth transform us and that process is really sanctification and God does that.

6. You’re always worshipping. You don’t get to choose whether you want to be a worshipper or not. It’s just you only get to choose what you give your love and affection and your greatest esteem to. You can either worship your own life and your own successes and your accomplishments or you can worship Him who’s worthy and that’s Christ.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Share a funny memory you have with your husband? (51:15)

2. How can you grow a strong community early in your faith walk? (55:10)

3. Where can I find a mentor or accountability partner when starting an online business? (56:44)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Ruth Chou Simons

2. Gracelaced

3. Andrew Peterson Is He Worthy?

4. Longmire

5. 12 Ways Your Phone is Changing You

6. Mrs. Meyer’s Room Freshener

7. Downton Abbey

8. Hillsong Worship No One But You

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/ruthchousimons

Liz Bohannon on Sseko, pluckiness, and the joy of being average Oct 14, 2019

What a fun episode! I'm introducing you to my new friend, Liz Bohannon, she’s the Founder and CEO of Sseko Designs. Liz is changing the world through socially conscious fashion (and flying through the air in Spanx in front of thousands.)

Tune in to hear why she'll never run a chicken farm again, how she uses sandals to send women to college, and her major life decision that made her entire family think she was crazy.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why most of us are just average joes--and that's a great thing!

2. The magic a novice brings to the table.

3. How dreaming small is more likely to change the world.

Favorite quotes:

1. Ultimately we build beautiful lives, businesses, and families when we consistently show up and the idea of that not waiting for luck but instead saying I’m gonna be a person of pluck is really intriguing.

2. I think that’s the power of community when you hopefully hear my story and hundreds of other people’s stories that say, “I wasn’t equipped, I didn’t have the connections, I faced a lot of difficulties, but I still did it. I think that enables people to show up for their own lives.”

3. I want to celebrate the average and owning your average is not a call to complacency.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you not let information overwhelm you? (42:45)

2. How do I finally break out of a pattern of sin? (45:05)

3. Do you use or recommend a personality test when you hire people? (49:26)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Liz Bohannon , Sseko

2. Beginner’s Pluck

3. Queen

4. The Greatest Showman

5. To Stop A Warlord

6. True&Co

7. Call The Midwife

8. Freedom

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/lizbohannon

Robby Gallaty on hitting rock bottom, redemption, and living strong Oct 07, 2019

Today, I'm joined by my very own pastor, Robby Gallaty--and you'll find out why my family calls him the “pastor with a past".

Robby shares his testimony of opioid addiction, robbery, homelessness, and hitting rock bottom. He'll also share how Jesus dramatically changed and restored his life, and offer advice for family members with a loved one struggling with addiction.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The opioid crisis and how to help loved ones

2. Our struggles as God’s refining instrument

3. His health recommendation I refuse to try

Favorite quotes:

1. If you keep being that person’s savior, Jesus never can be 2. Our struggles don’t define us, God uses them to refine us. It’s God’s refining mechanism, His divine instrument for shaping us into the image of His son is a trial, is a tribulation, is suffering. 3. God uses everything to bring us closer to Him. 4. We have to believe nothing happens by happenstance so if that's the case even our pain and suffering are used by God. In this episode I answer these questions: 1. What do you when you feel stuck and don’t know what to do? (48:11) 2. What is the quickest way that God gets your attention? (54:36) 3. I know I need to put content out there but I just don’t know where to start. Should it be a blog, a youtube channel, a podcast or just focus on Instagram? (59:25) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Robby Gallaty, Twitter , Church , Replicate 2. Recovered: How an Accident, Alcohol, and Addiction Led Me to God 3. Here and Now 4. Hoosier 5. Live PD https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6225166/ 6. Brave New Work 7. Eternity Is Now In Session 8. Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead 9. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00 10. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/robbygallaty

Kelly Minter on hospitality, missions, and fun Sep 30, 2019

Today, I'm with the wonderful Kelly Minter! You may know her as a Bible teacher, worship leader and now cookbook author--but today you'll find out why she's also a gardening guru, crocodile hunter, and hardcore jungle woman.

Tune in to find out about $35 tomatoes, her guilty pleasure television show, and why we are voting her "least likely to go to jail."

In this episode we discuss:

1. What she's learned since writing her first Bible Study

2. The magic of hospitality

3. The importance of building a community

Favorite quotes:

1. Sometimes I’m pruning things that are diseased but sometimes I’m pruning a branch that is perfectly healthy because it's taking away from the stronger more fruitful vines so I’m pruning the good for the bad.

2. Jesus spoke in agricultural terms and most of which I lived so far removed from but I do feel like I get a little closer to that when I am in the garden.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What’s your best advice for raising sons that respect women? (44:57)

2. If you can ask God to change one thing about you, what would it be? (53:37)

3. I feel like comparison is killing me. I know I’m supposed to keep an eye out on my competition, how do I do it without falling into the comparison trap? (55:48)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Kelly Minter

2. A Place At The Table

3. Cultivate

4. Goodness of God

5. When Calls The Heart

6. Mary Queen Of Scots

7. Hallelujah Here Below

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/kellyminter

Rebekah Lyons on rhythms in life, anxiety, and her joy Sep 23, 2019

I'm with the lovely Rebekah Lyons today to talk about her recent adoption journey, her new pace of life, and how she manages stress and anxiety.

She'll also share how to rest when we experience burnout and how to see those seasons as an invitation for intimacy with God.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Practical advice for those struggling with stress and anxiety.

2. Why she finally agreed to adopt right when she became an empty nester.

3. Why we shouldn't feel guilty for resting.

Favorite quotes:

1. Bravery is moving scared. You have to step into the things that are the most terrifying or they will hold power over you.

2. God doesn’t promise that fear and anxiety won’t come knocking but He always promises a way of escape.

3. The good thing about fear is that the best way to approach it is exposure.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I know you're a business coach but do you also coach people who aren’t entrepreneurs? (38:05)

2. Are we supposed to forgive people even if they aren’t sorry? How do I keep from getting hurt again? (40:39)

3. How do you handle the guilt of being a working mom? (42:54)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Rebekah Lyons

2. Rhythms of Renewal

3. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

4. Blissdom Conference

I hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/rebekahlyons

Jess Connolly on being the girl for the job Sep 16, 2019

I'm with the fierce and passionate Jess Connolly today to talk about all things ministry, publishing, and business.

Jess shares the heart and story behind her latest book "You're The Girl For The Job" and how women can start walking more confidently in their calling, even in the hardest seasons of life.

In this episode we discuss: 1. Why we doubt our roles and abilities and how to combat those feelings of inadequacy. 2. How obedience sometimes looks like less and not "yes". 3. How to lean hard on the faithfulness of God instead of our feelings. Favorite quotes: 1. The ultimate truth is I was not the girl for the job. I actually have really messed up some big things up and that has been my story. God has still allowed me to be here. He still places me here on purpose and is still using everything I give Him and everything I do for the good of others and His glory. 2. If you want good for others, you’re gonna win. You win. If you want good for others and the glory of God, you’re really gonna win. It might not look shiny and might not look tidy but you can’t lose if you want good for others and the glory of God. 3. A no, for now, is not a no for later.

In this episode I answer these questions: 1. You finally convinced me to give the enneagram a try? Where do I start? (1:04:46) 2. Alli, I have a hard time staying focused and consisted in prayer. What do you do? (1:08:47) 3. What is the biggest mistake you see people make when trying to start their business? (1:14:59) Links to great things we discussed: 1. Jess Connolly ; Instagram 2. You Are The Girl For The Job 3. Khaild: Young dumb and broke 4. John Bevere: Bait of Satan 5. RHETI test 6. Blinded By The Light 7. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00 8. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jessconnolly

Max Lucado on Happiness, Wisdom, and Relationships Sep 09, 2019

I’m with the legendary Max Lucado--pastor and author of 44 brilliant books! Max is funny, gracious, and full of wisdom and it was a true joy to have one of my heroes on the show. Today, Max shares all about his latest book on happiness, what he's learned about Biblical happiness in his decades in ministry, and some simple ways we can pursue it.

In this episode we discuss:

1. His book-writing process and how why his editor of 30 years is still brutally honest

2. The roadblocks he sees to true happiness and why it's harder than ever to find contentment

3. Why the simple act of saying "hello" is profoundly important to him

Favorite quotes:

1. Happiness is a deeply rooted contentment in life.

2. I think we can make a great case that God wants us to be happy because happiness makes us healthier, happiness makes us a better husband or wife or parent to our children.

3. Most people are not joyful or happy. Some people are seriously unhappy and so anything we can do to help them step toward happiness is a great service.

4. The big idea in Scripture when it comes to happiness is happiness happens when we give it away.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What are some practical things I can do every day to be happier? I want to create an environment of happiness not just for me but for my kids too. (45:29)

2. What is the best faith-based book that you are reading right now and would you recommend it? (49:32)

3. I know so much of building a platform involves putting yourself out there. How do I get over feeling uncomfortable promoting myself? (51:28)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Max Lucado

2. How Happiness Happens

3. Is He Worthy

4. Movies of the 90s

5. Sam Storms: The Language of Heaven

6. Q Sciences

7. Robby Gallaty: Forgotten Jesus

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Sharon Hodde Miller on why nice can be dangerous, women in the ministry, and identifying our strengths. Sep 02, 2019

In this episode, I am joined by one of my kindest and most brilliant friends Sharon Hodde Miller to talk about why "nice" can be dangerous.

We'll also talk about women in ministry and what it looks like to have someone call out your gifts and strengths.

In this episode we discuss:

1.The differences between kindness, harshness, and niceness

2.How to do a heart check for your motivations

3. How to respond to and love others well

Favorite quotes:

1. It’s really important that when you see a gift in somebody, it doesn’t matter if it is a gift of teaching or preaching or any gift in them because that is how they discern what God created them to do.

2. If you are merely being nice and someone is not nice to you in return then that flips really quickly. It flips into entitlement, flips into resentment, bitterness, cynicism but kindness understands this isn’t to get a response. This isn’t about me. This is about loving people radically and unconditionally the way that Jesus loved us.

3. Niceness can appear to be about others but it’s ultimately about us where kindness is ultimately about others. Christ models this better than anyone else.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I learn so much about the importance of self-talk in Fierce Faith. I loved the whole book and it literally changed my life. There’s one thing I still need more help with. I can’t seem to break the habit of negative self-talk. Do you have any advice? (49:14)

2. Sometimes I feel like I can hear God very clearly and sometimes I don’t feel like I can hear Him at all. I panic when I can’t hear from Him and I wonder if its because He’s upset with me, is this normal? (53:30)

3. I keep bumping up against struggles in my business. How do I know if its a sign to stop? (57:45)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Sharon Hodde Miller , Instagram

2. Nice https://sheworships.com/nice-book/

3. Thomas Newman

4. Avengers

5. Alia Joy Glorious Weakness

6. Michelle Obama

7. This Cultural Moment

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sharonhoddemiller

Bianca Olthoff on how to have your life not suck Aug 26, 2019

Today, I'm with my battle buddy Bianca Olthoff. With humor and transparency like no other, Bianca is going to get us fired up about finding amazing mentors, avoiding unnecessary ruts and mistakes, and living a life that won't suck.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to pursue a mentor and get the most out of your time with them

2. What she wishes she would have known in her teens and 20s

3. How she accidentally came up with her brilliant new book title #notsuck

Favorite quotes:

The season and the time that we are in, we are putting forward everything that is awesome. We will post it on Instagram and put a good filter and we’ll tweak it and we’ll geotag from tropical locations. We will do all these things but I think that this is an opportunity for us to go first and for us to tell people this was a really hard season. This is a dark season. This is a season of failure and there are things that I learned. “Hey, you will probably fail, you probably will fall, you probably will falter, but this is how you can shorten up that curve, this is how you can still have your faith intact. Hey, this is some ways you can survive this season of suck in a way you can thrive and not just feel like you are barely making it out.”
I feel like if we can be for each other, we can go further and faster and farther if we sincerely care about this Biblical principle; love your neighbor as yourself.
Do you know what our greatest commodity is? Time. So when someone gives you time, don’t squander it.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do I know if I’m self-sabotaging myself and if I am how do I stop it? (54:06)

2. How do I learn to trust God? (1:01:08)

3. How should the “about me” page on my website be written? What’s the best strategy for success? (1:07:39)

Links to great things we discussed:

1.Bianca Olthoff

2.How To Have Your Life Not Suck

3.Hillsong Worship: King of Kings

4. Katy Perry: Never Really Over

5. Basketball or Nothing

6. Where The Crawdads Sing

7. Muji Pens

8. Murad Renewing Eye Cream

9.Hobbs & Shaw

10.Lauren Daigle: This Girl

11.Fierce Faith

12.FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

13.Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/biancaolthoff2

Lauren McAfee on adoption, living a life of meaning, and how it’s not what you think. Aug 19, 2019

I’m with the brilliant Lauren McAfee to discuss her adoption story, the Bible, and why younger generations are reading it less than any other generation before. We'll also discuss what shapes a person's view of the Scriptures and connotations that drive others away from reading it altogether.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why the Bible can withstand our tough questions.

2. How Social Media and access to the Internet is shaping the view of the next generation.

3. How it’s our responsibility to teach the younger generation to love the Bible.

Favorite quotes:

1. We each have an opportunity to make a difference with our lives and that doesn’t mean building up fame more, lots of money or these things we can often think will leave an impact in the world but it’s stewarding our lives in a way for eternal purpose and looking to live out our faith in whatever area God has placed us in.

2. Looking at the long view, looking down the road saying what do I want my legacy to be? What do I want to be the impact when I leave this Earth and then living our today in light of that perspective. Having that eternal mindset of our days.

3. We hope that people will take their hard questions to the Bible because if it is what it claims it is, which is the Word of God with the truth and the way. Those are bold claims so if it is that, then we should be able to take hard questions to the Bible.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Do you have a Bible reading plan that you recommend? (37:31)

2. How do you know if a friendship is healthy or toxic? (39:36)

3. How do I name my business? (44:05)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Lauren McAfee, Instagram

2. Not What You Think

3. Hamilton Soundtrack

4. Madam Secretary

5. The Connected Child, The Dignity Revolution, People Fuel

6. F260 Journal

7. Christine Caine Podcast episode

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

The importance of mentoring with Susie Davis Aug 12, 2019

In this episode, the incredibly wise and gracious Susie Davis talks about her passion to mentor other women. She also shares the lessons she has learned in life, in ministry, and what she wishes she would have known as a younger woman.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why our weaknesses shouldn't stop us from leading and helping others

2. Why women need and can thrive with mentoring

3. How we can point the next generation to vibrant faith and leadership

Favorite quotes:

1. Show me the man or woman who at the end of their life says “I felt totally confident in my skin every moment, every day of my life because I love God.” I don’t think it works like that. Even when you look at the stories you read in Scripture, they struggled. The people in the Bible struggled greatly. So why is it unusual that we struggle too?

2. It’s a life of faith and God is asking us to do more than we normally would do if left to our own devices.

3. Most of the learning, and this kind of goes back to mentoring, should be face-to-face, across the table because that’s the only way to really know someone.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I love your life tips. What is a simple change I can make in my conversations that will help me seem more confident? (57:16)

2. Why does God not answer some prayers? (58:54)

3. Do I need to create a business plan for my new business? (1:01:46)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Susie Davis

2. Kacey Musgraves

3. Friday Night Lights

4. Barbara Brown Taylor- Leaving Church

5. Drybar Money Maker

6. Highlands (Song of Ascent) , Hillsong

7. Lion King

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review!

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/susiedavis

How to live brave and courageous with Nicole Unice Aug 05, 2019

In this episode, the inspiring Nicole Unice is going to call us to the next level of purposeful living, share why leaders should embrace humility and live transparently, and the key to living brave and courageous

In this episode we discuss:

1. What it looks like to live brave and courageous enough for today

2. Why we shouldn’t be the hero in our own stories

3. And why hustle alone will never be enough

Favorite quotes:

1. You actually can’t have anything redeemed unless its broken. Redemption is a word that means inherently that something is broken. Something needs to be fixed or healed or need to be undone or unbound.

2. We all have these amazing incredible lives that God’s given us and every single person has a great story in their life.

3. That is where courage is. We get to these places like a rock and a hard place and we have this moment of clarity where we set intention for who we want to be and we just kind of have to jump off the cliff in that direction.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I feel guilty when I practice self-care, help? (58:05)

2. What’s a great devotional that my husband and I can share? I don’t want anything girly! (1:01:11)

3. How do you do your podcast graphics with the audio graphic and the captions? (1:02:25)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Nicole Unice

2. Stranger Things

3. Old Dominion

4. Where The Crawdads Sing

5. Colorscience Concealer

6. Make Up For Ever HD Finishing Power

7. New Morning Mercies

8. Downton Abbey

9. Hillsong King of Kings

10. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

11. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/nicoleunice2

Lisa Jo Baker on the changes, challenges, and the beauty of being in the middle. Jul 29, 2019

I'm with the wonderful Lisa Jo Baker, as we talk about the changes, challenges, and the beauty of being in the middle. Lisa tackles how we can truly develop a healthy mindset that allows us to enjoy and stay present in this fulfilling and fruitful season of life

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to live your middle-age years to the fullest

2. How we can see our bodies as lovely and strong despite changes

3. Why she wasn't afraid to share her muffin top picture with the world

Favorite quotes:

1. I don’t need to seize the day. I just need to make time to see it. I don’t have the energy to seize the day. I can barely seize the moment to do laundry. But here’s what I can do, this is why I wrote a whole book about it. I can see the day. That is a much lower pressure threshold.

2. Somehow as women, we want to erase the marks of time, the things that show what it took to get here. I just believe so strongly, I think about that verse so often that says ‘the Lord has made everything beautiful in its time,’ and that applies to us as women.

3. My kid’s feelings aren’t supposed to be the boss of me. I’m not supposed to be the boss of me. The Holy Spirit is supposed to be the boss of me.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I have three little kids and can’t keep up with all the details. How do you do it with 5 kids? How can I remember all the little things for them? (51:01)

2. How can I introduce God into people whos had zero exposure and not overwhelm them? (58:21)

3. I can’t work at home without getting distracted, should I pay for a fancy coworking space? (1:02:15)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Lisa Jo Baker

2. The Middle Matters: Why That (Extra)Ordinary Life Looks Really Good On You

3. Meghan Trainor: I’m Down

4. The Hundred-Foot Journey

5. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

6. Still Life

7. L’ange Curling Wand

8. Evernote Like a Pro

9. Spider-man: Far from Home

10. Spirit

11. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

12. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/lisajobaker

Lisa Whittle on pursuing work without guilt, work-life balance, and raising great kids without driving yourself crazy Jul 22, 2019

We are marching on with my "Summer Of Favorite Women"! Today, we are with the fabulous Lisa Whittle. I invited Lisa back on the show to talk about pursuing careers we love without guilt, balancing motherhood and entrepreneurship, and why your parenting doesn't have to be perfect to produce great children.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to know when your work has become an idol

2. Finding work/life balance

3. How to mold your business mind with your ministry heart

Favorite quotes:

1. I appreciate other truth tellers in my life because I do think when you’re healthy and you’re operating by the control of the Holy Spirit (which has not always been the same for me by the way) but I think when that happens you can take it and you say I’m ready to hear what someone else has to say to me so I’m going to walk through this world boldly and speak bold things. I want someone to say that back to me because I know that I need to be told in the same manner.

2. (That encouragement) let me have this exhale of, “Well, yeah maybe I just really love what I’m doing. Gosh if God has gifted me to this area, He’s called me to this, I should live it.”

3. I think this season (teen years) of mothering is challenging for me and it’s amazing. I love it, it’s some ways my favorite. But I am dying to myself by kind of letting my own position go in many ways and releasing my kids to the world, believing we’ve done enough, and just praying.

4. I can’t really have a friendship where someone won’t be real and raw with me and that doesn’t mean I need them to tell them all their business, I just need the things we talk about, whether it be topics or whatever is going on, whatever we’re going to be talking about. I need you to be completely real with me about it.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What advice do you have with helping our kids deal with acne? (49:15)

2. How should we handle our own inner critic? (54:40How can I make sure my professional email communication is both professional and effective?

3. How can I make sure my professional email communication is both professional and effective?

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Lisa Whittle

2. Too Faced Better Than Mascara

3. Desk Exercise Bike

4. Married at First Sight

5. The Ordinary Glycolic Acid

6. Yesterday

7. Housefires I’ll Give Thanks

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/lisawhittle2

Melanie Dale on making new friends as an adult, staying authentic, and living an intentionally interesting life. Jul 15, 2019

I’m with the wild and hilarious Melanie Dale who coaches us through the terrifying process of making new friends. We'll talk about how to effectively put ourselves out there no matter our personality type, the importance of staying authentic, and how to round the "bases" of friendship.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to bravely make female friends

2. Advice for introverts and extroverts when approaching new friendships

3. The horrifying and hilarious fail that Melanie experienced when she tried to host the perfect girlfriend gathering in her home

Favorite quotes:

1. There are two different kinds of people. There are people who are naturally gifted at initiating and there are people who that’s not really their thing. I think if you are an initiator that’s a superpower that not everyone has and you need to realize that.

2. I think we affirm people. We’re developing a sense of trust. You can share your real beliefs and your real feelings and the way that you do life and the way you’re raising kids. You can share that with me and I’m not going to be judgy about it. I’m going to listen and I’m gonna be interested more about you even if we arrive at different conclusions.

3. Don’t bother putting on airs because your kids or pets will out you s the faker you are.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How can I become a more bold and courageous woman? (45:44)

2. What do I do if I think God is telling me one thing but no one in my life supports it? (56:50)

3. I’m multi-passionate in my pursuits, can I launch my brand and focus on multiple things at once? (1:01:44)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Unexpected.org

2. Lighten Up With Melanie Dale Podcast

3. Aerosmith

4. Dead to Me

5. Big Little Lies

6. North Point- Sheryl Sandberg Interview

7. Toy Story 4

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/melaniedale

Kat Armstrong on living strong, women in the Church, and fulfilling our purpose Jul 07, 2019

I’m with the bold and brilliant Kat Armstrong and she tackles the role of women in the church and how we can break away from unbiblical expectations and tradition. She shares amazing insight from Scripture and women in history to inspire us to lead strong, stop hiding, and fulfill our purpose.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why most Christian women downplay their strengths

2. The inspiring role of women in Scripture

3. How the Church can heal and lead out in women's issues

Favorite quotes:

1. We need both genders working together in partnership to show the watching world what it means to love God when we’re all in for Jesus.

2. We ask about women, “Is she going to be submissive?” When really the question should be “Is any Christ follower submitting to the Holy Spirit?”

3. Submission, I think, has really become the capstone ‘this is what a godly woman is like’ and I think we really have gotten away from the fact that the fruit of the spirit should be the hallmark characteristic of any Christ follower whether they are a man or woman.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is something small that I can do every day to enjoy life more? (47:56)

2. How can we keep our boys ages 2 and 4 engaged in church? (51:27)

3. What simple business truth do people not understand? (54:13)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Kat Armstrong , Polished

2. Fav 4 Curls

3. Hillsong

4. Great British Baking Show

5. Larq Water Bottles

6. Men In Black: International

7. Hallelujah Here Below

8. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/katarmstrong

Family health, happiness, and embracing our emotions with Christi Straub Jul 01, 2019

I’m with the delightful Christi Straub. Christi is a licensed family and marriage counselor. Christi shares about the challenges she sees most families facing today. She also talks about why owning and naming emotions is so crucial, both for parents and children.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Breaking the busy cycles in family life

2. The most important thing our children need from us

3. Why emotional safety is a vital part of your family's health

Favorite quotes:

1. I think once we start to really see ourselves as just a human, or our spouses as human, and our kids as humans, we start to recognize our individual strengths and weaknesses and we’re not trying so hard to create little super beings that they’re not going to be. There’s a whole lot of rest and peace and purpose that comes from that!

2. A feeling is just a feeling, it’s not in charge of you.

3. We have to first name and recognize what we’re feeling in order to gain control of it so it doesn’t get to control us.

4. Are we creating an environment that is emotionally safe? Meaning that emotions are talked about and that starts with us. Are we modeling emotions?

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How can I get my kids to do chores? They’re 6 and 8. (47:54)

2. What is your take on the law of attraction? (51:46)

3. How do I know if I’m ready for a business coach? (56:51)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Christi Straub

2. What Am I Feeling

3. Hunter Brothers- Lost

4. Kids Baking Championship

5. Isagenix

6. Godzilla:King of the Monsters

7. Dark Phoenix

8. Red Rocks Worship: Nobody Like You

9. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

10. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/christistraub

Jo Saxton on overcoming imposter syndrome, self-sabotage, and getting out of our own way Jun 24, 2019

I'm calling this "The Summer Of My Favorite Women" so it's only appropriate that I'm joined again by the marvelous Jo Saxton.

Today, Jo shares some tips for women who tend to self-sabotage and what to do when imposter syndrome strikes. She also shares about what she's currently dreaming to accomplish and why.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why women tend to shrink back from leadership.

2. How to get out of your own way

3. How to surround yourself with the right people

Favorite quotes:

1. Just because it’s your vision, doesn’t mean other people have the eyes to see it and they don’t have to.

2. Virtual access is still better than no access at all and it can be the start of a different kind of mentoring, a different kind of illustration for how you can step into what you are called to do.

3. Some of our dreams and visions are ahead of the technology we have at the time.

4. One of the biggest life givers or life killers of your dreams, ideas, business -- the people you surround yourself with.

5. We are all people of influence and we don’t need to be afraid of it because leadership doesn’t automatically mean a certain personality type.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Could you give me just one tip that will make me a better communicator? (43:16)

2. What’s the difference between religion and a relationship with Jesus? (43:44)

3. How do you know how much to charge for your services? (49:20)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Jo Saxton , Jo’s Instagram

2. Beyonce Before I Let Go

3. Wine Country

4. Padded Bike Shorts

5. Gainful Growth

6. Aladdin Soundtrack

7. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

8. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/josaxton2

Alexa Schirm on health, natural beauty, and balancing hormones. Jun 17, 2019

Today we are joined by nutritionist and cleaning living enthusiast Alexa Schirm. I wanted her back to the show as a repeat guest to get practical tips on how to make small changes in our beauty and health routines that add up for big benefits.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How our beauty routine can help or hurt our overall wellness.

2. Understanding our hormones and why they are so important.

3. How certain anti-aging products can actually have a reverse effect.

Favorite quotes:

1. If you really want to come and work with your body and get healthy and lose weight possible, one great place to start is our hormones and the reason is because that's what is communicating with our entire body.

2. What have we learned in the past by giving up a whole entire macronutrient? That we always end up sicker on the other side. Carbohydrates are an essential part of hormone function.

3. Fruit was a gift from God, I just can’t say that is safe to give up.

4. Naturally speaking in some cases it is better for women to be a little bit on the heavier side then underweight, fertility speaking. And so it is hard for women to lose weight, it’s not something that our bodies naturally wants to do and do it well.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do I overcome a victim mentality? (46:13)

2. Do I have to go to church to be a Christian? (53:25)

3. How long should I work for free in hopes that it will pay off in the long run? (57:16)

Links to great things we discussed: 1. Simple Roots 2. Juice Beauty Foundation 3.e.l.f mascara 4. Vital Proteins Collagen 5. Kacey Musgraves - Rainbow 6. Brooklyn Nine-Nine 7. Hannah Brencher- Come Matter Here 8. Aladdin 9. Will Reagan- Nothing I Hold On To 10. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00 11. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/alexaschirm

Ruth Soukup on surviving, thriving, and why we need to do it scared Jun 10, 2019

In this episode, we are joined by business powerhouse Ruth Soukup. Ruth shares her incredible journey of overcoming depression, suicide attempts, and self-harm to becoming a healthy mom and wife and successful entrepreneur. Ruth also shares why her motto "Do it Scared" is so important for her both in life and business.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why you should bravely take action in your life and business, even if you're terrified

2. How to recognize your unique brand of fear

3. How to break through debilitating cycles and find courage

Favorite quotes:

1. Stop chasing the numbers that you think mean you’re popular and start chasing the numbers that are actually going to make a difference in your business.

2. So often people think that “well I need more page views or I need more likes on Instagram or I need more followers in order to make more money,” and that’s absolutely not true. If you’re not leveraging the audience you have, you’re never going to be leveraging the audience you wish you had.

3. It is because of those hard times, not despite them, that I’m now able to have the business that I have.

4. There was never one moment when it magically all turned around. I think so often in life we expect there to be this magical moment, you know this huge turning point of saying “oh from now on my life is going to be different.” It didn’t work that way for me.

5. No matter how badly you up your life, you can always turn it around.

6. Fear impacts us, whether we call it fear or anxiety or we call it this apprehension about moving forward.

7. Once you can start to identify that fear and start to see those patterns in your life, that’s when you can start to do something about it.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What do I need to do to make my skin look great as I near my 40s? (48:26)

2. What should I do if I don’t agree with all of my church’s teachings? (54:50)

3. How do I know what to invest in with my business? (58:56)

Links to great things we discussed

1. Do It Scared

2. The Greatest Showman Soundtrack

3. The Good Place

4. The Alter Ego Effect

5. Lash Next Door Mascara

6. Pokemon Detective Pikachu

7. To The One

8. Bye Bye Foundation

9. Huffington Post Article on Sun Damage

10. FABFITFUN Use code ALLI to save $10.00

11. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/ruthsoukup

Louie Giglio on stepping out in faith, risking it all, and the power of perseverance Jun 03, 2019

In this episode, we are joined by the incredible Louie Giglio, founder of SixSteps Records, Passion Conference, and Passion City Church. Louie shares the inspiring story behind starting Passion and leading the reawakening for college students around the world.

Louie also shares the heart behind his new book Not Forsaken and how the fatherless generation can find the acceptance and blessing they've been missing. He speaks openly about stepping out in faith, risking it all, and the power of perseverance.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How one of the hardest seasons of his life brought about Passion

2. Why the Chick-fil-a logo brought him to tears at a speaking event

3. Why he wrote his latest book for the "fatherless generation"

Favorite quotes:

1. God is not just a bigger version of our earthly father, He’s the perfect version of our earthly father.

2. Nothing in life is easy that’s worth it.

3. When we come to see ourselves as loved sons and loved daughters of a perfect father living in that blessing it truly frees us to grow up and become everything God is dreaming that we can be.

4. This is a radical time for God to step and begin to rewrite the story of our identities and by that bring us to life to fully live in the potential that God has for our lives.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I have a busy life, I want to make room for self-development. How should I get started? (42:01)

2. Do I have to get baptized to be saved? (46:45)

3. What is the best way to connect with people I can learn from so I can pick their brain? (48:53)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Louie Giglio

2. Not Forsaken

3. London Philharmonic Orchestra

4. Free Solo

5. The Boy Crisis

6. Olive Oil

7. Clinique High Impact Mascara

8. Coaching Intensive

9. Blissdom Conference

10. Fab Fit Fun use code ALLI for $10 off

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review!

xo,

Alli

www.alliworthington.com/podcast/louiegiglio

(Bonus Episode!) Summer Movie Preview with Candace Payne May 28, 2019

It's the 2019 Summer movie season! Candace Payne (AKA Chewbacca Mom) my movie-loving friend, joins me and we take you through the biggest movies of the Summer.

What movies will be good, what movies look like garbage? What movies should you take the kids to? What movie should you see with your girlfriend? What will be the worst movie of the Summer? And what movie did Candace sneak Chipotle into?

Michael Hyatt on thriving in leadership, secrets to successful entrepreneurship, and the power of delegation May 27, 2019

In this episode, we are joined by productivity guru and business giant Michael Hyatt. Michael shares the counterintuitive secret behind why his company grew by 65% last year. He also shares why a work/life balance is vital to great work and how can practically implement guard rails to protect our time.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why working less could actually help your business grow more.

2. How to eliminate distractions and focus on what really matters to your growth.

3. How to use the ingredients of play, rest, and delegating to thrive as an entrepreneur.

Favorite quotes:

1. Constraints are not the enemy but our friend.

2. I want to win at work and succeed at life and I think both those things are possible.

3. Focus is a superpower. Especially in a day and age where the average person is so distracted, we really have an opportunity to stand out if we can regain our focus and do the task that drives the results.

4. Our time is fixed. It’s a zero-sum game. When I say yes to one thing, I’m going to implicitly say no to something else. I gotta understand the tradeoff and there is a tradeoff so what am I willing to trade.

5. When you’re not rested you’re not focused, you’re not productive. You’re easily distracted.

6. Productivity is more about managing your energy than managing your time.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is a simple parenting tip that will help my family be happier? (42:31)

2. Do we have to tithe? (45:31)

3. I hate networking! Do I have to invest time with people to really be successful? (51:05)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Michael Hyatt

2. Free to Focus

3. Writing Playlist

4. This Is Us

5. Digital Minimalism

6. LeaderBooks

7. Sling Shoulder Bag

8. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

9. Hillsong United Whole Heart

10. Alli Worthington Internship Program application

11. Fab Fit Fun- Use promo code ALLI

12. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review!

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/michaelhyatt

Carlos Whittaker on killing the spiders, living a life of trust, and being the world’s best on Instastories May 20, 2019

I’m with the amazing Carlos Whittaker to talk about his dramatic career shift from leading worship to becoming a best-selling author and speaker.

We'll also discuss what it means to kill the proverbial spiders in our lives and how we can truly pursue a life of freedom and abundance. You are going to love this one!

In this episode we discuss:

1. His dramatic career change

2. How he landed his first speaking gig at the White House

3. How to really change our behavior and our lives

4. How to kill the proverbial spiders in our life

Favorite quotes:

1. I felt like God was telling me it was time to stop leading worship and singing and start writing a book. And, for me because I did all the work ahead of time with my blog—I had spent years building a tribe of people that were used to reading what I had to say, that wasn’t going to be a hard transition for them. But, for me, it was scary. How in the world was I going to do the speaking and the writing thing?

2. I feel like a lot of worship leaders come up to me and say, “I think I want to do something else.” I always say, “Awesome. How have you been building into what that next thing is? That is what you are going to need to do right now and it’s going to take a little time.”

3. My father said to me, “Carlos, I’ve watched you your entire life clean the cobwebs of sin. You can no longer clean the cobwebs. You must kill the spider, the root of your behavior.”

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I saw you taught on “mom guilt” for Mother’s Day. Can I watch the sermon anywhere and can you share some wisdom from it? (47:33)

2. What version of the Bible do you use? My church uses NIV and NLT and my Bible Study uses ESV. I want to make sure that I’m using the right versions and I trust your opinion. (55:40)

3. Did you have a mentor who taught you how to communicate professionally from the stage and on your show? (57:15)

Links to great things we discussed: 1. Kill the Spider 2. Moment Maker 3. 21 Day Detox- Dr. Caroline Leaf 4. The OA on Netflix 5. Walking With God by John Eldridge 6. The Samsung Frame 7. Prime Time Primer from Bare Minerals 8. Blissdom 9. FABFITFUN- use promo code ALLI 10. Mother’s Day Message (I start about 33 minutes in!)

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/carloswhittaker

Jordan Lee Dooley on overcoming the pressure to prove, boundaries, and fighting for health May 13, 2019

On this episode, we are joined by the young and wise Jordan Lee Dooley. Jordan shares the amazing backstory of how she started her online business and turned a college hobby into a thriving business. She also shares her raw and real story of dealing with body issues and her journey to complete freedom.

In this episode we discuss:

1. How she turned her side hobby into a thriving business

2. How we can overcome an unhealthy “pressure to prove”

3. Setting boundaries around our goals

4. Her struggle and victory in finding a healthy body image

Favorite quotes:

1. I’ve found a lot of times the reasons we don’t do things or step into new things or start small is really a mindset problem and not a skill-set problem.

2. What we take from social media—what we choose to do with it is actually up to us. And what we choose to internalize is up to us. There is a lot of external pressures, but it is our responsibility as to how we handle those.

3. When you are so focused on what you are missing out on, you are missing out on where you are, what you can actually do, and the power you have.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your favorite beauty splurge this month? I know how you love your makeup. (33:33)

2. My son is in pre-school. We can’t decide whether we should send him to public school, Christian private school, or homeschool. What is your advice for us as Christian parents? (35:55)

3. Would you rather hire a nice fool or a reliable jerk? (39:10)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Hold My Girl by George Ezra

2. Cody Johnson (musician)

3. Good To Great Jim Collins

4. Bosch on Amazon Prime

5. Primally Pure Deodorant

6. Dry Shampoo from Moroccan Oil

7. Own Your Everyday (Use this link on the blog, but make a normal link for email. It’s an affiliate)

8. Avenger’s Endgame

9. Blissdom Conference

10. Fab Fit Fun use code ALLI

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jordanleedooley

Audrey Roloff on finding your lane, balancing work and life, and love May 06, 2019

On this episode, we are joined by the lovely Audrey Roloff to talk about her new book co-written with her husband Jeremy called A Love Letter Life.

Audrey and I chat about life as a reality TV star, how to stay creative and flexible as an online entrepreneur, and how to discern the right season for our callings.

She also shares advice for young couples and how she and her husband learned to approach conflict in a healthy way.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Transitioning from Reality TV to entrepreneur.

2. Finding your lane in the season you are in.

3. Balancing work and family life.

Favorite quotes:
1. At the end of my life, I don’t want to be known for doing 10 things just kind of okay. I want to be known for doing one thing really really well and leaving a legacy in it.

2. Our gifting doesn’t outpace our maturity.

3. We may be gifted in something but God still has some maturing to do in that area, or it just may not be the right time and we need to be patient. And even though we may be qualified on paper to do something or have the skills to do something, doesn’t necessarily mean that we should.

4. So many people spend all this time preparing for and planning an epic wedding but then they don’t prepare or plan for an epic marriage. The wedding day is just a day but your marriage is forever.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I want to learn more about body language, what can you teach me? (42:33)

2. What do you do when your spouse is saying no to what you think God is calling you to do? Would God give me a dream and not put my husband on the same page? (48:49)

3. I feel uncomfortable building a platform for myself but I keep hearing that I have to have one. Help! (54:47)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Audrey Roloff

2. A Love Letter Life

3. Phil Wickham- Song of my Soul

4. Sheldon Vanauken- A Severe Mercy

5. Black + Decker hand vacuum

6. FabFitFun, Use code ALLI for $10 off

7. The Crown

8. Kristene Dimarco- Take Courage

9. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

PS- If you want to checkout FabFitFun don’t forget to use code ALLI for $10 off! It makes an amazing Mother’s Day gift!

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/audreyroloff

Michelle Myers on success, purpose, and grace. Apr 29, 2019

I’m with the brilliant Michelle Myers today. She is the founder and CEO of She Works His Way. Michelle talks about the problems she saw that inspired her to start her company, gives tools to help women boldly pursue their calling, and helps us examine our metrics for success. Michelle also shares about her experience in direct sales and gives some insight into how to stand apart in a saturated online market.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Being good stewards of God’s grace.

2. The truth of mom guilt.

3. Why convenience can’t outweigh community.

Favorite quotes:

1. Our businesses were never meant to satisfy us because God loves us too much so he will never allow us to be satisfied with something other than Him. That dissatisfaction is always going to grow as we pursue something other than Him.

2. Am I pursuing success for myself or am I pursuing a purpose that God has put inside of me to do?

3. God has purposely given you life experiences and gifts, talents, and abilities for the purpose of bringing Him glory and serving others.

4. We are being poor stewards of his grace when we lock up the gifts, talents, and abilities he has given us.

5. Guilt is this feeling that weighs you down but it’s a feeling, it’s not necessarily true. Conviction is with a goal of correction from the Holy Spirit. Anytime we feel guilty, we have to ask ourselves is this guilt or is it conviction?

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What’s a quick happiness tip that I can use every day? (38:42)

2. Does God still do miracles? (41:45)

3. I know you love online calendars and your remind app, but give me another tip on managing my time. (44:22)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Michelle Myers

2. She Works HIS Way, Instagram

3. Carrollton- Shelter

4. 24

5. Francis Chan- Letters to the Church

6. Missio Hair

7. Women in Leadership Coaching Intensive

8. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/michellemyers

Mandy Arioto on learning to have more fun, making the audacious asks, and loving the stage you are in Apr 22, 2019

I’m with the wonderful Mandy Arioto, the CEO of MOPS International. Mandy shares about her latest book Have More Fun and the journey that took her from an achievement driven life to a life of richness and enjoyment. Mandy also shares why she painted a soldier pink and why we should muster up one audacious "ask" a week.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why we all need to learn to have more fun

2. The difference between fake fun and real fun

3. A key to learning to have more fun as a mom

Favorite quotes:

1. Isn’t that kinda how our lives work? It’s like taking that next step, saying yes and having no clue where that will take us but it will always turn out in remarkable ways.

2. What I recognize over the course of choosing to have more fun is that one of the most important things I can do as a parent is to enjoy my kids and to really embrace all the nuances in any given season they are in.

3. A really essential part of me being a more fun mom was loving whatever stage we were in.

4. When we’re not afraid to ask, door open for us that never would have before.

5. I think it’s really important to differentiate between fake fun and real fun because real fun restores our body, rejuvenates our soul and fake fun really depletes our reserves.

6. We really need to differentiate for ourselves and determine what do we enjoy.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I have terrible social anxiety. Can you help me feel more confident around others? (38:49)

2. If someone wanted to start reading the bible for personal growth, where would you have them start? (46:00)

3. How do I balance the work I need to do now with my creative dreams for future projects? (48:28)

Links to great things we discussed

1. Mandy Arioto

2. Have More Fun

3. Pink- Walk Me Home

4. Younger

5. Chris Voss- Never Split The Difference

6. Free Fierce Faith video study

7. Personal Growth Reading Plan

8. Shazam!

9. Blissdom Conference blissdomconference.com

10.Fierce Faith playlist.

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/mandyarioto

Melissa Radke on purpose, family, career, and hilarity Apr 15, 2019

I’m with the hysterical Melissa Radke today and she shares her powerful story from depression to freedom and tragedy to purpose. She also shares how God used her unfulfilled career ambitions to give her a platform that offers hope to millions. We also cover important topics like glitter, murder, and bra sizes. This is definitely one of the funniest episodes yet and Melissa will leave you in stitches.

In this episode we discuss:

1. Her story of overcoming depression

2. How tragedy can turn to purpose

3. How God uses our unfulfilled career ambition

Favorite quotes:

1. I decided that if I was going to live, I was going to figure out why and what I had been put on this earth to do and who I was because there had to be more than this. There just had to be. Surely I wasn’t a wasted life. Surely he didn’t create me to put me on earth so I can have heartbreak and die. Surely there was more. I started to search. I started to search who I was and what I was meant to do and that changed my life forever.

2. My purpose isn’t to be popular. My purpose is to be influential. I wanna be a person of influence and I wanna help people find who they are.

3. Anytime we say ‘Here I am Lord, send me,’ in whatever way that looks, he freaking takes us up on it so be careful.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Should I let my son play with toy guns? My husband says yes, I’m not so sure. (1:05:23)

2. Is it wrong for Christians to watch rated R movies? (1:08:10)

3. What’s a favorite social media tip you like to give your business clients? (1:11:14)

Links to great things we discussed:

Melissa’s course is now closed to the public but she is leaving it open just for us this week! Go to www.melissaradke.com/alli to check it out!!

1. Melissa Radke , Facebook , Instagram

2. Eat Cake. Be Brave

3. The Belonging Co - You’re Not Finished Yet

4. The Backstreet Boys - Shape of My Heart

5. Brooklyn Nine-Nine

6. The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

7. The Comfy

8. Dumbo

9. Jeremy Riddle - It Is Well

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/melissaradke

Scott Sauls on calling, irresistible faith, and building grace-filled communities Apr 08, 2019

In this episode, senior pastor of Christ Presbyterian in Nashville, TN, Scott Sauls shares about his latest book Irresistible Faith. Scott shares how intimacy with Christ allows us to imitate Christ and gives insights into life-giving and grace-filled communities. He also shares how our faith can be a natural part of our relationships and conversations.
In this episode we discuss:
1. The significance of our calling
2. How to live out our irresistible faith
3. The importance of our local church
Favorite quotes:
1. Anyone and everyone can get in on the mission of God.
2. Being a life-giving representation or aroma of Christ in the world is about seizing the moments we’ve been given and the opportunity we’ve been given, the influence we’ve been given whether it’s with 10,000 people or 10 people or one.
3. Anyone who is restoring a broken person, broken place, a broken thing in any capacity is doing the work of God just as much as a pastor is doing the work of God.
4. I think we can be encouraged that God isn’t calling us to be awesome. We don’t have to get all of our act together before we can make a difference in the world.
5. Our primary call is to be loved and forgiven. And from there to go out and serve as best we can, but to realize that when we fall on our face we been given the grace to get back up and start walking again.
6. Do everything you can to get close to Christ to know him personally because that’s where your fuel, that’s where your energy, that’s where your power is going to come from to make a difference.
7. Here’s the thing about the local church, it enables you to participate in things you can’t imagine doing on your own.
In this episode I answer these questions:
1. How can I motivate myself to make changes in my life? (36:33)
2. Did God create evil if he created everything? (44:14)
3. How do you keep your email from getting overwhelming? (45:49)
Links to great things we discussed:
1. Scott Sauls
2. Irresistible Faith
3. Andrew Petterson- Is He Worthy?
4. Educated by Tara Westover
5. John Newton
6. Palomino Blackwing Pencils
7. A Few Good Men
8. UPPERROOM Surrounded
9. Gmail Tips
Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)
xo,
Alli

Emily P. Freeman on writing, creativity, and doing the next right thing Apr 01, 2019

I’m with the always wonderful Emily P. Freeman talking about how to do the next right thing, writing, and why we need to wear better pants.

In this episode, Emily shares a fresh perspective on hard decision making and the underlying hope and power that can be found in the process. She also shares her extensive experience as a writer and entrepreneur and what her creative process looks like when she’s exploring a new book idea.

In this episode we discuss:

1. What it means to be a “soul minimalist” and how to make space for things that really matter...and how to let go

2. How our own inner critic can hold us back and why we should refuse to give our critic words

3. Writers are Entrepreneurs. Emily discusses writing for yourself verses writing for readers…and why all authors need to think like entrepreneurs.

Favorite quotes:

1. Frustration is actually a fantastic catalyst for creativity.

2. Do we need more books in the world? Do we need more great speakers? I don’t know, maybe. But I think what we need more than that is people that have come alive. So, if writing that book makes you come alive, than we absolutely need it in the world because that is what we are missing. You.

3. I think we live life so much with some of those narratives that happen beneath the surface and we don’t take the time to recognize where they are coming from or whether or not they’re true.

4. The only voice the critic has in our life right now is our own voice, whether that’s the critic that lives in our head that came as a result of our imagination, or if its a critical voice from our childhood or an actual human person in the world but the only power they have now is the power that we give them. But what if we didn’t give them words? How would it change our decision making?

5. Sometimes you have this vivid imagination of what you know the art can be and the fear is what if I can’t get to it. If I can’t find the pathway to get to the story I know this wants to be and that’s where really faith comes in, trusting the process, knowing you are going to have to go through the dark underbelly of the mess to get there.

6. Our bodies have something to tell us and our emotions have something to tell us and if we don’t let them speak, they will speak out of turn.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. With your specialized diet, how do you handle family meals? (43:08)

2. What are your favorite Christian podcasts? (45:33)

3. Is Blissdom just for business women? I’m an aspiring author and speaker, would it be right for me? (47:56)

Links to great things we discussed

1. Emily Freeman

2. The Next Right Thing

3. The Wailin’ Jennys- Old Churchyard

4. Survivor

5. Anne of Green Gables

6. Blissdom Conference

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/emilyfreeman

Kyle Idleman on courage, confidence, and not giving up. Mar 25, 2019

I’m with Kyle Idlemann discussing the secret to courage, how to live confidently, and why making the decision to not give up is so crucial for us all.

I’m also answering your questions about how I handle family struggles and personal information in my books, moral failure in leadership (yikes), and if you really need systems in your business.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The need for courage 2. The confidence we can have in the midst of trials 3. What weighs us down and how to get through it 4. How to overcome the lies that cause us to quit

Favorite quotes:

1. There’s a difference between putting your arm around somebody and saying to them “I’m so sorry for what you are going through,” and saying to somebody “Get back out there, this is not the time to give up. This isn’t the time to quit.”

2. We want comfort but what we really need is courage.

3. Faith is this idea of sticking with the puzzle even when we don’t understand why the pieces come together.

4. As a follower of Jesus, I know who does have what it takes. I know who my confidence can be in. Instead of focusing on what I don’t have, we focus on what He offers.

5. Perseverance leads to happiness.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you deal with writing about family issues and struggles in your books? (39:16)

2. If a Christian commits a sexual sin, is this forgivable? If so, why are ministers who have moral failure asked to step down? (46:12)

3. I’m a creative entrepreneur and I hate systems. So far it hasn’t hurt my growth. Do I have to build systems or can I stay successful without them? (53:15)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Blissdom Conference 2. Kyle Idleman 3. Jimmy Needham: Clear the Stage 4. Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee

5. Bo’s Cafe

6. AirPods 7. Basecamp 2 8. Calendly 9. Freshbooks or Quickbooks

10. Captain Marvel

11. Bethel- Goodness of God

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

Whitney Capps on raising sons, transformation, and true power Mar 18, 2019

I’m with the lovely Whitney Capps today talking about raising sons, true transformation, and what it feels like to be sick of me
In this episode we discuss:
1. The joys of being a boy mom
2. How to avoid the transparency trap
3. Why women have a tough time celebrating their own accomplishments
Favorite quotes:
1. We know the things to do but we don’t always know how to be the person that we’re supposed to be. I can look really busy but it’s masking the fact the I am not listening and letting the Holy Spirit work inside of me.
2. I think it’s a really subtle lie that the enemy can kind of feed us where if we confess to one another, kind of the work is done, we’re off the hook, you know who I am. But it really cuts the legs out from under the gospel which isn’t just about transparency, it’s really about transformation.
3. One of the reasons we haven’t been growing in Christlikeness is because we resist the very circumstances that he often uses to change us.
4. Sometimes we get focused on the things that God is having us do when the things are really a metaphor for what he is doing internally.
5. Transparency can’t be just talking about the bad and what’s broken. It also has to be giving God glory for what the gospel does in our life.

In this episode I answer these questions:
1. What would you say to your younger engaged self about wedding and marriage preparation? (35:54)
2. Do our pets go to heaven? (43:11)
3. What’s the best business advice anyone ever gave you? (46:01)
Links to great things we discussed:
1. Whitney Capps
2. Sick of Me: From Transparency to Transformation
3. Hamilton Soundtrack
4. Victoria
5. Tony Reinke- 12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You
6. Zum Mist
7. Free Solo
8. Bethel- Victory Is Yours
9. Blissdom Conference
Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)
And a big thank you to Adrienne and Lindsay for the wonderful help with show notes!
xo,
Alli
http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/whitneycapps

Christie Purifoy on placemaking, beauty, and the art of tending our lives Mar 11, 2019

I’m with the delightful Christie Purifoy talking about the art of tending our lives. Because God is a placemaker placing us in our lives, and he calls us to tend where we are. This is such a fun conversation and helped me see my own life with new eyes. In this episode we discuss:

1. Our call to place making where we are planted 2. Seeing creation with new eyes 3. The art of tending in our lives

Favorite quotes:

1. When we guard our hearts too much, we also miss out on too much. We only have one life and the years are ticking by and so wherever we are, I think there's something there for us that is worth loving.

2. It’s not just about shaping the places where we live and loving the place we live. It’s also about recognizing all the places shapes us and the ways those places nourish us.

3. I really think that our God is a placemaker God. He not only created this world for us but he carved out special places in it like the garden of Eden or the promise land.

4. When we’re tending our special places, we are living out our role as image bearer really of this placemaking God.

5. The things that we most fear are really not worth fearing because God will be there and it won’t be as bad as we think like his comfort will be that real.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I recently parted ways with my best friend of 10 years. How do I grieve someone well who isn’t actually dead? (29:41)

2. If a Christian commits suicide will they still go to heaven? (33:14)

3. How can I find and connect with a literary agent for a long-term relationship? (34:43)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Christie Purify; Placemaker: Cultivating Places of Comfort, Beauty, and Peace

2. Son of laughter- The Meal We Could Not Make

3. Diane Setterfield- Once Upon A River

4. Moty Don’s French Gardens

5. Harney & Sons Paris Tea

6. Unbroken (2014) ; Unbroken the book 7. Blissdom Conference

8. Free Coaching Application

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/christiepurifoy

Allie Casazza on thriving in parenting, business, and living life on her own terms Mar 04, 2019

I’m with the wonderful Allie Casazza today and we have such a great show for you! We talk about parenting, motherhood, overcoming depression, and starting our businesses from scratch. Allie is joining us at Blissdom this year teaching a workshop on how to build your brand and your business with a podcast and I’m so excited for you to hear from her today!

In this episode we discuss:

1. Minimalism for real people

2. Thriving in Motherhood

3. Starting a successful business with a Google search bar

Favorite quotes:

1. I began to really struggle with being a mom and being a woman with not working because I felt guilty. And honestly I felt kind of shamed in my community of Christians that I was surrounded by, and traditional gender roles so I kind of stuffed it down.

2. Minimalism needs to be relative for who you are and what you love.

3. I remember struggling from a really young age, maybe even before jr high, with the desire that I had to create and do something.

4. I hit my limit and I just said I’m done and I’m gonna follow this thing that I feel building in me and I really felt like it's from the Lord and I’m gonna go for it.

5. I don’t buy the whole “Good Christians are broke.” game.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you work from home and stay productive? (39:38)

2. Did Jesus have siblings? (45:06)

3. What’s been the most difficult part of starting a podcast and are you glad you did it? (46:05)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Allie Casazza , The Purpose Show
2. Sia- Unstoppable
3. The Office
4. Mike Michalowicz-Profit First
5. Donald Miller- Blue Like Jazz; A Million Miles in a Thousand Years
6. Rocky IV
7. Creed 2
8. Passion- Build My Life
9. Blissdom.com

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

PS- Apply now for a FREE coaching call with me here!

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/alliecasazza

Bianca Olthoff on struggle, rising strong, and the power of taking care of ourselves Feb 25, 2019

I’m with Bianca Olthoff on struggle, rising strong, and the power of taking care of ourselves
In this episode we discuss:
1. How to move forward and find joy in a hard season of life.
2. The surprising effect stress has on our bodies.
3. How we can bring our best and God will fill in the gaps.
Favorite quotes:
1. I knew I was doing what God wanted me to do, I just didn’t know the cost.
2. Even in the moments when things are complete or whole, there will be trial and tribulation.
3. I have to give myself grace upon grace upon grace because that’s what God gives me.
4. It’s not until you loved through serious trauma that you realize really God is all you need because in this season God is all you have and still finding joy.
5. Unless you live it, you don’t know it, and I felt like God had to let me live through it to know it.
In this episode I answer these questions:
1. What products do you use on your hair? I’m always looking for products to keep the frizz away. (44:25)
2. Once we’re saved, do works really matter? (49:18)
3. What’s the #1 mistake people make when starting something new? (53:27)
Links to great things we discussed:
1. BiancaOlthoff.com
2. Blissdom 2019
3. Biana’s Listening To: Darris Sneed, Influence Church Bethel, Synesthesia
4. Bianca’s Watching: Chicago PD
5. Bianca’s Reading: Vixens of the Bible, Brene Brown - Dare to Lead, Michelle Obama - The Coming
6 Kora Organics Face Oil
7. The Father’s House
8. Gainful Growth
9. Lego Movie 2
10. Christy Nockles - In Every Way
11. Worship for Fierce Faith Playlist
12. Alli’s hair products
TIGI curl creme (I said Bedhead but it’s actually this one. Whoops!)
Devacurl Be Leave In
Frizzease mouse
Bedhead Shine hairspray
Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)
xo,
Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/biancaolthoff

Getting published, life as an author, and thoughts on marriage with Karen Ehman Feb 18, 2019

I’m with the lovely Karen Ehman today talking about all things writing, family, and marriage. Karen has written just shy of a million books and if you are someone who wants to get published someday- this episode is for you!

In this episode we discuss:

The inside scoop on the publishing world
Why we aren’t writing parenting books any time soon
How Social Media can harm our marriages

Favorite quotes:

I always like to tell people that are thinking about writing and dreaming about writing to not wait to get published. And I don’t mean go get self-published, I mean just write.
We’ve all got something we struggle with and something we’re good at and it’s different for everyone.
We’ve looked at other people as we’ve stared at our screens, as we tapped and scrolled, and we start to compare our reality in our marriage to the perception that’s given off by seeing social media posts.

In this episode I answer these questions:

How do you cope with the limitations of motherhood? (49:05)
Can you lose your salvation? (56:54)
What are the best groups for mature and experienced leaders and entrepreneurs? (1:00:16)

Links to great things we discussed:

Karen Ehman
Keep Showing Up: How to Stay Crazy in Love When Your Love Drives You Crazy
From Now On
The Greatest Showman
Loopy Case
Green Book
Elevation Worship- There is a Cloud
Episode #17 with Jenni Catron
Women in Leadership Coaching Program
BlissdomConference.com

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/karenehman

Personality tests, reading people, and the love of reading with Anne Bogel Feb 11, 2019

In this episode I answer these questions:
1. How do you protect your sons from pornography and have you talked to them about that? (37:14)
2. Is it normal to want to create something outside my everyday career? Can God call me to both fully? (47:17)
3. How do you go about starting a nonprofit? (50:22)

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/annebogel

xo,

Alli

Sheila Walsh on mental health, healing, and the courage to rise above Feb 04, 2019

I’m with the amazing Sheila Walsh with one of the most impactful shows we have ever done. We dive into mental health, healing, and rising above what the world throws at you. I think this is a show you will listen to and immediately send it to five friends. It’s that important! Grab a tissue, and a notepad, and get ready to have your life changed with this one!

In this episode we discuss:

1. The importance of taking care of our mental health

2. Why taking care of ourselves is so important for raising the next generation

3.The journey of dealing with buried pain and long-time struggles

Favorite quotes:

1. To love God when you don’t understand His ways is a greater miracle than an instantaneous healing.

2. Some of God’s most precious gifts comes in packages that make your hands bleed when you open them but inside there something you been longing for your whole life.

3. I think that we as the church have not done a great job in helping us struggling with mental illness sometimes it’s been purely out of ignorance that we don’t understand the process.

4. It’s totally to struggle. It doesn’t mean you love God less. It’s okay to be angry with God doesn’t mean you don’t trust Him. It means you think He’s big enough to handle it.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you handle differences with all your kids? (42:21)

2. How should I handle fasting as someone who has a tendency to have an eating disorder? (45:57)

3. What’s the best way to promote products without spamming people? (49:26)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Shelia Walsh ; Facebook ; Twitter ; Instagram

2. It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

3. Lauren Daigel: Still Rolling Stones

4. Curtis Zackery: Soul Rest-

5. Color Wow Dream Coat

6. Creed

7. Bethel: Raise a Hallelujah

8. Julia Sugarbaker at her finest

9. Blissdom

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/sheilawalsh

Lisa Leonard on living with brave love, building our dreams, family, business, and the gift of a special needs child. Jan 28, 2019

I’m with my curly haired sister, Lisa Leonard, founder of Lisa Leonard Designs, Blissdom alumni, and all around amazing woman. We are talking about parenting, marriage, business, writing your own manifesto, and living with Brave Love.

In this episode we discuss:

1. The real story of building her wildly successful business.

2. How she learned to love and take care of herself.

3. The secret to overcoming people pleasing.

Favorite quotes:

1. You don’t have to have it all figured out. Even if you fail, you’re gonna be loved.

2. There’s such a beauty and wholeness that comes with that willingness to really look at the hard stuff and be honest about it.

3. What does it look like to live in wholeness for me?

4. Brave love is this honest living. I’m gonna be honest about what I think and feel and you may not like it. It may hurt you. It might be messy, there might be conflict, but if we’re not being real with each other then we really don’t have any intimacy at all.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you recalibrate when you have gotten off course with your goals? (46:30)

2. Does the bible have a way that says how we should handle the death of a loved one? (51:04)

3. How do you hustle to grow your business without striving? (53:44)

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/lisaleonard

Margaret Feinberg on her great scriptural culinary adventure and traveling the world Jan 21, 2019

I’m with the delightful Margaret Feinberg who traveled all over the world on a great culinary exploration of scripture! She teaches that God is the ultimate foodie, and I already want to go travel the world on my own culinary adventure. Who’s with me?

In this episode we discuss:

1. Why God is the original Foodie.

2. Her latest big adventure around the world.

3. How God redeems food.

Favorite quotes:

1. (On dreams) I would love to encourage our friends if you have an idea it may not be something that you are going to do or act on for another 3 or 5 or 10 years, but when that day comes, it will be so much more beautiful and so much more richer because you waited.

2. I think for some of us, we forget that God has great, big adventures for us and some of them happen on the other side of the world in a different country, and some of them happen right in our own towns, and in our own communities with the people all around. And that’s the thing that I love about Taste and See, is that it’s this invitation not to go on this great big culinary food adventure but for you to take your own.

3. The unique giftings, the unique areas, the unique appearance, the unique backgrounds, those things that make you unique are what God wants to use, I believe, to help flavor and influence this world.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. Please share a funny memory you have with your husband. (36:30)

2. How can you grow a strong community early in your faith walk? (40:25)

3. Where can I find a mentor or accountability partner when starting a new online business? (42:00)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Margaret Feinberg

2. Taste and See

3. Sharper Objects

4. Atypical

5. The Sacred Slow

6. Women of Fierce Faith

7. Blissdom

8. Passion-Follow you anywhere

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/margaretfeinberg

Dave Barnes on family, music, and the creative process Jan 14, 2019

I’m with the hilarious Dave Barnes talking all things family, music, comedy, and, of course, the Enneagram. I’ve never laughed so much during a conversation. You are going to love this one!

In this episode we discuss:

The hilarious awkwardness of being a celebrity
Creativity and songwriting
Balancing multiple gifts well

Favorite quotes:

I love performing but my real joy is the creation. That’s where I really feel fulfilled. And I love being on stage, I’m not taking anything away from that. But nothing touches the creation process for me.

In this episode I answer these questions:

I know you are a business coach, but do you also coach people who are not entrepreneurs? (49:52)
Are we supposed to forgive people even if they are not sorry? How do I keep from getting hurt again? (52:29)
How do you handle the guilt that comes from being a working mom? (54:41)

Links to great things we discussed:

Dave Barnes , Spotify, Instagram, Twitter
Emily King- Remind me
Maggie Rogers- Give a Little
Jillian Jacqueline- If I Were You
Madam Secretary
Rosaina Butterfield- The Gospel Comes with a House Key
Pierce Brown- Red Rising Series
Andrew Petterson- On the Edge of the Dark Sea of Darkness (The Wingfeather Saga)
Krinner Tree Stand
Dave Barnes- Who Knew it Would be so Hard to be Myself
Into the Spider-verse

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/davebarnes

Discovering you with the Enneagram featuring Beth McCord Jan 07, 2019

I’m with Beth McCord, also known as Your Enneagram Coach, and we have such an amazing show for you today! You will want to have a way to take notes as you listen. This is a show that is so full of wisdom, insight, and encouragement from Beth!

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to honor how God designed you

2. How Christians can use the Enneagram for growth

3. The unique message your heart longs to hear

Favorite quotes:

1. Our main goal is to recognize that the Enneagram is just a tool, it’s the gospel that transforms.

2. The beauty of the enneagram is it’s a non-judgemental friend. It will tell you like it is.

3. The Enneagram is a great tool for transformation and change because it’s giving you insight that you never thought you could really have before.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What are your tips for parenting middle schoolers? (1:02:40)

2. I have horrible anxiety every time I try to study the Bible. Some say this is spiritual warfare. Do you know anything about that? (1:16:43)

3. Is it still true nowadays that writing a blog is a good first step towards getting a book published? (1:21:16)

Great things we discussed:

1. Your Enneagram Coach; on Instagram

2. Free assessment

3. Exploring You Course, Discovering You Course

4. Boundaries for the Soul

5. Sleeping At Last

6. A Shepherd's Look at Psalm 23

7. From Fear to Freedom

8. Mary Poppins Returns

9. Hillsong United- Good Grace

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review!

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/bethmccord

(Special Episode) Fierce Faith Chapter Four- Rejection Dec 31, 2018

Welcome to the second special episode sharing Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety.

Today I'm sharing Chapter Four on Rejection called "What if they don't like me?"

Hope you enjoy this New Year's gift. We'll be back next week with a new episode!

xo,

Alli

(Special Episode) Chapter One of Fierce Faith Dec 24, 2018

Merry Christmas! This week I'm giving you a special gift of the first chapter of my book, Fierce Faith: A Woman's Guide to Fighting Fear, Wrestling Worry, and Overcoming Anxiety.

So many of the questions I receive every week are about fear and anxiety. So this week and next week I'll be reading to you from Fierce Faith as a way to speak to so much of the anxiety we carry.

Hope you enjoy this special episode!

xo,

Alli

Nicole Unice on identity, strength, and healing Dec 17, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

1. The common struggles we all face as women.

2. How the enemy attacks our identity.

3. How to apply the Fruits of the Spirit to our own self-talk

Favorite quotes:

1. The enemy likes to call out and make us doubt God’s intentions for us. He wants to attack our identity.

2. God has called us worthy and he desires for us not to just live a life where we’re glorifying Him in our actions, but we’re glorifying Him because of what Jesus has done for us.

3. We all have a plate but all of our plates are different sizes. A full plate for me might be a different size plate for someone else.

4. The definition of depression is anger turned and inward.

5. Jesus Christ was primarily a healer, so if you think you do not need healing of some kind then you are missing out on one of the major attributes of Jesus.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is the most important lesson that you’ve learned about parenting? (41:40)

2. How do you make peace when God tells you no? (46:22)

3. How can I start to build an email list? (53:09)

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/nicoleunice

Francesca Battistelli on family, balance, and how to own it Dec 10, 2018

I’m with the Grammy-winning, Artist of the Year, and all around phenomenal Francesca Battistelli and she shares with us what it’s really like to be a mom of four little kids while balancing a big career. She is funny, down-to-earth, wonderful!

In this episode we discuss:

Balancing her life at home with four young kids and balancing that with touring and creating albums
The real behind-the-scenes of songwriting
The song I voted will be released next for radio play

Favorite quotes:

I’m in the thick of it with motherhood. I’m in the thick of it career wise and I can be frustrated about how stressful it is or I can just step up to the plate and ask the Lord to help me and get over myself.
That’s the Lord. He takes your plans and goes, “Yup, nope. We’re gonna alter that a little bit but nice try!”
Jesus paid the biggest price for you and you are literally worth the best and don’t settle for anything less in any part of your life.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. How do you handle Christmas with a big family without going crazy? (34:30)

2. What type of church do you go to? Do you prefer a certain denomination, if so why? (39:40)

3. What is Blissdom? (41:20)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/francescabattistelli

Andi Andrew on liberty, faith, and getting real Dec 03, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

1. How Andi and her family took a massive leap of faith

2. The possibility of misplaced worship

3. The story behind Fake or Follower

Favorite quotes:

1. We misplace our worship whether that’s of self or fame, or more modern culture, or our jobs, or relationships, or emotional highs and addiction above God and we start bowing down to these things and forget to surrender our lives to God and they take over.

2. I wanted to control everything. Control every circumstance and situation and feel safe and to go on an adventure. We say we wanted adventure. We said, "God, I surrender to you. Take me wherever, to do whatever you want." Then when he does, were like, "No not like that. I have this other way that you should do it."

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your best advice for raising siblings that actually like each other? (35:55)

2. What do you do when you feel overwhelmed by what God has asked me to do? (43:13)

3. How can I get comfortable with the concept that I need to build my platform for myself and my business? (46:09)

Links to great things we discussed

1. Andi Andrew
2. Fake or Follow
3. Defender by Upperroom
4. Madam Secretary
5. The Next Evangelicalism
6. Savor Beauty
7. Fantastic Beasts
8. Praise Before My Breakthrough by Brian & Katie Torwalt
9. The Year Of Living Happy

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/andiandrew

Ruth Schwenk on family, anger, and what not to say to God Nov 26, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

The common struggles of all moms.
The truth about mom anger.
What not to say to God.

Listen now:

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Click here to listen on Spotify.

Favorite quotes:

1. I think it’s okay when we can come to the place where we are saying, “You know what, I am really struggling with this.” That’s how we move forward and grow and learn and change.

2. If you are struggling with anger it's okay, there is a way out, there's a way to grow through this.
3. He calls the Unqualified. He can use us to the best of our ability in those spots where we feel the weakest.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. You seem so organized, how do you keep up with everything you do? What's your secret? (35:17)

2. How can I encourage my husband in his spiritual maturity without pushing? (41:23)

3. How do you force yourself to do the boring stuff in business? (44:13)

Links to great things we discussed:

1.The Better Mom

2. The Better Mom Devotional
3. Mack Brock “Christ is Risen”
4. When Calls the Heart
5. Open to The Spirit
6. Forgotten God
7. DERMA E Rejuvenating Sage & Lavender Face Oil
8. The Power of a Praying Wife
9. The Grinch
10. Crowder “Crushing Snakes”

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/ruthschwenk

Johnny Baker on Celebrate Recovery, living an abundant life, recovery, and the power of getting healthy Nov 19, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

What is Celebrate Recovery?
How we need Jesus and each other in order for recovery to happen.
How finding freedom takes action.

Favorite quotes:

There is nothing wrong with reading your Bible. Its an important part of our Christian life and it's an important part of Celebrate Recovery, but so many of us need more than just that sort of band-aid approach. We need a step-by-step process to help us get closer to Jesus.

The truth about Celebrate Recovery is that it’s a discipleship process. It helps us get closer to God, closer to Jesus through this step by step guide. For so many of us, it's really hard to take that first step but its such an important part of the journey.

The Bible tells us in James 5:16 to confess your sins to one another and pray for each other so that you may be healed. There’s such power in telling someone else what’s going on in your life. If we want to be forgiven, we tell God. If we want to be healed, we tell and pray for each other.

No change happens until the pain exceeds our fear of change.

Pain gets our attention and it prepares us to help other people who are struggling.

If you are going through a hard time, there is a reason for it and Jesus cares about it.

We want microwave results but recovery is like a crockpot...it takes time.

There’s a desire for us to appear normal. We have it all together, we’re in control. I don’t need recovery, I don’t need therapy. Thank you very much. Leave me alone. And it’s normal to protect yourself and not talk about things. There’s this idea in recovery that “those poor people who need help, I’m so glad I’m not one of them”. The truth is, we’re all “those people.”

We need to do whatever it takes to get healthy because God wants us to live an abundant life.

In this episode I answer these questions:

What is your all-time favorite podcast to listen to? (33:50)

Is it true that God never gives us more than we can handle? (35:48)

I want to start a side business to bring in income for the family, but I don’t know if I have the personality for it. How do I know if I can make it work? (39:33)

Links to great things we discussed:

The Year of Living Happy
Celebrate Recovery
The Road to Freedom
1. Song - Beautifully Broken by Plumb
2. Movie - The Empire Strikes Back
3. Book - The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis
Johnny’s Recommendations:
Instagram @Johnnybaker
Twitter @JohnnybakerCR
Donald Miller - StoryBrand Podcast
Andy Stanley Leadership Podcast
Keeping up with the Joneses Podcast
Gainful Growth (You’ll find the half off code is programmed for you this week!)
1. Movie - The King’s Speech
2. Song - Defender
Alli’s Recommendations:

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/johnnybaker

Lysa TerKeurst on pain, trust, and rising strong from a shattered season. Nov 12, 2018

In this episode we discuss:
1. How God takes our pain and uses it for His glory.
2. Why Lysa wrote her new book, It’s Not Supposed To Be This Way.
3. The importance of dust to God and the importance of it in our life.
www.alliworthington.com/podcast/lysaterkeurst

Ellie Holcomb on music, creativity, and seasons of life. Nov 05, 2018

In this episode we discuss:
1. The creative process.
2. The power of worship as we fight fear.
3. How walking through tough seasons strengthens us.
Favorite quotes:
1. Something about music taps into the human story and the story that all of us are made to be at home with the one who made us.
2. God flips hard and suffering on its head and says, “Yeah, it’s actually out of this pile of rubble and ashes that I’m going to breathe life and beauty.”
3. It’s almost always through the hard things, that the really beautiful things that seem to resonate with people are born.
In this episode I answer these questions:
1. I love the Year of Living Happy. Do you have any extra strategies that didn’t fit in those short chapters? (46:28)
2. I saw that you were preaching on unfulfilled ambition at a church recently. How should we view our ambition as Christians? (51:27)
3. I have never even heard of a business coach. What do you do? (55:44)
Links to great things we discussed:
1. Ellie’s book and EP Who Sang the First Song
2. The Jesus Storybook Bible
3. Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing
4. Ellie’s Song on Repeat - Jess Ray Too Good
5. Ellie’s Movie - Won’t You Be My Neighbor, The Greatest Showman
6. Ellie’s Reading - Every Moment Holy
7. Ellie’s Thing - ABLE, Unker’s Therapeutic Products
8. ellieholcomb.com
9. Rachel Hollis Episode with Alli- The Benefits of Hiring a Business Coach
10. Alli’s message on Unfulfilled Ambition.
11. Alli’s Song - Red Sea Road
Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)
xo,
Alli
http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/ellieholcomb

Tyler Reagin on leadership, growth and using our influence well Oct 29, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

What a life-giving leader looks like.
How your influence is your leadership.
What it looks like to build a lasting legacy of influence.

Favorite quotes:

As followers of Jesus, that's a pretty clear thing, that we would follow and are connected to the source of life, which is Jesus the Holy Spirit. Is that overflowing to the people around us or are there things in our lives that are hindering the flow of life?
What we do with our leadership is our influence.
How you steward that influence is what matters. And for me the concept is, is it life-giving? Are you bringing life to people that you have been entrusted with to steward? If you don’t, guess what? You probably won’t grow; your influence will not grow.

In this episode I answer these questions:

What can you do if your friends seem to be threatened by your goals and your dreams in life? (29:28)

Is it okay to ask God for clarity for things in my life? I heard a Bible teacher say that God gives us wisdom and we don’t need to ask for more clarity. (34:43)

I need to have tough conversations with my employees that are under-performing. Do you have any advice? (37:21)

Links to great things we discussed: (Please link these)

Tyler Reagin
Catalyst
Portugal. The Man – Feel it Still
Hillsong- New wine
Poldark
Hope in the Dark by Craig Groeschel
IPad Pro
A Star is Born
Sleeping At Last- Seven

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/tylerreagin

Myquillyn Smith on cozy decorating and why it doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful Oct 22, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

Why your home doesn’t have to be perfect to be beautiful
How to decorate beautifully without it being complicated, intimidating, or expensive
What is cozy abuse and how to avoid it

Favorite quotes:

Decorating is all about working one room at a time, with an order and making smart decisions based on what you like or don’t like and what inspires you.
Shopping second hand is so fun if you have a little bit of time and if you have more time than money. It's such a great use of your time to find second hand things.
I have found some methods and some steps and an order of making decisions when it comes to decorating a room in our house and attacking that room and making it look the way you want that really really works for anyone even if you are not design-ery.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. I heard you mentioning protecting your kids online. I heard you say you removed the App Store from their phones. How do you do that? (45:15)

2. What is God teaching you right now? (47:15)

3. I need to start making money to help the family finances. What is the fastest way to bring in income and where do I start? (52:58)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. The Year of Living Happy

2. Nesting Place

3. Cozy Minimalist Home

4. The Cozy Minimalist Classes

5. Myquillyn’s Song on Repeat - Jess Ray “Water Wind Fire”

6. Gungor Creation Liturgy Spotify

7. Myquillyn's Show - Victoria on BBC, Broadchurch on Netflix

8. Myquillyn's Reading - Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

9. The Polygamist Daughter by Anna LaBaron

10.The Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren

11. Plant Nanny

12. Myquillyn’s Instagram

13. Gainful Growth

14. Alli’s Song - All Sons and Daughters "Rising Sun"

15. Worship for Fierce Faith

16. Glitter Pens

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/myquillynsmith

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- Breakfast with Jesus Oct 18, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

Candace Payne on living a life of joy, what it’s like being linked with Chewbacca forever, and finding your burn Oct 15, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

1.What it’s like being forever known as “Chewbacca Mom”

2.The truth about joy

3.How to discover what you are supposed to do in life

Favorite quotes:

1. There was something that happened to me personally in my twenties when I realized not everybody was thinking about me as often as I was thinking about me.

2. Most people are afraid to take the first step in self-discovery.

3. I never thought about what is that one truth, the one thing that makes you feel like you can’t live this life without knowing this more and also teaching others about it. That question is something I think a lot of us need to ask because, within it, you are gonna find out who you are. It’s gonna leave margin for joy. It’s gonna leave space for you actually feel like you’re doing what your supposed to do.

4. I believe the best way to find your burn is to look at what is the opposite. What absolutely is something that you can’t stand, that you feel is an injustice, that you feel like “ugh” every time you see this you wanna war against it, in a good way.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What is your best advice for raising sons that respect women? (39:38)

2. If you can ask God to change one thing about you, what will it be? (48:22)

3. I feel like comparison is killing me. I know I’m supposed to keep an eye out on my competition. How do I do it without falling into the comparison trap? (50:35)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. There is no striving- Rita Springer

2. From Hot to Not

3. Learning to speak to God from scratch- Jonathan Merritt

4. GNL tour

5. Pop sockets

6. Ratatouille

7. Jesus we love you- Paul McClure:

8. Simple Joys

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

And a big thank you to Adrienne for the wonderful help with show notes!

xo,

Alli

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- God is on Your Side Oct 11, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

Hayley Morgan on the power of our thoughts, our hearts, and finding our calling Oct 08, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

1. How to step into God’s plan for your life with bravery

2. Keeping a healthy view of self in an often unhealthy Instagram world

3. Closing the integrity gap between what you know to be true in your head and what you feel in your heart

Favorite quotes:

1. Negative self-talk is the one thing that holds us back. It is something that we do to ourselves that we would never allow someone else to do to us or to talk to our children that way.

2. We’re empowered to do things because of the power of the Holy Spirit and the faith that we have. If we just assumed we couldn’t, it would be like negating the thing we say we know is true.

3. If you don’t nip it in the bud at “I can’t do this”, it goes from “I can’t do this” to “I’m not enough”. If you feel like you’re not enough and you don’t nip that in the bud you feel like nothing is ever going to change. And when you feel like nothing is ever going to change, that is the definition of hopelessness.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What do you think of the advice that we should just follow our passion? (48:22)

2. Why do Christians say they love Jesus and still act like horrible people? (54:19)

3. When you are working with your business coaching clients, what habits or beliefs are the ones that make some of them unable to succeed? (57:53)

Links to great things we discussed today:

1. The Year of Living Happy

2. Preach to Yourself

3. Hayley’s Song on Repeat - Maroon 5 Girls Like You (?)

4. Hayley’s Show - The Americans on Netflix

5. Hayley’s Reading - The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah

6. Nellie Taft Boutique

7. Hayley.e.morgan on Instagram

8. Jack Ryan on Netflix

9. The Great Alone

10. Lauren Daigle Spotify

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/hayleymorgan

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- Don’t let your pride poison your happiness Oct 04, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

The Year of Living Happy is available wherever books are sold!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

The Year of Living Happy Oct 01, 2018

This is a special episode of the show because it is launch week for my new book, The Year of Living Happy. I like to think of this show as “everything you ever wanted to know about happiness but didn’t know who to ask!”

I’m answering your questions, and I don’t hold anything back! You’ll learn why I believe some popular sayings about happiness that are shared on Pinterest and from the pulpit are unbiblical, my own struggles with overcoming depression and finding happiness, and why as women of God we have the responsibility to invest in our happiness.

In this episode I share-

Why I think the statement “Do more of what makes you holy not happy” is unbiblical.

The answer to the debate on if there is a difference between happiness and joy.

My own struggles with depression and hope for those who live with it.

Questions I answered in this episode-

1. Can you please settle the do more what makes you happy versus holy debate! (2:58)

2. What is the difference between joy and happiness? (7:08)

3. Is contentment the same as happiness? (12:15)

4. Do you believe that those struggling with depression can be happy again? (14:40)

5. I’m a stay at home mom, something I’ve prayed for but I lost my joy. How do I fight back? (17:49)

6. I’m obeying God but what He’s asking me to do isn’t making me happy. What do I do? (25:19)

7. How do you find happiness when all doors close and everybody claims its God’s will? (26:36)

8. How do I find happiness when I don’t think God is answering my prayers? (26:45)

Quotes from this episode-

1. The statement that God wants you to be holy and not happy is unbiblical.

2. There is no happiness on this earth. No real, authentic, long-lasting, meaningful happiness outside of God's will for us.

3. There is nothing in the bible that separates the concept of joy and happiness. They have one in the same meaning according to the original languages of scripture.

4. When we separate God from our happiness and from our longing for happiness, we undermine the Christian worldview. -Randy Alcorn

5. We need to trust that God is good. Even when things seem bad, that God puts us on a path and a journey that may not be especially happy at the moment, but He has good for us. That His desire for us is happiness in Him.

I hope you love this special solo episode and run out to Target this week and pick up The Year of Living Happy. Get one for yourself and 9 of your friends. :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/theyearoflivinghappy

Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- A Meek Spirit Sep 27, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

Jennie Allen on the IF:Gathering, saying yes to God, and the truth about seasons. Sep 24, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

How to start doing what God is calling you to when you don’t know the master plan
Making your days count
How to deal with difficult seasons

Favorite quotes:

I never felt like I had to have it all together, I would have liked that, but that’s not the story that God has ever given me.
The “But God” parts are the best parts of life. We miss the “But God” parts when we are trying to measure up and achieve. We’re looking for self-esteem but we really just need the supernatural power of God.
The greatest way to get over ourselves is to think about other people and to fix our eyes on Jesus. How do you that in the greatest form? Take risks.
Until you know that God catches you, it’s harder to jump. Once you know that He catches you, you jump more readily and take a higher cliff.
I am a mistake maker. It’s what I do. However, God has given me my worth, not that mistake maker place in my soul...I don’t let it become my identity and my worth.
If something is from God, you can know that all of will come against it.

In this episode I answer these questions:

Do you ever feel extra pressure to not ever feel busy, worried, or unhappy because you write books on how to overcome it? How do you balance living what you teach? Whenever I try to teach on anything, I feel like a hypocrite because I can’t walk it out perfectly. (48:10)
How can I help my kids develop their own faith and not just depend on my faith? (51:07)
How do you know when it’s the right time to quit your job and go full in on your running your own business. (54:0)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. The Year of Living Happy

2. Jennie Allen

3. If Gathering

4. Tim Keller - The Freedom of Self Forgetfulness

5. Noonday Collection

6. The Road Back to You- Enneagram

7. Quantico

8. What Jennie is reading: Imperfect Courage, Dr. Caroline Leaf’s books, Dr. Curt Thompson’s books

9. Umberto Dry Shampoo

10. Citizen Way Wave Walker

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jennieallen

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- The Importance of Guardrails Sep 20, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

http://www.alliworthington.com/jessicaturner

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

Jessica Turner on overcoming mom-guilt, comparison, and the truth about working moms. Sep 17, 2018

style="white-space: pre-wrap;" data-pm-slice="1 1 []">In this episode we discuss:

1. Her (almost) world-famous family tradition

2. How to balance and blend work and family well.

3. How to overcome mom guilt.

Favorite quotes:

1. It’s important to not compare myself to other people, I need to remind myself of that occasionally. Social media can make that really easy to compare.

2. With mom guilt, I think it’s really important for us to have honest conversations about what the challenges are and how we each uniquely deal with those challenges.

3. Being a self-aware parent is recognizing how what we are doing is impacting our kids. How our kids are reacting to things and how they’re feeling about things.

4. Do your version of motherhood.

Bonus: After the interview join me as I answer your questions about life, faith, and business.

In this episode I answer these questions:

1. What do you do when you feel stuck and don’t know what to do? (32:00)

2. What is the quickest way God gets your attention? ( 38:27)

3. I know I need to put content out there, but I just don’t know where to start. Should it be a blog, a youtube channel, a podcast or just focus on Instagram? (43:16)

Links to great things we discussed:

The Year of Living Happy
Fringe Hours book
Stretched too thin
The Year of Living Happy
The Road Back to You- Enneagram
Mind FM
@booksnobbery on Instagram
The Prestige
This Girl - Lauren Daigle

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- What are your Green Pastures? Sep 13, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

Allison Allen on life on Broadway, life lessons, and how our desert precedes our destiny Sep 10, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

1. What it’s really like to be in a Broadway show.

2. The importance of desert seasons in our lives.

3. What we can learn when the “grace lifts” off a season in our lives.

Favorite quotes-

1. The desert in many ways actually proceeds destiny.

2. When you feel that agitation or tight space, for me that’s an indicator that Gods getting ready to invite me to something

3. One of the things the desert season did for me was to acquaint me with the gift of solitude.

4. The desert was the place that the Lord had to position me so that He could begin to speak to me freshly.

5. When you know who you are in the desert, you know who you are anywhere.

Bonus: After the interview join me as I answer your questions about life, faith, and business.

In this episode, I answer these questions-

1. What are some really practical things I can do every day to be happier? I want to create an environment of happiness, not just for me, but for my kids, too! (41:47)

2. What is the best faith-based book are you reading right now? Would you recommend it? (45:50)

3. I know so much of building a platform involves putting yourself out there. How do I get over feeling uncomfortable promoting myself? (47:45)

Links to great things we discussed-

1. YearofLivingHappy.com- Seven free chapters today!

2. Happier Every Day- Free Happiness Class!

3. Psalm 29:8 The Voice of the Lord Shakes the Desert

4. Matthew 4 Jesus in the desert

5. Thirsty for More Discovering God’s Unexpected Blessings in a Desert Season

6. Allison Allen’s website

7. My Dear Hamilton

8. Your Enneagram Coach on Instagram

9. Sir Duke by Stevie Wonder

10. Hearth and Home - Magnolia at Target

11. Gainful Growth

12. The Forgotten Jesus

13. Still Rolling Stones by Lauren Daigle

14. Spotify Playlist 42

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/allisonallen

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- Take a Step Toward Your Passion Sep 06, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

PS- Want to learn the simple steps to be a little happier every day? Join my FREE online class here-> HappierEveryDay.com

Craig Groeschel on real strength, hope in dark seasons, and God’s faithfulness Sep 03, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

Where God is in the midst of our pain and trials.
That doubt can be part of healthy faith.
The steps to take when you’re in a dark season of life.

Favorite quotes-

I’m hoping to give other people in the faith permission to tell the truth, not to deny the doubts. Even at times, embrace them. But don’t run away from God when you have them run to Him and let Him comfort you in the middle of it.
When you wrestle you don’t run away from God. You continue to embrace Him and press into Him. That’s where you build real trust and real faith. Not in the mountaintops - you enjoy God in the mountaintops, but you get to know him in the valleys.
There are great people of faith, that we look up to in the Bible, that doubted God. That lamented and cried out to God. That screamed out to God and didn’t understand. Yet they were very close to God.
Our faith shouldn’t be in the perfect desired result of God delivering what we want. As we really, really mature, our faith is in Him. If we want his power and He gives us grace it’s because His grace is sufficient and it’s what we need.
Ultimately our faith isn’t based on getting what we want from God or in life. Our faith has to be in his character, his goodness, his nature, his grace. Our faith is in him. That he is good and his way is perfect.

Bonus: After the interview join me as I answer your questions about life, faith, and business.

In this episode, I answer these questions-

What is your policy on chores in your house with all of those boys? (21:47)
Why am I afraid to pray out loud? I live in fear of people asking me to pray. (26:47)
How can I improve my Instagram engagement? (29:28)

Links to great things we discussed-

Yearoflivinghappy.com - 7 free chapters
Life.church
Hope in the Dark
Craig’s Songs: “You Are”/Life.Church; The Eagles, The Outfield
Craig’s TV Show - Better Call Saul
Craig’s Book Recommendation - Chip & Dan Heath The Power of Moments
Craig’s Product - 5 Year Journal; Buck Mason T-shirts
Craig’s Leadership Podcast
Happy Children do Chores - NYT Article
Alli’s Movie Recommendation - Valkyrie
Alli’s Song - Revelation Song - Jesus Culture on Spotify
Alli’s Instagram
John Crist Instagram
Blue Light Research - University of Toledo

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/craiggroeschel

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- Created for creativity Aug 30, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

xo,

Alli

Jessica Honegger on Imperfect Courage, going scared, and the power of showing up Aug 27, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

1. The power of going scared with Imperfect Courage

2. The amazing story of how Noonday Collection was founded

3. Why boundaries in our lives are so needed

Favorite quotes-

1. Often times we think our ending is the end, but that’s when we need to put a comma and we can sit down or stand up. I’m just really thankful in the moment that I stood up.

2. When we show up for one another, the world can change and that’s why Noonday exists because women showed up for one another.

3. You matter. Your life is not small and when you own your voice you get to use your influence and your influence is meant not just for your sister down the street but for your sister around the globe.

4. Faith is being able to move forward and not know what the outcome is but know who holds the outcome.

5. I am not going to plan to fall because you know what, we don’t have to plan to fall. If there are any guarantees in life, it’s that you are going to fall. Instead, I’m just gonna step off the cliff and fly.

Bonus: After the interview join me as I answer your questions about life, faith, and business.

In this episode, I answer these questions-

1. What do you do when you feel completely stressed out from being so busy? (33:52)

2. What bible translation do you recommend? (36:58)

3. What do you do if you want to start a business but don’t have a great idea yet? (38:28)

Links to great things we discussed:

1. Noonday

2. Imperfect Courage

3. Indigo Girls

4. Anne with an E

5. The Invention of Wings

6. Gainful Growth

7. The Meg

8. Stand in Your Love

9. Year of Living Happy

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

And a big thank you to Adrienne for the wonderful help with show notes!

xo,

Alli

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jessicahonegger

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- Appreciating how uniquely we are created Aug 23, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!

http://www.alliworthington.com/podcast/jenniferdukeslee

xo,

Alli

Jennifer Dukes Lee on happiness, boundaries, and having it all under control Aug 20, 2018

In this episode we discuss:

Why and how to make a list of core boundaries for your everyday life.
Is there a difference between happiness and being joyful as a Christian?
How to consult with God about what to do every day.
Practical tools to help you give up control daily.

Favorite quotes-

Scientifically we were made to be happy and by our creator, we are created for happiness
God empowered us to do more, so I was like, "Lord what does it look like for me to let go of what I am not supposed to be hanging on to, to hang on tighter to those things you have really called me to do, and find this inner peace I once had in you, Lord that I forgot was even possible."
Because I am a list maker I use to put God at the top of the list which sounds like a neat thing to do because I would do my little quiet time and put an X in the box but then what I saw happening was God became an item on my todo list instead of him being involved in all areas of my life, what I have been trying to do is instead of making him an item on the list, I am asking for His instead of giving him mine.
We have to use our tools to change our lives.

Bonus: After the interview join me as I answer your questions about life, faith, and business.

In this episode, I answer these questions-

What did you do for birthday parties when your kids were little? Birthday parties stress me out. (44:32)
What do you do when you don’t want to do what God tells you to do? (48:39)
How do I know when it’s time to hire employees? I just started my small business and want to make a plan. (56:10)

Links to great things we discussed-

Jennifer Dukes Lee: www.jenniferdukeslee.com

The Happiness Dare - Jennifer’s Book

The Year of Living Happy - Alli’s New Book

It’s All Under Control - Jennifer’s New Book. Pre-order now!

Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :)

xo,

Alli

(Mini-episode) Living Happy Minute- Happy Roots Aug 16, 2018

You're getting a mini-episode called the Living Happy Minute where I share a short encouragement from my book, The Year of Living Happy, every Thursday.

Just a little mid-week happiness between our normal Monday episodes!

Download seven free chapters from The Year of Living Happy today!