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Hannah Schermerhorn is the author of A Single Life to Live: Stop Waiting for Your Life to Begin and Thrive Where God Has You Today. She lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with her cat, Fritz. She is an electrical engineer who has worked in legal, business, and global marketing. Hannah enjoys traveling, reading, and spending time with her nieces and nephews.
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i started the space LAURENSCRUGGSKENNEDY.COM in 2017 with the hope to cultivate a space where i could share my expertise on healthy living and my passion for vulnerability, style, clean beauty, and nutritious recipes. since then life has expanded in so many ways – i've learned so much, been connected with so many knowledgeable people, inspirational companies, and earth-conscious brands, and my passions have only taken DEEPER ROOTS.
i have been lucky enough to pursue what I call a "LIFESTYLE ROOTED IN BALANCE" as this journey continues, my hope is to further share with you EASY and UNDERSTANDABLE ways to pursue a LIFESTYLE of clean, healthy, and achievable living.
LAUREN'S LINKS:Army veteran Fernando Arroyo considers himself privileged to serve veterans struggling with different issues ranging from PTSD, drug addiction, and homelessness. His job is to provide veterans with pastoral counseling and to walk alongside them as they regain sobriety and control of their mental health.
In his powerful new memoir, The Shadow of Death: From My Battles in Fallujah to the Battle for My Soul, Arroyo details his career in the military, as well as his crisis of faith: "I went from feeling invincible to feeling completely broken. There was only one person to blame for all of this, and it was God. God took the woman I loved away from me, God kept me from getting out of the Army, and God was making me feel miserable. I was angry with God—and meanwhile I had to train for war."
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SHOW LINKS:You can live an abundant life in every area and in every season. You can practice the lost arts of being a vibrant human being. You can be energized and enjoy more of what matters most spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, and relationally.
The closer a courageous, rooted, and thriving woman gets to realizing her life's purpose, the more she understands that abundant living is nothing like what she once thought it was. It's not perfect circumstances; it's perfect peace within those circumstances. This book gives women practical tools to improve every relationship they have by doing the hard work of knowing "the real you" and learning to be vulnerable. Deep satisfaction comes from women knowing who they are, overcoming their fears, facing the difficult stuff of life, and making lasting change. And it all starts with the journey of knowing and understanding who God made them.
No matter where you've come from, what you've experienced in the past, or the mistakes you've made—you can learn to thrive the rest of your life. This book shows you how.
Related Links:You can live an abundant life in every area and in every season. You can practice the lost arts of being a vibrant human being. You can be energized and enjoy more of what matters most spiritually, emotionally, physically, mentally, and relationally.
The closer a courageous, rooted, and thriving woman gets to realizing her life's purpose, the more she understands that abundant living is nothing like what she once thought it was. It's not perfect circumstances; it's perfect peace within those circumstances. This book gives women practical tools to improve every relationship they have by doing the hard work of knowing "the real you" and learning to be vulnerable. Deep satisfaction comes from women knowing who they are, overcoming their fears, facing the difficult stuff of life, and making lasting change. And it all starts with the journey of knowing and understanding who God made them.
No matter where you've come from, what you've experienced in the past, or the mistakes you've made—you can learn to thrive the rest of your life. This book shows you how.
Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, I'm excited to welcome my friend, Anne Neilson.
Have you ever had a moment when you were certain angels were protecting you, comforting you, holding you close? Or perhaps in a time of need, you've longed for a reminder that God's angels are nearer than we know. Experience amazing stories of the angels among us in Entertaining Angels, alongside art that will remind you clearly of the words of Scripture:
"Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares" (Hebrews 13:2)
Related Links:Today on Thriving Beyond Belief, I'm excited to welcome Mikala Albertson! Mikala is a wife, a mother, doctor, writer and devout Christian. Her writing has been published in Her View From Home, NBC's Today Parents, For Every Mom, and Inspire More. Mikala's first book, Ordinary on Purpose is available now.
Links from this episode:As a marriage and family therapist, one of Nicole Zasowski's greatest joys is helping her clients grow in emotional freedom. What she couldn't see for many years is that she was living her own life outside of that freedom, clinging to behaviors like shame, performance, and control in order to feel valued and safe.
It was only when she was confronted with her own devastating pain and loss that Nicole realized her current way of life was failing her. She then discovered that sometimes God's rescue looks like prying our fingers off what we think we want so that we can receive what we truly need. And often, on the far side of pain we don't prefer, we find transformation we would not trade.
In From Lost to Found, Nicole shares her story as she helps us
God is writing a story of redemption in your life too. Find out for yourself that sometimes the greatest joy is found when we are drained of all misplaced hope and shallow identities. In the midst of pain or transition, discover a surprising path to healing as you lose your grip on comfort and control—and fall right into God's transformative grace.
Highlights:Lisa Appelo writes stories of hope and encouragement when walking through the hard places.
She's a former attorney who pushed pause on career to home educate and raise her seven children. Happily married to her high school sweetheart for 25 years and in the throes of a busy household, life as she knew it collapsed around her. Her world shattered into a thousand irretrievable pieces when she awoke in the dark hours one summer morning to her husband's final breaths.
As a single mom and unexpected widow, Lisa writes about God's faithfulness in the hard. She peels back the vulnerabilities of heartbreak and fear and an unknown future, anchored always by the practical and spiritual faithfulness of an amazing God.
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Born and raised in California, I love the combination of city life and outdoor living that is ideal for a Boy-Mom who is raising men.
Raised in a home that taught the Bible, table manners, and a love for the beach, I find myself passing those ideals on to the next generation. (Though with four sons, table manners are always a work in progress!)
More than anything, I want to live up to my God-given potential. And I want that for my friends, family, readers, and clients too! That's why I write about gentle parenting, thriving marital relationships, and how to live a healthy lifestyle — all with practical and biblical truth!
Personally, my most cherished moments are when I'm reading and praying in my hammock, sipping sparkling water, while talking on the phone with a close friend, or spending long slow days at the beach with my family to rest and rejuvenate.
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