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96. Leading a Significant Life- Interview with Jen Jones

We had a great conversation with Jen Jones about leading a significant life.

Jen Jones is the founder and CEO of Jen Jones Direct LLC, and creative architect of the Significant Conference. Through her books, courses, conferences and Significant Life groups, she equips and empowers women to create the life they love on the foundation of faith. Jen and her husband Marcus are living this great adventure with their four children in San Diego, California.

Jen knows what it’s like to experience the unexpected and have to grow through life’s greatest challenges. She advocates for differently-abled kids and their parents because she is mom to a daughter with Down Syndrome. She helps families identify their core values and champions women to know and own their God-given worth to live a life of significance.

She is a certified health coach, and has built a nationwide health and wellness business. She guides people on a path to help them take control of their health—mentally, physically and spiritually. She is in the personal transformation business.

Jen has appeared as a speaker and coach in numerous conferences, retreats and podcasts, including ABC Family and the Live Out Loud Show. She is also the author of Thrive: Growing Through Life’s Greatest Challenges, Tribe: Building Your Family on What Matters Most, and The Five-Minute Marriage Mentor.

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95. Season of Waiting- Interview with Samantha Morgan

We had a great interview with Samantha Morgan, who loves to encourage women with biblical truth. As an infertility survivor, adoptive mom, and founder of Rush to Hope Ministries she serves women through their own waiting seasons; bringing a biblical perspective to the whys, the hows, and the what ifs we live with every day.

Samantha will encourage you that in the wait, God is working in our lives. We know you will enjoy this episode!

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enMay 03, 2021

94. Finding Hope In Hopeless Seasons

April was the National month of hope, it celebrates the power of hope. In this episode Phylis and Rhonda talk about finding hope when we are in hopeless seasons.

We hope this episode encourages and inspires you!

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enApril 26, 2021

93. Postpartum Depression- Interview with Stefanie Rodriguez

We had to privilege to interview Stefanie Rodriguez, she shared her journey with postpartum depression. According to verywell.com, One in seven women experiences postpartum depression. Many women feel they need to suffer in silence,Stefanie wants to bring awareness by sharing her story with others and let them know they are not in this alone.

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92. Reclaiming your Health- Interview with Susan Neal

This week we had the opportunity to interview Susan Neal, an RN, health coach, and Christian who wants to show you how to reclaim your health and ideal weight by giving you knowledge about unhealthy foods, solutions for resolving negative eating habits, and methods to incorporate God into your new healthy lifestyle.

When I was fifty I lost my health. I had no idea how precious it was until it was gone. I laid in bed, utterly exhausted, unable to function normally. It all began when an abscessed tooth poisoned my body. Over the next year, I developed ten medical diagnoses, endured two surgeries, and gained an unhealthy amount of weight. The doctors did all they could, but I still was not well.

As a registered nurse with a master’s degree in health science, I used my medical knowledge and the Bible to recover my health and weight. Taking a biblical approach to master my palate, I eliminated the foods I knew I should not eat. I want to share what I discovered, so you can achieve the extraordinary life God wants you to experience.

So I created the following “Healthy Living Series” of books:
• 7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates (Selah Award Winner)
• Christian Study Guide for 7 Steps to Get Off Sugar and Carbohydrates (Best Bible Study Winner)
• Healthy Living Bullet Journal (Best Inspirational Gift Book Winner)
• Healthy Living Series: 3 Books in 1

I also developed a course, 7 Steps to Reclaim Your Health and Optimal Weight, to teach others what might be the root cause of their negative eating habits and how to resolve it.

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enApril 12, 2021

91. Our Redeeming Stories- Guest Tanya Godsey

“Tanya Godsey is a Nashville based Singer Songwriter, Worship Leader, Speaker & Founder of Redeeming The Story Retreats. She is in that seemingly small family of Artists who are gifted and called to function as rare hybrids. As both Minister and creative conduit Tanya shares stories and truth, whether musical or spoken, with the true heart of a Pastor. Her deepest desire is to leave a lasting spiritual deposit in the heart of those who have ears to hear and to facilitate moments that give way to true encounters with God.”

We know you will enjoy this conversation we had with Tanya! Sparkle on Friends!

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90. Interview with Kathy Howard- Deep Rooted in our Faith

We had a chance to talk to Kathy Howard and discussed how we can be deeper rooted in our faith.

A former “cultural Christian,” Kathy Howard now has a passion for God’s Word that’s contagious. With more than 30 years of experience, Kathy has taught in dozens of states, internationally, and in a wide range of venues including multi-church conferences and large online events. She has a Masters of Christian Education from the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary. Kathy is the author of 10 books, including the new “meaty” devotional Deep-Rooted: Growing through the Gospel of Mark. She writes for multiple online magazines and devotional sites. Kathy and her husband live in the Dallas/Ft Worth area near family. They have three married children, six grandchildren, and two accidental dogs. Kathy provides free discipleship resources and blogs regularly at www.KathyHoward.org.

We know you will enjoy this conversation!

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89. Mental Health and the Stigma- Guest Brittney Moses

Meghan Markle interview with Oprah really brought up some good discussions on mental health awareness, a few weeks ago we had the honor of interviewing Brittney Moses about mental health and the stigma behind it. Her honest conversation about faith and mental wellness was so insightful.

So sit back and relax as we discuss this very important topic.

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Brittney Moses is a Los Angeles native, passionate about seeing this generation live on purpose. While in the study of Psychology and research assisting at UCLA, she leverages her platform to reduce stigma and assist with helpful information at the intersection of faith, culture and mental health. Brittney is also a certified recovery support group facilitator with NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Illness and a Crisis Counselor with the Crisis Textline. Still, her favorite part of life is being called Mommy to her sweet son Austin.

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enMarch 15, 2021

88. The Importance of Rest

This week Phylis and Rhonda discuss the importance of Rest. We often want to bypass what we need mentally and physically. Rest is so important for our souls and when we don’t take the time to rest it takes a toll on us in every aspect of our lives.

We hope this episode will inspire you to find the importance in resting.

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enMarch 08, 2021

87. Embracing our Immigrant Identity- Guest Mabel Ninan

This week we want to welcome our guest Mabel Ninan, she is a writer and speaker. We discussed embracing our immigrant identity, born and raised within the minority Christian community in India, Mabel moved to the United States in 2008 and struggled to fit in and longed for rootedness and belonging, God opened her eyes to the fact that she was a spiritual immigrant too, a foreigner on earth who does not belong in this world. She has a mission to encourage believer to embrace their immigrant journey on earth and live out their calling with boldness and passion.

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enMarch 01, 2021

86. Why boundaries are important- Guest Courtney Misener

We want to welcome this weeks guest Courtney Misener, she has worked with non-profits, start-ups, and companies both small and large, to provide tools that promote emotional health, respectful communication, awareness around depression and empathy, self-affirmations and self-care, and how to establish healthy boundaries (with others and ourselves).

She is a rockstar/pastor’s wife and the head negotiator and biggest fan of her three very spunky boys.

We know you will enjoy this amazing conversations about boundaries and how important they are to have in our lives!

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enFebruary 22, 2021

85. Love and Marriage-Interview with Liz Vasquez

We had the opportunity to talk to Liz Vasquez about love and marriage. Her and her husband have a passion for helping other couples navigate through the ups and downs of married life. We had an amazing conversation about the ups and downs of marriage.

Liz and her husband JJ Vasquez founded and Pastors Journey Church in Winter Park, Florida for the past 4 years. Her and her husband have been happily married since 2008. She also homeschools her two boys Justice (8 yrs. old) and Zane (7 yrs. old).

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enFebruary 15, 2021

84. Linked Personalities - How we can better understand ourselves and others

We had an opportunity to interview the 2 Lindas' or as they call themselves Goldie and Rose! We discussed their Linked Personality Guide. We are all made uniquely and understanding how we understand ourselves and the way God created us can really help us in our relationship with others.

We know you will enjoy this episode!

Linda Gilden is an award-winning author, speaker, editor, writing coach and personality consultant. She enjoys helping others understand their personalities so they can build better relationships with those around them

Linda Goldfarb is an international speaker, author board certified life coach, and personality consultant. She believes understanding the personalities is key to growing successful life connections with others

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enFebruary 07, 2021

83. Coach Mentor Counselor, which one is for you and what's the difference

This week we are discussing the difference between a coach, mentor and counselor. In life we often need each of these people in our lives, we discuss which option may be best for what season you may be in. Enjoy this weeks conversation and sparkle on friends!

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enJanuary 31, 2021

82. Your Word for the Year

Do you choose a Word for the year? This is something both Phylis and I have done for a while so we decided to share how we choose a word and why it’s so important to have a Word for the year!

We hope that this episode will encourage and inspire you to choose your Word for the year!

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enJanuary 25, 2021

81. Emotional Intelligence- Guest Jeff Meyers

Emotional Intelligence is something that we have been learning about and we wanted to share how understanding this can help you navigate through life circumstances.

Jeff has been a pastor his entire adult life; with students, a non-profit, campus lead pastor for a multi site church, and now as a life coach and pastoral counselor.

In 2012 he enrolled in a leadership program with Christian psychologist Dr. John Townsend where he began to learn the importance of emotional intelligence. The experience saved his life and marriage. It was so transformative that he became a director in the Townsend Leadership Program. Later, he and wife, Lisa, formed Myers Life and Leadership to bring freedom and emotional wholeness to individuals, couples and the Church. They are currently working on the inside sales team at Redfin Real Estate while building the coaching ministry and creating a small retreat home on California’s central coast where they will begin hosting pastors and leaders in 2021. Jeff and Lisa have been married for 26 years and live with their four kids, ages 10-22, in Southern California. You can reach him at Jeff@myerslifeandleadership.com and on Instagram @myerslifeandleadership.

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enJanuary 19, 2021

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80. The Truth in Transparency - Jeff Martinez- Bonus Episode

We have been on a break for a few weeks but over the holidays Rhonda got a chance to have a conversation with her little brother Jeff about the truth in being transparent! We often have a hard time sharing our stories with others but we never know how our story can impact someone else! We know you will enjoy Jeffs story and this bonus episode!

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enJanuary 11, 2021

79. Top 5 things we learned in 2020

We know this year has been full of challenges and lots of ups and downs, in this weeks episode Phylis and Rhonda discuss the Top 5 things they learned during 2020.

We hope that this will encourage you as you reflect on what 2020 has also taught you!

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enDecember 20, 2020

78. From Wreckage to Redemption- Interview with Page Geske

Page Geske is the author of Milepost 95, From Wreckage to Redemption. She shared her story of redemption with us this week.

She has a BA in Communication Studies with an emphasis in Public Relations from Virginia Tech. She currently works as a sales professional in the advertising industry. Page has intentionally pursued living out loud according to God’s original design. She enjoys hiking, road biking, kayaking and snowshoeing. She is the proud mother of three adult sons. Page makes her home in the beautiful landscape of southeastern Idaho.

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