All moms worry, right? But for moms who experience anxiety, worry can quickly elevate into debilitating overwhelm, fear, and doubt. Join me as I chat with (repeat!) guest - Courtney Devich who shares her journey with Jesus while living with mental illness. Almost 1 year ago, Courtney was gracious enough to be my very first podcast guest. Since then she has launched her first book, Mama’s Got Anxiety - But It’s Not Going to Steal Her Joy which just released September 5, 2023! 

Listen in as Courtney and I discuss - 

• Unpacking the lie that people with anxiety just don’t have enough faith

• How even while battling anxiety you can actively pursue Christ and joyfulness

• And that sometimes there is healing (and humor) in being vulnerable about anxiety

Ways to Connect - 

Facebook - Courtney Devich, Author

Instagram - @CourtneyDevichAuthor

Website - www.courtneydevich.com

Book - Mama’s Got Anxiety - But It’s Not Going to Steal Her Joy

Prayer can be defined as an earnest hope or wish - but really it’s so much more than that. It's adoration, it’s thanks, it’s requests, it’s confession, it's intercession…it is a conversation with the most high and holy God. Not sure about what that looks like for you? Join me and guest Eda Esilaba as we discuss just that - how to cultivate and ignite prayer in your own life. Eda is a wife, mother and Teaching Pastor at 2|42 Community Church, leading Family Ministries. In this episode she shares her journey with Jesus as well as her passion for prayer, and how it deepens our relationship with God. Listen now!

Ways to Connect - 

2|42 Community Church -  Teach Us to Pray resources

Recommended Book: Praying Like Monks, Living like Fools - Tyler Staton

Grief - we’ve all been there in some capacity. And often when we go through any season of grief we ask questions of why. We start doubting God. We start wondering - is he still good? 

Join Jamie and this episode’s guest, Tori Parris to discuss Tori’s own journey with grief addressing these very questions. Through the diagnosis of her father with pancreatic cancer, and his subsequent passing - Tori shares her profound journey of holding on to faith while dealing with loss. “My faith was challenged, deconstructed, and rebuilt stronger,” she says. Her book Love Is Never Lost: Standing Strong in Faith While Grieving she shares her very personal journey with grief - providing suggestions for coping with grief as well as prayers that guide one spiritually through the grieving process.

Ways to Connect

Website - www.toriparris.co

Facebook - Tori Parris

Instragram - @toriparrismusic

Book - Love Is Never Lost: Standing Strong in Faith While Grieving

@Raisedtostay was one of the first Christian content accounts that I followed when I decided to rid my social media of pop culture influences (highly recommend!) And what touched me instantly was the emotion behind the words - for people in the faith, in all seasons and areas. Encouragement, hurt, understanding, sadness, recognition - it was and is all there. Natalie Runion the pastor’s kid turned Pastor turned Evangelist - is the voice behind the account. In our discussion she shares her own testimony of growing up in the faith, why she started the account that grew like wildfire and her new book - aptly titled, Raised to Stay - which explores why we stay and persevere when given reasons to walk away. Listen in now!

Ways to Connect

Instagram: @RaisedtoStay

Facebook: Raised to Stay

Website: raisedtostay.com

Book - Raised to Stay

Author, foster care advocate, speaker, podcaster, survivor - those are just some of the roles that comprise guest, Tori Hope Petersen; but greater than all of those is daughter of the most high, King Jesus. Listen in to this week’s episode as Tori shares her story of faith that interweaves with her experience in foster care. She touches on community - the power of people who believed in her and modeled Jesus in her life. And she gives advice to listeners who want to impact the foster care community in a positive way. Her message is one of hope, healing and believing that no matter what - God created you and is pleased with his creation.

Ways to Connect

Instagram: @ToriHopePetersen 

Website: www.torihopepetersen.com

Book - Fostered: One Woman’s Powerful Story of Finding Faith and Family through Foster Care

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Watch Tori speak - 

Ted Talk - ​​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JeybEUH2hU

His Providence Church Belong Sunday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOQkxhooJmk

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Tori Hope Petersen is the bestselling author of Fostered and sought out national speaker, inspiring audiences to be resilient, suffer, well, and change the world with what they have, right where they are, by loving the people in front of them. Tori is a leading advocate in foster care, and has been featured on Good Morning America, Essence, and many other publications sharing her story about being a former foster youth and overcoming to serve others. Tori has equipped and empowered countless churches, organizations, and people to serve the underserved and love those, who like her, are hard to love. She also founded the Beloved Initiative, a nonprofit where in community people learn how to become professional lovers of people, while helping survivors share their stories to help and heal audiences.

Need answers on what following Jesus looks like? Hear the word ‘theology’ and want to run the other way? Then this episode is for you! Listen in as special guest and theologian, Phylicia Masonheimer shares her own testimony…one that speaks to overcoming sexual addiction. She shares how her ministry (Every Woman a Theologian) offers not only tools in overcoming that specific sin, but also ways to dive deeper in faith so that we as believers are equipped to live out and share our faith. Her latest book, also titled ‘Every Woman a Theologian’ centers around what being a Christian looks like and how we can be equipped to be evangelists in our community.

Ways to Connect - 

Instagram - @phyliciamasonheimer 

Website - www.phyliciamasonheimer.com

Book - Every Woman a Theologian

Podcast - Verity podcast

Belonging, it’s something we all need - and many struggle to find. In this week’s episode guest Tasha Jun joins host Jamie to talk about her upcoming book ‘Tell Me the Dream Again.’ Told through her personal stories, Tasha shares about her own journey to belong and find home - not just as a place but also as a feeling. Interwoven through this discussion Tasha shares her testimony of faith, which highlights the beautiful process of becoming. 

Ways to Connect

Website: www.tashajun.com

Instagram: @tashajunb

Facebook: Tasha Jun - Writer

Book: Tell Me The Dream Again

Hey friends! As a parent, this week’s episode really hit home - listen in as special guest Gina Wessel discusses raising a family with intentionality. In a society that is increasingly looking for what to put their identity in, she points families towards grounding themselves in ‘who they are’, ‘what they believe’ and ‘how to live that out’ all in a Kingdom minded way. 

Ways to Connect - 

• Facebook - Thrive Coaching & Consulting
• Website - https://www.thrivecoaching.net
• Family Roadmap - https://www.thrivecoaching.net/ familycoaching