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Welcoming Safety into the Body Through Somatic Healing | Shae Beacham
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Welcoming Safety into the Body Through Somatic Healing | Shae Beacham

Shae is a mother who has embraced healing and peace within her body through her journey. Having navigated the challenges of abusive relationships, she emerged with a renewed sense of joy in motherhood, which inspired her to share her insights. Her deep passion lies at the intersection of faith and somatic practices as tools for healing. In this episode, she discusses various aspects of somatic movement, the importance of safety in body integration, and techniques for brain retraining that facilitate healing. Lean into this episode to find reassurance that you are not alone in your healing journey, and learn how to address nervous system dysfunction and explore movement modalities that restore the connection between mind and body.

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Healing the Body and Soul: A Holistic Approach to Conception with Faith | Sydney Shank
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Healing the Body and Soul: A Holistic Approach to Conception with Faith | Sydney Shank

Sydney is a women's Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who helps improve women's health before pregnancy. She believes in giving women important knowledge and proper nutrition to support their journey to conception. In this episode, Sydney talks about key aspects of preconception health, such as important signs to watch in menstrual cycles, the role of progesterone, and aspects of male infertility. She also discusses how women of faith can cope with grief and hope while trusting in God's goodness. This episode is a such an encouraging resource for anyone looking for guidance on physical healing for fertility and the connection between faith and this journey!

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Keeping Mold in Mind Part 2: From Risk to Recovery—How to Create Your Healthiest Home| PJ Harlow
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Keeping Mold in Mind Part 2: From Risk to Recovery—How to Create Your Healthiest Home| PJ Harlow

PJ Harlow is the founder and CEO of PJ Harlow Wellness, Inc. She is a certified holistic health practitioner and a virtual consultant specializing in mold for people with environmental sensitivities and health issues. PJ combines her knowledge of functional medicine, environmental science, and building practices with her interest in data and analytics in her consulting and coaching work. This episode came highly requested for PART 2 to the foundational conversation that PJ started in all things creating healthy home microbiome. This conversation takes a deeper dive into taking the next steps in risk assessment of mold, living in mold and areas of concern to take into account in your home health process.

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Be Wiser Together: 10 Ways to Offer More Love to Others in Suffering | Reyna Wilson
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Be Wiser Together: 10 Ways to Offer More Love to Others in Suffering | Reyna Wilson

We’re so excited to share this next season of life with y’all, and kick off this new mini series called Be Wiser Together. Our TTC and pregnancy journey has had many ups and downs so far, but we are hopeful and looking forward to share more of our story. For this episode, I wanted to highlight some of the most loving and some unloving things we’ve learned or experienced along the way. If you have some of your own nuggets of wisdom to add to this episode, please connect and share! This way we can all learn to be a little wiser together!

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Redefining Masculinity: Faith, Purpose, and the Call to Biblical Manhood | Eddie Williams
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Redefining Masculinity: Faith, Purpose, and the Call to Biblical Manhood | Eddie Williams

Eddie is the Lead pastor of Doxa Church in Redmond, WA and the creator of Ex Nihilo Health, a website and Podcast centered on biblical health. He also spent 5 years in the NFL, primarily for the Seattle Seahawks and Cleveland browns. He is a Bay Area native with a passion to make the Seattle area a better place to live, work and play. He is married to his wife Sarah, and they have four children. In this episode, Eddie tackles the tough topic of the warped masculinity narrative in our current culture. Lean in to learn how to reorient the men in our life towards the purpose in fulfillment in Christ, and wait well in their personal spiritual growth.

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Things Every Woman Should Know Part 2: Training the Female Operator + Big Fitness Facade | Kelsee Moore
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Things Every Woman Should Know Part 2: Training the Female Operator + Big Fitness Facade | Kelsee Moore

Kelsee Moore, a strength and conditioning coach for Air Force Special Warfare, approaches health and fitness holistically. As a US Army officer, she promotes a mindful lifestyle that combines ancestral practices with modern training techniques to enhance performance and well-being. For part 2 of this conversation, Kelsee addresses the training gaps for female athletes and service members, highlighting the physiological differences between genders. She shares practical, inclusive strategies for strength training while also discussing the negative impact of "big fitness," which can amplify societal insecurities. Kelsee advocates for individuals to embrace their bodies and health through a lens of identity in Christ to find value over the noise or hope of the next weight-loss “super pill.”

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Things Every Woman Should Know Part 1: Ancestral Eating, Crossfit, Pre + Postnatal Movement| Kelsee Moore
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Things Every Woman Should Know Part 1: Ancestral Eating, Crossfit, Pre + Postnatal Movement| Kelsee Moore

Kelsee Moore is a strength and conditioning coach for Air Force Special Warfare, a US Army officer, an advocate for holistic living, and the founder of Moore + Company. This initiative integrates ancestral eating and living concepts with traditional strength training methods to promote overall health and optimal performance. In this episode, Kelsee explores the principles of ancestral eating, discusses why high-intensity workouts like burn bootcamp may not be sufficient for long-term strength, and highlights the benefits of strength training during pregnancy and postpartum recovery. Stay tuned for part 2 coming soon!

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Learning to Live Unhurried: How to Steward the Year Ahead for Rest | Joseph + Reyna Wilson
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Learning to Live Unhurried: How to Steward the Year Ahead for Rest | Joseph + Reyna Wilson

It goes beyond the typical “new year, new me” fresh start mentality. For some, 2025 represents a lifeline, marking a clear division from the burdens of 2024. Regardless of whether the past year was a remarkable success or a significant challenge, our aim is to embrace this year with hope, joy, and a sense of stability conducive to healing. In this episode, Joseph shares his insights on how we can intentionally pray and plan for a more unhurried lifestyle even in the midst of unsettled seasons. Be sure to catch the essential details about budgeting for annual Sabbath vacations, allowing time for your partner’s solitude, and straightforward methods to foster peace within your family by making subtle changes to your daily routine.

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Gratitude for “Lived In” Prayers + All the Wisdom We Learned this Year | Reyna Wilson
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Gratitude for “Lived In” Prayers + All the Wisdom We Learned this Year | Reyna Wilson

2024 stretched us, wrecked us, and grew us in ways we were never prepared for. This episode is all the things we learned through our combined experiences, grief, and grace of God by refining us this year. Through voice message submissions, our community shares their hopes and heartaches of everything they wanted to encourage and exhort others through their own testimony. We hope this episode blesses you in new ways, affirms that you aren’t alone and gives you joy in looking to the New Year!

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Biblical Business Building: Turning Motherhood Passion into Online Income | Alisha Banks
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Biblical Business Building: Turning Motherhood Passion into Online Income | Alisha Banks

Alisha Banks is the founder of From Dust and Creator of the Holy Healing Method, a biblical-based approach to root cause healing. As a health coach and mentor, she helps clients overcome chronic health issues, heal anxiety, and create wealth aligned with their Spirit-anointed purpose. In this episode, Alisha shares her wisdom through her growth and experience in offering her own online mentor space. There is so much noise when it comes to creating something sustainable for an income in the online world, so we dig into the unglamorous details here. She exhorts us as mothers and women with hidden talents to share our passions through the creation and community building. By pulling back the curtain on the traps of social media selling, wise financial stewardship in your home, and balance of homemaking — we can find joy in offering our gifts to the world with confidence.

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Trusting Your Intuition + Creating Safety for your Healing Birth Environment | Dr. Nathan Riley
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Trusting Your Intuition + Creating Safety for your Healing Birth Environment | Dr. Nathan Riley

Nathan is a doctor who specializes in home births and women's health in Louisville, Kentucky. He combines different medical approaches, including traditional medicine, functional medicine, nutrition, exercise, and midwifery, to provide the best care for his clients. His personal experience during the birth of his second daughter made him realize the need for more supportive maternal care. In this episode, he discusses the circulating myths and risks women face during pregnancy and how they can build the support village they want for their birth experience. Let this episode be an encouragement against the common narrative of fear women hear from adolescence, and aid in your discernment for preparing for your ideal birth experience.

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Developing Tools for Emotionally Regulated Parenting + Leading Strong-Willed Children | Wendy Snyder
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Developing Tools for Emotionally Regulated Parenting + Leading Strong-Willed Children | Wendy Snyder

Wendy Snyder is a mom of two, certified parenting educator & family life coach, who inspires parents to learn & grow through connection based positive parenting strategies. As the host of The Fresh Start Family Show & Founder of FreshStartFamilyOnline.com, she helps parents ditch the threats, yelling & harsh punishments so they can live life as a joyful & confident parent (with kids that listen & cooperate great!). And that’s exactly what Wendy covers in this episode! How we can respectfully parent, create kind connection, and even love our strong-willed children well. We hope this conversation blesses you and your family and gives you a few more tools in your toolbox to break the cycle of authoritative or reaction based parenting.

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Everything You Wish You Knew as a New Mom: Bleeding Nips, Birth Support + Grace in the Hard | Therese Dansby
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Everything You Wish You Knew as a New Mom: Bleeding Nips, Birth Support + Grace in the Hard | Therese Dansby

Therese Dansby has been a wife for 16 years, a mom for 11 years, and an IBCLC for 9 years. She pivoted from NICU nursing to lactation consulting after struggling to nurse her first baby and she loves walking with moms through all the trials and triumphs that come with working through infant feeding and postpartum issues. In this episode, shares all her wisdom on the postpartum experiences no one wants to talk about. Should your nipples bleed while nursing? What questions should you ask when hiring a doula? And incredible simple tips to feel supported and loved in your 4th trimester!

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The Reality of Full Time Content Creation + Real Life Behind the Screens | Madison Jantzen
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The Reality of Full Time Content Creation + Real Life Behind the Screens | Madison Jantzen

As a social media consumer, all we usually see are the perfectly polished photos and brand deals— however that’s not the whole truth. Madison not only shares her own personal story to how she found herself in full time content creation, but also some of the not so glamorous moments that come with that. This was such a fun episode getting to hear Madison’s journey, and peek behind the curtain of everything we don’t really consider when it comes to taking content creation as a focused means of income. We hope you hear the word of encouragement to stay hopeful when pursuing your dreams + block out the noise when it comes to all things socials!

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Building your Village: How to Find Friends that Love Like Family | Reyna Wilson
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Building your Village: How to Find Friends that Love Like Family | Reyna Wilson

Sometimes we feel like we are back in middle school right? Trying to figure out how to make friends, and not come across as the awkward people we are. As a military family, we have the opportunity of starting over with a new community every 2-3 years. So in this episode, Reyna shares some of her tried and true tips to making rich + real friendships… as a grown up! From tangible practices to meet new people and cultivate the connections you might already have, listen to this episode through the end for a prayer of encouragement! And enjoy the first sneak peek of a new project, exclusively for the podcast community.

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Recovering in Confidence: C-Section Healing for Mind + Body | Nicole Alfred
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Recovering in Confidence: C-Section Healing for Mind + Body | Nicole Alfred

Nicole Alfred, after healing from her three cesarean births, is dedicated to helping mothers recover physically and mentally from similar experiences. Her whole-person, research-backed approach addresses mothers' deeper needs beyond what Western medicine provides. In this episode we get into the major information gap in serving mothers with c-section births for hopeful healing both emotionally and physically in their post surgery bodies. We provide practical steps to help you feel more connected to your scar, navigate new motherhood, and build confidence for healing, whether your C-section was unexpected or planned. Don’t miss this episode as we talk about the beauty of belly birthing, and creating safety in our stories to look towards future births with hope!

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Where Physiology + Faith Intersect to Heal Trauma | Kelsey Chen
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Where Physiology + Faith Intersect to Heal Trauma | Kelsey Chen

Kelsey is a born again Christian and disciple of Jesus. She runs a Christ centered integrative health practice and helps women who are burnt out from chasing root causes to heal by reconnecting with their bodies and with God. Her mission is to bridge the gap in functional medicine and bring healing back to the Kingdom--one where we honor God in our health pursuits and get back to living the way that He's designed us. Kelsey helps us break through the narrative of fear + extra noise in healing in the holistic space to reconnect with our holy design. In this episode we work through the balance of faith in traumatic healing modalities, and moving forward with confidence.

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Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together for PCOS + Secondary Infertility | Janet Wickenheiser
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Putting the Puzzle Pieces Together for PCOS + Secondary Infertility | Janet Wickenheiser

Janet is an FNTP turned infertility detective after her own experience with secondary infertility. Now she loves putting puzzle pieces together for her clients and uses functional blood chemistry, HTMA, and bioressonance scans to do so! In this episode, Janet shares all the ways we might be missing the mark in dialing in our fertility health. We chat about PCOS, how you may have been misdiagnosed (birth control is not the answer) and how to even improve male factor infertility. We hope this episode is an encouragement to all the families in waiting, and gives a new perspective or things to consider in your TTC journey!

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Quitting the "Beauty" Chase + Does Modesty Even Matter? | Addie Overla
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Quitting the "Beauty" Chase + Does Modesty Even Matter? | Addie Overla

Addie is 28 years old, married, and based in Columbus, OH. She currently works full-time in ministry, but was formerly a competitive bodybuilder. God has taught her so much about the beauty of breaking idols, removing the pressure of hustle culture, and just seeking Him above all else. Her passion is to motivate others to better physical, mental, and spiritual health through my social media and podcast ministry called Christ In Me With Addie. In this episode Addie shares the real talk about growing a platform in fitness on social media, and how her convictions on topics like modesty have not only shaped her online presence but her heart as well. To the men + women who have struggled with this topic, want exhortation and support through singleness and guarding your heart against unrealistic happiness standards — this episode is for you!

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Behind the Brand: Content Creating With Clarity + Creativity | Becca Bryce
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Behind the Brand: Content Creating With Clarity + Creativity | Becca Bryce

Becca is a wife to her highschool sweetheart, natural minded mama of 3, and a devoted follower of Christ living in Alberta Canada where her family serves in Camp Ministry. Becca owns Sojourn and Soul - a brand strategy and design studio where she collaborates with fellow female business owners and creators to discover what makes them unique and translate that into a visual brand identity. If you’re a content creator, or mama looking to dive in and want to learn all the behind the scene details— Becca is your girl! In this episode, she shares all about color theory, design psychology, and the best ways to communicate your brand identity with clarity + creativity!

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