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Making Truth Tangible | Phylicia Masonheimer
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Making Truth Tangible | Phylicia Masonheimer

Phylicia Masonheimer is the author of the nationally bestselling books Stop Calling Me Beautiful (2020) and The Flirtation Experiment (2021), host of Verity Podcast (reached 1 million downloads in Nov. 2021), and CEO of Every Woman a Theologian. She lives in northern Michigan with her husband, Josh, and three children. Phylicia's heart is to help discern truth, create confidence in what (or really who) you believe in, and live with your faith on display, and that is exactly what we covered in this episode. She believes every woman should be a theologian, no matter the stage of life and how to create healthy spiritual rhythms to grow deeper as a believer whether you are a mama at home and raising littles, or out in the world navigating healthy spiritual community and leadership. Phylicia gives us the tools to equip ourselves for spiritual health through different seasons of life, and how to hold fast to truth for your family.

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Creating Contentment in Chaos | Reyna Wilson
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Creating Contentment in Chaos | Reyna Wilson

In this episode, I take you right into one of the funniest experiences I've had to date. We dive into how my driving instructor having an accident mid driving lesson, mirrors how we can approach creating habits for contentment in the crappy seasons of life. Our community sent in some of the ways they struggle in finding contentment in chaos, and how sometimes christian communities fail to provide true support in suffering. Listen in to hear how you can create tangible steps forward towards peace in pain.

Be sure to listen to the end, for an exclusive reveal into the next big thing coming for the Living Wisely Well community!

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Boycotting Bounce Back Culture as a New Mama | Bailey Turner
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Boycotting Bounce Back Culture as a New Mama | Bailey Turner

Bailey Turner, is a 25-year old fitness entrepreneur. She is married to her husband Zachary & has two morkie puppies (Ziggy & Jax). Bailey is on here motherhood journey after she gave birth to her rainbow baby girl, Marlow Marie! They currently reside in southern Utah but are both born and raised in the Midwest (a small WI town to be exact)! Bailey uses her platform to share the real & raws of motherhood, as well as tips & tricks to starting your fitness journey & living a healthy balanced lifestyle. And that is exactly what we cover in this episode! Bailey lays out the struggle of bounce back culture, especially within her influence in the fitness industry and how she hopes to encourage other women and her daughter to change the story and celebrate our bodies!

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Growing from the Ashes of your Story + Giving Grief Room to Heal | Tori Hein
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Growing from the Ashes of your Story + Giving Grief Room to Heal | Tori Hein

Tori is a down to earth communicator, coach, and Bible teacher who engages people with her authenticity, humor, and passion for God and His word. Whether on stage speaking, coaching her clients, or sitting snuggled on a couch with a friend, her goal is to move others toward God in their story and live for eternity, now. Her journey as a work-from-home mom began in support of her husband, Matt, and his traveling band,⁠ I AM THEY.⁠ After almost a decade-long career in online sales and health coaching, while also balancing motherhood, ministry, and homeschooling, Tori felt herself reaching a point of burnout.God met her with one question: "Are you working from worth, or for it?" Realizing she had placed much of her identity in the results she was producing for God rather than in the God she was working for, this began a two-year journey of healing from chronic stress and striving that led to her online course and mentorship program, "Work from Worth" that was launched in 2021.

In this episode we break down the walls holding us back in our own stories, so we can find healing and freedom in the calling set before us. Whether you're a mama, woman in the workforce, or finding yourself in the in between -- this episode is just for you.

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Real Talk about Real Life in your 20s | Laura Allen
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Real Talk about Real Life in your 20s | Laura Allen

Laura is a 25 year old non-profit fundraiser and podcaster living in Austin, TX. Laura hosts a podcast called Almost Somebody Podcast, where she helps listeners find their next right step, reminding them that they are Already Somebody. The podcast was born out of God's faithfulness to her and hopes that she can meet listeners with hope and help, wherever they are right now. In this episode we had a blast talking about all things beautiful and hard about doing adult life in your 20s after a world shut down. LA shares her incredible story about how she's fought for truth and healing despite all the ways the world has tried to lead her astray. Come hang out with us as we chat about worst dating experiences, our own woman at the well moments and how the health industry can only take you so far.

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Racial Discrimination + Gender Inequality in Healthcare | Natosha Ash
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Racial Discrimination + Gender Inequality in Healthcare | Natosha Ash

Natosha Ash is a dedicated and passionate health and wellness advocate with a unique background in genetics and genomics, naturopathic medicine, and nutrigenomics. Her deep knowledge of these subjects has given her a holistic perspective on health and wellness that she shares freely with her community. As someone who understands the importance of using science and nature to promote optimal health, Natosha has made it her life's work to share her knowledge with others. Her mastery in Genetics and Genomics allows her to look at health and wellness from a unique angle, and she leverages this knowledge to promote positive lifestyle changes in others.

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Feeling, Dealing & Healing + Losing Toxicity in your Life | Shawna Holman
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Feeling, Dealing & Healing + Losing Toxicity in your Life | Shawna Holman

Shawna is the founder and owner of A Little Less Toxic, follower of Jesus, wife to Damien, mother to two littles, a devoted credentialed teacher now serving and educating her children at home as well as her online community. After battling chronic health issues for many years that nearly cost her life, she decided it was time to try something different that would have a lasting impact. Through intentional and mindful changes over time, she began a journey that left her pain free for the first time in several years. We break down all of that and more in this episode, and Shawna gives tangible tips to eliminate toxicity in our mind, body, soul and environment through the hard things life throws at us.

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Fierce Faith, Foster Parenting + Cancel Culture Drama | Brittany Dawn Nelson
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Fierce Faith, Foster Parenting + Cancel Culture Drama | Brittany Dawn Nelson

Brittany Dawn is a born and raised Texan, wife, foster mom, and founder of She Lives Freed. In 2019, she had a radical, unexplainable incomprehensible encounter with Jesus that would forever change her life. Since that night, no aspect of her life has looked the same. In this episode we openly talk about some of the toxic aspects to the health and fitness industry, navigating the hurt from cancel culture and what it has been like for Brittney to step into motherhood on a public platform.

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Creating Healthy Attachment + Gentle Parenting | Grace Boggs
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Creating Healthy Attachment + Gentle Parenting | Grace Boggs

Grace is a fellow "crunchy" mama with a heart and passion for loving other mamas well. She is currently pursuing her masters in counseling while raising her two sons alongside her rockstar husband, Matt. In this episode Grace shares a little bit about her own journey in motherhood from postpartum depression to labor trauma, and the transition from one babe to two.

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Going from Nurse to Patient in Western Medicine | Breanna White
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Going from Nurse to Patient in Western Medicine | Breanna White

Breanna White received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from Texas Christian University. She is a Registered Nurse on a antepartum/postpartum unit in Cincinnati, OH where she lives with her husband, Caydn, two labrador retrievers, Mojo and Findlay, and is expecting her twin boys later this spring.

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Homeless, Healing + Hope Through the Hard | Reyna Wilson
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Homeless, Healing + Hope Through the Hard | Reyna Wilson

Welcome to the first solo episode of the If Only I Were Wiser Podcast! In this episode, I share a piece of my story I've never formally shared before, as well as parts of your own stories that you submitted to spread encouragement and truth

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Birth Control Brainwashing + Hormonal Nutrition | Nicole Bendayan
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Birth Control Brainwashing + Hormonal Nutrition | Nicole Bendayan

Nicole Bendayan is a Certified Holistic Nutritionist & Women's Health Expert that has a passion for educating women on holistic menstrual health. She uses informative, easy to understand, and uplifting content to help her audience of over 900,000 incredible humans combined learn how to optimize their health and live in tune with their cycles.

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Poop, Painful Sex & Preparing for Pregnancy + Postpartum | Dr. Rachel Fritz
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Poop, Painful Sex & Preparing for Pregnancy + Postpartum | Dr. Rachel Fritz

Originally from Little Rock, Arkansas, Dr. Rachel Fritz grew up playing soccer and softball, which developed her passion for rehabilitation and physical therapy. She received her Bachelor’s of Science in Kinesiology from Texas Christian University, and her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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Military, Motherhood, Miscarriage + Truths I Needed to Hear | Rachel Awtrey
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Military, Motherhood, Miscarriage + Truths I Needed to Hear | Rachel Awtrey

Rachel Awtrey is an online encourager and podcaster in Birmingham, AL. She spends most of her time connecting with her friends online encouraging them to seek Jesus in small and large ways. She is the host of the Behind the Bliss, a top-rated podcast, which creates space for women to share stories and their reality of what life is really like behind the bliss so that others might experience an “oh yeah, me too” moment. In today's sweet convo she shares about what life has looked like for her as a fellow military spouse, her infertility journey, miscarriage + motherhood, all the while fighting for peace in the hard seasons. Rachel hopes to inspire others that it’s not about doing it all well at once but rather being obedient in our next step.

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How to be Less Stressy + Depressy by Healing Intentionally | Allie Archer
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How to be Less Stressy + Depressy by Healing Intentionally | Allie Archer

Allie received her Bachelor of Science in Youth Advocacy from Texas Christian University and graduated with her Masters in Counseling from Dallas Theological Seminary. She works with teens and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions and self-esteem issues. Allie is trained in EMDR and is passionate about working with clients who have experienced trauma, abuse and PTSD.

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Beautiful Mess of Breaking in Boundaries
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Beautiful Mess of Breaking in Boundaries

In this episode, Jacy shares her own story of healing from broken relationships as a child and how she navigates setting boundaries in marriage and motherhood in light of a faith based perspective.

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