The Sister Circle Podcast
294 episodes - English - Latest episode: 13 days ago - ★★★★★ - 890 ratingsReal. Authentic. Practical. Thoughts on faith, family, food, fitness, fun, and living with focus.
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#428 – Dr. Alicia Britt Chole – Finding Faith that Works
July 30, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBFaith is sufficient. Sure, it doesn’t come with an instruction guide, nor a clear answer to every question, but faith is sufficient. Despite what it may seem, even the most experienced elders in the church struggle with this truth. Faith is a practice in duality, and when we step into it, our lives [...]
#427 – The Power of Silence
July 28, 2023 14:18 - 33 minutes - 30.8 MBHow often are you truly quiet? We live in a noisy world, don’t we? Whether it be in our relationships or on our jobs, we are inundated with the need to fill space. We feel obligated to constantly speak or otherwise contribute to the conversation. We often feel pressed to have all of [...]
#426 – Chanda Stegall – Connecting the Dots of Your Life
July 19, 2023 22:00 - 56 minutes - 52.6 MBDo you have someone in your corner? You know, that person who can both cheer you on yet also call you out on your business? That role shouldn’t be for many people in your life, but when you find that trustworthy someone, they are to be treasured for sure. My guest for this [...]
#425 – Know Your “Pressed Self”
July 17, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBYou think you know yourself until things get tough. When pushed against a wall, you may find yourself – for better or worse – becoming a whole different person. You get quiet. You say everything on your mind. You shut down. You burst at the seams! There’s no way this can be you…right? [...]
#424 – Dawn Barton – Conquering Midlife
July 12, 2023 18:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBMidlife for many women either brings joy or fear into their hearts. It’s a season of change: kids are finally out of the house, the marriage is mature, and the career is established. All that’s left is you and defining who you are. For many women, this is a daunting task. Up to [...]
#423 – How to Maximize Your Time
July 10, 2023 00:00 - 29 minutes - 28 MBDo you struggle with being on time? Do you often feel like time is wasting away? Maybe you find yourself thinking, there simply isn’t enough time in a day. You, my friend, are not alone! The truth is, many of us wrestle with feeling behind or as if we are running out of [...]
#422 – Arielle Estoria – Coming Home to You
July 05, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 54.5 MBAre you stunting your own growth? Oftentimes, when we are embarking on our passions or opening ourselves to the world around us, a constant obstacle we face inhibiting living out our dreams in our fullest selves is…us. When we stand at the crossroads of staying in the comfort of convention versus risking safety [...]
#421 – How to Become an Adult
July 03, 2023 12:00 - 38 minutes - 36 MBTo adult, or not to adult? That is the question that so many young adults struggle with. Understanding the complexities of adulthood is not a one-track solution, but rather requires a good and applicable foundation of wisdom, skill, and faith. Many ill-equipped young adults find themselves drowning in the struggles of identity and [...]
#420 – Kim Cash Tate – God Wastes Nothing
June 28, 2023 13:40 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBDo you ever wonder what God can do with the random seasons of your life? Sometimes life goes exactly where we plan for it go and pans out how we envisioned things would happen. Most times? The opposite happens. Our plans fail. The unexpected comes. Surprises, good or bad, interrupt our intentions for [...]
#419 – Preparing Your Kids for the Real World
June 26, 2023 20:20 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWhat makes an adult? The beautiful (or maybe scary) thing about that question is that there are several different answers. For those who’ve lived long enough to know, from the moment you become an adult, this new season of life has a way of throwing anything and everything at you! Many young adults [...]
#418 – Debra Fileta – It’s Time to Heal
June 24, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBAre you trying to live life in neutral to avoid facing the pain of your past? Oftentimes people who love God may feel as if their emotions are bad and represent the opposite of having faith. So we suppress our feelings rather than seeing them as signals that alert us of issues that [...]
#417 – Knowing When to Let Go and How to Find Freedom
June 19, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 27 MBHave you ever felt like you were in too deep? Like maybe certain situations in your life were causing you to go to greater lengths than you ever thought possible, to spend more time than you realized you had, and to cost you more than you could ever afford? Situations that cause us [...]
#416 – Alice Sanders – Connecting with Your Spouse
June 14, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 65 MBHow would you describe your current relationship with your spouse? Are you able to confidently say that you are happily married? My guest for this episode of the podcast makes it a point to say she is “happily married” to remind people that healthy marriages do still exist! Now that doesn’t mean her [...]
#415 – How to Restore Balance to Your Life
June 12, 2023 17:24 - 22 minutes - 21.3 MBDo you ever feel like you are simply out of balance? Does your life ever feel like a runaway train? Are you hoping to operate from a place of internal and external peace, but your daily experiences don't align with that desire? If you ever feel out of whack, you are not alone! [...]
#414 – Kia Stephens – Overcoming Father Wounds
June 07, 2023 13:00 - 58 minutes - 54.3 MBAre you grappling with feelings of fatherlessness? Do you long to discover the path toward becoming healed and whole? There is nothing like the love of a father but what happens when this relationship leaves you wounded and in distress? How do you muster the courage to admit you're not okay while finding [...]
#413 – Naomi Raine – Getting Comfortable in Your Calling
May 31, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 74 MBDo you know what’s it like to find your people in life? You know, those people who just get you and are in your corner no matter what? They don’t have an agenda in mind, and they are ready to laugh (or cry) with you in those late night moments of delirium. They [...]
#412 – Stephanie Ike – Embracing the Supernatural
May 25, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 68.1 MBHave you ever wondered if your dreams had meaning? Do you ever think about how your life connects with the supernatural? Have you ever had an encounter with God that left you in awe of how intimately involved He is in your life? In other countries, it is often the norm to teach [...]
#411 – Mary DeMuth – Parenting Adult Children
May 19, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 46.5 MBBabies don’t keep. When we have children, we are agreeing to devote the next 18 years of our lives to raising them. We teach them everything we can from learning how to walk, to learning how to manage finances. We pour into them all the knowledge and wisdom we have accumulated throughout our [...]
#410 – DawnCheré Wilkerson – Leading Others Well
May 10, 2023 15:46 - 58 minutes - 53.9 MBLeadership, at its core, involves people. At the heart of being a good leader is learning how to navigate relationships well. It’s knowing how to be in relationship with those you lead, those who are leading you, authentic relationship with yourself and most importantly with God. It’s living and thriving in the uncertain [...]
#409 – Tiffany Coleman – You Can Grieve Well
May 03, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 72.5 MBAre you in a season of grief, or have you recently walked through one? Grief is a harsh reality we will all face at some point. Whether it is due to the loss of a job, a friend or a loved one, we will all have to pause and deal with grief. It [...]
#408 – Get Grounded
May 02, 2023 21:52 - 31 minutes - 29.7 MBAre you feeling overwhelmed by the hustle and bustle of life? Do you find it hard to connect with your inner being? Believe it or not, these feelings are of no surprise to God. I truly believe if we can master the art of engaging with spiritual disciplines then we will learn how [...]
#407 – Shanterra McBride – Embracing Courageous Discomfort
April 26, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 65.4 MBAre you struggling to engage in relationships and conversations the way Jesus calls us to? We all need community. Yet, relationships are hard and conversations can be even harder. Sometimes we associate our need for community with someone else’s journey. We decide we do not want the label or the box associated with [...]
#406 – Kendra Adachi – Being a Lazy Genius
April 19, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBDo you feel like you are either getting everything right or everything wrong? Or perhaps you feel like you are running out of time to do all the things you desire to do? The truth is we often tend to force ourselves into extreme categories. We demand excellence and rarely give ourselves the [...]
#405 – Sopha Rush – Keeping God at the Center
April 13, 2023 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.4 MBDo you find yourself doing “all the things” for God but spending very little time with God? Are you overwhelmed, overworked, or even burnt out? You are not alone. It’s not unusual to desire to glorify God by saying yes to life’s beautiful opportunities. In fact, it’s quite common. Many of us spend [...]
#404 – Elizabeth Moore and Audrey Elledge – The Power of Liturgy
April 06, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBHave you ever wanted to pray but couldn't find the words to express how you were feeling? Scripture tells us we should take everything to God. All of our emotions. All of our fears. Everything. And yet it is not always easy to put what we are experiencing into words, especially words we [...]
#403 – Michele Cushatt – Building Resilience
March 29, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBHas the weight of life’s hard circumstances ever left you feeling paralyzed and lost? Does your pain and grief make it difficult to believe God loves you and cares? Often times as people of faith, we do not expect to need the skill of resiliency because we anticipate relying on our faith to [...]
#402 – Havilah Cunnington – Standing in Authenticity and Authority
March 22, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 55.3 MBThere is a certain confidence that accompanies knowing yourself and your unique assignment on the earth. The way you show up for your life rings a bit different when you are committed to living on purpose and pursuing God’s best for your life. Powerhouse and no-holds-bar speaker and sharer of truth Havilah Cunnington [...]
#401 – Crystal Paine – Practical Ways to Protect Your Time & Do What You Enjoy
March 15, 2023 16:20 - 57 minutes - 53.5 MBHave you found yourself wondering how in the world you are supposed to juggle all of the things on your plate well? Maybe you’ve spent time writing out your to-do list, but inevitably it just gets longer and longer, and the days seem to get shorter. In our conversation together, Crystal Paine has [...]
#400 – How to Stop Second Guessing Yourself
March 13, 2023 09:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBHave you ever found yourself second guessing yourself? Do you frequently question and doubt your decisions? Well, you are not alone... I am currently in a major second guessing situation. My social media is shut down. People in my family have gotten sick. I’ve been functioning on no sleep. Right now the feeling [...]
#399 – Dr. Curt Thompson – Let’s Talk About Shame
March 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBDid you know that shame plays a role in how we show up for ourselves and others? We all have a shame narrative. Our shame story comes before we even realize what it is – when we are toddlers just learning how to navigate life. As we grow it becomes embedded in us [...]
#398 – Dream Big: How to Achieve the Dreams You Can’t Afford
February 27, 2023 13:00 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBWhat are you dreaming about that you can’t afford? What are you desiring that is simply unattainable at the moment? Dreams matter. Desires matter. What you picture when you imagine your future matters. If you are like me, you probably feel at times that you were designed for more. Here’s why we feel [...]
#397- Beth Moore – Be True to Your Story
February 21, 2023 18:26 - 1 hour - 64.9 MBEveryone has a story worth telling. I’m FINALLY getting the opportunity to host Beth Moore on the podcast y’all. She’s a dear friend of my family and she’s also been on my “podcast wishlist” f-o-r-e-v-e-r! Beth joined me to chat about her new book, “All My Knotted Up Life: A Memoir”. Beth courageously [...]
#396 – Taking Inventory of Your Life
February 21, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 32 MBY’all, you know I love doing “all-the-things”! I’m a high capacity person, and often, high capacity people don’t know they have a limit until they find themselves running into a wall. Sometimes this is a literal situation (as I discovered while riding downhill on the Golden Gate bridge) but most of the time [...]
#395- Faitth Brooks – The Journey to You
February 17, 2023 13:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBI wonder how many people would say they just happened to “stumble” upon their purpose. Could you say that? Do you even think it’s possible someone could aim to discover how God desires for them to contribute in the world, and then one day, their purpose simply appears? Here’s the thing. I don’t [...]
#394 – Do a New Thing
February 16, 2023 17:10 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBWhy is doing a new thing so hard? We often want the “new” thing. We get excited about “new" things. We look forward to celebrating the “new” thing. But often we fail to move forward with the “new” thing. Why, you ask? Because new things require work. The real challenge with doing new [...]
#393 – Marshawn Evans Daniels – Releasing Your Shadow
February 08, 2023 23:01 - 1 hour - 64.5 MBAre you waiting on God to do the thing in your life? Many times, we put all our faith in God and trust him to do everything. We believe he will do something big for us. We talk about him doing it, but we don’t take action to ensure it gets done. Instead, [...]
#392 – Knowing the Season You’re In
February 06, 2023 19:32 - 28 minutes - 26.8 MBI love spin. I don’t just love going to spin classes, but I love teaching spin classes. Why? Because not only am I able to get in a good workout, but I’m also able to be my best D.J. self. You can just call me “DJ Chryssy Chrys”. But more than a few [...]
#391 – Anthony Evans Jr. and Stacy Kaiser – When Faith Meets Therapy
February 03, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 66 MBHave you ever considered seeing a therapist? When you think about the word "therapy," what comes to mind? Often, Christians worry that admitting they want to see a therapist is somehow in direct conflict with their belief that God is enough. And yet, despite their deep-rooted faith, they can sense that something is [...]
#390 – Cultivating Connection
November 28, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBDo you struggle building connections with others? Do you have a community of friends, but no time to spend with them? Connection matters. We were made from the very beginning to live in real community with one another. We need that space where we can say and be our authentic selves and know [...]
#389 – Growing in Gratitude
November 21, 2022 10:00 - 30 minutes - 28.2 MBSo, it’s the season of Thanksgiving y’all. A time where we not only stuff the turkey, but we gather ‘round the table with family and friends and stuff ourselves. Just when you think you can’t take one more bite, you find some wiggle room to accommodate those delectable morsels of sweetness. I mean, [...]
#388 – Chrystal’s 2022 Christmas Collection
November 14, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 89.6 MBWe are making our way towards 2023, and with Christmas quickly approaching, that means it’s time to sit back and enjoy Chrystal’s Christmas Collection! Kariss and I continue our mother-daughter tradition of hosting the Christmas Collection and we had tons of fun, as always! Each year Kariss and I throw on super plush [...]
#387 – Cassandra Speer – Abundance is Here
November 09, 2022 10:00 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBHave you ever considered what life would be like if, daily, you chose to live from your true worth? To not be side-tracked or distracted by influence, expectations, or overwhelm? To be anchored in God’s love and acceptance of you before you ever do a thing? It can seem difficult, if not at [...]
#386 – Cuffing Season
November 06, 2022 20:00 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBHave you ever found yourself falling into habits or relationships you knew weren't good for you, but the satisfaction of the moment or the emptiness of your life drew you in? In this episode, I talk about the concept of "cuffing season." Whether you have heard of this phrase or not, this is [...]
#385 – Elizabeth Woodson – Discovering a Deeper Faith
November 02, 2022 09:04 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWhat comes to mind when you hear the word "theology?" Is the accompanying feeling one of overwhelmed or excitement? Do you believe there is impact and importance in understanding theology for yourself? Do you question the relevance of theology in your life? Or are you simply asking the question… "what are we really [...]
#384 – Need to Focus? Help for the Multi Passionate Person
October 28, 2022 18:22 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBDo you ever feel like you're just all over the place? Your life may be full of things you love, but it can be hard to know - is THIS what I'm "supposed" to be doing? Do I focus here or there? Should I invest my time in "x" commitment or "y" commitment? [...]
#383 – DawnCheré Wilkerson – Living in the Flow
October 26, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 65.2 MBEvery now and again, I get to swap stories with others who get my ministry life experience. I’ve been a pastor’s kid my whole life. I’ve grown up in the church. I love God and I love His people. But I’d be lying if I didn’t also say that ministry isn’t always easy. [...]
#382 – Focus on Your Jewels
October 24, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBDo you find that sometimes life is just too much?? There are bills to pay, relationships to mend, goals to reach, schedules to manage, and some days it can feel like a lot. The good news is that as a child of God and part of His royal family, you have access not [...]
#381 – Dr. Anita Phillips – Keys to Emotional Well-Being
October 19, 2022 09:00 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBExcited. Depressed. Anxious. Jubilant. Apprehensive. Overwhelmed. Jealous. Scared. Sad. Joyful. Angry. Emotions. We all feel them. In fact, they are a God-given part of being human. Our emotions play a huge role in our lives – actually, much more than what we give them credit for. Emotions are signals or indicators the body [...]
#380 – Four Ways to Find Rest
October 17, 2022 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.5 MBDo you find yourself already tired as you look to the fourth quarter and all that the holidays bring? There are parties to attend, gifts to buy, relationships to navigate and boundaries to set. The pressure can feel immense, but you don’t have to succumb to the stress and chaotic nature that can [...]
#379 – Lisa Sharon Harper – Race. Restoration. Real Healing.
October 12, 2022 09:00 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBDo you struggle to understand why race is so important in American life? Why people of color seem to struggle more than others in their quest to experience the proverbial American dream? Do you ever question your own role in the persistence of systemic racism or question if there is even such a [...]