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Nancy Hicks

Nancy Hicks is a teacher and speaker who inspires women to find their God-given power and ignite a life of passion. As a mother, wife and leader, Nancy Hicks understands the many roles a woman plays and the feeling that there must be more in her and for her. Nancy knows what it’s like to spend blurry days scrubbing floors and doing laundry, and she also knows what it’s like to use her voice as a singer and a former on-air spokesperson for QVC, reaching millions with her platform. In each sea...

Karen Ehman

Karen Ehman is a Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and New York Times best-selling author. She writes for Encouragement for Today online devotions that bring God's peace, perspective, and purpose to over four million women daily. Karen is the author of 11 books, including Listen, Love, Repeat, Keep It Shut, Hoodwinked, and Pressing Pause. She is also the Speaker Track Director of Proverbs 31 She Speaks Conference and a teaching staff member of their writers' training site, COMPEL. Related Lin...

Jenny Randle

Jenny has served in ministry and worked in the entertainment, publishing and creative industries for over fifteen years. Her unique personal story and creative adventures have provided her with a platform to encourage others to find freedom and take action. Her dedication to helping individuals be rooted in faith frees people to move beyond their failures in pursuit of purpose. Jenny’s been quoted in popular media outlets like Bustle, Martha Stewart, Inc. Magazine, and other numerous print, ...

Lisa Bevere

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Lisa Bevere! Lisa Bevere has spent three decades empowering women of all ages to find their identity and purpose. She is a New York Times bestselling author and internationally known speaker. Her previous books, which include Fight Like a Girl, Lioness Arising, Girls with Swords, Without Rival, and Adamant, are in the hands of millions worldwide. Lisa and her husband John are the founders of Messenger International. Do you have a godmother? ...

Tod Jacobs & Peter Lynn

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn from Not a Partnership! About the Authors: Tod Jacobs Tod Jacobs is Director of the David Robinson Institute for Jewish Heritage in Jerusalem, which he co-founded in 2005. Prior to his current role teaching and counseling his students and alumni, he enjoyed a distinguished career on Wall Street as one of the leading authorities on the telecommunications industry globally. As a managing director at JP Morgan and befo...

Marilyn Vancil

Hello, I'm Marilyn Vancil! It is a sacred honor to witness "Holy Aha Moments" for those I accompany as a spiritual director, coach, and facilitator of workshops and retreats. Being in the presence of how God draws people to new experiences of freedom and ever-deepening awareness of Divine Love and Grace in their everyday stories is a privilege and a joy! I've been passionate about the Enneagram personality model and its value in Christian spiritual transformation for over thirty years. M...

Lara Casey

In 2009, Lara Casey—PowerSheets® creator, best-selling author, and mom to three—wrote a blog post ("How to Make Things Happen") in an attempt to answer the many emails she received asking, "how do you do it all?" The blog post received a flurry of responses, resonating with hundreds of people. It sparked a movement that turned into the Making Things Happen Conference a decade ago, where she continues to lead attendees through our proven process to uncover what truly matters to them and do ...

Kelly Balarie

Welcome Kelly Balarie to the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast! Now more than ever, we need rest –a deep, trust-centered knowing of God’s goodness and peace. Yet, these days, we are experiencing the opposite: Three out of five people admit to doing more than they can manage. Many are more fearful than ever because of  Covid-19. Great amounts of people are under the weight of massive financial burdens. Not only this, but family life, virtual schooling, safety discussions and workplaces are o...

Shari Rigby

Shari Rigby, a former model who represented numerous companies such as Mercedes Benz, Humira, American West Airlines, Suzuki, Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Cox Cable, got her start in acting as a lead in the Dove award winning music video, “Slow Fade,” by Casting Crowns. She also appeared in The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Her feature films include Not Today which received seven awards including an IFFF Spirit Award and Best Justice Film, October Baby named one of the...

Megan Fate Marshman

As an international speaker at churches, conferences and university chapels, Megan Fate Marshman is a leading voice to this generation. She has devoted her life to loving God and overflowing His awesome love to others. Megan is currently a teaching pastor at Willow Creek Community Church and the Director of Women’s Ministries at Hume Lake Christian Camps. She also shepherds women at her home church, Arbor Road. She also enjoys adventuring all over the globe with her family speaking and sha...

Tod Jacobs & Peter Lynn — Not A Partnership

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Tod Jacobs and Peter Lynn from Not a Partnership! Beyond being a typical collaboration between two authors or scholars, this book represents the culmination of more than fifteen years of work that Tod and Peter have done together in the area of marriage. The students of the institute they lead have provided a living laboratory for how to prepare for marriage, face and ultimately overcome its classic and idiosyncratic challenges. The pair’s pri...

Kayla Stocklein

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Kayla Stocklein! Widow of Megachurch Pastor Leaves Breadcrumbs of Hope for Those Lost in the Wilderness of Mental Illness in New Book Kayla Stoecklein Shares the Journey that Led to Her Husband’s Suicide, Encourages Others to Be a Safe Space for Those Struggling in ‘Fear Gone Wild.' “It’s crucial we approach this message as both a love story full of life and a tragedy full of loss at the same time. When we leave room for both/and in another pe...

140: Laura Smith

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Laura Smith! In the new book, How Sweet the Sound: The Power and Promise of 30 Beloved Hymns from Our Daily Bread Publishing, author Laura Smith takes a fresh look at 30 classic hymns, sharing warm devotional stories and making meaningful connections between these songs of the past and our twenty-first century lives. Do you miss listening to the sweet harmonies of hymns being sung in church? Do you recall precious life memories when a specific...

REPLAY: Daniel & Brittany Price Brooker

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Daniel & Brittany Price Brooker! After the tragic untimely deaths of their respective spouses, Brittany Price and Daniel Brooker each found themselves as a young widow/widower – dealing with their own individual journey’s of grief, and pain, and heartache, and loss… a loss that ultimately brought them together in remarriage.

REPLAY: John Mark Comer

Please welcome John Mark Comer to the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week talking about our world of HURRY and how we can eliminate it!! Our worst moments tend to happen when we are in a hurry—late for an appointment, behind on our to-do list, cramming too much in our day. It occurs when we’re trying constantly to do more, creating a bone-deep tiredness not just in our minds or bodies but deep in our souls. In short, hurry doesn’t just make us weary. It is the great enemy of our spiri...

139: Alli Worthington

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Alli Worthington! Alli is like many of us – a woman following her calling in ministry, work, and family – who found herself at a spiritual crossroads. God called her into something new, but she wasn’t sure she was strong enough to say yes. Standing Strong delivers a wealth of practical tips and Godly wisdom that will leave you encouraged to follow the dream God has planted in your heart. You are enough” is a well-intentioned, encouraging messa...

138: Dawn Barton

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Dawn Barton! Dawn Barton has endured more pain and heartache in her lifetime than Hallmark can fit into a single movie: the loss of a child, divorce, cancer, rape, near-death of her mother from a brain aneurism, the death of her only sibling, and her husband’s substance abuse. But because she experienced such incredible pain, she also knows incredible joy… so much so, this sassy southerner refers to herself as a "Joyologist.” In her new book...

137: Banning Liebscher

Today on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast is musical artist, Banning Liebscher! Banning Liebscher is on staff at Bethel Church in Redding, California. He and his wife, SeaJay, are the directors of Jesus Culture, a ministry dedicated to mobilizing, equipping, activating, and sending a new breed of revivalists worldwide. Related Links: WEBSITE: Leadership.JesusCultureSchool.com INSTAGRAM: @thebanning TWITTER: @thebanning FACEBOOK: /thebanningpage

136: Dr. Helen McIntosh & Blythe Daniel

Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, on mother/daughter relationships, Dr. Helen McIntosh and Blythe Daniel. Are You Struggling with a Difficult Mother-Daughter Relationship? Dr. Helen McIntosh and Daughter, Blythe Daniel, Provide Tools to Help You Restore What Needs Mended! Relationships between mothers and daughters can be messy and hurtful. Dr. Helen McIntosh understands the uncertainty of a strained relationship and the scars that can develop. Raised by a mother who battled anxiet...

135: Jen Fulwiler

Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, we have Jen Fulwiler! About Jennifer: When SiriusXM radio host Jennifer Fulwiler decided she wanted to seriously pursue stand-up comedy, she repeatedly heard there wasn’t a place for a minivan driving, female comic with six kids. But Fulwiler wasn’t going to let anyone stand in her way. After countless open mic-nights, she self-produced a comedy tour, using her personal credit card to secure venues. Tickets sales were explosive with many shows selling...

134: Sharon Jaynes

Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, we have Sharon Jaynes! Sharon is an international inspirational speaker and Bible teacher for women’s conferences and events. She is also the author of several books, including Becoming the Woman of His Dreams and The 14-Day Romance Challenge. Sharon and her husband, Steve, call North Carolina home. Words have the power to spur others on to achieve greatness and also the power to have a lasting negative impact. International speaker Sharon Jaynes enc...

133: Rachel Van Kluyve

Today on the Thriving Belief Podcast, we have Rachel Van Kluyve! Rachel is a Nashvillian stay at home mom turned momtrepreneur. Most days you can find her in a messy bun and yoga pants wrangling two boys while running a real estate business, homeschooling, DIYing, and keeping up with her passions. She's mostly known for her thrifty finds and the ability to make the dollar count. Amazon is her go-to and she tends to say she has eloquent taste on a Target budget. She's most passionate in lif...

132: Harold & Rachel Earls

Today on the podcast: Harold & Rachel Earls!

131: Sara Hagerty

Today on the podcast: Sara Hagerty About Sara Sara Hagerty is a lover of God, a wife to Nate, and a mother of seven-four adopted from Africa and then more through miracle pregnancies. She's also a bestselling author and speaker. As a lifelong admirer of words, Sara has experienced their power to revive. Raw words written in tearful honesty and shared with her readers. Words whispered in hidden places as conversation with God and worship to Him. Today Sara's words offer God's hope to read...

130: Jessica Hottle

Today on the podcast Jessica Hottle!! #1 lie women believe: What if someone doesn’t like what I am doing? What if someone makes fun of me or ridicules me? What if? So, what’s the truth—God's truth to this lie? First, to discover it’s a lie, we have to know what God’s Word says about our feelings of inadequacy and fear. For example, John 14:27 says, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not b...

129: Beth Jones

On the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week: Beth Jones Reinvent: start fresh and love life! Reach your God-given potential and live a joyful life by finding your purpose in Christ with this inspiring guide from Beth Jones, host of Hillsong Channel’s The Basics With Beth. The world around us is in a constant state of reinvention, from technology, to careers, to family. It’s easy to struggle in the midst of change, and each season brings new challenges. But we need reinvention: the ...

128: Laura Smith

On the podcast this week: Laura Smith! From Laura: "I’ve been searching my whole life for beauty. Not in the world—there’s plenty of that—in the crimson of a cardinal’s feather, in the sound of waves crashing along a shore, in the melody of a Beatles’ ballad, or in a Chagall stained glass window. The world is filled with beauty, but me, well that was another story. It took me years to discover my true beauty, to fully grasp I am made in the image of my Creator, and therefore, I am beautif...

127: Paul David Tripp

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Paul David Tripp! Dr. Paul David Tripp is a pastor, event speaker, and a best-selling and award-winning author. With more than 30 books and video series on Christian living, Paul’s driving passion is to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life.

126: Caitlin Crosby

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast: Caitlin Crosby Related Links: WEBSITE: TheGivingKeys.com INSTAGRAM: @TheGivingKeys FACEBOOK: /TheGivingKeys

125: Paula Faris

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast: Paula Faris. Related Links: WEBSITE: https://www.bittyandbeauscoffee.com/ INSTAGRAM: @bittyandbeauscoffee FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/BittyandBeausCoffee TWITTER: @bittyandbeaus

124: Alison Cook, PhD

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast: Alison Cook, PhD Alison Cook, MA, PhD is a counselor, speaker, and writer who helps people become comfortable in their own skin and fully live out their God-given potential. She is the co-author of Boundaries for Your Soul (Thomas Nelson, 2018). Alison is uniquely gifted at helping people learn how to: Develop confidence from the inside out Transform anxiety and loneliness into peace and connection with others Turn off the internal nega...

123: Amy Wright

122: Amy Olrick

The Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week featuring: Amy Olrick! Amy Olrick is an author and a techie who has spent her professional life working with organizations to build social movements grounded in the ethic of love. Her work and writing has been featured in The Guardian and USA Today, and she is an advocate for the global life-saving work of Help Refugees. Related Links: WEBSITE: GrowingConnected.com INSTAGRAM: @amyolrick FACEBOOK: /growingconnected TWITTER: @amyolrick ...

121: Courtney DeFeo

The Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week featuring: Courtney DeFeo! The “tween” years are a critical transition period in the life of a young girl. Girls this age are changing in profound ways. Loaded with fun activities and engaging content, Treasured will initiate meaningful conversation between moms and daughters during these critical preteen years. ABOUT THE TREASURED STUDY Whether you lead a group of moms and daughters or complete this study one-on-one with your daughter, we e...

120: Julia Jeffress Sadler

The Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week featuring: Julia Jeffress Sadler! Julia Jeffress Sadler is a reality star from TLC’s Rattled, pastor's daughter, minister, professional counselor, triplet mama, and wife to her junior-high sweetheart, Ryan who has seen God do immeasurably more than anything she could hope or imagine! After suffering three miscarriages in one year, God blessed her and her husband, Ryan, with triplets! Their story of faith, prayer, and evangelism in the midst of h...

119: Betty Maxwell

The Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week featuring: Betty Maxwell! Betty Maxwell - Miss America 2016 and the author of Miss Unlikely: From Farm Girl to Miss America.  Betty can interview on the following: Put the Lord First in Your Life: Betty grew up in a faith family on a modest farm in rural Georgia. She trained tirelessly on her God-given operatic talent. She encourages young girls on kindness, humility and seeking the Lord’s will. You Need a Support Team: There will be times yo...

118: Tara Foley

The Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week featuring:@tcofoley Tara’s Clean Beginnings I started my clean beauty journey over 10 years ago after realizing that my “healthy” lifestyle had a huge blind spot: I was exercising and eating clean, but I had no idea what I was putting on my body. That’s when I discovered all the toxins hiding inside my beauty products. I started a blog to share information and received an inspiring response from so many women with the same concerns. We deserve...

117: Jason Thacker

The Thriving Beyond Belief podcast this week featuring: Jason Thacker.  Jason is an expert on current trends in AI. He is one of the authors of the Evangelical Statement of Principles on Artificial Intelligence and is the creative director and associate research fellow at the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. In The Age of AI, Thacker thoughtfully explores the social, moral, and ethical challenges of our interactions with AI, which most of us now interact with constantly, often wit...

116: Kreis Beall

Kreis Beall is the co-founder of Blackberry Farm, an award-winning Relais & Chateaux resort in East Tennessee and one of the nation's premier destinations. Entrepreneurial and artistic, Kreis expresses her passion for life in a wide range of pursuits, from running an inn to designing beautiful spaces--many of which have been featured in leading home magazines for decades. Born in Tennessee, Kreis is the mother of two sons and a grandmother of seven, and a long-term survivor of traumatic brai...

115: Esther Fleece Allen

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Esther Fleece Allen!  Esther Fleece’s success and influence as a millennial leader have come not only courtesy of professional acumen, but personal experience. It is through the tragedies and triumphs of her own life – some of which she has shared as a highly sought-after international speaker – that she has established authority and authenticity with people from all walks of life. She shares those experiences in greater depth than ever be...

114: Lauren Mones

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Lauren Mones! A note from our founder. Hi, welcome! I wholeheartedly believe in the healing power of plants. As a young girl I would take refuge in Nature. The natural world was the safest place for me to be me. I felt a deep connection to the life force of the forest, lake, mountains and ocean. Little did I know as a young girl how this powerful connection would heal my body. I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease in 2014 At the time, ...

113: Debra Fileta

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Debra Fileta! Whether you’re single, dating, engaged or married – the quality of your relationships impacts the quality of your life. Healthy relationships are vital to healthy living. Licensed professional counselor and relationship expert, Debra Fileta, has observed countless relationships at various stages and has guided clients through each one.  In her upcoming book, Love in Every Season: Understanding the Four Stages of Every Healthy...

112: Gary Thomas

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Gary Thomas! Can't wait for you to hear this interview! Get you paper and pen handy! Your life's calling is too important to let toxic people take it away. In When to Walk Away, Gary Thomas - bestselling author of Sacred Marriage - draws from biblical and modern stories to equip you with practical insights to dealing with difficult people in your life and live true to your God-given purpose. As Christians, we often feel the guilt and res...

111: Daniel & Brittany Price Brooker with Jeff and Cheryl Scruggs

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Daniel & Brittany Price Brooker!

110: Paul David Tripp

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Paul David Tripp! Dr. Paul David Tripp is a pastor, event speaker, and a best-selling and award-winning author. With more than 30 books and video series on Christian living, Paul’s driving passion is to connect the transforming power of Jesus Christ to everyday life. Paul was born in Toledo, Ohio, and his parents had recently come to faith in Christ and were very excited about parenting as believers. Even though the Tripp's were committed ...

109: Melanie Shankle

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Melanie Shankle! Melanie Shankle, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the Big Mama blog, pens up with humor and great stories about friendship, love and what it takes to be true to yourself, you'll be encouraged to find your way again in a world that can make you feel a little bit crazy. In On the Bright Side, Melanie reminds us of the unchanging principles we can count on in a changing world. These are lessons that Melanie ha...

108: Kelly Minter

This week on the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast, Kelly Minter! FROM KELLY: "My parents raised me along with my three younger siblings in Northern Virginia, which is an important distinction because it means D.C. metro, traffic, and politics more than the Blue Ridge Mountains. In the Minter home, although our family didn’t always get it right, we mostly got it real. As a child, I struggled with acute anxiety and waves of depression before I or the people around me had much language or hel...

107: Lauren Scruggs Kennedy

Lauren Scruggs Kennedy was born in Redondo Beach and raised in Dallas, so she calls herself a California girl whose roots are deep in the heart of Texas. Lauren loves Jesus, her hubby, Jason Kennedy, her family, friends and clean living! And that's what this episode is about! we are going to talk about Lauren's The Clean Sweep program! Lauren is beyond thrilled to offer this three-month program to you! It is an organized, thorough guidebook to help lead you on a journey toward clean li...

106: Ashley Abercrombie

A willingness to be vulnerable and share a personal story takes courage. Speaker, blogger, and pastor, Ashley Abercrombie knows this first hand. In her new book, Rise of the Truth Teller: Own Your Story, Tell it Like it Is, and Live with Holy Gumption, she writes about her private journey surviving rape, abortion, dysfunctional relationships, and overcoming addictions all while maintaining her gritty, no-nonsense style. It was in the story telling that allowed Abercrombie to find her stren...

105: Nicole Zasowski

As a marriage and family therapist, one of Nicole Zasowski’s greatest joys is helping her clients grow in emotional freedom. What she couldn’t see for many years is that she was living her own life outside of that freedom, clinging to behaviors like shame, performance, and control in order to feel valued and safe. It was only when she was confronted with her own devastating pain and loss that Nicole realized her current way of life was failing her. She then discovered that sometimes God’s ...