Refine and Restore Podcast: Ep. 08 – Rebekah Lyons – You Are Already Free: Anxiety, Achievement Trap and Altered Expectations
Today's guest is Rebekah Lyons, a national speaker, bestselling author of You Are Free: Be Who You Already Are and Freefall to Fly: A Breathtaking Journey Toward a Life of Meaning. An old soul with a contemporary, honest voice, Rebekah reveals her own battles to...
When Your Life Mission is Going to Be Bound in 55,000 Words
Several years ago, this blog started with a different name. It still has that name if you plug in the old website address (RefineAndRestore.com) but for professional reasons, I changed it to my name which was more easily searchable. But the heart and mission of...
Refine and Restore Podcast: Episode 07 – Lies Christians Believe About Money
Let's talk about a few possible beliefs you may have about money (especially if you're a Christian) that are not fully true and is possibly sabotaging you from experiencing freedom from guilt, shame or greed surrounding this issue. By the end of this episode, you...
When God takes you on a million little pivots toward one main purpose
It’s all a bit surreal. I’m sitting on the deck of a ranch in Idaho in the middle of no-where really, never, ever anticipating that this would be part of my life 6 months ago. And yet, this “no-where” land feels like we are right where we're supposed to be.......
Refine and Restore Podcast: Episode 06 – When You’re In Denial About Your Body Image Struggle
Today Rachel discusses the struggle with body image, especially when you don't really think you have a problem with it. Many women flirt on the tip of the line with this struggle or maybe have even crossed it a time or two, but are in denial that it's a problem in...
How Do You Know…? (What an RV, Idaho, a 50-acre ranch, and My Husband Quitting His Job Has In Common)
Just 6 months ago, I had no idea what an RV, Idaho, a 50-acre ranch and my husband quitting his job would have in common (you can read the 1st post about this 1st step here). Honestly, we were still making plans for the next two years in Southern California and...
Refine and Restore Podcast: Episode 05 – Navigating Rejection from Friends
I think we've all experienced the pain of rejection from friends. The sticky and hard moments that come up when navigating rejection from friendships. I candidly share in this podcast episode (#05) about a severed friendship but what God taught me and is continuing...
12 Things I’ve Learned in 12 Years of Marriage
It's been a little over two weeks since my husband left on his solitude retreat. Our twelve year anniversary happened to land on his day off, enabling us to have a much needed reconnect time over the phone. I was so thankful. Which may sound funny, because we were...