Episode 549: When Obedience Feels Like a Detour — With Stefani Pady
How God Built Two Businesses Through One Yes (and Why It Wasn’t the Plan)
This episode from The Vault summer series features a powerful conversation with Stefani Pady—business coach, sales leader, and founder of Women Worship & Work. If you’ve ever felt tension between your corporate success and your kingdom calling, or wondered why God hasn’t opened the door you expected, this one’s for you.
Stefani opens up about leaving a 20-year corporate career with big dreams to build a faith-based community… only to have God reroute her into a booming business. What looked like a delay turned out to be preparation—and now she’s helping women lead with wisdom, build with strategy, and abide in every season.
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What You'l Learn:
What it really looks like to follow a calling that feels inconvenient
How God used Stefani’s marketplace skills to prepare her for ministry
Why your business and your faith don’t have to be separate
The power of “secondhand revelation” vs. hearing directly from God
How to build a rhythm of biblical truth and practical strategy into your life
An invitation to the Suited experience inside Women Worship & Work
Time Stamps:
03:00 – The unexpected fruit of obedience
08:30 – When calling doesn’t look like you imagined
12:00 – Building a business while healing from hustle
19:00 – Why women need scripture more than strategies
26:45 – The real difference between striving and surrender
34:00 – What God showed her through seminary and seasons of pruning
41:00 – The Suited founder group and how to join
When God gives you a vision, it rarely unfolds the way you expect. Stefani’s journey is a reminder that spiritual obedience can sometimes look like professional delay. But when you stay rooted in the Word, fruit eventually follows.
Whether you’re a CEO, a stay-at-home mom, or somewhere in between—your gifts matter. Your pace matters. And this conversation will help you trust God with both.
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Why the Suited Framework Resonates With So Many Women
At the heart of Women Worship & Work is the Suited framework—8 core “matters” that affect every woman: self, health, boundaries, confidence, growth, parenting, work, and relationships. Each one is grounded in scripture and brought to life through community, leadership training, and practical support.
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Key Takeaways
Your business can be sacred space when stewarded with God
Sometimes your gifts in the marketplace are part of your ministry
Being "suited" means showing up fully armored—mentally, emotionally, and spiritually
You don’t need to lead with a Bible verse to lead with Jesus
Real transformation starts in the Word
Your Next Steps
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