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The Keren Elijah PodcastWhen the Mic Cut Off and I Didn’t Lose My MindIt’s been a minute and this episode explains why.In today’s catch-up, I share the full story of a day that was meant to be productive but turned into a technical disaster. From generator issues in Nigeria to full iPhone storage mid-shoot and a mic that stopped working halfway through, I was ready to give up but I didn’t.This episode is for anyone who’s trying to build something and keeps hitting obstacles. I talk about:How I’m navigating YouTube as a beginnerWhy support from my people means everythingWhat happened du...2025-06-2912 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastI Didn’t Have Experience — But I Got 3 Job Offers AnywayHey friend. Come in and breathe. This one’s for the girl who’s been applying, crying, praying — and still hearing silence. For the one who looks at her resume and sees gaps, not glory. For the woman who’s lived too much life to fit neatly into a LinkedIn box.In this episode, I take you back to my second year of university — before the branding, before the business. I didn’t have Canadian experience. I didn’t have a referral. I didn’t even know how job placements really worked. But I had pain. I had pra...2025-06-2928 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastWhat 11 Years Away From Home Taught Me — The Real StoryWhat happens when you leave home at 18… and don’t come back for 11 years?In this deeply personal episode, I open up about the real story behind my time away — the cold winters, the grocery shock, the friendships and loneliness, the work rejections, the spiritual covering that held me together, and the survival mode that nearly stole my softness.This isn’t just about moving to Canada. It’s about becoming. It’s about what survival taught me — and what I had to unlearn. It’s about navigating life as a Black, immigrant, first-bo...2025-05-1232 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastComing Home Hits DifferentAfter nearly 11 years in the diaspora, I came back to Nigeria—and nothing could have prepared me for the re-entry. This episode is not a recap. It’s a re-immersion.From the 5am chicken alarms to inverter sounds that spark joy… from the unbearable heat to generator choruses, wedding joy to security fears, farm-to-table sweetness to pothole trauma—this is my real-time, sensory, emotional return.But it’s more than culture shock. It’s a spiritual reawakening. A nervous system reboot. A conversation with guilt, joy, memory, and faith. This is for anyone living i...2025-04-2818 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastWhen You’ve Been Through Too Much to Pretend You’re FineYou’re not lazy. You’re not inconsistent. You’re not broken. You’ve just been in survival mode for so long, your body forgot what peace feels like.In this episode, Keren Elijah shares a personal story—one that starts with dizziness, moves through hospital visits, and ends with a life-altering wake-up call about what the body remembers. Through the lens of nervous system safety, she teaches how exhaustion, overwhelm, and shutdown are not failures—they’re signals. And they deserve to be honored.Whether you’re building a business, managing a team, or just trying to...2025-04-2308 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastHe Got Up… But My Person Didn’t: What Now?What do you do when Easter is over… and your grief is still here?In this real, tender, voice-led episode, Keren Elijah opens the conversation many believers carry but rarely say out loud: “Jesus got up… but the person I lost didn’t. So what now?”This episode holds space for real grief after resurrection. For the woman who still misses someone. For the one who feels numb. For the one who’s wondering where God is in the silence. It’s not a sermon. It’s not a breakdown. It’s a...2025-04-2208 min
The Keren Elijah Podcast🔒 The False Urgency That’s Draining YouSubscriber-only episodeYou’re not behind. You’re not lazy. You’ve just been living under false urgency.In this episode, we get honest about the pressure to move fast, launch now, show up even when your spirit is tired—and how that urgency isn’t from God, it’s from fear.If you’ve ever built something out of panic, posted out of anxiety, or rushed a launch to feel useful—this word will meet you where it hurts.We’re breaking agreemen...2025-04-1906 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastBought. Covered. Called.The other night, I sat with my life. Not my plans. Not my goals. My life.And I realized—I forgot who I was.Grief, survival, sickness… it all tried to steal my memory. But this Easter, something shifted. This episode is a holy interruption. It will disrupt you. It will direct you. And it will deliver you right back to the Shepherd.You’ve been bought. You’ve been covered. Now it’s time to walk in your calling.Show Notes:2025-04-1909 min
The Keren Elijah Podcast🔒 Why We Must Be Rooted NowSubscriber-only episodeThis isn’t just a welcome episode. It’s a wake-up call.If you’ve been feeling spiritually numb, emotionally full, or silently drifting—this word is for you.We’re not here to scroll past truth or survive on fumes. We’re here to plant deep. In God. In clarity. In unshakable obedience.In this opening message, I’m naming what’s really happening in the world, what it means for those of us called to build, and how to stop living unroot...2025-04-1904 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastFrom Follow-Through Mentor to Faith-Driven Consistency Strategist: The Shift You’ve Already FeltThis isn’t just a reintroduction. It’s a real-time confession. A deep breath. A naming of the shift you’ve already sensed in your spirit.In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain and sharing why I’m no longer calling myself a Follow-Through Mentor—and how I’m stepping (with trembling obedience) into this next chapter as a Faith-Driven Consistency Strategist.But let me be honest: This shift wasn’t easy. Because how do you step into consistency when you’ve been the queen of starting over?I’...2025-03-2808 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastSingle, Faithful & Figuring It Out—What My Single Season Is Teaching MeSis, let’s talk about it.Singleness as a Christian woman? It’s a trip. One day, you’re out here thriving—romanticizing solo dates, deepening your faith, stretching out in bed like a starfish. The next? Another engagement post. Another “So, when are you getting married?” Another wedding invite where you’re deciding between RSVPing solo or inventing an imaginary plus-one.And suddenly, you’re side-eyeing heaven like… God, what’s up??I used to treat singleness like a waiting room—like a season to end as soon as possible. B...2025-03-1807 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastWhen God’s Timing Feels Too Slow🚦 You’ve prayed. You’ve planned. You’ve taken action. And yet… nothing is happening.If you’ve ever felt like God is taking too long, like you’re stuck in an endless waiting season with no clear sign of movement—this episode is for you.In today’s conversation, we’re unpacking: ✔ Why waiting feels so frustrating (especially for ND minds). ✔ How to trust God’s timing—even when it feels slow. ✔ What to do while you wait (so you don’t spiral into overthinking).2025-03-1809 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastExecution Without Burnout—What That Actually Looks LikeA practical, faith-driven conversation on how to follow through—without exhaustion, pressure, or hustle.Episode Description:Most of us don’t struggle with execution because we’re lazy—we struggle because we’ve only ever been taught one way to execute: hustle harder, grind through exhaustion, and prove our worth by how much we produce.But here’s the truth? That way doesn’t work. Not if you want to be healthy, present, and actually enjoy your life.In today’s episode, we’re breaking do...2025-03-1829 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastLosing My Mobility, Finding My Voice & Rebuilding from ScratchWhat happens when life forces you to slow down?In this raw, deeply personal episode, I’m sharing the story of losing mobility in my legs and the identity crisis that followed. For so long, I tied my worth to movement—to always pushing, producing, and proving myself through output. But when I physically couldn’t do that anymore, I had to confront some hard truths:✔ Who am I when I can’t “keep up”?✔ Is rest really falling behind—or is it an invitation?✔ How do I rebuild a...2025-03-0619 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastGrief, Survival & Why I Had to Rethink EverythingThere are moments in life that change you—moments that split your world into before and after. Grief does that. It strips everything down to its core, forcing you to ask: What really matters?In this deeply personal episode, I’m sharing a story I never thought I could tell. This isn’t just about loss—it’s about what comes after it. It’s about survival, rebuilding, and how grief reshaped my entire approach to life, faith, and execution.I’ll take you inside my journey of losing my sister, the weight of all she never got...2025-03-0614 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastWhat Has Hesitation Already Stolen from You?How much time have you already lost—just hesitating?How many seasons have passed while you waited for the "right time"?How many doors did God open… that you never walked through?Listen, this episode isn’t here to shame you.It’s here to wake you up.Because the truth is—hesitation steals from us.It robs us of time, opportunities, and the growth we were meant to experience.And at some point, we have to decide… are we going to kee...2025-03-0509 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastWhy Do I Know What to Do, But Still Can’t Move?Why do you know what to do… but still can’t seem to do it?Most of us don’t struggle with knowing—we struggle with moving. We overthink, we hesitate, we tell ourselves we’re ‘waiting on God’ when deep down… we’re just scared to take the first step.In this episode, we talk about the hidden emotional and mental blocks behind execution paralysis, how fear disguises itself as wisdom, and the tiny shift that will help you finally start moving.Support the showThe Keren Elijah Podcast | S...2025-03-0412 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastWhat if trusting God doesn’t look like waiting—but moving?I used to think I was being patient. That I was waiting on God's timing. But the truth? I was scared. I was hesitating, over-processing, waiting for a 'perfect' moment that never seemed to come. And maybe you've been there too.In this episode, we talk about the tension between faith and action, how to know when it’s time to move vs. when it’s time to wait, and the quiet ways fear disguises itself as patience.If you’ve been stuck in hesitation, waiting for one more sign—this episode is for you.Sup...2025-02-1808 minThe Keren Elijah PodcastI Almost Didn’t Start This Podcast… But Here’s Why I DidI almost didn’t start this podcast. Not because I didn’t want to—but because I wasn’t sure I had the right words, the right format, the right ‘perfect plan.’ Maybe you know that feeling too. You’ve been sitting on something—a dream, a calling, a next step—but hesitation keeps whispering, 'Not yet.'This episode is for you. No fluff, no pressure—just an honest conversation about trust, follow-through, and taking that first step. Because sometimes, moving in faith means starting before you feel ready.Support the showThe Ke...2025-02-1802 min