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Refreshing The SoulHow to Embrace Seasons of ChangeAre you experiencing a season of change?
Whether it is a change in position, location, or something within your soul, changes can be good AND challenging.
How do we navigate this season and fully accept the newness that God is bringing us into?
In this week’s episode I break down how we can E.M.B.R.A.C.E. this season so that we can fully experience the benefits and lessons that come with following God.
2024-03-1940 minRefreshing The SoulBreak the Cycle of Seeking Approval | 3 Things You Can Start Doing Now!New Year, Same Cycle?
We look for approval from others mostly because we haven’t accepted ourselves.
This year let's take back the power that we put in others hands to approve us and become settled in our souls in who we are becoming.
In this episode, I give you 3 things you can start doing now to disrupt the cycle of people pleasing, not being honest with your true feelings, seeking excessive reassurance, and more!
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Sooo our family did a thing...a new thing...we recorded an episode together sharing our personal, spiritual and family goals for 2024!
I'm honored God allowed me to share my family with you. ❤️
We hope this video sparks conversation with your family and brings you joy, encouragement, and refreshment! Happy viewing!💚🤍🖤
2024-01-0227 minRefreshing The SoulChanges to RTS PodcastHello My Refreshed Sister❤️ If you've been following me for sometime now, you know that my heart is to release episodes that are God-breathed. Lately, I haven't released an episode because God is changing RTS Podcast and the way I show up. He birthed this podcast in me, so I'm eager to share the new direction He is taking it. I pray you leave this episode encouraged the more to follow God's leading and rest in His ways, no matter how scary or different it may look.
2023-12-1916 minRefreshing The SoulMoving Forward: Forgiving YourselfWe can hold ourselves captive to our past mistakes and shortcomings, and not give ourselves permission to receive the good that God wants to bless us with because we feel unworthy of it. So we sabotage relationships, jobs, opportunities…you name it. We punish ourselves by pushing the good we don’t feel we deserve, and settle for less. My sister, I want to let you know that your past does not qualify your future, only God does. Let yourself go. God has.❤️
2023-11-2833 minRefreshing The SoulLearning How to BEI remember the place of feeling angry and frustrated, yet confused if it was ok to show it. The feeling of being scared but afraid to say it. I was torn between the ache of my feelings and how to respond in a way that still pleased God. The question that burned in my heart was, "God how do I be?" God so lovingly heard my heart without a word leaving my lips and sent an older lady to me to say, "God wants you to know, whatever you're doing, keep doing it." What was I doing? I was...2023-11-2223 minRefreshing The SoulMoving Forward: Giving Up to Go Forward
I GIVE UP! I give up the weight of how I want things to look and go, for what God wants!
There's only so far we can go with so much weight. What do you believe you need to surrender in order to move forward in who God is calling you to become? There is something(s) we have to give up to go forward. Let's talk about it!
2023-11-1527 minRefreshing The SoulMoving Forward: What do you need to accept?When we daily decide to break up with the old version of ourselves, we can accept who we were always designed to be. Check out this week's episode as we continue to breakdown what we need to move forward.
2023-11-0841 minRefreshing The SoulMoving ForwardYou've been honest. You've addressed the pain. You've allowed yourself to feel. You've allowed God and His Truth into the sacred place of your heart. It's time to move forward. God's best for you is ahead of you.❤️
2023-10-3128 minRefreshing The SoulCreating A Safe Space for You to Ask QuestionsA Safe Space Form
You have permission to ask questions.
I understand that your past may have taught you to keep your questions to yourself to avoid belittlement, offense, weird looks or an image of weakness…
…but my sister, in order to become what God already knows about us, we must tap into wisdom outside of our own understanding.
While there is an internal work and healing we are accountable for, God did not call us to do the work alone. He has set safe spaces...2023-10-1834 minRefreshing The SoulCreating A Safe Space for You to Be Honest (Part 2)A Safe Space Form
How are you creating a safe space in your relationships, in your home, your job, or the ministry God has called you to?
Last week we covered some reasons why it's hard to be honest about your feelings, your desires, the need for help, etc...and ways we can begin to move out of that place.
This week we are discussing ways to create a safe space for others to be honest.
One mindset shift we need to establish is that som...2023-10-1035 minRefreshing The SoulCreating A Safe Space for You to Be Honest Space - Questionnaire
Are you being honest with yourself, with God, and others?
In this episode, I share reasons why we may find it hard to be honest and ways we can begin to allow God to soften this place in us.
Let’s continue the conversation about creating a safe space!
Also will you share your heart with me about your ideal safe space? Click here: A Safe Space - Questionnaire
2023-10-0340 minRefreshing The SoulCreating A Safe Space for You to Heal
Creating A Safe Space - Form
A safe space is required to recover and heal.❤️🩹
You must feel safe to share, ask, cry, get it wrong at times, and just be where you are without the guilt, shame or judgment for being there.
When our safety is threatened, we are distracted from the rest and healing that God so wants us to experience.
I believe God has called me to create a safe space for you to heal, because I so longed for it myself.
I understand the importance and beauty of vulnerability that we can have with others.❤️
When we are open in safe...2023-09-2621 minRefreshing The Soul3 Things To Do To Transition WellAre you in the middle of transitioning?
You may be moving locations, switching schools, changing jobs, or you're shifting from an old mindset to a Godly one.
Whatever transition you may be experiencing, it is sure to come with the ebbs and flows of feelings and thoughts that can lead to heaviness in the soul.
We can transition well and lightly!
heck out this week's episode as I share the 3 things that has helped me transition well🤍🖤
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While we're in the process of being restored in our mind, our health or even in our relationships, it can feel long and hard.
My prayer is to bring you hope in this episode! God sees you! He sees your progress and He sees you working the Word!
Keep going, be patient, it's worth it in the end!
2023-09-1327 minRefreshing The SoulThe Uncovering of You // Getting to the Heart of Your SoulI recently asked God to show me my heart in a particular area. What He revealed I did not like.
To be completely honest, I felt a small sense of shame. 😞
I confessed and repented to God...and you know what His response was?
The engulfing of His Loving arms! I felt an extreme wave of love consume me in a place where I felt unworthy.😭
He uncovered something in me so He could heal me with His love.❤️
We will only know the depths of God's love to the extent...2023-09-0650 minRefreshing The SoulFreeing The Little Girl In You (Part 2)
How do we begin to free the little girl in us?
Somewhere along the way, you were convinced that who you were brought embarrassment, punishment, and rejection.
And so, you rejected who you were and began to hide.
When I took the hand of God to pull me out of hiding, He clearly instructed me, "You must embrace and accept her again."
When we choose to love the little girl in us, we are choosing what God has already chosen.
Let's go deeper and hear more on how we free the little girl in us.
2023-08-2834 minRefreshing The SoulFreeing The Little Girl In You (Part 1)
As a little girl you may have experienced being shamed for doing something wrong, punished for voicing your feelings, or feeling unseen unless you performed well.
While you aged, the little girl who learned how to hide herself didn't.
She convinces you that you have to be perfect in order to be loved, to be quiet in order to stay safe, and to perform in order to be validated.
It's time to free the little girl in you...in me...so that we can live freely and authentically.
God did something special in this episode I had to make it 2 par...2023-08-2134 minRefreshing The SoulWalking Closer with GodHey Refreshed Sister! I'm BACK!!!
I can't wait to share all that God has been doing in my soul and how I am being refreshed by Him.
Over the summer break I have been taking "gratitude walks" with my oldest son. While it was meant to be a creative way to get him to see how much he has to be grateful for, it turned into walks of conversations that brought us closer together.
How is your walk with God?
Do you find your...2023-08-1449 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: A New Song (Anxious Soul Series)Have you been singing the same worry song in your soul? God wants you to sing to Him a new song, but it requires you getting rid of the old song you have on repeat in your heart and soul. What if...I can't...I'll never...This is too much...If only... Choose today to sing a new song! God is! God can! God will!
2023-07-3123 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Dr. Patrice Buckner Jackson ”Start With You” (Anxious Soul Series)So often we look for peace in places outside of us...the calm of an ocean, a quiet and clean house, check marks off our to do list...but true peace resides in the God within us. In this episode, I have a conversation with Dr. PBJ about the signs we avoid when we are no longer in rest, how disrupt cycles of burnout, and that true peace starts with you!
2023-07-2636 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Victory Over Anxiety (Anxious Soul Series)Anxiety can feel like a giant in our soul. There are things that we have wrestled with for years that cause us to become anxious and to see our lives anxiety-free can seem impossible. But with God, there is no giant too big, no wall too high or gate too protected, for Him to tear down and win the battle for you! Listen to this episode to be encouraged and reminded that God has given you the victory over anxiety!
2023-07-1727 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Triggers To Anxiety (Anxious Soul Series)Instead of normalizing and submitting to the bouts of anxiety, we can began to take control by slowing down and looking at what is triggering our anxiety. There's a root behind the anxiousness and it starts with our thoughts. Let's breathe, pause and ask Holy Spirit to help us pinpoint what areas in our lives we need to shift our perspective! I will also give you 3 simple identifiers to help you move forward from an anxious place!
2023-07-1027 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Being Pulled vs Being Led (Anxious Soul Series)Do you find yourself battling worries and trying to keep the anxiety in your soul at bay? Sometimes life can seem overwhelming and we can tend to hold it in our souls. Our souls were never meant to carry heavy weights such as anxiety. This week I want to refresh your souls by first coming to an honest place about your worries. Think about it, Write about it, Pray about it! It's time to release it from your soul and get it out! Tell God all the details. He wants to know and He wants to exchange your anxiety...2023-07-0326 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Breaking The Victim Mentality - ”You Are An Overcomer”In today's replay episode I want to encourage and remind you what the word already say's about you - you are an Overcomer! Now let's chose to walk out this life with a new mindset that God has created you for more than conquering, He has created and perfectly fashioned you to live free and bring Glory to His name!
2023-06-2642 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Breaking The Victim Mentality - ”Uproot It”In today's replay episode we break down 3 ways to uproot the victim mentality! When we try to change ourselves on our own, we will find ourselves left with more frustration and repeating the same cycles. As I learned to come to Jesus with my insecurities and fears, he began to show me in His Word how to uproot the lies I've longed believe. Sis, I pray that what I've learned motivates you to do the same! God is faithful to do His part, now let's be faithful to do ours!
2023-06-1936 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Breaking The Victim Mentality - ”Find The Root”
MY APOLOGIES FOR THE MIC QUALITY!
In today's Summer Replay episode, we get to the root of how we see ourselves when we respond from a victim mindset!
There are experiences, environments and words that have shaped the way we see ourselves and in order to break out of the victim mentality, we must discover the root story we've been telling ourselves.
This clarity will bring light to the reason you've been protecting yourself and begin to move you in the direction of believing who God says you are.
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Check out today's replay episode, where I share some indicators that you may have a victim mindset!
It's time to break that mentality and let's start by being HONEST with self!
2023-06-0524 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Our Road to Forgiveness w/Maurice HardenWe were high school sweethearts, married at the age of 19, and entered marriage prematurely. Today we sit down to tell our story of infidelity, secrets, pornography, insecurities, and how we got on the road to forgiveness! After 7 years of being divorced, God has preserved and restored our union by His grace and redemptive power! We pray our story brings you hope that God is able to restore what looks impossible to you, so that it brings Him Glory!
2023-05-3042 minRefreshing The SoulRTS on Summer Break!
RTS Podcast will be on Summer Break!!!
I will be resting, enjoying my family and leaning more into God🤍
A replay episode will be up every Monday!
I pray you continue to refresh your soul by seeking God in your hiding place with Him and hear what He is saying for you in this season!
Take care of your soul!🤍
2023-05-2302 minRefreshing The SoulA Thankful Soul: The Battle Is Not Yours, But God’s
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I know you might be up against some things that you may not want to face or fight.
God doesn't want you to fight.
He wants you to continue to believe and praise Him. That's your posture. He's already gone before you, cleared the way, confused the adversaries and won the battle.🥊
Drop the dukes and raise up your praise!
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Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday on this channel or when you S...2023-05-1640 minRefreshing The SoulA Thankful Soul: Goodness of GodWe all have different tastes, styles, and preferences. What may be good to you, may be ok to me or vice versa. God is the only absolute goodness we all can experience! He is GOOD and His goodness is not dependent on anything, so neither should our thanks and praise!
In today's episode, we discuss :
👉🏾Honoring God Over Feelings
👉🏾Remaining Thankful in Every Circumstance
👉🏾Ways God Displays His Goodness
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Lately, I've been finding myself thanking God over the sun I get to feel on my skin to the life I get to live daily.🙌🏾
We can trace the goodness and faithfulness of God from everything He made to the personal battles He won for us!
In today's episode, we discuss how a thankful soul:
👉🏾Keeps you in the present
👉🏾Keeps your hope alive
👉🏾Keeps...2023-05-0234 minRefreshing The SoulBLOOM: Let the Light InSubmit Listener Feedback
We BLOOM because… we've let the LIGHT in! 💡
The most important influence on flowering is sunlight! We've let the son-light into the dark and hidden places in our souls, which has set us free and become our guide to the life God has designed for us!
This week let's discuss how letting the light in is to:
🌸 Choose to follow & obey Him
🌸 Allow truth into our soul
🌸 Remove the trees blocking the Light
2023-04-2541 minRefreshing The SoulBLOOM: Refreshed by Living WaterWe BLOOM because… we're refreshed by Living Water! 💦
You've come to a place where God is no longer an emergency treatment...HE is the source of your daily energy, strength, and life!
You make it a habit to regularly water your soul with daily devotion, dialogue with your Heavenly Father, and discipleship from those God called to you!
This week let's discuss:
🌸 The importance of watering your soul
🌸 Why Jesus can only satisfy our soul
🌸 3 Ways to water your soul
2023-04-1845 minRefreshing The SoulBLOOM: Rooted in LoveWe BLOOM because… we're rooted in God's love!💕
Oh refreshed sister, you've been uprooting thoughts and beliefs that you're not enough, not loved, or not valued! I'm Godly proud of you for continuously surrendering what's comfortable and relinquishing your hands to control your life.
You've been allowing yourself to grow deep into His Word that uproots lies and deepens your knowledge of His love for you!
This week let's discuss:
🌸 How to become Rooted in God
🌸 Experiencing the Love of Christ
🌸 Why We Flourish2023-04-1147 minRefreshing The SoulBLOOM: The Soil of Your HeartLISTENER FEEDBACK
It's Your Time to BLOOM!
We BLOOM because… the soil of our hearts is fertile. Our hearts open, eager to listen, understand and allow His word to take deep roots!
This week let's discuss:
🌸 What does it mean to Bloom
🌸 What is a fertile heart
🌸 Having God's Heart to be His hands and feet
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When our hope dies so does our faith.
I want to encourage all those who have succumb to a life of pain, insecurities, and brokenness. YOU CAN BE HEALED!
I know you have only seen this version of yourself, but there is a healed and whole version of you that God knew before you were a thought! You do not have to walk around the same anymore.
The enemy wants us to doubt that God is a healer and that He is good, because it is our f...2023-03-2837 minRefreshing The SoulYour Wounded Soul Needs: OINTMENTListener Feedback
Jesus is the balm your wounded soul needs!
His word says that He heals our broken hearts and binds up our wounds, healing our pain and comforting our sorrows (Psalms 147:3).
In this week’s episode, we journey through the story of the woman with the issue of blood to refresh our souls to know:
Wounds are not our true labels
There is no time limit on your healing
Jesus Christ is the only physician for our soul
2023-03-2139 minRefreshing The SoulYour Wounded Soul Needs: OXYGENYou have to let it breathe!
Have you ever had someone tell you that after you scraped or wounded yourself? You want to cover it to keep it from being exposed to more injury or you think that by covering it, you’re making it heal faster.
But oxygen is needed for healing natural and spiritual wounds.
In this week’s episode, we discuss:
❤️🩹What does covering look like
❤️🩹Hiding is our way of protecting ourselves
❤️🩹What does "letting it breathe" look like
❤️🩹What does let2023-03-1529 minRefreshing The SoulYour Wounded Soul Needs: TIMEWhen we've been wounded, our first inclination is to STOP THE PAIN!🛑 The issue we run into is when we resort to quick fixes to numb the pain, convincing ourselves that no pain = healed. But when life touches the place where you were once wounded, your response will indicate if you have been healed. God wants to heal you AND make you whole, but it requires TIME! In this episode, we discuss how time gives you the space to feel, properly heal, and gain God's wisdom on how to move forward!
2023-03-0628 minRefreshing The SoulRedeemed From Rejection / Expect The GoodIn the words of the song, "Joy in the Morning," by Tauren Wells... "If it's not good, then He's not done No, He's not done with it yet There will be joy in the morning" Don't allow the rejection or the loss to be the end of your story. It's one chapter to the many that are yet to unfold in your life. Expect to see God's goodness! He is faithful and true to the pages of your story He wrote long ago about you. As long as He's the Author, you best believe it's going to be GOOD!2023-02-2824 minRefreshing The SoulRedeemed From Rejection / Trusting AgainSome of us have been deeply rejected and wounded, to which our trust has been destroyed. We don't trust man with our heart, our vulnerability, or our truth. So we show up as our false selves, saying yes when we should say no. Smiling when we're hurting. Protective when we need community. Let's start with trusting God. He's going to lead you from there. Open your heart and give Him a try with the tenderness of your soul.
2023-02-2135 minRefreshing The SoulRedeemed From Rejection / Seeing Yourself Through the Eyes of GodWhat would happen when we take off the lens of rejection that we see ourselves through and choose to put on the lens of how God sees us? I see you initiating where you would once ask for permission. I see you keeping your heart open where you would once close up. I see you enduring and trusting God where you would once give up and turn back to what's comfortable. Let's get the eyes of our soul checked and walk in the redemption and love of our wonderful God!💕
2023-02-1446 minRefreshing The SoulRedeemed From Rejection / You Are Not What Happened To YouWe can subconsciously take on the identity of how people and life have treated us. When we have been dismissed, betrayed, or felt something was stolen from us, we can believe that we are not good, not enough, or not loved. I want us to begin by untethering what happened to us from who we are! Some people didn't know how to love you properly because they weren't shown that. God's grace and love is SO much bigger and wider than the trauma you may have faced.
2023-02-0752 minRefreshing The SoulRedeemed From Rejection - Intro
If you constantly struggle with the whispers in your soul that tell you...
"You're not enough"
"You're not wanted"
"You're not worthy"
....you may have allowed rejection to take root in your soul and change the way you see yourself.
Join me this month as we come boldly to the One who overcame rejection and fulfilled everything God called Him to!
We're walking out the book of Ruth each week to unlayer rejection, so that we may discover and plant new seeds of who God says we are!🤍
See you next Monday!👋
2023-01-3106 minRefreshing The SoulBe Loving to Your Soul
What are the thoughts you think toward yourself? Are they true, honest, pure and lovely?
We can easily pick apart the things we don't like about ourselves and wish we could change, but when we adapt unhealthy thoughts toward ourselves we then move away from loving ourselves the way God loves us.
God thinks good thoughts towards you, my sister, and has a great future for you!
If you're having trouble loving yourself properly, let's discover in the word together what God's love is and how He sees us❤️
2023-01-2338 minRefreshing The SoulBe Gracious to Your Soul
God tends to the garden of our souls with love, patience, and grace.
So, in our learning, receiving correction, and renewing our minds, we too can be gracious to our souls.🤍
It's not one or the other. Grace is independent of the work you choose to do or how well you do it.
Grace is a free gift from God!
Let's receive His gift for our own souls so that we may know how to properly give it to others.
WE have permission to be God's work in progress!🤍
2023-01-1634 minRefreshing The SoulBe Patient with Your SoulYou've been doing the work. You've been addressing the places you used to fear in your soul. You've embraced the discomfort in order to grow. You're showing up to God and giving Him the first fruits of your heart. Yet you don't see the change. That ache in your soul is still there. Sister, be patient with your soul. You may not see it yet but you are transforming! You are doing your part...so be patient in letting God do His.❤️ He will complete the work He began in you. He won't let you stay there.
2023-01-0945 minRefreshing The SoulBe Kind To Your SoulSo often we are told to be kind, to love one another, to forgive or to give grace. But how often are we showing up for ourselves in the same manner?
In this episode I share an area in my soul that needs wholeness and how God revealed that this same place also needs kindness, patience, grace and love.🤍
We will forever be transforming into the image of Jesus Christ, so while we are growing let's also grow to love ourselves the way God does--with patience and kindness!🖤
Start t...2023-01-0229 minRefreshing The SoulChoose Joy // The Gift of Joy
How can we experience joy when we're facing trouble or difficulty?
The short answer, we have to choose it. 🖤❤️
Our joy is directly connected to Jesus. When we choose Him, we choose joy.
In this episode, I share with you the 4 ways Holy Spirit refreshed my soul on how to choose joy in difficulty.
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2022-12-2045 minRefreshing The SoulWeeping into Joy // The Gift of JoySometimes our tears can cloud the truth that the thing you're facing is only for a season, that it doesn't end here, and that God can restore your joy. This week we're encouraging those who have been discouraged for a while. They have been weeping silently but showing up with a smile. Let's get to the root of our hope and how God can turn our mourning into joyful dancing!
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2022-12-0526 minRefreshing The SoulPeace in the Shepherd //The Gift of PeaceIn this last episode of the series, "The Gift of Peace," we discuss how looking to God as our Shepherd, leads to Peace.
We are more like sheep in needing guidance, help, protection and God is our good Shepherd that wants to tend to our souls, feed and protect us.
Don't be the sheep and shepherd of your life. HE alone makes us to lie down, gives us rest and peace for our souls!2022-11-2833 minRefreshing The SoulPeace in the Suffering / The Gift of Peace“Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.” Psalms 23:4 NLT In this life, there are some dark and valley places we will have to walk through. The work is in believing you’re not alone and that you’re safe when you’re there. This week’s episode is to encourage you to keep trusting the God of your Protection and Peace🙏🏾
2022-11-2132 minRefreshing The SoulPeace in the Silence // The Gift of PeaceBinge-worthy Netflix episodes. Kids needing help with homework. Texts from friends. Clients calling your phone. Dinner must be cooked. House must be cleaned. We can be so used to things pulling for our attention, that we don’t realize it can become the noise we look for to fill silent places. Do you distract yourself or feel discouraged when life or God seems too silent? God’s PEACE is the soundness and oneness that your soul need. Let’s talk about it in 🎙“Peace in the Silence!”
2022-11-1436 minRefreshing The SoulPeace in the Soul // The Gift of PeaceWhat do you consider "peace"? Do you see yourself sitting by a quiet ocean taking in its beauty to be peace? Or perhaps a day of accomplishing all of your work with no hiccups or distractions? When peace is found in the condition of your situation and not your soul, it's not peace sis...it's a temporary fix to a temporary situation. God's peace is everlasting, surpasses all understanding, and does not change with your situation. Let's grab ahold of this word today to discover how we can have peace in the soul!
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In this episode, Rachel has come to help us break shame off of us by reminding us that we MUST affirm ourselves from the time we wake up to the time we go to bed!
Rachel Baribeau "Affirm Yourself" Takeaways
Accountability to Self - Did you do what y...2022-10-3136 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Overcoming the Fear of the UnknownThis journey with God is filled with unknowns and if we don't overcome the fear of what we don't know and what we can't see, we will not experience an abundant life of peace and will sabotage what God wants to give us by faith!
The more we grip God's hand and choose to trust His word, God will open our eyes to what HE SEES! There's more to you and your life than you can imagine or figure out on your own, so let's overcome the fear of the unknown together to discover it!2022-10-2422 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Being Pulled vs. Being LedI will never forget the first time I experienced an anxiety attack when my husband was away in Iraq and I had my 3-year-old daughter and 6-month-old son.
When I look back at this dark time, I realize that I was never honest with MYSELF about the worries I felt pulled by. How can we be honest with God about the details of our life if we’re not willing to be honest with ourselves?
My beautiful sister, it's time to be honest with self. Just because this is where you are...2022-10-1726 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Let Go / Refreshing The ”Controlling” SoulIf you have a hard time delegating work to others, afraid to take steps in the unknown without the details or you take on too much responsibility, you have something deeper than a control issue. In this episode, we discover where the need to be in control comes from and what control really is! Let's peel back the layers together to find the root of the "controlling" soul!
A fresh new series awaits you in November!!! I can't wait to share with you!
2022-10-1027 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: I Am Enough Because He Is Enough / Refreshing the ”Inadequate” SoulAre you doing things to fit culture's mold or to feel approved by others? My beautiful sister, you are enough already and your most authentic self in God is exactly who people need you to be! Check out this episode replay from Refreshing the "Inadequate" Soul. Stay tuned for a new fresh series coming in November!!! Until then remember to rest, refresh and take care of your soul because soul care is self care!
2022-10-0432 minRefreshing The SoulLOVED // Fully Loved Series
Sis, you don't have to perform or be perfect, God loves you because that is who He is! I know that our lens of how we view love may have been tainted by those who didn't know how to properly love themselves, but we will be able to see clearly that we are fully loved by God when we choose that His love is enough for us! Join me today as we end the Fully Loved series on how we can began to experience the love of Christ❤️
2022-09-2636 minRefreshing The SoulKNOWN // Fully Loved SeriesWhen I finally decided I needed to know for myself that God was real, God revealed Himself to me by showing me "ME." He revealed why I said and felt the things I did in a specific conversation I had weeks ago. It was the most mind blowing and unforgettable experience I had for the first time with God. God just doesn't know about us...He knows us inside and out. He knows the details and complexity of our souls! He knows who He formed and purposed us to be and do. Check out this new episode and let's...2022-09-2037 minRefreshing The SoulHEARD // Fully Loved SeriesDoes God really hear me? Have you ever questioned if God hears you? I believe we all have had moments where we felt the silence of God. When I look back at those silent moments I realized God was always there, but He was teaching me to KNOW He was there without the evidence I wanted to see. God wants us all to spiritually mature to a place where we know we are seen, heard and loved by Him despite what we do or do not see from Him. Let's talk about it in today's episode, "Heard", in the...2022-09-1337 minRefreshing The SoulSEEN // Fully Loved SeriesOk, so we deep-dived IMMEDIATELY in the first episode of the "Fully Loved" series! I have to be honest, I wasn't expecting all of what was said to come out, but I'm not surprised because I give God the mic when that record button turns on. God truly took over and I pray you hear his heart in this message for you! When we are seen, we can be "seen after." Who better to see after our souls than the one who fully knows and loves us the most?! Let's stop seeking to be noticed by others and come...2022-09-0541 minRefreshing The SoulTurn Your Heart Back To God // My Hiding Place SeriesHave you ever been in a place in your life where you felt too lost, too broken or too far from God to the point you weren't sure if you should even go back? We've all messed up and made choices that we aren't proud of. However, I have learned that God is warm, safe, and forgiving! He's waiting and hoping that you turn your heart back to Him. Sis, if you're breathing you still have purpose, you still have worth and you still have a choice! Let's me encourage you in this episode to step out of hiding...2022-08-3038 minRefreshing The SoulEmbracing Who You Were Meant To Be // My Hiding Place Series
Are you in transition? Do you know that God has called you to more but fear has gripped your heart?
You're not alone! There are many of us who have been called to do what we've never seen before. We have God's word alone....and guess what? That's all you need!!!
In order to fully embrace who God intended us to be, we must come out of hiding behind our baggage, fears and excuses and hide in the Word of God!📖
Let's talk about it more in this episode!
2022-08-2346 minRefreshing The SoulTrusting God First // My Hiding Place SeriesWhether you are building trust in a relationship, find it hard to trust others, or constantly depend on yourself, this episode is for you! God wants us to come to a place where we trust Him first above any and everything. It's a walk sis, not a sprint. We will get there as we continue to choose Him daily to be our Hiding place!
2022-08-1543 minRefreshing The SoulHis Love Expels Fear // My Hiding Place Series
To hide is to put or keep out of sight; to conceal from the view or notice of others. In Genesis, we see Adam and Eve tried to hide their nakedness from God because they were afraid. We can hide our true feelings, our vulnerability and our deep struggles from others because we are afraid. We're afraid of being punished or hurt for who we are and how we feel. In this episode, let's refresh the soul and discuss the root of hiding and how when we fully experience God's love, it will cast out your fears.🖤
2022-08-0845 minRefreshing The SoulWhere Do You Hide // My Hiding Place SeriesThis month we're peeling back Psalms 32:7 to allow God to refresh our souls where we hide from Him and not in Him! We all want to feel safe, secure, and protected. But once that place of peace has been disturbed we can hide behind anger, relationships, defensiveness, silence and so on. Sis, I wouldn't be able to talk about this if I too did not wrestle with fears and trust issues. So this is a safe place where we get to be real, transparent and honest. Our vulnerability with God is the first step into making Him our Hiding...2022-08-0131 minRefreshing The SoulFocus On The PromiseDon't get so caught up in the process that you lose sight of the promise! Check out this week's episode 🎙"Focus on the Promise!"
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S...2022-07-1938 minRefreshing The SoulWhat Are You Yoked To?Are you stressed, heavy or weary? It's not always what we are carrying but it's who or what we are yoked to. That's why Jesus not only tells us to come to Him when we are weary or heavy, but He commands our souls to take on His yoke and to learn from Him.
In today's episode we discuss what we are yoked to that could be causing heaviness and how we can began to find rest for our souls by being yoked to Jesus!
Check out my 30 Day Rest For Th...2022-07-1129 minRefreshing The SoulBelieving When You Can’t See
There has been this one area in my life where I have not been hearing clearly from God. I shared my concern with my husband and immediately he said, "I believe you are blocking hearing what God has to say."As much as I did not want to believe it, I was desperate to find out why I wasn't hearing Holy Spirit. God revealed to me my unbelief in what He could do through me was keeping me from hearing. Giving more power to my inadequacy and less to who Jesus is blocked the flow of receiving direction and wisdom.
A...2022-06-2823 minRefreshing The SoulYou’re WantedHave you ever felt not wanted? Or felt you didn't belong or fit in? Some of us have allowed this lie to settle in our souls and it has now become apart of our identity. It's the way we see ourselves and how we believe others see us..."not wanted." Well today it's time to REFRESH that place in your soul!! In today's episode we discuss;
** Where the lie of not being wanted came from
** Ways the "not wanted" identity affects our relationships
** How to move forward in the Truth that "Y...2022-06-2048 minRefreshing The SoulSpeak Life Over Your SoulYou've been speaking life over others, over your kids, over your marriage, your business, but when it comes to your soul, you're silent or you sound like;
"I can't"
"I'm too old"
"It's too late"
"I'm not loved"
"It is what it is"
BUT the same spirit-breathed words that you pray for others, works for YOU too! I want to encourage you to remember to encourage yourself and to speak only what God has to say about you, even if you don't see it!
2022-06-1343 minRefreshing The SoulHow to Rest Your Busy MindDo you find your mind being pulled by your to-do list, family, ministry, business or possibly your soul issues?
Last year when I laid before God to show me how to navigate the many tasks on my plate, I thought the instructions he gave me would be enough to keep me from feeling overwhelmed. And it did.
God gave me strategy, strength and stamina to do His will. What I didn't expect was to become busy in my mind.
We can be doing all the things God ordained for us to do while...2022-06-0640 minRefreshing The Soul4 Lies Girls Tell Themselves: I’m Not LovedWhat is Love?
In the eyes of a teen girl today, love could be defined by the attention and support she receives or doesn't receive from home, the relationships she sees on social media, tv or at school.
So many things have shaped my definition of love and without the true foundation of what love is, I wrestled with a hidden lie that I wasn't loved.
In this episode, Shamari and I tackle the root of the lie of not feeling loved and define what God's love is...2022-05-3027 minRefreshing The Soul4 Lies Girls Tell Themselves : I’m Not ValuedSo many things can shape our girls identity. The way they are treated at school, the attention they get or do not get from their parents, social media and the list goes on.
How she sees herself is tied to how she values herself. Our teen girls must know their value comes from the one that made them - God!
How do we get our girls to see their value from God? Let's talk about it in this episode!
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I've been there with my daughter and it wasn't easy. We can't force them to care about their work but we can encourage and support them to know they are capable of doing it!
Hear Shamari's journey as she worked through the woes of transitioning from public to private school and her honest feelings on how I helped and hurt the process!
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Need More Re...2022-05-1627 minRefreshing The Soul4 Lies Girls Tell Themselves: I’m Not PrettyDoes your teen struggle with their self-image?
With social media influencing the standard of beauty, our girls can be left feeling like their outward appearance doesn't measure up!
In today's episode, Shamari shares why she didn't feel pretty and the things she did to see herself through God's eyes and not man's.
Your teen is going to want to tune in for the nuggets of wisdom they can practically apply right now to shift how they view beauty!
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Follow Refreshing The Soul during the...2022-05-0947 minRefreshing The Soul4 Lies Girls Tell Themselves : INTROIt's MAY and we are refreshing the TEENAGE GIRL soul!
My daughter and I will be discussing every Monday a lie that girls often have resting deep in their souls! Each episode is laced with transparency, honesty and grace! God has a special place for his daughters, young and old, and we want to help combat the lies that keep girls from growing into their God-given authentic selves.
Here's what to expect in today's episode:
Why these topics are important to discuss
What to expect in the series
Our Goal for moms a...2022-05-0208 minRefreshing The SoulTrusting God: With His Timing
God has given us visions, dreams and promises that all come with one major factor that we must depend on - His Timing!
When we find ourselves getting frustrated because we don't see the promise or the dream coming to fruition, we can drift to a place where we are not trusting the timing of God!
His timing is perfect and we will only know that when we allow ourselves to give up our time and will in exchange for God's!
Let's talk about it...check out today's episode, "Trusting God, With His Timing!"
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Need More Refreshing? Follow me on my...2022-04-2648 minRefreshing The SoulTrusting God; With Your LifeHow do we trust God with our life?
When we love God more than ourselves we can trust Him with our full self!
Tune into this week's episode as we travel through the story of Abraham and his son, Isaac! I believe there are some nuggets in this episode that will refresh your soul to lean and depend on God fully!
2022-04-1840 minRefreshing The SoulTrusting God: When It HurtsHave you ever stepped out on faith and followed God's instructions and then found yourself met with trouble? Sometimes on the journey, while we are trusting God, we will get hurt! While we know God doesn't cause the hurting, we can feel as if our faith should shield us from hurt. In this episode I share candidly my experience of being met with hurt after following through on God's word and God's response to me. I pray you are refreshed by the four words God spoke to me in this hurting place.
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Need M...2022-04-1129 minRefreshing The SoulTrusting God: When You Don’t See It
Are you trusting God for something?
Whether you are trusting God for healing or for a marriage, in the life of a believer, there are seasons where there are no natural indications that God's promise will come to pass anytime soon. If we rely on what we see, we will quickly become weary and discouraged. So let's talk about it!
In this week's episode, I will discuss:
* Fears that keep us from trusting God
* Free-falling into God
* How to not depend on your own understanding
* Confessions for Trusting God
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Need More Refreshing? Follow me on my...2022-04-0527 minRefreshing The SoulMake Room For God: WorshipWe end the "Make Room For God" series on WORSHIP!
When you hear the word worship, what comes to mind? Hands lifted, tears rolling down your cheeks with heart stirring song playing in the background?
Worship is so much more than our hands lifted to a soft melody. Tune into this week's episode as I break down what worship is to God and the different ways we can express our adoration for our Heavenly Father!
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Follow me on my socials for...2022-03-2922 minRefreshing The SoulMake Room For God: MeditateI was guilty of reading devotions and the several scriptures it accompanied, but not getting the word rooted deeply in my soul.
I was making room for God but I left Him in that space. His word didn't go with me through life. I didn't see the fruit or the growth from it until one day I was tired of feeling the same and struggling with the same insecure thoughts.
In the wee hours of the morning I choose to write down God's word and take them to heart. I meditated on...2022-03-2128 minRefreshing The SoulMake Room For God: Reflect
I remember growing up singing this song with my church that went a little something like this....
🎶As I look back over my life, and I think things over, I can truly say that I've been blessed, I have a TESTIMONY🎶
I have to be honest with you, just as I was with God. When I look back and reflect on certain aspects of my life, I could not see a blessing or God in it.
However, as I have been making room and reflecting not just on where I saw God rescue and heal me, but on the areas where I f...2022-03-1426 minRefreshing The SoulMake Room For God: Be StillIn the month of March we are making room for God! I know as women we can have many responsibilities and unintentionally move God to the background.
It starts with shortening your devotion time and then you find yourself saying prayers on the way to work only to check off the box that you talked with God today.
We need quality time with God. Our souls, the people connected to us and the responsibilities we carry count on the intimacy we have with God day in and day out.
...2022-03-0725 minRefreshing The SoulBreaking The Victim Mentality - You Are An Overcomer!In today's episode I want to encourage you and remind you what the word already say's about you - you are an Overcomer!
Now let's chose to walk out this life with a new mindset that God has created you for more than conquering, He has created and perfectly fashioned you to live free and bring Glory to His name!
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...2022-02-2839 minRefreshing The SoulBreaking The Victim Mentality - Uproot It!In today's episode we break down the 3 ways to uproot the victim mentality!
1. By the Holy Spirit
2. Choose to Believe the Truth
3. Allow Yourself to Be Uncomfortable
We can't change ourselves on our own, believe me, I tried and was left with more frustration and repeating the same cycles.
As I learned to come to Jesus with my insecurities and fears, he began to show me in the word how to uproot the lies I've longed believe.
Sis, I pray...2022-02-2133 minRefreshing The SoulBreaking The Victim Mentality - Find The RootIn today's episode we get to the root of how we see ourselves when we respond from a victim mindset!
It's deeper than seeing yourself as a victim. There are traumas, environments and words that have shaped the way we see ourselves and in order to break out of the victim mentality, we must discover WHO we believe we are!
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Follow me on my socials for your Weekly Meditation Scripture, Weekly Music for Your Soul, Weekly Free Resource and a Weekly Refreshing Message! ...2022-02-1430 minRefreshing The SoulBreaking The Victim Mentality - Be HonestFebruary we are refreshing the soul that has a victim mentality! In this episode I share some indicators that you may have a victim mindset and the first stage of breaking it - BE HONEST!
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S...2022-02-0722 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Coming To An Honest Place with UnforgivenessIt's the last episode replay this month in celebration of RTS 1 Year Anniversary! The 5th most downloaded episode in 2021 is "Coming To An Honest Place with Unforgiveness!"
In today’s episode we discuss coming to an honest place with unforgiveness. We may think we have let go, but the thoughts that toil us and our responses say otherwise.
So to help you come to an honest place, I ask a few questions for you to think about, write down and lay before God.
What you can expect in this epis...2022-01-3123 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Our Road to Forgiveness w/Maurice Harden
What a JOY this is that this episode with my favorite person made it to the TOP 5 Downloaded Episodes in 2021! I celebrate RTS Podcast 1 year anniversary, but I also celebrate him - Maurice Harden!
Maurice Harden, my high school sweetheart, and I got married almost 18 years ago and divorced after being married for 10 years. In this episode we share our story of our road to forgiveness from the beginning, to the fall and to the recovery!
This is a juicy one! If you want to watch the episode you can watch on my Facebook page or my YouTube Channel!
We pray...2022-01-2440 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Transforming from a Wounded MentalityCheck out today's replay from 2021 Top 5 Most Downloaded Episodes in celebration of RTS 1 Year Podcast Anniversary!
In this episode we discuss the last stage of Refreshing The "Wounded" Soul: Uproot It! There are 3 WAYS to UPROOT false truths you may have hidden in your soul. Uprooting isn't easy, but with consistency and God's powerful Word, you will be transformed and refreshed in the place you were once wounded!
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2022-01-1744 minRefreshing The SoulREPLAY: Fruit of the WoundsJanuary we are celebrating RTS 1 Year Anniversary by replaying the top 5 most downloaded episodes in 2021!
In this week's episode we are refreshing the wounded soul by taking a closer look at the fruits that are produced from our wounds as well as how to find the root of how we see ourselves.
We don't uproot PRIDE, JEALOUSY, INSECURITIES...whatever fruit of the wound you may have, there lies beneath it a root! This episode will give you God's word and questions to help you discover why you do what you do!
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Check out the top downloaded episode from the first series "Refreshing The Wounded Soul
Have you been wounded? If you are breathing, then the answer is YES! We all have been wounded, some wounds more deep than others. When our souls have experienced a deep hurt from others we can experience soul trauma. Trauma changes the mindset! Here in this episode I will guide you in the first stage of refreshing this wounded place - BE HONEST! Let...2022-01-0340 minRefreshing The SoulWhat is Refreshing The Soul?There's a lot of podcasts out there to listen to, so what makes Refreshing The Soul different?
As I look back over this year and reflect, I've come to realize that God has called me to help women of faith go through their "process" of renewing their souls from wounded and broken places to a whole and healed place in Jesus Christ.
RTS is a safe place where women are free to feel what they feel but taught how to bring those feelings to the feet of Jesus and hear how He...2021-12-2720 min