BRAVE: Recent Episodes
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A podcast to create conversations that matter. It's time for female athletes to be engaged, equipped and empowered to glorify Jesus on their platform of sport.
Lisa sits down with our host, Amber Johns and discusses why she wrote the devotional Love, God. What if God was more than a set of rules? Hear more in our interview!
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Happy Friday!!!!
Fun Fridays are here for BRAVE. We know our conversations can be heavy, so we are going to have some fun on Fridays. To kick us off we thought it would be fun to listen in as Amber tries to teach the concept of "Glory" to 5-11 year olds at an FCA camp.
The challenges? In ten minutes, let's explain "chasing Glory" to elementary kids. Let us know how you think she did!
Amber (and professional counselor), Tina have a tough discussion on some delicate issues. Why some people take to certain ways to release the pain they feel. It's not talked about much, but we are continuing the conversation.
What did you think? email ajohns@fca.org
Join Amber as she interview Lynn Cowell, the Co-Author of Strong and Secure, 100 devotions for young women. Finally a devotional that doesn't shy away from hard topics, real talk and raw faith.
To learn more about the author visit : lynncowell.com
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It's a rare thing for parents to discourage underage drinking. But, for those who are standing strong I hope this encourages you. Yes, you are in the minority, but you are not alone. The podcast is for the athlete who feels alone, the pdf guide linked to this podcast is for the parents. You got this friends. https://www.fcabrave.org/authors
Elisabeth Crandall is back with us after graduating from college and exploring her faith in a whole new way. Can giving of yourself and your finances truly give you joy?
Alisabeth also tackless the tension between seeing real poverty first hand, but also living a life of abundance in the United States.
Check out this episode with former Houghton softball player, Alisabeth Crandall.
The grand finale of our 4-part series lands with my good friend Gretchen and her own journey with a severe eating disorder.
The journey was so dark she ended up as an in-patient at a care facility in Indiana.
Her BRAVE journey is on going, but she shares her fears, thoughts and encouragement on this really hard and complicated topic of eating disorders.
Here's Gretchen!
Linda Steinhardt, MS, RD, CSSD a sports dietician at Athlete Edge in Colorado holds nothing back as she discusses the eating disorders and disordered eating in athletes and why some athletes are more prone to having a mismanaged relationship with food and exercise.
Join the conversation! It's a good one.
Learn more here: @athlete_edge_at_edcare on instagram
Follow Linda here: @linda.steinhardt_rd on instagram
Find Athlete Edge website here: https://eatingdisorder.care/athlete-edge/
" Everyone who has an eating disorder has the hope to get better" - Kate Fisch. Kate Fisch is a licensed clinical social worker licensed by the state of Indiana and she is a passionate partner in the fight against eating disorders.
We tackle many things but here are some highlights!
Why do eating disorder get missed?
What are some misconceptions?
Where can we find help?
When is it time to find in-patient care?
How to separate the eating disorder from your child?
Learn more here: https://northsidementalhealth.com/who-we-are/kate-fisch/
Kate coordinated the intensive outpatient program as well as provided individual therapy to both adolescents and adults diagnosed with anorexia and bulimia. In 2012, Kate founded Northside Mental Health.
We kick off NEDA Week with an extraordinary conversation with Liesel Maddox, RDN, LD of Maddox Nutrition.
Diet culture, the church, our bodies and the layered relationship we have with food.
God has so much more for us than the size of our bodies. It's time to dig in with Lisel.
You can find Liesel at:
website: https://www.lieselmaddoxnutrition.com/
Instagram: @dietitian.liesel
Liesel mentioned this book in our interview: Feed Yourself, by Leslie Schilling.
You can find the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Feed-Yourself-Culture-Divine-Design/dp/0310366526
Journey with us as we discover Chi's powerful testimony of survival in the world of s3x trafficking and how she came to know God and trust that He is still good.
Hear her full story from our Brave Conference here: https://www.fcabrave.org/greatrescue
or on our podcast in episode
Learn more about Chi here: https://chibraley.com/
instagram: @braley_chi
Cornell University softball player, Ella has some transparent conversations with Amber about her struggle with disappoint and what it has been like to try to find Christian community at a secular college.
Is discipleship worth it? Juju on staff with Fellowship of Christian Athletes in Rochester NY and has found her passion in discipling the next generation. It starts in all different ways and sometimes it's awkward, but Juju discusses how the minds of our girls are being attacked and why discipleship is the a great defense.
The third session of Broken to Brave is live! The Spiritual Abduction of our Girls.
At the end we did an amazing thing, we hope you listen!!
When Chi Braley spoke you could have heard a pin drop at the BRAVE conference last month. A survivor of human trafficking Chi tackled one of the hardest questions she ever had to face, Is God to blame ? The topic is heavy please be advised if there are young ears listening.
Nia led out on the second annual BRAVE conference and her ability to communicate hard things is incredible. Here is her talk at the conference! Please be aware the topics may be hard for very young listeners. Listen how Nia takes us on a journey with her life and Jesus.
The spiritual abduction among us is real. That is why BRAVE IS BACK!
Join us - it's about to get feisty.
Julia and Artem take us on their journey of faith, soccer and marriage. They power couple runs a soccer club out of Brooklyn NY with FCA . Their faith cost them, their journey landed them in a new country. Their love for each other and Jesus kept them together.
This talk has been presented to a number of churches by BRAVE founder Amber Johns. Amber challenges us on on what prevents us from talking about our faith and what allows us to be disciple makers! 3 power moves you can do THIS week to make Him known!
Join us as we talk to Morgan from Roberts Wesleyan College and women's volleyball player. Her candid and real conversation about finding her own faith journey and the challenges of growing up in a Christian home. She touches on the threat of comparison, digging into scripture and her struggle with food and depression after she left home. It's real, it's good and she drops some amazing truth!!
I was asked to speak at a local Excel Conference earlier this month. This is for all those who have listened to the whispers of the enemy ... and we all have.
Forgive the imperfect sound, but I pray this encourages you to be BRAVE.
Amber
Join this conversation that was super hard to end! California native, Allie joins us to share her story and how Jesus intervened in her life that she tried to end.
You don't want to miss this.
You can connect with her through her book, instagram and website!
Allie Marie Smith
Wonderfully Made, Founder & Executive Director
Author of Wonderfully Made: Discover the Identity, Love, and Worth You Were Created For
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Grace returns to the podcast with encouragement for those who struggle with body image, eating and everything in between.
You are not alone.
You can find her book and blog here:
Real Recovery: What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like
Tizzie's Tidbits of Truth
A lighthearted conversation with Erica as she shares with us how she made traveling a priority and has learned so much about herself and her way with the Lord.
Have you ever had a deer wipe out your camper? You should hear this story.
Erica's travel adventures can be found on instagram @ericagazica
Samantha, Albany NY; Chasing after Everything but Jesus.
Drinking, people pleasing, toxic relationships, New Age and careers all landed her with heartbreak...Then Jesus.
When trash talk goes to a whole other level. Social media, bar stool accounts, gossip, it all becomes more rampant with more success. If you achieve, you will grieve. It's part of the process in a broken world, but I beg of you to do a few things to keep yourself from becoming discouraged and defined by words that hold no truth.
A personal note from Amber on grief and joy in the same season. However, hope comes from the evidence of what Christ did for us in Bethlehem, wishful thinking dies with our changing feelings. Give our lives to Jesus exchanges wishful thinking to the hope of all things being made new. The time is now. Merry Christmas!
With a background in the pro sports, Carleylynn has recently found herself on a new path working with athletes, addiction and public speaking as she shares her testimony with us. After a brief stint in another country, she found herself pregnant and running from Jesus. What brought her back?
A pastor's wife turned fitness guru (@fit610fitness) walks us through how to balance a healthy ideal for your body as well as contending for the faith. Heather Mills is also the mother of an elite basketball player, Avery who will be attending Liberty University next year and she discusses how she parents with faith and focus.
Keira doesn't hold back about her story. Finding out she was pregnant at 19 sent her on a rollercoaster of figuring out life and her real faith. Listen in ...
We talk with Avery Mills one of the top recruits for D1 women's basketball and will be playing at Liberty University next year. Listen in as Avery and her mom talk about staying faithful to Jesus as a teenager and not letting the negative trash talk define her journey.
BRAVE founder Amber Johns reminds us that following Jesus is on the narrow road:
"Just when you feel lonely enough to quit you will walk around the bend in the road and look up to see some other travelers with you. It will not be a crowded road, because following Jesus means walking away from what the world has to offer. You are walking along with other warriors who are not easily enticed and will settle for nothing less then what Jesus has for them."
What the enemy means for destruction, God uses for redemption. Gretchen's journey with a severe eating disorder has actually led her to a space of developing BRAVE's first BRAVE ED group. Take a listen.
Join Amber as she chats with Roberts Wesleyan basketball player, Georgia and her journey to finding Jesus AND THEN going bold on instagram. Check it out.
It's time to rise up, take courage and act. A voice from the underground church and the charge to be courageous in our freedoms. Girls, it's time.
The fear of going to counseling, the identity crisis after abuse and why we fight against the shame the enemy lays on us. Don't miss this episode with Erica Faulhaber, New Directions Colorado, MA, NCC, LPC, CEDS Certified EMDR Therapist & EMDR Consultant In Training
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This power packed message is opened with an amazing prayer by Mo's oldest daughter Auden. It sets the stage for a Holy Spirit encounter in the 3rd session of the FCA BRAVE Conference held this September.
There's audio shift about 10 min in (we apologize). Amber's talk on Knowing our Enemy unravels the lies we believe and we are not living BRAVE. Brace yourself!
To understand who God is gives us a better understand of who we are. Knowing God is the pursuit of the core of who we are. No matter what has happened to us or choices we have made. God is still he same. He wants us and knowing Him helps us realize just how much. Lexy killed it in our opening talk at the first ever BRAVE conference
Jenna just returned from Kenya and is learning what obedience looks like without always knowing where it will take her...
My thoughts before the BRAVE conference began and my journey in getting to a place of pleasing Jesus rather than others.
Sarah navigates us through her faith, body image and challenges she faced in two sports where your body is revealed consistently. Being a dancer and a swimmer, Sarah had to decide if she would believe the lies of the enemy or the truth of her creator.
Crystal and Amber have a moving discussion about life after boundaries have been crossed. What hope is there in the healing process? What to look for and understand why it still hurts.
Journey with us as Natalie (The Fam Podcast) talks with us about the mental boundaries that get so easily crossed. Who do you let in your "house"... find out how to take thoughts captive on this podcast !
The second part of our BRAVE {Boundaries} hones in on the more subtle side of when boundaries get crossed. Our interview with Lacey is an eye opening discussion about boundaries and what it feels like when they get blurred and eventually crossed.
Our first episode in our Brave {Boundaries} series, we introduce a female athlete who had more than once coach take advantage of the relationship in recruiting and coaching. Be aware, be vigilant and understand God designed you as an athlete for HIS glory, no one else's
How do you know if you or your friend has an eating disorder? Is an eating disorder sinful? When did body shame even become a thing? Dr. Alisa Shanks and Findbalance director Chrissy Kirkman dive right into some hard questions and amazing freedom that can be found in Jesus.
Grace has something in common with almost 80 percent of female athletes. She struggled with an eating disorder and her faith in Jesus. Her isolating habits had her believing she was the only one to deal with these struggles, until she began to fight back.
Grace shares with us her struggle with an eating disorder and how her faith, counseling and writing a book helped her deal with the shame, regret and difficulty of this resurfacing challenge.
Syracuse Chaplain, Ashley, shares with us the ups and downs of working with college athletes and how critical it is to find a community like FCA to stand firm, find encouragement and grow while facing life in college athletics.
Unscripted talk with my roommate Lacey from Liberty University. You just never know where the conversation will lead.
Liesel, a soccer player for Syracuse University shares some of her darkest struggles after tearing her ACL while on a trip to showcase in front of her dream coaches. Injuries to athletes are one of the leading causes of depression. Journey with us as we talk about the difficulties of injury and the significance of being able to wrestle with your faith.
Aly is an RPI graduate who played D1 Ice Hockey while working her way through school to become an engineer. She gives us insight into the challenge of life after sports and college and weighs in on if Christians should "fight" in MMA/kickboxing world. Join us on this awesome conversation that matters.
Bryce, the founder of Milkshake Mondays and how she pursued her faith and others in Syracuse NY. After she transferred to play softball for the Orange and Blue, Bryce found footing in her faith, a way to reach other and an amazing mentor. We also confess some strong feelings about Thanksgiving foods.
Here at BRAVE we have a lot of heavy, amazing conversation. But sometimes, it's just good laugh! Spend 20 minutes with my roommate and teammate from Liberty University!
Danielle was all about the New Age movement, because the New Age movement was all about self enlightenment and that was easier to follow than Jesus, at least for a little while.
Female athletes, sports, faith and everything in between. It's time to have. conversations that matter. Join me on this journey as we begin navigating life as it is with the hope of what it can be.
Head over to our site www.fcabrave.org and fill out our form to be our guest on our up and coming podcast coming to you in September!