It is For Freedom: Recent Episodes
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It is for Freedom aims to share the stories of women who have found freedom in Christ, so that others too can be set free. Galatians 5:1 says, “it is FOR freedom that Christ dies to set us free.” The word FOR is a function word that indicates purpose. As women, sharing our unique story of bondage to freedom is FOR someone. So that they can get a glimpse of Jesus. So that they can receive freedom, embrace freedom and walk in freedom.
This podcast shares inspiring and real stories from women who have experienced bondage, and were brought into freedom by the truth of the Gospel. We will cover topics such as addiction, body-image, friendship, relationships, forgiveness, worth, God’s faithfulness and many more!
Jess Connolly is a woman who wants to leave her generation more in awe of God than she found it. She is passionate about family, God's Word, and seeing women take their place in the kingdom. She's an author, a church leader, and a coach.
She's written nine books - including Wild and Free with Hayley Morgan, You Are The Girl For The Job, and Breaking Free from Body Shame.
Jess and her husband Nick live in Charleston, SC where they've planted Bright City Church. They have four wild and hilarious kids: Elias, Gloriana, Benjamin, and Cannon. They also have an unruly dog named Deacon.
Website: jessconnolly.com and instagram @jessaconnolly / @breakingfreefrombodyshame / @goandtellgals
Norma Joyce Dougherty (pronounced DOCK-ER-TY) is a spirited and commanding speaker with a warm and engaging presence.
On stage, she carries listeners over many yellow brick roads to share her fairytale life and spiritual adventures to find the place her heart calls “home.”
Norma Joyce speaks passionately about fostering the TOTAL woman’s personal identity through BODY, MIND, and SPIRITUAL development.
In a culture where women find themselves overwhelmed with choices and oversold by direct marketing campaigns, Norma Joyce helps women in crisis move past their guilt, shame, and loneliness to find their true identity in Jesus.
Annette Presley is a registered dietitian of over 28 years, certified functional nutritionist, author, and creator of the Mommy Maker Method. After discovering that the diet advice she'd learned as a dietitian was actually contributing to chronic diseases, Annette changed course to learn about functional nutrition and nutrigenomics (how nutrition impacts genetic expression). Now Annette helps women literally manipulate their genes, so they can say goodbye to infertility struggles and hello to being a mom!
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Jordan is a National Bestselling Author, Podcaster, Speaker, and Multiple Hats Wearer.
Instagram: @jordanleedooley
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jordanleedooley/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrsjordandooley
Website: https://jordanleedooley.com/
ERICA WIGGENHORN is the author of several in-depth Bible studies including Unexplainable Jesus: Rediscovering the God You Thought You Knew. Her newest book Letting God Be Enough releases in September 2021. Erica loves to teach God’s Word through conferences, seminars and retreats, and her own kitchen table. Through her teaching Erica invites you to embrace God's promises, live out your purpose and believe in God's power. Erica has taught overseas, the AZ state women's prison and her home church. She lives in Phoenix with her husband and two children. For more information about Erica’s Bible studies and writing/speaking ministry, visit www.EricaWiggenhorn.com.
https://ericawiggenhorn.com
https://www.instagram.com/ericawiggenhorn/
https://www.facebook.com/erica.wiggenhorn/
Christina Dent is a writer, TEDx speaker, and perpetual question asker. She grew up in a conservative, Christian home and earned a degree in Biblical Studies with an emphasis in Christian Ministry from Belhaven University.
As a young adult, Christina assumed she had a solid understanding of how the world works. That changed when she and her husband became foster parents in 2014 and she got an up-close look at the realities of addiction, drug use, and the far-reaching negative impact of our drug laws.
Christina founded End It For Good out of her desire to invite others to listen to the voices of those impacted by our drug laws and consider a different way. She is currently writing a book on the research and experiences that changed her mind about the best path forward to reduce harm from drugs.
Christina is married to her college sweetheart, Thomas, and they live in Ridgeland, MS, with their three sons. On the weekends you can find her biking, in a hammock reading a biography, or hosting friends for dinner.
I'm on Facebook, IG, and Twitter @ChristinaBDent
www.EndItForGood.com
End It For Good is on Facebook, IG, and Twitter at @EndItForGoodMS
I am Tashena, The Encourager: which entails of encouraging women to Arise letting go of past pain, wounds, and memory {which can cause stagnancy in the naturally or spiritually}. Releasing wisdom in pursing God so they can begin to operate in the gift or gifts God has given unto each women. In this timing God is bring alignment to the body of Christ.
I help encourage women in pursuing God concerning their identity so their purpose is revealed to them so they may start to run with fire in their steps:
Foundational Healing Method:
1.) Forgive others and yourself
2.) Invest In You
3.) Walking In Wholeness
Website:www.tashenatheencourager.com
Instagram: iamtashenatheencourager
Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@tbtheencourager
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/TashenaBerry
Published Author: In The Beauty of His Wholeness
Kat is an authentic, Jesus-loving woman, who loves to love on others, can crack a few jokes from time to time, and is constantly missing her keys! Kat moved from her hometown, Charlotte, NC, and now resides in Dallas, after taking a chance to follow her dreams to cheer in the NFL! She enjoys being a full-time Real Estate Professional, part-time cheerleader, along with being a cat mom to Arlo. When Kat is not working, you can find her enjoying dinner with her girlfriends and creating content for social media.
Insta: @KatPurr
Tiktok: KatPur
Youtube: KatPurr
Andi Andrew is the author of She Is Free, Fake or Follower, and her newest book which is coming out October 2021, Friendship–It's Complicated. She is also the founding Pastor of Liberty Church, a multisite church she pioneered with her husband Paul in 2010. In 2015 she launched She Is Free, a movement that exists to engage and equip women to encounter God and expand the Kingdom. Currently, Andi's life is focused on raising her four kids in Brooklyn, writing books, creating for her show and podcast Coffee With Andi, building Liberty Church, and traveling to invest in churches and lives all around the world.
(Link to my “About” page for me bio info http://andiandrew.com/about )
Instagram: @andiandrew
Facebook: @andiandrew.page
Twitter: @andiandrew
Website: www.andiandrew.com
She Is Free Book: www.sheisfreebook.com
Fake or Follower Book: www.fakeorfollower.com
Show: Found on www.awkngtv.com
Podcast: Coffee With Andi
Youtube: Andi Andrew
Church: libertychurch.com
Conference: sheisfree.com
Yaritza Pluguez is a teacher, speaker, and founder of Colorfully Gray. Driven by her passion for leadership, she equips women to realize the leadership potential God placed inside of them so they can walk confidently in their purpose. As a certified coach with the John Maxwell Team, she develops everyday leaders through her You Are Called Leadership Course, Bible Studies, and Monthly Challenges. Yaritza has been married to her high school sweetheart for 22 years and is a mom to two handsome boys. In her downtime, you can find her watching Tom Brady play or reading while sipping on a good cup of coffee.
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_colorfullygray/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColorfullyGray
Website: https://colorfullygray.wixsite.com/colorfullygray
Tiffany Bluhm is the author of Prey Tell, She Dreams and Never Alone, their companion Bible studies, and the forthcoming book Prey Tell: Why We Silence Women Who Tell the Truth and How Everyone Can Speak Up. She is a sought after speaker, writer, and podcast co-host of the popular podcast Why Tho, a show answering the existential and nonsensical questions we ask ourselves, with author and speaker, Ashley Abercrombie. She speaks at conferences and events around the world, and her work has been featured in World Vision Magazine, Pentecostal Evangel, TODAY Parents, the Hallmark Channel, The Jenny McCarthy Show, and more. Her Bible studies on the Bible app have been downloaded more than 130,000 times and she was named a Woman to Watch in 2018 by Premier Media. Tiffany leads an engaged audience online around women’s issues, identity, and faith. As a minority, immigrant woman with a interracial family, she is passionate about women’s equality, justice, and dignity.
Instagram: @tiffanybluhm
Facebook: www.facebook.com/TiffanyABluhm
Ashley Opliger is the President and Executive Director of Bridget’s Cradles 501c3 nonprofit organization based in Wichita, Kansas. Her daughter, Bridget Faith, was stillborn at 24 weeks gestation in 2014. Ashley’s mother had knit a small cradle for Bridget that allowed their family to hold her in a special way on the day she was born. After realizing there was a need for hospitals and bereaved families to have a dignified, functional way to hold tiny babies born into Heaven in the second trimester, Ashley left her career as a Speech-Language Pathologist and started the ministry in her daughter’s empty nursery.
Under Ashley’s leadership, Bridget’s Cradles has grown in five years from first donating cradles to their local hospital to now serving over 1,025 hospitals in all 50 states. From their own headquarters space, Bridget’s Cradles now comforts over 26,000 bereaved families each year.
Ashley is married to Matt and they have three children: Bridget (in Heaven), Branton, and a baby boy on the way. She is a fully-devoted follower of Christ who desires for women to find faith to embrace a beautiful broken life.
@bridgetscradles (FB and IG), www.bridgetscradles.com
@ashleyopliger (FB and IG), www.ashleyopliger.com
Rebekah is a speaker and coach based in Boise, Idaho. As a Christian Life & Confidence Coach, she helps women get unstuck, build new skills, and deepen their trust in God and themselves, experiencing life as it was meant to be lived. As a Speaker, she blends grace and hard-hitting truth to wake women from their slumber and engage more deeply with their faith. Her mission to activate women to take ownership of their life, faith and gifts, for their good and God’s glory.
Instagram: @therealrebekahanne
Website: https://www.rebekah-anne.com/
Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/964409816974631
Podcast: https://anchor.fm/rebekah-gregory
I was born and raised in Harlem, Georgia a one red light small town west of Augusta. I graduated from Brenau University with my degree in Business Management and I currently work in HR and Development for a local non profit that serves the youth and families in our county. My passion is women’s ministry and empowering and encouraging wives and moms! I have been married to my wonderful husband, Daniel for 8 years and we have two amazing daughters, Bristol who is 7 and Stevie who is 6. We love spending time together as a family and board games and card games. I absolutely love coffee any way I can get it and I love a good coffee date! I jokingly tell people if I could have coffee dates everyday for the rest of my life as an occupation I would do it!
Facebook: Facebook.com/fancynpeterson
Blog Site: https://fancynpeterson.wixsite.com/purejoy
Instagram: @fancy.peterson
Kat Harris is a Brooklyn-based online educator, digital content creator, female empowerment advocate...She loves God, a good Beyoncé dance party, + has an affinity for Ranch dressing (don't take it away from her!).
Her vision is for women to know their beauty, identity and value. She has a B.S. in Biblical Studies from Dallas Baptist University and is Co-Founder of the online publication The Refined Woman and host of The Refined Collective Podcast. She has also been a full-time photographer for the last decade with her work being featured in: Vanity Fair, GQ, Forbes, People, Who What Wear, US Weekly, and Glamour UK.
She believes in the power of story, that done is better than perfect, quality triumphs quantity, and that every opportunity is an opportunity for growth if we choose it to be.
The vehicles for her message are: her podcast, online courses, written articles, hosted leadership development workshops, speaking at conferences, and more. It has become a bigger passion in her life than she ever could have imagined.
The Refined Woman site
The Refined Collective Podcast
Private Single Ladies FB Group
Pre-order Sexless in the City
Instagram: @therefinedwoman and @therefinedcollective
Nicki Koziarz is a Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker and best-selling author of the book and Lifeway Bible studies 5 Habits of a Woman Who Doesn’t Quit and Why Her? + Rachel & Leah. Nicki’s newest book will be released in March 2021. Her family lives just outside Charlotte, NC where they own a farm affectionately called, The Fixer Upper Farm.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nickikoziarz.ministry
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nickikoziarz/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nickikoziarz
A graduate of UT Austin, Nick Brandt began a career in the corporate marketplace consulting before following a calling to into full-time vocational ministry. Nick uses his diverse skillset and energy to consult and partner with organizations, ministries, and churches to accomplish their missions and serve their needs. His expertise lies mainly in collegiate and young adult ministries, event direction and management, and ministry development and growth. He has worked on staff for The Flippen Group (FlippenGroup.com), Young Life (Younglife.org), and Passion Conferences (passionconferences.com), and many years leading the collegiate ministry at Passion City Church (passioncitychurch.com) under the direction of Louie Giglio. In 2017, Nick helped plant an Acts 29 church, The Well Austin (TheWellAustin.com), and completed his Masters degree in Christian Leadership and Biblical studies at Dallas Theological Seminary. Currently he serves as a senior director at Pulse (Pulse.org) – a millennial-led evangelistic organization focusing on innovative campaigns to make Jesus known – and is the founder and director at The Gathering ATX (thegatheringatx.com) - monthly gatherings of worship, word, and prayer in the heart of UT Austin. Most people may also be surprised to find out he has over 25+ years working professionally as an actor, model, and host within the national entertainment industry.
Instagram: @thenickbrandt
Twitter: @NickBrandt
Website: nickbrandt.us
Cindy Bultema has a powerful testimony of overcoming loss and addiction. Once a young mom who suffered from alcohol and drug addiction, Cindy now is a passionate speaker, author, and Bible teacher of two Bible studies for women (Red Hot Faith and Live Full Walk Free), as well as the Executive Director of GEMS, a non-profit ministry impacting the lives of thousands of girls worldwide.
Cindy lives in West Michigan with her husband, John and their four children. Her passions include: Jesus, coffee, confetti, her family, and believing that being real is the only way to live. You may also find Cindy walking her two naughty puppies, who like to make messes and eat the most unusual things.
In Cindy's second book, Live Full, Walk Free, she shares her freedom journey. Cindy outlines eight specific steps that she had to take to walk in freedom, even when she nearly faltered into past habits.
Links:
Website- cindybultema.com
Facebook- Cindy Bultema, Speaker @CindyBultemaspeaker
Instagram- Cindy Bultema @CindyBultema
You Tube- Cindy Bultema
Twitter- @CindyBultema1
Bestselling author and speaker Shannon Popkin loves to blend her gifts for storytelling and humor with her passion for God’s Word. Shannon is the author of Comparison Girl, Control Girl, and Influence. She’s been featured on Revive Our Hearts, FamilyLife Today, and Proverbs 31.
Shannon is from west Michigan and is happy to be sharing life with Ken, who makes her laugh every day. Together they have the joy of watching their three young-adult children become the amazing people God created them to be. They also love hanging out with their two adorable shih tzus, who (unlike the kids) have no plans of moving out.
For more from Shannon, please go to shannonpopkin.com, or connect with her on Facebook, Pinterest, or Instagram.
Jessica Mathisen lives in Athens, Georgia with her family. She is a recovering perfectionist, a former teacher, and a lover of people. She is the author of four books, and her passion is to communicate God's love to others through writing and relationships. Her most favorite things are hanging with her family, eating chips and salsa, and reading good books.
Instagram: @jessicanmathisen
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jessicamathisenwriter
Website: www.jessicanmathisen.com
Mackenzie is a fourth-grade teacher by day, and a health enthusiast by night. In June of 2020, Mackenzie started an Instagram account called Barely Brave. Since, she has reached thousands of people with the message that it only takes small doses of courage to live an extraordinary life. Mackenzie is relentless in her pursuit to bring awareness to mental health and the impact therapy has made on her weight loss journey. She loves her hometown (OKC), her trampoline, and her community!
www.instagram.com/barely.brave
Christine Trimpe is an author, speaker, joy seeker, and weight loss warrior. She successfully lost over 100 pounds in her joy fueled journey of healing—body, mind, heart, and soul. The Lord instilled a passion in her to inspire, motivate, and encourage women to pursue healthy holy living: physically, emotionally, and spiritually. She loves to chat over coffee sharing the freedom Christ offers by choosing the path of surrender and sacrifice to sanctification. Her transformation story and social media links can be found at ChristineTrimpe.com. Contact Christine at Christine@christinetrimpe.com to book her for events.
Grab Christine’s free resource here: 5 Steps to Find Freedom in Healthy Holy Living
Join the Wait List for Christine’s next "21 Days in 2021 Challenge”: 21 Days in 2021
Christine Trimpe, Ministry website: ChristineTrimpe.com
Low-Carb Lifestyle website: JoyfulKetoLife.com
YouTube channel: YouTube.com/christinetrimpe
Instagram: @KetoChristine317
Twitter: @KetoChristineMI
Pinterest: Christine Trimpe | Author, Speaker, Joy Seeker
Facebook Ministry page: Christine Trimpe Author & Speaker
Facebook Lifestyle page: Joyful Keto Life
Greg and Kelli Estes love the Lord first and then each other, but it hasn’t always been this way! Married for 25 years, they have walked through their fair share of hard days! But, God. Their story is one of miraculous restoration that points back to the goodness of God!
Greg is currently serving as the Pastoral Training Director for Disciples’ Village where he spends every other month on the ground in Haiti. Prior to this, he served 9 years in a full-time Pastorate position in Kentucky.
Kelli currently works from home as a Humana Nurse Auditor and also serves as the PR Director for Disciples’ Village. In addition, you will find Kelli organizing mission teams to serve in Haiti. Pre-COVID, Kelli organized local women’s events in their barn that offered sacred space for women to have community and grow in their relationship with Jesus.
Greg and Kelli joined the empty nesters club a couple of years ago when their only daughter, Kayla Estes graduated college and moved out on her own.
Matt & Erin Blair are the founders and Lead Pastors of Limitless Church. Matt & Erin have been married for 16 years and have four beautiful daughters, Kaylee, Abi, Zoe and Elliana and their baby boy Judah.
Seth and Lauren Alexander love to shepherd God’s Church through His Word.
Seth is the pastor of FBC Bicknell, where he has served the congregation he loves for 18 years by sharing His truth in love.
Lauren is a conference and event speaker who specializes in communicating the timeless truths of scripture to form 21st century disciples. They both have a sweet spot for the local church, especially rural areas that are under-resourced.
Seth and Lauren have four funny and spirited children: Tabbi, Heather, Ty, and Elijah Burke. They were blessed to adopt their oldest three children through a beautiful God-story.
Toni Collier is the Co-Lead Pastor of Hillsong Atlanta and founder of an international women’s ministry called Broken Crayons Still Color that helps women process through brokenness and get to hope. She is a speaker, host and consultant that has helped organizations with creative marketing, leadership, student ministry and strategic planning.
Word Worship Music recording artist, Meredith Andrews, is passionate about writing and leading songs that keep people's hearts and minds set on Jesus. Over the course of her four Word Worship albums, the Dove Award-winning artist has been using her musical gifts, love for God, and her huge heart for His people - to teach and remind us all about the enormity of our awesome and loving Savior. Andrews, who previously was on staff at Harvest Bible Chapel in Chicago now leads regularly at The Belonging CO, her home church here in Nashville. As a gifted songwriter and recording artist, she has been a part of multiple songs sung by churches across America such as “Open Up The Heavens”, “Lamb of God”, “Not For A Moment”, and “Spirit of the Living God”. Andrews often leads worship at major women’s and/or worship leader conferences across the U.S., and has toured with Matt Maher, Natalie Grant, Big Daddy Weave, Vertical Church, Phil Wickham, and Michael W. Smith, among others. For additional information, please visit www.meredithandrews.com
Brad Faulkner is the Lead Worship Pastor of Revolution Church. He rests in the fact that God’s plans are always much bigger for us than the plans we have for ourselves. In addition to leading the worship team, he oversees the musical aspects of Sunday services. Brad is married to his wife Ariel and has a daughter, Collis.
Brenna Kneiss is a worship leader, speaker, and songwriter in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. She is currently writing her first worship album and has recently released two singles on all streaming platforms. She is also a part of Movement Writers Music and Waves Girls Conference. Brenna has a passion for using her testimony to bring healing and empower movement in all generations. Whether it's writing, speaking, or singing--her heart is to create an atmosphere for the Holy Spirit to bring freedom, deliverance, and breakthrough.
Matt Blair along with his wife Erin are the Lead Pastors of Limitless Church in Tampa, FL. Matt has 4 daughters; Kaylee (15), Abi (13), Zoe (11), Elliana (9), and a son Judah (1). Matt is passionate about helping people encounter the love and grace of Jesus and encouraging them to become all that God has created them to be. When Matt isn't with his family or leading the church you will find him on the golf course, exercising, or watching The Office.
Ava Elizabeth Davis York grew up in the city of Chicago but now lives in Atlanta, Ga with her husband, John York. She is a worship leader who is passionate about the power that music has to speak to the heart in ways that words may not. Her heart’s desire is to help cultivate an environment that allows for free, organic, and raw worship. One that draws in anyone from all walks of life. She desires to serve along side those who feel plagued by hopelessness. Ava believes that God didn’t come to save a perfect land full of perfect people per se, but to lead a broken land, full of broken people to his promise of mercy, redemption and grace.
Eight-time Grammy nominee Natalie Grant has remained one of Christian music‘s top-selling artists. Most recently, Grant launched her newest album No Stranger.
A fierce advocate for social justice, Natalie is also the co-founder of Hope For Justice, an international non-profit organization that works to end modern day slavery.
Over her 20-year career, Natalie’s prayer and mission has remained consistent: that people would experience the hope of Jesus in everything she does.
Jessica Richards is a mom to 4 children. She is a pastor’s wife, serving in the state capital of Maine. She homeschools her children and has built a business helping Christian women renew their strength through fitness and nutrition as a virtual coach. After a 2 year journey, she lost 100 pounds at home and felt inspired to pay it forward. "It was through Christ that I found freedom from my destructive tendencies and the guilt from the poor choices I made."
Mandy Johnson is a high-energy writer and speaker with a passion for encouraging women in their faith. After years of navigating God’s unpredicted twists and turns, Mandy confidently believes following Jesus means surrendering control—not begrudgingly, but joyfully! You can find Mandy writing weekly devotionals through her blog as she cheers you on in your faith. Mandy currently lives in Nashville, Tennessee with her husband, Kyle, and their fur-child, Dolly.
Ivanna Medina is Christian Life Style Blogger working in fulltime ministry. She is originally from Venezuela, raised in Miami and currently living in Jackson Mississippi. She is the founder of Loved + Found; a place to deepen your relationship with Christ as you grow in His identity as the beloved. Ivanna has a heart for Jesus, people, and missions, and shares this in her Instagram. Her goal in life is to be a seeker of the Father, a lover of Jesus and an intimate friend of Holy Spirit.
Holley Gerth is a Wall Street Journal bestselling author, life coach, and counselor. She has sold over 500,000 books, cofounded the groundbreaking blogging community (in)courage, and now cohosts the popular podcast More Than Small Talk.
Stephanie Rousselle is the founder of Gospel Spice Ministries. Her motto is, “God’s glory, our delight!”
Stephanie is a wife, mom, podcaster, public speaker, Bible teacher, former women’s ministry director and strategy consultant. And she is 100% French.
Bethany is a wife to her adored husband Chris and a mom to her son Landon, the founder of a non-profit organization R3, director of the community ministry at Revolution Church and a speaker for Unbound Ministry.
At the age of seventeen, Bethany experienced great loss when she lost both of her parents. Bethany’s story is a great story of God’s redemptive love and his ability to rebuild, renew and restore our lives if we are willing to hand our story over to Him.
Alysha Miller lives in Southern California, is a writer and owner of Alysha Miller Photography. She is host of The Marriage Project, a monthly podcast she hosts that was created to share the gospel and shine light on the sanctity of marriage through the telling of Christian couple's testimonies. Photography and writing are creative outlets for Alysha and have been ways to help build community and interactions with like-minded creatives and sisters in Christ.
Today's guest is Mandy Godwin. Mandy has been married to her high school sweetheart for 15 years, and is a mom to 6 beautiful children. Through her journey she has walked through infertility, ministered to many women as she directed a pregnancy center for 5 years, and currently ministers along side her husband as he serves as lead pastor at their church. Mandy is passionate about adoption, foster care, homeschool and living the life God has created for her and her family in their small East Texas town.
Scotti Beth Lawson is a 29 year old New Orleans native who is now a Texas resident. She has been in student ministry for 6 years and has a passion for high school students and young women to have a deep knowledge of their identity in Christ. Scotti Beth believes that when we truly understand who we are in Christ, the temptations of this world will not land the same, but instead, we will encounter the beauty of The Holy Spirit’s work in us to make us more and more like Jesus.
Today on the podcast we have Ellante Vides! She is from Charlotte, NC. She is married & graduated from Fort Mill High School, and is the is the oldest of 5 half siblings & 4 step siblings!
Ellante started a Faith based Blog (@thecltblogger on Instagram), two podcasts (Women of The Well Podcast and THECLTBLOGGER Podcast), and a YouTube Channel (Proverbs Says)! All designed to uplift & encourage women!
Georgia Brown is a lover of Jesus and people. Born and raised in Arkansas, Georgia now calls Music City, home. A senior at Middle Tennessee State University, studying the Recording Industry, Georgia's prayer is to be a light for the Gospel in and out of the classroom as well as on and off the screen. Georgia loves hosting her podcast, "Faith and Friends", smiling, hiking, and reading books while a warm mug of coffee holds her hand.
Whitney’s greatest joy comes when she is helping women live big, happy lives in the midst of a busy and broken world. She gets to do this through her podcast, A Big, Happy Life and through her program, Seven Weeks to Discover Your Big, Happy Life. She also founded a non-profit based in prayer and community and is the author of the book, Imperfectly Brave, which helps women redefine what it means to be brave.
Becky is a fervent writer, accidental speaker + self-taught artist. She adores Instagram, hates working out and is obsessive over the creamer in her coffee. She is a mom of three crazy kids and married to her high school sweetheart, who just so happens to also be her State Representative. The beat of Becky’s heart is to equip women in living free in the grace of Jesus's great love.
Katie believes in the power of young women to change the world. She is the host of the Truth for your Twenties Podcast and speaker to over 30 colleges nationwide. Her husband and two daughters love exploring the mountains of Chattanooga Tennessee where they live.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an Enneagram Coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 9 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an Enneagram Coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 8 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an Enneagram Coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 7 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an Enneagram Coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 6 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an Enneagram Coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 5 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an enneagram coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 4 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an Enneagram Coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 3 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an enneagram coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 2 on the Enneagram.
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation, empowering young adults to adventure with Jesus and embrace a fierce self love. Ainsley is also an enneagram coach! She believes the Enneagram has the ability to harness and transform self-limiting behaviors into life-enhancing personal empowerment. On this weeks episode Holly & Ainsley will be diving into Type 1 on the Enneagram.
This weeks guest is Abbie Elizabeth. Abbie is a16 year old writer and podcaster from FL who is passionate about showing others the beauty within their brokenness and how loved they are by an amazing God. She has her own podcast called Beautifully Broken.
Podcaster, producer, friend. Today’s guest is Jeanette Tapley! Jeanette lives in Texas along with her husband and 3 kids. She is a lover of Jesus, her family, coffee & all things Disney! Jeanette loves building up other women, coaching women in pursuit of their goals & sharing truths about Jesus!
Allie is a small town girl from Louisiana, who is a lover of Jesus and all things yellow! Whenever you need an adventure buddy or someone to obsess over coffee with, she's your first call. Allie is currently studying to become a nurse at Southeastern Louisiana University and she has a passion for meeting people where they are and helping them understand their true identity in Christ.
Cherlyn Decker is a speaker, writer, and coach who has helped hundreds of women turn their struggles into a source of
strength. Cherlyn believes that it’s only when we face our challenges that we can take back control and triumph over them. As a speaker, mentor, coach, and spiritual director, Cherlyn provides programs, workshops, retreats, and both group and one-on-one coaching.
Anna is an experienced writer, author, blogger and a multi award-winning marketing and PR professional. She is married to husband Andy, and mum to their son Ben (aged 5). They live in the beautiful waterfront city of Liverpool, UK. Anna is a coffee lover and bookworm, a travel enthusiast, live music fan, a keen foodie, and a gatherer of people.
You can find Anna at www.annakettle.com
Sarah E. Westfall is a fan of good words, good conversation, and big earrings. She lives for lazy Saturday mornings at home, sipping coffee with her husband Ben and watching their four sons play. Sarah is an author, speaker, and host of the Not My Story podcast. You can find her writing at SarahEWestfall.com and connect on Instagram and Twitter.
Misty Phillip is a wife, mom, podcaster, speaker, and author who is passionate about encouraging women to overcome challenges in life by seeking Jesus, studying the Word and growing in grace.
She is the founder of the Spark Christian Podcast Conference, host of the By His Grace podcast show, and author of The Struggle is Real: But So is God Bible Study.
Brooke Collins has been married for almost 10 years to her high school sweetheart Tim, who serves in the Army. Brooke is the momma of 3 wild boys who make every day a brand new adventure. She works from home as a virtual health and fitness coach. Brooke loves helping busy mommas like herself learn how to prioritize and enjoy working on their health so they can show up every day and feel their best physically and mentally.
Rachel George lives with her husband in central Illinois. She is mama to Clive and Winnie in heaven and Coralie in her home. She began sharing her grief journey online in 2015. Her first book, Grieve, Create, Believe: Process Your Loss with Intention and Truth shares the truth of scripture while allowing space to lament, grieve, and contemplate the loss of a loved one. Rachel is passionate about walking with others through grief in an authentic and compassionate way.
Kaley Rivera Thompson is the author of "As You Wander," a journal-style devotion book for high school to college-age girls seeking to find God on their unfixed path. Her passion to see women of all ages love God and each other authentically has inspired her to lead worship for women's ministries across the greater Charlotte area and serve as a music director for students at Forest Hill Church. Kaley lives in Fort Mill, South Carolina with her husband, Gage, and daughters, Adelina and Liliana.
McKenna Best is a Carolina girl currently residing in the bachelorette and hipster capital of the world. She believes in Jesus, dancing in the kitchen, and slow mornings. McKenna is an assistant youth director and spends her afternoons working with middle schoolers in West Nashville. She is passionate about equipping youth to unlock their potential and be all that God has called them to be, whether that be through teaching Bible lessons, or writing articles for a variety of online platforms.
Sarah Quezada is an author, advocate, and business owner. She has a master's in sociology and nearly two decades of experience working across cultures and leading conversations about justice and faith. She oversees the fast-growing online community Welcome., a project of World Relief and the National Immigration Forum, which fosters conversation among Christian women seeking to live out Biblical hospitality.The Quezadas live in Atlanta, Georgia and are raising two bicultural and trilingual-ish kids.
I am Avery Forrest. My husband and I are church planters in south Alabama. We pastor at Anchor Point Church in Foley, AL which we planted 10 years ago. I have a huge heart for pastoring along side of my husband as well as encouraging women to know who they have uniquely been made to be. I love serving the women of our church and community. I was called into the ministry when I was 19 years old, I left the life that I had planned for myself immediately and started on staff at the church I grew up in.
Tiffany Accardi is an Entrepreneur, Speaker and Worship Leader based in Los Angeles, CA. Her passion and love is Jesus, and her heart is to release the Father’s heart for people through creating family and community, worship, and the prophetic. Through her own journey of pursuing freedom it has been her hope and purpose to raise up ideas and encourage people to develop their dreams and visions into the highest callings on their lives.
Rachel Schelb is an introvert who frequently gets confused for an extrovert. She loves tacos, breakfast food, and kayaking. Rachel has been married to her best friend, Andy, for 11 years and has two small kiddos. Rachel is incredibly passionate about the biblical call to show hospitality! Hospitality simply means to #lovewellonpurpose. Through practical tips, biblical truths, and some random Instagram stories Rachel equips and encourages women of all ages to live more like Jesus by loving well on purpose!
Ainsley is a dream champion for the next generation. She began speaking in 2014 which is the same year she started the 501c3, Unveiled Campaign. With a communications degree in Mass Communications from Belmont University and extensive training with Josh Shipp, SheSpeaks and more, she hopes to reach young adults and spur them on to healthy, God-filled relationships.
Ainsley and her husband love donuts and catching a flight for their next adventure and she’s currently working on her second book.
Jennifer Dukes Lee is the author of It's All Under Control. She is a blogger and a writer for DaySpring's (in)courage. She and her husband live on the family farm in Iowa, where they raise crops, pigs, and two beautiful humans.
Michelle is founder of she works His way, creator of the Narrow conference, Network Marketing Nobility and the swHw Business Tracker, the author of Famous in Heaven and at Home, and a certified StoryBrand Guide and Copywriter. Basically, her work happy place is pulling out of others what God already put in them.
Home is her favorite place to be, which is wherever her family is: her husband, James, and their three children, Noah (8), Cole (5) and Shea (3).
Join Holly Myers as she shares her heart in this Christmas Special Episode of "It Is For Freedom."
Ken, his wife Ashley and their son Issac live in Gastonia, NC where he is a full time leadership coach, and Ashley teaches first grade. Ken has 20 years of leadership and pastoral experience. His heart for people and the church is to see both come to experience their full potential through Christ! With hands on experience in building strong, dynamic and flexible organizations both in the church and in coaching, Ken brings a unique blend of pastoral and leadership skills to his role.
Jennifer is a daughter of God who is passionate about her sisters. She’s an writer and truth-teller who is on fire to help those sisters find their own revelation in God’s Word and His purpose for them. She loves speaking to groups of women, and enjoys pouring into the individual women, speaking into their imperfections as the avenue of God’s glory and abundance (preferably over a cup of pour-over coffee).
Her passion and purpose is all about shaking women awake to see the beauty and power in the already, where He has them grounded, reminding them that God made them who they are in this very moment to step into His story and make Him known.
My name is Kirby Brown, I’m 32 years old. I am married, we just celebrated 4 years! I have a little boy who will be 3 in December! I’m a strong Christian woman who loves Jesus and strives to live for His glory everyday. I’ve gone through many storms in my life, having an father who was an alcoholic, losing my sister, losing my dad, and through it all, God has seen me through!! I’m thankful for His love and faithfulness! My goal in my life is to be a light in the world for others to see Jesus through me.
Alli is a speaker, author of Breaking Busy, Fierce Faith, and The Year of Living Happy. She is also a business coach and the co-founder of The Blissdom Conference. She and her husband Mark have five sons and live outside Nashville, TN. Her goal is to help women reach the next level. Alli’s no-nonsense, guilt-free take on business, family, and balance lead to appearances on The Today Show and Good Morning America.
Hannah Arrowood is the founder and Executive Director of Present Age Ministries. She passionately combines 10 years of experience in corporate America with ten years of nonprofit leadership. Hannah is a visionary and is skillful at bringing solutions to complex system problems through logistically developing community collaboration and establishing standards of excellence. Hannah is a featured conference speaker and author. She is married to Jeff and has two teenage daughters.
In this episode, Holly chats with Ashley + Josh about their freedom stories. These two are currently engaged and preparing for their upcoming marriage - the first engaged couple on the show!
Join Holly as she chats with a friend from her home church, Heather Zampogna. Heather has worked as a mental health liaison, an ABA therapeutic support for children with spectrum disorders, and taught public school for nearly 20 years. Heather is now a licensed school counselor working in a local charter school and has a beautiful daughter who is 13. Her heart is working with anyone in need but her passion is to help girls & women see their own worth.
Rachael Gilbert is a former Oklahoman turned Texan by her husband, homeschooling momma of 3, business owner, coach, blogger, co-host of the Declare Conference, creator of The Intentional Influencer course and show host of Real Talk with Rachael. She loves Jesus and loves to go on outdoor adventures with her husband. She is passionate about seeing women walk in freedom in all areas of their lives! Nothing brings her more joy then calling the gold out of women and inspiring them to walk in their God-given destiny. You can follow her at www.rachaelgilbert.com, as well as Facebook and Instagram.
Rachel Hockett is a wife, mother, singer, speaker, writer, and actress passionate about spreading God’s love, hope and her belief that knowing God intimately as Father is the answer to fulfillment in every area of life! Rachel grew up in a musical family with her award-winning Parents Billy and Sarah Gaines whom she shares a Dove Award with! Rachel’s career includes leading worship and speaking on the Women of Faith Revolve Tour, collaborative writing for a book published by Thomas Nelson, and BGV’S on Disney’s Cinderella soundtrack, “A Dream is a Wish”, and Disney’s Chicken Little “Stir It Up, “as well as touring as a BGV singer for multi Dove award-winning artist Natalie Grant. Rachel also plays “Teddy” on the YouTube, Netflix sensation and Emmy Award-winning children’s show, “The Mother Goose Club” with over 20 million viewers! Rachel served for years as an advisor for an organization called My Sister’s Keeper to Teenaged girls and is the creator for Simple Sparkle, a vlog series that combines her love for homemaking, family, and the art’s. Rachel’s newest book “Hope Rising” will be available for purchase soon! Rachel loves family movie nights, writing, coffee, and Christmas!
Brittany Rust has a passion to see people experience the truth of God’s Word and the power of His grace through writing, speaking, and podcasting. She is the founder of Truth and Grace Ministries and For the Mama Heart, and hosts the Truth x Grace Podcast. Her latest book, Here I Am, is now available everywhere books are sold. Brittany lives with her husband, Ryan, and son, Roman, in Castle Rock, Colorado. Learn more at www.brittanyrust.com.
Kait Warman is a Los Angeles based lifestyle blogger, inspirational speaker, relationship coach, online educator and host of the Heart of Dating Podcast, a top 50 Christian rated Podcast.
Kait's mission is to empower both men and women to have the courage to own their story, walk in victory, thrive with PURPOSE, and discover clarity and vision in their life and relationships. Kait is particularly passionate about the topic of relationships and has a deep hope that the dating scene can be transformed (because let’s face it #thestruggleisreal).
She has an extensive dating background but has actively worked to seek hope, growth, and an even deeper sense of self-love. She LOVES walking alongside those on a similar journey... while showing them that dating can actually be AMAZING!
In early 2018 Kait launched the Heart of Dating Podcast to start a conversation and navigate into the murky waters of dating with her fellow singles. Kait now helps hundreds of men and women on their journey through the conversations on her podcast, 1 on 1 relationship coaching, as well as her online dating and heartbreak courses.
She loves Jesus, going to Disneyland as much as possible, all things French.... and is wildly obsessed with Celine Dion. She believes at the core that each person is perfectly unique, loved, & worthy of God’s best... but that we all need to remember to dance it out just a bit more. ;)
Jen Conrad is serial entrepreneur building 3 global businesses around raising three boys, going through an overseas adoption, and married 22 years to her VP a Sgt. Major in the Marine Corps! She equips women with the tools to make the IMPACT they are called to make in their homes, communities, and world.
Jen is a small town girl from Central, Illinois with a wanderlust soul. She holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Southern California. She loves nothing more than spending time with her boys, date nights with her hubby, snuggling her puppies, traveling the world, and being her own boss.
Through God’s redemption and promise, Kellie abandons a life of perfectionism and anxiety, and trades it for His grace and peace. For the last decade, she’s partnered with Jesus to love on the women right in front of her. Kellie assists and markets for Rebekah Lyons and coordinates Q Union, the college training program through Q Ideas.
Lisa Goins and her husband Kelly are the lead pastors at Faith Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Lisa is a national speaker and author of the newly released book, Courageously Uncomfortable, when the real woman you want to be is on the other side of fear. Lisa shares her heart in a motivational way that both encourages and engages others to believe that with Jesus, all things are possible. She is also a business owner of Surprise Gift Co and founder of She Knew Gathering.
Malinda is a bold communicator who is passionate about thriving families and helping people grow as disciples of Jesus. She has been happily married for fourteen years to her husband, Alex, and is a proud homeschooling mom to two spirited girls. Malinda’s first book, Obedience Over Hustle: The Surrender of the Striving Heart will release in September 2019 with Barbour Publishers. You can connect with Malinda through her website or on Instagram.
Toni Collier is a communicator, host and consultant at North Point Ministries (founded by Andy Stanley), on-camera personality at The reThink Group, Fellowship of Christian Athletes public school speaker, co-founder of The Resource Group: A faith based consulting firm and creator of Broken Crayons Still Color a blog and interactive devotional brand. With a degree in business logistics and entrepreneurship she has used her talents to grow churches, ministries & businesses in the areas of; student ministry, creative marketing, leadership, innovation and strategic planning.Toni is known for her vibrant personality, charisma and all around welcoming spirit. She has a passion to help women and teens believe in the idea that in a world that says you have to be broken to be used, the truth is, God will use us right in the middle of our mess.
Heather Boersma is a speaker, author and life coach who loves to adventure with her husband Alex and their three kids Cohen, Claire and Byron. She began speaking in 2005 and has since shared her story with thousands of youth, young adults and women in Canada, the United States. Heather has a passion to see all women, both young and old, live FROM love instead of FOR love. Heather loves making people laugh, playing in the ocean and eating ice cream.
My name is Sharon Hodde (sounds like “Hah-dee”) Miller, and here’s a little bit about me:
My husband, Ike, and I both lead Bright City Church in Durham, NC. Our church launched in September 2018, and it has been a wild, fun, and stretching adventure. We LOVE our church, and if you live in the RDU area or are passing through, come say hello!
Ike and I are the parents to three awesome kids who fill our house with noise and joy. Isaac (6), Coen (4), and Sadie (1) are seriously the best and we don’t know how we got so lucky to be their mom and dad.
In addition to leading Bright City, I also write and travel around the country speaking. My first book, Free of Me: Why Life is Better When It’s Not about You released in 2017, and my next book, Nice: Why We Love to Be Liked and How God Calls Us to More, releases in August 2019!
I recently completed my PhD at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School on the topic of women and calling, and I am SERIOUSLY passionate about cultivating the gifts of women (don’t get me started! ha!). I have also been a regular contributing author to Propel, She Reads Truth, and Christianity Today, and my writing has been featured in Relevant, (in)courage, Gifted for Leadership, and The Gospel Project blog.
And most importantly, I am a Christian, and if you want to know more about what that means, click here.
Michele is the heart behind Fashion & Compassion & it's her vision & passion that directs our work to serve the oppressed & impoverished. She graduated from the University of Southern California & prior to starting Fashion & Compassion, she worked for KPMG & served as a VP for the Global Corporate Investment Banking division at Bank of America. She’s pretty much a superwoman because when she’s not busy being a wife, a mom of 4 & a host to two college students from Burundi, she also serves on non-profit Boards & still found time to help found the Ignite Justice Conference! Her heart for people truly knows no bounds & when she’s not out changing the world or driving carpool, you can find her reading or running.
Join Holly and Rachel on this encouraging new episode of "It is for Freedom!"
It is for Freedom aims to share the stories of women who have found freedom in Christ, so that others too can be set free. Galatians 5:1 says, “it is FOR freedom that Christ dies to set us free.” The word FOR is a function word that indicates purpose. As women, sharing our unique story of bondage to freedom is FOR someone. So that they can get a glimpse of Jesus. So that they can receive freedom, embrace freedom and walk in freedom.
This podcast shares inspiring and real stories from women who have experienced bondage, and were brought into freedom by the truth of the Gospel. We will cover topics such as addiction, body-image, friendship, relationships, forgiveness, worth, God’s faithfulness and many more!
Mary Margaret West serves as the Girls Ministry Specialist for LifeWay Christian Resources, which basically means that teenage girls and the women who lead them are her favorite people on the planet. She has a passion to equip girls and women to dive deeply into God’s word and live out their calling, and does this by training, consulting, and speaking to women and student ministry leaders across the United States. Mary Margaret is the author of Show Her the Way: Your Guide to Discipling Teen Girls, is a former Girls Minister, and holds a master’s degree from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Mary Margaret and her husband Jonathan live in Franklin, TN.
Connect with her online: @marymargaretc and girlsministry.lifeway.com
Rebekah Lyons is a national speaker and 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 overcome anxiety and depression—and invites others to discover and boldly pursue their God-given purpose from a place of freedom. Finding joy in raising a special needs child—Rebekah wears her heart on her sleeve, a benefit to friends and readers alike. Her work has been featured on Good Morning America, CNN, Huffington Post, The Tennessean, Publisher’s Weekly, and more. Alongside her husband, Gabe, she serves as co-founder of Q Ideas, a nonprofit organization that helps Christian leaders winsomely engage culture. Gabe and Rebekah are raising their three children and two toy poodles in Franklin, Tennessee.
Sam Collieris a speaker and host at Northpoint Ministries (founded by Andy Stanley) as well as the Director of City Strategy for The reThink Group (founded by Reggie Joiner). North Point Ministries has 40,000 members within its 6 main churches and 25+ partner churches around the World. The reThink Group houses organizations such as Orange Conference, Orange Tour, Orange Curriculum and Orange Publishing. Collectively The reThink Group reaches over 13,000 churches Worldwide. Sam is also the host of nationally syndicated radio-podcasts “A Greater Story w/ Sam Collier” and “The Countdown w/ Sam Collier”. His radio-podcasts can be heard on REJOICE’s 35 fm/ am stations (REJOICE Musical Soulfood reaches 1 million listeners daily) around the U.S., 90+ countries around the World and on iTunes. Lastly, Sam is a top 20 Gospel Billboard producer, founder of No Losing, Inc. and co-founder of The Resource Group Global: A faith based consulting firm. Sam has produced and written for artists such as India Arie, One Chance and Da T.R.U.T.H. - Through his nonprofit No Losing, Inc. he has empowered over 100k young people to have a winning mindset in life to achieve their goals by creatively making education relevant. Sam is an Atlanta, GA. native and loves his beautiful wife and family!
Whitney Capps is a national speaker for Proverbs 31 Ministries and a writer for the new Bible app, First 5, with more than 1,000,000 downloads and users. Whitney's first book (B & H Publishers) and bible study with video curriculum (LifeWay) will be released in early 2019.