What if the life you’re trying to change starts with the thoughts you’ve been quietly rehearsing for years?

In this episode of Designed Anyway, Yolanda invites you into a powerful conversation about thought renovation — the intentional work of rebuilding your inner world so it aligns with God’s truth. Drawing from scripture in Ephesians and Romans, personal testimony, and practical exercises, this episode walks you through how renewing the mind leads to lasting personal transformation.

You’ll explore how cognitive distortions and negative mental patterns quietly shape your emotions, decisions, and spiritual confidence — and how to interrupt that cycle. Yolanda breaks down the science of neuroplasticity alongside biblical wisdom, showing how consistent prayer, daily truth declarations, and awareness of destructive thought loops can rewire your thinking for spiritual growth and mental clarity.

This isn’t about surface behavior change. It’s about identifying the root beliefs driving your reactions and replacing them with unshakable God-confidence. If you’ve ever felt stuck in repetitive thinking, weighed down by self-doubt, or hungry for deeper freedom, this episode offers a practical roadmap to begin your own renovation in progress.

You’ll walk away with:

• A clear framework for recognizing and challenging cognitive distortions
• Practical tools for renewing your mind through prayer and scripture
• Insight into how your brain can be retrained to support healing
• Encouragement to build a daily rhythm of intentional thought renewal
• A fresh perspective on spiritual warfare and personal growth

Press play to start rebuilding your thought life from the inside out — one intentional thought at a time.

Resources

Ephesians Chapters One -Six - Youtube Series

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfx9guLP7QN3Pc1bZkLK2rjgTnWFBToUk&si=6Dz3sOpCGdqyYBFY

You've been faithful.You've been praying.You've done everything right.

So why does it feel like nothing is moving?

There's a moment in every waiting season when it stops being about the thing you're waiting for—and starts feeling personal. Like maybe you missed your turn. Like maybe God just... forgot about you.

This episode is for everyone sitting in that moment right now.

We're getting honest about delayed promises, silent seasons, and the question nobody wants to ask out loud—what if I never really heard God in the first place?

We're diving into Ephesians, sitting with Paul who wrote his most powerful words while literally in chains, and discovering why God's delays are never denials.

Because you're not behind.You're not forgotten.You're not being punished.

You're being prepared.

Come as you are. Press play.

New to Designed Anyway? Start with Episodes 1 & 2—every episode builds on the last.

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I love you—but God is madly in love with you!

What are you actually building your life on?

Because if we’re honest, it’s usually something shaky—achievement that never quite satisfies, approval from people who don’t fully know us, control (which… cute idea), or staying so busy we don’t have time to feel what’s underneath.

And then life shifts.

The promotion doesn’t happen. A relationship ends. Something hits that you didn’t plan for—and suddenly you’re asking, what’s really holding me up right now?

Yolanda knows this place well. After losing her first son, she went into survival mode—stay busy, stay in control, stay moving. It worked… until it didn’t.

This episode is about what happens when you stop building on things that can’t hold you—and start reaching for something steadier. Not from a stage. From experience. From the middle of it.

If you’ve ever felt like:

• you’re one rough day away from unraveling

• you’re worn out from trying to prove you’re enough

• life keeps shifting and you just want something solid

You’ll feel seen here.

Listen in. Let it land. And if something hits home, send a message or drop a comment. You’re not doing this alone.

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