Starting can feel hopeful. Staying often feels harder.

In this episode, I’m talking honestly about what it looks like to stay — in health rhythms, in creative work, in grief, and in the quiet middle spaces where motivation fades and progress feels invisible.

This isn’t a how-to episode. It’s a sit-with-me episode. A reflection on staying connected without burning everything down and starting over again. On learning how to remain present when life interrupts the process, when capacity shifts, and when the urge to reset feels easier than continuing.

If you’re in a season where staying feels heavier than you expected, this conversation is for you.

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There’s a kind of courage required after the excitement of starting wears off — the courage to stay.

In this episode, I’m reflecting on what staying has looked like for me lately: rebuilding health rhythms after grief and medical interruptions, continuing creative work without clear feedback, and learning how to remain present on ordinary, low-energy days when nothing feels especially inspiring.

We talk about the middle spaces we’re tempted to rush past, the quiet ways people drift instead of quitting outright, and how staying doesn’t fix hard days — it simply keeps us connected to ourselves.

This episode is for anyone who’s tired of starting over and wondering how to continue gently, honestly, and without pressure.

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Pressing forward doesn’t always look bold or brave — sometimes it looks like staying when you’re tired, discouraged, or unsure. In this devotional episode, we reflect on what it means to keep going without striving, to release the weight of the past without pretending it didn’t matter, and to trust that God is still working in the quiet middle. Rooted in Philippians 3:12–14 and supported by Scripture, this episode offers gentle encouragement, life application, and a reminder that continuing — imperfectly and faithfully — still counts.

SHOW NOTES

This devotional episode is a quiet companion to Monday’s conversation, Pressing Forward Anyway. It’s designed to slow you down, create space for reflection, and remind you that growth doesn’t always feel dramatic or obvious.

Using Philippians 3:12–14 as our anchor, we explore what it means to keep going without perfection, to learn from the past without living there, and to trust God in the middle of the journey. Additional Scripture offers reassurance that small steps matter, grace is renewed daily, and God remains present even when progress feels slow.

This episode includes reflection, life application, a prayer, and a spoken blessing — all intended to meet you where you are and send you forward with peace rather than pressure.

New long-form episodes release every Monday, with devotional episodes like this one available each Thursday.

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What if the real growth doesn’t happen when you start over — but when you stop quitting? In this episode, I talk honestly about the patterns that keep us stuck: waiting for the perfect time, overplanning instead of taking action, restarting instead of continuing, and believing that a stumble means failure. Drawing from my own lived experience, I share why progress is rarely linear, why motivation isn’t what sustains us, and how pressing forward anyway — even imperfectly — changes not just what we do, but who we become. This conversation isn’t about dramatic transformation or fresh starts. It’s about staying, trusting yourself again, and letting growth happen quietly in the middle.

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In this episode, we explore what it really means to keep going when life doesn’t slow down, motivation fades, and progress feels invisible. I share personal stories about getting stuck in cycles of starting over, designing the “perfect” system instead of moving forward, and waiting for the right moment that never seems to come.

We talk about why small stumbles don’t equal failure, how restarting can sometimes be a form of quitting, and why staying in the middle of the process is often the hardest — and most transformative — part of any journey. This episode is an invitation to release the pressure to get it all right and to practice consistency rooted in grace instead of shame.

Whether you’re navigating health goals, faith, calling, relationships, or personal growth, this conversation is a reminder that you don’t have to be perfect to move forward — you just have to stay.

New long-form episodes release every Monday, with shorter devotional episodes available every Thursday.

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In this devotional episode of Healer & Hope Giver: Practicing Out Loud, Kim invites listeners into a gentle, grounding conversation about the voice we live with every day — the one inside.

This episode isn’t about fixing yourself or silencing your inner voice. It’s about noticing its tone, understanding where it came from, and learning how kindness can become a daily practice rather than something you have to earn.

If you’ve been carrying pressure, living at a relentless pace, or speaking to yourself in ways you’d never speak to someone you love, this devotional offers space to slow down, reflect, and begin practicing something gentler — right where you are.

📌 Show Notes

This devotional explores the inner voice many of us live under — the one shaped by responsibility, survival, and expectation — and how awareness can open the door to kindness.

In this episode, Kim reflects on:

• Where our inner voice is learned
• Why pressure can feel safer than gentleness
• The difference between survival and healing
• What happens when the voice begins to soften
• How kindness changes our relationship with pace and growth

Through reflection, prayer, and blessing, this devotional invites listeners to practice speaking kindly to themselves — not as a performance, but as a steady, faithful way of living.

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What if the voice you live with every day isn’t meant to drive you — but to guide you?

In this episode of Healer & Hope Giver: Practicing Out Loud, Kim invites you into a deeply honest conversation about the way we speak to ourselves, the internal pressure so many of us live under, and how that voice was shaped over time. Through lived experience, reflection, and gentle mentoring, she explores how awareness can open the door to kindness — not as indulgence, but as a foundation for growth, faith, and healing.

This episode isn’t about fixing yourself or silencing the inner voice. It’s about noticing its tone, understanding where it came from, and learning how gentleness can change the way you move through your life, your calling, and your relationships.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re carrying more than you should — or speaking to yourself in ways you’d never speak to someone you love — this conversation is for you.

📝 Show Notes

In this episode, Kim reflects on the internal voice many of us live under — the one shaped by responsibility, survival, and expectation — and how that voice influences the way we experience faith, growth, and everyday life.

Through story-led reflection, she explores:

• How our inner voice is learned, not innate
• Why responsibility and pressure can make self-criticism feel normal
• The shift from endurance to gentleness
• How kindness toward ourselves changes the way we lead, love, and listen
• Why awareness is often the beginning of healing

This episode offers a steady, compassionate invitation to notice the tone you live with — and to consider what might change if kindness became part of your foundation, not something you had to earn.

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Some seasons don’t feel meaningful while you’re living them.
They feel repetitive, exhausting, and quietly heavy.

In this devotional, Kim reflects on what God is forming in us during the long days — the seasons marked by responsibility, repetition, and ordinary faithfulness. This episode is an invitation to slow down, recognize yourself in the story, and trust that nothing offered in love is ever wasted.

If you’re in a season where the days feel long and the meaning feels unclear, this devotional is for you.

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Devotional Episode 4 of Healer & Hope Giver: Practicing Out Loud gently explores what God is doing beneath the surface during seasons that feel long, quiet, and unseen.

Through reflection, Scripture, prayer, and blessing, this devotional reminds listeners that ordinary faithfulness matters — and that the long days are not empty, delayed, or wasted.

This episode is for anyone who feels tired, unseen, or unsure whether their everyday life truly counts.

#FaithInEverydayLife #QuietSeasons #HopeAndHealing

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Some seasons don’t feel meaningful while you’re living them.
They feel repetitive, exhausting, and quietly heavy.

In this episode, Kim reflects on the long days that shaped her before she had language for what they were doing — seasons of caregiving, health struggles, identity shifts, isolation, and ordinary faithfulness that didn’t look impressive but proved deeply formative.

The Days Were Long is a conversation about endurance without urgency, purpose without pressure, and the sacred work happening in lives that feel small, unseen, or unfinished.

If you’re in a season where the days feel long and the clarity feels far away, this episode is for you.

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SHOW NOTES

In Episode 4 of Healer & Hope Giver: Practicing Out Loud, Kim invites listeners to honor the seasons that don’t look meaningful while they’re happening — the long days marked by repetition, responsibility, and quiet endurance.

Through personal stories of health, motherhood, identity, and faith, this episode explores how God works slowly and steadily in ordinary life, shaping compassion, purpose, and presence long before we recognize it.

This episode is for anyone who feels tired, unseen, or unsure whether the life they’re living right now truly matters.

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This devotional invites you to gently return to peace — the kind you find not through striving but through rest, quiet, and trust. Through Isaiah 30:15 and a personal story from Kim’s early motherhood years, this episode reminds us that peace isn’t something we earn… It’s something God invites us back into. Perfect for anyone craving calm, stillness, and reconnection with God in the middle of a busy season.

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