What does 'getting the wind back in your sails' actually mean to you? Is it going on hyperdrive and doing more for God? Checking off more boxes and cramming more in your calendar? Maybe brushing past pain and grief to keep 'doing' more for Him. But to get the wind back, our spiritual fires roaring, we need to tend to this first. We must allow God to invade us to the deepest layers of our core. He is inviting us to behold and be held by Him. Ultimately, casting off every lie and pretension distracting us to run boldly back into His arms. Want to get the wind back in your sails? This is a must-listen. ENTER TO WIN a Personalized Gift Pack! How to Enter: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share the show on social media and tag me, @laurakdudek! You've got all summer to rack up those entries! Announcing 3 winners at the end of our series in September. Enter to win a personalized encouragement package, including: custom engraved necklace, copy of my Bible studies, a personalized keychain, and a prayerful note!  Connect with Laura on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠. I'd love to speak at your next event! ⁠Learn more about my speaking.

We are having a little heart-to-heart today on the podcast. In this journey of 'getting the wind back in our sails' this summer, there are unique moments when we need to have a wonderful side conversation. Almost like an * on the bigger conversation to have a face-to-face encouragement. Why are we having this heart-to-heart? Because in the journey of running with the Lord, we naturally have struggles, lies, temptations that bubble to the surface of our heart. In that wrestling, we can feel like we have failed. Failed because 'here we are again." Or disqualified because we 'just can't shake this lie.' Or ashamed because 'we just can't get it together.' Ultimately, we believe we are broken. This is a beautiful moment to give you space to process those feelings. To feel the hardship of the wall. And to finally let go of these weights holding you back. ENTER TO WIN a Personalized Gift Pack! How to Enter: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share the show on social media and tag me, @laurakdudek! You've got all summer to rack up those entries! Announcing 3 winners at the end of our series in September. Enter to win a personalized encouragement package; includes a custom engraved necklace, one of my Bible studies, a personalized keychain and a prayerful note!  Connect with Laura on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠. I'd love to speak at your next event! ⁠Learn more about my speaking.

There are seasonal shifts from time to time, a fresh word for a fresh season. And boy do I feel that weightiness on this episode! As we continue getting the wind back in our sails this summer, there must first be an honest assessment of what we are currently holding onto. Maybe you've been caught overcommitting, overextending, over-functioning, and now, you are overly exhausted. There couldn't be any space for God to actually give you more in this season because the weight of your current state is far too heavy. So if you've been praying for more of God, this is the episode to get you thinking about a life that is truly and genuinely prepared for what He's about to give you! ENTER TO WIN!How to Enter: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share the show on social media and tag me, @laurakdudek! You've got all summer to rack up those entries! Announcing 3 winners at the end of our series in September. Enter to win a personalized encouragement package; includes a custom engraved necklace, one of my Bible studies, a personalized keychain and a prayerful note!  Connect with Laura on Instagram and Facebook. I'd love to speak at your next event! Learn more about my speaking.

You are bored. Stuck in the mundane routine, and you are craving some real adventure in your faith. While you've had a lot of excuses for why you can't venture out, you now need to throw them away and take Jesus up on His bold invitation to more. If you want to get the wind back in your sails this summer, maybe the first step is just right outside the boat. ENTER TO WIN! How to Enter: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share the show on social media and tag me, @laurakdudek! You've got all summer to rack up those entries! Announcing 3 winners at the end of our series in September. Enter to win a personalized encouragement package; includes a custom engraved necklace, one of my Bible studies, a personalized keychain and a prayerful note!  Connect with Laura on Instagram and Facebook. I'd love to speak at your next event! Learn more about my speaking.

Welcome to our kick-off episode of our summer series: Wind Back in your Sails Summer!! This whole summer is dedicated to experiencing the presence of God ignite our faith and lives in a whole new way. To literally 'get the wind back in our sails' for our faith lives! Buckle up for this adventure to get our spiritual fires back!! This kick off episode is waking up that dreamer again. For the one on the edge of adventure, longing for more and hoping for more. Maybe your heart is craving something new and beautiful. To take hold of new creativity and joy. And to challenge yourself with a new endeavor. Together, we are stepping into a Summer of Getting the Wind in our Sails. And first, we must sit in the stillness to allow our dreamer to come alive again. To let her get caught with a fresh perspective that fills us with extraordinary purpose. This episode is pivotal turning point for you to start getting the wind back in your lungs. ENTER TO WIN! How to Enter: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts or share the show on social media and tag me, @laurakdudek! You've got all summer to rack up those entries! Announcing 3 winners at the end of our series in September. Enter to win a personalized encouragement package; includes a custom engraved necklace, one of my Bible studies, a personalized keychain and a prayerful note!  Connect with Laura on ⁠Instagram⁠ and ⁠Facebook⁠. I'd love to speak at your next event! ⁠Learn more about my speaking.⁠

You feel like you've been in a faithful season; serving and stewarding well what's in front of you. But there is this heavy feeling of being forgotten in the mix. In a crowd of people longing to encounter God and experience a miracle, you feel like you've been passed by. You watch as they get the miracle and breakthrough while you just keep on serving. Together, we are stepping into a Summer of Getting the Wind in our Sails (series starts June 21!), but at this point, you need to process why you feel forgotten. Because there will be a moment soon when you are on the water, facing the storm, and this pain will come back in full force. This episode is the moment of truth; an invitation to be honest about the status of your heart and the step before you get the wind back in your sails. June 21 marks the start of our summer series; Getting the Wind Back in our Sails Summer. Stay tuned next week as we venture off together and experience a fresh wind of passion, direction and hope for what God is doing! Book Laura to speak at your next women's event.

You're holding your breath... waiting for change... trying to survive... spiraling attempting to do all the things for all the people... frantically working to 'make up the time' that was stolen. You didn't even realize you were doing it, but lately, you just feel like you're gonna pass out. Pass out from exhaustion and overworking. Pass out from saying yes too much, too often. Pass out from being disconnected to your heart. So this is your loving, encouraging wake-up call exhale and inhale. A heart-to-heart conversation with a powerful question to get you breathing again.Plus, I'm making an announcement at the end of the episode! Okay, so you know this podcast is for 'the one'? We've got to find her! If it's you, a friend or even a coworker... let's find the woman who needs to hear this message.If you are 'the one,' share your testimony in the reviews!

So you hit the wall, and now you wonder: how did I get here and what do I do next? Maybe you need some reassurance that you're even at the wall; how do you know that's where you are in life? With the clarity in hand, you need to know how to take that next step forward. With hardship rocking your heart and pain paralyzing you, what do you practically do to get your *umph* back and work through this wall you are facing? This is the conversation you need to get moving again! *This is a continuation of the "For the One Who Hit a Wall" conversation. If you'd love more on this topic, you can listen to the last episode.

You were running full speed after Jesus; it was as if you were coming fully alive and fully embracing who He has made you to be and crafted you to do. But then... you hit a wall. A massive, belief brick wall. It was like an emotional and spiritual car crash, and now you simply feel like a wreck. Unfortunately, you've been here before, you've seen this wall before. So what if you took a good look at to understand how to take down this wall... brick by brick. And finally break into the new ground you've been praying to enter. This episode is the raw encouragement, the dusting off and getting back up and the liberating truth about the wall you just smacked into.

At some point recently you've had a run-in with fear. Instead of it being a swift departure, fear took root and started a tornado in your life. Suddenly, you are plagued by doubts, ready to give up, and in a whirlwind of wrong beliefs. You honestly don't even know how you got here! But maybe, fear has been more subtle in your life; and you haven't even realized how much you have catered to this looming lie. It's taken hold of you and your future in ways you didn't even know about. 2023 is your year to come alive. And with new territory taken, you can only expect giants of fear. This is the invitation to guard what God is doing in your life, put fear in its place, and walk in your God-given authority. Connect with Laura on ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ + ⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠. ⁠⁠Invite Laura to speak at your next event.