This is a special Mother's Day episode. Martha Black, author of You Will Find Me At The Ocean, shares her story! She tells us how through the pain and loss of her mother, a beautiful book was written! You are going to love Martha and her book. You can purchase it here!  You can join her support group and check out her ministry of Facebook by clicking here!   

In episode 71, I interview the author of Fear Is Not The Boss Of You, Jennifer Allwood. What a fun take on fear and courage!! Jennifer and I talk about how fear tries to control. But she explains when we get our perspective right, it can not win! The life lessons she includes in this book are so relatable and its as if she is giving us permission to address the hard yucky feelings we would like to ignore, by laying them out there herself. If you have ever experienced fear of any sort, you have to read this book! And if you purchase it from this link, you can get a signed copy and be a part of her live signing, and be entered into a drawing to ask Jennifer a question, live! Go check out; Fear Is Not The Boss Of You, you will not be disappointed!! You can also purchase it anywhere books are sold!

Welcome to episode 70! Here you get to meet my friend, Marni Ausennaugh! This beautiful gal reminds me of my southern roots! Her voice, her personality, her southern flair, her love for the Bible and her willingness to share it is all things I LOVE about Marni. And I think you will too! Marni is a wife, a mom, a grandma, and speaker, a podcaster, a worship leader...this girl LOVES JESUS! She is passionate about digging into the Bible and helping others apply it to their lives! In this episode, she and I sit down and talk as friends do! I hope you enjoy listening in on our conversation. You can find all things Marni here: Her Facebook here and her website here! Go check her out!!

Cavanaugh James has an incredible story and I am thrilled to share it with you. Upon our Instagram introduction, I found he was lively and humorous. He can make you laugh, then lay down a heavy truth bomb. As I explored his story a little more I learned he is more than lively and funny, he is COURAGEOUS! In this episode, Cavanaugh shares his story of finding his identity in Christ. He shares what many of us can identify with, that someone told him who he was and he believed them. As he discovered of his identity in Christ, he was transformed and now shares a message of hope to all who struggle with sexual identity! You can grab his book here and you are going to want to check out his Instagram here. He'll have you in stitches after a few of his videos! Also, did I mention he could SING!!! Thank you, Cavanaugh, for sharing your story with the Hello Courageous community!!

  Four Treasures God Has Entrusted to Women Entrusted with Treasure  2 Timothy 1:14 14 Guard, through the Holy Spirit who dwells in us, the treasure which has been entrusted to you. Nurturing- • We can grow a baby, ignore the pain, love, and nurture. We can ignore a lack of sleep and exhaustion to take care of kids.  • It doesn’t stop there we nurture our friendships, spouses, and aging parents.  • Nurturers are nesters-creating homes that are safe havens for our families.  • Nurturing instincts will cause you to forget about all of your own pain to take care of the pain in those we love.  • Men aren't naturally nurturing, they can learn but we are nurtures by nature, and that is a gift that is entrusted to us by God Guard our nurturing gifts  • Not allowing people who aren’t meant to have it to take advantage of it-taking away focus from those who need it!  Don’t cast your pearls before swine.  • Don’t be weary in well-doing.  • Outside influences- live in a society that tells women they don’t need nurture. Stay at home mom/ Communication • A woman can invoke emotion, thoughts, and feelings with words.  • Communication is a deep need for a woman, we need to talk about our feelings and discuss the things we are struggling with.  • The men in the room can feel something and have no idea what to say about it, us women can explain it all without ever having to put too much thought into it.  • But with this treasure come great responsibility. It’s important that we use this tool we have to bless and lift others up. We can use our words and rip people apart or we can use to heal and bless. We have to use our words to lift others up.  • This is an area the devil will turn our greatest asset into our greatest weakness.   Guard your communication • Ephesians 4:29 says "Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. A Proverbs 31 builds others up!  • Raise your personal standard and don’t listen to bad communication, gossip, or slander.  • Ask yourself, does this bring value to the situation God has entrusted us with this gift, let’s show God He can trust us with it.  Emotion  • Emotions are given to all us by God to use for our survival but women have a stronger expression of and connection to emotion • Women crave an emotional connection with our partners, friends, and family  • Men-remember the emotion you felt with your first kiss, the day your baby was born, seeing your bride walk down the aisle. Or maybe it is killing your first dear. That is the intensity of emotion that women feel on most days. We feel strongly!  • Women sometimes get a bad rap for the intense emotions we feel and even express but it is our lifeblood. That emotion drives us to be courageous, to connect powerfully, and seek the connection. And ladies here’s a tip for ya, your man needs that emotional connection too he just doesn’t know how to ask for it. That is a gift that is entrusted to us-we have to use it wisely Guard your Emotion • Don’t give place to the devil-when you feel a strong emotion, don’t let it make decisions for you • 2 Corinthians 10:5 Cast down imaginations, bring into captivity every thought that exhausts itself above the knowledge of God and bringing in captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. Our emotions cause us to have thought that is not of God and we have to take them captive.  Write it-helps you capture the thought in a rational way.  • Ladies,

You guys have heard from Andrea Isaacs here on the Hello Courageous podcast a few times and now we are chatting with her husband Jason, the lead pastor of Hope City Church in Louisville, KY. He's here to talk about his latest book, Daily Faith and he's sharing the inspiration behind the book. You are going to love his stories and heads up, to all you authors, he gives a little insight into how you can GET YOUR BOOK PUBLISHED! This one is full of wisdom and I can't wait for you to hear it. Get Jason's book "Daily Faith" by Jason Isaacs here.

In this episode, Angie shares the rest of her story. Listen to hear how God used her baby girl coming home to create a successful business. This is such an encouraging story and it will show you that God can and will use everyday life to spark inspiration. Thank you again for listening. If you enjoyed this podcast, I'd love for you to give me a rate or review!! Until next time, choose courage!!

Welcome to Episode 64!! Today we are talking to Angie Bauer ,who's courageous story will inspire you if you feel like giving up! I just love Angie's "stick-to-it-ness" even when everyone else thought she should have let go of her dream! I'm a true fan and I'm in love with her story!! Come back Thursday to hear part 2 of her interview!