As we continue to talk about who we are in light of who God is, I wanted to revisit a conversation I had earlier this year with my friend, Jenn Jett Barrett.

Jenn and I got to dig deep on what she calls "the holy work of living whole," bringing our full selves to be with Jesus, and it starts with getting honest with God.

Jenn Jett Barrett is the founder of The Well Summit, where she creates spaces for women to care for their souls in a way that is emotionally healthy.

Jenn is such a deep well. I loved our conversation, and I'm excited to share it with you today!

Listen in as we talk about:

• the redemption we are waiting for, and the redemption that is already ours
• being honest about our grief
• making margin to be with God as we process all the things that come with being human
• living surrendered vs. living resigned
• when grieving makes us (and others!) uncomfortable
• cultivating curiosity in your relationship with God, and shedding the shame of not doing "enough" for Him
• how being emotionally healthy helps us view God rightly

LINKS:

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Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness feels like something sad but distant...until it happens to you.

In this episode, I'm sharing my own story of grieving the baby I lost to miscarriage, what the grieving process looked like as I was walking through the early days of loss, and what it looks like now, years later.

Whether you have experienced pregnancy and infant loss or a different kind of grief, I hope you walk away from this episode knowing that you may never be the same, but you will be okay. There's hope here, always.

LINKS

Previous episodes with Kayla's story of miscarriage/pregnancy loss and infertility:

• Episode 8: The Family You Hoped Would Be
• Episode 14: You Don't Have to Choose Between Grief and Gratitude
• Episode 34: What to Say (and what not to say) to Your Infertile Friend

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My dear friend Hannah Clements is a mom who has experienced the loss of her son, Isaiah. She is also a licensed clinical mental health counselor. Her personal story and professional experience make her a wealth of wisdom when it comes to grief, and I'm so grateful to have her back to share some of that wisdom with us today.

Join Hannah and I as we talk about:

• what it really looks like to walk through the stages of grief
• the importance of doing our own grief work, and how that helps us better show up for our people
• resisting the temptation to isolate in our grief
• identifying healthy and unhealthy grieving patterns

LINKS

Listen to Hannah's previous episodes of The Bitter and the Sweet podcast: Episode 9 and Episode 56

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How does loss impact our sense of identity?

October is Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness month. It's good and right to have a month to remember, but for those of us with babies in Heaven, we know we remember all the time.

My dear friend Hannah Clements has walked the hard road of infant loss. God has used her greatest pain to bring something beautiful to our community, and I'm so glad and grateful we get to share it with you today.

Join Hannah and I as we talk about:

• Hannah's own story of loss with her son, Isaiah
• how grief and loss impacts our sense of identity
• Carried Ministries- Hannah's ministry for loss moms (miscarriage to adult children)
• the power of remembering

LINKS

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Listen to Isaiah's story on Episode 9 of The Bitter and the Sweet podcast

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We've been talking a lot about identity around here, and today we are digging into who we are in the context of community and why that matters with a new friend of mine, Vivian Mabuni.

Vivian has her MA in Biblical Theological Studies from Denver Seminary. She is a wife and mom, national speaker, a cohost of the God Hears Her podcast, and the author of two books, including her debut, Warrior in Pink: Cancer, Community, and the God Who Comforts.

As you may have guessed by that debut book title, Vivian is also a breast cancer survivor, and we got to talk about that, as well.

Join Vivian and I as we talk about:

• the importance of community, and the communal aspects of our faith
• building trust and safety in relationships
• the best and worst of female friendship
• learning how to receive help
• experiencing God's love through His people
• God's care in the details

LINKS

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Get your copy of Open Hands, Willing Heart: Discover the Joy of Saying Yes to God

Get your copy of Warrior in Pink: Cancer, Community, and the God Who Comforts

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In this short solo show (just under 10 minutes!), we are digging into who Jesus is and what that means about our identity in Him.

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In this quick (less than 10 minutes!) solo show, we are digging into what it means for us to be God's masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10), remaining and abiding in Christ, walking in all He has for us, and perseverance in doing good.

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As we are digging into our identity in Christ, living as the people God created us to be in light of who He is, I wanted to revist a conversation we had earlier this year about trusting God's love for you.

We may "know" God loves us in a general sense, but we have a hard time understanding His love and trusting His affection for us, personally. My friend, Rachael Adams, is here to help us with that!

Rachael is the host of The Love Offering podcast and the author of two devotional books, including A Little Goes a Long Way: 52 Days to a Significant Life, and her latest, Everyday Prayers for Love: Learning to Love God, Others, and Even Yourself.

Join Rachael and I as we talk about:

• wrapping our brains around God's love for us
• seeing God's love in our disappointments
• how trusting and receiving God's affection for us, personally, helps us to love others and live with open hands
• being with God vs. working for God
• how to love others well while maintaining healthy and appropriate boundaries
• living out what Jesus calls the greatest commandment

LINKS

Connect with Rachael on Instagram

Get your copy of Rachael's newest devotional, Everyday Prayers for Love

Get your copy of Rachael's first devotional, A Little Goes a Long Way

Listen to Rachael's podcast, The Love Offering

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