UncommonTEEN: The Podcast for Christian Teen Girls (Jamie Kirschner)
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| 07 Feb 2022 | 3. What Do I Do When My Friends are Bad Influences? | 00:18:13 | |
This week, we’re going to talk about the importance in the quality of your friendships. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 14 Feb 2022 | 4. Who Does God Say You Are? with Donna Martin of GirlTruth | 00:19:21 | |
Ladies, I am super excited about my interview this week with my beautiful friend, Donna Martin of GirlTruth. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 21 Feb 2022 | 5. Internet Best Friends: Protect Yourself Online | 00:15:53 | |
Sensitive Information is shared in this week's Podcast Episode. If you listen to the intro of this Podcast, you know that it is my heart to help teen girls overcome real life issues in a way that stays true to who God created you to be. That’s exactly what we’re going to be doing this week…tackling a real-life issue that honestly isn’t talked about a lot.
And this kind of leads us to to what we’re going to be talking about today. Many of the profiles we see on IG, TikTok, and Snapchat are fake. You all may or may not know this latest trend we’re seeing on social media by teens, but teens today are going online to find their next IBF…or internet best friend and then when they find them, they meet up with their new IBF in person and record a dramatic video of the process. As teens, I get it, you just went through the pandemic. It’s not always easy to get back into life since you had been isolated for so long. You want to meet new friends…and that’s okay. Finding your next IBF is great when everything goes as planned, but this is also a breeding ground for online predators to take advantage of these teen girls. So, what I want to talk about today is how to protect yourself online so that you aren’t taken advantage of by these predators. Now, know that I’m not trying to scare you with this or incite fear, but I want to help you with making wise choices so that you aren’t taken advantage of and hurt in the process. When I searched the tearm #IBF on Instagram, I found that their were close to 900,000 posts about them. With the hashtag, IBFmeeting, it was over 130,000, IBFfinder had over 221,000 and you get the point. When I looked at someone of the posts...which I share in this week's episode...ladies, there is a pro Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 28 Feb 2022 | 6. There Is Always Hope! What If My Friends/Family Turn Their Back on God? | 00:17:17 | |
Ladies, do you know someone who has recently walked away from the Lord? A friend or maybe a family member or even someone famous that you’ve heard of? I want you to know that there is always hope. In today’s episode we talk about someone who did just that. They decided to walk away from God. Not only did they decide to walk away from God, but they also decided to go all in with the world and it about destroyed them. But…with God, there is always hope. Zechariah 9:12 tells us, and this is God speaking, “Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you." Ladies, there is hope! In this week's episode, we talk about a story in the Bible that most of you have probably heard before, however we are going to see that it's more than just a story about a prodigal son, but it is also a story of hope! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 07 Mar 2022 | 7. Get Back Up! You're Stronger Than You Think! | 00:16:42 | |
Sometimes in life, we have things happen to us that can cause us to become overwhelmed, or maybe stressed out or have some serious anxiety. See, the devil knows that if he can get you overwhelmed and if he can get you stressed out or anxious, he can stop you from fulfilling your purpose in life. My Pastor often says, “Somebody’s future won’t begin until you walk into it.” (Jim Frease) “Seeing that you are here right now on earth at this time is proof that God saw a problem that only you could solve!” (Jim Frease) It seems like so many people are either running away from their problems, giving up, complaining, or blaming everyone around them for what’s going on. It seems like so many people these days are in division with one another. Daniel 7:25 says, “And Satan shall speak words against the Most High God and shall wear out the saints.” Micah 7:7-8. These verses are key for overcoming the overwhelm. To learn more about how to overcome overwhelm, stress and anxiety, tune into this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 14 Mar 2022 | 8. Taking Control of Our Thoughts | 00:17:53 | |
“Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.” We all know that there are good thoughts…thoughts that bring life. Thoughts that bring healing. Thoughts and encourage others or even ourselves. Then there are thoughts that are toxic. Thoughts that bring pain, make us feel worthless, alone, anxious, discouraged. Thoughts that we aren’t good enough, that we aren’t pretty enough.
The same thing is true for you.
Let me first tell you, none of those are true. They are a lie from the enemy. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 21 Mar 2022 | 9. Taking Control of Your Thoughts Part 2 | 00:16:36 | |
Our thoughts are so powerful. If we don’t control them, they can lead us to believe some pretty crazy lies. I struggled with this for so many years…especially when it came to fear. Even after I became a Christian, I would watch all kinds of scary movies and then wonder why I had to fight off fear all the time. I remember thinking that those people who were supposed to love me would eventually leave me. Or the people who were supposed to love me didn’t love me. And I used to think that something was wrong with me. I would tell myself all kinds of lies. I’m not good enough. I will never measure up. Nobody would ever love me. And those lies caused me to close myself off and put up some pretty big walls around myself.
2 Corinthians 10:4-5 says, “Our weapons of warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” "Our weapons of warfare…"
That’s exactly what strongholds do to us. That word stronghold in the Greek means a fortress. Think of a castle from the Middle Ages…those castles has massive walls that surrounded them to keep out the enemy. Only the problem with strongholds, is they act as a prison, keeping you locked inside. When in reality, if you have given your life to Jesus, He has already made you free and has given you the keys to unlock the door of the prison Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 28 Mar 2022 | 10. Your Story Matters! With Mandie Maass of Brave Girls Gather | 00:18:19 | |
Mandie Maass is the founder of Brave Girls Gather. Brave Girls Gather exists to empower teen girls to bravely live out the purpose God has for their lives. Mandie has a special message for teen girls today...that their story matters. She encourages them to not only understand that they are called and commissioned to share Jesus with those around them, but teaches them how to do it! 1 Peter 2:9-10 says, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 04 Apr 2022 | 11. Is Being Popular Really Worth It? | 00:17:42 | |
Rachel was the most popular girl in school. She was beautiful. She had a massive friend group that adored her. She had the most popular guy in our grade swooning over her. Rachel was…perfect. Rachel made it her job in life to make my life and I’m sure many other’s lives miserable. She would take that time to make fun of me and call me names, something I sadly had to get used to. As you can tell by this story, I was not one of the popular kids. I honestly never cared to be. See, with Rachel, she seemed like she had it all together. She had put on a mask of beauty and perfection. One thing I didn’t realize, though, was that Rachel was hurting on the inside. Popularity…it’s one of those things that many of us wish we could have. What is it that makes being popular so enticing? What is it that makes someone popular? Is it because they have a massive friend group? Is it because everyone around them seems to adore them? Their life seems perfect. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 11 Apr 2022 | 12. Don't Be Afraid to Go First! | 00:17:39 | |
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Mariann Williamson I love this quote for so many reasons, but what I love most about it is the part that she says, “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” I don't know if you have seen this before or if you have done this before...I know I have...but you're in youth service and the praise and worship music starts and nobody is singing...nobody is even paying attention. You want to sing, you want to be a part of it, but you're almost afraid that if you do, that people will see you as weird. But I want to encourage you to not be afraid to go first, because when you go first, you unconsciously give others permission to go, too. In these verses God is telling us that when we call out to Him, He will answer us and free us from all our fears. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 18 Apr 2022 | 13. Removing the Mask | 00:15:55 | |
When you ask someone how they are doing, what is the standard response that they usually give back to you? “I’m fine.” Right?“ But are they really? We smile and pretend that everything is good, but on the inside, it’s not. Some of us don’t have anyone we can talk to, so we keep everything inside while putting that mask back on every time we walk out the door. I know this from experience. I know as a teen, I was so good at this. I didn’t want to deal with the problems that I had. For those of you who don’t know my story. I grew up in a home where my dad was physically abusive and my parents did drugs right in front of us. My mom would leave for weeks at a time and we weren’t sure if she was coming back or not. So, for me, putting on that mask started at a young age. I pretended to be someone I wasn’t. I pretended that my life was perfect and I had it all together, but on the inside it was eating away at me. I dealt with deep depression, because I couldn’t talk about anything I was walking through. I dealt with feeling numb and not feeling a thing. My smile never reached my eyes…it was all fake. I dealt with major panic attacks. To learn more about how I took off the mask and what you can do if you struggle with hiding behind a mask, check out this week's episode. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 25 Apr 2022 | 14. Conquering the Mountains in Front of You | 00:18:07 | |
Have you ever had something major you were facing right in front of you and it seemed like there was no way out of it? It almost seemed like the end of the world. Okay, so most of us can probably agree that when we first heard the news about COVID and how the whole world was shutting down, we felt like we were in a place like…how are we every going to bounce out of this. How are we ever going to live again? Is it the end of the world? If we’re not careful, we can start to fear. When we look in the Bible, there are several people who felt this way. The Israelites before David defeated Goliath. Daniel when he was facing the fiery furnace just for worshipping God. Elijah when Jezebel threatens to come after him…he actually wanted to end his life, because he was so afraid of her. But the person we’re going to focus on today is Timothy. We find his story in the books of 1 and 2 Timothy. Timothy had a calling on his life to become a pastor. The thing about Timothy, though is that he was young…just 21 years old…not much older than you all. And not only was Timothy a young pastor, but he was a pastor of a huge church that was growing even bigger very quickly. It was growing so fast that Timothy needed Paul’s mentorship in order to navigate the challenges that they were facing. So first Timothy is about Timothy’s growing church. Because of all of this, the people in Timothy’s church began to leave the faith by the droves…and not only were they leaving the faith, but they were running for their lives. All of the Christians were being scattered. I couldn’t even imagine how Timothy must have felt. He was facing a huge problem…not only was his congregation being threatened, but his life was being threatened as well. Since God had placed Timothy in the charge of the church, Timothy couldn’t just leave and abandon his calling in life, so he had to figure out how to not only encourage the Christians that Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 02 May 2022 | 15. I know I Should Like the Way I Look, but I Don't. | 00:16:18 | |
There was a time in my teen years that really stands out to me about when I began to hate the way I looked. I was in 9th grade and why they did this, I still have no idea…but it was a terrible idea. In gym class—that had both guys and girls, they did body measurement tests in front of the whole class. When I’m talking body measurements, I mean like our weight, height, what percentage of fat we had on our bodies, they checked our flexibility, and also did a test of how many pull ups you could do. I really didn’t think anything of it until the guy in front of me went to get tested. All I remember was that he could do 20 pull ups and that he weighed 90 lbs. When it came to my turn to be tested, I could do zero pull ups and I weighed about 20 lbs more. I was mortified. I couldn’t understand how I weighed more than a boy. But from that moment on, I struggled with what I thought about my body. In this society that we live in, I’m sure that you have probably seen this before in someone that you know or maybe you have dealt with thinking negatively about the way you look. In our society, they seem to say, “If you’re skinny…I mean what is a thigh gap anyway…but if you’re skinny, you’re pretty and popular,” but if you are heavier, it seems to be a joke. God created all of us uniquely, not two of us…even if we are identical twins are exactly alike. We aren’t the same height or the same weight or have the same bone structure or the same hair color or eye color. God created all of us to be different shapes and sizes and guess what…He says that you’re beautiful! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 09 May 2022 | 16. The Battle Against Anxiety | 00:16:14 | |
It’s no secret that fear and anxiety are plaguing teens today. A recently research study by Barna came out that about anxiety alone that said that 2 in 5 teens deal with anxiety. That pressure can come from so many things: Teens are afraid to fail, they are anxious about making the right decisions, they don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, they have a need to be perfect or are pressured by expectations from their parents that they don’t feel like they can live up to. If we’re not careful, anxiety can grip us making it hard to breathe, hard to sleep…causing us to be irritable and restless…not knowing what’s going to happen. Ladies, know that anxiety doesn’t have to have its grip on you! You can take a stand against it and watch it let go of the hold it may have on your life. I encourage you to do the same thing when you feel that fear or anxiety…seek the Lord. So, what do you do when fear and anxiety try to overcome you? It's time to wage war against anxiety and fear and take control over it!
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 16 May 2022 | 17. It's Not Good to Do Life Alone | 00:14:52 | |
Have you ever been blindfolded before? Or maybe the electricity went off in your house at night and you were trying to navigate your way through in the dark? You know that in either of these situations, it’s extremely hard to see when you have no idea where you are or what’s in front of you. Yesterday, I walked into my room and because it was dark, I tripped over the vacuum cleaner that someone did not put away…okay, that I did not put away. Then as I righted myself, declaring I would never leave the vacuum there again, I walked into my bathroom…still no lights on, tripped over a sandal that my husband left on the floor and about face planted the wall. After that…I finally got the bright idea…maybe I should turn the light on! Sometimes in life, we find ourselves in positions like this…not that we are physically walking in the dark and need some sort of light, but maybe we are doing something that we have never done before and we have no idea what to do, where to go and it feels like we are walking in the dark…stumbling trying to find our way. Maybe it’s simply that you know that God created you for a purpose, but you have no idea what that purpose is. Ladies, God never intended for us to do life alone. That’s why the Bible talks so much about friendships and gives so many examples of someone coming alongside someone else to help guide them as they are on their journey. For example, Samuel had Eli, Elijah had Elisha, Moses had Jethro, Esther had Mordechai, the 12 disciples had Jesus. We all need people to come alongside of us to encourage us, especially during the teen years. You are facing things that you have never faced before in life and some of them can be quite challenging. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 23 May 2022 | 18. My Truth VS The Truth | 00:16:38 | |
Have you ever played the game, Two Truths and a Lie? If not, this is a game where you list 3 things about yourself. Two of them are true and one is not. Then the other people that you’re playing with are supposed to guess which one of the 3 things is the lie. However, I bring up this game, because I believe that this game is similar to the game that the devil and because of the help of the devil, this culture is playing with us today. What the enemy does is he will tell you the truth, but in the same matter slip in a lie. If we aren’t careful, we will believe it all as the truth. You have probably heard the phrases, “My truth is…” or “that’s just their truth.” Or “know your truth.” The problem with “my truth” is that the people who are saying this phrase don’t really even know what truth is. Truth is not relative. If truth was relative, meaning that it changes based on the individual, then it wouldn’t be truth…it would just be an opinion or the way that someone perceives something. It there would be no such thing as truth. It wouldn’t exist. The culture tells you, “do what makes you feel good!” You deserve it! Just because something feels good, doesn’t mean it is good. Just because it feels right, doesn’t mean it is right. We are letting our feelings determine our truth. To learn more about "My Truth vs. The Truth" check out this week's podcast episode!
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 30 May 2022 | 19. Defeating Discouragement | 00:16:29 | |
I was talking to another teen girl recently and she told me something that made me sad. She said, “I don’t expect good things to happen anymore. I find out that when I don’t expect them to happen, I don’t get disappointed and if someone good was to happen, then it makes me just that much more excited. That sounds great and all, but it makes my heart sad, because when we live life expecting disappointments, we are going to live our lives discouraged. God doesn’t want us to live a life of discouragement or disappointment. He wants us to live a life of expecting good things to happen, because He is always looking for ways He can get good things to you! Many of us know the verse, Jeremiah 29:11, but I want you to really think about this and ask yourself, do I really believe it? It says, “for I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans of peace and NOT evil, plans to give you a future and a hope!” God is saying…you don’t need to expect bad things to happen all the time, you can expect good, because He is good. Now, I’m not saying that bad things will never happen, the storms of life come to every home, but they don’t have to touch you. They don’t have to hurt you. They don’t have to shake you. You don’t have to live your life defeated and discouraged, because you have God on your side. To learn more about how to defeat discouragement, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. **IMPORTANT** Tomorrow, May 31st is the last day to get on a call with me and sign up for the Summer Coaching Program! We would love to personally invite you to join us! To learn more, have your parents go to the UncommonTEEN app (download at uncommonteenapp.com) and click on the tab that says, "Summer Coaching Program." Connect with Us! Website: https://uncommonteen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon.teen UncommonTEEN App: https://www.uncommonteenapp.com Join us on Instagram...Fridays at Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 06 Jun 2022 | 20. Real Recovery-What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like with Grace McCready | 00:18:11 | |
Grace McCready is a twenty-something and the author of Real Recovery: What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 13 Jun 2022 | 21. How Do I Study the Bible So I Can Understand It? | 00:16:39 | |
I have had many teen girls come to me over the years asking me what devotional is a good devotional for them to read. It’s a great question. I would venture to say that most everyone who listens to this podcast probably has read some kind of devotional in their life, right? I know I have. However, do you want to know which devotional I think is the best devotional to read? My answer is usually none. I don’t care for devotionals at all and can I tell you why? Most of the time, when we read devotionals, we are using those devotionals as our Bible Studies instead of reading the Word of God. Most devotionals start with a Bible verses or a couple verses, then it goes on to describe what the author believes about those verses and you’re done. However, when we study devotionals that way, we are not actually getting into the Bible for ourselves. Ladies, John 8:31-32 tells us that when we abide in God and His Word abides in us. Then, we are His disciples and then the truth that we know will make us free. The key to freedom in every area of our life is getting into the Word of God for ourselves. Now, you may be asking, okay, Jamie, that makes sense and all, but don’t you have a devotional that you wrote. Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the Word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between the soul and the spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Today, I want to talk about how to study the Bible so that, one, so that you can actually understand what you’re reading, but two so that your time with God isn’t boring. So, how do you read the Bible in a way that it is working effectively in your life? Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 20 Jun 2022 | 22. God is My Protector | 00:17:59 | |
It doesn’t take much to look around us and see all of the craziness going on in this world. I mean, if you just watch the news for 5 minutes…which I don’t suggest...it can cause you (if you’re anything like me) to fight off anxiety and fear. It can lead us to feeling like we don’t ever want to leave our house. But ladies, 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind…or a mind at peace. With all that’s going on in the world, how can we trade that fear for what God says He’s given us…His power (miraculous power!), His love (that has no limits…no boundaries…no strings attached), and His peace. In John 14:27, Jesus tells us that He has given us His peace. It’s not a peace like the world has to offer, but a peace that can only come from God. Therefore, we don’t have to let our hearts be troubled nor let them be afraid. How do we receive that peace, though. How can we walk in a way that we know 100%, without a shadow of a doubt that we are protected and kept safe? The key to walking in God’s protection for your life is to spend time with Him. Get to know what His Word says about your protection. When you mess up, don’t be afraid to go to God and talk to Him about it. He knows the moment that you mess up and He’s there waiting for you with His arms of love wide open for you. Then, as you learn what God’s Word says about your protection, begin to speak it over your life and choose to trust God that His Word is the truth! Today, we’re going to walk through Psalm chapter 91, that talks all about God’s protection over our lives. As we walk through this, my heart is to show you what God says you have protection from and to help you begin to stand strong on the Truth of God’s Word and see that protection in your life! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 27 Jun 2022 | 23. Fearfully & Wonderfully Made: Interview with Megan Whatley | 00:18:56 | |
This week I get the honor of interviewing Megan Whatley. She is a life coach and certified counselor and the owner of "The Beautiful Movement" Subscription Box for Christian teen girls! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 04 Jul 2022 | 24. There is Freedom in Love! | 00:17:07 | |
As I was studying freedom this week in the Bible, I came across some verses that really stood out to me in a way that I hadn’t seen them before. Most of us have heard these verses that are mentioned several times in the Bible, however, we’re going to read them out of Matthew 22:37-39-Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Okay, so you may be thinking, what does this have to do with freedom? Oh my goodness, so much! Galatians 5:1 tells us to stand fast therefore in the freedom by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage…that means do not move from the freedom that Jesus has given you! Don’t go back to the bondage that had previously held you back from being all that God created you to be. Ladies, there is a bondage that has held several of us back for so long and it’s time to step in the freedom that God has given you…once and for all! What is that bondage that has held us back…that has enslaved us. Well, let’s keep reading in Galatians and find out. Still in Galatians 5, we’re going to skip down to verse 13. It says, “For you have been called to freedom.” Ladies! God doesn’t want you stuck in bondage. He doesn’t want you held back by anything. He has a plan and a purpose for your life and He wants to use you to make a huge difference for Him! However, continuing in verse 13, it says not to use that freedom that Jesus has given us as an opportunity for the flesh…meaning, don’t use it for selfish reasons, but through love serve one another. The way we treat others…the way we serve others…those should be done with love…that should be the outcome of the freedom God has given us…not using our freedom for selfish gain. That word love is agape. This is the kind of love that God has for us and God has given us to love others with. Romans 5:5- Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Agape love is not a feeling, but it’s something that we choose. It’s an action. This kind of love always seeks the highest good of the other person, no matter what they do or don’t do. This Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 11 Jul 2022 | 25. Setting Boundaries: Part 1 | 00:18:02 | |
When most people hear the term boundaries, their automatic thought goes to an imaginary line that separates you from someone else…kind of like a boundary on a map between two states or two countries. However, boundaries do more than keeping you in and keeping others out. Boundaries help others see who it is that you really are and what it is that you believe. When boundaries are set well, they can keep you from falling into a place where you resent those around you, where you are angry all the time, where you are fighting with the feelings of guilt and shame. None of us want to be in that place. We want to enjoy our lives. We want to enjoy those around us, we want to live in peace knowing that we are standing strong in who God created us to be. When we don’t set healthy boundaries, it can lead us to taking our best friend’s struggles and hardships on as our own, weighing us down with a sense of heaviness and anxiety and stress. I’m not saying that you can’t be there for your friends and you can’t help them, but it isn’t your responsibility to carry that load for them. Without healthy boundaries, people will take advantage of us. My husband used to be this way where he felt like he had to say yes to everyone and do everything for everyone, but he was struggling emotionally, because he couldn’t be everything for everyone. God never designed him to be that way and God didn’t design you that way either. Without healthy boundaries, it can lead you to being a people-pleaser, where you are constantly changing who you are depending on who you are around. When we become people pleasers for long enough, eventually, we will lose who it is that God created us to be in the first place and that can be a very lonely and dark place to be. I know, I have been there! Without healthy boundaries, it can lead you to a place where you are trying to get your acceptance and your validation from those around you. The problem with that is when you try to gain your acceptance and your validation from those around you, when something happens…like they reject you…it crushes you…and it will happen, because they are only human, they aren’t perfect. So, let’s talk a little more about healthy boundaries, what areas you should set healthy boundaries in, what they look like and how do you actually set them. There are three common areas we nee Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 17 Jul 2022 | 26. Setting Boundaries: Part 2 | 00:18:17 | |
Hey ladies! We are on part 2 of our series on boundaries! When most people hear the word boundaries, they automatically think of something that is restrictive…it keeps them bound. It separates them from others. We think of them in a negative light. However, boundaries do more than keeping you in and keeping others out. Boundaries help others see who it is that you really are and what it is that you believe. Boundaries are not a negative thing. They are a good thing. Boundaries are a blessing! They give you security. They help you take responsibility for your life…your thoughts, your words, your actions…and you don’t have to take responsibility for others. That’s on them. Know that when God wants to bless someone, He uses people. When the enemy wants to hurt someone…he uses people. And let me tell you, there will be many opportunities he will use people to try to get you to do things you don’t want to do or become someone you don’t want to be. When we have boundaries in place, those people that the enemy uses, can’t shake us. Today, we are going to talk about 3 areas that as Christians we need to set boundaries in: In our friendships, in our relationships and in our social media. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 25 Jul 2022 | 27. Sara Barratt: Stand Up, Stand Strong! | 00:19:15 | |
This week on the UncommonTEEN Podcast, I get the incredible honor of having Sara Barratt join me again! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 01 Aug 2022 | 28. Discover Your God-Given Purpose by Being You! | 00:15:49 | |
Two of the biggest questions we all have in life are: Why am I here? And what is my purpose? We hear verses like Jeremiah 29:11, where God tells us that He has plans for our lives of good and not evil to give us a future and a hope. And Ephesians 2:10 where it says that we are God’s masterpiece, recreated in Christ Jesus for good works that were planned for us even before the world was formed. But how do we discover that purpose? How do we find out why we are here? Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 08 Aug 2022 | 29. It Takes Courage! | 00:17:48 | |
I love how God can take common things and make them uncommon. I love how He can take ordinary things and make the extraordinary. Ladies, it doesn’t matter what grades you get. It doesn’t matter what other people think about you. God can use you! See, Peter and John were just common men, but because they spent time with Jesus, they were no longer common, now they were uncommon! I love that word uncommon…it means not common; rare; above the ordinary; exceptional; and remarkable! Ladies, that is you!! God has called you to be a light to this world. He has called you to be a light in your youth ministry. He has called you to be a light in your community. He has called you to be a light in your school. What it’s going to take in order to be that light, though, is spending time with Jesus and it’s also going to take courage. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 15 Aug 2022 | 30. Overcomer | 00:17:51 | |
So many ladies have emailed me over the past couple weeks about dealing with addictions or relationships that aren't honoring God. Many times they aren't sure who to talk to, where to go, or what to do. It seems like there's no hope. Now, If you are listening to this and it's not you, listen anyway!
Ladies, there is always hope! With God, you can overcome! However, change doesn't happen until you make a decision to change! When I think of overcomers in the Bible, one person comes to mind. John 5:1-7- From Galilee, Jesus returned to Jerusalem to observe one of the Jewish feasts. Inside the city, near the Sheep Gate, there is a pool called in Hebrew, “Bethesda,” surrounded by five covered porches—the paralyzed, the blind, and the crippled—all of them waiting for their healing. For an angel of God periodically descended into the pool to stir the waters, and the first one who stepped into the pool after the waters swirled would instantly be healed. Among the sick people lying there was a man who had been disabled for thirty-eight years. The man saw himself as crippled and that there was no hope. He stayed stuck in his sickness, because of the excuses that he was making. However, when Jesus met him, now the man was finally ready to get rid of His excuses and Jesus was able to heal Him completely. For me, my teen years were some of the darkest years of my life. I didn’t feel loved or accepted. I hated who I was. I carried around so much pain. No matter where I looked, I couldn't find the one thing I was missing in life…love. It wasn’t until I met Jesus when Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 22 Aug 2022 | 31. Overcomer Part 2 | 00:19:02 | |
So many ladies have emailed me over the past couple weeks about dealing with addictions or relationships that aren't honoring God. Many times they aren't sure who to talk to, where to go, or what to do. It seems like there's no hope. Now, If you are listening to this and it's not you, listen anyway!
Ladies, there is always hope! With God, you can overcome! However, change doesn't happen until you make a decision to change! f you have given your life to Jesus, you have been made a new creation. You are no longer identified by the things that are holding you back. If you’re ever going to change your life, you have to first change how you see yourself on the inside. God wants you to be healed. He wants you to overcome whatever you’re currently struggling with. The choice is up to you! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 29 Aug 2022 | 32. You are Called! Interview with Shannon Monet | 00:17:55 | |
I am super excited about this week's guest for a couple reasons: Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 05 Sep 2022 | 33. Breaking Free from Perfectionism | 00:16:33 | |
These week on the UncommonTEEN Podcast, we are talking about Breaking Free from Perfection. When we focus so much on ourselves and the need to be perfect, we push God away and basically are saying that we don’t need Him, because we have this on our own. Perfection leads to anxiety and frustration, but God wants you free. Perfection leads you to feeling like you aren’t valuable or that you don’t measure up when you mess us. God tells us that we are valuable, not based on what we have or haven’t done, but based on what Jesus has done for us. Perfectionism is rooted in fear. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 12 Sep 2022 | 34. I Forgive You | 00:17:39 | |
I forgive you…these can be some of the hardest words to say to someone, yet these three simple words are also some of the most powerful words that we could say…they have the ability to bring so much freedom into your life. What is forgiveness…many times when we think of the word forgiveness, we associate it with our emotions and our feelings…how we feel about someone and what they did to us, but did you know that forgiveness has nothing to do with our feelings or our emotions? Forgiveness is a choice. It is extending grace to someone even when they don’t deserve it…and many times, they don’t deserve it. Grace is not getting what we deserve, but getting what Jesus deserves. When we extend grace to someone, we are basically saying…what you did was wrong, but because Jesus has forgiven me, I will forgive you even though you don’t deserve it. And this might help you…you don’t have to even like the person who you are forgiving. Just because you forgive someone, doesn’t mean that you have to enter back into a friendship or a relationship with that person. Unforgiveness doesn’t hurt the person that hurt you…it only hurts you. So, how do we forgive? What does that look like? Before we get into that, let’s see what Jesus says about forgiveness. Check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast to learn more about what it looks like to forgive. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 19 Sep 2022 | 35. You are Beautiful | 00:14:02 | |
What is beauty? What makes it so enticing?
Is beauty only skin deep, or does it go much deeper than that? If we are looking to outward appearances only, culture and media are usually the ones who decide what beauty is. Look around you…what do you see on tv shows? Movies? In magazines? Why do we fall for it? In the day of technology, when we post pics on Instagram, we use filters and airbrushing to make ourselves look better. If you ever see a model in a magazine, you will see someone who looks so flawless, but that’s not reality.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 26 Sep 2022 | 36. If God is Good, Why Do Bad Things Happen? | 00:18:16 | |
If God is good, why do bad things happen? Psalm 145:9 says that the Lord is good to all! James 1:17-Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. Check out this week's episode to learn more about why bad things happen...why God doesn't stop them...and so much more!
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 03 Oct 2022 | 37. You are More Valuable than You Know with Special Guest Latanza Warren! | 00:26:34 | |
Ladies, we all know that life can be tough! Sometimes it can feel like we've been knocked down so hard by the enemy that there is no way up.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 10 Oct 2022 | 38. God loves the Unlovely | 00:16:13 | |
Growing up, I saw myself as a reject. That word reject means to throw away, as anything useless or disgusting. Something that is despised. To cast away or abandon. My dad was very physically, mentally and verbally abusive toward me and my mom would leave for weeks at a time, leaving us to think that maybe this time she wasn’t coming back. It left me in a place where I felt unloved, unaccepted and rejected. Each one of us are born with a God-shaped hole in our hearts. We can try to fill it with all kinds of different things, but the only thing that actually fills that hole is God. For me, try to fill it with…friends, school, music, boyfriends, but no matter what I tried, nothing could satisfy my heart until I met Jesus. You may have heard me talk about this statistic before, but it is projected that only 4% of Gen Z is Bible believing Christians. Those who are between the ages of 10 and 25. So, if you think of the statistic, it looks like this…out of every 100 Gen Z’rs you see walking around in your city or your school, only 4 of them are projected to be Bible believing Christians. The average number of students in a public school in America is 500 students. If your school had 500 students, that means that only 20 of them are projected to be Bible believing Christians. That’s not a lot. According to another research that was recently done, that says 79% of Gen Zers reported feeling lonely. Ladies, this generation needs the hope that you have on the inside of you. Just because we see that statistic of 4% of your generation being Bible believing Christians, doesn’t mean that it has to stay that way! People need and want to know Jesus! Back in Jesus’ time Zacchaeus was considered to be the biggest reject of them all. Nobody liked him, because he was wicked to the core. But even as a reject…there was something on the inside of him that was empty…that wanted more. Zacchaeus was drawn to Jesus, because there was something different about Him. Jesus went out of His way to see Zacchaeus, the one person nobody wanted to see. Jesus went out of His way to let Zacchaeus know that God even loves Him…the one that everyone else rejected. To learn more about how God wants to use you to to shine a light in this world! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 16 Oct 2022 | 39. No Fear Here! | 00:18:50 | |
I used to be so addicted to fear…yep…I said it. I was addicted to fear. I was addicted to horror movies…I couldn’t wait until the next one came out. I went to haunted houses. Now looking back, it’s crazy to me just how addicting fear really is. It wasn’t until a couple years after I became a Christian that I had a conversation with another Christian about how I was going to watch the next horror movie that had come out and he looked at me…not in a judgmental way, but in a way that was just matter of fact. He said, “I don’t watch horror movies.” That night changed my life! 2 Timothy 1:7 says that “God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind.” 1 John 4:18 then goes onto tell us that there is no fear in love, but perfect love casts out all fear, because fear involves torment. Whoever fears has not been perfected in love. What is love? Fear is a liar! But fear is also very real. You may have heard of the acronym for fear that says, “False evidence appearing real.” That’s exactly what fear is. Fear is a tactic the enemy uses that is meant to paralyze us so that we are not effective in making a difference for Jesus. Three of the biggest fears we face:
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 24 Oct 2022 | 40. There is Hope | 00:17:36 | |
God is an expert at making a way even when there seems to be no way. Almost half of teens today say that they struggle with feelings of hopelessness. Isaiah 43:16-19-Thus says the Lord, who makes a way in the sea and a path through the mighty waters, who brings forth the chariot and the horse, the army and the power (they shall lie down together, they shall not rise; they are extinguished, they are quenched like a wick): do not remember the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I will do a new thing, now it shall spring forth; shall you not know it? I will even make a road in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
Get rid of those thoughts…do not remember them any longer! Nor consider the things of old! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 31 Oct 2022 | 41. I Don't Have to Be Overwhelmed? | 00:15:53 | |
Do you ever feel like your world is spinning so fast and you just aren’t quite sure how to get off this roller coaster called life? It’s like…how did I even get here in the first place. The teen years can be full of school, homework, jobs, sports, afterschool activities, church, family, friends…it’s honestly not surprising that we sometimes…or all the time…feel overwhelmed, stressed out, anxious…and yes, a lack of motivation. Too much can lead us to a not so fun place called overwhelm where we don’t even want to get out of bed anymore. You just want to throw the blankets over your head and go back to sleep for days. We lack motivation to do even the simplest of tasks. I remember hitting a time like this in my life. My life was spinning so fast that it seemed like every time I turned a corner something big was changing in my life. I finally hit a point where I didn’t even know what side was up. I remember singing Big Daddy Weave’s song, “Overwhelmed” all the time. Now, when Big Daddy Weave wrote that song, he was talking about how he was overwhelmed by how amazing our God is…for me…I would change the lyrics and sing it about my life. One lyric in the song says, “I’m overwhelmed. I’m overwhelmed by you.” Yep…that was me. I had hit major overwhelm and praise God, he helped me to overcome and step into real freedom. Do I still have a lot going on in my life…yes. However, I am no longer overwhelmed like I was before. Now, do I fight off the feeling of overwhelm from time to time, yes. I would be lying if I said I didn’t. But now, I find that if I am fighting overwhelm, I know that it no longer has power over my life. There will be times in your life when there will be a lot going on. That may be your life right now. So, with all that’s going on, how do we keep from hitting that place called overwhelm? And let me say this, too, maybe your schedule isn’t super busy, but there are some big things that maybe you and or your family are walking through and it’s causing you to be in a place of overwhelm, these things can help you as well. Psalm 61:1-4 talks about a time where King David hit that place of overwhelm...maybe you’ve been in a similar place. He’s crying out to God and saying, “Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer; from the end of the earth I call to you when my heart is faint…or overwhelmed.” Then he says, “Lead m Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 07 Nov 2022 | 42. The Power of Your, "No" Part 1 with Leigh Mackenzie | 00:19:03 | |
We have our very special guest, Leigh Mackenzie joining us this week! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 14 Nov 2022 | 43. The Power of Your No with Leigh Mackenzie Part 2 | 00:20:16 | |
This week on the UncommonTEEN Podcast, we are talking about the Integrity of Your, "No." Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 21 Nov 2022 | 44. Thanksgiving Challenge | 00:18:11 | |
If you are in the United States, you know that this week is Thanksgiving week. As with any holiday, this can be a time of joy, it can be a time of sadness if you’re navigating it this year without a loved one, or if you were like my family growing up, it can be a time of chaos. With us, any time we get extended family together, you just never know what to expect.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 28 Nov 2022 | 45. How to Make Friends When You're Shy...and Even When You're Not! | 00:18:16 | |
How do you make friends when you’re shy? One of you wonderful ladies asked me this question a couple weeks ago and then not too long after that, I had several more of you ask similar questions. As someone who grew up extremely shy and still have my moments even to this day…put me in a room with a big crowd and it’s not always the prettiest thing to watch…haha! But as someone who grew up extremely shy, I struggled with making friends even through my adult years. I remember a couple years ago, I was talking to this lady who was extremely outgoing and it seemed like she could make friends anywhere she went. I remember asking her the question, “How do you make friends? It just seems so hard, but you make it look easy.” I wish I could say that she gave me amazing advice and it absolutely changed my life…honestly, I don’t even remember what her advice was, but that conversation did change my life. I remember at the moment I asked her that question, something in my brain clicked and I knew that the only way that I was going to be able to make new friends was to get out there any make new friends! I had to step out of my comfort zone, so that I could step into my purpose! Now, you may be asking, “Well, what about me? I’m not shy. I’m actually extremely outgoing, but it’s still not easy for me to make friends. Will this work for me as well?” Yes, it will! The tips I’m going to share with you in this podcast episode will help anyone and everyone if you take action and do them! Today’s episode is going to be a little bit different, but I am going to give you 10 tips on how you can start making friends today!
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 05 Dec 2022 | 46. Is it Okay to Date a Guy Who's Not a Christian? | 00:20:24 | |
This week's episode, I am going to answer a question that I have had from so many of you amazing ladies recently: Is it okay to date a guy who's not a Christian...even if he's a really great guy?" With all of my boyfriends I had, if I am honest with myself, I sought them out. They liked me…this had to be it, right? Wrong. I hear this from so many teen girls…they see a guy that they like and it almost feels as if God is dropping him into their life. He might be, but more times than not, most of those guys, the enemy is using to pull you away from God. That is what happened with every relationship I had. So, a couple things I want to talk to you about from my personal experiences. There are several reasons God had Paul write this in the Bible, because there’s so much truth to it. 2 Corinthians talks about not being unequally yoked. No Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 12 Dec 2022 | 47. You Were Created with Purpose with Patricia Russell | 00:17:49 | |
God designed you so intricately...down to every little aspect about you! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 19 Dec 2022 | 48. How Do I Handle Crushes? | 00:13:41 | |
I don’t know if you are anything like I was in middle school and high school, but oh my goodness, I had so many crushes! Anytime a boy was nice to me…or for that fact even talked to me or I thought he was even the slightest bit cute (forget him ever talking to me…in my mind, I practically had us getting married. I would practice writing my first name with his last name. Yep…crushes were a big deal for me. Honestly it was an obsession.` And I know that some of you listening, you may not have gone as far as I did with practically seeing them as my future husband, but you know that having a crush can be a big deal! Maybe it looks like this…every time you get dressed in the morning, you get dressed with him in mind, “I wonder what he will think of me. I wonder if he’ll like it. I wonder if he’ll notice me.” And you definitely know it’s a big deal when, like me, he is all you can think about. It seems like he consumes your every thought…so much so that your friends are getting a little bit tired of hearing about him…or maybe they join in on the crush and cannot wait to talk to you about them. Maybe it’s gotten to the point where you go out of your way just so you can see him. Maybe you have his class schedule memorized and you know exactly which locker is his and you…just so happen to be walking by those places hoping to get sight of him. Every time you get around him, your brain can’t give you a coherent thought…maybe you start giggling…your stomach is fluttering….ugh! Now, I want you to know having a crush is not a sin, however, if that crush becomes an obsession, that’s when it becomes a problem and let me tell you, I was obsessed with just about every crush I had! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 26 Dec 2022 | 49. God's Love Is So Much Bigger Than You Realize! | 00:19:23 | |
When you know that you know that you know that God loves you, it changes everything!
However, when God looks at us…He’s not thinking those things at all. He’s not coming to you with an attitude of, “What did you do this time?” or “Are you kidding me? You really messed up this time!” Ladies, God loves you! He will never give up on you. He is committed to you! He is faithful! When you say yes to Jesus…when you say Yes to His great love for you…it changes everything! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 02 Jan 2023 | 50. You Are Uncommon! | 00:17:43 | |
It’s so easy for us to want to be someone that we’re not. We are an expert at picking out all the things we don’t like about ourselves, but when it comes to finding things we like, it’s almost impossible. However, did you know that God created you just the way you are on purpose, and He saw you as something good! Ecclesiastes 3: 11 tells us that God has made everything beautiful in its time and that He has a purpose for your life! He wants to use you to do something big with your life. He wants to use you to be a world-changer! The way that you were made fits right into what it is that God created you to do. Ephesians 2:10 says that you are God’s masterpiece. He had a plan for your life before the world was even formed. Way before you were ever born, He thought about every detail about you and said, “I want her so she can use who she is to shine the light of Jesus in this world. You are unique! Which means you are a one of a kind. There is no one in this world like you…and that is an amazing thing. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 09 Jan 2023 | 51. Winning the Battle of Anxiety with Caris Snider Part 1 | 00:19:24 | |
All right ladies, this week we have special guest Caris Snider… Caris Snider is a Christian speaker, author, podcaster, and certified life coach. She is the author of Anxiety Elephants 90 Day Devotional for Tween Boys and Girls. She shares from personal experiences of overcoming depression, anxiety, fear, and shame. Caris desires to help people of all generations see their value and worth through the eyes of the Lord to grow in their faith and mental health. She offers inspiration to those who feel purposeless to discover their God-given calling no one else can accomplish. And let me tell you, this was such a life-changing conversation on the subject of anxiety and mental health that we had to make it into two parts. This week on part 1, Caris shares her story about how she dealt with anxiety and depression at as early as 6 years old. She wants you to know that you’re not alone and gives some practical advice on something you can do starting today to help you take steps in the right direction. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 16 Jan 2023 | 52. Winning the Battle of Anxiety Part 2 with Caris Snider | 00:16:27 | |
All right ladies, this week we have special guest Caris Snider… Caris is a Christian speaker, author, podcaster, and life coach. This was such a life-changing conversation on the subject of anxiety and mental health. In Part 1 of this series Caris shared with us her story of how and when anxiety, overwhelm and depression almost took her life. She also gave you permission to let go of perfectionism. Perfectionism causes so much anxiety. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 23 Jan 2023 | 53. Ask Me Anything: How Do you Make Friends in a New School? | 00:12:24 | |
This is our very first Ask Me Anything episode! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 30 Jan 2023 | 54. What Does It Mean to Honor Your Parents? | 00:18:10 | |
Normally, I only do one Ask Me Anything episode a month, but I loved this question that was sent to me and because we honestly don’t hear much about this topic at all, I thought it would be a great time to talk about it. Rowan asks, “I need to explain to my Christian friends that it’s important to honor your parents but I don’t know how to do it. In the Bible, in Exodus 20:12 it says, “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” But what is honor and what does it mean to honor our parents? According to the United States Army, they define honor as: a matter of carrying out, acting, and living the values of:
So what does it mean to honor your parents? Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 06 Feb 2023 | 55. Transform Your Prayers by Prayer Journaling: with Katie Smith! | 00:23:06 | |
Ladies, I am super excited about our guest this week, Katie Smith. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 13 Feb 2023 | 56. How Do I Become a Strong Christian? | 00:13:42 | |
I remember being a new Christian and thinking to myself, how do I grow stronger in my walk with God? How do I actually get closer to Him? So many people have talked about how they hear God or that they are called by God, but how do I hear from Him? These are all great questions that I know many of you may be asking yourself. I love this question, because it means that your heart is in the right place and any time you reach out to God, He will always meet you right where you’re at! This week, I'm going to answer the question, "How do I become a Strong Christian? and next week we'll talk about "how do you hear from God?"
To learn more, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 20 Feb 2023 | 57. How Do I Hear from God? | 00:18:08 | |
Last week I answered the question, "How Do I Become a Strong Christian?" So this week, I am answering the second question that was asked, "How Do I Hear from God?" Another way that we hear God speak to us is through our hearts. This is not as common as when He speaks to us through His Word, however, this is how God spoke to me when I knew without a shadow of a doubt that God called me to serve teens.
God will never guide you outside of the Bible. John 16:13 and this is Jesus speaking, He said, “When the Spirit of Truth comes (that’s the Holy Spirit), He will guide you into all Truth, for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears from God, He will speak, and He will declare to you the things that are to come. The Holy Spirit is speaking to you and will guide you with peace! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 27 Feb 2023 | 58. You Were Made to Soar! | 00:18:54 | |
Ladies, it comes as no surprise to you that the teen years can be pretty tough. There are so many things that you are walking through that you need to figure out how to navigate…friends, peer pressure, how to be a Christian in today’s culture, do I really have to get out of bed in the morning…I just want to stay and sleep all day. Haha…yeah, you know who I’m talking about. The teen years can be some of the toughest years of our lives, but I truly believe that God designed these years to be some of the best years of your lives! When we go back to the Bible and I look at people like King David, Esther, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, along with man yof the disciples, we realize that all of these people were teens that God used to do incredible things with their lives! So incredible, that they changed the face of their generation, and we are still talking about them today. Ladies, God has a plan for your life and He didn’t create you to bow down to the struggles of this world, but He designed you to overcome…and not just overcome, but as Romans 8:37 says, “be more than a conqueror.” Today, we're talking about 4 areas in which God made you to soar in:
**SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT** Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 06 Mar 2023 | 59. Who Are You Really? with Guest Paul Ybarra! | 00:22:21 | |
On this week's episode of The Uncommon Teen Podcast, we have my friend and mentor, Paul Y'barra. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 13 Mar 2023 | 60. Conquering Distractions | 00:20:07 | |
Ladies, I don’t know about you, but I have come against so many distractions this year. At the end of 2022, God was showing me some pretty amazing things that He wanted me to do this year. I was super excited about all that God was going to do…and then January 1st came, and wow did the enemy really ramp up his plan to distract me! I mean, literally from the very first day of January, the enemy has been trying his best to stop me from stepping into all that God has for my life. And I know I’m not the only one. I talk to so many of you telling me the same thing. That distractions this year have been unreal. Whether it be family challenges, social media, our phones or even school…it seems like so many of us are facing more distractions this year than we have in the past. But did you know that there is a reason for that? Did you know that it’s part of the enemy’s plan for our lives to distract us. The thing about the devil is this…the more we focus on growing in our relationship with God or doing what it is that God is calling us to do, the more the enemy is going to throw distractions our way. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 20 Mar 2023 | 61. Keeping My Focus on God! | 00:19:45 | |
In Ephesians 6:11, Paul tells us to put on the whole armor of God so that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. That word wiles in that verse means mind games or schemes. The enemy is playing mind games with us to pull us away from God to where we feel distant from Him or where we don’t feel like we have a purpose or that we don’t measure up. Those are all lies…mind games that the enemy plays with us. Have you ever seen the part of the cartoon Looney Tunes that has Wiley Cayote and Road Runner. Basically, Wiley Cayote is like the devil here. His number one tactic is to get Road Runner off of the right road and onto a road that will lead to destruction. So, he does these different things to get Road Runner to get off the right road. For example, the road that Road Runner is on ends in a cliff that could lead him to destruction. Wiley Cayote doesn’t want Road Runner to switch to the right road, so he takes a big canvas and paints a picture on it making it look like the road continues on. However, because Road Runner is on the right path, he avoids destruction every time. This is the same game that the enemy is trying to play with us. He wants to try to pull us off of the right road and onto a road that leads to destruction. That is the whole reason he uses distractions. It is a mind game that he’s playing with us. Now, last week, again, we talked about distractions, but this week, we’re going to talk about how to stay focused and in order to do so, we are going to look at the life of Nehemiah
To learn how to stay focused in the midst of challenges, in the midst of distractions or even in the midst of a lack of motivation, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 27 Mar 2023 | 62. AMA: I'm A New Christian, but I Feel Like There are So Many Rules | 00:20:07 | |
It’s an AMA (or an Ask Me Anything) episode! Which means I'm answering a question from one of you amazing ladies. Our question this week comes from Finley.
Now really quick, I want to talk to those of you who are new Christians. I want to give you 5 things that you can do to really begin to grow stronger in your walk with God.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 03 Apr 2023 | 63. Special Guest Amy Lowe's Top Tips on Friendships | 00:18:29 | |
Amy Lowe is the director of Winshape Camp for Girls and the overseer of Winshape Camp for Families. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 10 Apr 2023 | 64. Shine Your Light! | 00:20:07 | |
This past weekend many of us celebrated Easter or the Resurrection of Jesus. As I think back to Good Friday and what the Resurrection really means to me, I can’t help but be overwhelmed with God’s goodness and His love. When we think back to the Garden of Gethsemane…the Garden where Jesus was praying before He was betrayed by Judas and was brought in to be crucified…Jesus had gone away with His closest disciples to the Garden of Gethsemane to pray. As He was praying, the weight of what He was about to do laid so heavily on His shoulders that He actually sweat out blood. He was under such pressure that as He was sweating blood He cried out to God and in Luke 22 verse 42, says, “Father, if you are willing, remove the cup from Me.” Or in otherwards, if there is any other way, I would gladly take it. Why would He pray that? Why do you need His perfection? Because God is perfect, the only way we can make it into heaven is if we are perfect. Well, I don’t know about you, but I know that I am far from perfect. I mean…have you ever even rolled your eyes at your parents? Or maybe even talked bad about someone…even if they deserved it? Even with just those small things, it would mean that there is no way that we could make it into heaven. If your life was a test and even if you got everything 99.9% right, it’s still not 100%, therefore we can’t make it in. That’s a problem for everyone Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 17 Apr 2023 | 65. Ask Me Anything: I Lost My Faith, How Do I Get It Back? | 00:20:34 | |
This week, we are doing another AMA episode. Ladies, you all have some really great questions, and I am thankful that I can hopefully shed some light on the questions that you have. If you have a question that you would like to ask, all you need to do is head on over to the UncommonTEEN app and click on the tab that says, “Ask Me Anything.” If your question gets chosen, it will be featured on an upcoming episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. All right, so this week’s question comes from Zoe. Zoe, thank you so much for asking this question. Sometimes things happen in life that we don’t understand. We thought one thing and another thing happened. However, I want you to know that God is not our problem when bad things happen, He is our solution. There is a very real devil who wants to destroy us. John 10:10 tells us that the thief (or the devil) is the one that comes to steal, to kill and to destroy, but Jesus has come that we may have life and life more abundantly. If it steals, if it kills or it destroys…it’s from the devil. If it gives life, it’s from God. God is there for you, always. 12 different times throughout the whole Bible, God tells us that He will never leave us or forsake us…which means He will never turn His back on you. He loves you so, so much! It pains God to see us hurting. Psalm 34:18 tells us that the Lord is near to those who have a broken heart. Listen into this episode to learn more about:
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| 24 Apr 2023 | 66. You Matter! | 00:17:43 | |
Why am I here? What’s my purpose? What’s the next step I need to take now to get where God wants me to be? Do I really even matter to God? If you’ve ever questioned God on these things, know that you are not alone. I think at certain times in all of our lives, we have these questions. These are questions that go through so many of our heads. Do I really have a purpose? Is there really a reason for me being here? Do I really matter to God? They answer to all of those question is…yes! Absolutely! You do have a purpose…there is a reason that you are here, and you really do matter to God…more than you know! Your very existence here on this earth is proof that God saw a problem that only you could solve, that’s why He created you! He needs you! He wants you! You really do matter! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 01 May 2023 | 67. AMA: How Can I Forgive Myself and Heal After Confessing My Sin? | 00:20:19 | |
On this week's Ask Me Anything Episode, Ashley asks, "How can I forgive myself and heal after confessing my sin to God?" One amazing thing about our God is that Proverbs 28:13 tells us that when we confess our sins, we find mercy. That word mercy means that from God, we will find forgiveness, compassion, and love. What amazing God we have. Instead of turning to us and yelling at us or telling us how He can’t believe that bad choices that we’ve made, He turns to us and says, “Daughter, I love you! I love you too much to leave you broken and where you are. When you walk with Me, you will find freedom in every area of your life!” That forgiveness, that compassion, and mercy is great, but sometimes it’s not so easy to forgive ourselves for the things that we’ve done. A lot of times that guilt that we carry isn’t from something small like not finishing our homework, but a lot of times it comes from something we did or that was done to us that really rocked our world. How do we overcome the guilt of something like that? Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 08 May 2023 | 68. Going All In with God | 00:19:14 | |
What does it mean to go all in?
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| 15 May 2023 | 69. Is This Really True with Kathy Gibbons | 00:19:39 | |
Ladies, this week we have Kathy Gibbons, host of the Filter It Through a Braincell Podcast! If you want another podcast to listen to along with UncommonTEEN, this is it! I have learned so much from it! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 22 May 2023 | 70. Is this Really True with Kathy Gibbons: Part 2 | 00:20:37 | |
Last week on the UncommonTEEN Podcast, Kathy Gibbons shared with us two of the greatest enemies to really good thinking:
This week, Kathy goes into more details and shares with us practical tips that we can do to combat this kind of thinking in today's culture. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 29 May 2023 | 71. AMA: I'm Called by God, Now What? | 00:19:03 | |
On this week's Ask Me Anything episode, Kayla asks, "What is my next step for a calling in ministry?" I love this question, because I felt like God was calling me to ministry in my teen years as well, so I’m excited to answer this question. Now, for those of you who maybe don’t quite feel that you’re called into ministry, I want to encourage you to listen to this anyway, because what we’re going to talk about will apply to you as well. So, Kayla wants to know what her next step should be for a calling in ministry. So, let’s answer these questions first, what does it mean to be called? And is everyone called? Your calling is your purpose. So, the answer to the second question is yes, everyone is called. Every single one of you has a purpose. Jeremiah 1:5 tells us that before we were in our mother’s womb, God knew everything about us, approved us and then called us to a purpose. Now, is everyone called into the ministry? That answer is yes…and no. Does God have a ministry for each of our lives? Yes. We are all called to share the Good News of Jesus wherever it is we are called. We will make a difference in what it is God has called us to do. Now, will that be in full-time ministry, maybe, but maybe not. And if not, that doesn’t make your purpose any less important than someone who is called into full-time ministry. God has a different plan for each of us that fits so uniquely together in one giant puzzle. We need every piece of the puzzle in order to complete what God has called us to do. Just a hint while you’re discovering your calling, your calling is going to have something to do with your uniqueness. Many times, we look at ourselves and all of the ways we are different from others and think that we are flawed…that there’s something wrong with us. But it’s in those things that make you different that will help you discover your purpose. We shouldn’t see our uniqueness as something bad. God created us that way on purpose for our purpose. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 05 Jun 2023 | 72. Fan or Follower | 00:19:36 | |
For many of us, right now, it’s summertime and summertime for a lot of us can be binge watching our favorite tv show, playing video games, going to the pool. Let’s face it, in the summertime….well, even during the school year, we can become complacent...or a little bit lazy in our walk with God. No matter where you are with your walk with God...whether you're on fire or maybe you've been a little lazy, I want to encourage you to take this little test…don’t worry, it’s only 3 questions long. 1. Do you follow Jesus only when it’s convenient or when it’s popular or do you follow Jesus even when it’s not convenient or when you’re around people who don’t believe in Him? 2. When you’re praying, are you only praying about what Jesus can do for you or are you also taking time to pray about what He wants you to do for Him? 3. Are you a fan of Jesus or are you a follower of Jesus? What do I mean by that? A true follower of anyone, doesn’t just take the time to learn from them, but they try to live like them. Imagine you played soccer (you might) and your all-time favorite professional soccer player came up to you and asked you if they could mentor, you. Show you some skills and help you become that top professional soccer player like they are. Would you just listen to them and never apply anything they told you or would you try to do the things that they told you to do. Of course, you would do them, because you want to be the best you can be, right? The same thing is true with Jesus. If we want to win in every area of our lives, we don’t need to just hear what God is saying to us through the Bible, we need to apply it to our lives as well! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 12 Jun 2023 | 73. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy: Lie #1-Follow Your Heart! Do What Feels Right! | 00:22:21 | |
This week, we are going to start a series called, “Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy." Many teens today are believing these lies as truth and I truly believe that these lies have a direct correlation to why suicide rates among teens today (especially teen girls) is so high…the highest it’s ever been.
Ladies, this is heart breaking to me…and not okay. God has a purpose and a plan for every single one of your lives. He thoughts about every detail about you before you were born and it pleased Him to create you! There are several reasons that the suicide rate is so high among teens and we’re going to be talking about them over the course of the next several weeks. Ladies, be sure to share these episodes with your friends. It can be the encouragement and hope that they have been looking for.
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| 19 Jun 2023 | 74. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy: Lie #2-There Are Many Ways to God | 00:22:39 | |
Last week we started a series on Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy. In this series, we’re going to be talking about some of the biggest lies that the enemy has been telling teens today, what the truth is, and how you can help those who may be caught up in these lies. Lie #2 that we are going to talk about is, “There are many ways to get to God.” Statistic: Almost half of Christians today believe that even if you don’t believe in Jesus, you can still go to heaven. Statistic: Only 32% of Christians say you can’t go to heaven if you don’t make Jesus the Lord of Your Life. John 14:6 and this is Jesus speaking says, “I am THE way, and THE truth, and THE life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” Notice He didn't say, I am A way, A Truth, and A Life, but instead He said THE. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 26 Jun 2023 | 75. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy: Lie #3-The Music I Listen To Doesn't Really Matter | 00:17:31 | |
A lot of music is catchy. I get it. When I became a Christian, I was 17 years old and up to that point, I listened to some very secular music…like music not good at all and the reason I did wasn’t because I liked what the lyrics said, I like the way that they sounded. Honestly, I didn’t really think I was even paying attention to the lyrics. I mean, I never actually sat back and said, what does this song say…what does it mean? No, I just sang them and listened to them.
The problem with that was, Proverbs 18:21 tells us that death and life are in the power of the tongue, whatever we speak (or sing), even if we’re not paying attention to them, we will eventually see. And if we really watch the things we say or think about, we’ll find that a lot of what we’re singing about is what we’re thinking about.
I remember being at a high school/college conference in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado and the pastor was talking about this very thing…why the music we listen to was important. Many of my friends at the time, me included at first rebelled at the thought…how dare they tell me what music to listen to. It’s not that bad…and then, God got ahold of my heart. I began thinking about the lyrics that I was singing or listening to, and they really started to bother me. These songs weren’t great songs at all. It's not that they had language, because they didn’t. I didn’t care for that even when I wasn’t a Christian, but what they were singing about was all about was the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life: depression-how heartbroken they were, anger, how good looking men were, rebellion.
It wasn’t until I started really paying attention to the lyrics that I was singing and listening to that I realized that those were the exact things that I was dealing with as well. I fought off feelings of depression…not thinking that I was good enough for anyone, thinking that everyone who loved me would leave me. I was fighting off anger…anger that I had to fight through life on my own (I hadn’t totally realized that I could rely on God to walk through the fire with me). I had to fight the feeling of if I didn’t have a boyfriend, I was nothing. Then, when I had boyfriends, they were not good at all. I had a couple who were abusive, but always leaving me more broken than before I dated them.
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| 03 Jul 2023 | 76. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy: Lie #4-The World Would Be Better Without Me | 00:19:14 | |
Lie #4-The World Would Be Better Off Without Me Oh girl, if you have ever thought this…I just want you to know that you are so valuable! God placed you in this world on purpose. He has a plan for your life that’s bigger than we can even imagine. The reason many teen girls struggle with this is because the enemy wants nothing more than to take you out. This is a lie because there is no truth in it at all! The world is better because you are here. You are so loved by God! You are accepted by God, chosen by God, and adopted into His family. I talked about this a couple weeks ago, but I’m going to bring it up again…suicide is the 2ndleading cause of death in teens today. On average, 3.703 middle schoolers and high schoolers have made an attempt to take their lives. There are several reasons that we are seeing this, but among those reasons are the lie that we are going to talk about today: “the world would be better off without me.” Maybe it’s that teens have had a rough life. They have been hurt and they feel like they messed up somewhere. Or maybe they just don’t think they can take the pain and hurt anymore…this was me as an 8 year old. Maybe it seems like the world is going to get worse and it’s scary. There are so many reasons why teens can feel this way, but there is hope. If this is you, don’t give up! You are so valuable! We need you here on this earth! God has a plan for your life that is so much bigger than you realize. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 10 Jul 2023 | 77. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy: Lie #5-Law of Attraction and Mindfulness are Christian Beliefs | 00:21:53 | |
The Law of Attraction and Mindfulness are huge buzzwords today, but are they really Christian beliefs? Many Christians have actually adopted both of these beliefs into their beliefs, but do they line up with the Bible? Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 17 Jul 2023 | 78. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy-Lie #6: Positive and Negative Vibes | 00:18:04 | |
I hear these phrases so often spoken by Christians and especially among Christian teens and young adults…phrases like, “I’m not getting good vibes about this.” Or “Hey, something bad happened, I need you all to send me your positive thoughts and vibes.” I think so many Christians use these phrases because they are such widely used today as a part of our culture. You may be thinking, “Well, I have said these phrases, but I don’t really even know the meaning behind it. It just seems like something nice to say to encourage someone who’s going through something bad.” I love that your heart is to encourage others, but I don’t know about you, but if something happened to me that was crazy, somebody’s “positive thoughts” or “positive vibes” aren’t going to do anything to help my actual situation. So, why do we use the word vibes as Christians? I read this on upsidedownfaith.com, now I don’t know much about them, but just read this article on vibes. They answered this question and I want you to think about whether or not it’s true. They said, “vibes are more socially acceptable than prayer.” And to a lot of people, “Good thoughts are stronger than the power of God.” Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 24 Jul 2023 | 79. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy: Lie #7-My Sin Defines Me | 00:19:46 | |
Most of you have probably heard the song “Amazing Grace.” The lyrics start out by saying, “Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now I’m found…was blind, but now I see.” It’s a beautiful song, however, I have a problem with these lyrics…and it has to do with the phrase, “That saved a wretch like me.” That word wretch means, “someone who is miserable, someone who is worthless.” So, in essense, this song is saying, “Amazing grace how sweet the sound that saved someone miserable and worthless like me.” Miserable and worthless may have been who we were before we met Christ, but that’s not who we are if you given our life to Jesus. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.” Have you ever heard someone say, “I’m a Christian murderer.” Or “I’m a Christian thief?” or “I’m a Christian…name a sin.” You might be thinking, well, no, that’s kind of interesting. If you’re a murderer and you keep on killing, how can you really be a Christian. Or If you’re a thief and you have no intentions of stopping, how can you really be a Christian, yet, there are some areas that some Christians say this about. As a Christian, when you gave your life to Jesus, He made you new. He placed the Holy Spirit on the inside of you and now you should desire to want to do better. Now, this doesn’t mean that we’re perfect, but it does mean that we want to do better. If we don’t, then my question is, are we really born again? Have we really made Jesus the Lord of our lives? This also doesn’t mean that we’re going to change everything about us all at once because we gave our lives to Jesus. The Holy Spirit will work on us one thing at a time…and sometimes we don’t even realize something is a sin until God reveals it to us. That’s not what I’m talking about. What I’m talking about is embracing their sin, intentionally sinning and calling themselves a Christian. Check out this week's episode to learn more. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 31 Jul 2023 | 80. Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy-Lie 8: Acceptance is Love | 00:22:27 | |
There is so much confusion in today’s culture concerning gender identity and same sex attraction. This week, we are conquering lie #8, our final lie on our Overcoming the Lies of the Enemy series and that is…Acceptance is Love. Actually, the exact opposite is true. While it may seem like when we affirm people’s choices, even though they may not line up with the Word of God, that we are showing them the love of God. That’s the exact opposite. Before we get started, I want to clarify, I don’t hate anyone. My heart is to help you all and others see how much God really does love you, how much He has an amazing plan for your life, and how much it breaks His heart to see you hurting and in pain. I also know that there are a lot of people who are Christians who don’t act like Christians when it comes to how they treat people walking the LGBTQ Lifestyle. They treat them with such hatred and sometimes even violence, and I hate that. That is not how God would treat anyone. He has such love for them, but also wants them to be free. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 07 Aug 2023 | 81. Stand Against the Culture with Courage, Reach the People with Compassion | 00:22:36 | |
How do you stand up against the culture with courage while still reaching the people with compassion? This world is a little…okay, not a little…a lot upside down. They are so morally confused that they no longer know what is right and what is wrong. This world is so upside-down. So, how do we stand against the culture with courage while reaching the people with compassion? It starts with taking a stand. We have to stand strong on the word of God and not change what we believe or hold back from telling others what we believe because we are afraid of what they will think, what they will say, or what they will do. We have to take stand for what is right. In this culture where sin is very much celebrated and where Christianity is not tolerated much anymore. We have to make the choice that we are not going to give in to fear. We are not going to give in to this culture. But we are going to stand strong for the Word of God. God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power (your prayers are powerful, your voice is powerful, your actions are powerful), of love, and of a sound mind…a mind at peace! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 14 Aug 2023 | 82: AMA: How Do I Make Reading the Bible a Habit? | 00:21:26 | |
The week is our Ask Me Anything Episode and this week’s questions come from Callista and Macee. The Bible is under attack today, now more than ever. Not only is this culture calling what is right wrong and wrong right and so many people are confused about it, but there’s another attack that’s happening on the Bible today and it’s happening in many of our homes and to many of you listening to this podcast episode today. One of the biggest challenges I hear from teen girls today is that they have a challenge with making it a habit to get into the Bible daily. Did you know:
There are 6 Reasons I usually see:
Check out this week's episode to learn more! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 20 Aug 2023 | 83. Guest Rachael Powell: What Really Matters Most | 00:21:13 | |
Rachael Powell
Connect with Rachael: Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 28 Aug 2023 | 84. Overcome Temptations | 00:15:31 | |
I heard someone say this the other day and it really made me think…they said that one of the biggest challenges that we face in life comes from temptations. I don’t know about you, but that doesn’t make me feel very encouraged. However, there is encouragement, because just because we are tempted, it doesn’t mean that temptations have to overcome us. 1 John 5:4 tells us that whatever is born of God, overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world, our faith. Meaning if you have given your life to Jesus, He’s talking to you…if you have God on your side, you can overcome any temptation that tries to come your way! 1 Corinthians 10:13 says, “For no temptation, no matter how it comes or where it leads has overtaken you that is not common to man [that is, no temptation or trial has come to you that is beyond human resistance. But God is faithful [to His Word and to His compassionate nature], and He [can be trusted] not to let you be tempted beyond your ability and strength of resistance, but with the temptation He will [always] provide the way out. Ladies, we all face temptations. You may be walking through some temptations right now, so I want you to know that you are not alone. The good news is, though, that temptation doesn’t have to defeat you. God tells us that when temptation comes, he will provide a way of escape every single time…it’s up to us to choose it! Temptation will come to you, because the enemy is real and he wants to pull you down any way he can, but it doesn’t have to overcome you! We just have to decide that we are not going to let that temptation overcome us! The two biggest things that the enemy tries to tempt us with is our mind—or our thinking and our emotions. Can I get an amen? Did you know that not all the thoughts that come through your head are your thoughts? Have you ever had a thought come into your head and you were like…where in the world did that come from? That is not something I would ever think about? You were almost ashamed by it. The enemy will put thoughts in your mind, because he wants you to take the bait. If you take a thought that he places in your mind and you begin to really think about it. When it was just a thought…that was the temptation, when you began to really think about it and think about it…that’s when that temptation won. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 04 Sep 2023 | 85. AMA: What Do I Do When My Friends Are Leading Me Away from Jesus? | 00:20:18 | |
We have just 32 days until UncommonTEEN Live!! Our tickets are selling, but we still have room for you! If you have any questions about the conference or you’re ready to grab your tickets today, head on over to uncommonteenlive.com.
This week on our Ask Me Anything episode and I am answering questions from Celeste and Nicole. Celeste says, And Nicole says, Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 11 Sep 2023 | 86. Tessa Emily Hall: Influencer! | 00:21:14 | |
This week, our special guest Tessa Emily Hall talks about her newest book, "Influencer." In this week's episode, Tessa talks about how to:
And so much more! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 14 Sep 2023 | 86. Guest Tessa Emily Hall: Influencer! (Updated Version without the background noise!) | 00:21:14 | |
Hey friends! I uploaded an updated version of this podcast episode that does NOT include the tapping! So sorry about that! :D In this week's episode, Tessa talks about how to:
And so much more! Connect with Us! Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 18 Sep 2023 | 87. Dare to Be Beautiful: Conference Sneak Peek | 00:20:16 | |
Ladies, here is a sneak preview into UncommonTEEN Live! And we also have Tessa Emily Hall! If you listened to last week's episode, you got to hear Tessa's heart for teen girls as she shares with you how to become an influencer for the Kingdom of God! Check out her episode here: https://www.uncommonteen.com/podcast/episode/7c468ab7/86-guest-tessa-emily-hall-influencer-updated-version-without-the-background-noise Our theme for this year's conference is Dare to Be, so over the course of the next couple weeks, we're going to dig into what that really means.
So, knowing those definitions, why does it take boldness and courage to be truly beautiful? Check out this Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 25 Sep 2023 | 88. Dare to Be Confident: Conference Sneak Peek | 00:16:59 | |
This week we’re going to talk about why it’s a dare in order to be confident. On last week’s episode, we talked about why it’s a dare to be beautiful. We first began by defining what that word dare means. That word dare means: the courage that is required to do something big. Dare also means to challenge someone to do something that requires boldness. And lastly dare means to confront something boldly. So, why does it take courage and boldness to be confident? Why does it take courage and boldness to hold your heard high and not be so shaken by what others think about you? Ladies, you are in a fight your life, but you’re also in a fight for your future.
Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 02 Oct 2023 | 89. Dare to Shine: Conference Sneak Peek | 00:18:04 | |
Dare to Shine! This week we’re going to talk what it means to shine your light in a world that is full of craziness, chaos, darkness and without hope. Living in a culture and a world like this, it definitely takes courage and boldness to shine the light of Jesus. Matthew 5:14-16 is our theme verse for UncommonTEEN Live this year. It says, " You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do theylight a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men,that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Ladies, you are the light of the world and it’s time to let your let be an influence to everyone around you! Think about verse 14. It says, “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden." You are like that city that is set on a hill. God is calling you out and He’s saying, “It’s time for you to shine your light so bright that everyone who comes near you can’t help but look at it. It’s time for you to influence the world around you with the light that is inside of you.” Verse 15 then goes on to say, “Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house.” One thing about the lamps that they used during the time of Jesus is that they were their only source of light. When this was the only source of light for the people living at that time, it wouldn’t make sense for them to hide that light under a basket. They wouldn’t be able to see anything clearly in the darkness. God is telling you to not be afraid to shine your light in this dark world. Let your light shine so you can influence the world around you. They need to see your light and see that there is hope. When we place our light, the light of Jesus on the inside of us under a basket, nobody can see it. There is no hope. Don’t shy back…be the light God cal Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 09 Oct 2023 | 90. Confident in Your Skin: Interview with Jenelle Thompson | 00:23:37 | |
For 12 years, Jenelle Thompson fought an ugly battle with not one, but two eating disorders. Her fixation to be super thin nearly cost her her life. Although Jenelle was very successful in both her modeling and acting career, she had extremely low self confidence. She constantly compared herself to others she saw as prettier and more desirable. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 16 Oct 2023 | 91. AMA: How Do I Keep Looking to God in the Hard Times? Part 1 | 00:19:43 | |
On this week''s AMA episode, Anna asks, "How do we keep looking to God even during hard times? Sometimes I struggle with not looking to God as soon as something goes wrong but I want to." Anna, this is such a great question. This is going to be a two part series, because I want you to really get this! It most likely comes to no surprise to you all that we are living in some very interesting times. The world is getting darker and darker. Every time you turn on the news, it seems like there’s something else to be concerned about. We are living in a world where it seems like everyone is so confused, they don’t know what’s right and what’s wrong anymore, they are without hope…and then on top of that we have an enemy who’s number one goal is what John 10:10 tells us…it’s to come into our lives, to steal, to kill and to destroy. Well, first of all, let me tell you…there is hope! As Christians, when the world is so confused and have questions…they don’t have answers, but as Christians, we do have answers and we do have hope. Ladies, this world is going to get darker and darker, but we have hope! Isaiah 60 verses 1-3 says, “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see. For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, (this is talking about what we’re seeing today) but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.” Ladies, while this world is getting darker and darker…God says you as a part of the body of Christ are going to get brighter and brighter! People will be amazed by your brightness, and they will be drawn to you. They want what you have! Ladies, you don’t have to worry about the enemy…you don’t have to worry about his agenda to steal, to kill and to destroy. You can stand strong and have hope even in the darkest of times. You have a God who is fighting for you. Who will never leave you nor turn His back on you. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 23 Oct 2023 | 92. (This was a duplicate of part 1-So Sorry!!) AMA: How do I Keep Looking to God in the Hard Times: Part 2 | 00:19:43 | |
Last week, we started to answer Anna’s question about how do we keep looking to God in the hard times. If you have not listened to last week’s episode, I highly encourage you to go back and listen to it! As I shared last week, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to us that we are living in some pretty dark times. We have the war in Israel that just broke out, people are more confused than ever by what is right and what is wrong. Outside of a college just the other day, there were protesters that were advocating murder. I wish I could share that this world is going to get better, but unfortunately, it’s not. The Bible talks about this in Isaiah 60:1-3. It says, “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see.For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, (this is talking about what we’re seeing today) but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.” How do we stand strong during this time? How do we, like Anna asked, keep looking to God even in the hard times? Last week, we began talking about the armor of God and we started digging into the first piece, the belt of Truth, but before we get back into that, let’s go back and read It says, “be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. 14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. 15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.[e] 16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.[ Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 29 Oct 2023 | 92. (The Real Part 2) AMA: How Do I Keep Looking to God in the Hard Times? | 00:19:35 | |
Last week, we started to answer Anna’s question about how do we keep looking to God in the hard times. If you have not listened to last week’s episode, I highly encourage you to go back and listen to it! As I shared last week, it probably doesn’t come as a surprise to us that we are living in some pretty dark times. We have the war in Israel that just broke out, people are more confused than ever by what is right and what is wrong. Outside of a college just the other day, there were protesters that were advocating murder. I wish I could share that this world is going to get better, but unfortunately, it’s not. The Bible talks about this in Isaiah 60:1-3. It says, “Arise, Jerusalem! Let your light shine for all to see.For the glory of the Lord rises to shine on you. Darkness as black as night covers all the nations of the earth, (this is talking about what we’re seeing today) but the glory of the Lord rises and appears over you. All nations will come to your light; mighty kings will come to see your radiance.” How do we stand strong during this time? How do we, like Anna asked, keep looking to God even in the hard times? Last week, we began talking about the armor of God and we started digging into the first piece, the belt of Truth, but before we get back into that, let’s go back and read It says, “be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.11 Put on all of God’s armor so that you will be able to stand firm against all strategies of the devil. 12 For we are not fighting against flesh-and-blood enemies, but against evil rulers and authorities of the unseen world, against mighty powers in this dark world, and against evil spirits in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore, put on every piece of God’s armor so you will be able to resist the enemy in the time of evil. Then after the battle you will still be standing firm. 14 Stand your ground, putting on the belt of truth and the body armor of God’s righteousness. 15 For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News so that you will be fully prepared.[e] 16 In addition to all of these, hold up the shield of faith to stop the fiery arrows of the devil.[ Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 30 Oct 2023 | 93. Tarot Cards, Ouija Boards, & Witches! Oh my! | 00:21:50 | |
TikTok has made modern witchcraft a trend today, but it’s so dangerous.
If you are on TikTok, you’ve most likely seen some of these videos even if you didn’t stop to watch. They are the new trend.
If you are looking for guidance, ask God! He would love to give you the answer!
Proverbs 3:5-6 tells us to trust in the Lord with all our heart and d Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 06 Nov 2023 | 94. You are Not Alone with Ashley Al Saliby | 00:26:30 | |
Ashley Al Saliby grew up in Texas. She spent five years in full time ministry for teen girls. She has lived in Lebanon and currently lives in Switzerland with my husband and kids, volunteering with preteen and teen girls at her local church and just released a brand new book for Christian teens called, "My Refuge." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 13 Nov 2023 | 95. AMA: How Do I Influence Others Without Them Influencing Me? | 00:22:16 | |
We are going to start a special series over the rest of this month and next month. We are going to be doing multiple AMA episodes. These questions are special, though, because these are questions that the ladies asked during UncommonTEEN Live! This week’s AMA episode is all about influence! These are such great questions, and they are questions that you might have asked even yourself. To get started, let’s answer the questions, “What is an influencer?” “What is influence?” Am I really an influencer?” If I were to ask you, “what is the definition of influencer?” You might say something along the lines of someone on YouTube or TikTok that has positioned themselves to be an expert in a certain area that has a massive number of followers. They set trends and have the power to affect many people. According to this definition, you would most likely say that you are not on influencer. But did you know that you are an influencer…and even bigger influencer than you realize. Every one of us are influencers. But before we dig into that, let’s answer the question, “What is influence?” The definition of the word influence is, “the power to have an effect on people.” Ladies, you are an influencer whether you like it or not…no matter what you’re doing or where you’re at. In Matthew 5:14, Jesus calls you a light in this world. He says, “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.” This world is a dark place. It’s broken and without hope. I want you to think about light for a minute. What does light to? It helps us see in the dark, so we don’t hurt ourselves. It exposes what’s hidden in the dark. If you drop a $20 on the ground in the dark, it’s hard to see where it landed unless you turn on the light on your phone or in the room, right? It exposes what was hidden in the dark. It also converts the darkness into light. No amount of darkness can stand up to the smallest amount of light. “Don't Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 20 Nov 2023 | 96. AMA: Do You Have Any Money Tips for Teens? | 00:18:24 | |
I love this question, because at the age of 15, I got my first job and I thought I was on top of the world…the problem…I had no concept of money and the real world and ended up getting myself into a lot of trouble, financially. So, in this week’s episode, you are going to learn from my mistakes…haha! On this week’s episode, I am going to give you 5 Money Tips for specifically for Teens. Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 27 Nov 2023 | 97. AMA: What Do I Do When Someone Is Telling Lies About Me at School? | 00:17:21 | |
First of all, it hurts my heart to know that someone has been spreading lies about you.
It's crazy, but it’s become such common place that we don’t even think about it when people talk to us about others…or we talk to others about someone else. A quick tip about your friends, if they are talking to you behind someone’s back, they are most likely talking about you behind your back.
Okay, so back to the question, “What do I do when someone is spreading lies about me at school?”
When someone tells a lie about us, we instantly want to defend ourselves by telling everyone that it’s not true or even by going to the person spreading the lies and confront them. However, the problem is, when we do this, one, it makes us look guilty and two it causes more challenges. It basically adds fuel to the fire. They want a reaction out of you, and you just gave it to them.
People want to make others feel bad to make themselves feel better, the problem with that is that they actually feel better. You might be thinking, “Yeah, but they are the most popular people in school.” It doesn’t matter. Actually, many times, the most popular people in school are some of the most insecure people. They gain their identity and social status from the people around them, and if they mess up, they lose it all. When they are at home by themselves at the end of the day, they usually hate who they are. Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 04 Dec 2023 | 98. AMA: How Do I Help My Friend Struggling with Anxiety? | 00:18:22 | |
Before we dig deeper on how we can help our friends who struggle with anxiety, let’s talk a little bit about anxiety.
The problem with anxiety is that God did not create our bodies to carry worries or anxieties. When we excessively worry or struggle with anxiety, it will eventually break us down, physically, mentally and spiritually.
Listen to some of the common side effects of stress and worry:
Billy Graham said, “At its best, anxiety distracts us from our relationship with God and the truth that He is “Lord of heaven and earth” (Matthew 11:25). At its worst, anxiety is a crippling disease, taking over our minds and plunging our thoughts into darkness.” Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 11 Dec 2023 | 99. The Truth About You! With Jen Rogers | 00:20:27 | |
Jen Rogers is a Life Coach, Speaker, Bible Teacher, and the Podcast Host of The Empowered Stepmom. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||
| 18 Dec 2023 | 100. The Truth About You! With Jen Rogers Part 2 | 00:21:01 | |
Jen Rogers is a Life Coach, Speaker, Bible Teacher, and the Podcast Host of The Empowered Stepmom. Do you ever feel like you just can’t get your mind to slow down or you want to experience peace but don’t know how? If so, the “RESTED MIND” box from The Beautiful Movement is for you as you place your troubles at Jesus' feet. Go to www.jointhebeautifulmovement.com! For 15% off your first box, use code, "uncommonteen." Ladies, we have had challenges recently with the UncommonTEEN App and had to close it down. Don't worry, a new app is coming soon!! Connect with Us! | |||