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Scripture: Song of Solomon 8:4 - "Do not arouse or awaken love until it so desires."

Summary: This Black History Month, we're celebrating Black love in all its forms - self-love, romantic love, sisterhood love. But not love as something that just happens to us. Love as something we choose, something we rise in, something that becomes a vehicle for our transformation.

Drawing from some of Toni Morrison’s powerful words in her novel, Jazz, I'm exploring what it means to approach love with agency and intentionality. Love as a classroom where we're constantly learning. Love as a mirror where we see ourselves in new lights. Love as a slow, long walk where giving and receiving happen at once.

I'm answering questions from a former student about what rising in love looks like in practice and how to maintain individuality while building relationship. And I'm naming the conditions that help us rise in love instead of falling into it: self-knowledge, readiness, reciprocity, and the wisdom to wait until love can be awakened at the right time.

Exercise: The Love Assessment - (1) Assess your readiness for love, (2) Evaluate your current relationships (are you rising or falling?), (3) Name your conditions - the non-negotiables that help you rise.

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Scripture: Matthew 26:39, 42: Jesus's prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane

Summary: What if prayer isn't just something we add to our personal development journey, but the foundation of it? In this episode, I'm exploring prayer as the primary site where we partner with God - the place where we self-empty only to become filled, where we take our questions and fears and find the courage to press forward toward our destiny.

Drawing from Susan L. Taylor's wisdom and fascinating research from Harvard Business Review, I'm sharing how prayer has led me through major vocational shifts - including the decision to restart this podcast and how I'm currently praying through building a bridge to my next chapter.

Jesus in Gethsemane gives us the model: honest, vulnerable prayer that brings our real desires to God while surrendering to divine wisdom. This isn't "name it and claim it" - this is the kind of prayer that transforms and opens us to supernatural power we can't access on our own.

Exercise: The Focused Prayer Journal - Choose one prayer request about your work, purpose, or destiny. For seven days, go deeper instead of wider, tracking daily revelations and watching how God progressively reveals clarity through focused, expectant prayer.

Useful Links:

All About Love by Susan L. Taylor

Harvard Business Review: “Entrepreneurs Feel Closer to God Than The Rest of Us Do.”

HBR Working Knowledge: “Reflection: The Pause That Brings Peace and Productivity"

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Want to go deeper? Visit www.revneichelle.com to explore my work, my ministry, and how we can grow together.

Let’s stay connected! Follow me on Instagram and Substack for more inspiration and continued conversation.

Ready to transform? Apply for coaching - I work with ambitious Black women who are ready to partner with God to create lives they love.

Questions? Feedback? Just want to say hello? Drop me a line - I’d love to hear how this podcast is landing in your life!

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Scripture: Isaiah 40:31 - "But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles"

Summary: It's my birthday episode, and I'm celebrating with a bold declaration: Old is the goal! In a culture that worships youth and fears aging, I'm claiming the privilege of growing older with my whole chest. This episode is about what my 40th year taught me, what I'm praying for in my 41st, and why the ease we pray for is often found in our willingness to let life's changes actually change us.

I'm sharing the power of surrender - not giving up, but letting go of old standards of energy, tolerance, and productivity that belonged to previous versions of me. I'm talking about why my prayer for 41 is less about transformation and more about renewal - being revitalized in the woman I've become rather than becoming someone else entirely.

Plus, I'm answering a beautiful listener question about self-forgiveness that connects perfectly to everything I've been learning about surrender and grace.

Exercise: The Renewal Practice - (1) Name what you're ready to release (old standards, fixed stories, resistance to change), (2) Practice the gratitude shift (people who sustained you, moments that carried you, simple blessings), (3) Write your prayer for renewal.

Connect With Me

Want to go deeper? Visit www.revneichelle.com to explore my work, my ministry, and how we can grow together.

Let’s stay connected! Follow me on Instagram and Substack for more inspiration and continued conversation.

Ready to transform? Apply for coaching - I work with ambitious Black women who are ready to partner with God to create lives they love.

Questions? Feedback? Just want to say hello? Drop me a line - I’d love to hear how this podcast is landing in your life!