In this episode of the Love You To Life Podcast, Elizabeth White and Calvalyn Day (fresh off realizing "Walk It Out" is twenty years old) are talking about the gap between what you say you want and the steps you're actually taking. Whatever fight you've been invited into right now, whether financial, relational, medical, or career, the message is simple: don't just talk it out. Walk it out.

Using David and Goliath as their anchor, the hosts explore adversity as an invitation, Mama D's "pray, believe, act, in that order," and why your present reality is really your past showing up. They cover putting tape on your mouth so you don't speak against your prayers, Peter keeping his eyes locked on Jesus, vision books, the reticular activating system, and counting answered prayers in real time. Elizabeth opens up about her IVF journey, Calvalyn shares her million-dollar-a-day exercise, and together they make the case to prepare for what you're praying for.

This one speaks to the Black and brown women who keep serving and showing up even when life doesn't look the way they hoped, including the sister who isn't at the vision book stage yet. Bible believer or not, eat the meat and spit out the bone: life still takes faith, hope, and one small step at a time.

Resources Mentioned:

"Walk It Out" — Unk (2006)

David and Goliath — 1 Samuel 17

Peter Walks on Water — Matthew 14

Dr. Joe Dispenza — author and teacher on mindset and the future self

Dr. Bill Winston — pastor and teacher

Rachel Rodgers — business coach (Instagram post referenced)

The Color Purple — Alice Walker (Miss Sophia)

Redefining with Calvalyn — Calvalyn's Substack (link in show notes)

Stay Connected!

Instagram

Elizabeth — https://www.instagram.com/lovinglifewithliz

Calvalyn — https://www.instagram.com/calvalyn/?hl=en

TikTok

Elizabeth — https://www.tiktok.com/@lovinglifewithliz

Calvalyn — https://www.tiktok.com/@calvalynday

LinkedIn

Calvalyn — https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvalynday/

Elizabeth — https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabeth-white-lmhc-lcac-board-certified-life-coach-34ba8734/

Key Takeaways

• Adversity can be an invitation to step into a higher level of your own power.

• Pray, believe, act, in that order.

• If you can't believe for the whole thing, believe for a piece of it, or just for today.

• Your present is the result of your past. Don't let it distract you from your future.

• Stop speaking against your prayers. Sometimes the most faithful move is to stay quiet.

• Look for the answered prayers already in your life, even the noisy, inconvenient ones.

• Whatever you pay attention to grows. Your brain will show you more of it.

• Use your past wins as evidence. You've beaten the lion and the bear before.

• Prepare for what you're praying for. If 20 clients called today, would you be ready?

• Confidence comes from action, and small steps beat sweeping overhauls.