What if the breakthrough you’re praying for isn’t found in doing more… but in becoming different along the way?

In this final episode of the season 5 of the JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, Corporate JOY Strategist & JOYrney To Purpose® Founder Erica Lasan shares 10 faith-rooted lessons from her journey as a Creative Entrepreneur and podcaster.

If you’re a millennial woman of faith — navigating overwhelm or burnout in motherhood, career, leadership, or building something meaningful learning to truly love the process of becoming who God has called you to be.

Grounded in biblical wisdom this episode will help you ditch overwhelm, release pressure, embrace growth, and walk in purpose without burnout!

📍NEXT STEPS:

• Take the Work-Life JOY Quiz
• Apply for the Small Group Experience
• For Everything else: http://ericalasan.com/links

What happens when the life you imagined doesn’t unfold the way you prayed it would?

In this episode of the JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, Erica Lasan sits down with therapist, consultant, and infertility survivor Ashley L. Hardy, LCSW, PMH-C, founder of ALH Therapy, for an honest conversation about infertility, trauma, motherhood, faith, and reclaiming JOY in the middle of life’s unexpected curveballs.

Ashley specializes in helping women navigate infertility, trauma recovery, major life transitions, and the emotional complexities of motherhood. As an infertility survivor herself, she brings both clinical expertise and lived experience to her work — blending therapeutic modalities like EMDR and IFS with compassion and faith-centered care.

Whether you’re walking through infertility, supporting someone who is, navigating motherhood after loss, or simply feeling overwhelmed by life’s transitions — this episode offers validation, wisdom, and hope.

📌 LINKS & NEXT STEPS

✨ Take the free Work-Life JOY Quiz: What’s Holding You Hostage? http://ericalasan.com/work-life-joyquiz

Learn more about the JOYrney Daily™ Women’s Bible Accountability Group: http://ericalasan.com/jdrr

For everything else visit: http://ericalasan.com/links

Visit Ashley’s site to learn more about her practice + Follow Ashley on IG : https://www.ashleylhardy.com

What if you could truly talk to Jesus about everything — your career decisions, motherhood challenges, healing, and purpose?

In this episode of the JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, Erica Lasan, Johanny Melo, and Jazmin Ruiz explore the power of prayer, the authority believers have in Christ, and how surrendering control allows God to move in unexpected ways.

Through honest conversation and personal testimonies of healing, answered prayers, and spiritual growth, this episode encourages Christian women — especially millennial moms, working professionals, SAHMs, and executive leaders — to deepen their faith and experience peace in the middle of real life.

If you’ve ever wondered:

• Does God really hear my prayers?

• How do I trust God when life feels uncertain?

• Can faith help with anxiety and overwhelm?

• What does it mean to have authority through the Holy Spirit?

Tune in! This conversation will meet you right where you are.

CONNECT & NEXT STEPS

What’s keeping you trapped? Discover the hidden pattern silently draining your time and energy at work and at home. Take the free Work-Life JOY Quiz → https://ericalasan.com/joyquiz

Everything else: http://ericalasan.com/links

Follow Jazmin on IG/TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/building_herup

Follow Johanny Melo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/johanny.melo.9/

What happens when the dream you prayed for starts to feel like the thing holding you hostage?

In this week’s episode of the JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, I’m joined by Creative Entrepreneur and Founder Erica Rankin for an honest conversation about burnout, identity, and rediscovering JOY beyond hustle culture and performance.

We talk about wilderness seasons, numbing habits, and what it really looks like to return to Christ when success starts to cost you your peace.

If you’re a working mom, caregiver, executive, or founder navigating transition or identity shifts — this episode is your reminder:

Success without surrender isn’t freedom.
And letting go can be the doorway back to JOY.

✨ Take the free Work-Life JOY Quiz: http://ericalasan.com/joyquiz

✨ Follow Erica Rankin on LinkedIn

What happens when you’ve reached the titles, influence, and tenure — and still feel God inviting you into more?

In this powerful episode of the JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, host Erica Lasan sits down with Dr. Tonya Harris Cornileus, former Senior Vice President of Learning and Talent Solutions at The Walt Disney Company, to explore leadership, legacy, and redefining success in seasons of transition.

With nearly three decades of executive leadership experience across Disney, ESPN, and Turner Broadcasting, Dr. Tonya shares what it looks like to release identity rooted in productivity and performance — and embrace a JOY-filled, faith-led next chapter.

This conversation is an invitation to lead, live, and move forward anchored in faith and JOY.

If you’re a high-achieving woman, executive leader, or working professional navigating career transition, legacy planning, or your “what’s next?” season — this episode will bless you.

✨ Take the free Work-Life JOY Quiz: What’s Holding You Hostage? ericalasan.com/work-life-joyquiz

For everything else visit: http://ericalasan.com/links

Follow Dr. Tonya Harris Cornileus + Your AHA Life:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tcornileus + yourahalife.com

In this episode of The JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, Corporate JOY Strategist Erica Lasan sits down with Athena Avellanet — mom of five, Bible teacher, and host of the My Name Is Daughter podcast — for a faith-filled conversation about identity, motherhood, and what keeps so many women feeling trapped.

Together, we explore:

• Why some women struggle to prioritize themselves
• How faith and JOY are meant to sustain you — not drain you
• What happens when responsibility replaces identity
• How to reconnect with peace without guilt

If you’re navigating motherhood, leadership, or a demanding season of life and wondering why JOY feels so far away, this conversation will meet you right where you are.

✨ Take the free Work-Life JOY Quiz: What’s Holding You Hostage?

For everything else visit: http://ericalasan.com/links

Follow Athena + The “My Name is Daughter” Podcast

What does it look like to lead — and live — from a place of JOY instead of burnout?

In this episode of The JOYrney To Purpose® Podcast, host Erica Lasan sits down with Sherry Cassano, Chief Talent Officer at Pfizer, to explore how JOY can transform leadership, workplace culture, and the way women show up at work and at home.

With nearly two decades of experience in executive leadership, Sherry shares her personal JOYrney and insights into building people-centered cultures inside large organizations. Together, Erica and Sherry unpack why JOY is more than a feeling — it’s a strategic leadership value that drives engagement, retention, and sustainable success.

In this conversation, you’ll learn:

• Why JOY belongs in leadership and culture conversations

• How HR and People leaders can foster trust, belonging, and well-being

• The challenges working mothers face in executive roles — and how to navigate them

• How boundaries, authenticity, and values create long-term fulfillment
  

This episode is especially for millennial working moms, executive women, and HR leaders who are rethinking success and craving a healthier, more sustainable way to lead.

Press play and discover how JOY can become a powerful foundation for the future of work — and life.

EMPLOYERS: Diagnose your current workplace culture HERE: http://ericalasan.com/joy-diagnostic

WORKING MOMS: What’s keeping you trapped? Take the Work-Life JOY Quiz to find out and learn how to break free!

Ready to start your JOYrney™ Transformation? Start with the JOY Quest!

Join our newsletter: http://EricaLasan.com/newsletter-subscribe

Connect w/ Sherry on LinkedIn

In part 2 of this powerful continuation of our last conversation, host Erica Lasan sits down once again with Wanda Ramos — joined this time by her husband Herman — for a deeply inspiring talk about faith, marriage, and miracles in motion.

Together, Wanda and Herman share their incredible love story — from being unequally yoked early in their relationship, to witnessing how God transformed their relationship into a marriage that’s a living testimony of grace, obedience, and JOY!

Join the JOYrney™:

✨ Discover “What’s Holding You Hostage” (and how to break free!): https://ericalasan.com/joyquiz

✨ Dive into your JOYrney™ w/ The JOY Quest: https://www.joyrneytopurpose.com/challenge-page/joy-quest

✨Join the #JOYrneyMail™ newsletter: http://EricaLasan.com/newsletter-subscribe

Follow Wanda + Tender Grace Ministries on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TenderGraceMinistries