What do you do when God has placed a

calling on your life — but nothing

visible is happening?

Sheila sits down with Jenilee Samuel —

podcast coach, show host, and the woman

who personally coached Sheila into

launching Joyful Purpose.

Jenilee spent 10 years privately crying,

feeling like her gifts were wasting away.

Then the Holy Spirit said:

"You be faithful with today. I can

create a platform for you in a day."

This is the personal faith journey of a

woman who believed that. A Christ

centered life means living with purpose

even in the silent seasons. To glorify

Jesus in the waiting is the highest

obedience.

In this episode:

- What faithfulness looks like in the

silent years of a christian woman

- Why your season of quiet obedience

is never wasted by God

- How David's years of shepherding

prepared him for Goliath

- Navigating naysayers while walking

in God's calling

- How to hear God's voice clearly

across different seasons of faith

🎬 PART 2 drops Sep 11 — the accidental

actress story and the brown bear

prophecy. Subscribe now!

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📖 Scripture: Proverbs 16:9,

2 Corinthians 1:4, 1 Samuel 17

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This is not a full episode.

This is a warning. 😂

Because this Friday — August 28th —

Jenilee Samuel is joining me on

Joyful Purpose and I need you to

be ready.

Jenilee is a podcast coach, show host,

and founder of the Java with Jen

community. She has helped hundreds of

Christian women find their voice and

get their message into the world.

She also personally coached ME into

launching this podcast.

So yes — I interviewed the woman who

taught me how to do this.

And what she shared about ten years of

silent faithfulness, showing up when

nothing visible was happening, and the

moment the Holy Spirit said something

that changed everything —

I am still thinking about it.

This Friday. Episode 8.

"Faithful in the Waiting."

Subscribe right now so it lands in

your feed automatically.

And next week after? She is back for Part 2.

The accidental actress story.

The brown bear prophecy.

Dean Cain. Eric Roberts.

I am not kidding.

Two Fridays. One extraordinary woman.

Do not miss either one.

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When was the last time you truly rested

— without feeling guilty about it?

Sheila gets honest about the hollow

exhaustion that comes not from working

hard but from never stopping — and the

terrifying, deeply freeing invitation

God extended: just stop.

This is the faith journey of a Christian

woman who learned that a Christ centered

life includes rest. Living with purpose

doesn't mean constant output. Biblical

rest is not laziness. It is obedience.

To glorify Jesus we must stop striving

and start trusting.

This is not a productivity episode.

This is a permission episode.

In this episode:

- What Genesis 2 reveals about rest —

God built Sabbath into creation

- What Hebrews 4 says — Sabbath for

christian women is a posture not

just a day

- Why choosing rest is one of the most

countercultural acts of faith

- The real difference between biblical

rest and laziness

- What rest looks like for a busy

christian working mom

- 3 small ways to practice Sabbath

this week

📖 Scripture: Genesis 2:2–3,

Hebrews 4, Matthew 11:28

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What if the thing pulling you away from

your work isn't an interruption to your

purpose — but IS your purpose?

A small hand. A caterpillar on a leaf.

A Tuesday afternoon that changed

everything.

Sheila shares the moment God whispered:

this is not an interruption to your

calling. This IS your calling.

This is the faith journey of a Christian

mom learning that a Christ centered life

means living with purpose in the ordinary

moments — not just the impressive ones.

To glorify Jesus in the holy

interruptions is the real calling.

In this episode:

- What Psalm 127 really says about

children — heritage and eternal value

- Why Deuteronomy 6 designs faith to

happen in ordinary parenting moments

- The working mom guilt loop and how

christian women can break it

- Why presence is quality not quantity

- 3 practical things for christian moms

to try this week

📖 Scripture: Psalm 127:3,

Deuteronomy 6:4–7

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What if God's definition of success

looks almost nothing like the world's

— and that's actually the best news

you've heard all week?

Sheila gets honest about the hollow

feeling that followed a strong

performance review — and the moment

she realized she had been measuring

herself with the wrong ruler her

entire career.

This is the faith journey of a Christian

working mom who discovered that a

Christ centered life means living with

purpose defined by faithfulness — not

the world's metrics. Glorify Jesus in

the quiet — that is the whole job.

In this episode:

- Why the world's definition of success

never satisfies christian women

- The mom tax — what it really costs

working moms in faith and career

- What "Well done good and faithful

servant" really means

- How Micah 6:8 redefines biblical

success for women

- The priests of Exodus and why God

meets us in faithful ordinary work

- 3 ways to redefine success this week

Also — don't miss Episode 3 with Judy

Connolly — the living example of quiet

faithful obedience over 40 years.

📖 Scripture: Matthew 25:21, Micah 6:8,

Colossians 3:23

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What if the parts of yourself you've

been trying to fix were actually put

there on purpose by God?

Sheila opens Psalm 139 and gets personal

about the years she spent shape-shifting

— apologizing for how she was wired —

without realizing she was quietly telling

God He got it wrong.

Fearfully and wonderfully made is not

just a verse to cross-stitch. It is a

truth that changes the way you show up

in every room, every relationship, and

every calling.

This is your faith journey back to who

God designed you to be. A Christ

centered life starts with believing God

made you on purpose — for a purpose.

Living with purpose means stopping the

apology for how you were made.

In this episode:

- What Psalm 139 says about YOU

specifically — not women in general

- Why your body, mind, and personality

are not accidents — God made you

on purpose

- The enemy's strategy to keep Christian

women shallow and isolated

- How he attacks relationships to keep

you from being truly known

- What deep connection requires and why

it starts with self knowledge

📖 Scripture: Psalm 139,

Ecclesiastes 4:12, Luke 5:4

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What does faith look like when you're

walking through loss — and God feels

silent?

In this episode Sheila sits down with

Judy Connolly — a woman of extraordinary

grace who has walked through loss, grief,

and the long tender journey of parenting

adult children — all while holding onto

a God who stayed near even when she

couldn't feel Him.

This is a personal faith journey through

the hardest seasons of life. A Christ

centered life doesn't mean pain-free —

it means held. Living with purpose even

in the breaking.

For anyone who has carried invisible

grief, wondered how to keep trusting

God through loss, or loved someone who

needed presence more than answers.

In this episode:

- Walking through loss with faith intact

- What God's nearness looks like in the

darkest seasons of a christian woman

- Parenting adult children — releasing

without giving up

- Why lament is biblical — bringing

grief honestly to God

- How trusting God in grief leads to

unexpected hope

📖 Scripture: Psalm 34:18,

Lamentations 3:22–23

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What if the exhaustion you feel has

nothing to do with how much you're

doing — and everything to do with

what you're trying to prove?

Sheila gets honest about the proving

years — striving to earn a place at

every table as a Christian working mom

— and the quiet moment God said: I

never asked you to prove anything.

This is your faith journey back to

worth. A Christ centered life means

living with purpose from who God says

you are — not what you produce.

If you've ever tied your worth to your

title, your productivity, or your

performance — this episode is going

to set something free in you.

In this episode:

- The hidden lie behind hustle culture

and performance-driven faith

- What Genesis 1:27 says about biblical

self worth for Christian women

- Why Romans 5:8 is the most

countercultural verse about value

- The real cost of the mom tax and

what God says about it

- 3 ways to stop proving and start

living from received worth

📖 Scripture: Genesis 1:27, Romans 5:8,

Colossians 3:23

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