What does faith look like when life has broken you more than once?

In this episode, Allyson sits down with Dr. Michelle Mras for a deeply moving conversation about trauma, trust, healing, resilience, and the kind of peace that comes from walking closely with God.

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Dr. Michelle shares the story behind Faith in Motion, along with the life experiences that shaped it — from human trafficking and years of trauma, to brain injury, cancer, grief, and the long process of rebuilding faith.

In this episode, we unpack:

Why peace is not passive — it’s a practice

How to return to center when your mind and body are overwhelmed

Why faith often means doing it afraid

How meditation can help quiet fear and make space for God’s voice

What it means to trust God through pain you never would have chosen

How healing can be a journey, not a moment

Why protecting your inner light matters in a dark world

If you’ve ever thought,

“How do I trust God when life has been this hard?”

this conversation will meet you there.

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Keep your peace close, your obedience strong, and your rebellion holy.

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Key Takeaways

0:00 — Introducing Dr. Michelle Mras

1:15 — The story behind Faith in Motion

3:45 — Writing through grief and reflecting on growth

6:20 — Growing up in the Philippines and the desire for more

9:10 — Learning to find beauty where you are

12:00 — Creating daily practices that bring peace and clarity

15:10 — Choosing peace when life feels chaotic

18:00 — “Do it afraid” and trusting God through opportunities

21:30 — The story behind speaking with a 16-second memory

26:00 — Learning to recognize God’s subtle nudges

30:10 — Meditation and quieting the mind to hear God

34:20 — Trauma, human trafficking, and losing faith

38:10 — The moment faith began to return

41:20 — Protecting your inner light in a negative world

43:30 — Final reflections on faith, resilience, and purpose

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High-capacity leaders don’t burn out because they can’t handle responsibility.

They burn out because their nervous system never powers down.

In this episode, we unpack:

• Why pressure is not responsibility
• Why success often increases internal tension
• How your body wires tension to performance
• The difference between ambition and activation
• Why sustainable leadership requires regulation

If you’ve ever thought,
“Why can’t I just relax, even when things are fine?”

This is the answer.

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Key Takeaways:

0:00 — Why Pressure Hits Even When Things Work

0:55 — Pressure Is a Nervous System Signal

1:40 — “It’s Not Strategy… It’s Regulation”

2:35 — Pressure vs Responsibility

3:35 — Importance ≠ Tension

4:55 — Ambition vs Pressure

6:05 — Pressure Sounds Like “I Must”

7:05 — Performing Under Pressure ≠ Needing Pressure

8:10 — Why Success Can Increase Pressure

9:25 — Success + Survival Wiring

10:35 — When Things Go Well, Your Body Braces

11:35 — Feeling Trapped by the Life You Built

12:35 — Common Symptoms of Pressure

13:55 — “The Performance Stays. The Peace Disappears.”

15:05 — Pressure Costs Creativity + Joy

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Most leaders track revenue, growth, and output.

Very few track the system producing those results.

In this episode of The Obedient Rebel Podcast, we’re talking about the KPIs no dashboard tracks—but your body and soul absolutely do.

You’ll hear about:

• Resting emotional temperature
• Stress recovery time
• How quickly you return to peace
• The hidden cost of success

If your numbers look good—but leadership feels heavy—this episode will explain why.

🎧 Listen now.

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Key Takeaways:

02:14 — KPI #1: Who you are when nothing is happening

03:00 — Are you settled or braced when life is quiet?

11:25 — KPI #2: How long your body takes to return to calm

17:31 — Can you return to peace without fixing anything?

12:59 — KPI #3: Peace vs. relief

13:11 — Relief needs conditions; peace does not

18:10 — KPI #4: Cost of recovery after success

18:32 — If success requires collapse, it was adrenaline, not alignment

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Additional Resources:

Learn more about Allyson’s work:

Website: https://allysonchavez.com/

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#ObedientRebel #RegulatedLeadership #LeadershipWithoutBurnout #PeaceIsTheMetric #FaithAndLeadership #NervousSystemLeadership #ExecutivePresence #SuccessWithoutExhaustion #SpiritualLeadership #LeaderCreateLeaders #Empowerment #Confidence

You’re tracking revenue, margins, and performance—
but ignoring the metrics that are actually running the show.

In this episode of The Obedient Rebel Podcast, we unpack the internal leadership KPIs every executive feels but rarely names:

• Internal pressure
• Self-trust
• Joy
• Presence

These aren’t “soft” metrics.
They’re the difference between sustainable success and silent burnout.

If leadership feels heavier than it should—
This episode will put language to what your system already knows.

🎧 Listen if you’re ready for success that doesn’t run you ragged.

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Key Takeaways:

05:52 — KPI #1: Your resting emotional temperature
06:13 — Are you calm by default or constantly braced?

09:41 — KPI #2: Bounce-back time after pressure
11:01 — How quickly you return to center after stress

12:17 — KPI #3: Speed of return to peace
13:30 — Peace is portable, not conditional

15:41 — KPI #4: Cost of recovery after success
16:21 — If success causes collapse, it was fueled by adrenaline

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Additional Resources:

Learn more about Allyson’s work:

Website: https://allysonchavez.com/

Reach out to me on social media:

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🔹 Facebook: / allyson.a.chavez

🔹 LinkedIn: / allysonchavez15

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#ObedientRebel #LeadershipWithoutBurnout #ExecutiveLeadership #SustainableSuccess #LeadershipEnergy #HighCapacityLeaders #SuccessWithoutExhaustion #NervousSystemLeadership #FaithAndLeadership

Most New Year’s resolutions fail by February—not because you’re weak, but because they’re built on effort without access.

In this final episode of the series, we step back and look at the full pattern behind the conditions required to access God’s power. Not as a checklist. Not as religious pressure. But as an alignment.

This episode wraps Episodes 10–12 and clarifies:

• Why God’s power is conditional—but not transactional
• How trust, meekness, rejoicing, obedience, and learning work together
• The difference between effort the Lord loves and striving that leads to exhaustion
• Why self-reliance quietly shuts access down—even when intentions are good
• And how alignment restores capacity without burning you out

If you entered the new year already feeling tired, this episode will reframe everything.

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🗓 January 31 | Salt Lake City
A one-day realignment room for leaders ready to stop operating from pressure and start leading with access.

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Keep your peace close, your obedience strong, and your rebellion holy.

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Key Takeaways:

00:49 — Effort without access always leads to exhaustion

02:03 — God’s power flows through alignment, not pressure

03:36 — Conditions don’t restrict power; they remove interference

04:00 — Alignment restores personal access to power that was always there

05:07 — Rejoicing and covenant loyalty open the channel to God’s power

05:40 — The 15 conditions reveal one core principle: trust

07:27 — Self-reliance causes goals to collapse and burnout to follow

09:27 — Real change begins with identity, not willpower

12:21 — Alignment invites God’s help; effort alone blocks access

14:17 — God-given desires require trust and divine partnership

15:41 — If it matters to you, it matters to God

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Additional Resources:

Learn more about Allyson’s work:

Website: https://allysonchavez.com/

Reach out to me on social media:

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We’ve reached the final five conditions required to access God’s power.

Not success.

Not hustle.

Not spiritual performance.

Power.

In this episode, we focus on conditions that have nothing to do with fixing your life — and everything to do with where your heart, worship, and allegiance live when circumstances haven’t changed yet.

We talk about:

• Putting aside current circumstances to seek a better world
• Singing hymns as spiritual alignment
• Rejoicing while clinging to covenants
• Delighting in your spouse and their glory
• Continual obedience as a stabilizer — not a burden

If you’ve been faithful but tired…

obedient but heavy…

this episode will help you identify where power is leaking — and how to realign without burning out.

🎁 Free Resource: theobedientrebel.com/way

🗓️ Live January Intensive: theobedientrebel.com/leadership

Keep your peace close,

your obedience strong,

and your rebellion holy.

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Key Takeaways:

00:11 — God’s power has conditions, not effort-based formulas

00:39 — Power depends on the heart, not circumstances

01:59 — Stop letting present conditions define your future

02:48 — Alignment over evidence: think higher before life changes

05:47 — Singing hymns reorders the soul and connects you to God

09:11 — Worship is spiritual warfare, not decoration

15:24 — Rejoice in your heart and cling to your covenants

17:42 — Joy and covenant loyalty together allow God’s power to flow

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Additional Resources:

Learn more about Allyson’s work:

Website: https://allysonchavez.com/

Reach out to me on social media:

🔹 Instagram: / allysonchavez_

🔹 Facebook: / allyson.a.chavez

🔹 LinkedIn: / allysonchavez15

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#TheObedientRebel #SpiritualLeadership #FaithAndLeadership #SuccessWithoutBurnout #AlignmentOverHustle #ChristianLeadership #PeaceIsPower #ObedienceAndRest #GodsPower

There’s a kind of exhaustion that doesn’t come from doing too much.

It comes from trying to live, lead, and decide without God’s power.

In this episode, we continue unpacking the conditions required to access God’s power—not metaphorically, but in real life.

We cover:

• Why encouraging action matters more than managing behavior
• Why clarity matters to God
• Why learning keeps your heart open
• Why meekness keeps you aligned

And how quiet pride can shut things down without you realizing it

If you believe in God but don’t always feel His power the way you want to—this episode is for you.

🎁 Free resource: theobedientrebel.com/way

📍 Live January Intensive: theobedientrebel.com/leadership

Keep your peace close, your obedience strong, and your rebellion holy.

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Key Takeaways:

00:05 — The kind of exhaustion that comes from living without God’s power

00:30 — God’s power has real conditions, not vague promises

01:39 — The first five conditions: alignment before access

02:18 — God’s power begins with receiving, not striving

02:49 — Why steadiness matters more than intensity

03:02 — Clean hearts, not perfect lives, carry God’s power

03:26 — Complaining is a signal of mistrust

03:49 — Clarity in doctrine creates room for power

05:17 — Exhorting others without control or force

06:08 — God’s power flows when we trust people with responsibility

07:18 — Speaking truth clearly, not apologetically

08:48 — Vagueness blocks power; clarity invites it

10:01 — Staying teachable as a condition for power

11:01 — Writing as a way to hear God more clearly

12:44 — Meekness as controlled strength under God’s direction

13:53 — Quiet pride that shuts off access to God’s power

15:30 — What’s next: sustaining God’s power over time

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Additional Resources:

Learn more about Allyson’s work:

Website: https://allysonchavez.com/

Reach out to me on social media:

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🔹 Facebook: / allyson.a.chavez

🔹 LinkedIn: / allysonchavez15

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#ObedientRebel #FaithAndLeadership #AccessingGodsPower #SpiritualAlignment #FaithInRealLife #ChristianPodcast #FaithBasedLeadership #GodsPower

Many leaders are exhausted—not because they’re doing life wrong, but because they’re trying to lead without God’s power.

In this episode, Allyson Chavez introduces a new mini-series on 15 conditions that create access to God’s power, drawn from Doctrine & Covenants 25 and framed for modern leadership.

This episode covers the first five conditions, all centered on alignment—how leaders position themselves so God’s power can actually flow.

If you’ve been leading with effort, discipline, and pressure…

This conversation will help you understand why, and what needs to shift.

This is the beginning of a three-episode series on leadership that is powered by God—not ego, hustle, or self-reliance.

✨ Free Resource: theobedientrebel.com/way

✨ Learn about The Obedient Rebel Leadership Intensive inside the episode.

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Key Takeaways:

00:07 — Why capable leaders are still exhausted

00:38 — This isn’t about productivity—it’s about accessing God’s power

03:50 — Power comes from alignment, not checking boxes

07:04 — Stop trying to understand everything before trusting

09:18 — Faithfulness when results are slow

10:32 — Clean up the inside: power flows through honesty, not perfection

15:14 — Complaining blocks spiritual momentum

20:11 — Fear drains leadership; faith restores power

21:54 — Stillness is where clarity and capacity return

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Additional Resources:

Learn more about Allyson’s work:

Website: https://allysonchavez.com/

Reach out to me on social media:

🔹 Instagram: / allysonchavez_

🔹 Facebook: / allyson.a.chavez

🔹 LinkedIn: / allysonchavez15

🎧 Follow the podcast on your favorite app, so you never miss an episode: https://link.chtbl.com/tpapodcast

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#ObedientRebel #FaithAndLeadership #GodPoweredLeadership #LeadershipWithoutBurnout #SpiritualAuthority #ChristianLeadership #FaithBasedLeadership #AlignedLeadership #LeadershipPodcast