WELCOME BACK!!! Bloom has been quiet for the last few months and I am so excited to share this episode with you! I have missed this. I have missed YOU! So, it's good to be back.

I am here to share with you where my head and my heart have been over the past few years and walk you through my journey in real-time. I've had some big changes that I've been navigating. I've had some hard questions to ask myself. I've had some deep work to do,ut that is what BLOOM is all about. It's the growth, it's the falling apart so something new can begin.
Let's dive in!

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In this week's episode, I'm downloading my take on the recent Barbie movie. Whether you've seen it or not, there's a take away for all of us.

I won't spoil my review, but I will ask you if you're living a life of pretend? Are you really experiencing and living this life or are you going through the motions? Regardless of where you stand on the movie, there is a lesson to be learned.

Tune in to hear more!

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If He calls you, He will equip you. And when He calls you out, you have to be ready to step out in faith, like today's guest. On this episode, I'm joined by Angel Welsh, a women of faith and fire. If you know her, you know she is on a mission! A mission to leave lives better and serve her community.

She's endured loss and hardship and yet still rises. It's that spirit and her faith that has led her to where she is today. Every step mattered. Today, Angel is the Founder and Director of My Sister's Keeper, a women and children's shelter in Owensboro, KY.

You won't want to miss this episode! It will expand your heart and increase your faith. To learn more about Angel's mission, My Sister's Keeper and how you can get involved, visit My Sister's Keeper online.

Follow My Sister's Keeper on social:
Instagram @mysisterskeeper270
Facebook @mysisterskeeper270

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Listen up, because you are going to love this week’s guest on Bloom! Chrysty Lockhart is a wife, bonus and bio mama, teacher, host of the Start Scared Podcast and someone who used to be bound by what she thought she was supposed to say, do or be. SO much so that she has lost herself in the chaos of everyday Mom life and is trying to discover who she is in real time!

Chrysty is passionate about empowering and motivating other Mamas to cut through the BS stories they tell themselves and find clarity to start putting themselves first, because who they are outside of being a Mama still matters! Chrysty is on a journey towards becoming more confident and free by ditching the negative self talk and learning to love all of herself. Tune in to hear her share how she's embracing what real beauty looks like.

Be sure to give Chrysty a follow and see all of the amazing things she's doing!
@chrystylockhart
@startscaredpodcast
@tiderunnerretreat

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We can miss who we were created to be, because we are attached to what we’ve decided to be. And in that process, we become those titles and labels we've given ourselves and can loose our identity. We get caught up in what we are doing rather than dedicating our effort into who we were called to be.

Today, I share some of the common labels of success that we oftentimes hide behind called success mountains.

The Five Success Mountains:

1. The Marriage Mountain
2. The Motherhood Mountain
3. The Money Mountain
4. The Mending Mountain
5. The Make A Difference Mountain

While none of these are bad things, they often keep us in the comfort zone of what we know. We forget to focus on who we are not what we do, we stay small. You're already amazing. These things that you do are just a bonus. They don't define you, they just add to who you already are. You are more than that. And it's time to fully step into who you were created to be!

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Are you someone who is looking for someone to link arms with? If so, you are going to love today's guest! Join me along with Courtney Evans, for a conversation about bringing others in. Courtney is a wife, mama, photographer and the founder of Cultivate BG, a networking community for entrepreneurs in the Bowling Green, KY and surrounding area. She's created an amazing community that she wants to share with YOU!

In today’s conversation, she shares how necessary cultivating connection is necessary for growth and invites you to be a part of it! Pop in those earbuds and push play on Let’s Cultivate, with Courtney Evans now available on your favorite podcast platform.

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What’s your reaction when someone tells you, “you’ve changed?” For me, I used to feel disappointment and hurt when I would hear those words. I thought that I had let them down. I felt like I was not being true to the version of me they knew.

What if instead of feeling shame or hurt when someone told you that you’ve changed, you felt pride and gratitude in its place? And you actually held space and honored this version of yourself and how far you’ve come?

Change can be a good thing. Embrace it.

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We're going on a bear hunt, I'm not afraid!

How many of you remember imagining going on a bear hunt as a child? I do! I would pretend all the time with my mom and sister and other kids that I would babysit that we were walking into the deep dark woods in search of a bear. But, at each turn, we would encounter an obstacle. Maybe it was a log on the path, a body of water, that had to be crossed, a dead end path that lead nowhere and we had to find a new way - but as the saying goes...

You can't go over it, can't go around it, you had to go through it. And such is life, right?!

We may feel like we are in the middle of a bear hunt, figuratively speaking (hopefully not literally, but if so - cool!). Oftentimes, our response is to just go around the obstacle or go over it or under it - but what we need to do is go THROUGH it.

We must face whatever it is and know that by going through that challenge, we will realize that we can endure hard things. We can endure scary things. We can overcome whatever it feels like is holding us back.

What are you avoiding? Maybe it's time, you suit up and get ready to go on this bear hunt with me. Let's face whatever it is that's tough for you right now and go through it together.

And P.S., don't forget your bear spray!

To check out the episode referenced in this one about Phrases I've Stopped Saying, follow the link!

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