What if faith didn’t stop at inspiration and actually changed the way we live, decide, and love? We sit down with Reverend Simone Oliver—author, educator, minister, and life coach—to explore how practical discipleship turns belief into daily action. From a career in interior design to the classroom and then seminary, Simone’s story shows that callings can emerge in chapters, each one clarified by obedience and the steady work of the Holy Spirit.

We dig into the mechanics of thinking like Christ: pausing before reacting, managing emotions with spiritual discernment, and asking the unglamorous, vital question—what would Jesus do here? Simone reframes the Holy Spirit as comforter, advocate, and strategist, not merely a spark for Sunday excitement. The conversation moves into her book The Pearl of God’s Eye, where she gives women in Scripture a fuller voice and connects their stories to modern realities: domestic violence, sexual assault, single motherhood, and the silencing many encounter in church life. Her approach is restorative and disruptive in the best way, inviting communities to make room for gifts that often go overlooked.

With unflinching honesty, Simone shares survivor wisdom on safety, leaving abuse, and why it can take multiple attempts to break free. We pair that with a nurse’s lens on compassion with boundaries—how truth, accountability, and care can coexist. You’ll hear how to cultivate safe spaces, use spiritual practices that heal, and build rhythms of reading, prayer, and action that hold when emotions surge. We close with resources: her books and workbook, where to find her online, and upcoming events focused on Bible-rooted responses to domestic violence and moving from healing to wholeness.

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