In this episode of Sacred Rising, we’re talking about the quiet but powerful transition from survival to stewardship.

Survival teaches us how to endure. It teaches us how to push, adapt, and carry weight when there is no other option. But survival was never meant to be a permanent identity.

In this conversation, I reflect on how survival shaped my life through single motherhood, leadership, and responsibility, and how I began to recognize when the old way of pushing no longer served me. I share how postpartum became a turning point that forced me to slow down, feel, and stay with myself in ways I never had before, and how that season reshaped my understanding of mental health, energy, partnership, and presence.

We explore what it actually looks like to move from survival into stewardship, including the grief that can come with releasing old identities, the cost of letting go of control, and the evolution of productivity from rigid structure to alignment, clarity, and internal regulation.

This episode is for the woman who has been strong for a long time.

The one who knows how to hold it together but is learning how to soften without falling apart.

The one who is ready to tend to her life with care instead of pressure.

If you’re navigating a season where the old way no longer works, this episode invites you to slow down, stay present, and trust the becoming.

This episode is an invitation to pause.

Not to fix.

Not to rush healing.

Not to explain your pain away.

In this first episode of Sacred Rising, we talk about what it means to stay with yourself when life is changing, when identity feels unfamiliar, and when you are learning how to move forward without abandoning who you are.

Healing does not begin with answers.

It begins with presence.

This space was created for women who feel deeply, carry responsibility, and are learning how to rest without guilt. For the woman who is becoming someone new and needs permission to move slowly, honestly, and with faith.

You are not behind.

You are not broken.

You are becoming.

Scripture for this episode:

“The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” Psalm 34:18

Thank you for being here. Your becoming is sacred.

Sacred Rising is a space for women who are tired of carrying everything quietly.

This podcast was created for honest conversations about motherhood, faith, healing, leadership, identity, and the seasons of life that require softness instead of survival.

Here, there is no pressure to perform or have it all together. This is an invitation to slow down, tell the truth, and rise gently. Rooted in faith and grounded in real life, Sacred Rising offers space to rest, reflect, and reconnect with yourself and with God.

New episodes begin January 14.