Last week we talked about saying yes to your calling. This week we're talking about how to protect it.

Boundaries. I know — stay with me.

For a long time I thought setting a boundary meant I was doing something to someone. Cutting them off. Shutting them out. And so I avoided them. I kept the peace. I said yes when I meant no. I absorbed things that were running me down. And I genuinely believe that accumulation was part of what led to my illness.

My therapist said something that changed everything for me: a boundary is not a fence you put up to keep other people out. It is something you put in place to protect your own capacity. Your peace. Your well-being.

This episode is about what boundaries actually are, what they are not, and why you are allowed to have them — with people, with yourself, with your calling, and with your own schedule.

You cannot pour from empty. And the world needs what is in you. 💌

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What happens when God calls you somewhere that makes zero sense to everyone around you?

This episode is about the tension between calling and culture - the voice that tells you to fit the mold, follow the formula, and stay on the expected path. And the quieter, more persistent voice underneath all of that noise that keeps saying: come anyway.

I'm sharing some of the most pivotal moments of my life - from spending my 21st birthday on a mission trip in Chiapas when everyone expected something very different, to praying outside a Dallas apartment leasing office asking God to come through if He was really in it, to posting to a trading community of literally one person for months. Me and the Lord. That was it.

This one is going to convict you a little before it sets you free.

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Nobody warned us about this part.

Not the big stuff - the mental tabs that never close. The invisible, unending, completely relentless labor of tracking everything, remembering everything, anticipating everything, and holding it all together while also just… living your life.

This week we're talking about the mental load. What it is, why we carry it, and why you are more exhausted than you think you should be. I'm also sharing a story about my uncle that perfectly captures what it feels like to be a woman's brain in real time. 😄

This one is a little lighter. A little funnier. And somehow still going to make you feel deeply seen.

You're not doing too much. You're just carrying more than most people can see. 💌

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