You’re Not Lazy—You’re Burned Out: Faith, Health & Identity

If you’ve been trying to “do better” but still feel exhausted, disconnected, or stuck—this episode is for you.

In this conversation, Michal Carlock unpacks why burnout isn’t a motivation problem—it’s a health, identity, and support issue. Drawing from her background in critical care and her work as founder of Her Promise Circle, she explains why so many women don’t get help until crisis hits—and why preventative wellness and community support are essential.

Michal explores the power of resting and trusting God, how identity impacts health and purpose, and why women need accessible, faith-integrated resources to heal and grow—without shame.

• Why burnout is often mistaken for laziness

• Rest, faith, and trust as foundations for purpose

• The difference between crisis care and preventative wellness

• Barriers women face in healthcare access

• How identity and community support drive transformation

Health & wellness • Burnout • Women’s empowerment • Preventative care • Faith & identity • Purpose • Coaching • Community support • Healthcare access

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If you’re ready to stop repeating cycles and start trusting yourself again—this episode is your reset.

In the Season 7 premiere, Michal Renee explores how self-trust, identity, and faith shape your health, habits, and future. Drawing from her journey as a healthcare professional, wellness coach, and founder of Her Promise Circle, she unpacks how stress, identity confusion, and lack of support keep women stuck in cycles they were never meant to carry.

As we step into 2026, a year of divine release and restoration, this episode is a call to reclaim your authority, break negative patterns, and take aligned action toward healing, wellness, and purpose.

• Why self-trust is essential for personal growth

• How identity determines your choices and outcomes

• Faith as a foundation for health and wellness

• Breaking cycles that keep women overwhelmed

• The power of community, education, and coaching

Self-trust • Identity • Women’s empowerment • Health & wellness • Faith • Personal development • Coaching • Community • Breaking cycles • Divine release

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00:00 Trusting Yourself for a New Beginning03:02 Education & Empowerment05:54 Community Support09:06 Health & Wellness Coaching11:51 Overcoming Inconsistency15:03 Faith & Wellness17:52 Breaking Cycles21:11 Women Rising in 202628:19 Identity & Purpose32:47 Divine Release & Restoration39:10 Becoming Who You’re Called to Be

If you’ve ever looked at your life and thought, “Why does every year feel the same?” — this episode is your invitation into transformation.

In this powerful conversation, Michal Renee breaks down why high-functioning, faith-filled women get stuck in the same emotional cycles and spiritual patterns — and how to finally break free.

Here’s the truth:
You don’t have to wait for a new year to create a new life.
When you heal your patterns, regulate your emotions, and root yourself in community, your entire timeline shifts.

Inside this episode, we dive into:
✨ Why you keep repeating the same year
✨ How dysregulation affects your relationships, habits, and health
✨ Why community accelerates emotional + spiritual growth
✨ Her Promise Circle’s expansion into partnerships and nonprofit work
✨ How we’re sponsoring families in need this year
✨ The Breathe Then Build™ framework for sustainable transformation

This is the reminder your spirit’s been waiting for:
Your year changes when you do.

change, emotional healing, women empowerment, health and wellness, community support, personal growth, mentorship, nonprofit, family sponsorship, partnerships, faith-based coaching, nervous system healing

“Get in community, get consistent.”
“We are breathing and then building.”
“You will not have the same year again because you will not be the same.”

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If you’ve been feeling tired, overwhelmed, unmotivated, or struggling to stay consistent, this episode is going to meet you exactly where you are. Today, Michal Renee speaks directly to the woman asking:

• “How do I stay consistent when I’m tired?”

• “How do I get motivated again?”

• “How do I balance faith, wellness, and mental health?”

• “How do I stay focused spiritually when life feels heavy?”

In this intimate and powerful conversation, Michal shares the real behind-the-scenes journey of navigating exhaustion, healing emotionally and spiritually, and rebuilding her wellness rhythms while still showing up for her calling. She unpacks why you must know what drives you, how faith fuels consistency, why community matters, and how regulating your mind and spirit is foundational to clarity and confidence.

This episode will help you reframe consistency—not as pressure, but as purpose.
Not as hustle, but as healing.
Not as perfection, but as partnership with God.

As you prepare for 2026, this is your reminder to start with intentionality, alignment, and spiritual rhythm… so you can build from a place of peace, not burnout.

🔑 WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

• How to stay consistent even when you're tired or discouraged

• Why your “why” matters more than motivation

• How faith strengthens emotional + mental health

• Why community support accelerates personal growth

• How regulation increases clarity and focus

• The power of serving others as motivation

• Why working out can be worship

• How to enter the new year grounded, intentional, and aligned

• Why your story carries healing power for others

• “You have to know what drives you.”

• “Faith without works is dead.”

• “Working out is a form of worship.”

  
  

  ⏱ CHAPTERS

00:00 — Overcoming Exhaustion in Purpose
04:12 — The Role of Faith in Consistency
10:41 — Building Community and Support
14:52 — The Importance of Regulation and Rest
19:02 — Mind Over Matter: The Drive to Show Up

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💌 Drop a 🌸 if this episode reminded you that consistency starts with clarity and peace.

If you've ever wondered, “Is this God speaking… or just me?” — this episode is the reminder you didn’t even know you needed.

In “You Hear From God — Now Here’s What To Do With It,” Michal Renee breaks down what it really looks like to recognize God’s voice, trust your intuition, and move with confidence into the version of yourself God has been preparing you to become.

Through the lens of holistic health, women’s wellness, and personal transformation, Michal explores how spiritual clarity, emotional regulation, community support, and consistent habits form the foundation of a God-led life. She shares real moments from her own journey — healing, growth, doubt, obedience, and the unexpected ways God uses everyday actions to build your future.

Inside this episode, you’ll learn:
✨ How to trust the voice of God and stop second-guessing yourself
✨ Why you might be the obstacle standing in your own way
✨ The importance of holistic well-being: mental, emotional, physical, spiritual
✨ How community accelerates personal growth and accountability
✨ Why God uses “random” instructions to prepare you for destiny
✨ How consistency creates transformation
✨ Why personal stories carry power to break cycles and heal others
✨ How to take aligned action when God speaks

Michal also shares the heart behind her upcoming eBook, designed to help women break cycles, embrace change, and step boldly into the personal growth journey God has been calling them into.

This episode is for the woman who knows she hears God…
but needs clarity, courage, and community to act on what He’s saying.

🎙️ “You’re the one in the way.”
🎙️ “We are funded by God.”
🎙️ “You hear from God.”

00:00 Embracing Change and Self-Discovery
02:45 The Importance of Holistic Health for Women
05:47 Building Community and Connection
09:02 Faith and Business Networking
11:59 Commitment to Personal Growth
14:48 Access to Wellness Resources
17:38 God’s Guidance and Preparation
20:58 Overcoming Doubts and Fears
23:45 Taking Action on God’s Promises
27:42 Hearing from God: Understanding His Guidance
28:46 Knowing Your Mission and Vision
29:54 Navigating New Environments and Influence
30:55 Personal Growth & Inner Healing
31:57 Writing My First Ebook: A Guide to Transformation
33:15 Experiencing God’s Power Through Relationship
35:14 Personal Experience in Knowing God
37:24 Building Relationship Equity with God
40:09 Consistency’s Impact on Growth
42:53 Valuing Yourself & Committing to Change

In this episode, Michal Renee’ gets raw about the truth most high-functioning Christian women never say out loud:
Your healing is often hidden inside your movement.

Not the “do more” kind of movement…
but the obedience movement — the steps you take when you don’t feel worthy, don’t feel ready, and don’t feel qualified.

Michal reflects on how God used her steps — the podcast, the prayers, the quiet yeses — to heal her through loss, rebuild her confidence, and reveal her impact through unexpected testimonies.

You’ll hear:
How moving before you feel valuable reveals your value

Why not starting is a silent loss to the people you’re assigned to

The testimonies that carried Michal through heartbreak, grief, and transition

How God attaches healing, clarity, and purpose to action
Why obedience unlocks transformation

This episode is a reminder that your steps carry power — and somebody’s breakthrough is tied to your movement.

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Have you ever prayed and wondered, “God, are You even listening?”

In this heartfelt episode of The Her Promise Circle Podcast, host Michal Renee’ opens up about what it feels like when God feels silent — and how to trust Him when your prayers seem unanswered. Through transparent stories of faith, emotional healing, and spiritual growth, Michal reminds women that silence doesn’t mean absence — God still hears you, even when you don’t feel Him.

You’ll learn what to do when God feels distant, how to find peace when your faith is tested, and how prayer and wellness work together to heal your mind, body, and spirit. Michal unpacks what it means to wait well, hear God’s voice in stillness, and rebuild trust after disappointment.

If you’ve ever asked questions like:

• “Why does it feel like God isn’t speaking?”

• “How do I know God hears my prayers?”

• “How do I heal emotionally while still believing?”
  This episode is your reminder that God is faithful, even in silence.

✨ You are seen. You are heard. You are loved.

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💌 Drop a 🌸 if this reminded you that God still hears you — even here.

💫 Get Connected & Start Your Reset:

In this heartfelt episode, Michal Renee dives into the fear of success and what it means to truly rest in the promise. She opens up about her personal journey of learning to sustain success through rest, consistency, and faith — not striving. Through real-time examples of how God is moving in Her Promise Circle, Michal reveals how obedience and surrender lead to expansion.

She also announces two powerful new chapters in the HPC movement:
💪🏽 HPC Fit, a new partnership bringing wellness and accountability to the body through guided workouts, fitness chats, and community support.
💖 Her Promise Circle Foundation, the new nonprofit branch focused on giving back through community service, education, and holiday outreach — extending the mission of mind-body-spirit healing to women everywhere.

Michal reminds us that success is not meant to be carried alone — it’s meant to be shared, stewarded, and sustained through rest.

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✨ “Breathe, then build. Healing is the foundation — wholeness before hustle.”

Keywords: success, wellness, community, accountability, faith, identity, self-isolation, transition, rest, women empowerment