Topics: communication in relationships, listening skills, feeling heard, limiting beliefs, healthy relationships

We’re huddled up with Laurie Dufresne, mindset and transformation coach, to talk about how we can show up differently in our relationships by learning to truly listen.

Many of us want deeper, healthier connections, but don’t always realize how our assumptions, distractions, and limiting beliefs impact the way we hear others.

In this conversation, Laurie helps us understand how to help others feel seen, heard, and valued—and how that shift can transform our relationships.

We talk about: • Why listening is harder than we think • What gets in the way of making others feel heard • How limiting beliefs shape communication • Simple ways to become a more present, effective listener

If you want stronger, more connected relationships, this episode will give you practical ways to start.

Connect with Laurie Dufresne Website: lauriedufresnecoaching.com

Course + Workbook: Breaking Free From Limiting Beliefs

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Topics: female friendships, comparison between women, jealousy, gossip, insecurity, sacred sisterhood

We’re huddled up with Natalie Runion, speaker, pastor, author, and creator of the Raised to Stay community. Natalie is known for tackling hard conversations with honesty and courage, including church hurt, leadership struggles, and the complex dynamics women often face in relationships with each other.

In this episode we talk about her new book, I Don’t Even Like Women: And Other Lies That Get in the Way of Sacred Sisterhood.

Let’s be honest. Many women deeply long for meaningful friendships, but insecurity, comparison, jealousy, and past hurt can make those relationships feel complicated and risky. Instead of pursuing connection, we often protect ourselves.

In this conversation we peel back the layers behind that familiar phrase, “I don’t even like women,” and explore what is really underneath it.

We talk about:

• Why female friendships can feel complicated
• Comparison, jealousy, and insecurity between women
• Practical ways to build real, supportive friendships

Natalie also shares the story behind her well known “little black boxes” on Instagram and how they became a place where many women felt seen, understood, and defended during difficult seasons.

If you’ve ever struggled with friendships with other women but still long for deep connection, this conversation will encourage you and challenge some of the narratives we’ve accepted about one another.

Because beneath the tension, comparison, and misunderstandings, there is often a deeper longing: Belonging

Connect with Natalie Runion

Instagram Raised to Stay Community Book: I Don’t Even Like Women: And Other Lies That Get in the Way of Sacred Sisterhood

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Topics: Emotional rest, belonging, surrender as posture, and freedom from performance

We are huddled up with Dr. Saundra Dalton Smith to talk about her book Being Fully Known The Joyful Satisfaction of Beholding, Becoming, and Belonging.

Dr. Saundra is a board certified physician, international speaker, bestselling author, and founder of Restorasis. She blends biblical truth, science, and personal experience to help women move beyond performance and into emotional rest.

In this conversation we explore what it means to be fully known by God and how that truth becomes an invitation into rest.

We talk about:

• Why our culture conditions us to prove our worth through productivity • How surrender is a posture of trust • Why emptiness becomes an invitation to be filled • The barriers of fear, rejection, and self protection • What belonging looks like when we stop performing

Dr. Saundra also shares insight on how emotional rest impacts physical health and daily life, and she invites women to take an honest look at where they need deeper rest.

Take the Rest Quiz at restquiz.com to discover your rest needs and begin moving toward greater awareness and freedom.

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Podcast: I Choose My Best Life

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