45 | 5 Reasons Your Business Growth Is Slow (and It’s Not Your Marketing)
Release Date: 11/20/2025
50 | 40 Lessons in 40 Years: A Birthday Reflection on Faith, Family, Time & Becoming
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
Today’s episode is a little different… because it’s my birthday! 🎂 I’m turning 41, and instead of a birthday month (because let’s be real — December already belongs to Christmas), I decided to pause, reflect, and share 40 things I’ve learned in four decades of living, loving, building, breaking, and becoming. Some of these lessons are deeply personal. Some are practical. Some might make you laugh out loud. And some might stop you in your tracks. But all of them are real — shaped by motherhood, marriage, faith, leadership, waiting seasons, hustle recovery, obedience, healing,...
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49 | Before You Plan 2026: Learn How to Seek God’s Vision for Your Year Ahead
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
As we head into a brand-new year, the world is shouting a thousand versions of “New Year, New You.” But if you’ve been feeling the pressure to figure out your entire life before January even begins… breathe, friend. This episode is your invitation to do things differently. Today, we’re talking about what it really looks like to create vision as a Faith-Led CEO — not from hustle, not from pressure, and not from perfectly polished goals, but from actual partnership with God. Instead of rushing into another year with the same old habits, assumptions, and expectations… we’re...
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48 | Stop Repeating the Same Year: Identify the Patterns Holding You Back as a Faith-Led Woman
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
If you’ve ever found yourself stepping into a new year hoping things will feel different… only to realize you’re repeating the same cycles, this episode is going to hit home in the gentlest, most freeing way. Today, we’re talking about the patterns we keep dragging from year to year — the ones we’ve normalized, inherited, or simply stopped noticing — and how those patterns keep us from stepping into the abundant life God has already prepared for us. Inside this episode, we’re digging into: Why unbroken patterns repeat themselves The real reason Israel never stepped into...
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47 | Holiday Overwhelm: How Faith-Led Women Can Slow Down and Savor the Season
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
The holiday season comes with joy, beauty, and tradition… but it also comes with a whole lot of invisible pressure. In this episode, we’re unpacking why December pulls you in two directions — the desire to slow down and savor the season, and the responsibility to hurry up and handle everything. If you’ve been feeling stretched thin, mentally overloaded, or caught between motherhood, business, and spiritual rhythms, this conversation will feel like a deep breath. We walk through the real reasons holiday overwhelm shows up: the pressure to “make it magical,” the skyrocketing mental...
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46 | You Don’t Have to Hustle to Finish the Year Strong - A gentler way to close December with peace, purpose, and sustainable momentum.
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
This week on the Sustainable Foundations Podcast, we’re talking about why you don’t need to sprint into the end of the year — even if the world around you is shouting that you should. Instead of pushing harder, buying more, and forcing momentum because it’s “what everyone else is doing,” we’re exploring a gentler approach to closing out the year as a faith-led CEO. Inside the episode, we walk through five common messages you’re likely to hear this month — from “do more before the year ends” to “don’t lose momentum” — and offer a peaceful alternative to each one....
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45 | 5 Reasons Your Business Growth Is Slow (and It’s Not Your Marketing)
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
If you’ve been wondering why your business growth feels slower than it “should”… or why all the strategies you keep trying aren’t producing the momentum you expected… this episode is going to hit home in the best way. Because despite what the internet keeps yelling at you — “Fix your funnel!” “Change your niche!” “Buy this template!” — your marketing might not be the problem at all. In today’s episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on five behind-the-scenes factors that shape your growth far more than your marketing strategy ever will. These are the quiet...
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44 | The Real Reason You’re Always Tired (Hint: It’s Not Just Busyness or Burnout)
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
It’s Monday morning after a long weekend. The fridge is half empty, the shoes aren’t by the door, and you’re piecing together lunches from whatever’s left in the pantry. By the time everyone’s out the door and you finally sit down to work — your brain already feels… done. Sound familiar? That’s not laziness or lack of motivation — that’s decision fatigue. In this episode of The Sustainable Foundations Podcast, we’re unpacking the invisible weight that’s draining your time, energy, and peace before the day even starts. You’ll learn what decision fatigue...
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43 | Work-Life Balance Is a Myth: A Biblical Approach to Time, Rhythms, and Real Peace
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
What if the real breakthrough God is inviting you into…starts by breaking up with balance? In this episode of the Sustainable Foundations Podcast, we’re busting one of the biggest lies faith-led women have been sold: that work-life balance is the goal. Spoiler? It’s not. And trying to chase it is likely stealing your peace, your capacity, and your God-given clarity. This episode is for the woman who’s doing “all the right things” but still feels scattered, stretched, and secretly burned out. You’ll walk away with a fresh perspective on biblical rhythms, spiritual alignment, and...
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42 | How to Hear God’s Voice in Business and Stay Spiritually Grounded All Year
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
The moment you said yes to using your gifts to serve others — the enemy took notice. Because when you operate in your calling, you’re advancing the Kingdom… and that makes you a threat. But he’s predictable. And once you learn to recognize his tactics, you can stop reacting in fear and start walking in peace — every single day. In this final episode of our October Discernment Series, we’re talking about how to live aware all year long — not just in certain seasons. We’ll unpack what it really looks like to stay spiritually grounded, keep your peace, and guard the ground...
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41 | Taking Back Ground: Reclaiming What the Enemy Tried to Steal and Walking in Your God-Given Authority | Should Christians Care About Halloween? A Conversation for Faith-Led CEOs (Part 4)
Sustainable Foundations | Equipping Christian Women for Faith-Based Business Growth and Sustainable Scaling
This week we’re continuing our October series on spiritual warfare and discernment — but we’re taking it a step deeper. Because sometimes the battle isn’t out there in the world… it’s right here in your mind, your home, your peace, and your business rhythms. If you’ve ever looked around and realized that what once felt peaceful now feels pressured, or that your focus has quietly slipped away in the busyness — this conversation is going to hit home. We’re talking about what it really means to take back your ground — the kind that can’t be seen but absolutely can be...
info_outlineIf you’ve been wondering why your business growth feels slower than it “should”… or why all the strategies you keep trying aren’t producing the momentum you expected… this episode is going to hit home in the best way.
Because despite what the internet keeps yelling at you —
“Fix your funnel!”
“Change your niche!”
“Buy this template!” —
your marketing might not be the problem at all.
In today’s episode, we’re pulling back the curtain on five behind-the-scenes factors that shape your growth far more than your marketing strategy ever will. These are the quiet things — the things you don’t see on your feed but feel every day in the way you lead, create, and make decisions.
And once you understand what’s actually been slowing your momentum… everything starts to make a whole lot more sense.
🌿 In this episode, we talk about:
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the one thing that makes your business feel harder than it has to
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why your daily rhythms affect your long-term growth
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what’s really underneath “slow growth”
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the subtle patterns that keep you stuck
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the deeper layers that matter long before marketing
No shame. No overwhelm. Just clarity… and a whole lot of freedom.
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