The Wilderness
Cup of Soul Podcast
The wilderness is familiar territory for many of us. It’s not always loud suffering. Sometimes it’s quiet waiting. Sometimes it’s confusion, fatigue, or the feeling that life moved forward—without you. In this week’s episode of A Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis continue their journey through The Garden Within with an honest, hope-filled conversation about the wilderness seasons of life—what they are, why we get stuck there, and how God meets us in the middle of them. The wilderness is not a punishment. And it’s not meant to be home. We talk about: • Why women get stuck in...
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Shaky Ground — It’s Time to Tilt the Soil
Cup of Soul Podcast
What do you do when life feels unstable—but you’re still expected to keep going? In this week’s episode of A Cup of Soul, Candis and Theresa step into Shaky Ground—a tender, hope-filled conversation about trauma, healing, and the wisdom of the body. Flowing directly from last week’s episode, Dust of the Ground, this discussion invites you to slow down, breathe, and acknowledge what your soul may still be carrying. Together, we explore why trauma is real, why your pain makes sense, and how healing begins with safety, rest, and honest connection—with God and with others. Shaky ground...
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Dust of the Ground
Cup of Soul Podcast
Dust of the Ground: Where Emotions, Faith, and the Body Meet A Cup of Soul with Theresa & Candis . What if your emotions aren’t a spiritual problem to fix—but a sacred message to tend? . In this week’s episode of A Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis invite you into a grace-filled, Scripture-anchored conversation about how God designed us as embodied beings—formed from the dust of the ground and filled with His breath. . Drawing from Genesis 2:7, this episode explores the powerful connection between body, soul, and spirit, and why emotions don’t live in the mind...
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What God heals, He reveals.
Cup of Soul Podcast
What if the place you’ve been trying to fix is the very place God is healing? In this 40-minute conversation, Theresa & Candis invite you back to the table for a gentle, honest discussion about wholeness, emotional healing, and the quiet work God does beneath the surface. Drawing from The Garden Within (Chapter 7), the Heart of David, and Scripture, we explore how God tends the soil of our hearts—how emotions live in the body, why pruning is care (not punishment), and how healing doesn’t erase emotion, it redeems it. 🌱 We also reflect on One Word for the Year—not as something to...
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Water, Water Everywhere
Cup of Soul Podcast
This week's episode of the Cup of Soul .... What if the reason you’re exhausted isn’t because you’re doing too little—but because you’re being watered incorrectly? In Deeply Rooted – Water, Water Everywhere, Theresa and Candis continue their journey through The Garden Within by Dr. Anita Phillips, exploring what it truly means to be sustained, not just surrounded, by spiritual truth. This episode unpacks the danger of internal war, the myth of compartmentalized living, and why God designed us as integrated beings—mind, body, heart, spirit, and relationships. Through...
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Where Is Your Face Showing Up? Reflection Over Performance
Cup of Soul Podcast
Where Is Your Face Showing Up? | Reflection Over Performance In this episode of The Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis slow the pace and invite you into a sacred pause. Sitting with Chapter 6 of The Garden Within by Anita Phillips, we explore the difference between reflection and performance—not how life looks on the outside, but what it’s quietly revealing on the inside. Rooted in Proverbs 27:19, “As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart,” this conversation gently asks: What is your life reflecting right now? Together, we talk about emotions as messengers, not...
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YOUR HEART IS THE SOIL- How Does Your Garden Grow?
Cup of Soul Podcast
In this week’s Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis continue the conversation from Chapter 5, “How Does Your Garden Grow,” exploring what it really means to tend the inner garden of our hearts. Your heart is the soil of your life—and growth doesn’t happen by accident. Together, we talk about setting up a spiritual “watering system” through faith-based self-care like prayer, Scripture, worship, and community. We also unpack the beauty and challenge of pruning—how God lovingly removes what hinders growth so that more fruit can flourish. This episode invites you to reflect on the...
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“Prepare the Soil: What Are You Growing This Year?”
Cup of Soul Podcast
Cup of Soul with Theresa & Candis Episode: Prepare the Soil: What Are You Growing This Year? Are you ready for a fresh start this year? On this episode of Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis explore how to prepare your heart for growth, inspired by Chapter 5 of The Garden Within by Dr. Anita Phillips. Using the joyful imagery of Tabitha Brown’s Tab Time, they show how growth can be simple, childlike, and deeply joyful—like a tiny seed becoming a flourishing tree with just good soil and water. They discuss the “garden within,” your emotional and spiritual...
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“Ground Zero: What’s Growing in the Soil of Your Heart?”
Cup of Soul Podcast
This week’s Second Helping is a good one, Theresa and Candis dive into “Ground Zero,” a powerful chapter from The Garden Within by Dr. Anita Phillips. If you’re trying to grow, heal, or move forward but something keeps pulling you back, this conversation will meet you right where your heart has been stirring. Together, we explore the deeper “soil” of the soul — the beliefs, wounds, memories, and emotions beneath the surface — and what happens when God begins to turn that soil. Through Scripture, Jonah’s story, and honest heart work, we unpack this truth: “Sift our...
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Taste and See That He is Good!
Cup of Soul Podcast
This week's episode of the Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis bring you a warm, slow-cooked, Holy-Spirit-seasoned conversation straight from the kitchen. What started as a simple instruction from the Lord — “Get up and go make soup” — turned into a powerful revelation about how God sustains us, shapes us, softens us, and provides for us through every season of life. Using the playful and prophetic acronym S.O.U.P. — Sustainer, Omnipresent, Unfailing, Provider, this episode dives into how every ingredient in the pot mirrors an ingredient in our spiritual journey. From the bones of...
info_outlineThe wilderness is familiar territory for many of us.
It’s not always loud suffering.
Sometimes it’s quiet waiting.
Sometimes it’s confusion, fatigue, or the feeling that life moved forward—without you.
In this week’s episode of A Cup of Soul, Theresa and Candis continue their journey through The Garden Within with an honest, hope-filled conversation about the wilderness seasons of life—what they are, why we get stuck there, and how God meets us in the middle of them.
The wilderness is not a punishment.
And it’s not meant to be home.
We talk about:
• Why women get stuck in survival mode
• How God uses waiting to form us
• Why faith and mental health support belong together
• How to trust God’s timing when it feels painfully slow
If you’re in a wilderness right now, this conversation is for you.
Pull up a chair, Sisterfriend—hope still grows here.