Taking Off Our Masks
LifeWork:The Podcast
This is how we make life work when Halloween is over and it's time to take our masks off. What masks do we hide behind? There are physical masks and emotional masks that we tend to find solace if we can keep hidden behind them. But what happens when we take those off? The relatability and reality behind them is often times more comforting than the facade that it puts out. We present some of our masks and how we can work around them! Christi's Weekly Favorite: Natalie's Weekly Favorite: This week's encouragement from God's Word: "Jerusalem will be rebuilt...
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The Golden Repair of Life with Tamara Le
LifeWork:The Podcast
This is how we make life work when God repairs all of our brokenness. Natalie sits down with her friend Tamara Le and disects some major life lessons. Tamara walks us through her story starting with a life changing surgery at the age of 3 that would leave her as a selective mute for years to come. Her anxieties woven into her inner child wires that would prove life to be a bit challenging. During the times of 2020, Tamara and her family moved from Southern California to Texas where her real journey of faith came to fruition. They have since relocated...
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BCAM with Monica Brezina
LifeWork:The Podcast
This week Natalie talks with fellow fitness lover and Breast Cancer survivor, Monica Brezina. Her journey started in 2016 with Triple Positive IDC when she found her cancer in a way that defies what we are always told! In 2022, things took a crazy turn of events when she was diagnosed with melanoma on her calf. After more symptoms and further testing, Monica realized that she was now Stage 4 with the cancer in the lining of her lungs, lymphnodes and bones. What does Stage 4 mean? What does treatment look like? How do things change? What perspectives shift? Monica's view on...
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BCAM with Kim Welch, MSN, NP-BC
LifeWork:The Podcast
This week's episode is a MUST LISTEN as Natalie sits down with Kim Welch, MSN, NP-BC as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Kim brings a perspective as a business owner who was diagnosed with Stage 2 breast cancer during 2020. She discusses her journey with treatment and how she was able to keep a business going during some of the most pivotal trials in her life including covid, the passing of her father and a house flood. Her grit and determination will leave you inspired to push through. She encourages us to ask some of the hard questions in our lives..."Am I doing...
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BCAM with Trisha Mobley
LifeWork:The Podcast
As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), Natalie sits down with fellow Breastie Trisha Mobley to discuss her perspective on the journey she embarked upon. Trisha brings a science background and a no holds bar approach to being an advocate for your own health. Regardless of age or circumstances, she believes that knowledge is power and we MUST ask the hard questions. Her comparison to cookies will leave you hungry for more ;) Listen in as the conversation ellicits how to stay positive and just 'put some lipstick on and smile' through the good days and bad! ...
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Watching God Work
LifeWork:The Podcast
This is how we make life work when battling breast cancer. Christi and Natalie gear up for Breast Cancer Awareness month as they sit down to rehash the events of 2018. We are digging in unscripted with Natalie's story from her Breast Cancer Diagnosis and how God can take something horrible and turn into beauty. Going step by step through the journey, we touch on issues such as who does cancer discriminates against? What did the darker times look like? How do we prevent a mental downfall when trials hit? 6 years later Natalie is using the hard to pay it forward and let God use...
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Political Turbulence
LifeWork:The Podcast
We're diving into unchartered terrirtory today. How do we make life work in the midst of political turbulence? No personal viewpoints here. Just some tangible advice on how we keep our peace when things around us are wild! Do we take the approach of avoidance to protect our peace? Or do we immerse ourselves in it? Bottom line...It's up to you as an individual. Education is key. We all have a responsibility to do the work. Understanding the policies of both candidates will lead to informed decisions and more healthy and productive conversations. How do you know if the info you're...
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Waves of Grief
LifeWork:The Podcast
This is how we make life work when we are faced with grief and loss. What does life look like when we unpack the vasntess of grief? Grief isn't just the loss of someONE. Sometimes we grive the loss of 'what was', a season, or even an unwelcome change. And can we just 'catch a break'? Probably not! Grief is like an ocean and waves come and go. What does grief mean to each of us? How do we walk through every season of grief? Do we talk about it? Do we retreat? This week's ecnouragement from God's word: Psalm 34:8 1 Thessalonians 5:24 Christ's weekly...
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Express Yourself
LifeWork:The Podcast
This is how we make life work when we say so many things that have become a part of our every day lingo…but are they ridiculous or genius? A fun episode where we dissect some expressions such as: Penny for Your Thoughts Call It a Day It Is What It Is Break a Leg Take it with a Grain of Salt Get it Out of Your System Bite Off More Than You Can Chew Go Back to the Drawing Board Plus some bonus ones to think about! How do we interpret them? Do we say them often? Do we agree with them or are they ridiculous? Check it out and YOU decide! We'd love to hear from you so...
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Grace in the Gaps
LifeWork:The Podcast
This is how we make life work with the ups and downs of everyday life. What do we do in the gaps of the rollercoaster of life? We have really great days where everything is firing and then out of nowhere the bottom seems to fall out. It's called life and it can be a bit of a roller coaster. There are some really great highs and some really crummy lows, so what do we do in the 'gaps'...those drops in the roller coaster? We are human and frustrations can mount to a point of explosion, yet we almost can't enjoy those great days because we sense what might be coming. ...
info_outlineThis is how we make life work while saying peace out to the ‘HOT GIRL SUMMER’! We talk about our insecurities in our mind and body as we worry about judgement from others. How do we give ourselves the freedom to be who we are today as we combat the craving to rewind the clock.
How do we stop doing this to ourselves? Simple solutions that we try to implement and hope YOU will put into place!!!
- Control What You Can Control! Thoughts, food, movement, habits, etc. You can CHOOSE to have a strategy to shift things or to keep going down the same path.
- Feed the Positivity! Have you ever written a list of the GOOD things about yourself? What about seeing your favorite quotes regularly? What is seen on the outside is not always what’s happening on the inside!
- Ditch the Extremes! It’s not about all or nothing, it’s about keeping it realistic. Small things lead to BIG things, so keep the focus real. Just end the day well!
- What Legacy are You Leaving? Our challenge to you this summer is to take a picture with your kids in a swimsuit…it’s about the memories not the body.
Some of our favorite scriptures to keep handy:
Hebrews 12:1-3
Luke 12:48
Psalm 139:14
We love these quotes:
“I Am Worthy”
“I am learning to love my body and I can CHOOSE to make choices that respect and honor my body today”
“I am perfectly imperfect”
“I like me, she gets me”
“You are enough”
“What others think of you is none of your business”
“Outward appearance is nothing without inner growth”
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