Listen Up!
Well … it all began with the planner.
After a hard Monday and an intense prayer walk, I developed the ‘Thrive Daily Planner.’ The planner was created out of a need for myself, but for other busy women to keep their lives organized in one place as well. The original goal of ‘Planning to Thrive’ was a simple idea to create a daily planner that would cover personal, professional, physical, and spiritual planning needs, but like all things with God - the idea kept growing.
It quickly evolved into so much more …
After my prayer walk, I had unlimited passion and excited for designing and building this planner. I worked late nights and early mornings to get it done in time for 2025. I’m not sure why I gave myself such a tight timeline, but I knew it had to be done. Luckily, my husband, family, and friends encouraged me to continue to pursue the passion and provided feedback or help whenever needed.
As someone who had deeply restored my faith in the midst of post-partum, I leaned heavily on Carrie for feedback and encouragement through the process. As she and I talked more about the project the idea of making it more kept coming up in conversation. The conversations visited all the ‘what-ifs’ like, “The planner is great, but what if you get behind on your reading, or can’t find a quiet minute to sit alone in peace?” or “I love the self-study, but what happens when users have deeper questions about the daily passages or want more help with context?” And from there the coordinating podcast was born.
We quickly realized we had a lot to say. & That we actually wanted to share it.
In fact, God placed it on our hearts for our passion to grow along with our confidence in our faith. So much confidence that with zero knowledge or experience, we decided we are launching a podcast.
Wait, what are we talking about?
We decided the best way to start was with us. Who we are, where we are in life, and what are testimonies look like. We want to open up to and bond with other women like us who are in the thick of a busy life trying to balance faith in crazy world. Honestly, we don’t even think our stories are that grand or that special - just normal if anything. But that’s the beauty of the podcast.
We focus on finding God and His awe-inspiring love, mercy and grace in normal everyday life. We care about other women finding His peace, love, and strength in their normal. We care about sharing His word in easy to digest pieces that fit in our busy lives. We care about making the Bible accessible no matter your walk of life or time capacity. We care about our listeners and their salvation.
So, Listen Up!
We invite you to join us through streaming and social media. We invite you to dive deeper in your faith, challenge your walk of faith, and grow in God’s grace. We invite you to join us on our journeys as we learn, laugh, cry, reflect, and grow together. We invite you to start living in the word and THRIVING in your faith.
With God’s Love and Mine,
Christina
