You Don’t Fit In Podcast | Identity in Christ, Christian Mental Health, Biblical Mindset, Biblical Confidence

62 | Smash the Scale | Body Image, Weight, Insecurity, and Identity in Christ

In this episode, we’re talking about body image, weight, insecurity, and the constant pressure women feel to measure their worth by a number on a scale.
For so many women, the scale has become a source of validation, shame, fear, control, and identity. One number can determine your mood, your confidence, and even how worthy you feel.
But God never called you to build your identity on your appearance.
If you’ve ever struggled with body image, shame, insecurity, or feeling like you’ll finally be happy or “enough” once your body changes, this episode is for you.
You are not the number on the scale.You are not your size.You are not your reflection.
Your identity was never meant to be rooted in your body.It was always meant to be rooted in Christ.
Stay Rooted!
 
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61 | When Faith Feels Messy | Anxiety, Doubt, Fear, and Identity in Christ with Eva Thiessen

Life is messy. 
And for many Christians, faith doesn’t remove all the struggles, pain, anxiety, disappointment, or hard seasons we face in everyday life.
In this episode, I sit down with Eva Thiessen for an honest conversation about her Christian testimony, her journey to faith, and the challenges she has faced as a believer. We talk about mental and emotional struggles, growing in your relationship with God, and what it looks like to trust Him when life feels heavy and uncertain.
If you’ve ever wrestled with doubt, loneliness, shame, suffering, or feeling isolated in your Christian walk, this conversation will remind you that you are not alone. 
This episode is for Christian women who want a deeper faith, authentic conversations about real life struggles, and encouragement rooted in God’s truth.
Stay Rooted!
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60 | Your Failure Is Your Hope

You trusted in Jesus for your salvation, but now you think you have to figure out how to live a life good enough to be deserving of that salvation, or for the goodness of God.
You want to be good. You want to please God. But somewhere along the way, you start believing it’s up to you now.
So you strive.You fail.You feel guilty.And you pull away from God.
And the whole time, you’re missing the truth. Again.
You are not saved by your performance.You are not kept by your performance.It has always been Jesus.
We don’t move on from needing Him.
If you feel stuck in that cycle, this episode will help you see why, and what it actually looks like to walk in freedom.
Your problem is not that you keep failing. It’s that you think you’re supposed to succeed in your own strength.
Your failure does not disqualify you.But rather, it reveals your need.And your need is what points you to Jesus.
For ReflectionWhere am I still trusting what I do instead of trusting Jesus?What am I expecting from myself that God never asked of me?When I fail, do I run to God or pull away from Him?
ScriptureEphesians 2:8–9Isaiah 64:6Romans 5:8Luke 5:31–321 John 1:9
Stay Rooted!
 
THE BREAKTHROUGH HOUR — One private coaching session. We find your root lie. You leave with clarity and a word from scripture specifically for you. → DM me CLARITY on Instagram to book your spot.
 

59 | The Battle in Your Mind Is Blocking Your God Given Purpose

Do you feel like you were made for more than the life you’re living, but feel stuck, stagnant, or unsure where to start?
The problem is not a lack of time.It is not a lack of ability.It is the battle in your mind.
You hear thoughts like:“I’m not ready.”“I don’t know enough.”“What if I fail?”“I’m not creative.”
Those thoughts feel true, but they are not aligned with what God says about you.
Learn how to recognize the lies, replace them with truth, and take action even when fear is still present.
Change what you believe.Change your life.
Stay Rooted!

58 | Feeling Distant From God? Why Your Quiet Time Isn’t Working

You’re reading your Bible.You’re praying.You’re showing up.
But it still feels off.
In this episode, we talk about why that happens. Not from a lack of effort, but from a misplaced identity.
If your quiet time feels heavy, forced, or empty, this will help you see why. And more importantly, how to shift out of striving and into a real relationship with God.
Learn how to stop performing for God and start relating to Him from who you already are in Christ.
Stay Rooted!

57 | Stop Waiting to Grow, Why Your Spiritual Maturity Is Your Responsibility

Do you ever feel stuck in your faith? Do you wonder if you are supposed to feel more mature, more grounded by now? Or maybe you feel the tension of knowing you are called to more, but you’re not sure what moving forward actually looks like.
In this episode, we talk about what it means to actively grow in your faith instead of staying stagnant. Scripture calls you to run your race with endurance, to fight the good fight, and to keep building a life rooted in Christ. Growth does not happen by accident. It takes intention, discipline, and a willingness to be stretched. Choosing obedience and staying consistent over time are what actually produce maturity.
This conversation will help you shift out of autopilot and into a faith that is alive, active, and moving forward. You are not called to stay where you are. You are called to grow and to become someone who not only hears the Word but lives it.
Stay Rooted!
 
Bible Verses to journal through:
2 Timothy 4:7“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”
1 Corinthians 9:25–27“Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
2 Peter 3:18“But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
Ephesians 4:13–15“Until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ,”
Colossians 1:10“So as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God.”
Hebrews 5:12–14“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, 13 for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. 14 But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil.
 

56 | What to Do When You Feel Stuck and Unmotivated (This Is So Practical!)

It happens to all of us.We get stuck.We feel unmotivated.And there we sit.
You want to move, but you also don’t want to move.So you stay in the same place.
But there is one simple way out of that rut.And you can start today.
In this episode, I walk you through one practical step that helps you break out of that heavy, stagnant feeling.
If you feel tired, unmotivated, or mentally stuck, this will help you take that first step out.
Stay Rooted!

55 | Why You Keep Feeling Resentful — And How Your Lack of Boundaries Is Keeping You From God's Call on Your Life

I'll be honest with you...
My lack of boundaries is something that has kept me up at night, and I'm still very much in the middle of this journey. 
But I couldn't not talk about this. 
When we don't have healthy boundaries in place, it doesn't just exhaust us. It doesn't just build resentment in relationships we actually care about. 
It can keep us from the very thing God is calling us to do,
the very life He's calling us to live. 
In this episode, we're going to get real about why saying no can feel so impossible, what's actually driving it, and what it's costing us when we keep saying yes out of fear instead of out of genuine love and obedience. 
If you've been feeling stuck, drained, or bitter and you can't quite put your finger on why, this might be it. 
If you've ever wondered whether your constant yes to everyone around you is somehow connected to your walk with God, pull up a chair. 
Let's talk about it.

54 | How Your Daily Habits Reveal What You Actually Believe

You say you trust God.You say you believe prayer matters.You say your identity is in Christ.
But what do your daily habits reveal?
In this episode, we break down the connection between your habits and your beliefs. Your routines expose what you actually believe. If prayer is inconsistent, that may reveal a lack of faith. If you overwork and overcommit, that may reveal a belief that your value depends on performance. 
When your habits and your beliefs are disconnected, you feel tension. You feel exhausted. You feel behind. But when your beliefs shift at the heart level, your habits begin to follow naturally.
If you want true Christian confidence, you must examine what your life is currently proving you believe.
Your habits tell the truth.
Gob Bless!

53 | One Clear Sign You Are Not Aligned With Your Identity in Christ

Are you truly aligned with your God given identity, or have you grown comfortable in patterns that are slowly pulling you out of alignment?
This episode will help you examine where you may be coasting instead of growing, staying silent instead of speaking truth, or choosing ease over faithfulness. Alignment is not about becoming someone new. It is about returning to who you were created to be.
This conversation will challenge you to realign your life with God’s design and measure your growth not by how safe you feel, but by how faithful you are becoming.
 
God Bless!