The Vibrant Living Podcast
The Vibrant Living PodcastProphetic teachings and Spirit-led conversations that challenge small thinking, awaken identity, and activate the calling Heaven already declared over your life.Hosted by Donna Tashjian, Destiny Activator and founder of Vibrant Living International. Bold, faith-rooted teachings and conversations with guests who live and lead from divine alignment.For faith-driven leaders and hidden leaders who sense there is more, refuse to build from pressure, and are ready to lead from peace, clarity, and spiritual authority.
Episode 207- When Your Heart Remembers How to Sing
There are seasons when you show up. You lead. You carry responsibility. You stay dependable. From the outside, everything looks steady. But somewhere along the way, something in you went quiet. Earlier this year, after weeks of brutal cold, I stepped outside and heard the birds singing. I realized I hadn’t heard that sound all winter. They had been there the whole time, faithful and present. But the song had been silent. And I hadn’t even noticed it was missing. In this episode, we talk about the difference between true peace and spiritual numbness, and what it actually mean...
Episode 206 - Spiritual… According to Which Kingdom? | Lies We Believe Series
What does it really mean to be “spiritual”?
In today’s culture, spirituality can mean meditation, manifestation, energy work, mindfulness, or simply being open and expansive. But not everything labeled spiritual comes from the same source. In this episode of The Vibrant Living Podcast, I continue the Lies We Believe series by exploring a foundational truth: there are not infinite spiritual paths. There are two kingdoms. The Kingdom of Light operates through a relationship with God, surrender, and divine authority. The counterfeit kingdom imitates what God created but operates through technique, control, and human will as ultimate authority. This c...
Episode 205-Stronger After 40: Protect Your Bones, Fix Your Posture, and Move Without Pain with Cynthia Croissant
In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with certified personal trainer and posture and mobility specialist Cynthia Croissant to talk about what fitness really looks like in midlife.
If you’ve ever thought:👉 “Exercise just causes me pain.”👉 “Why am I not getting results even though I’m trying?”👉 “I can’t do what those 20-year-olds on Instagram are doing…”This conversation is for you. Cynthia shares how her mother’s health journey and her own diagnosis of osteopenia led her to make different choices. Instead of following mainstream workout programs designed for young bodies, she learned how t...
Episode 204 - The Question Behind the Question: Messenger vs Manager
There’s a question underneath all the questions you’ve been asking. It’s not about strategy.
It’s not about what’s next.
And it’s not about trying harder.
 It sounds more like:
Why can’t I shake this?
Why does this keep returning?
Why does something in me feel stirred, but unfinished?
In this episode, I explore what I call the “operating system shift” from manager to messenger. Many faith-driven leaders have unknowingly inherited a leadership model built on managing outcomes, carrying pressure, and holding everything together. It feels responsibl...
Episode 203-From Broken to Beautiful, Trusting God in Uncertain Seasons with Jesikah Wells
What do you do when life no longer looks like the plan you carefully built?In this heartfelt episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with Jesikah Wells, host of the Broken to Beautiful Podcast, for a gentle, Spirit-led conversation about trust, grace, and allowing God to lead in seasons of transition. Jesikah shares from her own unfolding journey as a mother, podcaster, and woman of faith who is learning how to release control, quiet shame, and lean into God’s guidance one step at a time. Together, Jesikah and I explore what it means to live present, gi...
Episode 202 - The Gap Between Knowing and Being, Why Your Breakthrough Didn’t Stick
You had the breakthrough.
You felt the shift.
You left that moment with God absolutely certain this time would be different.And then a few weeks later, you realize you’re right back in the same pattern. In this episode, I unpack why revelation alone doesn’t create lasting transformation. The problem isn’t your discipline. It isn’t weak faith. And it isn’t that you didn’t want it badly enough. The real issue is the belief running underneath the breakthrough. You can know the truth and still operate from the lie. Because knowing what is true and bei...
Episode 201-Awareness to Empowerment: Anne Plaisance on Art, Domestic Violence, and Reclaiming Your Voice
Internationally renowned painter Anne Plaisance joins me for a powerful and honest conversation about art, domestic violence, manipulation tactics, and reclaiming your voice.Anne has exhibited in over 100 shows worldwide. Her work has been featured in The Boston Globe, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle Decoration, and Artscope. She has received distinctions and grants from the Cambridge Arts Council and Massachusetts Cultural Council, and her work is collected internationally in London, Milan, Paris, Warsaw, Dubai, Kyoto, and Boston. But this conversation is not about prestige. It is about awareness. What began as a desire to build a tiny house for the homeless be...
Episode 200-You Can’t Heal Behaviors Without Healing Beliefs
You can change habits.
You can set boundaries.
You can implement better systems. But if the belief underneath hasn’t shifted, the pattern will return. In this episode of The Vibrant Living Podcast, I unpack why so many strong, capable leaders stay stuck in cycles of exhaustion, overworking, people-pleasing, or performance, even after doing “all the right things. ”This is not a strategy problem. It’s a belief problem.
Inside this episode:
• The hidden reason exhaustion keeps resurfacing
• Why coping is not the same as freedom
• How beliefs about worth, rest, and belonging...
Episode #199 - What’s Your Operating System?
Most people assume the exhaustion they feel is just part of leadership, responsibility, or success. But what if it isn’t? In this episode, I invite you into a quiet, discerning conversation about the operating system you’re actually living from. Not the one you believe in theory, but the one that shows up when pressure hits, decisions pile up, and rest always feels postponed. I share a personal moment when I recognized my own hidden operating system, shaped in rooms where I felt I had to earn my seat, and the biblical insight that reframed everything. Drawing from Exodus 17, I un...
Episode 198 - The Rooms You Stopped Opening
There are places in our hearts we stop opening.
Not because we gave up.
Not because we lost faith.
But because hoping started to hurt.In this episode, we talk about the quiet adjustments leaders make when disappointment lingers.
The dreams we stop mentioning.
The prayers that get smaller and safer.
The rooms inside us, we learn to walk past without even realizing it. These moments aren’t dramatic.
They’re subtle.
And often invisible to everyone else.But not to God. In this conversation, we explore what happens when God gently invi...
Episode 197-Menopause, Confidence, and Learning to Trust Your Body Again with Kimberly McDonough
Midlife does not have to mean losing yourself. In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, IÂ welcome health and wellness coach Kimberly McDonough for a rich conversation about menopause, confidence, and rebuilding trust with your body in midlife. Kimberly shares her personal story, including her background in nutrition, her journey through disordered eating, and how God reshaped her understanding of health, worth, and stewardship. Together, we talk about the realities women face during hormonal changes, the impact of culture and comparison, and why menopause can become a season of clarity and renewed vitality instead of frustration. This episode offers b...
Episode 196 - When Life Didn't Follow the Plan: What God is Doing Seasons You Didn't Expect
You had a plan. You prayed about it, believed God was in it, and then life took a turn you didn't choose. The door closed. The timeline stretched. The opportunity didn't come. Now you're somewhere you never planned to be, and the questions won't stop: Did I miss it? Did I hear God wrong? In this episode, I'm exploring what happens in the season you didn't expect and didn't choose.
In this episode, you'll discover:
Why closed doors might be protection, not punishmentWhat Abraham's 25-year wait teaches us about promise and formationHow identity...
Episode 195-Is It Wrong to Be Disappointed with God? And What Happens When We Go Silent
Is It Wrong to Be Disappointed with God?
Have you ever felt disappointed with God, but weren’t sure you were allowed to admit it? In this episode, I create space for an honest conversation that many faithful leaders carry quietly. Not because they stopped loving God, but because disappointment made honesty feel unsafe. Drawing from the parable of the prodigal son, I explore the two forms of silence that distance us from intimacy with God. One that leaves, and one that stays, but refuses joy.
In this episode, you’ll hear:Why disa...
Episode 194 – Healing After Heartbreak and the Journey of Becoming with April Nowlin
Some seasons change you forever.
Not because they were easy,
but because they forced you to surrender.
On this episode of The Vibrant Living Podcast, I welcome back my dear friend April Nowlin for a heartfelt conversation about heartbreak, identity, surrender, and becoming who God is calling you to be. April opens up about walking through multiple divorces, the shame and pain that followed, and the moment she reached rock bottom and finally placed her life fully in God’s hands. What emerged from that season was healing, clarity, and a calling she never planned, helping ot...
Episode 193 - What Do You Do When Life Didn't Go the Way You Prayed?
What do you do when you prayed, believed, and showed up faithfully…
and life still didn’t unfold the way you hoped?In this episode, I speak to the quiet disappointment many leaders carry but rarely say out loud. Not rebellion. Not unbelief. Just the ache that forms when expectations don’t land, and faith begins to feel heavier than it used to.
This conversation explores:
• Why disappointment with God often goes unspoken, especially for leaders
• The silent shift that happens when trust and intimacy feel strained
• What Abraham’s 25-year wait reveals about vision b...
Episode 192-From Cancer Survivor to Messenger of Hope: Zoraida Morales’ Journey of Thriving by Design
What happens when life throws you a diagnosis that changes everything?
In this powerful episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with Zoraida Morales, a woman who turned 13 years of chemotherapy into a mission of transformation, resilience, and hope. Born in the South Bronx, Zoraida built a career in finance, only to have her world upended by cancer at age 45. But her story didn’t end there; it blossomed into a new calling. Today, as a Certified Transformational Nutrition Coach and Cancer Coach, Zoraida helps survivors, caregivers, and anyone facing chronic illness move from fear to flourishing
Episode 191-The Gift of Saying Yes Again: Stop Negotiating With God’s Whisper
In today’s episode, I get to the heart of a question that has the power to change your entire year:“ What do I need to give myself permission to say yes to?” Most faith driven leaders already sense what God is whispering.
They feel the nudge, the hunger, the pull.
But they haven’t given themselves permission to say yes to what Heaven already affirmed.Inside this conversation, I share:
• Why clarity is rarely the real barrier
• The story Les Brown told that will make you rethink what “readiness” actually means
• How internal resistance delays...
Episode 190-Rising Above Labels: Resilience, Advocacy, and Empowered Living with Mary Elizabeth Jackson
In this inspiring episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with award-winning author and disability advocate Mary Elizabeth Jackson. With over 25 years of experience as a mother of three, including two children on the autism spectrum, Mary brings wisdom, faith, and unshakable resilience to the conversation.
Together we explore:The power of teaching children self-acceptance and resilience.How labels, like autism or trauma, do not define our destiny.Mary’s journey as a certified special needs and disability advocate and Ambassador Advocate for AutismTN.Her children’s book series, Inspired Kids, and why...
Episode 189-Peace Is Power: The Alignment That Changes Everything
What if the peace you’ve been waiting for isn’t something you find… but something you experience when your heart comes back into alignment with God? Most people believe peace shows up when life finally settles down.
But Jesus never tied peace to circumstances.
He tied it to Him.
In today’s episode, we’re talking about a kind of peace the world can’t give and pressure can’t steal.
A peace that governs you, strengthens you, and restores clarity even when the winds are still blowing.
In this episode, you’ll hear:<...
Episode 188-From Struggle to Stability: Unlocking Business Credit with Faith & Strategy
What happens when your dream business begins to crumble under the weight of financial strain? Too often, entrepreneurs are told to risk their homes, drain their personal credit, and shoulder impossible burdens just to keep their vision alive. But what if there was another way to access small business funding? In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with Kobie Wyatt, business strategist and VP of Business Development at TJ Corporate Consultants & Try Turing, whose mission is to help entrepreneurs build strong business credit and achieve lasting financial freedom.
Kobie shares powerful...
Episode 187 -A Baby Bird Breaking Its Shell: A Picture That Changed My Perspective
I had a dream that led to a revelation. When I woke up, I saw a picture in my mind, a baby bird breaking through its shell. And in that moment, everything I thought I understood about struggle, resistance, and why God doesn't always "rescue" us immediately... shifted. In this episode, I'm sharing:The picture God showed me (and why it changes everything)What we misunderstand about His silenceWhy grace and ease don't mean what most people think they meanThe difference between working FOR God and working WITH GodIf you've ever felt like God isn't showing up the way you...
Episode 186 - The “Higher Level, Higher Devil” Lie Exhausting Christian Leaders
Many Christian leaders feel battle-weary because they’ve been taught a lie that sounds spiritual but steals their peace, clarity, and confidence: “Higher level, higher devil.”In this episode, I expose the narrative that keeps brilliant, faith-filled leaders exhausted and reveal what the Bible actually says about victory.
You’ll hear:
• Why this teaching elevates the enemy above God
• The personal story from my ordination year
• What Scripture actually says about living from victory
• The shift that changes everything for leaders
• How to step into authority with peace instead of pressure.
If something...
Episode 185 -Why Your Resolutions Keep Failing: The Alignment Shift You Need for 2026
Today’s conversation is for every woman who’s stepping into 2026 wanting things to be different, but doesn’t want another year of striving, pushing, or burning out by March. If you’re a purpose-driven woman who loves God, loves people, and wants to live aligned with Heaven’s design… this episode is going to speak deeply to you.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
💡 Why most New Year’s resolutions fail by March, and why the problem has nothing to do with discipline.
💡 The real difference between striving and aligning, and how to know which one is...
Episode 184 -A Christmas Garden Encounter with God: Guided Prayer for Identity, Peace, and Receiving His Love
This Christmas, step out of the noise and into a sacred garden, the garden of your own life, where striving ceases and receiving begins. In this special guided Christmas encounter, I lead you through a Holy Spirit–centered visualization designed to help you:Rest in God’s presenceRemember who you are, beloved daughter or sonRelease striving and receive His peaceExperience the security of His coveringFeel the overflow of His provisionEnter the New Year from rest, not rushThis episode is a gentle invitation to breathe again, reconnect with your identity in Christ, and receive the gifts God longs to place in your...
Episode 183-Choosing Joy and Filling Your Buckets: A Conversation with Bethany Stone
On this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I’m joined by the inspiring Bethany Stone, a seasoned Montessori educator, motivational speaker, and mindset coach who helps people unlock their seeds of potential and live with resilience, purpose, and joy. Bethany shares her powerful journey of learning resilience through her son’s health struggles and how she discovered the importance of choosing happiness daily. From her unique “Five Buckets of Self-Care” framework to the lessons of gratitude she’s carried into her coaching, Bethany equips us with practical tools to shift from the vicious cycle of negativity into a virtuous cycle of j...
Episode 182 - Your Imagination Is Your Future Coming Attractions
What if the breakthrough you’re praying for doesn’t begin with your circumstances changing…
But with how you SEE? In today’s episode, I’m guiding you through a powerful, Spirit-led visualization, an encounter designed to help you rise above the noise, breathe again, and see your life the way God sees it. If you’ve been in a “hallway season”…
If you’ve been waiting, wondering, or feeling unsure of what’s next…
If your peace has felt thin and your clarity even thinner…This experience is for you.
Inside this episode, you’ll:
🕊️ S...
Episode 181-Menopause, Identity & Confidence: Redefining This Season with Alyson MacLeod
What if menopause wasn’t something to “power through”… but an invitation to rediscover who you really are? In this eye-opening episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with certified health coach and international bestselling author Alyson MacLeod to uncover the misunderstood world of menopause. With warmth, wisdom, and a little humor, Alyson shares her personal story of being thrown into early menopause at 43, gaining weight seemingly overnight, and losing her sense of identity, only to emerge with a new mission to help other women thrive, not just survive, this season.
You’ll learn:
✔️ Why menopause impa...
Episode 180-Rise Above the Noise: A Guided Encounter to See Your Life Through God’s Eyes
In today’s episode, I’m inviting you into something deeper than teaching…
This is a guided encounter designed to lift you out of the noise, the pressure, and the ground-level view of your circumstances. If you’ve been feeling like you’re in a hallway, in between seasons, or unable to see clearly what God is doing, this experience is for you.
 Through this visualization, you’ll:
✨ Rise above the heaviness and see from His perspective
✨ Step out of striving and into Holy Spirit-led peace
✨ Feel the weight of your circumstances lighten as your view changes
Episode 179 - Hope in the Hallway: What God Is Doing When Nothing Seems to Move
Feeling stuck between what was and what’s next? You’re not losing momentum; you’re in the hallway. And God is still working. In today’s episode, I unpack why the “middle season” is not a delay, but divine preparation. Drawing from Jeremiah 29, Isaiah 43, and Romans 8:28, I reveal what God is forming IN you long before He opens the next door FOR you. Whether you're navigating transition, decision fatigue, or spiritual exhaustion, this message will remind you that your waiting isn’t wasted… and neither are you.
What You’ll Learn in This Episode
Why God gave Jerem...
Episode 178 - When Pressure Isn’t Working: How Peace Multiplies What Hustle Never Could
You’re doing everything right, working hard, staying busy, keeping it all together, yet something still feels off.
You pray for peace but wake up tired. You plan for progress, but keep hitting the same wall. In this episode, I expose the hidden cost of pressure and reveal why hustle, no matter how holy it looks, can’t produce what only peace can. Through honest reflection and Spirit-led strategy, I show how alignment with God’s rhythm multiplies results, restores energy, and breaks the cycle of exhaustion.
You’ll discover how to stop striving and start aligning, because...
Episode 177- Protecting Our Children in a Digital World: A Conversation with Lynda J. Bergh Herring
In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with Lynda J. Bergh Herring, a seasoned private investigator with over 40 years of experience, bestselling author of Your Amazing Itty Bitty Keep Your Children Safe Book, and fierce advocate for protecting children from online predators and human trafficking. Lynda’s journey is anything but ordinary. Once a ballerina, then a law enforcement officer, and now a nationally recognized PI, her story is filled with resilience, faith, and purpose. From her very first case involving the kidnapping and trafficking of a child, Lynda has carried a holy fire to fight fo...
Episode 176-Finding KIND: Faith, Neurodiversity & Hope with Kari Baker
When life doesn’t go as planned, God still writes a beautiful story. Today I’m joined by Kari A. Baker, former financial services executive, now author, speaker, and founder of KIND Families (“Kids with Invisible Neurological Differences”). Kari shares how her son’s autism diagnosis became the doorway to faith, purpose, and a new calling to champion neurodiverse families. You’ll hear practical encouragement, spiritual insight, and a powerful reframe from “fixing” to loving the strengths God placed within our children.
We cover:
Kari’s pivot from a 30-year financial career to founding KIND Families and writing Finding KI...
Episode 175-When Gratitude Isn’t Enough: The Power of Holy Hunger
Have you ever wondered why you can be genuinely thankful and still feel restless inside?
In this episode, I exposes one of the quiet lies that keeps even strong leaders feeling stuck, the idea that gratitude means you shouldn’t want anything more.What if the hunger in your heart isn’t a flaw but a divine signal?
I share how holy hunger, the desire for more of what God has for you, actually multiplies the impact of gratitude instead of competing with it.Through real-life insights and faith-based wisdom, you’ll learn how to stop apologizing for your d...
Episode 174-From Stroke to Strength: How Maria Garcia Found Healing and Food Freedom
At just 25 years old, Maria Garcia’s life changed in an instant. A massive stroke left her paralyzed and unable to speak. Doctors offered little hope, but Maria refused to settle for a lifetime of limitation.Ten years of fighting led to a breakthrough that defied logic and proved that the body longs to heal when given the right support. Today, she guides others from surviving to thriving through her nutrition program and faith-anchored wisdom.You’ll discover how Maria moved from being locked in her body to living vibrantly again, and why your own turnaround may begin with one simp...
Episode 173-From Trauma to Triumph: Hearing God’s Voice with Lorraine Larzabal
What if the very voice that created the heavens and the earth wanted to speak to you, personally, clearly, and today?In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with Lorraine Larzabal: worshiper, entrepreneur, global evangelist, twice cancer-conqueror, and passionate teacher of the Inductive Bible Study Method. For over 30 years, Lorraine has led thousands into their very first encounters of hearing God’s voice for themselves.Her story is one of resilience, prophetic clarity, and undeniable healing. From facing cancer twice to traveling the world with the message of Jesus, Lorraine carries a radiant fire that draws pe...
Episode 172 -From Self-Doubt to Self-Worth: A Journey of Redemption with Endre Hoffmann
What happens when years of striving, broken family patterns, and hidden wounds collide? For Endre Hoffmann, it led to the brink of losing everything: his marriage, his children, and himself. But in the darkest night of the soul, God began to rewrite his story.Known as the Doctor of Self-Worth, Endre shares how decades of rejection and inner turmoil gave way to revelation, healing, and a mission to help others discover their true worth. In this powerful conversation, we talk about:✔️ The dangers of defining yourself by past pain rather than God’s truth.✔️ How rejection and father wounds can shape iden...
Episode 171-From Debt to Multi-Millions: The Power of Faith, Fear, and Taking Bold Steps with Jeanne Omlor
What if your greatest breakthrough came at the very moment life felt impossible?In this episode of the Vibrant Living Podcast, I sit down with Jeanne Omlor, a business strategist, multi-7-figure online business coach, and certified servant leadership executive coach, who knows exactly what it means to rise from rock bottom.At 54, Jeanne was a solo parent, deep in debt, with no assets and no clear way forward. But instead of giving up, she leaned into bold action, organic connection, and a deep conviction that life could look different. Within 17 months, she reached $1M in revenue without ads, and...
Episode 170-You Are Not Your Trauma: Healing, Identity, and Rising Strong with Harriet M. Harris
What if your past didn’t have the power to define your future? In this bold and hope-filled conversation, I sit down with Harriet M. Harris, trauma-informed life and business coach, author, speaker, and founder of You Are Not Your Trauma® Inc. Harriet’s story is a living testimony of how God can take deep pain and transform it into purpose.
Together, we dive into:
✨ Why trauma doesn’t have the final say in your identity.
✨ Harriet’s powerful turning point of laying her pain down at God’s feet.
✨ What it means to walk in peace, jo...
Episode 169-Grounded Luxury & Organic Growth: The New Way to Market with Confidence with Shauna Van Mourik
In this refreshingly real and wisdom-packed episode, I sit down with marketing strategist Shauna Van Mourik, founder of SLA Marketing Confidence, to talk about ditching hustle culture and building a business (and life!) that actually fits who you are.Shauna shares her journey of becoming an entrepreneur while raising three children, her approach to organic marketing rooted in “grounded luxury,” and how she helps women refine their message and magnetize clients without selling their soul.Whether you're a coach, therapist, or leader who’s tired of outdated marketing advice that drains your energy, this episode will help you breathe easier, and be...
Episode 168- From Teen Mom to Creative Healer: Jenny Burba’s Journey from Grief to Grace
In this raw and redemptive episode, I welcome faith-fille,d creative, and grief recovery coach Jenny Burba. From teen motherhood to the heartbreak of miscarriage to widowhood, Jenny has lived through unimaginable loss, but through her faith and creative expression, she found healing and a renewed purpose. Now she’s guiding other women on the journey from grief to grace with her transformational program, Creative Resilience: Healing Your Heart Through Art.
Key Topics Covered:
✔️ Breaking free from the identity labels of teen motherhood
✔️ Healing after miscarriage and loss without shame
✔️ Overcoming religious guilt and learning God does not p...
