Time to Pivot

I was reminded recently of the inspiring story of Corrie Ten Boom and her sister, Betsie, who were kept in Cellblock 28 in a Nazi concentration camp in 1944 and found a way to hold “illegal” worship services there. While their circumstances were unimaginable they thanked God, and what Corrie learned upon her release will shock you.

Romans 8:28 “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.”

Highlights:

(04:27) - The story that changed how I se...

Kendra Cooke is a TEDx speaker, bestselling author, and empowerment coach with over 30 years as a high-level real estate professional. She’s brilliant, fun, and Southern, so her accent feels like home! After meeting recently at the ALIGN conference, I knew I needed to share her story with you.

Kendra exemplifies the saying, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person.” Known for her discipline, attention to detail, and structured approach, she brings a level of precision and energy that inspires others to take action. Her message resonates with anyone ready to elevate their game...

What if you know you’re called to something, but the path there doesn’t look the way you expected?

I’m sharing what the ALIGN Conference stirred up for me this January, what it felt like to finally see a long held vision come to life, and why surrendering control was the real work all along.

I talk about faith, endurance, pivots, and the quiet seasons that prepare you for the big moments you prayed for.

If you’re holding a vision that feels delayed, or you’re wondering why things aren’t moving fas...

Inspired by Terri Savelle Foy’s take on the meaning of John 10:10 “The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life,and have it to the full.”

She talks about how Satan’s plan of attack is to Steal your focus, Kill your dream, Destroy your faith.

Most often he comes DISGUISED! He’s a sneaky, manipulative snake, who plants seeds of doubt, shame, deception, dishonor, rejection, disrespect, impure thoughts, and distraction inside of us.

Despite this, I’m sharing how to reclaim what God has give...

We finally made it through a year of loss, grief, pain, and struggle in 2025, but through it all God continued to send us blessings that became easier to recognize as we chose to lean into His plan over ours.

Between “no timeline” discoveries in Bible study, an overwhelming urge to “Call Pam” and obey, choosing a word of the year (or maybe it chose me!), and God doubling down on obvious signs that I’m on the right path to His ultimate plan, I’m feeling encouraged as 2026 begins.

All the pressure we put on ourselves to...

We’ve made it to 2026 and I’m kicking off the new year with Brooke Hemingway, the heart behind the Align conference, where I’ll have the honor of speaking on multiple stages in San Diego January 22nd-25th, along with featuring my book I’VE GOT YOU, GIRLFRIEND! in her Author’s Corner. (Link below to join us and my personal discount code!)

On this episode we talk about why “alignment” is not a fleeting idea, it’s an intentional decision, and how to spot the difference between normal growth resistance and the kind you create when you’re out...

We’ve made it to 2026 and I’m kicking off the new year with Brooke Hemingway, the heart behind the Align conference, where I’ll have the honor of speaking on multiple stages in San Diego January 22nd-25th, along with featuring my book I’VE GOT YOU, GIRLFRIEND! in her Author’s Corner. (Link below to join us and my personal discount code!)

On this episode we talk about why “alignment” is not a fleeting idea, it’s an intentional decision, and how to spot the difference between normal growth resistance and the kind you create when you’re out...

Did you know the Bible tells us to ask for what we want 33 times?

In this episode I’m diving into Matthew 7:7 in particular which says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

As we finish the year strong and move into a new one, I invite you to ask God for what you desire and trust that He will work all things together for good.

Remember, you are not alone. Reach out if you need extra support. I’d...

If you have felt like 2025 was not at all what you expected, then this episode is for you!

After a series of unfortunate events in January occurred I wondered if my big plans would ever come to fruition. This year has been a much different experience than I anticipated. It’s been a time of slowing down, focusing on my family, giving thanks for the love and support of our community despite the horrific fires that destroyed so much, and doing more inner work in the last 10 months than my whole life. And what I...

Timothy, a longtime storyteller, is driven by his Christ-centered calling to build a more compassionate world—one word at a time. His book, The Night Before PAWmas, I had the privilege of working on to get it published with Landon Hail Press, invites readers to see the world through a lens of compassion, encouraging all of us to add kindness to the way we think, speak, and act. He hopes this story becomes a cherished tradition that spreads joy and reminds us to sparkle with kindness.

On this episode and at the end of his book he in...

Breathing seems simple enough, right? It’s something our body does automatically and rarely do we need to even think about it. But what happens when we practice conscious “box breathing,” also known as tactical or navy seal breathing, in times of stress, frustration, or panic?

This technique can help slow a racing mind, calm our nervous system, soothe pain, and sharpen mental focus. 

There are several benefits of box breathing. It reduces stress and anxiety, improves focus and concentration, lowers our heart rate and blood pressure, and enhances mental clarity and alertness.

It’s be...

With a teenager and a preteen now, plus the aftermath of the Palisades fires in January, I’m finding that staying positive is imperative! 

Focusing on what we say and keeping it intentionally favorable and encouraging, despite the stress that may be swirling in our minds like a real-life tornado, can be the difference in a hopeful future or a tragic disappointment. If we want our circumstances to change for the better, we must first speak words of goodness that will impact what’s to come. 

Highlights:

(01:25)  Why our...

With a teenager and a preteen now, plus the aftermath of the Palisades fires in January, I’m finding that staying positive is imperative! 

Focusing on what we say and keeping it intentionally favorable and encouraging, despite the stress that may be swirling in our minds like a real-life tornado, can be the difference in a hopeful future or a tragic disappointment. If we want our circumstances to change for the better, we must first speak words of goodness that will impact what’s to come. 

Highli...

Let’s do a check-in! How are those goals coming along as 2025 is nearing the end? 

If you’re anything like me, who encountered a massively unexpected, life-changing event in January with the Palisades fires, you may be feeling like 2025 will come and go with none of your goals achieved. Or maybe you didn’t have a major incident occur, but you still feel like you’re no closer to your big or small goals you set than you were the week you dreamed them up. 

Regardless of where you are on your journ...

As if overcoming fear doesn’t seem challenging enough, you might be thinking that doing it with confidence is impossible!

Trust me, I’m leaning on the principles I’m sharing in this episode daily to find the courage to keep moving forward after several months of uncertainty. 

Life goes on and we do not want to let fear stop us from enjoying it and learning all the lessons it offers. Let’s press on together, my friend! 

Highlights:

(06:24) NOT a fan...

As if overcoming fear doesn’t seem challenging enough, you might be thinking that doing it with confidence is impossible!

Trust me, I’m leaning on the principles I’m sharing in this episode daily to find the courage to keep moving forward after several months of uncertainty. 

Life goes on and we do not want to let fear stop us from enjoying it and learning all the lessons it offers. Let’s press on together, my friend! 

Highlights...

I’ve always been one to compartmentalize when I feel overwhelmed, but my therapist (yep, that’s a new thing) introduced me to a different concept that feels a bit healthier. It’s a more intentional practice that’s healing in so many ways. 

Turns out, this therapy thing is actually working, and I’m loving the peace that’s coming from it. I hope it’s helpful for you too. 

Highlights:

01:03 – Compartmentalize to keep moving

05:20 – Returning home with mom for the first time

10:59 – The idea o...

I recorded this emotional episode a day after learning that the incomparable, faith-fueled, spicy Latina, tell-it-like-it-is, wildly supportive, genuinely kind and passionate prayer warrior, former Marine, neuroscience-loving powerhouse speaker, coach, podcaster, bestselling author, and my friend, Rachel Luna, passed away on August 4th, 2025. 

To say Rachel has overcome some obstacles is an understatement. Despite the passing of both her parents from AIDS, battling an eating disorder and addictions, and beating triple negative breast cancer TWICE, she continued her commitment to serve others, bare her soul in hopes of helping us grow, and give all t...

Continuing the conversation from last episode with interrupting our negative thoughts, let’s talk about how we can stop that habit and create new ones that serve us better! 

Staying positive, while still living in reality where negative things are happening a lot for us lately, I’m focusing on being more intentional with my habits. That’s not always easy and certainly takes some effort, but it’s proving to be the very thing that’s keeping me going. 

If you’re in a season of struggle, pain, loss, or indecision, I’m sending pr...

Inspired by a recent Mel Robbins podcast episode, where she talked about breaking the habit of immediately letting our negative thoughts spiral. I’ve definitely been practicing this concept for the last several months!

Being aware of how our brain works, forming habits we don’t even mean to create, is the first step in breaking them by interrupting the negativity and being intentional in our next thoughts! 

What thought patterns might you need to interrupt and reframe more positively? 

Highlights:

(01:49) Six long m...

From “Why not me?” to “I need therapy!” With a third trip to urgent care and a potential cancer scare recently, it was time to call in extra support. 

While I’ve learned many strategies for dealing with anxiety-riddled situations in the past, I found a therapist who’s helping me cope now and I highly recommend it. 

Highlights:

(01:48) Six months since the fires

(04:00) A long road ahead

(12:57) Immediate relief from talk therapy

(14:56) An Ultrasound? Okaaay

(35:12) Taking small steps (but not in socks on hardwood floors! IYKYK...

Uncertain about a new opportunity or feel like you’re meant for more, but not sure you are the one to pursue it? Been there! 

Instead of questioning “why me” and getting stuck in the how, it’s time to ask yourself, “why not me?”

I’m sharing some inspo from a recent coaching call I did with a new author and some of my own hangups I had to push past when I started my business nine years ago. We’re going back to the 3 steps that help me confidently pivot through uncertainty, and I know you can do...

Katherine Rose Woller is a marketing strategist turned bestselling author. From art gallerina to ski industry professional, to marketing executive, and now author, Woller has forever focused on the unifying power of storytelling.

In her debut memoir, Calling It Off: Memoir of an Almost Bride, Woller – an “almost bride” herself – uses her hard-fought growth, honest reflection, and ultimately flawed human experience to highlight the realities of what it’s like to not just call off a wedding, but to choose yourself when you’ve reached a daunting crossroads. 

By sharing her transformative journey throu...

If ever you’re dealing with a difficult or challenging situation and need the motivation to get through it, this episode is for you! 

With the recent Palisades fires and all that has followed in the aftermath for our family and community, I’m reflecting on how I’ve overcome stressful trials in the past, which is often only 1% of effort at a time. 

A quick Google search of the word resilience suggests it’s “the capacity to withstand or to recover quickly from difficulties.” In those tough moments, 1% may be all we’re capable of committing to...

Living on a mental and physical high these days after giving a talk for an awesome women’s group and receiving some exciting news from my physical therapist! 

I’m sharing how I’m getting my mojo back despite these crazy last few months, post Palisades fires and a major physical setback.  

If you’re going through the metaphorical fire right now, just know there is hope for goodness ahead and an opportunity to come out stronger and with a new, reinvented version of yourself that’s meant for so many blessings! 

Highlights:

(03:32) E...

When life gets tough, how do you feel like you handle it? Do you go with the flow, pivot with confidence, and stay flexible? Or maybe it’s just the opposite? Resist change, stay stuck, or breakdown? 

While spending way too much time recently commuting on the 405 freeway and learning the side streets in our new neighborhood (post Palisades fire relocations), I noticed something interesting about Google Maps. More specifically, my focus is on the calm, cool nature of Boss Lady Betty, who navigates our drive in my car. “She” has some qualities I’d like to possess...

WOW! We’ve made it to 100 episodes of this podcast and I couldn’t have done that without you! In honor of this exciting milestone, I’m acknowledging and celebrating YOU and your many pivots, both personally and professionally. 

Whether big or small, learning to pivot is an art and can be the difference in staying stuck and stressed or living the life that’s meant for us. Having this platform to share our experiences as we strive to embrace change and pivot with confidence has been such a gift. 

Thank you for joining me week after...

After decision fatigue hit hard (more on that in the last episode) I knew I would have to capitalize on my small, but still noteworthy, quick bursts of energy. 

Ever feel exhausted and a moment of creativity or inspiration surprises you, and then you let it pass? After hitting a major wall since our home and community were devastated by the Palisades fire, I didn’t think I could make one more meaningful decision. I kept letting momentary glimpses of an idea or a quick surge of motivation fizzle out, which only caused me to stay stuck phy...

The weight of our situation finally caught up with me and I’m sharing 3 things that are helping me get through it. 

I realized after the adrenaline wore off, post Palisades fire evacuation, broken ankle, and a surprise remediation of our temporary home, that my brain had hit a wall. The thought of making one more decision caused me to break, and it just so happened to fall on my birthday. 

On this episode I’m talking about the importance of calling it what it is (decision fatigue), focusing on the positive result...

It’s not so easy to embrace the tough stuff and keep moving forward with confidence and positivity, but small commitments can be a game-changer for your health and well-being. 

With all the craziness and uncertainty life has brought us in the first month of 2025, I’m learning a lot about myself and how I operate when faced with major challenges. For example, I know that committing to appointments, not skipping or cancelling them, making plans in advance, and showing up has kept me going when I’d rather stay in bed and in denial. 

Let’s ta...

How can we positively shift our thinking in the midst of a necessary pivot, when fear, stress and uncertainty might be outweighing our confidence? 

These last two months of 2025 have brought more life-changing events than I expected in the whole year! While it’s easy to go to the sad or broken-hearted place and stay in bed for days at a time, that won’t serve me well for long. 

Instead, I’m choosing to look at a home and city on fire, a broken ankle, and a delayed temporary housing situation as new opportunities I wouldn...

Stringing the letters E-N-D-U-R-A-N-C-E onto a bracelet as my word of the year the night before the Palisades fire that destroyed our home and city, I couldn’t have imagined how much I’d need it. 

And if a devastating fire wasn’t enough, a couple weeks later I fell in our temporary home and broke my ankle. Amazing timing, huh? 

You can’t make this stuff up, so that must mean there’s a reason for it. 

Highlights:

(02:36) Gotta have faith

(05:53) Colossians 1:11…it’s a sign

On January 7, 2025 our lives were changed in an instant. The Palisades wildfires that started above our home in the Highlands spread rapidly, burning nearly everything in our entire city. 

Despite a frantic evacuation with a couple of bulldogs, a terrifying scene of raging flames and smoke-filled skies that surrounded us on a gridlocked street, panicked drivers abandoning their cars as hot embers fell all around, a lot of anxious prayers, a surprise car companion, and the devastation that unfolded over the next few days, I’m counting my blessings. 

I’m in awe of the commun...

When tragedy strikes, or maybe just everyday anxiety, let’s start adding positive thoughts to our “what if” questions and watch the blessings flow in.

I keep hearing Alanis Morissette's “Ironic” playing in my 90’s kid head when I think about the irony of the last two podcast episodes I recorded before the tragic Palisades wildfires burned our home and left our city in ruins. Did I seriously record an episode about “GO Time!” and now one about remaining optimistic when hit with unimaginable, life-changing loss? 

I can’t help but reflect on my last-minute word-of-the-year th...

Inspired by Genesis 12:1 The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” I’m focused on the order of the words. 

God said, GO! And I’ll show you the way. NOT, I’ll show you the way and then you can go. 

We may not know what’s ahead (That couldn’t be truer as my home has been a part of the devastating Palisades fire that has decimated our neighborhood since recording this episode…more...

Instead of thinking you didn’t accomplish ALL of your big to-do list by the end of December, consider that you are actually ahead of your goals for next year! 

On this episode I’m discussing how you may not have completed some things you set out to do this year, but you set in motion what you’d like to focus on next. Completion of goals can sometimes feel anticlimactic, so enjoy the journey, and reflect on how far you’ve come with lessons learned and mini-wins along the way, getting you closer to the outcomes and impac...

At  just 19 years old, Madison Stearman turned many years of struggle into a powerful message of hopefulness for everyone with her book There’s Beauty in the Breakdown: Poems for the Healing Heart. 

She has worn many hats from acting, modeling, nannying, and now releasing her first ever book of sacred poems that are near and dear to her heart. Madison's mission as a youth mental health advocate is to share her own personal experiences of struggle and success, by reassuring you that you’re never alone. 

It was a joy to work wi...

With a surprise turn of events on a Sunday afternoon after I felt God working on my heart, I suddenly was asked to stand in for a friend and lead a Pilates class!

Am I experienced enough or qualified to do that? Questionable. However, the inspiration to use our God-given Spiritual Gifts from Amy Pendergraft in her sermon that morning, coupled with hearing a recent inspirational acronym P.O.O.R. (Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly), I knew the only answer was YES. 

Is God working on your heart by asking you to use your gifts, e...

In her fifties, Jamie Estelle Roth and her family noticed distressing signs of her losing her vision. At the same time, her calling came into focus and a deep spiritual awakening began.

I had the honor of being Jamie’s publishing and book launch coach of her multi #1 bestselling book, Should’ve Seen That Coming!, which details her transformational journey and chosen path of acceptance, surrender, and resilience in the face of adversity. 

She now shares her message across the world and guides others to find their purpose in times of tragedy. 

H...

If you’ve ever been riding the high of an experience, event, or opportunity and you’re concerned that energy will fizzle, this is your reminder to maintain the momentum! 

I had an amazing weekend in San Diego with the LEADR team at our Modern Thought Leader Summit for speakers and coaches. It was better than I could’ve imagined and I’m sharing it with you!

Lots of biz strategy, speaking success, and I caved and started posting on TikTok (find the link below).

Highlights:

(02:39) Inspired by Taylor Conroy

(10:41...