Episode 29: Stop Performing, Start Stewarding: Using Your Voice & Influence for Good

I feel like there's like a two-part answer to this.

I think number one, it's truly asking him, show me how you see me.

Because when we know our identities in him, and I grew up in the church and I heard that my entire life, no one actually really walked me through, what does that mean? It was more religion for most of my life than relationship.

And I would say truly the relationship part came into play probably about six years ago, right around when COVID hit.

It was like, okay, Lord, I really want to dive into this thing with you.

What is it? Literally, like, what is it? And then the Holy Spirit really was so present in my life that I realized, not that he wasn't there, just I didn't really step into that up until six years ago.

So it's, Lord, show me how you see me because I know what the world says.

And so on the flip side of that coin, the second part of that answer is it's the performance piece of, and he's still, oh my goodness, still rewriting that for me.

I did a podcast episode on my own podcast earlier this year of the performance rewrite was the phrase that he gave me of you are so like dialed into how you perform equals how much you are worth or how people value you or the validation that comes along with it.

And obviously results can be true.

Just the success that any of us have had in our life.

It's like I perform this way, this way, and it equals this.

But at the same time, nothing matches the favor of what God wants to give you, but he wants to rewire your mind.

So rewiring my mind of it's not how I perform.

Yes, getting into action matters, but it's also he is in charge of the harvest.

It's what he decides, whether it's for our good or for us to learn and who we become.

So that is still and forever will be an ongoing process.

But we actually dive into that a lot about how we steward our mind, our thoughts, our stories inside of my inner circle.

with other faith-led founders, you know, they, even at the seven, eight figure level, like so many women struggle with this, whether you have never started a business before or you're at the eight figure level, this still is a constant struggle, which is just a beautiful invitation of where you can draw closer to with the Lord.

And I think we constantly change.

So when you think, oh, well, I figured myself out.

I figured all those levels out.

It's like, no, actually God has more.

And you still have a whole bunch more to learn about yourself because there's more in there that he is preparing you for.

Oh, yes, for sure.

I feel like there's like a two-part answer to this.

I think number one, it's truly asking him, show me how you see me.

Because when we know our identities in him, and I grew up in the church and I heard that my entire life, no one actually really walked me through, what does that mean? It was more religion for most of my life than relationship.

And I would say truly the relationship part came into play probably about six years ago, right around when COVID hit.

It was like, okay, Lord, I really want to dive into this thing with you.

What is it? Literally, like, what is it? And then the Holy Spirit really was so present in my life that I realized, not that he wasn't there, just I didn't really step into that up until six years ago.

So it's, Lord, show me how you see me because I know what the world says.

And so on the flip side of that coin, the second part of that answer is it's the performance piece of, and he's still, oh my goodness, still rewriting that for me.

I did a podcast episode on my own podcast earlier this year of the performance rewrite was the phrase that he gave me of you are so like dialed into how you perform equals how much you are worth or how people value you or the validation that comes along with it.

And obviously results can be true.

Just the success that any of us have had in our life.

It's like I perform this way, this way, and it equals this.

But at the same time, nothing matches the favor of what God wants to give you, but he wants to rewire your mind.

So rewiring my mind of it's not how I perform.

Yes, getting into action matters, but it's also he is in charge of the harvest.

It's what he decides, whether it's for our good or for us to learn and who we become.

So that is still and forever will be an ongoing process.

But we actually dive into that a lot about how we steward our mind, our thoughts, our stories inside of my inner circle.

with other faith-led founders, you know, they, even at the seven, eight figure level, like so many women struggle with this, whether you have never started a business before or you're at the eight figure level, this still is a constant struggle, which is just a beautiful invitation of where you can draw closer to with the Lord.

And I think we constantly change.

So when you think, oh, well, I figured myself out.

I figured all those levels out.

It's like, no, actually God has more.

And you still have a whole bunch more to learn about yourself because there's more in there that he is preparing you for.

Oh, yes, for sure.