Tea Of Life Podcast

Healthy boundaries produce freedom and are something that everyone needs to practice on a regular basis, but before setting boundaries, you must first learn and decide for yourself what you want your boundaries to look like. What you have experienced in your past, where you find yourself in your present, and your hopes and dreams for your future will determine what boundaries you need to set in place for yourself. Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.    

  Amanda White shares her story of motherhood and leading her kids to the Lord. This led to her writing the e-book Truth in the Tinsel and Sense of the Resurrection.  Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.    

Alexandra Kuykendall is a wife and mom of 4, an author, blogger, and Podcaster. She was also on staff with MOPS International for nearly ten years and is a trusted voice in mothering circles. Not only was she kind enough to join us today and share her author's insight into her book Loving My Actual life: Relishing what's right in front of you; she also gave us a little preview of her upcoming 4th book which is due out early 2019! Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.  

Today we talk about a joy robber to cultivating a passion--DEBT! Finances can be a huge factor in pursuing your passions. Actually, we not only talk about how to budget for your passion whether you are debt free or not but also why it is important to cultivate your passion whether you are in debt or not. Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.  

When do you know that it's time to cultivate a passion? When can an interest morph into a passion? There is a lot of similarities between cultivating a garden and cultivating a passion. Or so it seems. I have killed more plants than I care to share, but as for cultivating a passion, I've learned a thing or two. Join the conversation today as we talk about when to cultivate a passion. Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.        

This week we review Loving My Actual Life, An Experiment in Relishing What's Right In Front of Me by Alexandra Kuykendall. This book struck us both totally different. April's Take: "My spirit totally resonated with this book. This book was showing me how I could take the ordinary and make it extraordinary. She shared the monthly challenges she did and questions and reflections. I felt like it was giving an order to my chaos." Tiffany's Take: "meh." Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.  

Tiffany and April talk today about trusting God for His provisions, transitioning into the New Year and Season 2, and fighting the Imposter Syndrome. Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.  

Today's episode is about Christmas and Ending the Year Well. This is our last episode of our 1st Season of Podcasting in 2017! We will be back mid-January 2018 with Season 2.  Topics include:  What do you give the person who has everything? Christmas parties and Dirty Santa gifts Eggnog. Do you like it? When to start the Christmas Season How to do Christmas well Ending the year well  So my question to you, dear listener/reader is: How is this year shaping up for you? Did you start out with goals? Which ones did you meet? For those that were not met, do you want to keep them for 2018 or tweak them? Because the bottom line is... it's YOUR YEAR! You can do it! Own it! Share it! Enjoy the rest of it and have a MERRY CHRISTMAS!    

Karen holds a masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy with a specialization in Trauma Recovery from Richmont Graduate University. She’s been in Full-Time ministry, pastoral counseling for the last 16 years. She now lives in Nicaragua with a dream to start a Trauma Recovery Training Center. Her goal is to "train those who can train others to equip professionals and pastors to help individuals heal from traumatic events in their lives. We envision having training centers at strategic locations throughout Nicaragua that will allow all those gifted and willing to learn the appropriate skills to help victims of trauma heal and thrive." Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.   

When pursuing passions doesn't pan out as quickly as you'd hoped it would, what do you do? You keep going! In this episode,  my friend Allison Mackey shares encouragement, advice, and tips on how to preserve in pursuing a passion for writing amongst rejection letter after rejection letter. Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.  

In this episode, we chat with Tiffany's niece, Shelley, about areas of interests turning into passions. Her heart for dance stemmed from early childhood but flourished in college. It was in college while taking a required Psychology class that a budding passion for Psychology career grew. All this alongside a heart to serve God through Missions.   Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.  

Do you struggle with setting and accomplishing goals? Do you get stuck feeling like there is so much to do and you don't know where to start-- so you just don't do anything? Today's guest has been instrumental in helping me face my fears of setting goals. Often, I would set a goal but would lack follow through. But by listening to Dr. Shannon's Podcast and working through her class, I've gained hope in this area and I am seeing results.  Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.    

Worship music is not a career choice, it’s a calling, and it’s one that Worship Artist, Shelly Johnson, has embraced with joyful surrender. Shelly has just completed her first Christmas album, Christmas Is Beautiful. She is well-known for writing the powerful worship anthem “Power of the Cross”, which has been recorded by Natalie Grant, Steve Green and is being used in churches worldwide, Shelly has served as worship leader alongside Beth Moore, Tony Nolan, Andy Stanley, and toured North America with renowned Irish Hymn-writers Keith & Kristyn Getty.  Shelly has just completed her first Christmas album, Christmas Is Beautiful,

Today, we chat with Mary Miller. She's a young entrepreneur who turned her hobby and passion for lettering into a "hand lettering and calligraphy business focused on the wedding industry, events, and custom digital pieces." Mary's story is one of hope and determination towards pursuing your passion. After a sledding accident in college left her paralyzed and having to relearn all activities of daily living-- even lettering-- she never gave up hope. Her positive attitude and bubbly personality are inspiring.    Shelly has just completed her first Christmas album, Christmas Is Beautiful,

Today's episode is more of a topical discussion on Narcissism; personality traits of the disorder as well as references found in the character of Emily Gilmore from the TV show Gilmore Girls. I think we just wanted an excuse to binge-watch the show for research. ;) Disclaimer: we are NOT psychologists nor any other type of doctor who would make such a diagnosis. We just simply share what's on our hearts, but as the old anonymous quote goes, "Enough about me, let's talk about you. What do you think about me?" Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.

Weston Slaton is a talented actor and very funny, Working for Northpoint Ministries, Weston plays the character "Gordo" in the monthly KidStuf show. He also acts in local musical groups such as the Metropolitan Atlanta Theater.  Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.   

Have you ever thought to yourself, "If not now, when?" or "Why not now?" Today's episode is about just that. Carolyn Penner seized an opportunity to explore her passion for theatrical performance while taking a year off from her "real world job" to travel with "Up With People."    Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links. 

In this episode, we talk about exploring passions. Taking interests we have one step further to see if that develops into a passion. Whether you already have an existing passion for something or just a small, budding amount of interest in it,  explore it. You might be surprised by the outcome.   Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links. 

For this episode, we did kind of a play on "Turning 21 rite of passage” and what this represents for us. Moving from baby steps of podcasting to cutting teeth on some interviews and then now, (episode) age 21, we have some knowledge under our belt to look forward to adulthood! Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links. 

Summertime is winding down here in the South and we are gearing up for Back to School. This is the perfect time not only to check off that last minute summer to do list item but also be mindful of how you want this school year to go. Visit our website at teaoflifepodcast.com for show notes and links.