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Do you ever feel stuck, emotionally drained, or like you’re constantly striving but never “enough”? You’re in the right place!
Welcome to A HOLY MESS Podcast (ranked in the top 1% globally🎉), a podcast designed for you if you’re ready to break free and heal from self-doubt, burnout, and overgiving—so you can step into confidence, peace, God’s grace and purpose with clarity.
Each week, I share biblical wisdom, mindset shifts, and real conversations to help you:
✨ Overcome self-doubt and fear with faith-based confidence.
✨ Let go of striving and perfectionism and embrace God’s grace.
✨ Set healthy boundaries and stop people-pleasing without guilt.
✨ Heal from burnout, shame, regret, and emotional exhaustion.
✨ Renew your mind with God’s truth and step into your purpose.
There’s no magic wand to find more freedom, but there are practical tools that can help.
Even as Christians who sometimes feel unworthy and shame about our past, anxious about our future, or feel like we are not enough. There is so much more for us! There’s hope, joy, peace, fun, purpose, and a reason that YOU are on this planet.
If you’re ready to rediscover your worth, reconnect with God, and finally feel at peace, you’re in the right place.
We can have fun and laugh while trudging through our messes; this stuff doesn’t need to be dry and boring.
I can’t wait to journey with you.
Your new friend,
Dani
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Episodes
Nov 8, 2021
Nov 8, 2021
23 min
One of the most impactful books of my life! Bessel explains in detail how we hold trauma in our bodies as well. Bessel Van Der Kulk "The Body Keeps The Score"
Also, I once heard an impactful message by Dallas Willard talking about how just like the Trinity-- The Father, Son and Holy Spirit--We are triune beings as well. We are Body, Mind and Spirit. We are spiritual beings, we are mental beings and we have a physical body. But in the West we tend to separate them out. Sometimes we over emphasize one aspect one way or another. I share a story of a time when I had a crazy panic attack when a woman touched my neck in a kind gesture to pray over me, but because of unresolved trauma I went into straight panic attack. I didn't remember the trauma in my neck until that moment when she touched me. PTSD is very real and very difficult to walk through.
Verses mentioned:
"We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ."-2 Corinthians 10:5
"Or do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, forbearance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is intended to lead you to repentance?" - Romans 2:4
Quotes:
- Sometimes Jesus heals us in a moment, but sometimes Jesus uses a lot of little moments to heal us as well.
- If the Trinity confuses you, you are in good company! But the Trinity is absolutely real.
-Awareness helps us find healing.
-Empathy ushers in healing.
-What is repentance? It's just turning to Jesus.
-Is there something in your life that you need to bring a little more compassion to yourself for?
-You have permission to be complex, welcome to being human. And Jesus loves you because He created you that way.
Nov 4, 2021
Nov 4, 2021
11 min
Things are always popping up in life, like playing the game of Whac-A-Mole. We seem to always have issues popping up out of nowhere at times. I share my thoughts about how to deal with things that tend to take up too much of my brain space. Sometimes our thoughts can hold us hostage, and it's really helpful to bring them to the 'light' and share them with someone. Processing out loud can be so helpful! The power of bringing things in to community and friendships can be so powerful.
Quotes:
-"our brains can be like a dark alley at night, don't go in there alone."
-"we don't have to carry this stuff alone and we are meant to do this life together in community."
Inspiring vere:
Psalm 32:3 "when I kept silent my bones wasted away, through my groaning all day long."
Oct 31, 2021
Oct 31, 2021
21 min
Embracing the reality that difficult situations will not set us ablaze. Sometimes it takes some time and distance from certain situations we walk through to realize He was with us and providing for us through it all.
Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."
Oct 31, 2021
Oct 31, 2021
27 min
Life can be so difficult to navigate at times! But sometimes the deepest hope is that we are not alone.
Welcome to A Holy Mess podcast episode 1. We want this to be a place for you to fully embrace your life, struggles and all. And find such deep hope in the process. After going through my own battles addiction and hitting rock bottom, by the Grace of God I was able to come through and find deep meaningful hope, joy and peace in my life. And I know it's out there for you too!
So feel free to join us on this wild ride as we jump into important topics. Today's episode is mostly an overview and a bit of my journey of what led me here. We have some awesome guests planned in future episodes to help you find hope and joy in your life, no matter what you are walking through in your life. You are NOT alone!
Episode Highlights
- What this podcast is going to be all about
- My story
- When I experienced the presence of God
- What I want my podcast to do for you
- How my struggles affected me
- My prayer for you
Check out the full list of Brennan Manning’s books here.
Special shoutout to my friend, Joe, who’s been so supportive of me starting up this podcast. Check out his podcast: Failure To Launch Podcast, with Joe Ramirez
Quotes:
- Hope is learning to live within the struggle
- The sooner we embrace who we are, the sooner we can begin to walk free again
Oct 18, 2021
Oct 18, 2021
6 min
Welcome to A HOLY MESS, a safe place for everyday Christians, who knows there's more for them! If you have been feeling stuck, lost, exhausted, tired or just drowning in a life that seems unfulfilling, broken or like there’s something missing, THIS is the podcast for you. IN this show I am bringing you absolute raw, unfiltered and authentic truth.
Can't wait to journey with you!