Refreshing The Soul

Are you experiencing a season of change? Whether it is a change in position, location, or something within your soul, changes can be good AND challenging. How do we navigate this season and fully accept the newness that God is bringing us into? In this week’s episode I break down how we can E.M.B.R.A.C.E. this season so that we can fully experience the benefits and lessons that come with following God.

New Year, Same Cycle? We look for approval from others mostly because we haven’t accepted ourselves. This year let's take back the power that we put in others hands to approve us and become settled in our souls in who we are becoming. In this episode, I give you 3 things you can start doing now to disrupt the cycle of people pleasing, not being honest with your true feelings, seeking excessive reassurance, and more! ******************** Need More Refreshing? Connect With Me! FaceBook // RefreshingTheSoul https://www.facebook.com/refreshingthesoul Instagram // Iamshawandawilliams https://www.instagram.com/refreshing_thesoul/ Our Podcast hashtag is #RefreshingTheSoul ******************** Stay tuned for new episodes every Monday on this channel or when you SUBSCRIBE to Apple, Spotify or your favorite podcast platform!

Happy New Year! Sooo our family did a thing...a new thing...we recorded an episode together sharing our personal, spiritual and family goals for 2024! I'm honored God allowed me to share my family with you. ❤️ We hope this video sparks conversation with your family and brings you joy, encouragement, and refreshment! Happy viewing!💚🤍🖤

Hello My Refreshed Sister❤️ If you've been following me for sometime now, you know that my heart is to release episodes that are God-breathed. Lately, I haven't released an episode because God is changing RTS Podcast and the way I show up. He birthed this podcast in me, so I'm eager to share the new direction He is taking it. I pray you leave this episode encouraged the more to follow God's leading and rest in His ways, no matter how scary or different it may look.

We can hold ourselves captive to our past mistakes and shortcomings, and not give ourselves permission to receive the good that God wants to bless us with because we feel unworthy of it. So we sabotage relationships, jobs, opportunities…you name it. We punish ourselves by pushing the good we don’t feel we deserve, and settle for less. My sister, I want to let you know that your past does not qualify your future, only God does. Let yourself go. God has.❤️

I remember the place of feeling angry and frustrated, yet confused if it was ok to show it. The feeling of being scared but afraid to say it. I was torn between the ache of my feelings and how to respond in a way that still pleased God. The question that burned in my heart was, "God how do I be?" God so lovingly heard my heart without a word leaving my lips and sent an older lady to me to say, "God wants you to know, whatever you're doing, keep doing it." What was I doing? I was BEING with God. I invited God to be with me and me with Him in every essence of my life and my heart. With Him is where I'm being set free to be ME. Our being starts with being with God.❤️

I GIVE UP! I give up the weight of how I want things to look and go, for what God wants! There's only so far we can go with so much weight. What do you believe you need to surrender in order to move forward in who God is calling you to become? There is something(s) we have to give up to go forward. Let's talk about it!

When we daily decide to break up with the old version of ourselves, we can accept who we were always designed to be. Check out this week's episode as we continue to breakdown what we need to move forward.

You've been honest. You've addressed the pain. You've allowed yourself to feel. You've allowed God and His Truth into the sacred place of your heart. It's time to move forward. God's best for you is ahead of you.❤️

A Safe Space Form You have permission to ask questions. I understand that your past may have taught you to keep your questions to yourself to avoid belittlement, offense, weird looks or an image of weakness… …but my sister, in order to become what God already knows about us, we must tap into wisdom outside of our own understanding. While there is an internal work and healing we are accountable for, God did not call us to do the work alone. He has set safe spaces to aid you as you heal and process.❤️‍🩹 Over the years and in my marriage, these are some vital things I’ve learned to do to create a safe space for honesty, questions and transparency: 👉🏾Ask 👉🏾Listen 👉🏾Validate Find out in this week’s episode how each of these play a part in creating a safe space.

A Safe Space Form How are you creating a safe space in your relationships, in your home, your job, or the ministry God has called you to? Last week we covered some reasons why it's hard to be honest about your feelings, your desires, the need for help, etc...and ways we can begin to move out of that place. This week we are discussing ways to create a safe space for others to be honest. One mindset shift we need to establish is that someone's vulnerability and honesty is a gift, not a green light to impose your frustration or opinion of where someone is at or should be on their journey. How do you treat gifts that are given to you?🎁 Let's talk about it! Also will you share your heart with me about your ideal safe space? Click here: A Safe Space Form

Space - Questionnaire Are you being honest with yourself, with God, and others? In this episode, I share reasons why we may find it hard to be honest and ways we can begin to allow God to soften this place in us. Let’s continue the conversation about creating a safe space! Also will you share your heart with me about your ideal safe space? Click here: A Safe Space - Questionnaire

Creating A Safe Space - Form A safe space is required to recover and heal.❤️‍🩹 You must feel safe to share, ask, cry, get it wrong at times, and just be where you are without the guilt, shame or judgment for being there. When our safety is threatened, we are distracted from the rest and healing that God so wants us to experience. I believe God has called me to create a safe space for you to heal, because I so longed for it myself. I understand the importance and beauty of vulnerability that we can have with others.❤️ When we are open in safe community; ❤️‍🩹The lie of feeling alone is shattered ❤️‍🩹We can receive the love of God through others ❤️‍🩹Heaviness is lifted through confession and intercession Will you share your heart with me on this and answer a few questions about your ideal safe space to heal? Click here>> Creating A Safe Space - Form

Are you in the middle of transitioning? You may be moving locations, switching schools, changing jobs, or you're shifting from an old mindset to a Godly one. Whatever transition you may be experiencing, it is sure to come with the ebbs and flows of feelings and thoughts that can lead to heaviness in the soul. We can transition well and lightly! heck out this week's episode as I share the 3 things that has helped me transition well🤍🖤 ****** Need More Refreshing? Connect With Me! FaceBook // RefreshingTheSoul https://www.facebook.com/refreshingthesoul Instagram // Iamshawandawilliams https://www.instagram.com/refreshing_thesoul/ Our Podcast hashtag is #RefreshingTheSoul

In this episode I share with you a pivotal point in my life where I was ready to accept God's Truth and believe it no matter how long it took until I was whole! While we're in the process of being restored in our mind, our health or even in our relationships, it can feel long and hard. My prayer is to bring you hope in this episode! God sees you! He sees your progress and He sees you working the Word! Keep going, be patient, it's worth it in the end! . What you can expect in this episode : Connect With Me : Instagram : @iamshawandawilliams FaceBook : @refreshing_thesoul

I recently asked God to show me my heart in a particular area. What He revealed I did not like. To be completely honest, I felt a small sense of shame. 😞 I confessed and repented to God...and you know what His response was? The engulfing of His Loving arms! I felt an extreme wave of love consume me in a place where I felt unworthy.😭 He uncovered something in me so He could heal me with His love.❤️ We will only know the depths of God's love to the extent we are willing to be uncovered. Let's get to heart of the soul and let Him love us deeper in the places we are ashamed of and want to keep hidden.

How do we begin to free the little girl in us? Somewhere along the way, you were convinced that who you were brought embarrassment, punishment, and rejection. And so, you rejected who you were and began to hide. When I took the hand of God to pull me out of hiding, He clearly instructed me, "You must embrace and accept her again." When we choose to love the little girl in us, we are choosing what God has already chosen. Let's go deeper and hear more on how we free the little girl in us.

As a little girl you may have experienced being shamed for doing something wrong, punished for voicing your feelings, or feeling unseen unless you performed well. While you aged, the little girl who learned how to hide herself didn't. She convinces you that you have to be perfect in order to be loved, to be quiet in order to stay safe, and to perform in order to be validated. It's time to free the little girl in you...in me...so that we can live freely and authentically. God did something special in this episode I had to make it 2 parts!

Hey Refreshed Sister! I'm BACK!!! I can't wait to share all that God has been doing in my soul and how I am being refreshed by Him. Over the summer break I have been taking "gratitude walks" with my oldest son. While it was meant to be a creative way to get him to see how much he has to be grateful for, it turned into walks of conversations that brought us closer together. How is your walk with God? Do you find your prayers and devotion time is mostly spent to receive something from God rather than being with Him? Yes, God wants to heal you, give you wisdom, and guide you on the path He called you to...AND God wants to walk with you, day by day. He is relational, not situational. Let's talk more in this episode on how we can walk closer with God...

Have you been singing the same worry song in your soul? God wants you to sing to Him a new song, but it requires you getting rid of the old song you have on repeat in your heart and soul. What if...I can't...I'll never...This is too much...If only... Choose today to sing a new song! God is! God can! God will!