It took me eight years to internalize this truth—so let’s not waste another eight minutes.
God doesn’t just show up when it’s easy—He stands with you in the breaking. He’s not captivated by how impressive your dream looks on paper. He’s moved by the cost of your yes.
Until we learn to walk in radical dependency—not control, not polished self-sufficiency, not performance masked as purpose—we will stay stuck. Stuck chasing mountaintops. Shrinking back from valleys. Living half-alive when we were called to live fully surrendered. But the invitation is now.
It’s in the surrender
It’s in the stillness.
It’s in the sacred stretch where everything changes—where the deeper revelation unfolds:
God is not intimidated by your valley. And He doesn’t just celebrate your summit—He reigns sovereign over both. This isn’t just a message for you to admire or listen to, it’s a reality to step into.
And the time is now.
This isn't about accumulating bigger dreams. It's about learning to dream more boldly—which is something altogether different. The world will endlessly package ambition as purpose, but God isn't after your achievements.
He's after a deeper yes. A yes that costs. A yes forged in fire. A yes that doesn’t hinge on perfect circumstances.
Boldness isn't the absence of fear. It’s the decision to move forward even while fear screams for retreat.
When God says, "Write the book," and your insecurity hisses, "But You don't know who I am,"—that’s the birthplace of boldness. When He says, "Fight for your marriage," and you protest, "But You don't know who I'm married to,"—that’s where courage is born.
And that kind of boldness doesn’t emerge from self-confidence—it flows from the deep well of dependency on Him. Dependency isn't weakness—it’s divine alignment. It's the sacred posture that says, "God, without You, I am undone."
And when you finally relinquish the burden to orchestrate it all, you create room for the miraculous. That’s when your yes becomes more than a choice—it becomes the conduit of your calling.
We are all profoundly needy creatures. The question is not whether we have needs—it’s where we run with them. The enemy is cunning, whispering seductive lies: "You're not enough."
"You're too much." "You don’t belong here." And so, we reach for counterfeit remedies— money, status, distraction, performance—to numb what only God was fashioned to fulfill.
Meanwhile, Christ stands in the middle of our frenzy, whispering still, "Our Father dwelling in the heavenly realms, may the glory of Your name be the center on which our lives turn. Manifest Your kingdom and cause every purpose to be fulfilled on earth just as it is in heaven…"
(Matthew 6:9-10).
He is not beckoning your polished persona. He’s not impressed with your curated image. He’s asking for your raw, unedited need.
And the astonishing part? He already knows what you're carrying. And He still says—come.
You don’t need to sanitize your wounds before you approach the throne. You simply need to bring your brokenness to the One whose very nature is to bind and to heal. He is greater than the highs and the lows because He meets you precisely where you need Him most—and offers not condemnation but covering.
We are so quick to believe that failure disqualifies us. That struggle defines us. That disappointment diminishes us. But nothing could be further from the truth.
The valley isn't your disqualification—it’s your consecration. Some live satisfied with barely enough energy to stumble through the day, but God desires to fortify your inner being with strength that transcends human limitation.
Romans 8:19 reminds us, "For the creation waits in eager expectation for the children of God to be revealed." You are not simply surviving your valley—you are becoming in it. That silent stretch where you feel forgotten? That ache that won't relent? That sense of standing still while the world moves on? It’s not your demise—it’s your deep becoming.
Strength doesn’t always thunder. Sometimes it whispers: "I’m still here." And God, more faithful than your fears, is still there too. The deeper you go into the valley with Him, the greater the heights He will entrust to you when the time comes.
We’ve been conditioned to equate peace with the absence of pressure. When the bills are paid, when the diagnosis changes, when the chaos settles—then, we think, peace will finally come. But real peace is not circumstantial. It’s supernatural. It speaks of a reality that transcends understanding, a deep anchoring that doesn’t make human sense.
Peace isn’t found in your surroundings. It’s found in your surrender. It’s not the absence of noise. It’s the awareness of Presence.
When you realize that peace is not a destination but a Person, you stop striving for temporary calm and start abiding in unshakable communion. True peace doesn’t require the storm to end— it simply requires Christ to be near. And He always is.
It’s easy to feel like we’ve missed it. Like we were late to the calling. Like we disqualified ourselves from the promise.
But the truth? You are standing exactly where God needs you for what He’s unfolding now. Delay doesn’t diminish His power. He doesn’t ration or reserve his grace.
It’s explosive. Divine. Immediate. Right on time.
God is not the God of barely enough. He is the God of overflow. Not one second has He been late.
Not one moment has He lost sight of you. His power doesn’t respond to your timetable—it reigns in alignment with His perfect will. So whether you're standing at the summit or gasping for breath in the valley—His power is active, available, and more than sufficient.
This is the message I’m carrying into boardrooms, churches, retreats, and leadership gatherings across the country in 2025: God is greater than the highs and the lows.
We don't need bigger plans. We need deeper yeses.
We don't need better strategies. We need bold dependency.
If you’re ready to awaken the weary, reignite the brokenhearted, and call people back to the place where true strength is found—let’s partner together.
Book me to speak before 2025 fills up. Because this isn’t about chasing more. It’s about living anchored in Him.
What if dreaming wasn't about building your life?
What if it was about surrendering it?
The Dare to Dream Experience is where striving ends and Spirit-led living begins.
It’s about awakening what Heaven already spoke over you—and learning to walk it out boldly, fully dependent on God’s strength, not your own.
This isn’t another motivational workshop.
It’s an encounter designed to set you free to dream with the One who crafted you for a purpose.
Real breakthroughs don’t happen by planning harder.
It happens by saying yes when God calls you into deeper water.
If you’re ready to be in a room where hearts surrender, courage rises, and Heaven moves
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The Arise + Align course isn’t about achieving more.
It’s about becoming who you already are in Christ. If you're tired of striving and ready to live from an anchored place of freedom, it's time. Time to arise. Time to align. Time to move, not by your might—but by His Spirit.
Because the world isn’t waiting for your next plan. It’s waiting for you to stand fully alive in Him.
It’s April, and if you’ve already outlined your goals for 2025, I want to offer you a gentle but bold invitation: release them. Because maybe what you thought you needed was another polished plan. But what your soul is truly yearning for… is a deeper vision
Let’s step out of performance and into purpose. Let’s move beyond planning and begin partnering—with God.
By now, most people have either drifted off course, lost their initial fire, or are gripping tightly to goals that no longer feel aligned. And that’s not failure. That’s feedback. It’s a sign that hustle has run its course—and it’s time to walk a braver path.
It’s not that goals are inherently flawed. It’s that they’re often incomplete. Most goals are rooted in external expectations, not internal alignment. They reflect what culture tells us we should do—not what Heaven is inviting us to become.
We say we want to lose weight, grow our revenue, or expand our reach… but we rarely pause to ask: Is this in alignment with the person I’m becoming?
The goal is not the goal.
The process is the point.
The dream is the differentiator.
Which is why I’ve stopped goal-setting as a means of success. Instead, I’ve started dreaming in partnership with God.
If you’re ready to exchange striving for significance and performance for presence, here are five elegant, yet practical shifts to align with divine vision:
Before you take another step, pause. Ask God: What dream have You placed in my heart? Resist the urge to strategize. Let silence become your sacred starting point
Ditch the to-do list. Instead, craft a compelling picture of the life God is calling you into. Don’t filter. Don’t edit. Let it pour out in full color
Rather than asking, “What do I want to accomplish?” ask, “Who do I want to become?” Build rhythms that reinforce who Heaven says you already are.
This isn’t about grandeur—it’s about obedience. Take the next faithful step, however small, in agreement with the vision God’s written on your heart.
This is not a one-time surrender. It’s a daily collaboration. Let God redirect, refine, and reimagine the dream as you walk with Him—intimately, attentively, expectantly.
Goals are temporal by nature. Dreams? They’re transcendent. Goals can be achieved. But dreams—true, God-breathed dreams—are meant to be embodied.
Your goals may live in a planner. But your dream was woven into your spirit by the Creator Himself. When you step into that when you move in trust, when you walk in alignment—you don’t just achieve. You transform.
Consider this: if your dream is to restore hope to others, your short-term goal might be to complete a coaching certification. But the certificate isn’t the point. The becoming is.
It’s not too late. You haven’t missed it. You’re not behind. In fact, what if now is precisely the recalibration Heaven intended?
Instead of asking: “What’s my Q2 objective?” Ask: “What dream is God inviting me to steward?” Because the dream—the one that’s whispering in the quiet moments, the one that won’t let you go—isn’t too audacious. It’s not too late. It’s already in motion. All that’s required is your yes.
I’m no longer driven by outcomes. I’m anchored in obedience. I’m no longer performing for approval. I’m responding to a divine invitation. I’m no longer chasing success. I’m embodying significance. If you’re ready to exit the grind of goal-setting and step into the soul-level transformation of dream-living—I’d be honored to walk alongside you.
Because you weren’t made for small thinking or safe living.
This is the message I’m bringing to boardrooms, churches, retreats, and leadership gatherings across the country in 2025: it’s time to move beyond surface-level strategy—into soul-level vision.
Let’s reignite the people who feel stuck. Let’s help them remember who they are. Let’s give them permission to dream again—with God.
Book me to speak before 2025 fills up. Let’s make this the year people stop chasing goals—and start living into purpose.
This is your reset. Let April be your new beginning. Ditch the checklist. Run toward the calling. Just allow the process to transform you from the inside out.
That’s the real win. That’s where we’re headed.
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When it’s time to rise into your next level with purpose-driven goals…
But no matter how many boxes you check, how many goals you hit, something still feels… off.
You’re not broken. You’re not failing. You’re just out of alignment. And that quiet voice deep down? The one that whispers “There has to be more…”
That voice is right.
I know, because I’ve been there too.
Let me show you how spiritual alignment changed everything for me—and how it can transform
your life too
We’ve been conditioned to believe that rest is a luxury—something to be earned after all the work is done. But here's the truth I discovered: the pause is not a disruption; it’s a divine invitation.
I used to believe that if I wasn’t moving, I wasn’t progressing. I’d fill my calendar with meetings, deadlines, and to-do lists, thinking that success came from constant activity. But eventually, I reached a breaking point. I was exhausted, overwhelmed, and disconnected from
my true self.
Then, I heard a whisper: “Pause.”
This was hard for me at first, but I began to realize that true alignment doesn’t come from the chaos of daily life—it comes from the stillness. It comes when we give ourselves permission to be quiet, to rest, and to listen to God’s voice.
Taking a pause doesn’t mean you’re giving up or falling behind. It’s in the pause that God can do His most powerful work in us. In those quiet moments, you can reconnect with your purpose, refocus your priorities, and realign with your true calling.
When we stop, breathe, and listen, we create space for God to lead us in new directions. Spiritual alignment doesn’t just happen in the busy moments of life. It happens in the pause—where clarity, vision, and wisdom come to life.
In our culture, striving is often celebrated. We’ve been taught that the more we hustle, the more we achieve. But the truth I’ve learned is this: striving is actually a symptom of misalignment.
When you find yourself working tirelessly, pushing yourself beyond your limits, or constantly trying to prove your worth, it’s usually a sign that you’re out of sync with your deeper purpose. Striving comes from a place of fear—fear that we’re not enough, fear of failure, or fear of being overlooked.
I spent years in this mindset. I was trying to prove myself to others and to build a life that looked successful. But no matter how much I achieved, I always felt like something was missing. That’s when I realized that the real power doesn’t come from pushing harder—it comes from surrendering. Spiritual alignment isn’t about forcing outcomes or chasing success. It’s about trusting that when you are aligned with God’s will, the right things will happen at the right time.
You don’t have to force what God has already ordained for you. Instead of striving, focus on alignment. Your success will flow naturally from there.
If you want to experience transformation in your life, the first place to start is your mindset. Romans 12:2 tells us to be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” This is the foundation of spiritual alignment: when you change your thoughts, your entire life begins to shift.
I’ve seen firsthand how changing my mindset transformed my journey. I had to stop believing the lies that told me I wasn’t good enough, that I needed to prove myself, and that success was the only measure of my worth. These lies kept me in a constant state of anxiety and misalignment.
The moment I chose to replace those lies with truth—truth about who I am in Christ, truth about my purpose, truth about my valu —it was as if a fog lifted. Suddenly, the decisions I made, the goals I set, and the relationships I nurtured all felt aligned with who I truly am.
To achieve spiritual alignment, you must confront the beliefs that are holding you back. You have to examine the lies you’ve been told and replace them with the truth of who God says you are. Once you do this, your entire life will shift to reflect that truth.
There’s something powerful about a calling that can’t be ignored. You can delay it. You can distract yourself with other things. But if God has called you to something, that calling will not go away. It will continue to tap on your heart, urging you to take action.
For years, I ignored my calling. I convinced myself that I wasn’t ready, that I wasn’t qualified, and that there were too many obstacles in my way. But every time I tried to walk in a different direction, that calling would find a way to pull me back.
It wasn’t until I answered that calling and embraced it fully that my life began to align. I realized that living out your calling isn’t always easy, but it’s always worth it. There’s a deep fulfillment that comes from knowing you’re walking in the path that was designed specifically for you
When you align yourself with your calling, you experience a peace that passes all understanding. You stop running and start stepping into your destiny.
You can achieve all the external markers of success—money, fame, recognition—but none of it will fill the internal void of misalignment. No matter how much you achieve, if your soul is out of sync with God’s plan, you’ll never feel truly satisfied.
I know this from personal experience. I built the “perfect” life, but it didn’t feel right. I was living on autopilot, achieving goals without purpose, and feeling disconnected from my deeper calling. It wasn’t until I stopped and reevaluated my alignment that I realized that external success could never compensate for internal misalignment.
Spiritual alignment is not about achieving more. It’s about being who you were created to be— authentically and unapologetically. When you align your inner world with God’s truth, your outer world begins to reflect it. Success then becomes a byproduct of alignment, not the goal itself
When you live in alignment with your true self, you begin to live boldly. No more playing small. No more dimming your light. Alignment frees you to be who you were always meant to be.
Spiritual alignment gives you clarity, purpose, and confidence. It’s not about mustering up enough courage to take big risks. It’s about trusting that when you’re aligned with God’s will, your path will be clear, your steps will be ordered, and you will be empowered to take action without fear.
Living in alignment allows you to step into your destiny with boldness. It removes the pressure to perform and replaces it with the freedom to be authentic. You no longer need external validation because you know that you are already enough in Christ.
If something stirred in your spirit as you read this—don’t ignore it.
That tug you feel? It’s not guilt. It’s an invitation.
Your best self isn’t waiting in the next book, the next hustle, or the next strategy. She’s already within you—waiting to rise. She’s simply waiting for spiritual alignment.
The journey back into alignment isn’t about adding one more thing to your list. It’s about clearing the clutter—mentally, emotionally, spiritually—and creating space for divine clarity
Inside, we’ll walk through the exact framework I used to step out of burnout, confusion, and pressure—and into a life that’s aligned, anchored, and activated by purpose. You’ll learn to renew your mind, rewrite old narratives, and walk in agreement with the truth of who God says you are. It’s not just a course. It’s a call to alignment.
Because once you’re aligned with heaven, everything else falls into place.
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