Episode 29 - Inspiration by the one and only...Bob Goff

How many of you wonder if Bob Goff REALLY answers that phone number in the back of his books? Well, he does! I am a personal witness.

What thought do you wake up with?

Bob Goff wakes up saying, “Nothing to Prove. Nothing to Lose.”

And to him, that equates to a truth he has taught his grandchildren...and each of us, too.

“I am strong. I am brave. I can do it!”

What a delight to visit with Bob and hear his take on everything from availability, to being present, to being a safe place emotionally for others, to starting high quality educational institutions in areas of civil unrest around the world. Including a girls’ school in Afghanistan!

If you think the dream in your heart is too big and you have no idea how to accomplish it, take some advice from Bob and just get started:

• Know your life message
• Instead of reaching the world, start by reaching across the street
• Be a safe place in a world of insecurities

You can imagine how my heart jumped when Bob said, “I am not going to try to shout over the voices in a really loud room.” Because... Loud is Not a Language! That is Bob’s message without saying it in my words.

So, grab you something delicious to drink, pull up a chair around the table with us, and enjoy the inspiration and joy Bob Goff shares with us today!

With love,

Brenda

Follow Bob Goff online:

https://www.bobgoff.com/

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Brenda is a Texas girl who loves God and people and big skies and great coffee. She is a believer in impossible possibilities. In brokenness becoming beautiful. In justice and mercy and honor and power–with love perfecting them all. She is a wife, mom, mimi, daughter, and friend. She is also a speaker, author, mediator, and coach...helping people discover, embrace, and live out their God-given superpowers.

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Episode 28 - The Unhealthy Fight to be Right

It’s time to re-examine what it means to win. Because winning in life doesn’t equal losing in relationship. If you would like to have conversations that stretch you to love bigger, rather than pump you up to win arguments,and keep your opinion on steroids, then this episode just may spark some ideas for change. Why do we feel such a need to...defend ourselves? blame others? prioritize problems over relationships? prove people wrong who don't think like us?

I believe we have the ability to turn our competition into compassion. ut first we have to see the need. And in order to see the need, we have to get past the ridiculous preoccupation with self. Is anybody with me? Do you have a conviction that we really better than this? If so, please join me today Around the Table. We are going to talk about how to change some things, so we can see some things change. I look forward to being Around the Table with you.

Brenda

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Brenda is a Texas girl who loves God and people and big skies and great coffee. She is a believer in impossible possibilities. In brokenness becoming beautiful. In justice and mercy and honor and power–with love perfecting them all. She is a wife, mom, mimi, daughter, and friend. She is also a speaker, author, mediator, and coach...helping people discover, embrace, and live out their God-given superpowers.

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Episode 27 Show Notes: Take a Pause

The world is a lot right now. A lot of pain. A lot of fear. A lot of anger, confusion, and accusation. A lot of misunderstanding. A lot of violence. A lot of hate. So what do we do about that? The temptation is to disengage. Or attack. Neither seems the answer. How do we make an impact? A positive difference? Is it even possible? I believe it is, if we go where our hearts lead us. Where the God that lives in us guides us. With love. And wisdom. Where we are faithful to what is in front of us. And detach from the outcomes we can’t control. So that they don’t control us. Take a deep breath. Step back. Just pause. As you do, focus your intentions to: Get in the right heart and head space. Check your internal world for courage, humility, authenticity, integrity and respect. Engage with love and wisdom as you charge forward. I look forward to being Around the Table with you today. Enjoy the journey!

Brenda

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Brenda is a Texas girl who loves God and people and big skies and great coffee. She is a believer in impossible possibilities. In brokenness becoming beautiful. In justice and mercy and honor and power–with love perfecting them all. She is a wife, mom, mimi, daughter, and friend. She is also a speaker, author, mediator, and coach...helping people discover, embrace, and live out their God-given superpowers.

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https://loudisnotalanguage.com/

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Episode 26: Your Dreams Mean Something

We all dream.

Some of us remember our dreams in vivid detail.

Some barely remember having a dream at all.

But we all dream.

This episode shares a dream I had last year, in July of 2024, that is still just as important and impactful as it was then. It had a message for me, but it also has a message for you.

I want to share this dream for two reasons.

First, I want you to see how to analyze different parts of a dream to help you think about:

• What messages you might be receiving through your dreams
• The importance of what specific objects/colors/people in your dreams represent
• What you might receive from other people’s dreams (in this instance...mine)

Second, I want to share how the message of this dream applies to us all, not just me.

The message of this specific dream conveys:

• The importance of an invitation
• The power of listening hearts
• The effectiveness of pure motives
• The impact potential of each person

I hope you will join me Around the Table as we talk about our dreams and the wonderful insights they can bring when we take the time to intentionally decipher them.

Enjoy the journey of discovery!

With love,

Brenda

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Brenda is a Texas girl who loves God and people and big skies and great coffee. She is a believer in impossible possibilities. In brokenness becoming beautiful. In justice and mercy and honor and power–with love perfecting them all. She is a wife, mom, mimi, daughter, and friend. She is also a speaker, author, mediator, and coach...helping people discover, embrace, and live out their God-given superpowers.

Check out the websites:

https://loudisnotalanguage.com/

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Episode 25 - Overcoming Defeat

The difference between those who give up and those who overcome often comes down to the community we have. Or don’t. We take pride in “doing it myself”, and yet what if our best achievements come by doing it with a team? The right team, of course. Not just any team. A supporting cast, if you will. After all, every great story has a great supporting cast. Doing things in community provides perspective, many of which we don’t see on our own. Different perspectives broaden our scope and help us see a bigger picture rather than the one we are stuck in. Who is your community? Your supporting cast? And are they who you need? How do you even know what you need?

Join us for this episode and discover:

• The Myth of the Lone Wolf
• The Isolation Cycle
• Characteristics of a Healthy Community

Join me Around the Table as we talk about the need to align, or possibly realign, with the right people God has for you in this season.

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Brenda is a Texas girl who loves God and people and big skies and great coffee. She is a believer in impossible possibilities. In brokenness becoming beautiful. In justice and mercy and honor and power–with love perfecting them all. She is a wife, mom, mimi, daughter, and friend. She is also a speaker, author, mediator, and coach...helping people discover, embrace, and live out their God-given superpowers.

Check out the websites:

https://loudisnotalanguage.com/

https://brendaharkins.com/

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Check out the other shows from KB PODCAST PRODUCTIONS:

Kingdom Bringer Podcast with Darin Eubanks

Next Level Podcast with Michael McIntyre

Super-Natural Living with Beth Packard

The Well Life Podcast

Fan the Flame Podcast with Scott Tilley

Episode24 - DON’T GIVE UP! With guest Jonah Brian Cruz Melchor

In the last episode we talked about brokenness, but in today’s episode we take a personal look into the life of a man who knew nothing but brokenness throughout his childhood and even in to much of his adulthood. Jonah Brian Cruz Melchor shares some of his healing journey, past and present, and how he is learning something we all need to learn: to heal, we must learn to trust. And when trusting seems impossible, know that possibility lies in the courage to embrace different. Different steps. Different ways. Including the courage to be seen, heard, and known for what truly are. In this episode we talk about:

• Effects of brokenness
• How brokenness fuels
• Steps to heal

We need community to heal. Safe, trustworthy community. The kind we can create around the table. The kind that sees us. Hears us. And loves us anyway. The kind where we see others. Hear others. And love them anyway. I welcome you to join me Around the Table Today with my guest Jonah Brian Cruz Melchor, a fighter who has learned to fight differently, and my very dear friend.

Jonah’s contact info: jonahmelchor1@hotmail.com

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Brenda is a Texas girl who loves God and people and big skies and great coffee. She is a believer in impossible possibilities. In brokenness becoming beautiful. In justice and mercy and honor and power–with love perfecting them all. She is a wife, mom, mimi, daughter, and friend. She is also a speaker, author, mediator, and coach...helping people discover, embrace, and live out their God-given superpowers.

Check out the websites:

https://loudisnotalanguage.com/

https://brendaharkins.com/

Follow on socials:

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Podcast music from: https://app.soundstripe.com/

Check out the other shows from KB PODCAST PRODUCTIONS:

Kingdom Bringer Podcast with Darin Eubanks

Next Level Podcast with Michael McIntyre

Super-Natural Living with Beth Packard

The Well Life Podcast

Fan the Flame Podcast with Scott Tilley

Episode 23 - Brokenness and Tables

Brokenness is a big topic. There is personal brokenness and relational brokenness all the way up to world brokenness. But it starts in the heart. Of each person. Why is our world so broken? Because people are so broken. And people are broken mainly because of receiving what God never intended them to have, or not receiving what He did intend them to have. What do Tables have to do with brokenness? Tables are a place of provision for the healing needed in our hearts. Tables represent acceptance, relationships, and trust. They Represent a community of people who have chosen to share some of their life with one another. The good, the bad, and the ugly. And love each other anyway. We need tables to heal. We need community to heal. None of us heal in a silo.

In today’s episode, we talk about:

• How neglecting simplicity has complicated issues
• One of the simplest answer to more complex problems
• A challenge that requires courage for a simple act of transformation

I welcome you to join me Around the Table today as we look at what has led to much of our brokenness... and one of God’s best ways for us all to heal.

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Check out the other shows from KB PODCAST PRODUCTIONS:

Kingdom Bringer Podcast with Darin Eubanks

Next Level Podcast with Michael McIntyre

Super-Natural Living with Beth Packard

The Well Life Podcast

Fan the Flame Podcast with Scott Tilley

Episode 22 - Connecting Through Conflict

Connecting through conflict is an insightful approach to growing relationships. We are at our most vulnerable when we are emotionally hot because our passions and convictions are showing whether we want them to or not. This allows us the opportunity to see into another’s heart beyond the anger, hurt, or frustration of the moment. It allows us the opportunity to see the pain in there. To seethe wounded places and choose to courageously and compassionately show up with genuine curiosity and compassion. In the heat of the conflict. Or not. This is an initiative for the more emotionally mature. But it is an invitation to all involved to hit pause and seek to understand what is going on that is deeper than the obvious. In today’s episode, you can learn how to:

• Utilize conflict to connect with others
• See into the heart, the pain, and the convictions of others during conflict
• Say yes to the opportunity to help others heal in the midst of conflict.

I welcome you to join me Around the Table today as we look at our hearts and the hearts of others and realize the incredible opportunity we have to be building bridges with one another instead of tearing each other down.

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Check out the other shows from KB PODCAST PRODUCTIONS:

Kingdom Bringer Podcast with Darin Eubanks

Next Level Podcast with Michael McIntyre

Super-Natural Living with Beth Packard

The Well Life Podcast

Fan the Flame Podcast with Scott Tilley