Me: When I'm Free

Today's episode is a little different than usual, friend. As we enter into the Advent season, I want to use this podcast to offer you a quiet space to prepare Him room. If you would like to slow down together and pay attention to what our hearts really need this month, listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Luke 1:26-38 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In this final episode of season 2, I share transparently with my sister about how shame has been one of my biggest obstacles to calling. Then stick around for a FUN story about how God has spoken to others on my behalf. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Episode 14 Episode 15 Tamara's website Find Tamara on Instagram. Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

As we bring season 2 "On Calling" to an end, there is one more story to share - and that's my own. Today, I'm delighted to have my sister Tamara back on the podcast, this time as the interviewer and I as the guest. This is my story of calling, but also my story of learning to believe that God still speaks. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Rainer Maria Riilke "Live the Questions" Episode 37 Episode 38 Find Tamara on Instagram. Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Hello, Friends. Today, I interrupt our regularly scheduled broadcast for a Pretty Big Announcement That I Don't Want You to Miss. Listen in.  Click here to join the Sisterhood!

The Celtic Christian tradition has a term for those spaces where we easily encounter God's presence. They call these moments thin places. But is it possible to experience God's presence when there are dishes to be washed, decisions to be made, planning to be done, emails to be sent? Yes - if we will pay attention. Here is a practice to help you do just that. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  An Altar in the World by Barbara Brown Taylor The Ministry of Ordinary Places by Shannan Martin Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson Exodus 3:2-5 (NAS) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

If we are to become who Christ created us to be, we must first see ourselves through His eyes, rather than with the methods we typically use to view ourselves. Today's episode walks you through a life-changing practice to help you shift your gaze away from the mirrors of judgment and toward Jesus, who will always speak the truth about who you are and who you are becoming.   Links and Resources from this episode:  Deeper by Dane Ortlund 1 Corinthians 6:17 (NIV) LIfe of the Beloved by Henri Nouwen John 17:20-23 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Welcome to part 2 of my interview with Elizabeth Meyers, homeschooling Mom of 8, Wife of a retired fighter pilot, Author, Speaker, Podcaster, and novice Farmer. In this episode, Liz shares some nuggets of wisdom that were aha moments for me (intentional neglect, anyone??) and offers a profound image of freedom at the very end that will stick with me for a very long time. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  ElizabethMeyers.me Resilient Life Hacks podcast Find Liz on Instagram and Facebook  Undefeated Undaunted in Darkness Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Homeschooling Mom of 8, Wife of a retired fighter pilot, Author, Speaker and Podcaster, Elizabeth Meyers has a story of calling unlike most others. She also has a moving story of finding healing after a heartbreaking pregnancy loss that has now become a source of healing for others. I know this week's episode will encourage and inspire you. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  ElizabethMeyers.me Resilient Life Hacks podcast Find Liz on Instagram and Facebook  Undefeated Undaunted in Darkness Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

How do we listen to the voice of the Divine Caller? It begins by learning to trust Him as a Good Shepherd. Join me as we soak in Psalm 23 together through the practice of Lectio Divina.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Psalm 23 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

"The process of spiritual direction is a practice of helping people become aware of what God is up to in their lives." -Emily P. Freeman As I celebrate my recent graduation from spiritual direction training, you may be one of those who who are wondering, "What exactly is spiritual direction?" I'm so glad you asked. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton Episode 6 Looking into the Well by Maureen Conroy Emily P. Freeman - Episode 167 Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Renovation of the Heart by Dallas Willard The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas Romans 12:1, 2 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Yes, we are blessed to be a blessing. But what if we are broken to be a blessing as well? What if our calling is an invitation to heal those parts of us that are waiting to be poured out in blessing? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Redeeming Heartache by Dan Allender and Cathy Loerzel Isaiah 58:11, 12 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Today, we use the practice of Lectio Divina to reflect on Jesus' words in the Upper Room during the Last Supper with his disciples. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  John 13:1-11 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In just a few weeks from the recording of this podcast, I will be graduating with my spiritual direction certification from Sioux Falls Seminary. This feels like a pivotal moment as I consider what is next in my journey of calling. In this episode, I share a question that I have learned to ask of myself that assures me that I am safe to take the next step. It has helped me release the fear of getting it wrong and might help you to do the same.  I also invite you into the practice of Lectio Divina with me around the passage of Peter and Jesus walking on water. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Matthew 14:25-33 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

"One of the foundational spiritual practices for callings is discernment. And discernment at the root is learning how to listen - to God and listen to our own selves and listen to others." - Tamara Murphy On this episode, I conclude my conversation with my sister Tamara, a spiritual director. We explore the roadblocks to calling that she has experienced and the ways she has learned to overcome. And we discuss how she helps others to make space to listen to God's voice on their own journey of calling. It has been a joy to welcome my sister to the Me: When I'm Free table. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  What is Spiritual Direction? Tamara's website Calling Stories Find Tamara on Instagram All Called The Call that Rose Up Like a Road to Meet Me Episode 36: Do What You Are Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Today we celebrate the one year birthday of the Me: When I'm Free podcast! It's my joy on this special day to welcome my first interviewee: my sister, Tamara Murphy! Tamara is a spiritual director, mom of 4 and the wife of Brian, an Anglican priest. She offers hard-earned insight on calling, shares the story of the winding pathway to her own calling, and we also have fun unpacking each other's super powers. Listen in! Links and Resources from this episode:  Tamara's website Calling Stories Find Tamara on Instagram All Called The Call that Rose Up Like a Road to Meet Me Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

“Instead of “You are what you do,” calling says: “Do what you are," writes Os Guinness in his book The Call. The challenge then becomes defining who we are. This episode is about the ways we need others to help us to do that by calling out our goodness and beauty. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Episode 6 The Call by Os Guinness Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You by Dr. Jim Wilder The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson Psalm 139:1-6 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What messages have you received about what God sees when He looks at you? If you are like me, the messages I received in my childhood and beyond about God’s view of me formed me in ways I could not understand. It wasn't until I began to grapple with all the ways I had tried to be seen, while still feeling deeply unseen, that I discovered that seeing myself through God's eyes changes everything.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Soul of Desire by Curt Thompson The Gift of Being Yourself by David Benner The Call by Os Guinness Psalm 139:13-22 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Why are there so many obstacles to calling? What if the reason lies in the fact that calling is actually about God healing our brokenness? And what if our brokenness is the soil in which the most beautiful of callings can grow? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero Matthew 13:31, 32 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Most of us are looking for answers when it comes to calling, but what if we lived the questions instead? What if we allowed ourselves to be known, to ask and answer questions, to let others speak into our lives, to love the questions that lead us to uncover who we are? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke Matthew 20:32-34 (MSG) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

When questions around calling or other types of discernment arise, the Quakers have a saying. "Way will open," they say. But what happens when way does not indeed open? What do we do when way actually closes, leaving us disappointed and questioning our calling and our longings? In this episode, I share a story about a moment when way opened suddenly and then closed just as abruptly and how I can now see the good gifts in the disappointment. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer The Call by Os Guinness Proverbs 3:5, 6 (MSG) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

While we would never choose seasons of need and difficulty, they can be a catalyst for calling in the most beautiful of ways. It is in these seasons, our Creator invites us to co-write our story with Him, if we are willing to take the risk.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Republic by Plato Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton Psalm 109:31 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What would it look to fill the spaces we've been given with the beauty God has called us to create? What if that is all God asks - nothing more, nothing less? Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  One Woman Can Change the World by Ronne Rock Soul of Desire by Curt Thompson Genesis 1:14-18 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

If we knew Who was calling, would we be skeptical about being called? What would it be like to pay attention to the Divine Caller and to believe that He personally and uniquely invites you to follow Him? Links and Resources from this episode:  Definition of Calling Journey of Desire by John Eldredge The Call by Os Guinness Matthew 4:18-22 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What stirs for you when I ask the question, “What is your calling?” A quick google search offers many definitions, some more helpful than others. But the real mystery of calling begins when we recognize that in order to be called, there must be a Caller. Let's begin our exploration of calling together, friend. Listen in.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Definition of Calling 7 Signs You've Found your Calling - Forbes Wishful Thinking by Frederick Buechner The Call by Os Guinness Ephesians 1:18, 19 (NLT) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

As we enter into Season 2 of the Me: When I’m Free podcast, I want to invite you to lace up your hiking boots, friend - we are going on an adventure.  Click here to join my email list.   Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What is it that you and I really long for? Is it power and control? Or is it to release those desires so we can discover ourselves through the eyes of Jesus? This is my story about how I'm learning what my heart really wants.  Links and Resources from this episode:  A Long Obedience in the Same Direction by Eugene Peterson Psalm 124 (NIV) Mark 10:17-22 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In today's episode I lead you through the second step in Immanuel Journaling, an exercise that helps to improve our awareness that Jesus is glad to be with us in all of our emotions. Together we'll explore what makes this practice such a helpful path toward attunement and finding peace from difficult emotions.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Joyful Journey by Wilder, Kang, and Loppnow Outsmarting Yourself by Dr. Karl Lehman Immanuel Journaling Worksheet from Life Model Works Exodus 3:7-8 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Today I introduce you to the first step of Immanuel Journaling, called interactive gratitude. Next week I’ll share the final steps of what has become a very meaningful practice for me. What I have come to understand through Immanuel Journaling is that gratitude quite literally opens the relational circuits in my brain, moving me from a difficult emotion to a place of openhearted connection. Let's explore it together.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Joyful Journey by Wilder, Kang, and Loppnow Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson Outsmarting Yourself by Dr. Karl Lehman Immanuel Journaling Worksheet from Life Model Works James 1:17 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

When difficult emotions arise, we all have ways of coping. Often we try to push our emotions down - to our peril - usually leading to simply being stuck in the emotion. What if instead of ignoring our emotions, we paid attention to them with Jesus? In this episode, I share a day in my life, walking through a difficult emotion and the practices that I am learning to engage that help create a pathway back to joy.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Other Half of Church by Michel Hendricks and Jim Wilder Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson NY Times Article Immanuel Journaling Worksheet from Life Model Works Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Is it really possible that God feels good things about us? Why is it so much easier to believe that He is disappointed in us than that He delights in simply being in our presence? In this episode I share a story from my 18th birthday that God used recently to give me a glimpse of how He sees me.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In a world that tries to tie up hard things with a pretty bow, how do we embrace joy while resisting easy answers to suffering? In this story of a tender moment in the middle of tragedy, I explore the possibility that joy and sorrow can each make space for the other, if we will allow them.  Links and Resources from this episode:  A Liturgy for Embracing both Joy and Sorrow Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Join me: kaleyehret.com/gratitude  Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

“Our brains need fuel to run properly” Michel Hendricks writes in The Other Half of Church. “The fuel that our brains were intended to run on is joy.” But most of us have a default emotion that is not joy and find it easier to get stuck in difficult emotions. The good news, however, is that we can reset our default emotion to joy with practice. In today's episode, I walk you through an exercise that was meaningful to me to get you started.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Other Half of Church by Dr. Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks 1,000 Gifts by Ann Voskamp Romans 15:13 Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What would it be like to see the face of God? This question stirred up a sweet encounter one morning that shifted my heart in a surprising and deeply meaningful way. It's a question that might do the same for you if you allow it.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson The Other Half of Church by Jim Wilder and Michel Hendricks Numbers 6:24-26 Passages for question 2:  John 8:1-11, Luke 10:38-42, Matthew 14:22-23 Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In today's episode I share the story of a moment last month that left me in tears - partially out of sadness, partially out of shame, but mostly out of a soul that needed to be tended. What happened next reminded me of one of my soul's most vital needs in these days of distraction.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Discovering our Spiritual Identity by Trevor Hudson Invitation to Solitude and Silence by Ruth Haley Barton 1 Kings 19:11-13 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

If you know me, it's likely you know about pumpkin chip cookies. They are a family legacy and a lifeline on days filled with unknowns and learning curves, like the first day of school. The process of making them reminds me that the revolutionary life is a series of quiet, ordinary rhythms tethering me to the One who makes me whole.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Liturgy of the Ordinary by Tish Harrison Warren My Facebook Community My Pumpkin Chip Cookie Recipe Psalm 23:1-4 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

It's the age-old problem - our hearts just don't want to change, even when we try our best to make them change. A conversation with my son years ago opened my eyes to the depth of this struggle and it's been a journey of understanding how Jesus can help change my heart ever since.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Renovated by Dr. Jim Wilder Romans 7:24, 25 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Capacity refers to the maximum amount something can hold. For many of us, our stories and our wounding have decreased our capacity for relationship, for love, for connection, for calling. So how do we change that?  It's possible we don't know the answer because we have been asking the wrong question, friend. Let's see what happens when we shift our focus.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Great Omission by Dallas Willard Matthew 11:28-30 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What happens when we fail at living freely - when we do the wrong thing or we find ourselves wrestling with patterns of fear or anxiety? In this episode, I share a moment from a few months ago, when the thought "If I were really free" hung heavy for me, and what is freeing me from this unhelpful way of thinking.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Divine Conspiracy by Dallas Willard John 8:9-11 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In part 2 of this episode I share more about my journey with wrestling with the stories I told myself as a woman in the church. I began to see that the hurt ran deep, but in a surprising turn of events, God began to write a new story.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch Healing America’s Wounds by John Dawson Genesis 1:27, 28 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In part 1 of this episode, I dig deeper into the question "What do we need to receive?" and what do we do when what we need to receive simply is not offered to us? Most of us begin to tell ourselves stories to make sense of this gap and the result is a trail of unresolved painful feelings. I begin to share how this played out in my life as a woman in ministry.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Rising Strong by Brene Brown Living from the Heart Jesus Gave You by Jim Wilder Isaiah 43:18, 19 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

So far this podcast series has focused on two important questions that each person needs to answer to live into their place in God’s Kingdom: They are “Who am I?” and “What do I have to offer?” But there is one more question to be asked that is just as important as the first two. Listen in to find out.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Bread for the Journey by Henri Nouwen Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson Try Softer by Aundi Kolber John 15:5, 9 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

We have an Enemy and the Resistance is real, friend. Your gifts were given to bring light to the darkness and the darkness wants to shut you up. But maybe there is a gift hidden in the resistance if we pay attention.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Adorning the Dark by Andrew Peterson A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer Curt Thompson at Grace College John 10:10 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

A couple of years into this journey into freedom and I was discovering I had more questions than answers. What is calling and how do we discover ours? Is calling something that we do or something that we are? Why is calling so difficult to live into? Let's explore these questions together.  Links and Resources from this episode:  A Million Little Ways by Emily P. Freeman Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer Ephesians 1:18, 19 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What is it about hard seasons that leaves us feeling empty and aimless? Is it even possible to flourish all the time? What do we do about the pain of our particular calling? Let's explore these ideas in today's episode.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Article on Languishing Article on Dormancy Article on Acedia Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch Ecclesiastes 3 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In this episode, I share the story of a 1990 spelling bee and an unfortunate newspaper quote that revealed my ideas about the version of me that Christ loves.  It stemmed from a belief that God just wants to put us to good use. But there is a much deeper truth where real freedom lies.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Journey of Desire by John Eldredge Abba's Child by Brennan Manning Luke 1:28 (NIV) Ephesians 1:5,6 (KJV and NAS) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What's in a name? More than we might know. We spend our lifetime seeking to be named. It is when we turn toward the only One who can rightfully name us that we find what we are looking for.  Links and Resources from this episode:  To Be Told by Dan Allender Ann Voskamp's Email Newsletter Isaiah 43:1 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Is flourishing really possible? And if so, why does it seem so difficult? In this episode I share about a simple 2x2 chart that opened my eyes to the path and paradox of flourishing.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Strong and Weak by Andy Crouch Paradox of Flourishing 2x2 Chart (Scroll down) Life Together in Christ by Ruth Haley Barton Psalm 37:4 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

What do the movie Hook and the Emmaus Rd. have in common? The journey homewards that changes everything.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas Walking on Water by Madeleine L'Engle Luke 24:30-32 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Once I left the counselor's office I began to discover that living freely was not as easy as I had imagined. I found myself at a wall, unsure how to move forward. But there was a moment of shift that led to my second lesson in living loved.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Truths that Free Us by Ruth Haley Barton Anatomy of the Soul by Curt Thompson Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazerro John 5:39-40 (The Message) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

In this episode, I share about a moment in my counselor's office when I moved toward an emotion I had been afraid of for a long time, and as a result discovered the first lesson of living loved.  Links and Resources from this episode:  Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Pete Scazerro The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson Changes that Heal by Henry Cloud The Broken Way by Ann Voskamp 1 Corinthians 8:3 (NIV) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

I share a story of some childhood journals that helped me to unpack ways I've sought belonging from others and from God by becoming who I thought I should be.  Links and Resources from this episode:  The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson The Deeper Journey by Robert Mulholland The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis Abba's Child by Brennan Manning 1 John 4:19 (The Message Translation) Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

This week on the podcast, I share a tender story from my childhood that invites us to consider the ways that we are wired to look for love and belonging. Links and Resources from this episode:  Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson Luke 1:52, 53 Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram. Listen on: Apple Podcasts Podbean Spotify

Welcome, friend. This is your invitation to join me on this journey toward wholeness. I’d love a traveling companion. My hope is that you’ll see yourself in these stories that I share here - and if nothing else - you’ll feel less alone.      Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram or at KaleyEhret.com.   Links and resources from this episode:  Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis John 8:36 NIV

Who am I when I'm free and why does it even matter? This is the question that has spurred me on for years now. If you've ever wondered why there is a gap between who you are and who you were meant to be, join me on the journey.   Find me at Kaley Ehret on Facebook and Instagram or at KaleyEhret.com