89 - A Radiant You
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[00:00:00] Hello, my friend, and welcome to Radiant You—a podcast empowering Christian women to feel lighter and shine brighter. Because life doesn't have to feel dark or heavy. Together, we find hope, inspiration, and practical tools that will help you unlock your self-confidence and build a simpler life: one bite-sized episode at a time.
[00:00:32] Truly, your life can be more fulfilling and feel lighter than you ever thought possible. The radiant you is within reach. Let's find her together.
[00:00:48] Hello, my friend. Welcome. You may or may not know that deep in my heart, I am a Texas girl. When I moved here years ago, I just fell in love. with the [00:01:00] Christian people. I also love that here in Texas, we get to have warm winters. And then when you go to the grocery store, people say to you, "Have a blessed day." It just makes my life better every time I interact with the people here in Texas.
[00:01:16] Well, there's one thing about Texas that I was not prepared for when I moved here. And no, it's not the bugs, even though they drive me crazy. I did have a heads up on that.
[00:01:25] But growing up in Utah, snow was not a big deal. We had mountains that brought snow every winter, and although I did not like driving in it, we knew how to manage it. It wasn't that big of a deal. Even a blizzard could be manageable.
[00:01:41] So you can guess how surprised I've been, at honestly, how wimpy I've felt the Texans are when it comes to any sort of cold weather. And I'm not going to lie, I've been a little judgy about it. They cancel school and church and close everything down when a little cold front comes into the state.
[00:01:59] And [00:02:00] over the years, I've rolled my eyes and thought, "Okay, I understand the roads are a little icy and you don't have the infrastructure to deal with it, but we don't have to stock up on toilet paper and hunker down for a week every time there's a little bit of cold."
[00:02:14] I was in this naive attitude of mine when February of 2021 hit with a cold front that turned into a billion dollar weather disaster. It lasted over nine days with wind chill below zero. Which, again, in Utah, isn't a big deal, but here in Texas, it ended up being titled "The Great Texas Freeze."
[00:02:39] Because it wasn't just cold. It left around 10 million people with no warmth, no light, and no ability to cook. And my home was right in the middle of the storm.
[00:02:52] I had four little boys at the time. My youngest was two years old and trying to keep them warm and fed and entertained and [00:03:00] calm was definitely a challenge.
[00:03:02] We had a lot of emergency preparedness stuff and so I didn't feel afraid of running out of food, but I wasn't prepared for the intense cold. Especially because houses in Texas aren't built like houses in Utah. The walls are not insulated. They're usually trying to keep the heat out instead of keep it in.
[00:03:23] Because we didn't have any electricity (and our room with our fireplace had windows along the whole wall that let all of the heat out) the only thing that worked even a little bit was to put everybody in our master bedroom and put tarps up over the windows that would trap in the natural heat that was being generated from inside our bodies. So we just hung out together in that small space trying to generate radiant heat. Because radiant energy isn't from the outside in, it's from the inside out.
[00:03:58] The most powerful radiant [00:04:00] energy there is, is the radiant energy from the sun. It's the source of that light and that heat. And it comes from within. Everyone around it gets to feel it and absorb it. And it brings more warmth and strength to all of those within its touch. This radiant heat was generated from within my little family during that great Texas freeze. And it's become a beautiful life lesson that I've held on to over the years.
[00:04:34] When life has its struggles, when things you think you are able to navigate like a simple snow storm, knock you off your feet and make it harder for you to do anything you thought you could, there are sources from within you that can radiate light and strength and power.
[00:04:56] This podcast, "Radiant You," is about tapping into that [00:05:00] inner source so that you can confidently navigate any situation in your life so that you can feel lighter and shine brighter along the way.
[00:05:12] The people around you don't have to change. Your circumstances can stay the same and you can still find joy because the source is not outside of you: the source of joy is within you.
[00:05:27] It's time to confidently create your life, to genuinely trust God, to authentically build your relationships, and to sustainably find fulfillment in your everyday life.
[00:05:46] It's time to become a more radiant you.
[00:05:51] I'm excited for you to embrace this next phase forward, where you can live lighter and shine [00:06:00] brighter.
[00:06:00] Let's do it together.
[00:06:04] You are radiant! But some days it's hard to remember that truth. If you're ready to live lighter and shine brighter, then head over to www.thelightcoach.com and book a free session to discover what's possible. The radiant you is within your reach. Let's find her together.
