The Breaking Open

Letting Go of The Identity You Outgrew

Sometimes the hardest thing to release isn't a person, a job, or a season, it's the version of yourself that was created to survive it. In this episode of Called to Become, I'm joined by my longtime friend, Kirbi Range, for an honest conversation about the space between who we were and who we're becoming. Together, we explore the identities created through survival, expectations, and past experiences and what it looks like to release them when they've outlived their purpose. Kirbi shares her personal journey of growth, healing, and transformation, reflecting on letting go of old versions of herself while learning to embrace the woman she is becoming. Through stories, insights, and heartfelt reflection, we discuss the challenges of growth, the courage required to evolve, and the freedom found in surrendering to God's ongoing work in our lives. If you've ever felt caught between a past version of yourself and the person God is calling you to become, this conversation will remind you that growth isn't betrayal, it's obedience to your becoming. Take a deep breath, open your heart, and join me for this reflection on surrender, transformation, and the courage to let go.

"What Are You Eating?" 3- Minute Reflection

“Guard your heart above all else, for everything you do flows from it.” – Proverbs 4:23 In this 3-minute reflection pause, we slow down and ask a deeper question: What are you feeding your inner world? What thoughts are you consuming daily? What words have you allowed to take root in your spirit? Fear? Disappointment? Doubt? Hopelessness? Or faith, truth, expectancy, and life? The truth is, what we repeatedly “eat” mentally, emotionally, and spiritually eventually shapes the condition of our hearts. If we constantly prepare ourselves for rejection, failure, or disappointment, we unknowingly train our inner world to expect limitation instead of possibility. This reflection is an invitation to become aware of what’s been nourishing you beneath the surface. Are you feeding your faith or your fear? Your healing or your survival patterns? Your truth or your wounds? Take these next few minutes to sit with God, reflect honestly, and allow Him to reveal what needs to be released and what needs to be replenished. Because guarding your heart isn’t about shutting down, it’s about being intentional with what you allow to live within you.

Healing the Hidden Parts

In this episode of Called to Become, we’re talking about the hidden parts of ourselves we’ve learned to cover, silence, protect, or survive through. The parts shaped by disappointment, rejection, fear, shame, grief, abandonment, and the pressure to appear “okay” while silently carrying wounds underneath the surface. “Healing the Hidden Parts” is a conversation about what happens when God begins to reveal the areas within us that still need healing, not to shame us, but to restore us. Sometimes the hardest battles are the ones no one else can see. The hidden insecurities. The unspoken pain. The patterns we normalized. The version of ourselves we built just to survive. We unpack the process of confronting those buried places honestly and allowing healing to reach deeper than appearances, performance, or spirituality. Because true transformation doesn’t happen by pretending the wound isn’t there. It happens when we stop hiding and finally allow ourselves to be seen, healed, and made whole.

What the "Waiting Seasons" really reveal

Are you in a season where you feel like you're in between blessings... waiting for your "next" to happen? Sometimes it can feel like you're waiting just for the sake of waiting. Like life is paused and you're standing still... But what if the wait isn't empty at all? What if there's actually power in it? A waiting season isn't about passively sitting around until the next door opens. It's a season of preparation.... but in what way? In this episode, I talk about what the waiting seasons actually uncover. Things we may not notice at first, but are quietly preparing us for what's ahead. If you're in a season of waiting right now, this conversation might help you see it differently.

The Breaking Open

What if the moments that "undo" us are the very places God is doing His most intentional work? In this episode of Called to Become, I reflect on what it means to be broken open. Not as punishment, but as preparation. This season exposes the foundations we've been standing on, inviting us to release control, perfection and self-reliance and rebuild our identity with God as our true source. If you're in a stretching, waiting or unraveling season, this episode is an invitation to trust the process- because sometimes the breaking isn't the end, it's the beginning.