I had the opportunity to interview her and she shared amazing stories of victory and gave applicable advice with biblical principles. This is one interview you don’t want to miss…

In our current economic climate, more people than ever are dealing with financial challenges, layoffs, and professional setbacks. Add to that the timeless problems of broken relationships, health crises, and various forms of personal disappointment and loss, and it’s hard to find anyone who isn’t experiencing some kind of setback that has thrown their life plans for loop.

I’ve come to discover that there are a lot of guys out there that love chocolate too! Who’da thought?!

Karen and I had a fun interview discussing the “secrets for a sweeter journey on the rocky road of life”! I’m talking all things chocolate ladies and gentlemen, from recipes to quick relief especially when you’re aching for a chocolatey treat! Oh, did I mention The Chocolate Diaries are sprinkled with concoctions on how to create chocolate delights from whatever ingredients you can round up in your kitchen? I don’t know if I should say YAY or YUM.

Check out our fabulously yummy, I mean funny interview…

Karen Linamen dishes up a satisfying bled of moxie and mocha, sharing stories from dozens of women who reveal savvy strategies for embracing a sweeter life – even while traveling rocky roads. If you’re hungry for more joy, reasons to laugh again, ideas to help you heal, and reliable hope leading to a sweeter future, this journey will definitely leave you satisfied.

For more information on Karen Linamen please visit www.KarenLinamen.com!

1. Faithful

2. Frugal

3. Flexible

4. Free-Hearted

Deborah also offered our listeners and readers her FREE scripture matrix! Go to www.ConfrontingIssues.com now for more details!

Check out our interview…

Put Fear In It’s Place

With her trademark clarity and practical wisdom, Deborah Smith Pegues offers you hope and assurance as she addresses relational, health and safety, financial, and emotional fears with godly principles and straightforward helps. Each step of the way, she gives you power over fear by helping you understand

*the root cause of your fears

*God’s perspective on your anxieties, fears, or phobias

*how to respond to fear triggers with awareness and confidence

*ways to embrace healthy fears and to resist unhealthy ones

how neutralizing your fears can maximize your life

If you find yourself walking the minefield of frequent fearfulness, this book will help you exchange your fear for the peace that surpasses all understanding.

What a fun interview I had with Debora Coty regarding her new book Too Blessed to be Stressed!

Debora is such a doll! She has a powerfully packed bubbly personality that demands your attention and make no mistake that her book is just as compelling.

Too Blessed to be Stressed addresses heart needs of women drowning in the churning stress-pool of busyness and offers a life preserver of simple, practical steps for healing, refreshment and revitalization of the spirit, body and faith.

Oh, yes – don’t miss her 2-Minute Stress Busters, posted bi-weekly from July through October. Each 2-Minute Stress Buster video features a brief, light-hearted but heavy-hitting excerpt from Too Blessed to be Stressed. Just hop over to her website at www.DeboraCoty.com and click on Stress Busters.

Check out this awesome interview with Karol Ladd:

Who are you really…beneath the surface?

Really take a minutes to honestly answer that question.

If everything in your life was peeled away, what kind of person would be left standing? Would you still have confidence in your own abilities? All too often we define ourselves by money, a nice home, cars, beautiful things or how we look. Struggles with insecurity and self-confidence are now daily battles. What is shown on TV only adds to the increasing fire of women never feeling they are “enough” because they fail to recognize that their true identity is found in a much deeper source. Karol Ladd, author and speaker, believes that it is only when women truly understand their purpose and walk with a God-confidence, will they become what they were always created to be.

ith biblical wisdom and an inspiring belief in God’s purpose for each woman, bestselling author Karol Ladd helps readers transform the way they see themselves and how they live out their lives as they discover their value and confidence in God.

Based on the book of Colossians, Karol reveals an exciting path of confident living through God’s love and grace. With this vital perspective shift, a woman will:

• Transform her thinking through powerful prayers
• Cultivate potential by exploring the dreams God gives to her
• Step forward with a strong sense of identity in Christ
• Deepen relationships and communication with others and with God
• Shine with joy and assurance of what she brings to the world

Lasting beauty radiates from the woman whose life is enriched by the unfading love of Christ. Stop yourself from becoming a prisoner of this world, and allow yourself to live with purpose and confidence as you discover A Woman’s Secret to Confident Living.

Karol Ladd is a gifted Bible teacher and a bestselling author. Her more than 20 releases include A Woman’s Passionate Pursuit of God (book and DVD) and The Power of a Positive Woman. She is a frequent guest on radio and television and regularly posts positive messages and videos on her website: www.KarolLadd.com.

Jay and Beth Loecken were an ordinary family searching for meaning in their lives while living the American Dream.  They owned their dream house, drove nice cars, and from the outside seemed to have all they needed.  Yet something kept pulling at them—a stirring, a sense that they were being called to a greater purpose in life.  They couldn’t escape the feeling that there was more to life than the relentless pursuit of material possessions.

In Passion to Action: How God Uses Ordinary People in Extraordinary Ways, the Loeckens share the remarkable story of how they rediscovered another dream and how it turned their life upside down and fulfilled them more than they ever thought possible.  It will inspire readers to discover their own passions and put them into action.

In the summer of 2007, the Loeckens headed to Africa on a mission trip with three of their four children.  That trip changed their lives.  When they returned home to their comfortable lifestyle, they all knew they wanted something more.  In April of 2008, the family made the daring decision to sell their home, purchase an RV, and begin traveling the country serving communities in need: crushing cans for a senior center in McCall, Idaho, cleaning used books for a program in Portland, Oregon, and serving meals at the Rescue Mission in Salt Lake City, Utah.

“Being in Africa gave us a true and new understanding of what it means to have a sense of community.  The people we met and mingled with for those two weeks really rely on one another.  They work together and share everything and don’t just think about themselves.  They instinctively put others first,” says Jay.  Upon returning home, the family realized that they had abandoned their dreams, so they made a u-turn, deciding to recreate what they had found on the other side of the world: purpose, joy, simplicity, and service.

The Loeckens knew they were not just called to live their dream, but to encourage others to do the same through their Passion to Action ministry.  Their mission is to inspire others, empower them with tools and resources, and mobilize them to put their faith into action.  While reading their story, including excerpts from their children (Ben, Bekah, Abigail, and Noah), readers will witness remarkable courage and see how far God can lead us to places we never imagined.  Their book includes ten challenges for readers to complete on their own, such as identifying their passion, conquering fears, and helping someone who is different than them.

Passion to Action is more than just a story about the Loecken family; it is a movement that encourages action in discovering one’s life passion and beginning to live it.  According to Beth, “There is a God-given dream in each of us.  That dream looks different for every person, but it is definitely there.  For some, perhaps the dream is to write a novel, compete in a marathon, or work with disadvantaged kids.  Deep down, we all have a dream.  But sadly, most people will never act on it.”

To find out more about Passion to Action visit…www.PassionToAction.org!

“You never forget the day that changes your life forever,” says author and speaker Cindy Beall. For Cindy it was the day when she listened in disbelief as her husband of nine years confessed to a pornography addiction, numerous affairs, and the frightening reality that another woman was pregnant with his child. As everything caved in around her, Cindy grappled to find answers amidst the chaos, wrestling with questions such as; is healing this marriage even possible? Should I stay or should I go?

After much prayer, soul-searching and counsel she made the decision to stay and fight for her marriage and family.

Sharing with raw honesty and intimate knowledge of pain and of God’s power to resurrect something new out of the debris of betrayal, Cindy states the importance for couples to:

• Seek guidance, counseling, and prayer support when deceptions surface
• Help the family heal from the grief and humiliation
• Rebuild trust after porn, sex, and other addictions undermine a relationship
• Protect a marriage from lies and unfaithfulness
• Rely on God to pursue forgiveness and move forward in new promises

Cindy’s compassion, grasp of God’s Word, and the Bealls’ remarkable story will inspire wives and husbands to trust God with their broken hearts and follow His leading, hope, and redemption.

Find out more about Debra Beck and My Feet Aren’t Ugly Revised and Updated Edition by visiting: Empowered Teens and Parents

My Feet Aren’t Ugly is now REVISED and UPDATED with an additional 60 pages! If you have a teen girl in your life, whether she’s a daughter, granddaughter, sister, niece, or friend, this book is a MUST have for her!

If a young lady in your life sometimes feel like other girls are prettier, more trendy, more popular, or if she ever feels bad about herself, she needs this book!

In this funny, honest book, teen expert and mentor Debra Beck provides in-depth examples and exercises to develop the tools you need for self-confidence. Learn to have fulfilling relationships, make good decisions for yourself, respect yourself and others all while learning to love yourself for who you are: fearfully and wonderfully made says God!

The book’s catchy title, My Feet Aren’t Ugly, was born of an incident from Beck’s youth: “When I was fifteen years old, I was standing out in front of my house talking to a guy I was crazy about. It was a hot summer day and I was in shorts and bare feet. All of a sudden I noticed he was staring at my feet. He said, ‘You have the ugliest feet I have ever seen! You should never go barefoot.’ I didn’t go barefoot for a long time. I knew that my feet maybe were a little wide but they didn’t seem
ugly to me until then. From then on, I was self-conscious about my ugly feet. When my girlfriends were buying cute, strappy sandals, I was buying sneakers. It took years for me to realize that my feet really aren’t ugly. To me, this is a fitting example of what it is like to be a teen girl.” Part road map, part mentor-in-a-book, My Feet Aren’t Ugly may be the best friend a teen girl ever had. With expert guide
Debra Beck leading the way, teen girls everywhere will learn how to turn those formative years into transformative years.

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In this powerful and deeply vulnerable book, Beth Redman writes to pass along a message that changed her life-that the God who made us also understands us intimately and proclaims our worth by naming us and calling our name. He hears our cries and reaches out to help us and fight for us. He knows our past but is already hard at work shaping our future-helping us, defending us, and restoring the damage life has done. And no matter what others do, our heavenly Father will never, ever leave or forget us.

Drawing on Scripture and her own experience, Redman invites us to explore the revolutionary implications of being loved by a God who knows our name. And she invites us to call on His name as well-to respond to His heart and love Him as he has loved us from the beginning.

*prevent painful experiences from stealing your joy

*let go of envy, jealousy, and the need to control

*fulfill your desires in healthy, constructive ways

Discover how you can find freedom in the midst of painful emotions, experience restoration in the love and grace of God, and channel your feelings toward a fulfilled and Christ-like life.