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Lindy Cleveland - Founder and Executive Director of Unless U - shares her faith and her impactful work including growing up in the church and feeling like she was being called to special needs ministry in middle school; how working at her college gym began a deeper connection with Jesus; how her brother’s Down Syndrome helped shape her faith; encountering joy everyday in her work; the “curb effect”; how suffering teaches us more about the Lord; how immediately after college allowed her to be “recklessly entrepreneurial”; how her identity crisis in college led to changing her major; how a class project turned into the foundation for her business; how a work “field trip” to see “The Lorax” not only named her business but aligned perfectly with who she knew she was called to be and what she was called to do; how her relationship and trust in her own father fostered her trust that the Lord will provide; the challenge of getting a vision but knowing it’s not time yet; how God used a a tip on a “creepy” abandoned building to become a place of expansion to help even more families; how the loss of a baby at 11 weeks and burnout helped slow her down; the best ice cream flavors and so much more!

https://www.unlessu.org/

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Joni Woods - Human Connection & Culture Architect, Founder of Journey Coaching, Author, and Speaker - shares her testimony and how her faith shapes her work including her entire youth spent in the church; Heaven’s Gates/Hell’s Flames play and the traumatic experience with her father; the importance of 1 John 4:19; works mentality growing up; spending a year in service as part of a church program that caused a wedge between her and her family; rebuilding after a divorce; her husband (at the time) and her being fired from four different ministry positions; realizing that God’s love for His children is like our love for our children and the role that realization played in her divorce; how her book “Burned, Blocked, and Better Than Ever” came to be; despite her terrible grades in English class, she knew this was a story that needed to be released, and her wrestling with the process; founding her company “Journey Coaching”; creating an exceptional work culture through emotional intelligence and “soft skills”; the challenging and heartbreaking way she came to discover the importance of emotional intelligence; spending time with God in the car; and much much more!

https://joniwoods.com/

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Gabriel Andreson - author, speaker, entrepreneur, and the President and Co-Founder of Inovis Energy - shares his journey and how his faith guides his work including being raised in a Christian home by pastor parents; raising his hand for salvation in third grade (to avoid hell); having a passion for the marginalized in school; the pain of divorce; how the breakup with a serious girlfriend turned into anger; a terrifying drug experience where God questioned him that drew him back to God in a deeper way; how his distaste for studying ended Bible school and a desire to be a doctor or nurse; his pivot to the light bulb industry; his entrepreneur venture as a result of his wife hearing from the Lord; how a word from Mark Tietsort confirmed the entrepreneurial endeavor; the impact of speaker Ed Rush; the benefits of “God Talks”; a panic attack 30,000 feet in the air; his book "UnAnxious: A Practical Guide to Calm Your Mind & Reclaim Your Peace in an Anxiety-Filled World"; anxiety is something that’s there to teach us something; Box Breathing; returning to the Lord’s presence; business as ministry; how he preaches where he reaches in the marketplace; and much more!

Gabriel's Book:

https://www.amazon.com/UnAnxious-Practical-Guide-Reclaim-Anxiety-Filled/dp/B0GP3619JS

https://www.inovisenergy.com/

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Note: English is not Erenia's first language, but God certainly spoke through her anyway.

Erenia Mendoza - Technical Operations Manager/Marketing Executive (global entertainment brands including Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Amazon, Netflix, and Sony Pictures) - based in Brazil, shares her faith and her story including growing up in a Catholic home but having a lot of questions about faith in her 20’s; how her mother’s painting class changed the trajectory of her life; how a message at church spoke directly to her; how her questions were met with patience from her pastor; how her maturity helped her not separate her faith life from the rest of her life; her dream of being a lawyer but she was “bitten” by the entertainment “bug”; starting her career at Sony distribution; opening her own distribution company; her switch to marketing; how her learning to read with comic books turned into a love of movies; deciding that all her decisions must have God’s direction; a potential big career move that she ran passed God first; a possible move to Miami became a move to Mexico; how the COVID pandemic and the thought of spending her birthday alone brought her back to Brazil; receiving the “Monday Manna” on an iPad (until it died); the impact that CMBC International has had on her faith and work; and much more!

https://www.cbmcint.com/

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Dr. Robyn Graham - Anxiety Breakthrough Strategist, speaker, and creator of the CCC Method™ - takes us on her journey of faith and meaningful work including going to church and Faith-based schooling; having a rebellious side once she hit college; anxiety which led her to other unhealthy practices; coming into the fullness of a relationship with the Lord into her marriage; the life-changing impact of “Don’t Miss Out” by Jeannie Cunnion; religion vs. relationship; the impact of social media on anxiety; the anxiety loop; how intentional gratitude can displace the negative thoughts; a holy pause; what drew her to neuroscience; from fear of high school projects to becoming a published author and speaker; how trusting Him has given her the boldness to walk in her calling; the inspiration of 2 Timothy 1:7; tuning yourself to hear the “voice” of God; the CCC Method (Calm, Confident, Consistent); the “typically day” faith routine; and much, much more!

https://therobyngraham.com/

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Gabrielle Loh - Founder & CEO of Impactful Presence - shares her faith, her health journey, and her impactful work including negatively encountering Jesus at 15 years old in high school; entering a church for the first time at age 35; feeling overwhelmed in the presence of God; getting involved in the children’s ministry and worship; the impact of the book of Romans; her stage 4 cancer diagnosis and “grabbing healing scriptures”; Jeremiah 30:17; actually surrendering to God; how her cancer has been a blessing; why she’s passionate about personal branding; the impact of Faith Driven Entrepreneurs; how she helps create a personal brand; is God enough for you?; the 5 Ps (Perception, Position, Purpose, Presence, Privilege); scaling down her business in this season but willing to be obedient to what God has in store moving forward; her desire to help women navigating loss; embodying Preach Where You Reach not only in her work but as she goes through her health journey; and much more!

https://impactfulpresence.pro/

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Phil Risher - President of Phlash Consulting - shares his faith and his work including going from Greek Orthodox to an Apostolic Pentecostal church as a child; his challenges with doctrine; how having a wife and family made him think seriously about what he believes; the benefit of religious “guardrails” in his life; 1 John 4:8 as his life verse; Dave Ramsey’s influence; the time when his work didn’t align with who he was and the bold, unexpected next step; what his renovated school bus travels taught him; rapping jingles - the beginning of the entrepreneurial drive; overseeing substantial growth in an air duct cleaning company; “give the recipe, sell the cooking”; getting fired by the same guy that became his first consulting client; his desire to multiply his “talents”; building culture with a remote team; the lessons learned from the Taylor Swift Eras Tour docu-series; win-win-win; three pillars to growth; and much more!

https://phlashconsulting.com/

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Kristina Francis - CEO and Chief Possibility Officer at Kin & Commons Strategy Group - shares her faith and how it informs her work including growing up in a multi-generational home and the immense influence her grandmother had on her faith; the three adult times that brought her closer to Christ; the dream to graduate and go to college; trusting God through the pruning; the life changing impact of transferring to Georgetown; the two times she felt like she was stepping more fully into her calling; the genesis of Kin & Commons; her desire to build a school system outside of the four walls; creating an environment where people feel “regulated”; The Seven; a pivotal point in her marriage and the blessing of COVID; how to navigate as your kids grow up - moving from parenting to being a guide; “love being the frequency”; coherence - being more like Jesus; rest and the “Circle Prayer”; the origin story of The Seven name; and so much more!

https://www.kinandcommons.com/

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