Presence, Power, Purpose

The Susan Beth Podcast - Purpose, Intentional Living

Hey Hey, thanks for being here. I mean that from my heart. I never want to take for granted you being here. It’s truly a gift in my life so I continue to be sincerely grateful that you continue to show up here each week. I wanted to catch you up on a few things… The start of a new year has brought some changes for the podcast. Firstly, we’ve decided to make a change to the podcast name. Depending on what platform you listen on you might have noticed that instead of saying the She Is Podcast with Susan Beth it just says the Susan Beth Podcast. Apple typically takes a while to update and last time I checked it was still showing the previous title cover. But it had been brought to my attention that my calling the podcast SHE IS could be limiting to men who have tuned in and enjoyed the podcast and to those who wouldn’t ever listen because of the name of the podcast and assume it only applies to women. Obviously, I'm going to speak and attract more of who I am but I listen to as many men as I do women and I know I’m going to want to include men as well as women as guests on the show as well. I will continue using She Is as I have been for almost a decade for many of the other products and projects. And we’ll see how the podcast name change feels and either stay with it …or change it back 😀

Secondly, we will start back with our monthly conversation with a quest next month as I wanted to use these next few weeks to process the start of a new calendar year together as we walk through Winter.

I was having a conversation with my husband Ron a few days ago and we were talking about pivots in life and I so much related to what he was sharing and how much freedom I found when I realized there would be layers of iteration as I put my hands to what is in my heart. Even though I’ve always been open to change and moving towards new things there was still a twinge of how the change would be received by others. Would they love or hate the change… would they perceive the change of direction as a failure? And after hearing a few people talk about this concept of iteration years ago I could see clearly that’s what was happening in my life and that it was part of the process. And for me not to continually tweak and make changes would keep me stuck and not only would I be stuck but I would be stuck inside something that didn’t fit anymore.

And I’ve talked about this before but sometimes you don’t even know what fits or doesn’t until you try it. I mean how many of you have seen a particular style of clothing or even a hairstyle that you love and you try it and you’re like NOPE not me… but you had to try it on to get that information and come to that realization.

I mentioned to Ron in that same conversation how looking back on different things I’ve done Podcasting would not be the thing that I would have thought I would still be doing all these years later. I only started recording short audios for a membership community I had started years ago. Over time I realized without a team to help with all the tech involved with not only creating the content but transferring it to a platform which almost a decade ago was a lot more difficult than it is today. Was stifling the natural flow of creativity as I was spending a lot of time figuring systems out and recruiting help from others in between their work responsibilities.

But through creating the membership I realized the parts of it that were important to me that felt important to continue to put my hand to and time into.

and I will admit it would have been easy for me to have continued with the membership in many ways but I’ve learned as much as it is about stepping out and trying it’s also a balance of not holding on to what is not for you.

A lot of the energy around heading into a new year is found in goal setting and taking on new challenges to check off. Which isn’t necessarily the spirit we find in a Winter season. A winter season invites us to slower, more reflective moments. The stillness of Winter is an invitation to be still with God and with ourselves.

I found myself writing these 3 words at the end of my journal page the other morning…PRESENCE< POWER < PURPOSE

We have oftentimes mistakenly equated being still with being unproductive

When I have discovered along the way in my journey that the more I am aware of and living in the presence of God throughout the moments of my day.

The more I am strengthened and infused by the very spirit whose idea my life was in the first place. And that power provides clarity to my purpose.

In our humanity, we can struggle with achievement and the need for more when oftentimes the pureness of purpose is crushed and buried underneath the rubble of “more”

There is a thought in one of the weekly focuses in the Winter Journal that says Winter is a mysterious mix of solitude and wonder.

And wow how I have found that to be true.

The more moments I’m aware of God’s presence the more I discover and in turn the more I discover about myself and wonder is a powerful word to describe the experience.

Presence power purpose

The less I “do” the more I do…

May I suggest as we are at the start of a new year:

To be slow in adding things on

And in picking things up.

Everything you did last year isn’t intended to be carried into a new year.

Doesn’t mean they are bad and didn’t add to your life

But life is seasons.

And seasons change

So let’s not hold onto things that were beautiful and good in a previous season

But are not going to be life-giving and thrive in the season we are in.

One of the most beautiful things I have seen as I have gotten older is that I am not going to miss what God has for me. He is more faithful than I ever believed he could be and his Love and beauty continue to chase after me…every day of my life

And our God is no respecter of persons

So it’s the same for you, friend.

Stay close, and keep following where he leads

He is for you and he is forever faithful>

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