Hey friends, I'm Jess Connolly. Welcome to our podcast. I'm an author, coach, Bible teacher,

and local church leader, and I love talking with real women who know what it means to have

full lives while also still wanting to walk in abundance. My hunch about you is that you are a woman

who wants to use what you've got

to change the world for the good of others and the glory of God. But you also want to be present,

to feel free, and to walk in the abundance that was purchased for you by Jesus. This podcast is

for you. It's not my podcast. It's ours. It's for women who crave

lighthearted conversations and deeply spiritual truths. It's for the women who are busy,

tired, waiting, growing, dreaming, working, or praying about what's next. Through interviews, honest conversations,

our book club, and more. My goal is to bring you encouragement and insight about all parts of life

in Christ, from marriage to ministry and haircuts to healing. Nothing is off the table. Whether

you're listening in the messy, the mundane, the quiet or the busiest

season ever. I've been praying for you and I'm so glad you're here. Let's go.

This is how I picture you. You are a woman who wants to love God, your people, and you want to use what you've

got to change the world. But if you're like me, you also want to actually live to be awake,

joyful, and energized enough to actually be present for your life. We are women who want to live

as daughters of God and human beings, not just

workers who are constantly doing. On top of that, we're fighting a culture of reactive defeat,

one that assumes exhaustion is inevitable instead of fighting for rest. We are surrounded by people who idolize

busyness over a sustainable pace and most of us are used to being rewarded for pushing past

our human boundaries and limitations. If you're like me, you sometimes wonder if you're so busy

living life that you might be missing it.

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