Rooting Our Identity in Christ: Brandi Rhodes & Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
Jesus Calling: Stories of Faith
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🗓️ 3 June 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
The concept of identity is a lofty one to wrap our minds around, and we are often encouraged to make sure our identity aligns with who God has called us to be. But how do we do that in real life? It often takes a situation beyond our control, where we feel over our heads, to get us to a point where we realize we have to realign our priorities. It’s there, in that space, that we often find God, and we see clearly what He wants for us. All Elite Wrestling star Brandi Rhodes is the wife of Cody Rhodes and daughter-in-law of the legendary Dusty Rhodes and is a star herself in American Elite Wrestling, talks about how faith and family played a role in forging her into the strong woman she is today. Renowned cardiac anesthesiologist and TedX speaker Dr. Sasha Shillcutt discusses the difficulties of juggling the roles of mom and a physician, how she found the balance by developing a spiritual practice of seeking God daily for 30 minutes.
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Interview Quotes:
“I had a really, really core upbringing in church and Christianity. And I love that because it was a situation, at least back then, where everybody was okay with everybody. We had all kinds of people across the board at that little school. Everyone was accepted, and we learned so much. I think that alone is the reason why I continue to pursue faith today.” - Brandi Rhodes
“I remember I just prayed that whole time that I was just warming up around, God, please be my legs. I can't feel them. This is important. I really need You right now. And that was the best I ever skated in my entire life.” - Brandi Rhodes, on prepping for one of her biggest skating competitions as a young adult
“I felt like I was failing as a mom. And when I would spend time trying to be the best mom I could be, I felt like I was failing as a physician. I think this is something that happens to a lot of women. I recognized how isolated I was, how I had really drifted away from the person God had called me to be.” - Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
“When you bring women together from diverse backgrounds, you recognize that so many of our trials and tribulations are similar, and we may be in different stages of our life or different phases, different states, different countries even. But we often face the same struggles.” - Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
“There's times as a doctor that it’s 3:00 in the morning and I'm in the operating room, and I don't know the next thing I should do to help a patient. I don't know the best thing. I'm not sure we're gonna make it out of the operating room. I'm struggling. And I can tell you in those moments, what I lean on is Christ.” - Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
“I pray that when I show up, I will affect the people in the room--sometimes that's two people, sometimes that's a thousand people--but that God will just help me bring kindness and clarity wherever I go, because the world is hard right now and there's a lot of anger and anxiety. And I just want to be a person that can bring clarity and kindness.” - Dr. Sasha Shillcutt
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| 0:00.0 | You know, it didn't really register with me until I announced my first |
| 0:06.2 | WrestleMania and that's when a lot of people start throwing sets around because |
| 0:09.7 | there's so much news around this and stuff and I guess that's when people looked |
| 0:12.6 | into it and said, hey, is she the first one to do this? |
| 0:15.9 | And the answer was yes, so you know it's something that's really cool and I'm |
| 0:19.1 | really proud of and there's a lot of first for me in wrestling. |
| 0:23.1 | Welcome to the Jesus Calling podcast. The concept of identity is a lofty one to |
| 0:28.1 | wrap our minds around and we are often encouraged to make our identity |
| 0:32.0 | align with who God has created us to be. But how do we do that in real life? |
| 0:37.0 | It often takes a situation beyond our control where we feel over our heads to get us |
| 0:41.7 | to a point where we realize we have to realign our priorities. |
| 0:45.7 | It's there in that space that we often find God and we see clearly what he wants for us. |
| 0:51.4 | Our guests this week are All Elite Wrestling Star Brandy Roads, |
| 1:00.6 | who was the wife of wrestler Cody Rhodes and daughter-in-law of the legendary Dusty Roads |
| 1:06.0 | and is a star herself in All Elite Wrestling. She shares how faith and family played a role |
| 1:11.6 | in forging her into the strong woman she is today and we also have renowned cardiac |
| 1:17.5 | anesthesiologist and TEDx speaker Dr. Sasha Shilkut who discusses the difficulties of |
| 1:24.0 | juggling the roles of mom and being a physician and how she found the balance by developing a |
| 1:28.9 | spiritual practice of seeking God daily for 30 minutes. First up let's hear Brandy's story. |
| 1:36.6 | Hi this is Brandy Rhodes I am the chief brand officer of All Elite Wrestling |
| 1:41.5 | AEW. I'm also a professional wrestler and aspiring everything in the world including |
| 1:48.2 | to be a mother soon. So I had a very unique upbringing in Michigan. I wouldn't change it for |
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