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Grief has a way of stopping us in our tracks. It shakes what we know, challenges what we believe, and leaves us with questions we may never have answers to. In the wake of the heartbreaking loss our Bend community has experienced, this episode is for those who are hurting, grieving, or simply trying to figure out how to take the next step. I'm not here to tell you how to grieve or how quickly to move forward. I'm here to ask you one question: When life hurts, where do you run? Because staying aligned with God doesn't mean we won't experience pain. It means learning to turn toward Him in the middle of it. Whether you're walking through loss, disappointment, heartbreak, or a season you never saw coming, this conversation is an invitation to bring your whole heart to Jesus. You don't have to have all the answers. You don't have to have it all together. And you certainly don't have to walk through it alone. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Start Aligning Today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube Verses on Grief & Healing: 1. When Your Heart Is BrokenPsalm 34:18 — “The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.” Psalm 147:3 — “He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.” Matthew 5:4 — “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” Psalm 56:8 — God sees our suffering and remembers our tears. Psalm 73:26 — Even when our hearts and strength fail, God remains our strength and portion forever. 2. When You Need Comfort and Peace2 Corinthians 1:3–4 — God is the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us so we can comfort others. John 14:27 — “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you.” Philippians 4:6–7 — Bring your anxieties to God in prayer, and His peace will guard your heart and mind in Christ Jesus. Isaiah 26:3 — “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.” Matthew 11:28 — “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.” Psalm 23:4 — Even in the valley of the shadow of death, we do not have to fear because God is with us. 3. When You're Asking God for HealingJeremiah 17:14 — “Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.” Jeremiah 30:17 — “For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD.” Psalm 30:2 — “O LORD my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.” Psalm 103:2–3 — Remember God's benefits, including His forgiveness and healing. Isaiah 61:1–3 — God brings good news to the brokenhearted, comfort to those who mourn, and beauty in place of ashes. James 5:14–16 — An invitation to pray for one another, seek healing, and walk together in faith. 4. When You Don't Understand WhyProverbs 3:5–6 — Trust in the Lord with all your heart rather than relying solely on your own understanding. Isaiah 55:8–9 — God's thoughts and ways are higher than ours. Romans 8:28 — God works in all things for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. 2 Corinthians 4:8–9 — We may be troubled, perplexed, and knocked down, but we are not abandoned or destroyed. Psalm 13:1–6 — David shows us that we can bring our questions, sorrow, and honest lament before God. 5. When You Need Strength to Keep GoingIsaiah 41:10 — “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee.” Joshua 1:9 — Be strong and courageous, because the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Psalm 46:1 — “God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 — God's grace is sufficient, and His strength is made perfect in weakness. Lamentations 3:21–23 — God's mercies never cease. His compassion is new every morning.

You can love God deeply and still be living from places in your heart that hurt. Unprocessed pain. Disappointment. Betrayal. Guardedness. The places where we quietly decided, I won’t let that happen to me again. But what happens when protection becomes a prison? In this episode of the Free to Dream Podcast, Julia Gentry gets real about the condition of our hearts—and how pain from the past can quietly shape the way we love, trust, dream, hear God, and move forward. God isn’t asking you to pretend it didn’t hurt. He wants access to the places that still do. Because when God heals the heart, He changes what flows from it. It’s time to check your HEARTSET. It's time to align your heart. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Start Aligning today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceStart your FREE, 40-Day Journey of Alignment HEREInstagramFacebookYouTube

What if doubt and discouragement don’t need another minute of your attention? In this timely episode of the Free to Dream Podcast, Julia Gentry interrupts the noise with the truth of Joshua 1:8–9—and reminds us that courage isn’t found in having all the answers. It’s found in coming back into alignment with what God has already said. If fear has been loud, discouragement has been creeping in, or you need a reset for your mind and spirit, press play. It’s time to interrupt the doubt, return to the Word, and be strong and courageous. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Start Aligning today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceStart your FREE-40 Day Journey HERELearn more about our mission: DreamTogether.LiveInstagramFacebookYouTube

What happens when your heart wants one thing, your mind is telling you another, and deep down in your soul you know God is calling you somewhere more? You feel the tension of misalignment. You can love God and still feel internally scattered. You can know the right Scripture and still wrestle with thoughts that don’t agree with it. You can have a God-given dream in your heart while your mind is busy talking you out of it. And that internal tug-of-war is exhausting. In this episode of Free to Dream, I take you into my INNER CIRCLE, my Dream Circle, where we’re talking about what it looks like to bring your heart, mind, and soul into alignment with God—not through striving, performing, or trying harder, but by learning to recognize where something inside of you has drifted out of agreement with Truth. Because alignment isn’t just about getting your priorities right. It’s about becoming whole. It’s when what you believe in your mind, what you carry in your heart, what you know deep within your soul, and how you live your life begin moving in the same direction. One God. One truth. One direction. A fully aligned you. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Arise & Align Community today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube

Just because a thought entered your mind doesn’t mean it deserves to stay there. And it certainly doesn’t mean it’s true. We live in a world where our minds are constantly being bombarded—notifications, opinions, fear, comparison, pressure, bad news, expectations, and the never-ending mental chatter of everything we should be doing. No wonder we’re exhausted. But what if caring for your mental health isn’t only about quieting your thoughts? What if it’s about learning which thoughts deserve your agreement? In this episode of Free to Dream, we’re talking about mental health, mindset, and what the Bible actually teaches us about renewing our minds. Because transformation isn’t just about changing what you do—it begins by changing the thoughts you come into agreement with. We’ll talk about recognizing the difference between a thought and truth, interrupting unhealthy thought patterns, taking thoughts captive instead of allowing them to take you captive, and intentionally aligning your thinking with what God says. Because you cannot always control the thought that knocks on the door. But you can decide which thoughts you invite in, entertain, and eventually build your life around. So the question isn’t simply, “What am I thinking?” It’s: “Is the thought I’m thinking worthy of my agreement?” Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Arise & Align Movement today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube Get your FREE BONUS CONTENT from today's episode HERE.

Alignment Is a Mindset: What Thought Are You Aligned With? Have you ever thought, “There has to be more than this”? You love God. You’re praying. You’re believing. You’re showing up. You know Jesus promised an abundant life—so why do you still feel exhausted, overwhelmed, or like the life you know you’re called to is somehow just out of reach? Maybe the answer isn’t found in doing more. Maybe it starts with asking a different question: What THOUGHT am I aligned with? In this episode of Free to Dream, we’re digging into the powerful connection between your thoughts, your alignment, and the direction of your life. Because long before your life moves in a direction, your thoughts do. We’ll talk about recognizing the thoughts quietly driving your decisions, identifying where fear, scarcity, old stories, or limiting beliefs may have taken the wheel, and learning to bring your mind back into agreement with truth. Because alignment isn’t just about your schedule, your priorities, or getting your life organized. Alignment is a mindset. And sometimes the distance between the life you’re living and the life Jesus said was possible begins with the thought you’ve been agreeing with. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Arise & Align Movement Today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube

Bonus Episode | Welcome to the Arise & Align Experience Welcome! I'm so grateful you're here. Whether you've been listening to Free to Dream for years or this is your very first episode, I believe you're here on purpose. This bonus episode is your invitation into the Arise & Align Experience—a 40-day journey designed to help you slow down, quiet the noise, and meet with God before you meet the world. Together, we're going to walk through the exact 7-step morning framework I use every single day—the same guided audio experience you'll find inside the ALIGN app. This simple rhythm has transformed far more than my mornings; it has transformed the way I hear God's voice, make decisions, lead my family, pursue my dreams, and live each day from a place of peace, purpose, and alignment. It's the routine I return to again and again because it continually brings me back to what matters most: His presence. I'm honored to walk this journey with you. Let's arise. Let's align. And let's discover what God wants to do when we meet with Him before we meet the world. Resources & Links: Join the ALIGN App & Community: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperience Follow along for the entirety of the 40-day Alignment Journey on my blog HERE Follow Julia on Instagram: @thejuliagentry Subscribe so you never miss a new episode of Free to Dream.

You obeyed. You surrendered. You let it go. You did the thing God asked you to do. So why does your life look emptier instead of fuller? In seasons of alignment, it can sometimes feel more like subtraction than addition. Obedience sometimes leaves you staring at empty hands, wondering if you heard God correctly—or if something has gone terribly wrong? In this episode, Julia gets deeply personal about a season of letting go, returning to where it all began, and learning not to judge what God is doing by what she can currently see. We’ll wrestle with what it means to recognize the season you’re actually in—especially when your circumstances seem to be telling you a completely different story. If you’ve been faithful but disappointed, obedient but confused, surrendered but empty-handed, this episode is for you. Your hands may be empty. But that doesn’t mean God isn’t moving. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Start Aligning today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube

Bonus Episode | Welcome to the Arise & Align Experience Welcome! I'm so grateful you're here. Whether you've been listening to Free to Dream for years or this is your very first episode, I believe you're here on purpose. This bonus episode is your invitation into the Arise & Align Experience—a 40-day journey designed to help you slow down, quiet the noise, and meet with God before you meet the world. Together, we're going to walk through the exact 7-step morning framework I use every single day—the same guided audio experience you'll find inside the ALIGN app. This simple rhythm has transformed far more than my mornings; it has transformed the way I hear God's voice, make decisions, lead my family, pursue my dreams, and live each day from a place of peace, purpose, and alignment. It's the routine I return to again and again because it continually brings me back to what matters most: His presence. I'm honored to walk this journey with you. Let's arise. Let's align. And let's discover what God wants to do when we meet with Him before we meet the world. Resources & Links: Join the ALIGN App & Community: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperience Follow along for the entirety of the 40-day Alignment Journey on my blog HERE Follow Julia on Instagram: @thejuliagentry Subscribe so you never miss a new episode of Free to Dream.

Gratitude: The Secret to Staying Aligned What if the greatest threat to your alignment isn't your circumstances... but your forgetfulness? It's easy to thank God when life is going well. But what happens when the prayers feel unanswered, the dream feels delayed, or the season feels harder than you expected? In this episode, we'll discover why gratitude is far more than good manners or positive thinking—it's a spiritual discipline that realigns your heart with the faithfulness of God. We'll explore how remembering what God has done gives us the strength to trust Him with what He hasn't done yet, and why gratitude has the power to shift our perspective even when our circumstances haven't changed. If you've found yourself focusing more on what's missing than on God's presence, this conversation is an invitation to pause, remember, and realign. Because gratitude doesn't ignore reality. It anchors you in a greater reality: God has been faithful, God is faithful, and God will remain faithful. The grateful heart stays aligned—not because life is perfect, but because it never loses sight of the One who is. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Start ALIGNING Today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube

Bonus Episode | Welcome to the Arise & Align Experience Welcome! I'm so grateful you're here. Whether you've been listening to Free to Dream for years or this is your very first episode, I believe you're here on purpose. This bonus episode is your invitation into the Arise & Align Experience—a 40-day journey designed to help you slow down, quiet the noise, and meet with God before you meet the world. Together, we're going to walk through the exact 7-step morning framework I use every single day—the same guided audio experience you'll find inside the ALIGN app. This simple rhythm has transformed far more than my mornings; it has transformed the way I hear God's voice, make decisions, lead my family, pursue my dreams, and live each day from a place of peace, purpose, and alignment. It's the routine I return to again and again because it continually brings me back to what matters most: His presence. I'm honored to walk this journey with you. Let's arise. Let's align. And let's discover what God wants to do when we meet with Him before we meet the world. Resources & Links: Join the ALIGN App & Community: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperience Follow along for the entirety of the 40-day Alignment Journey on my blog HERE Follow Julia on Instagram: @thejuliagentry Subscribe so you never miss a new episode of Free to Dream.

When Alignment Hurts What if the discomfort you're feeling isn't a sign that you're off track... but a sign that God is realigning your life? We often expect alignment with God to bring immediate peace, clarity, and momentum. But what if it first brings pruning, waiting, surrender, and letting go? What if the pain isn't punishment—but preparation? In this episode, we'll explore why seasons of loss, disappointment, unanswered prayers, and holy discomfort are often part of God's refining process. We'll look at what Scripture teaches about hope deferred, lament, and perseverance, and why God is often more concerned with building your character than simply delivering your dream. If you've been asking, "God, why does following You feel so hard right now?" this conversation is for you. You may not be falling apart. You may be being formed. Because sometimes alignment hurts—not because God is absent, but because He's lovingly removing everything that no longer belongs so you can become the person He created you to be. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Start ALIGNING today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperience.InstagramFacebookYouTube

Bonus Episode | Welcome to the Arise & Align Experience Welcome! I'm so grateful you're here. Whether you've been listening to Free to Dream for years or this is your very first episode, I believe you're here on purpose. This bonus episode is your invitation into the Arise & Align Experience—a 40-day journey designed to help you slow down, quiet the noise, and meet with God before you meet the world. Together, we're going to walk through the exact 7-step morning framework I use every single day—the same guided audio experience you'll find inside the ALIGN app. This simple rhythm has transformed far more than my mornings; it has transformed the way I hear God's voice, make decisions, lead my family, pursue my dreams, and live each day from a place of peace, purpose, and alignment. It's the routine I return to again and again because it continually brings me back to what matters most: His presence. I'm honored to walk this journey with you. Let's arise. Let's align. And let's discover what God wants to do when we meet with Him before we meet the world. Resources & Links: Join the ALIGN App & Community: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperience Follow along for the entirety of the 40-day Alignment Journey on my blog HERE Follow Julia on Instagram: @thejuliagentry Subscribe so you never miss a new episode of Free to Dream.

When Adaptation Replaces Alignment: You Are Not Who You've Become Have you ever stopped and wondered, "When did I become this version of myself?" Not because you're living in sin, but because somewhere along the way, you stopped living from who God created you to be and started living from who you needed to become to survive. In this episode, we're exploring the subtle difference between adaptation and alignment. We'll unpack how disappointment, pressure, fear, success, rejection, and even good intentions can slowly shape us into someone we're not meant to be. Together, we'll uncover how to recognize the patterns that have been driving your decisions, why survival isn't the same as discipleship, and how Jesus gently invites us back to the person He created us to be. You don't need a new identity. You need to rediscover the one God gave you all along. Because alignment isn't about becoming someone new—it's about returning to the person God created you to be before the world told you who you had to become. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Join the Alignment Community Today: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceInstagramFacebookYouTube

Bonus Episode | Welcome to the Arise & Align Experience Welcome! I'm so grateful you're here. Whether you've been listening to Free to Dream for years or this is your very first episode, I believe you're here on purpose. This bonus episode is your invitation into the Arise & Align Experience—a 40-day journey designed to help you slow down, quiet the noise, and meet with God before you meet the world. Together, we're going to walk through the exact 7-step morning framework I use every single day—the same guided audio experience you'll find inside the ALIGN app. This simple rhythm has transformed far more than my mornings; it has transformed the way I hear God's voice, make decisions, lead my family, pursue my dreams, and live each day from a place of peace, purpose, and alignment. It's the routine I return to again and again because it continually brings me back to what matters most: His presence. I'm honored to walk this journey with you. Let's arise. Let's align. And let's discover what God wants to do when we meet with Him before we meet the world. Resources & Links: Join the ALIGN App & Community: https://thejuliagentry.com/ariseandalignexperienceFollow along for the entirety of the 40-day Alignment Journey on my blog HEREFollow Julia on Instagram: @thejuliagentrySubscribe so you never miss a new episode of Free to Dream.