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So, you’re a purpose-driven Christian woman called to something bigger but feeling stuck between your God-sized vision and everyday reality? Oh, I’m so glad you’re here! I created The Gutsy Grace Leaders™ Podcast as your weekly dose of strategic guidance, practical wisdom, and faith-filled encouragement to help you balance priorities, expand your influence, and step boldly into your calling. Whether you're seasoned or starting out, I know you’re feeling that nudge from God calling you to expand your impact. He’s given you a vision, maybe you’ve kept it hidden in your heart for a while or talked about it to everyone you’ve met for years. Either way, if you found this podcast, it’s your time to put faith into action, overcome the barriers blocking your progress, and make that inspired idea a reality that serves your community. I invite you to join me every week as we unpack the essential pillars of influential leadership—from time management and team building to strategic planning and sustainable growth—all through a biblical lens. Each episode, expect faith-filled encouragement, real-world leadership strategies, and practical tools to help you move from dreaming to doing as a Christian leader, mentor, or founder with actionable insights to help you: 🚀 Transform your calling into a tangible impact 🌍 Build a thriving community that amplifies your mission ⏳ Balance your leadership responsibilities without burnout 🛠️ Develop systems that create margin for what matters most 🔥 Live and lead with confidence, clarity, and courage in your calling Oh, and *bonus blessing* – each month features an episode of a candid conversation with a powerhouse woman making an eternal impact with faith and resilience. Whether you're launching a new initiative, scaling an organization, or expanding your influence, The Gutsy Grace Leaders™ Podcast equips you to lead boldly, build community, and grow your impact—exactly as God has called you to do. With 30+ years of leadership experience across ministry, nonprofit, business, and education, I’m here with you, growing in faith and leadership, endeavoring to walk worthy of hearing “well done” one day. We’re are not meant to lead alone, so let’s do this together! Share this podcast with another lady leader you'd like to encourage today. And be sure to subscribe, so you don’t miss your weekly inspiration to launch and lead with gutsy grace. Want to go even deeper? [Yay! I was hoping you would!!] 😉 For deeper conversations, free resources, or to ask a question, join me and other fabulous difference-making women leaders, founders, and mentors in the [free!] Gutsy Grace Leaders™ Community at www.drsheilacornea.com/community
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You Have More Than One Good Idea. How Do You Choose? | 028
2026/10/25
You don’t have to make one idea wrong to give another one your attention.
When several possibilities fit your gifts and calling, choosing what to pursue takes more than deciding which one sounds most exciting. You need a way to consider what each idea would make possible—and what your yes would include.
In this episode of Gutsy Grace Leaders, Dr. Sheila Cornea brings faith and strategy to choosing between good ideas. Explore how your vision, values, and virtues inform the decision, then use Decision Mapping to consider possible pathways, trade-offs, partnerships, and next moves.
You may discover a clear priority. You may also discover that your ideas connect in ways you hadn’t considered.
IN THIS EPISODE:• Get underneath an idea to the conviction it serves.• Use your values to shape the work and recognize the virtues it will require.• Map what each option makes possible, requires, and leaves unanswered.• Choose a practical next move without needing certainty about every outcome.
FAITH IN ACTION:Put two or three ideas on one page. Name the conviction you want the work to serve, the values you want to honor, and the virtues you’ll need to practice. Then choose one next move.
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED:“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.” — Proverbs 16:9, ESV
NEXT STEP:Follow Gutsy Grace Leaders for faith and strategy to help you think it through and move meaningful work forward. In our next conversation, we’ll consider good opportunities and wrong timing: what belongs now and what may belong next.
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Calling vs. Assignment: Recognizing the Thread in Your Work | 027
2026/10/13
You can be doing very different work in different seasons and still be answering the same call.
Your calling may be expressed through professional work, ministry, something you create, or a relationship that never comes with a title. Recognizing what connects those assignments can help you appreciate what God has already been doing through your life—and consider where that contribution might belong next.
In this episode of Gutsy Grace Leaders™, Dr. Sheila Cornea explores the distinction between calling and assignment. Through Joseph’s story, the breadth of Dolly Parton’s work, and reflections on her own leadership journey, she offers a practical way to recognize the capabilities and contributions that recur across different settings.
IN THIS EPISODE
How calling and assignment relate—and why one calling can have several expressions.What Joseph’s changing circumstances reveal about responsibility, discernment, and contribution.How creativity, partnership, and relationships can give meaningful work different forms.A reflection exercise to help you recognize the thread in your own experience.
FAITH IN ACTION
Choose three or four assignments you’ve carried. Write down what you actually did, the capabilities that work expressed, and what people received because you were involved. Look for recurring contributions, then bring what you notice into prayer.
Begin with this working sentence: One thread I recognize in my calling is…
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED
“And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant on earth, and to keep alive for you many survivors.”— Genesis 45:7, English Standard Version
Joseph’s story in Genesis 39–41 also informs the conversation.
RESOURCES MENTIONED
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the Dollywood Foundation are discussed as examples of contribution through different assignments. The reflection exercise is explained within the episode; no separate download is required.
NEXT STEP
Follow Gutsy Grace Leaders™ for weekly conversations about faith, strategy, and stewarding meaningful work. Give this episode another listen with a pen and paper, and explore the thread in your own assignments.
Maybe It’s Not Over: How to Know What Still Belongs | 026
2026/10/02
What do you do when something you were once really clear about starts to feel a little vague?
Maybe the role doesn’t fit quite the same anymore. Maybe the project lost momentum. Or maybe you still care deeply about the work, but you can tell something is shifting.
In this episode, we’re talking about how to know what still belongs, why losing momentum doesn’t necessarily mean losing the assignment, and how to move forward without automatically starting over.
IN THIS EPISODE
• Why Losing Momentum Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Losing the Assignment• How to Hold What God Has Entrusted to You Faithfully Without Holding It Too Tightly• What Happens When Work and Identity Become Entangled• How to Recognize What Still Belongs Before Rushing Toward What’s Next
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED
2 Timothy 1:6 ESV“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.”
Ecclesiastes 3:1 ESV“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”
1 Peter 4:10 ESV“As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God's varied grace.”
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Why Your Leadership Feels Off Right Now (And What To Do About It) | 025
2026/03/19
Sometimes the issue isn’t that your vision is wrong. It may be that something in the way you’re carrying, pacing, or approaching the work needs attention.
In this episode, Sheila talks about the tension that can show up in the middle of a season and why the answer isn’t always to push harder or start over. Sometimes what you need is a reset: space to notice what’s shifted, release what no longer fits, and realign with what matters most.
IN THIS EPISODE
• Why tension between vision and reality can be part of growth• The difference between a restart and a reset• How to recognize and honor a season of transition• Why pushing through is not always the wisest response• How isolation can affect the way you carry leadership
FAITH IN ACTION
What feels off right now, and what might that be revealing?
Do I need a new plan, or do I need a reset in the way I’m carrying this one?
SCRIPTURES REFERENCED
Habakkuk 2:2 ESV“And the LORD answered me: ‘Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.’”
Isaiah 30:15 ESV“For thus said the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, ‘In returning and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and in trust shall be your strength.’ But you were unwilling,”
Hebrews 12:1 ESV“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,”
YOUR NEXT STEP
If this conversation gave you something to think about, join The List for more faith-forward strategy, reflection, and practical encouragement for the work God has entrusted to you.
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Season 4 | Influential Leadership Starts Here: Leading from the Inside Out
2026/03/19
About This Season
There’s a kind of leadership that looks strong on the outside…but feels stretched thin on the inside.
And then there’s the kind of leadership that is formidable from within that flourishes outwardly.
This season, we’re talking about what it means to lead from the inside out.
To slow down long enough to hear God clearly.To realign before rushing ahead.To build from a place of wholeness, not pressure.Because when your leadership is rooted internally…it can grow externally in a way that’s sustainable, meaningful, and deeply aligned.
If that’s the kind of leadership you’ve been longing for…this season is for you.
This Season on the Gutsy Grace Leaders Podcast
In Leading from the Inside Out, we're going deeper... into the habits, rhythms, decisions, and quiet internal work that make everything you're building on the outside impactful and lasting. Each week, Sheila will bring you faith-filled encouragement, practical leadership strategies, and the kind of wisdom that helps you move forward.
...because you were called to lead, and you were called to thrive while you do it.
What to Expect This Season
Episodes designed to help you lead with courage and wisdomPractical tools and biblical wisdom for sustainable leadershipReal conversations with powerhouse women making an eternal impactStrategic guidance for Christian women building meaningful, lasting workNew to the Podcast?
The Gutsy Grace Leaders Podcast is a space for purpose-driven Christian women who are ready to lead with intention, rather than pressure.
Whether you’re launching something new, growing what you’ve already built, or simply trying to lead well in the season you’re in… you belong here.
I’d love for you to subscribe, so you don't miss a single episode this season.
Connect with 'Doc' Sheila
Website: drsheilacornea.comInstagram: @drsheilacorneaJoin The List — Dr. Sheila's newsletter for encouragement, strategy, and what's coming next: The ListReady to Go Deeper?
If you're stepping into this season feeling a little foggy or off-center, the first episode of the season is already waiting for you. Hit play and let's get started — together.
Leading from the inside out, one episode at a time.
The December Drift: How to Regain Focus Before the Year Ends | 024
2025/12/09
December is meaningful, and leaders often feel its fullness in a unique way. In this episode, Sheila explains what she calls the December drift, the natural pull leaders experience when year-end reports, giving campaigns, team celebrations, family traditions, and the weight of the season all converge at once. She shares why this drift makes complete sense and how it shows up even for high-capacity leaders.
This episode reminds you that you are already leading in a meaningful season. You do not need to overhaul December. A few intentional choices can help you focus on what matters most and finish the year with purpose and peace.
Episode Highlights:00:00 Why December feels uniquely full for leaders02:05 What the December drift is and why it makes sense04:22 How to identify what needs your leadership this month and what can be deferred07:10 Practical ways to create intentional leadership moments in December12:20 How presence creates impact despite the drift
Faith in Action:Choose one meaningful leadership moment you want to be fully present for this month. Put it on your calendar, prepare for it, and allow that intentional choice to guide your energy and focus in the remaining weeks of December.
Resource Mentioned:Join the free Finish Strong Challenge for five weeks of simple, steady support that will help you regain focus, complete the things that matter most, and enter the new year with margin and momentum.
Join the free Finish Strong Challenge here: https://docshe.link/finishstrong25
Scriptures: Hebrews 12:1–2 (ESV)Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Psalm 90:12 (ESV)So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.
Let’s Connect!Stay encouraged and equipped each week by joining The List, where Sheila shares leadership insight, intentional practices, and faith-centered guidance for women leading in every sphere.Join The List here: https://docshe.link/thelist
If this episode encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend or colleague, and leave a review so more women can be strengthened in their leadership. ❤︎
Clear the Path: The Leadership Shift That Changes Your December | 023
2025/12/04
December doesn’t just get busy, it gets crowded. In this episode, Dr. Sheila Cornea unpacks the leadership practice of clearing the path, so you can finish the year with intention, alignment, and peace.
If you’ve been carrying emotional clutter, unfinished tasks, or decision fatigue, this conversation will help you prepare your heart, mind, and leadership for an intentional new year.
Episode Highlights:• 00:01:20 — Clearing the path as a spiritual practice, not just strategy• 00:03:05 — How God establishes your steps when the path is clear (Psalm 37:23)• 00:06:00 — When physical clutter reveals spiritual or emotional misalignment• 00:08:30 — Why hidden obstacles drain your momentum more than hard work• 00:12:25 — The three questions that reveal what to finish, what to release, and what to realign• 00:15:00 — The storm-debris metaphor: clarity and hope return when obstacles are removed
Faith in Action:✨ Ask God to highlight one area, spiritual, emotional, or practical, that feels crowded or cluttered. Name it, and invite His insight.🗣 Pray through these three questions:
What matters?
What’s missing?
What needs to be released?
Scriptures from today’s episode:Psalm 37:23 (ESV) — “The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way.”Ecclesiastes 3:1 (ESV) — “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”Isaiah 40:4 (ESV) — “Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain.”
Join the Finish Strong Challenge!If you're ready to finish this year with clarity, peace, and purpose, join the FREE Finish Strong Challenge. It's simple, powerful, and helps you clear the path before stepping into a new year with intention.👉 Register here: https://docshe.link/finishstrong25
If this episode encouraged you, it may encourage a friend or colleague too! Would you help spread the good news and share it with another Christian woman who may want to finish the year strong with you?
How Leaders Stay Intentional in a Hectic Holiday Season | 022
2025/11/25
In this episode, Dr. Sheila Cornea shares how intentional leadership can reshape even the busiest holiday season. With wisdom, practical strategies, and a faith-centered perspective, she walks you through the emotional, relational, and spiritual shifts that help high-capacity women stay steady, present, and purpose-driven during a hectic time of year. If you want to lead and live with intention as the season speeds up, this conversation will anchor you.
Highlights
00:00:00 — Opening: The reality of life, leadership, ministry, and family intersecting during the holidays00:04:40 — How tone, posture, and pacing shape the atmosphere without speaking00:06:10 — The unseen influence women leaders bring into any environment00:10:25 —Managing expectations without guilt or pressure00:15:50 — A word for leaders about posture and presence00:17:10 — Invitation to the December weekly challenge to stay intentional all month long
Faith in Action
✨ Take thirty seconds between your next two holiday tasks to pause, breathe deeply, pray, and ask Holy Spirit to guide your posture.🗣️ Choose one expectation you can release this week so you can show up with more peace and presence.
Resources
📎 December Weekly Challenge! For early details, email [email protected]
Scriptures
📖 Colossians 3:15, ESV — “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful.”
Let’s Connect!
Connect with Sheila on all the socials: @drsheilacornea
If this episode encouraged you, take a moment to subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review... you can help more women step into their God-given influence. 💛
Just Buy the Pie: A Gutsy Grace Guide to a Simpler Holiday | 021
2025/11/18
In this episode, Sheila shares the personal story behind her now-famous “Just Buy the Pie” revelation and the moment she realized that holiday joy is found in connection, not perfection.
She walks high-capacity women through the freedom of simplifying expectations, choosing what matters most, and bringing intention instead of pressure into their holiday season.
If you feel the weight of holiday performance, this conversation will help you breathe again.
Highlights00:02:20 — The story behind her “just buy the pie” moment (and how it changed everything)00:06:45 — Why high-capacity women feel internal pressure to create Hallmark holidays00:12:15 — The “semi-homemade strategy” and why it saves time, energy, and joy00:17:00 — Chocolate cream pie secrets (and the Nutella cheesecake story)00:21:40 — Proverbs 17:1 and why peace > perfection at the holiday table
Faith in Action
✨ Ask the Lord to show you what truly matters this holiday season and what can be simplified, delegated, or skipped without guilt.🗣️ Identify one area where you’ve been holding yourself to a “homemade” standard and intentionally choose the simpler version this week.
Resources
📎 Sandra Lee’s “Semi-Homemade” concept (referenced as a metaphor)📎 Details for Sheila’s December Challenge (announcement coming soon)
Scriptures
📖 Proverbs 16:3 ESV — “Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.”📖 Proverbs 17:1 ESV — “Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife.”
Let’s Connect!
You don’t have to lead alone. Join the Gutsy Grace Leaders Community and find your people: https://docshe.link/collectiveIf this episode encouraged or equipped you, take a moment to subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review — it helps more women step into their God-given influence. 💛
The Fragrance You Carry: How Spirit-Led Leaders Shift Rooms | 020
2025/11/04
Have you ever noticed how some people change the atmosphere before they even speak?In this episode, Dr. Sheila Cornea explores leadership presence as a spiritual fragrance: the unseen influence that both precedes and lingers after you. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 2:15, Galatians 5:25, and John 15, she reveals how intimacy with God cultivates the kind of presence that transforms environments and points people to Jesus.
This episode is for the woman who wants her leadership to be felt, not just heard.
Highlights
00:00 — The invisible power of leadership presence04:10 — The granddaughter story and the fragrance that lingers07:30 — 2 Corinthians 2:15: We are the aroma of Christ15:00 — Galatians 5:25: Following the Spirit in every part of life20:00 — John 15: Abide and carry His fragrance
Faith in Action
✨ Pause before you lead. Ask the Holy Spirit to align your heart and words with His.🕊️ Consider what lingers. Reflect on the atmosphere you are leaving behind in each space — peace, pressure, or presence?
Resources
📎 Join The List — Weekly leadership insights and podcast updates📎 Inspired by Dr. Sheila’s leadership teaching “Leading in Lockstep with the Holy Spirit.”
Scriptures
2 Corinthians 2:15 ESV — “For we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.”Galatians 5:25 ESV — “If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.”John 15:4–5 ESV — “Abide in me, and I in you, for apart from me you can do nothing.”2 Corinthians 3:5–6 ESV — “Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.”
Let’s Connect!
You do not have to lead alone.
Join the Gutsy Grace Leaders Collective and find your people: www.drsheilacornea.com/collective.
If this episode encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Your words help more women step into their God-given influence. 💛
The Weight and Wonder of Building Something That Outlasts You | 019
2025/09/03
Building something with eternal impact sometimes feels both heavy and holy. In this episode, I share a personal reflection after losing several friends to unexpected deaths and how their lives reminded me of the importance of building work that lasts beyond us.
Whether you are in a season where you are doing the hard work or one where you are enjoying the fruit of your labor, this conversation will encourage you to see both the weight and the wonder as part of God’s design for your leadership.
Highlights
00:00 — A personal reflection on unexpected loss and legacy
05:12 — The weight of responsibility in God-sized assignments
10:48 — The wonder of co-laboring with God in real time
15:35 — Leaving an inheritance that is more than financial
21:50 — Stewarding the tension between weight and wonder
27:00 — Encouragement for leaders building with gutsy grace
Faith in Action
✨ Take time this week to reflect on how God is at work in both the weight and the wonder of your assignment.
Resources
📎 Join The List for weekly encouragement and practical tools: https://docshe.link/thelist
Scriptures
📖 Luke 14:28–30 — “For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost…”
📖 Psalm 145:4 — “One generation shall commend your works to another, and shall declare your mighty acts.”
📖 Proverbs 13:22 — “A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children…”
📖 2 Corinthians 4:7 — “But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.”
Let’s Connect!
Join our free community, the Gutsy Grace Leaders Collective, and find encouragement and tools to help you rise, build, and lead with gutsy grace: https://docshe.link/collective
Would you take a moment to subscribe, share this episode with a friend, and leave a review? Your support helps more women step into their God-given influence. 💛
You're not starting from scratch. You're starting from wisdom. | 018
2025/07/16
Feel like you're starting over? You're not.You're starting with experience, time-tested lessons, and God-breathed insight.
In this episode, Dr. Sheila Cornea speaks directly to the woman stepping into something new or back into something familiar. Whether you're circling back to an old dream, relaunching after a hard season, or ready to step boldly into your next season, this conversation will remind you: God has already prepared you for what’s next.
We’ll talk about how to recognize the wisdom you’re bringing with you, how to leverage your past experiences, and how to lead from the clarity of lived-out faith.
🔍 Episode Highlights:
00:02:35 — Even if it flopped, you didn’t fail
00:06:47 — The value of both lessons learned and lessons lived
00:11:15 — Look back to look ahead: your history holds clues
00:17:02 — Identifying your greatest leadership asset
00:22:00 — God has been preparing you all along
🙌 Let’s Put Faith Into Action:
Take Inventory: List the “invisible preparation” God has walked you through. What past seasons, experiences, or assignments shaped you for this one?Pro Tip: Grab the free Lifeline Reflection Tool below .
Reflect: Revisit one season that felt like failure. What fruit might have formed in you, not just through you?
📖 Scriptures Referenced:Romans 8:28 (ESV) — “And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to His purpose.”
Philippians 1:6 (TLV) — “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the Day of Messiah Yeshua.”
Isaiah 43:18–19 (ESV) — “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing!”
🔗 Resources + Next Steps:Lifeline Reflection Tool → docshe.link/lifeline
Join the Gutsy Grace Collective → docshe.link/collective
Discerning Which Dream to Lead With: What to Build First When God Gives You Many Ideas | 017
2025/07/08
Feeling stretched by a million ideas?
You’re not scattered. You’re stewarding something sacred.
But when everything feels important, how do you know what to do now and what to do next?
In this episode, Sheila shares how to discern what to build first when God’s placed multiple dreams in your heart. Whether you’re choosing between starting something new or finishing what you’ve already begun, this conversation will help you make sense of the layers and take your next step with peace and purpose.
Episode Highlights
02:30 — Why vision without timing can become a pressure cooker
06:45 — Knowing the seasons of planting, watering, and harvesting
12:22 — What to do with all those ideas you’ve curated over time
17:50 — Tomato sandwich theology of God’s timing 😉
24:05 — How to identify your domino dream and nudge it into action
31:10 — Clarity comes after courageous movement, not before
36:25 — How to move at the pace of peaceful purpose
Scriptures
📖 Ecclesiastes 3:1 (ESV) — “For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.”
📖 Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV) — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”
📖 John 15:8 (ESV) — “By this my Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit and so prove to be my disciples.”
Faith in Action
Take a few minutes to list out the dreams or projects you’re carrying right now.Ask the Lord: Which one is the priority for this season. Then take one peaceful, intentional step toward it this week.Let me know what you’re prioritizing... I’d love to cheer you on!
Resources
📎 Join The List, my “somewhat weekly” email with faith-forward leadership mentoring: Get The List
📎 Connect with other like-minded women in the Gutsy Grace Collective (our free Facebook group): Join The Collective
📎 Got questions about The Collaborative? Reach out anytime at [email protected] or DM me on socials @drsheilacornea
Step Out from Behind the Scenes: You’re Being Called Forward. | 016
2025/07/01
Have you been the faithful one behind the scenes, helping others shine, building quietly, honoring the mission, but now you're feeling a holy nudge that it's time to step forward?
In this episode, we're talking about what it really means to move from backstage to front-stage leadership, without ego, without ick, and without apology. Because when God calls you into visibility, it's not about self, it's about stewardship.
If you've been waiting for a permission slip, this might be it.
Episode Highlights
00:01:02 — It isn’t about self; it’s about stewardship
00:05:37 — Your backstage has prepared you for your center stage
00:10:14 — When you rise, you empower others to rise also
00:14:25 — The fear of being seen as “too much” often hinders our mission
00:18:45 — You’re not stepping up for attention. You’re stepping in for impact.
Faith in Action
✨ Reflect on this: Where have you been dimming your light out of humility?
🗣 Take one small, visible step of obedience this week: share your story, your vision, or your voice.
Resources
📎 Join The List, my "somewhat weekly" faith-forward leadership mentoring email: docshe.link/list
📎 Join the free Facebook community, The Gutsy Grace Collective: docshe.link/collective
Scriptures
📖 Matthew 5:14–16 (ESV) — “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do people light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a stand, and it gives light to all in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.”
📖 Esther 4:14 (ESV) — “For if you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will rise for the Jews from another place, but you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
📖 Isaiah 60:1 (ESV) — “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.”
📖 2 Timothy 1:6–7 (ESV) — “For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
Let’s Connect!
If this episode encouraged you, would you share it with a friend and leave a review? It helps more bold, faith-filled women step all in to their God-given influence.
When Your Calling Deserves a Bigger Yes! | 015
2025/06/23
Are you sensing that God is asking for more, but you're not sure how to move forward without full clarity?
This episode will encourage you to say a faith-fueled, fully aligned yes. Sheila shares how delayed obedience can quietly stall your calling, why looking back can cloud your courage, and how a single yes can carry legacy-level weight.
If you're holding back on something God placed in your hands, this conversation will help you take that next step with gutsy grace.
Highlights:
00:01:15 — What a gutsy “yes” really looks like00:04:52 — How delayed obedience quietly drains momentum00:10:13 — A personal leadership story on courage and clarity00:15:41 — The spiritual risk of looking back00:21:30 — The ripple effect of one courageous yes00:24:58 — A personal challenge to take bold action this week
Faith In Action:
Identify one area where you’ve been hesitating and ask: “What would it look like to trust God fully here?”
Prayerfully take one bold, obedient step this week: write it down, speak it out, and take action.
Scriptures:
📖 Luke 17:32 (ESV) — “Remember Lot’s wife.”
📖 Proverbs 3:5–6 (ESV) — “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.”📖 Philippians 3:13–14 (ESV) — “But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.”
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