Best Stef Taylor Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 50 Hannah & Simon Cox & Miracle Baby Elsie 58:21

1y ago58:21

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Baby Elsie was born with a giant Omphalocele - an extremely rare, life threatening condition in which some of the organs are formed in a sack outside of the body. Hannah and Simon together share their story of what it was like receiving that diagnosis of their preborn child, what their response was and how the whole journey has affected their faith…

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Ep. 49 Ps Tom and Debbie Conwell - Dead on the Beach (I believe in miracles collection) 42:01

1y ago42:01

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Ps. Tom and Debbie Conwell - ‘Dead on the beach’ (I believe in Miracles Collection) Tom and Debbie Conwell are Pastors at Calvary Church on the Sunshine Coast. Ps. Tom suffered a massive heart attack while surfing at Dicky Beach. His heart stopped for 6 minutes. Statistically he shouldn’t be alive. And even alive, he should have brain damage. But l…

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Ep. 48.5 Jaylyne Part 2 - Miracles on the Mission Field 19:26

1+ y ago19:26

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I had so much fun listening to Jaylyne that I didn't want her to stop! We decided to make a part 2 so we could include these stories of amazing things that the Lord has done for Jaylyne's family and for His children in Vanuatu. Take aways: God is our supplier, way maker and is always moving on our behalf. Ask for the big things. Nothing is too big …

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Ep. 48 Jaylyne Tabacaru - Answering the call and running to Jesus (I believe in Miracles Collection) 52:02

1+ y ago52:02

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When Jaylyne was 20 weeks pregnant she and her husband Lucian received a devastating diagnosis for their baby boy. They were told that due to his malformations, he would never see, walk or talk and likely not even live for very long beyond birth. Jaylyne shares what it was like for them walking that journey of pregnancy being both faith filled and …

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Ep. 47 I Believe in Miracles Collection - Lisa Schroder 54:27

1+ y ago54:27

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Today is the first episode of a collection called ‘I believe in Miracles’. Usually I release just 1 episode a month but I would like to do something special for this collection and instead bring you fortnightly episodes for this 4 part series! I love to hear about the incredible things that God is doing in other peoples’ lives. It builds my faith, …

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Ep. 46 Naomi Taylor - His Love Covers All 46:07

1+ y ago46:07

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A party girl in her 20s falls head over heels in love with a charming man. A scary accident, a miracle healing, a broken marriage; Meet my dear friend, Naomi - a single Mum of 3, a godly woman, a parent helper in her children’s school, a student mentor, a volunteer at Church. This woman is beautiful on the inside and the outside. But life has not b…

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Ep. 45 Steph Alksne - Healing From Past Trauma 48:50

1+ y ago48:50

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Let me introduce you to my friend Steph Alksne - a high school chaplain, and hairdresser. Steph lived through some pretty rough stuff growing up and shares with us her story of how Jesus saved her, how she met her husband AND the journey that she has been on, of healing from past trauma. Steph gives us some real encouragement from her own experienc…

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Ep. 44 Stef Aguina - A broken heart, a God-dream and a love story 41:47

1+ y ago41:47

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I had great fun talking with my friend Stef. She tells us what it was like growing up in Fiji as a Missionaries’ kid! And shares how years later she thought she was marrying the right person but then 2 months into her marriage her world fell apart as she knew it. We talk about the challenge of holding a God-dream in your heart, feeling as though we…

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Ep. 43 John and Christine Carby - Surviving a Super Typhoon 1:01:43

1+ y ago1:01:43

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Can you imagine living on an island and being faced with a category 5 typhoon? That is exactly what happened to John and Christine and their 2 daughters. 1 year ago John and Christine and their daughters Chilli and Asha were living on the island of Siargao in the Philippine Islands, when a category 5 typhoon tore through, devastating homes and live…

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Ep. 42 Ericka Andersen - A conversation about alcohol 38:50

1+ y ago38:50

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Ericka is an extraordinary human being. She is a freelance writer, author, podcaster, wife and Mum of 2 young children. She is passionate about the church, and about building up and equipping women in their faith. Today we talk about what could be considered a controversial topic which is alcohol, and what Ericka’s relationship wth alcohol has look…

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Ep. 41 Glenys McDonald - When God joins the dots 37:32

1+ y ago37:32

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Glenys is a mother of five and author of the recently published book, ‘When God joins the dots - a series of Divine Appointments.’ She has spent over 26 years as a missionary in Papa New Guinea and Cambodia, with a beautiful heart for the poor and for children. Today Glenys shares with us some of the stories that are in her book and how no matter w…

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Ep. 40 Kylie Thomas - You are not alone: Finding comfort and peace in the pain of miscarriage 1:03:49

1+ y ago1:03:49

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Kylie together with her husband Shane and their four kids live on the Gold Coast. She is a Mum of teenagers, a carer for her parents and a Chaplin for Queensland Police Service. Kylie and Shane’s story of creating a family is both beautiful and heartbreaking, with six miscarriages along the way. Kylie shares her own experience of dealing with the g…

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Ep: 39 Kirsty Emery - The Home Chronicles 1:04:29

3+ y ago1:04:29

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Kirsty is the founder of The Home Chronicles, a blog which is an expression of the home in relationships, food and DIY. She is also a Pastor and together with her husband Nick are the campus Pastors of Hope Centre, Ipswich. In this conversation Kirsty gives great advice for where to start in decorating your home on a shoe string budget, she gives u…

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Ep:38 Bek Cunningham - Living out your calling in every season 1:24:58

3+ y ago1:24:58

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Hey thank you so much for joining me today. Our guest is Bek Cunningham. She is a Mum, a Pastor, a Nurse and an Entrepreneur. In our chat today Bek tells us how she met her husband and how he really was NOT marriage material when she met him, how she came to be called to ministry and what that has looked like in different seasons of her life, inclu…

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Ep: 37 Christina M. Weber - Keeping your business and parenting centred on Christ 1:07:13

4y ago1:07:13

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Christina is a working Mum, author, podcaster and Christian Entrepreneur Coach. She shares with us how she came to have a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus, and the resulting persecution and relationship breakdowns that followed. I love how Christina says, “Even though there were difficult things, peace stayed with me…I couldn’t turn back.”…

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Ep:36 Amy Dewet - body image, self compassion, and chronic pain 55:08

4y ago55:08

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Amy is a mental health and women’s body image advocate with a Bachelor of Psychology with honours. Her personal experience with Scoliosis and living with chronic pain, has left Amy resilient, and compassionate toward other people and their suffering. On today’s show Mel and Amy talk about Amy’s own struggle with body image and something called Self…

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Ep:35 Emily Higgins - miracles, loss and audacious faith 1:12:57

4y ago1:12:57

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Emily Higgins is a mother of 5, together with her husband Ben is the campus Pastor of Life Church North in Brisbane, a healing evangelist, and author of a beautifully written blog all about Life, Motherhood and Leadership so once you’ve listened to this episode, go check out her blog at emilyhiggins.com.au Emily’s faith is one that has been through…

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Ep:34 Jane Hockey - Mimi's House 52:48

4y ago52:48

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Jane lives in Brisbane, is a mother of 4 young children and works part time as one of the directors of a program through Hope Centre Services called Mimi’s House. Mimi’s House works with schools to support vulnerable children, teaching them important life skills to help them with their social, emotional and physical development. It is doing so much…

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Ep:33 Sarah-Jane Meeson - Christian Women in Business 41:39

4y ago41:39

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Sarah-Jane the founder of Christian Women in Business, an online community and Conference and podcast that equips, builds up, inspires and strengthens Christian women around the world in business. Sarah-Jane Meeson is also an automation and online business extraordinaire. She serves business owners through consultations, online workshops, and autom…

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Ep:32 Highlight Reel - some profound moments 55:06

4y ago55:06

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This episode is a pot of gold. And what I mean by that is I have gone through some of my favourite episodes and pulled out some really powerful, profound moments, interesting stories and put them together here for you in this one episode. These are some of the moments that have impacted me the most. And I thought that in celebration of the year tha…

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Ep:31 Hannah Weir - Grief, loss and faith in God 1:09:43

4y ago1:09:43

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Hannah is a high school teacher and Mum to 3. In 2017 Hannah was pregnant with their 2nd child however, at the 20 week scan they received devastating news that the baby had a life-threatening disease. Hannah takes us through that journey of faith, believing for a miracle, and the loss of a child. She tells of how they came through that traumatising…

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Ep:30 Rebekah Cruz - Their journey of adopting a little boy from China 1:00:39

4y ago1:00:39

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Rebekah is a full-time Mum and the Children’s Director at her Church. She lives with her husband Nathan and their 5 children in Brisbane. On today’s episode Rebekah shares with us her story of adopting their 5th child, Zion Tong from China. They said it couldn’t be done, that as Australians it would be too hard to adopt a child from China. Rebekah …

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Ep:29 Ps. Emma Lorrie Cooke: Healed and restored - divorce and miscarriage 56:56

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Today I’m talking with Pastor Emma Lorrie Cooke, who together with her husband Jared are the Campus Hillsong Pastors of Sunshine Coast South. After 8 years of a previous marriage, at the age of 30, Emma found herself single and divorced. We talk about what led to that divorce, what steps Emma took toward healing and restoration, and how she dealt w…

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Ep:28 Vicki Simpson - prophecy and hearing from God 1:29:35

4y ago1:29:35

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“Put more faith in His ability to speak than in your inability to hear.” Vicki is an Aussie-Italian preacher and Prophet from Sydney, Australia. She is sought after by churches and conferences across the globe - also consulting in her capacity as a prophet with church leadership teams, businesses and boards. For me it was a huge honour to be able t…

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Ep:27 Pastor Carlie Clark, Parenting Girls from Tots to Teens 1:24:39

4y ago1:24:39

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Carlie is a Pastor, counsellor, mum of 3 teenage girls and wife to Darren. She is totally passionate about people and listening to them. She is one of the most in love with Jesus people that you will ever meet and really exudes His love and grace and joy. On this episode we have such a good conversation about parenting girls. Some of the topics we …

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5 Minutes with Mel #6: I fell hard 4:43

4y ago4:43

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In 2018 I had my third baby, Mila Grace. She was beautiful, she slept well, fed well, had a gorgeous smile and because she was my third I felt fairly confident that I knew what I was doing. Now something that you need to know about her name is that Mila means ‘Gracious’ so essentially her name is “Gracious grace” and I think about that scripture th…

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Ep:26 Joy Ighodaro - Overcoming the power of negative words 1:17:38

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Joy grew up in Nigeria and had a very unique family structure that we would probably never encounter here in Australia. Joy shares with us her story of the negative words that her father spoke over her when she was a child, the power that they had over her and how she was able to overcome them. She also tells us how the Lord brought her husband int…

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5 Minutes with Mel #5: He is not out of reach 6:33

4y ago6:33

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Whatever you feel is separating you from God - be it busyness, lack, or any circumstances - He is closer to you than the air in your lungs and you have direct access to Him. Whenever you want. He is not out of reach. Support the show (http://paypal.me/thefulllifepodcast)By Melanie

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Ep:25 Rhonda Jobe - The legacy of her children 1:14:59

4y ago1:14:59

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Rhonda and her husband Rod Jobe have been pastors for 42 years and are the Senior Pastors of Church On The Rise Sunshine Coast. They have 2 beautiful children - a son and a daughter - who passed away when they were teenagers from a genetic disease called Mucopolysaccharidosis. We talk about what it was like for them in raising 2 children with speci…

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5 Minutes with Mel #4: It wasn't in vain 5:28

4+ y ago5:28

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Colossians 3:23-24 "Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving." It's never in vain, remember you're doing it for Him. Support the show (http://paypal.me/thefulllifepodcast)…

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Ep:24 Rach Hilton - Saving babies in Vietnam 59:29

4+ y ago59:29

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Rachel and her husband Joshua live in Danang Vietnam with their 3 children aged 12,10 and 5. They currently have a project called Life House, which supports single mothers who have chosen to keep their babies rather than abort. What they’re doing over there is so good. We talk about what it’s like being an expat in Vietnam and Rachel gives great ad…

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5 Minutes with Mel #3: Isolation - Finding purpose and something to look forward to 11:08

4+ y ago11:08

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The other day I read a post from a Facebook friend who said, “One thing they feel sad about is that they don’t have anything to look forward to right now.” and I thought that’s so true. As someone who stays home pretty much every single day right now, The days can blend into each other. Some times I can’t even remember what day it is. Usually you w…

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Ep:23 Christina Emmerson - Self care for Mums in this season of isolation 48:23

4+ y ago48:23

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Hi, just a heads up, this week’s episode is a bit different. I sat down on my very first Instagram live and had a very casual, fun and honest conversation with my friend Christina Emmerson about what life looks like for each of our families right now during this pandemic, what has changed, the high’s and low’s, what are some things that we are doin…

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5 Minutes with Mel #2: 8 ways to combat loneliness 7:14

4+ y ago7:14

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Loneliness - it’s really hard. I have had seasons in my life where I just felt...lonely. One of those times was when I was single and not long moved out of home. My Mum had moved across the country, my best friend had moved across state and my sister was away travelling the world. I remember longing for big loud family dinners, and a home full of p…

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Ep:22 Annabel Bateman - Thyroid health coach & essential oils advocate 1:03:31

4+ y ago1:03:31

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This week I speak with Annabel Bateman from Annabelbateman.com. Annabel is a food blogger, Hashimoto’s patient, mother of 3 boys, foodie, mediator, author, essential oils advocate and thyroid health coach. She’s got lots of good stuff to share with us such as her top 5 tips for wellness, and how to get started on improving your health when you feel…

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5 Minutes with Mel #1: Fearless 5:31

4+ y ago5:31

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I woke up on Sunday morning, and suddenly realised that maybe there is something to the idea of stocking up on things. And I’ll be honest. I wasn’t thinking about food - food was not my first thought. I was thinking about nappies. Like what do you do if you don’t have nappies? And then we went to church and we weren’t hugging people or shaking hand…

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Ep: 21 Roma Flood - One woman's journey from trauma, grief and loss to wholeness, hope and joy 1:04:11

4+ y ago1:04:11

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Roma wrote a book to give people hope. But first she had to live through unspeakable pain. Roma is a person who has had to walk through grief, trauma and loss, four fold. The pain and grief that she carries is not evident in the smile on her face or the calm and easy manner with which she shares her story. Roma hasn’t carried her grief on her own. …

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Ep:20 Lisa Schroder: The Artist - Pursuing what God has placed inside of you 59:41

4+ y ago59:41

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Today I get to chat with Lisa Schroder - tea drinker, artist and admirer of pretty things. We talk about art as a vehicle to inspire and minister to people and breaking the idea that you can’t be a Mum and an artist at the same time because of time limitations. We chat about what it looks like to juggle babies while working from home and how fulfil…

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Evalyn Parsons: Family, Marriage, Business - The Balance 2:00:08

4+ y ago2:00:08

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I just had so much fun talking with Evalyn Parsons about how she and her husband Greg do life. We talk about parenting 5 kids (from baby to 15 years old) with intention, raising them to be God-loving, confident, responsible people. We talk about marriage, some challenges they have faced and how they overcame them, how they saved their marriage 9 ye…

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Cristiele Morton - Praying for your children 44:51

4+ y ago44:51

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On today’s episode I sit down with my beautiful friend Cristiele Morton, and we talk about praying for our children; something that is close to both of our hearts. Cristiele’s own journey included learning to entrust her children to the Lord as she went through divorce, and praying and believing God for a miracle healing when her young son was diag…

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Kylie Martin - Understanding Autism 58:16

4+ y ago58:16

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Today's guest is Kylie Martin - Paediatric Speech Therapist and Founder of Chatter Boxes, a Paediatric Therapy Centre on the Sunshine Coast. Kylie gives us the known facts about Autism and challenges the way that we think about this condition. “It’s only because it’s different and we don’t understand that we become fearful. If we could push past th…

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Debbie Hill - Loving Broken People 1:17:40

4+ y ago1:17:40

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Debbie is someone who understands what it means to be the hands and feet of Jesus. She talks to us in complete honesty and vulnerability about how she became convinced that God did not love her. The Lord took her on a journey to show her how much He really does love her, and now He uses Debbie and her family to show His love to hurting, broken peop…

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Ep:15 Stacey McBride Wilson - The Healthy Happy Soul 55:13

4+ y ago55:13

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This is one of my favourite episodes so far. Stacey is a Happiness and Well-being Coach and Founder of the Healthy Happy Soul. She is such a fun person and really easy to listen to. Stacey has the same heart for women as I do, with helping women to reach the fullness of who God has created them to be. We have a great conversation where she tells ab…

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Ep:14 Dan Flynn from ACL on Adoption 21:41

4+ y ago21:41

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I had the honour of speaking with Dan Flynn, the Chief Political Officer of Australian Christian Lobby for Canberra, on the subject of Adoption. Dan makes an interesting observation on the stigma around Adoption in the medical sector and what could be causing it. We also ask the question, ‘What could we do to destigmatize adoption in Australia?’ “A…

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Ep:13 Courage in the Stretch, Stumble and Stroll 27:01

4+ y ago27:01

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In this episode I get really personal with you and share the story of our daughter who was born with a heart defect and the journey of faith that we went through as we waited for her to be born. Hey welcome to my very first solo episode. Today I would really like to share with you something that God has been speaking to my heart. It is something th…

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Ep:12 Conversation about Adoption with Linda Felice 46:26

4+ y ago46:26

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Hey friend, November is National Adoption Awareness month so I thought it would be a good idea to get together with my friend Linda Felice, a Registered nurse and Mum to 3 girls, and shine some light on the facts around adoption in Australia and specifically in Queensland. We talk statistics, the process of adopting out your child, and we share som…

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Ep:11 Rosemarie Blakeston - IVF twins, Postnatal Depression and Breast Cancer 1:12:40

5y ago1:12:40

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IVF, Twins, Postnatal depression, Breast cancer, Faith. Hey friend, I’m so glad you’re listening. As you may be aware, October is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Today I sit down and chat with my friend Rosemarie, a survivor of Breast Cancer - twice. We talk about what that journey looked like for her and we also talk about infertility, how…

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Ep:10 Margie Lloyd - The Proven Faithfulness of God 34:37

5y ago34:37

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What a special episode this is! Not only was this my very first recorded interview, but this is also The Full Life Podcast's tenth episode!! And to add to that, Margie is a beautiful friend whom I have known since I was 14. This conversation includes so much comfort and encouragement to anyone walking through something difficult in their life. Hear…

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Ep:9 Laryssa Schleusener - The Village Woman 36:30

5y ago36:30

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Today I am joined by Laryssa Schleusener who together with her husband James are the founders and Senior Pastors of Collective Church in Brisbane. We have a really honest conversation about what it was like for Laryssa to change cities, plant a new church just days after having their second child, and the loneliness that comes from not having a ‘Vi…

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Ep:8 How to be Organised with Elise Boyle Pt 4 20:55

5y ago20:55

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Elise and I talk about keeping our budget in mind each week, finding time to spend with God daily, how to keep ourselves full, refreshed and overflowing, and maintaining intimacy in our relationship with our spouse. Budget Keep open communication with your spouse about expenses for the week and upcoming bills, what is left in the main bank account …

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