RISE from Stuck | Trust God, Who Am I, Personal Development, Set Goals, Renew Your Mind, Be Strong and Courageous
Are you a single Christian woman who finds yourself perpetually stuck in a state of inaction or despair because you’re waiting for your soulmate? Are telling yourself you’re not in a relationship because: - You aren’t attractive - There is something wrong with you - You are struggling financially on your own? Are you telling yourself you’re not important because you are single? Then welcome to RISE from Stuck with Bonnie Jean Schaefer. I understand what it’s like to feel invisible, overlooked, unimportant, unattractive, and alone. I understand what it’s like to use those feelings as an excuse to stay small, ignore God’s call, and convince myself I can’t succeed in relationships or business because I don’t have: - The looks of a supermodel - A husband - Enough money - Enough talent - Enough connections - The right credentials or - A charismatic personality. ***But I’m learning to understand that my real problem is that when I don’t trust God with my whole heart, I fail to be who I know I should be and do what I know I should do because of my doubt-filled, excuse-riddled mindset.*** I’m also learning to understand that **seeking God first is the answer**. Embracing my identity in Him is the path to confidence, significance, and success, the kind of success that has nothing to do with being skinny, being married, or being wealthy. The kind of success that matters is being like Christ and getting results that glorify God. And you can’t produce those kind of results without relentless, purposeful action in the direction of your God-given dreams. **I’ve known this core truth all along. I’ve been a Christian since age four, earned my Bible degree in 1999, and published four novels so far, one as me and three as fantasy author DK Drake. But the internal war I describe in episode 30 between my competing desires to be married and to be an author entrepreneur has kept me small. Hidden. Insignificant. Until now. Now I have a firm foundation and framework for my life that honors God. Now I know I am can be both single and significant because I am in Christ. And I want to help you build that same foundation and framework for your life. I want you to feel significant. Important. Valuable. I want you to find your significance in Christ, not in your appearance, a relationship, or your net worth. I want you to RISE from Stuck and live a confident, significant life as a single Christian woman. If you happen to attract the man God has for you in the process, BONUS! That’s why the mission of this podcast is to help you build a foundation and framework for your life so that you can glorify God while living your dreams. On this podcast, you can expect episodes that cover the following topics: - Know God and understand His design - Know yourself and respect your strengths - Take consistent action toward goals that glorify God. In the process of knowing God, yourself, and taking action, my prayer is that you become the diligent, disciplined, passionate woman God designed you to become so that you can attempt great things for Him. If you happen to attract a man in the process, BONUS. But that is not the focus of this podcast. Here we focus on serving God to the best of our ability while trusting Him to provide whatever we need, including a mate. Ready to rise? Start by listening to episode 30, then taking the action I suggest at the end of the episode. This rise from stuck journey may be a bumpy ride, but as we learn to trust God, respect our strengths, and do the work God is calling us to do, we are going to build confidence, courage and consistency in the pursuit of God and our dreams regardless of our marital status. So strap into God’s word. Grab on to my hand. And let’s rise from stuck. Together.
Episodes
Here in the U.S. Thanksgiving is days away. Then the holiday events abound for the next five weeks. If you are single like me, you’re probably dreading the “Are you seeing anyone?” question from family or friends you haven’t seen in a while because the answer is no.
That’s not how I’m going to answer that question this year, though. With a little help from ChatGPT, I have curated a list of fun responses to the dreaded question of “...
In this episode, I share my story of how I found significance as a single Christian woman.
If you want to feel significant now as a single Christian woman, I invite you to join me on this journey to pursue God and our dreams.
I’ve wasted way too much time waiting to start living because I haven’t found my man yet. I’ve spent way too much mental energy wallowing in my singleness and wondering if I’ll ever find love. I’ve spent way ...
In today’s episode, you will hear an encouraging story of bold faith in action as I interview my friend Erika Diaz-Castro, host of the Her Renewed Strength podcast and leader of the 2023 Renewed Conference. She literally thanks God for her cancer diagnosis and talks about how her study of the bible changed as a result of cancer. Powerful stuff.
We met in a podcast mastermind last fall, and she has helped shape my mindset regarding ...
As a Christian, it’s important to have a strong faith foundation. The more you know about God, the more you learn about you. And people. And the world around you.
How can we believe that, though? Should we blindly believe the Bible is true because it claims to be the inspired word of God? Does God expect us to just take His word for it, or does He provide tangible proof from outside sources?
As we’ve seen in episodes 24, 25, 26 and...
Welcome to the fourth episode in the Why Believe the Bible series taught by my awesome dad Harry Schaefer.
The underlying premise of this Why Believe the Bible series is that we can verify the truth of the Bible by looking to outside sources such as the historical record to see if what’s in the historical record aligns with scripture. And we find that it does. In episodes 23, 24, and 25, we looked at ways prophetic prophecies and a...
Have you ever believed something but didn’t have any practical evidence to prove your belief was true?
Well, until the last century or so, Christians had to endure criticism for believing the Bible even though the historical or archeological record could not find any proof that the Hitites or two significant leaders mentioned in the Bible existed.
But thanks to some cool discoveries you’ll learn about in today’s episode, those cri...
025 // 2 Fulfilled Prophecies Provide Proof of Biblical Truth (Why Believe the Bible series, part 2)
Welcome to the second episode the Why Believe the Bible series hosted by my dad, Harry Schaefer.
In episode 24, we learned that one way to confirm the truth of any book, including the Bible, is to compare it to outside sources. We take what’s written, compare it to known facts, and see if it matches. If it lines up, it’s true. The Bible lines up with known facts, so it can be trusted as a source of truth.
And two, we can use predic...
Greetings, my friend!
If you’ve ever wondered why you can declare with confidence that the Bible is true, you’ll want to tune in to today’s episode. Today marks the start of a five-part Why Believe the Bible series I recorded with a special guest for my other podcast. I’m sharing it because knowing why you can believe the Bible and being able to defend your faith is important and lays the foundation for your boldness.
Speaking of b...
Through reading and studying Ephesians, I’m learning so much about who I am in Christ and how to live boldly for Him as a result. God is transforming me through this book, and it’s this book that influenced the speech I’ll be delivering the RENEWED 2023 conference.
I want you to be transformed as well. In order for God to do a mighty work in you, you have to be willing to spend some focused time with Him. Hear His voice and let Him...
Ready to reclaim the life of purpose God intends for you?
In this episode, we’ll explore what it means to be productive, what it means to be mediocre and why you as a female Christian author should embrace productivity and escape mediocrity.
Your friend,
Bonnie Jean
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Ever made a commitment you didn't stick to? Not a good feeling, huh? Today I share about a commitment I made that I shouldn't have and what I learned from it.
Then I interview #1 International Bestselling author Lynda Sunshine West. She shares her own writing and publishing journey as well as some great book marketing tips to help you market your book effectively.
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Rules. Ugh. Who wants to talk about rules? Rules are just made to be broken anyway, right?
Bad rules are made to be broken. Good rules provide structure and allow you to thrive. So if you could define three rules to follow, what would they be? What rules would keep you focused on God and your dreams?
Today I’ll share my three core life rules and the prayer I prayed to God as I worked through articulating the reasons for each rule...
You have a dream of writing a book. But when does that dream become a goal? Is that goal a project? Are tasks attached to a dream, a goal or a project?
When your book writing dream remains a dream because you struggle to take action and follow through, you have a productivity problem. To fix the problem and turn you into a lean, mean, writing machine who finishes book after book, you don’t need another course on writing. You...
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the debut of this podcast. Wow. One year. What a whirlwind year it has been!
I’ve been whirling behind the scenes anyway as my consistency with creating episodes for this podcast has been seriously lacking. My attention has been focused on creating content for my other podcast, Published Before College.
I’ve also taken four intense courses to learn podcasting, blogging, productivity, ...
Hey, friend!
If you're feeling stuck and in need of inspiration, start by going to God and studying the Bible.
That's what I do, and that's what I did on February 13, 2023.
Here's a snippet of that prayer. Tune in to listen to the full conversation with God.
Heavenly Father,
I believe Your word is the source of absolute truth. Why I believe the Bible is true is a conversation for another day, but because I believe the Bible is t...
Hey, friend!
If you're feeling stuck and in need of discernment, start by going to God and seeking Him.
That's what I do, and that's what I did on February 5, 2023.
Here's a snippet of that prayer. Tune in to listen to the full conversation with God.
Dear Heavenly Father,
I once heard that nothing has meaning except the meaning you give it.
The more I dug into how the mind works, the more I began to understand the truth of...
Hey, friend!
If you're feeling stuck and in need of direction, start by going to God and seeking Him.
That's what I do, and that's what I did on January 29, 2023.
Here's a snippet of that prayer. Tune in to listen to the full conversation with God.
Dear Father, You know that when I write books, I like to see the big picture and know where the story is going and how it ends before I start writing. You also know that I’m the same w...
When I started Rise from Stuck in May 2022, I was in a dark place career-wise. I liked the people I worked with, but working as a auto insurance claims adjuster did not play to my strengths. The workload was overwhelming. The phone calls were relentless. And it had sucked all creativity from my soul. I felt stuck in a deep, dark hole and didn’t know how to dig myself out.
On January 23, I start a new role on the operations sid...
If you ever struggle to make progress on your book because you are busy with that full-time job and family and staying fit and all the things, then try implementing this one time management strategy to help you write with consistency.
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Today we have our grand finale of our go to God series. This is my favorite of the five because the Bible records for us BOTH sides of the conversation between God and Moses, but it’s also the most convicting because it reminds me that I can’t excuse my way out of God’s calling on my life no matter how scared I may feel.
In this conversation, Moses holds nothing back. Neither does God as God has a solution for every perceived pro...
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