0:20 - A Christian leader apologizes 11:00 - Why is an apology needed? 12:23 - David French & the cost of speaking out 22:15 - Where do we go from here and how to reconcile 30:05 - Firing Franklin Graham. What would his dad say? 34:20 - Currently reading 41:55 - The mess of Dave Ramsey, a cult? 58:24 - Finding connection to God post faith shift

Upward Sisterhood

Christian Leader Apologizes: What it Reveals and Conceals

I was so fortunate to talk with my good friend, author, and speaker, Kelly Willbanks, about the state of the Christian church after the insurrection at the Capitol. We discuss: The direction of the church and the Christian alliance with the alt-right. Why Christians aren't vetting news sources, sharing misinformation, and what should be our response. How to convince people what they are getting is not the truth? Kelly's truth bomb at 18:46 How do we hear the same thing and come to two totally different conclusions? Whose job is it to defend the church? Why the response "don't put your faith in the church" doesn't cut it. Are we a Christian nation? And more. View show notes at www.AngelaSue.com

We Can’t Not Talk About It: Why were Christians attacking the Capitol?

Are you passionate about a current issue and want to make your voice heard?  Speaking out takes a heavy dose of courage and self-awareness. Today I share with you my experiences with speaking out and what I’ve learned along the way. You will come away encouraged and supported. Today we will talk about: How to know the difference between speaking out and inviting dialogue. Finding the people who speak out to help people and affect change as role models. Identifying our motivations for speaking out and learning when and how to make the most impact. Being aware of the cost of making your voice heard and the courage to speak out anyway. View full show notes at angelasue.com

Ep 13. Make Your Voice Heard

I have learned that doing the hard work on myself has made such a difference in how I parent my kids. Today I share with you some insights I’ve gained in my personal growth work, how it’s changed my perception of parenting. Our ability to harness personal development through self-awareness and growth will transfer to our kids and allow us to parent better. Today you will learn: Why self-awareness is so important to our parenting Three things that can help in our quest for self-awareness How to transfer our learning into our parenting View full show notes at angelasue.com

Ep 12. How Our Personal Development Helps Our Kids

When you hear the word forgiveness, how do you feel? Listen in as I share my experiences and insights into my struggles to forgive. Oprah declares forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could be any different. This is one of my favorite descriptions of forgiveness and I will tell you why. We talk about: The two types of hurts that challenge our ability to forgive What if, when other people’s words hurt, they’ve landed on an insecurity we believe about ourselves? What forgiveness is and is not, especially when we are tempted to judge. What to do when you’ve been hurt. Full show notes at angelasue.com 

Ep 11. Forgiveness When You Don't Feel It

Does the word prophetic make you uncomfortable? If so, listen in on my conversation with Debbie Kitterman about prophetic encouragement. She shares her frustration with the church she was attending and a subsequent prayer that changed her life. We talk about my hesitance after deconstructing my faith in using these types of words and my response when Debbie told me she had a prophetic message for me. We talk about: What is prophetic encouragement? What about when a friend says they have a message from God, for you - and it's a negative message? What are the red flags of a false message? How do you test messages from God? What is the purpose of prophecy? View show notes at angelasue.com Join the Upward Sisterhood Facebook group here!

Ep 10. Reclaiming a Word I Struggle With: Prophetic with Debbie Kitterman

Is someone you love suffering from depression? Maybe it’s a friend or even your husband, and you don’t know how to help or communicate with them. This show is for you. I’m speaking with Margaret Lalich, M.S., M.A. On how to help our loved ones during their depression. We talk about: How depression can show up differently in men and women. Depression versus grief. Situational versus clinical depression. The signs of depression. Nine ways to help someone who is depressed. Margaret shares from both her heart and her hard-earned experience helping hundreds of people with mental illness.

Ep 9. Helping Friends & Spouses with Depression

At 13 years old, Anna LeBaron escaped a violent, polygamist cult led by her father, Ervil LeBaron, also known as the Charles Manson of polygamy. She shares her compelling story of healing from deep childhood trauma and abuse, and how Anna’s life looks today. View the show notes at angelasue.com.

Ep 8. Escaping a Polygamous Cult with Anna LeBaron

How to be the Biggest Influence in Your Child's Life We are talking with celebrity make-up artist, Dorothy Strouhal. She is the owner of Your Make-Up Expert studios, and founder of Beauty Will Rise, a non-profit organization helping both trafficked women, but with a focus on education and prevention. We talk about common misconceptions about trafficking. We discuss how to be the most significant influence in your child's life and how to close the gap of vulnerability. She shares that to close the gap of vulnerability, a child has to feel safe, loved, and heard. Listen in for practical ways to keep the line of communication open with our kids. View show notes at Angelasue.com

Ep 7. How to be the Biggest Influence in Your Child’s Life

Dealing With Negative People Today I’m talking with Leslie Canup on how to deal with negative people without letting it sway your mood. When your spouse is grumpy. When your mom is picking on your hairstyle. When your boss and coworkers are so negative, you hate going into work. Listen in for more! View show notes at Angelasue.com

Ep 6. Dealing With Negative People

When your spouse isn't speaking your love language: The Five Love Languages is a book written by Gary Chapman and it’s sold, I believe over 12 million copies. Crazy!! The idea is there are 5 primary ways we give and receive love: physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service and gifts. The idea is if we learn what our love languages are we can help our souse know how to love us better. But there’s so much missing from the way most people interpret this. Today we are talking about: What to do if your spouse isn't speaking your love language. Is the love languages causing more pain than it's helping? The best way to use the 5 love languages. Our main job is in marriage. The main problem with the "love tank" idea. For show notes visit angelasue.com

Ep 5. When Your Spouse Isn't Speaking Your Love Language

If you've ever felt that you're not good with money, if you think you should be further along in your financial goals or hold any regret about past financial decisions, this is for you. We are talking regret, comparison, and scarcity. Sometimes it can be hard to talk about money. There’s a lot of shame around money. Having it. Not having it. Where does this come from? For show notes visit angelasue.com

Ep 4. Money & Shame

I talk candidly with one of my very best friends and amazing life coach, Leslie Canup, about new goals, not fitting in and deciding what my life's purpose is - it wasn't what I thought. In this episode we touch on: How we became friends and what inspired us on this self-development journey. When we've felt the most rejection. What led to us feeling awkward around new people. The Big Leap - Gay Hendricks and how I caught myself sabotaging my goal. Is it braggy or prideful to talk about the good things you're doing? What is our life's purpose? Our favorite New Year's ritual. Full show notes at angelasue.com

Ep 3. Let's Talk Our Life's Purpose, New Goals & Not Fitting In

This show talks about why we can’t stick to our goals and how to avoid procrastination and indecision when trying to birth our goals into existence.  Self-sabotage is when we take actions or don't take actions that get in the way of our goals. It shows up as something else like procrastination, avoidance, and excuses we think are valid. Listen in for a few places most of us get stuck living in self-sabotage. Full show notes at angelasue.com

Ep 2. Why We Self Sabotage

Today we're talking about the word you must quit saying if you want to stop caring what everyone thinks of you! This is for you if: You hesitate to say something or hide things that are important to you because you are afraid of what everyone thinks. If you've left an event and replayed a certain conversation because you just know they now think the wrong thing about you. If you are hesitating to make a decision, hit publish, or speak up about something important to you. If you're sure others are thinking you aren’t doing enough, are not smart enough, successful enough, or put together enough. Full show notes at angelasue.com

Ep 1. Stop Caring What Everyone Thinks of You

The Upward Sisterhood podcast is encouraging women to transform our stress, our fears and our lives to live better and love better. If you want more confidence, belonging and happiness - this is your place.