Life Builders By Julie Hamilton

Some of you are in a moment that feels like time has stopped. Your heart is so crushed that you don’t know what the next moment, the next day even holds. And you’re STILL standing. It is so hard to see now, but all of these moments are created something far bigger & much more beautiful than you can ever imagine. Inspired by a recent experience at Sainte-Chapelle de Paris and the story of it's restoration! 

From pastoring young business women in the heart of San Francisco to being a strategist for Grit & Virtue, influence and mentoring are two major parts of Kimberly Saquing's life. I'm so glad we had a chance to sit down with her and dig deeper into what women are needing in our current culture.

I am in the broken season and some of you are too! God is taking me back to the very basics of finding out what my motivations are in everything I do. It hurts. But it's not all bad. He is doing something really good, even in our hardest seasons that may be John 21 moments. What does God do when you're broken down into dust? Let's chat.  Resources:  TV Show: "The Selection" Podcast: Journeywoman Podcast, "The Art of Asking Intentional Questions" with Lauren Weir 

Often finding herself in unusual situations from working in the White House to transitioning to women's ministry, Denise Gitsham Jones has much wisdom to share about tackling transitions well, feeling unqualified, and why we must fight for abundance in our lives, not just settle.  

What’s your IPA? No, we're not talking about beer today ;) but this simple object lesson on understanding your IPA clearly will help you navigate the changing seasons of your life with grace! (Identity, Purpose and Assignment)

From the inside view of women's ministry and walking through one of the toughest times of her life, Karen Harmon shares her heart in this powerful, raw interview! By the time she is done, you might want to conquer the world -- if that's your season. :)

The podcast is on the road this week in NYC, but I had an inspiring experience and wanted to share it with you all! I was privileged to be a guest at a speech by Daymond John, most well known as creator of FUBU brand and an investor on Shark Tank. He shared his life story and trajectory of his success with us and it was so valuable to hear. Here are just a few of the inspiring lessons I learned from him AND his answer to the only question I got to ask him.

"Draw a circle around the world & say that everyone is in!” If you want to book that will challenge you, grow you, move you, make you cry, make your jaw drop AND kick your butt...read this book! Here are a few of my biggest takeaways from “Everybody Always” by Bob Goff. PS Also, you'll want to read it to find out the crazy way the cover was made!

Gardening with my daughter recently, she mentioned how I should leave the dead blooms on the plant because they "might come back to life." How many times do we do that with our life? It's time to deadhead our lives and stop feeding what is already dead or toxic, so that we can use our energy more effectively in bringing life! 

Our series is over, but I just couldn't leave this out! You are so contagious! Learn why it's so easy to catch emotions and attitudes within 2 minutes of being around someone and how it's possible that we are affecting an estimated 1,000 people every day...and it all originates with our thought life. Your thoughts are affecting your world more than you know, even down to future generations. Your influence is powerful.

Our brains will look for the patterns that we teach it to seek, whether they are positive or negative.  Today we explore the difference between those who see themselves as "lucky" or "unlucky" even if they have the same amount of opportunities available. Learn how your thought life affects your opportunities, your success, and possibly even your wallet. 

The habit of revisiting the same stories in our mind, whether they are real or imagined scenarios, leaves a big impact on the brain. Unlike a record that stays the same each time the needle passes, our brains change every time we rehearse the same story. Here are a few tips on how to change our memories so that they are not continuing to inflict damage every time we remember them. The most important takeaway ; whatever you think about the most grows! 

Just 3 minutes of negative news at the beginning of your day can affect you up to 6 - 8 hours later. Here are some tips to help analyze your news sources and change them so that they prime you for a better day!  Today's topics include: Effects of negative news, what kind of news is better for you, and how to curate your social media to see what you want to see. 

Doctors and scientists once thought that DNA was king, but now it's been proven that there's something even more powerful -- your thought life. Today we explore why 75-95% of diseases are caused by thoughts and chronic stress. You'll be introduced to "epigenetics" (the study of what is stronger than your genes) and simple quantum physics. 

You are a brain surgeon.  When you wake up everyday, you literally get to sculpt the physical structure of your brain by choosing your thoughts. In this episode, we cover the body's physical responses to negative vs. positive thoughts down to a cellular and molecular level! It's fascinating to see how even water responds very differently to positive vs. negative influences which gives us a clue to the incredible power of thought on our bodies-- because we are mostly made out of water!