In this episode, Karen invites you to slow down, quiet the noise, and rediscover the peace of heart that only comes from resting in God’s love. She explores how our culture’s obsession with performance and busyness robs us of true connection. Discover how learning to be still and be present can transform our lives from the inside out.
On this Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, Karen invites you into the Be Still and Know prayer challenge. In this first meditation, you’ll learn the power of beginning prayer with gratitude—shifting your focus from busyness and anxiety to God’s presence and love. Through stillness, positive memory, and thanksgiving, discover how gratitude awakens your heart to deeper connection with the Lord.
After a wild four months, Karen returns to launch a new season focused on living Matthew 6:33 in real life—seeking first the Kingdom in our schedules, desires, and nervous systems. She shares a personal story (hello, unsold house with seven kids in tow!) and how God used disappointment to expose subtle idols and invite deeper surrender. Drawing on attachment and neuroscience, Karen explains how prayer and Christian meditation form a new, healing attachment to God that calms the body, restores peace, and fuels transformation. You’ll also hear about a new off-social community—Her Joyful Transformation—and an October Be Still & Know prayer challenge (15 minutes a day, guided). If you’re ready to trade rumination for rest and self-effort for grace, this one’s for you.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
How God uses disappointed plans to grow trust and dismantle quiet idols
A simple inventory for “seeking first” (time, focus, energy) in home and heart
Why joy is not optional for lasting change
The power of sisterhood and accountability for staying anchored in peace
Scriptures mentioned:
“Seek first the Kingdom of God…” (Matthew 6:33)
“The Kingdom of God is righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit.” (Romans 14:17)
Join the movement:
Community: Her Joyful Transformation — a social-media-free space to connect, share, and grow
Challenge: Be Still & Know — Starting October 1st, receive daily guided prayer (≈15 min/day). Commit your focus, delete the distractions, and let God love you.
Try this this week:
Take a 10-minute inventory of where your attention is going.
Replace one scroll session with 15 minutes of quiet, receptive prayer.
Invite a friend to listen and “seek first” together for built-in accountability.
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In this episode, we dive into the concept of co-regulation through the lens of Polyvagal Theory. We explore how God designed us to need connection in order to regulate our emotions and nervous system, and how relationships play a vital role in helping us feel safe. By engaging in new relationships and understanding our own stories, we can begin to rewrite our narrative and heal. Plus, we’ll reflect on how our relationship with God can serve as a steady anchor, supporting us as we experience healing and emotional regulation in new, life-changing ways.
Click here to learn more about how you can participate in the upcoming Rewriting Your Story with God group experience. One-on-one and self-paced options are also available!
In this episode, we dive into the Polyvagal Theory and explore the concept of neuroception. Learn how tuning into the subtle cues from your environment can help you recognize and reframe the stories your nervous system tells you. By understanding these subconscious signals, you’ll discover how to feel safer and more at ease in your body. Join us for a journey toward reduced anxiety and a deeper sense of well-being.
Check out the new Rewriting Your Story with God group experience starting NEXT WEEK! (one-on-one and self-led options also available ).
Tune in to today's episode as we explore a pathway to healing your nervous system through new habits that help you begin to bless the body and the system that God created within you to bring safety, comfort and connection. Many people are struggling today with regulating their emotions and nervous system but there is a path to healing. Learn how you can begin to partner with God in the process of developing new nervous system pathways that lead to healing, safety, connection and transformation, rooted in God's presence, Who never leaves you or forsakes you.
Develop a deeper relational prayer life with God through the FREE meditations in Reparented by God.
Receive the support and accountability you need by joining the upcoming Rewriting Your Story with God online group. One-on-one support option also available. Learn more here.
As you seek to open your heart to God and respond to His call to receive the Kingdom as a little child, you can begin the process of letting the Lord reparent your heart. You can learn to step into a new level of freedom as a beloved child of God. Along the way, however, you will inevitably meet internal obstacles and resistance. This resistance often points to wounds in your heart and lies you believe that are rooted in past experiences. In order to change what we believe and how we feel, we must get to the root of the problem, which is often within our memories. The Holy Spirit can lead us to those memories and meet us there with His love that heals and transforms us. If you want guidance on how to move through this process yourself or with one-on-one or group support, consider checking out my online course Rewriting You Story with God. I will be leading a group experience through the course as I add new content and work to upgrade the material with all the knowledge I have gained over the last five years. If you want to gain first access to the new material and also help give me input about the content YOU WANT in the next release, please consider joining me for the 8 week experience from May 13 - July1. Check out more info here.... And stay tuned for more details to come!!!
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If you have any questions regarding these podcast episodes or want more info about how you can work with me individually, shoot me an email at karen@twoheartsforher.com
The person you are today has been shaped by the way you’ve been loved—whether that love was nurturing or lacking. You were created in God's image, a reflection of the perfect relationship between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is the very essence of who you are. You flourish in life through relationships that mirror God's love, but in this broken world, our connections often fall short. We desperately need God's love to heal and restore us to the people we were meant to be, for He is the only one who can love us perfectly. God knows us completely and loves us completely, making time spent with Him in prayer vital for healing and transformation.
Tune into today’s episode and immerse yourself in His love. The meditation starts at 13:08.
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On our spiritual journey, one crucial yet often overlooked aspect is our beliefs about God. While we may intellectually acknowledge His goodness, power, and the need to trust Him with our lives, the deeper parts of our hearts and minds often wrestle with these truths. If we desire true breakthrough in our spiritual lives, we must take the time to examine what we genuinely believe about God. By inviting the Holy Spirit to reveal hidden lies and heal the wounds that have shaped our understanding of His nature, we can grow in a deeper, more authentic faith.
Join the Reparented by God online community! Meditations Coming soon!!!
Joy is necessary in order to become the woman God has called you to be. It's not just an optional or ideal experience for a lucky few who "happen" to have a certain personality type! Tune in this week to explore the importance of cultivating joy in your journey of being reparented by God. Take an inventory of your current life choices to see whether or not you are setting yourself up to live a life of joy.
Click here to access the weekly meditations and online community connected to this podcast series.
If you're looking for a way to receive one-on-one support from me through the exclusive Immanuel Wholeness Coaching I offer, email me at karen@twoheartsforher.com
In this episode, we explore the transformative journey of embracing our identity as beloved children of God—the foundational step in spiritual development. Discover how surrendering our desires allows divine love to fulfill the deepest longings of our hearts. By recognizing ourselves as cherished children, fully provided for by a loving Father, we can release worries and anxieties, resting in the assurance of God's perfect care. Join us as we delve into ways you can cultivate deeper trust and experience the peace that comes from knowing we are deeply loved and cared for.
Click here to access the weekly meditations and online community connected to this podcast series.
If you're looking for a way to receive one-on-one support from me through the exclusive Immanuel Wholeness Coaching I offer, email me at karen@twoheartsforher.com
In this episode, discover how engaging with our desires plays a central role in our journey toward holiness and healing. Too often, we dismiss or suppress our desires, thinking they are unimportant. Yet, in order to fully surrender our hearts to God, we must also offer Him our desires. Just as a child eagerly shares their birthday wish list with a loving parent, we too must recognize that the desires of our hearts are not barriers to intimacy with God, but rather a pathway to it. The healing of our hearts hinges on allowing God to reparent us, as we grow into "much-loved children" who experience the tender, compassionate love of the Father—who delights in fulfilling the desires of His children's hearts.
"Find your delight in the Lord who will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord and trust that God will act." Psalm 37:4-5
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One of the main obstacles to living an Immanuel Lifestyle is our own personal struggle to trust and fully surrender our lives to God. We must be willing to identify and examine those areas of our lives where we struggle to follow him and believe that He is good while we wait for the fulfillment of our heart's desire. Without trust there can be no real and lasting peace in our lives. In this episode I share my own story of how God built my trust in Him through an act of surrender. This experience was a major turning point in my journey with God and I hope it inspires you to let go and let God prove himself faithful and trustworthy in your own life and story.
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Do you long to experience a deeper connection with God in your personal prayer time? Do you feel like most of your prayer time feels dry and distant? Check out this episode and learn a prayer practice rooted in neuroscience that will help open up the "relational circuits" of your brain and lead you to experience a more personal and interactive encounter with God in prayer.
Click here to for your free download of the journaling prompts for this first payer exercise.
In this episode Karen explores the importance of forming deep, intimate relationships with God and His people - the Church - along the journey of transformation and healing. Far too many people see healing as a pain-filled destination that they can pursue, and then just be done with, so they can "get on with their life"... While healing definitely involves a certain amount of suffering, healing within an Immanuel Lifestyle, also brings you an enduring joy and peace that surpasses understanding. Tune in to get a better understanding of what this approach to healing and transformation looks like and how you can begin living it within your own communities.
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Welcome to Day 9 of the Holy Spirit Novena! I hope you enjoy today's interview with Fr. Ignatius Mazanowski from the Diocese of Phoenix, Arizona. Father Ignatius graduated with a Master of Arts in Theology from St. Meinrad School of Theology in 2004. He attended seminary at The Catholic University of America and was ordained in 2011. He completed his doctorate in Moral Theology from Santa Croce, Rome, Italy, in 2016.
Father Mazanowski has extensive training and experience in healing ministry. He is on the board for Restore Dignity, which sponsors 6-day Grief to Grace retreats in the Diocese of Phoenix. He is also partnering with Witness to Love counseling center in Phoenix, Arizona, to pioneer the Spiritual Healing Program. Additionally, Father Mazanowski completed a three-year (2018-2020) spiritual direction program through the Institute of Priestly Formation.
As of May 1, 2022, Father Mazanowski serves as the Pastor of St. John Vianney Parish and the Chapel of the Holy Cross, both are located in Sedona, Arizona. He is also the Director of Medical Ethics and the Chaplain to the Catholic Medical Association in the Diocese of Phoenix.
In today's episode Father helps us explore the common misunderstandings and misconceptions within the charismatic movement of the Catholic Church. We hope to encourage you to realize that passion for the Holy Spirit is meant to be central to life in the Church.
You can check out Father's new book: The Virtue of Mercy and Forgiveness: Keys to Healing a Broken Heart here - https://www.mercyforgivenesshealing.com/
To download the Holy Spirit Healing Prayer from today's episode, click here.
Welcome to Day 8 of the Holy Spirit Novena! So today is a little different because instead of an interview, I will be sharing a bit about my own story and journey with the Holy Spirit. The originally scheduled interview was thwarted by technical difficulties, and in the midst of that hiccup, I felt the Lord calling me to share with you from my heart about what led to this podcast series and why I think we must respond with hungry anticipation for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit in all of our lives. I hope you enjoy!
If you want to learn more about the work of Two Hearts for H.E.R., check out our website here.
You can read along with the novena prayers at PrayMoreNovenas.com.
Welcome to Day 7 of the Holy Spirit Novena! I hope you enjoy this interview with Catholic wife, mother, licensed marriage and family therapist, and social media influencer, Melissa Grace Tablada. Melissa shares about her own journey with the Holy Spirit and specifically how she recognizes His GENTLE movements in her marriage and family life. She shares specific examples of how she noticed His presence and guidance during their struggle with infertility and felt reassured that God's hand was guiding every step. You don't want to miss out on the powerful and practical nuggets of wisdom in this episode!
To learn more about Melissa's work, be sure to check out her website www.melissagracetablada.com and follow her on Instagram for all the latest updates and news about what she is offering.
If you want to learn more about the work of Two Hearts for H.E.R., check out our website here.
You can read along with the novena prayers at PrayMoreNovenas.com.
Welcome to Day 6 of the Holy Spirit Novena! I hope you enjoy today's interview with Courtney Leong. I honestly don't have words to express my gratitude and awe at Courtney's bravery in sharing her story on the podcast today. As Courtney says herself in the show, she has experienced the horrors of hell on earth through the trafficking industry, and God has rescued and restored her. She shares how the power of the Holy Spirit can change and transform even the darkest of circumstances. You don't want to miss this interview!
You can learn more about Courtney's mission to glorify God through her story as she helps, serves, and trains those who serve trauma survivors. Her organization is called Freedom After the Trauma. Be sure to check it out!
You can read along with the novena prayers at PrayMoreNovenas.com.
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Welcome to Day 5 of the Holy Spirit Novena! I hope you enjoy today's interview with Stephanie Clarisse, Catholic wife, mother, and host of the 500 Seconds to Joy Podcast. In today's show Stephanie shares how she has experienced the Holy Spirit as her helper and guide, especially in the trenches of motherhood. She calls us to remember how apart from God, we can do nothing; and so we must cling to Him through His gift of the Holy Spirit in order to bear fruit in our lives.
If you want to learn more about the work of Two Hearts for H.E.R., check out our website here.
You can also read along with the novena prayers atPrayMoreNovenas.com.