How to Know What God Wants For You with Heather MacFadyen

What if I told you that shrinking back when you’re called to something big is not a display of humility? It is so ingrained in us, especially as women, to think of ourselves as less-than in an effort to be humble. But what if it’s actually pride that makes us play small? 

This idea of understanding true humility was a big focus for me when I wrote Standing Strong, and I couldn’t wait to have a conversation with my friend Heather about it! 

Heather MacFadyen is the one to talk about this with because she shares such good insight on this very thing in her new book, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space. 

And we’re not holding back on this one! Join us as we talk about: 

• Four boundary lines that will help you identify the core of the assignments God has for you in this season

• How to use those boundary lines as a decision-making tool

• Ways to process rejection in a way that invites God into it

• The impact of social media on mom guilt and shame, and why we need an inner circle

• How to listen to God as an important first step in everything you do (and Heather’s example of what that process looks like for her!) 

Each time Heather visits the show she brings truth and wisdom. You can listen to her last visit where where she shares about the dangers of comparison. Her relatable stories remind moms they are never alone in the pursuit of becoming the best mom they can be. 

Heather MacFadyen is the host of the Don’t Mom Alone podcast, a speaker, and the author of two books, including her latest, Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space.  Heather lives with her husband and their four sons in Dallas, TX.

Favorite quotes:

• “You don’t have to hustle. You can trust that God is outside your space hustling on your behalf.”
• “Nothing new is under the sun. It is just are we doing it. Are we inviting God into our decisions and are we looking for his invitations for what he is doing?”
• “God speaks through the Holy Spirit in us and through His word and we can know if it is him if it resonates with the truth of who he has always been and what is written.”
• “Your current living is what dictates your future moments so how are you spending that time.”
• “When we experience God it ignites the Spirit in us and we can hear those promptings and invitations.” 
• “If you have never sat and listened to God’s voice, what he thinks about you, and what he is inviting you into, that would be a great first step.”

Coaching this week: 

1. Believing the best about our partners. (36:23)

Links to great things we discussed: 

• Heather MacFadyen Website

• Right Where You Belong: How to Identify and Fully Occupy Your God-Given Space

• Heather MacFadyen Instagram

• Don’t Mom Alone Podcast

• Lauren Daigle

• Ted Lasso

• Shrinking

• Severance

• Jesus Revolution

• The Chosen

• Revlon Hair Brush Dryer

• All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir

• Air

• Great is Thy Faithfulness

• Anastasia Magic Touch Concealer

Order your copy of Remaining You While Raising Them here.

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xo,

Alli