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The RENEW YOU Podcast is created to be like a private therapy session for you to tackle your everyday stresses and struggles through a mix of Jesus + Therapy with licensed marriage and family therapist Quinn Kelly.
In each episode of this podcast Quinn tackles subjects like negative self-talk, perfectionism, battling off defensiveness in marriage, parenting or friendships to give you something to think about in a renewed way each week with relatable stories, practical tips and a non-intimidating style because Quinn may not be able to solve the world’s problems, but she is passionate about helping you solve yours — making her ready to “Renew YOU.”
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Do you have a child or teen who’s confident, outspoken, and seems to take charge wherever they go? In today’s episode, Quinn is talking about how to bring out the best in natural-born leaders, especially when life feels hard.
In the episode, Quinn discusses:
1. How to recognize leadership in your child and understanding the psychology behind strong-willed, confident kids.
2. The power of servant leadership and why research and scripture agree that the best leaders are those who serve, listen, and love first.
3. How to help teens lead with emotional intelligence.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves. Philippians 2:3–4
Mind Renewal Tip:
Leadership is a calling — and with your gentle guidance and God’s truth, that calling can grow into character that changes the world.
The Bible has around 45 scriptures that mention the word salt. It’s clear that God wants us to be the salt of the earth in our conversations, but understanding exactly what that looks like can be a bit confusing. However, it’s clear to know it’s a good thing.
In today’s episode, Quinn outlines:
1. Some of the important scriptures that tell us to be like salt
2. The important properties of what salt does in our lives
3. Practical ways to add this seasoning of salt to improve the relationship relationships around us
Mind Renewal Tip:
Being the salt of the earth isn’t about standing out — it’s about bringing out the best in everyone around you.”
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt. Colossians 4:6
It’s easy to keep faithful when things seem to be getting better even if it’s slowly. But what happens when no matter what you do -- nothing is getting better? That’s a question that makes people struggle in their relationship with God because they just can’t understand how to make sense of it.
In today’s episode, Quinn addresses this struggle and discusses:
1. A helpful way to express your feelings
2. The place you can put your focus
3. A perspective shift in what you pain can be used for
Mind Renewal Tip: Contentment and faith are a choice. Choose wisely!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
I am not saying this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. Philippians 4:12
The steps of a man are ordered by God and He delights in his way. Though he falls, he will not be overwhelmed, for the LORD is holding his hand. Psalm 37:23
In this episode, Quinn dives into one of the most important skills for protecting your peace—recognizing when it’s time to set a boundary. In it, she talks through the emotional, behavioral, and relational red flags that signal a boundary is overdue.
In the episode, Quinn discusses:
1. Emotions people can feel when a person is crossing a boundary in their life.
2. A boundary script to help a person communicate clearly and calmly—without guilt or overexplaining.
3. How to express what’s not working, state needs, and follow through with a person’s boundaries with loving firmness.
Mind Renewal Tip:
Daring to set boundaries is about having the courage to love ourselves, even when we risk disappointing others. — Brené Brown
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it. Proverbs 4:23
We are called to bring Christ into the world at all times of year, but because Christmas is the time we celebrate his entrance into the world, it’s a perfect time to be intentional. Today’s episode is all about some easy yet practical ways to bless others with your presence by sharing his presence.
In the episode, Quinn shares:
1. Two simple ways to give to others 2. The power of using self-control and patience to bring God’s presence to life 3. The cycle of what goodness that happens when we choose to be grateful for what God has done
Mind Renewal Tip: Happiness grows when we give it away, especially at Christmas!
Spiritual Renewal Tip: For even the son of man came not to be served but to serve, and to his life as a ransom for many. Mark 10:45
Nobody likes to hurt, but it's ten times worse when our child is hurting. We see them struggling, but we don’t know how to make the pain stop — or if that’s even our job. Today’s episode is all about helping parents have guidelines for helping themselves and their child.
In the episode, Quinn teaches listeners:
1. The power of self-regulation
2. The mindset shift when our kids struggle to see it as something that can also be good
3. The pressure we need to let go of when our child is struggling
Mindset Renewal Tip:
Our children can’t learn their inner strength if they don’t have opportunities to grow in it!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
When I am afraid, I put my trust in you. Psalm 56:3
Everyone has heard the importance of speaking the truth in love. But knowing how to do it in a healthy way that produces good results is challenging! We want to have honest relationships but we don’t want conflict. In today’s episode, Quinn outlines ways listeners can speak the truth in love by:
1. Looking at their motives 2. Watching their timing 3. Taking time to listen to the other person’s motives
Mind Renewal Tip: Truth without love can feel harsh. Love without truth can feel shallow. Together, truth and love can bring healing and healthy relationships!
Scripture Renewal Tip: Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will grow to become in every respect the mature body of him who is the head, that is, Christ. Ephesians 4:15
Holidays can be fun — or not-so-fun — depending on the relationships we have with our family! It’s important to connect but to do it in a way that sets people up to connect well versus have tension or awkwardness.
In the episode, Quinn discusses:
1. The personalities that people want to avoid at the holidays
2. Ways to deflect and redirect in awkward conversations
3. The importance of conserving energy
Mind Renewal Tip: If you want to stay clear of touchy subject, respond back to the question with a question!
Scripture Renewal Tip: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11
Grief is hard at any time of year but during the holidays it can feel especially debilitating and isolating as you seek to draw near to others but desire to avoid feeling the loss of the one you love. Knowing how to navigate connection and grief can feel confusing yet needed.
In today’s episode Quinn interviews her friend Rachel Sever who has dealt with the loss of three loved ones through car wrecks throughout her life span. During the episode, Rachel shares:
1. Her best way to stayed fixed on Jesus
2. How to be victorious instead of victim
3. How to honor your needs in grief versus others
Mind Renewal Tip:
Every situation of hardship involving grief or loss or pain is an opportunity to be a victim or to be victorious in Christ. And when we see it that way, we can find hope to fix our eyes on Jesus.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard you hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Many people are scared about losing a relationship with their adult children once they leave the home, but knowing how to prevent this from happening seems daunting! Parents wonder if the steps they are taking are enough to create relationships with children where they will later decide to remain close!
In today’s episode, Quinn teaches listeners:
1. How to handle an adult child cutting you off
2. The importance of letting our children have a voice
3. The danger in being obsessed with control over connection
Mind Renewal Tip:
When we focus on control over connection, we can logically assume we are making our children crave time away from us when they launch!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
But those who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:31
Article:
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/30/psychologist-parents-who-have-close-bonds-with-their-adult-kids-do-7-things.html
Sometimes in life we get a little stunted as we age. Whether at 35, 55 or 75, we need reminders of the small lessons we know that keep us focused on moving forward and into the place that God wants us.
In today’s episode, Quinn discusses some important things she would tell the younger version of herself. These important lessons include the understanding that:
1. One small step at a time will change your life.
2. Don’t strive for what others have, focus on where God is calling you.
3. Pain is a part of life. Don’t let it stop you.
4. Humility and accountability will change every relationship.
Mind Renewal Tip:
If we take time to apply the life lessons we’ve learned continually, we will not only get older but truly wiser with joy mixed into that reality.
Scripture Renewal Tip:
For God causes all things to work together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. Romans 8:28
We all want to be mentally healthy but sometimes it’s hard to know what to do in order to keep ourselves there. Understanding the things that hurt us is important but knowing where to put our focus is even more important than that!
In today’s episode, Quinn teaches listeners some of her top tips for staying mentally vigilant. This list is not exhaustive but gives listeners a chance to understand the importance of habits that keep our mental health strong including:
1. Staying rooted in Christ
2. Setting boundaries
3. Forgiving ourselves and others
Mind Renewal Tip:
Not forgiving others is drinking poison and expecting the other person to die. We must forgive in order to be mentally healthy!
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Let your yes be yes and your no be no. For whatever is more than these is from the evil one. Matthew 5:37
In today’s society, disagreeing is a part of culture. But sometimes disagreements among believers or with non-believers seem to take on a tone or style that doesn’t align with Jesus. This leaves believers in a position where they must learn how to disagree in a way that honors Jesus while also being able to be honest with their convictions.
In today’s episode, Quinn teaches listeners how to model their disagreements after Jesus by:
1. Examining the tones that Jesus used in fights
2. Looking at the people he disagreed with and understanding why
3. Teaching steps to follow when modelling our behavior after him
Scripture Renewal Tip:
Get behind me, Satan! You do not have in mind the concerns of God but merely human concerns!
Mind Renewal Tip:
When we disagree with others, we need to be mindful that our words and actions reveal Jesus is alive and active within us!
In today’s final bonus episode of the “What I’m Learning” series, Quinn interviews Sage Leichner, a mother of two teenage sons who is passionate about sharing wisdom with others moms. In the episode, she shares her best wisdom on raising boys with Godly character, strong identity and emotional control.
In the episode, Quinn and Sage discuss ways that moms of boys can:1. Help them work with their anger in a way that is productive2. Guide their sons individually with safeguards3. Show emotionally vulnerability as we seek to teach our sons how to be vulnerable in their own emotions
Mind Renewal Tip:Fear-based parenting must be replaced with peace and calm when raising boys of character.
Scripture Renewal Tip:Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know. Jeremiah 33:3
In today’s episode, Quinn and Esther discuss what Esther has learned about raising girls! She shares her passion about becoming their friend in addition to being their parent for long-term connection.
In the episode, Quinn and Danyel discuss:
1. Understanding that even when our circumstances change, God doesn’t.
2. Relying on community when feeling isolated
3. Singing God’s praise during the worst of times
Mind Renewal Tip:
We often think that we will know God best when we see his good but we often know him best when his love and character carries us through hardship.
Scriptural Renewal Tip:
This is what the Lord says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches, but let the one who boasts boast about this: that they have the understanding to know me, that I am the Lord, who exercises kindness, justice and righteousness on earth, for in these I delight," declares the Lord. Jeremiah 9:23-24
In today’s “What I’m Learning” episode, Quinn shares four things God has been teaching her lately that have been convicting her and pushing her to grow. She uses this episode to share stories that have happened in her life that are giving her wisdom through hardship.
In the episode, Quinn discusses: 1. The power of letting children be who God created them to be 2. Letting stories be written about you that are not accurate and letting God write them well 3. The power and need for us to share our faith with others
Mind Renewal Tip: Even when others assume the worst, God sees your heart. Trust God that he will fight for you and rest that your character will show over time.
Scripture Renewal Tip: A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. Luke 6:35
Before you jump into this episode, we want to let you know that while we’re having honest conversations today, some of the topics we’ll be discussing might not be suitable for all ages.In today’s episode, Quinn and Esther discuss what Esther has learned about raising girls! She shares her passion about becoming their friend in addition to being their parent for long-term connection.
Within the episode, Quinn and Esther discuss: 1. The importance of talking about controversial topics with kids so that you can be their teacher 2. The value in being relatable so that children feel safe and connected 3. The need to teach then how to handle hard situations versus assume they will know the right decision to make
Mind Renewal Tip: If you want to have a close relationship and friendship with your daughters, that relationship begins when they are teens not adults.
Scriptural Renewal Tip: You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. Deuteronomy 6:5–9
In today’s episode, Quinn interviews Jarrell Peak, family pastor at Atascocita Community Church and podcast host, and asks him about how he handles staying focused on the things that matter most in the busy seasons of life.
In the episode, Quinn and Jarrell discuss: 1. The importance of asking the question, “Does this make me busy or better?” 2. The value of knowing that God determines the work and our job is to respond. 3. How to be intentional with children when our time is limited
Mind Renewal Tip: We often quit when things get hard but God often uses those hard moments to teach and refine us into who he has called us to be.
Scripture Renewal Tip: In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. Proverbs 16:9
Wisdom is something we all want, but it’s hard to find. Today’s episode is part two in our “What I’m Learning” series where my 72-year-old friend Brenda Oliver shares some of her best advice in what she’s learned from two failed marriage and finally finding her prince.
In this week’s episode, Brenda shares some of her favorite lessons she’s learned about:
1. What to look for and how long to wait when choosing a mate 2. The Importance of Letting Things Go that Don’t Matter 3. The power of the word helper in thinking of how to help your spouse in marriage
Mind Renewal Tip: One of the best lessons with age is learning that not all things need to be taken as seriously as you once thought in your younger years.
Scriptural Renewal Tip: Genesis 2:18 “And the Lord God said: It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him
We want to use our words to communicate and communicate well. We want our words to create change where needed and motivate others around us to do what is expected. But often our words seem to create negativity but not lead to change.
Todays’ episode is all about one magical parenting phrase and a few other general phrases we can learn that we can use to renew negative communication patterns into something positive.
After listening today, listeners will understand:
1. One 19-word phrase that increases motivation in children by 40 percent 2. Simple ways to change what you say to create connection instead of criticism in your interaction 3. Where to focus your attention if you don’t know how to avoid criticism
Mind Renewal Tip: We often assume harsh words are the best way to create change and be heard instead of understanding positive words can create far more motivation.
Scripture Renewal Tip: Let no corrupting talk come out of your tongue. But only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that is may give grace to those that hear. Ephesians 4:29
Resources: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/xge-a0033906.pdf https://danielcoyle.com/2013/12/13/the-simple-phrase-that-increases-effort-40/
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“Our feelings to not have intellect.” Quote from Armor of God by Priscilla Shrier. I remind myself of this when I am all in my feels!