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The Stories That Shape Us
Author: Tina Morales & Kiara Johnson
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Who are you and who do you want to become? Who or what influences you along the way? Each season on The Stories That Shape Us, your hosts Tina Morales, Speaker, Couples Therapist, and Founder of Living in Light, LLC and Kiara Johnson, Owner of ATL Kula, reflect openly about the stories that are influencing their, and their guests, lives. We have hard conversations about faith, identity, relationships, leadership and so much more. If you want a peek into journeys of healing and becoming, we invite you to listen in on the conversation and leave transformed.
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Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! As we wrap season two, we look back upon the year with a spirit of reflection. We've explored faith, feelings, functionality and how each show up in our relationships with God and people. Through it all, we hope to live even harder and love even stronger. What are some of your reflections from this year and what do you hop...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! You are not alone in your loneliness. There’s a cloud of loneliness that can become even more dense during certain times of the year like the holidays. And feeling that cloud is not unusual. In this episode we acknowledge those feelings and explore how to best express and navigate them during sensitive times. Thank...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Oh boundaries! To have them or not to have them? When are they useful? When are they bad? Turn outs, they don’t have to be hard lines in the sand! In this episode, we talk about how to best use and communicate them to improve your relationships. Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed the show, please like, share, and sub...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Ever experience something so left, you jump ALL the way right? Only to find that jumping so far right actually did more damage? In this episode, we talk about what drives us to overcompensate and how to best rebalance to achieve the healing we were looking for in the first place. Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed th...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Remove the layers of your false self by identifying the temptations and circumstances that drive you to put on a mask. Learn to embrace your worth - not by what you do, what you have, or who likes you but simply because you are YOU. And that is enough! Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed the show, please like, share, ...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Sorrow, the great Refiner, can be a meeting place for connection with God. A connection that leads to joy, healing, and freedom. 📢 Want to become a Founding Member of the upcoming $497 course The Audacity to Reconnect at a 50% discounted price? This is a course & community for women who are ready to go from feeling al...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Honesty can be difficult but it is the very key needed to open the door for transparency and vulnerability to develop and transform your life. This episode dives into what may keep us from being honest and how to work through the discomfort to unlock deep connection in our relationships. Thank you for tuning in! If ...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Oh the whirlwind of TRUST! How it is built, how it is restored, how it flourishes. This episode explores the delicate nature of trust and its cycles as we journey through life and relationships. Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed the show, please like, share, and subscribe. Stay connected with Tina and Living in Li...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! A person, a thing, an idea. Think of one that takes up a lot of heart and mind space and notice what you feel. Maybe ask yourself the question - is it genuine love, respect, or admiration OR could it be an idol in my life? Thank you for tuning in! If you enjoyed the show, please like, share, and subscribe. Stay connecte...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! How often do you overweigh the scale towards your intellect and leave your process and experiences out of balance? How often do you reflect on what you might not know or where you could do something different? Explore how to trust God with your journey and rebalance knowledge with faith and humility along the way. I...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Do faith and feelings oppose each other? Do they just co-exist? Or can they work in beautiful harmony? In this episode, explore the beautiful relationship between the two and allow your relationship with God to deepen and flourish. Thank you for watching! If you enjoyed the show, please like, share, and subscribe. Stay c...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Thank you for listening! If you enjoyed the show, please like, share, and subscribe. Stay connected with Tina and Living in Light, LLC by visiting https://www.livinginlightllc.com/ Stay connected with Kiara and atl kula by visiting https://www.atlkula.com/ Resources: Ebook: Crushing Conflict: A Guide for Couples to...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Beautiful people join us as we wrap up Season 1 of The Stories That Shape Us! Learn more about your hosts, how this show was born, and our takeaways from each episode. Be sure to listen through to the end for some exciting news about Season 2 that we could use your help with!! We even leave with you a couple of journal pro...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Have you trained so hard for a career that now you’re not sure you even want to be in anymore? Have you built up resentments that leave you angry and bitter? Do you question who you are anymore? Are you exhausted? These may be signs of burnout and Dr. Kim Hires is personally familiar with how this showed up in her own life...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Two young women move to California with a dream and a desire, are introduced to each other, and grow a 7-figure business. Wait, what?! Have you ever wanted to do something that felt right, but you weren’t sure of exactly how it would all play out? Well neither did they! Lauren Gall and Melanie Ammerman, co-founders of VaVa...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! What does glorifying God look like to you? How may God be using your setbacks as stepping stones? Risk or opportunity or both? These are just a few of the things we talked about in our conversation with Dorian Shockey, Owner and Coach of CrossFit Resurgens. Watch and listen how Dorian navigates what God calls him to. ...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! When you think of leadership, what comes to mind? Does it sound like a fun, fancy title you want to have? Do you think the leadership journey is separate from your personal journey? Do you want to learn what it’s all about? Listen and/or watch our conversation with Ana Urrego, Co-Founder & President of Furdale and VP o...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! How do you nourish your creativity? Who supports you in that process? In this episode, we talk to Jasmine James, more widely known as Cutiepiesensei, as she shares with us her journey of creativity. What really stands out to us in this conversation is her emphasis on needing supportive people in your circle to thrive perso...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! What painful moments, experiences, and/or relationships have you experienced in life? How did those experiences impact your view of yourself? A lot of times, we view ourselves based on the negative experiences we’ve encountered and it leads us to even more painful places. In this episode Bela Castro, Health & Life Coac...
Send us a text! We would love to hear your thoughts or questions about this episode! Let us know by sending us a text! Be sure to tag the season and episode # in your text! Ladies, this one's for you. Have you found it hard to build relationships and healthy community with other women? Have you listened to other women’s stories and thought to yourself, “wow, I don’t have anything major in my life that compares to what she’s been through”? Have you believed your story doesn’t matter? Then, thi...



