You Are You

Shall we pray for greater capacity to receive God’s love and pour it out? This week, on day dates with God, how to ‘Just Act’ when it comes to serving the poor, and love as a foster mother. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Is there something weighing on your heart? This week, advice on how to “enlighten” the eyes of our heart (as per Paul) so we are reminded of who and whose we are, and how to act as God's daughters. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

No matter what you’re facing, God has a plan. He’s got a good, good plan for your life with blessings that will delight you more than you thought possible. Will you believe him? And trust him? And wait on him? And have faith? God’s will in our lives requires our yes—he doesn’t force us. An episode for Christian women on how to have hope, how to wait on God, how to believe God for impossible things, encouragement for why you've been made for such a time as this... and more! Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Ever wanted to put off obeying your God-given calling until your circumstances are a little better? Or put off enjoying your God-given design until you’ve made a little bit more progress? A pep talk episode with honest real life examples of how *now* is the time to obey God. Things will never be perfect and even when they *feel* close to perfect we always need God. His ways, his designed circumstances, his timing… we can always trust him. If we sense him calling us to act, let’s take his hand and move! Ps. If you’re into raw chats, this episode is for you. As I was editing/re-listening, I wondered whether I should re-record this. In the days since, God has helped me process some stuff, so I might ‘sigh’ less if I re-recorded it in some sections lol but perhaps more polish will come in the next episode. This one is an honest look at a Christian woman/founder/creative/leader's 'day-in-the-life' in doing her best to obey God where she is while pushing back against peer pressure, societal standards, etc. and looking to God. And is encouraged that he is teaching her, helping her process new things, and answering prayers daily! Hope you can relate to it and that we keep encouraging each other to pursue the Lord today as we are trusting that that’s all God requires and he’s more than capable of handling the rest. Love you, friends. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

A ‘life in five testimonies’ kind of episode! Let’s pretend we’re about to grab a three-hour dinner followed by a two-hour hot chocolate friend date (I’ve been having quite a few of these lately and I love them!). We haven’t caught up in a while and so why don’t we settle in, catch up, share our hearts, pray, and encourage each other to keep our eyes on the Lord. He is with us, friends. This year, may we seek him and pursue his heart and plans for our lives (in that order) more than ever before. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

This year, I’m committing to living with joy (1 Thessalonians 5:16). Are you in too? In this first episode of the year, let’s chat about life updates, God math, and the wisdom of doubling down on God. May we live every day this year aware of God’s presence and living as Holy Spirit empowered children of God on our God-given mission! Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Ready to shut your laptop and get some rest this Christmas season? Have you had a super busy fall and ready for some fun? Before we jump into celebrating, let’s spend some time praying over how to end this year well and prepare for 2024. In this episode, we’ll dig into Luke 21’s “The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End Times”. Let’s talk about getting on God’s ‘spa’ table for some treatments (including what this looks like for me after a busy month in startup world and ahead of a new move), how to handle the anxieties of life (via recent testimonies of open and closed doors), and a pep talk about preparing for Jesus’s return (how to think about life today in light of eternity). Love you, friends! God is still doing so much. Let’s continue to seek him as we celebrate his faithfulness in 2023 and look forward to a new year. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

As humans, sometimes we love labels don’t we? And I’m not just talking about the designer kind. We can put our identity and confidence in labels related to our relationships (wife), status (head of), job (doctor), side hustle (stylist), bank account (gazillionaire) — just a few (random) examples! It’s natural perhaps but what happens when God — who writes the best adventures — shakes things up? Asks us to go from our version of fishermen to travelling preachers? Will we say yes? This week, a testimony and followed by three prayer prompts to seek God about: 1) Are there any labels that we’re chasing because of selfish ambition? 2) What labels does he want us to hold onto in this season? 3) How can we learn to be more loving of the labels God is giving us this season and not compare – either with others or our past or future selves? Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

This is for all my ambitious, go-getter Christian girlies. It’s good to pursue our God-given dreams — this is what God wants, and we can have such fun doing it. But we’ll get ourselves into trouble if we idolize our accomplishments or blessings. How can we hold our treasures lightly? How does living as God’s daughter first affect our lifestyle? How can we really be sure waiting on God will result in the best version of success? This episode is full of joyful testimonies with the goal of reminding us that our great God answers prayers all the time and he really does more than we could ask or imagine. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Have you ever felt spiritually attacked? Pursuing a new goal or overcoming a past sin – and feeling like God’s truth is hard to believe right now? Come join in the conversation as we talk about spiritual warfare and prayer tools to help us reject the enemy’s lies and redeclare God’s truth over our lives. This episode ends with a pep talk to encourage us to live like we know we are children of God – citizens of heaven. May we not accept the world’s standards as best – but see our lives and the purpose of life on earth from God’s point of view. We all want to achieve our potential – may we be chasing the right things. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Interested in how to build a new life in a new city? Are you in the midst of doing this or maybe you want to one day? In this episode, I cover the three things I’m focusing on during these first few weeks in Taipei, things that I feel set me up for success during past moves from Canada to Singapore and Hong Kong. The episode ends with a pep talk to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus this season because we are smart Christian women and want to focus on the right things, amen? Let’s kick out unhelpful worldly opinions and live life according to the author and perfector of our faith (Hebrews 12:2) — the one whose opinion matters. Life with the Lord is the most fun adventure — if we will walk in faith and believe! Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Welcome to Season 5 of You Are You podcast! This season will be a real-time, day in the life-style, journey of what it looks like to pursue a God-given dream. In my case, this is building a platform that helps Christian women seek God for emotional health and healing. Friends, it’s true isn’t it, that God has given us ALL dreams. They feel bigger than we can accomplish — maybe even dare to dream. We might think we don’t have all the right qualifications. But God is the expert at equipping the called! He already planned these things for us to do before we were born. He wants us to carry out the plans he’s prepared for our lives. He is willing to help us every day and give us all the wisdom and resources we need to do it! Let’s give our whole lives to him and get excited about the fact that his is going to show up. This episode covers 1) submitting life’s stressors, 2) keeping oil in our lamps, and 3) the importance of diligence and taking the sabbath. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

A podcast in three short stories kind of episode!   1) When the Spirit Says Share On the importance (and joy!) of learning to say “yes” to the Holy Spirit when he asks us to do something + testimony on how I got to camp at beautiful Joffre Lakes in British Columbia 2) Life Changes Thinking back to life one year ago and all the life changes that have happened… even though I was recently in danger of having a “everything is the same” pity party + what a One Direction song has to do with this episode, and  3) Transitions  Prayers for me (and maybe you) as I pray through Taipei vs. Toronto vs. Kitchener-Waterloo, being a full-time entrepreneur vs. getting a 9-5, leaving space for God to open those “wildest dreams” type of doors + why it’s such a gift to rely on God during transition seasons. Let’s have a life chat, friends :) love you 🩷 Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

Recently I spoke with an atheist who said how great it is that people find community through churches — but as Christians, don’t we sometimes take community for granted and choose not to get plugged in? This episode dives into God’s will for community and how, even if we’re in an ‘in between’ season (e.g. only in a place for a short period or not wanting to stay where we are for too long), community where we can live out the James 5:16 principle to “confess your sins to one another and pray for one another” is such a blessing for our walk. I also share my testimony of how I sought and didn’t seek community in my current season and what I’ve learned through it. May we learn to live and love as God intends in all seasons of life! Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠

What is godly grieving? Why is it important? What does it look like — and what are some reasons to do it? This episode covers all these questions and more! And why this topic? In this episode, I share my recent experience doing a self-guided godly grieving workshop and the reasons why I wanted to. Yes, we can repent and re-surrender to God anytime. But it can be so fruitful to spend some extended time with God and really confess, repent, talk, and allow him to love us back to health. While we are human, may we not take it lightly that our sin grieves God. 🩷 So whether we’re 16 or 36 or 56… Whether it’s about a relationship or substance abuse or digital addiction or lying or gossip or revenge or any other of the myriad struggles humans can face on this earth… I pray today’s episode releases practical ways to recommit to God and walk in freedom. Follow Jenni: ⁠⁠@the.yay.project⁠⁠ Follow the podcast: ⁠⁠@yaypodcast⁠⁠ Follow Pink and New: ⁠⁠@pinkandnew⁠⁠