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All 706 testimonies
Excellence, Not Perfection
When the enemy twists your greatest gifts into your deepest wounds — and grace slowly untwists them
The God of the Broom Tree
What Elijah's collapse taught me about the God who tends before He sends
Voices That Moved Us — Speakers Tribe NZ Mini-TENx 2026
A Reflection on an Afternoon of Courage, Story, and the Power of a Message Delivered Well
No Longer Resisting
When the door you didn't dare believe in opens — and it has your name on it
Taught to Hate Myself
When the hands that were meant to love you became the hands that wounded you, and what God does with that truth
Dressed for the Calling
When God says bold, neutrals simply won't do
The Logo Behind the Name
When a prophecy, a name, and thirty-five years of God keeping His word become the mark you carry into the world
From the Wings to the Stage
What God does with the girl who almost didn’t show up
The Morning After the Miracle
Today Is the Day
You Outdid Yourself
I Wore Neutrals to Hide
On the Eve of Everything
Tomorrow, we gather.🎤
Five Days and Surrendered Heart
When Your Story Finds Its Voice
7 DAYS TO GO 🎤
When God Calls It Redirection
The Little Blue Tin That Refused to Run Out
One Stage, One Story, One More Yes
When Kindness Breaks You Open
The Lies That Wore My Name
🌟 You’re Invited to the Speakers Tribe NZ Mini-TENx! 🌟
When the Body Speaks First
Pride and Shame at the Same Table
When God Wrapped Fatherly Love Around My Life
For the man who carried the heart of a father when my world needed one most
When the Body Learns to Praise
Two Stages, One Calling
Taking Responsibility: When Love Chooses Truth Over Defence
The Lie I Wore as a Name Badge
What I Couldn’t Find on Google
The Mud and the Masterpiece
I Could See Myself Dancing
The Weight Has a Name
The Painting on My Easel
Built for Endurance, Not Evacuation
Many Worlds, One Story
Come Home, Child
When Love Returned to the Places I Withheld It
God Saw Everything
The Gap Is Holy Ground
The Order of Things
Your First Ministry Is Your Home
Homecoming and Healing Impact
You Were Never Meant to Whisper
Creativity as a Key of Healing
When Writing Brings You Back to the Wound
People in the Gutter
When God Said, “Paint What You See”
CIC Creative Hub Sunset Paint Party in my Studio
Hope Anchors My Soul Paint Party
Held in the in-between
You Are Allowed to Grieve
When the Dam Wall Breaks
Unexpected Opportunity After the Ache
In Loving Memory of Ann Bradford
Thanksgiving in the Storm
One Year Since I Conquered the Mountain of Fear
Held in the Valley of Uncertainty
F.I.N.E. — Faithful, Introspective, Nurturing, Enduring
The Poetry Hidden in a Name
The Poetry in my Name
A quiet reflection on identity, destiny, and the way God whispers truth through the very names we carry.
When a Door Quietly Reopens
Love Shows Up
Seen Through Love’s Eyes
When Someone Disappears Without Goodbye
You’re Not in Trouble
A Facility to Facilitate
Coming Home to My Name
A gentle relocation of words, healing, and holy remembrance
This Is My Story — Coming Home to My Name
A gentle relocation of words, healing, and holy remembrance
A Ray of Joy in the Productivity Zone
A steady light in ordinary spaces — redemption made visible between towel checks and testimony
The Ministry of Helps
A quiet faithfulness in unseen places, where love folds towels and presence becomes prayer
Laying Down What I Love to Take Up My Calling
When surrender costs something precious, yet obedience opens the way for destiny
Live2Lead Reflections — What Leading from the Stop Taught Me
How healing reshaped my understanding of success and influence
When the Pencil Becomes a Prayer
A quiet returning — how drawing restores the body, steadies the emotions, and makes room for God’s gentle nearness
The Body Was Made to Sing
A gentle exploration of how voice, breath, and belonging restore what stress tries to steal
Walking Through, Not Getting Over It
Why “Build a Bridge and Get Over It” Betrays the Broken-Hearted
Where Comfort Becomes Healing
Receiving the comfort of God so our hands may learn His gentleness
F.I.N.E. — Faithful Identity, Not Forced Strength
Faithful identity rooted in belonging, sustained by grace, and steadied through changing seasons
Called, Equipped, Appointed
Readiness is God’s responsibility; obedience is ours
Moved to the Front by Grace
A gentle repositioning from hiddenness to holy placement
Fundamental Attribution Error
When intention blinds compassion and character is judged without context
Living Authentically Through Spiritual Transformation
Reclaiming God’s original design beneath the layers of wounding, fear, and self‑protection
What's in a Name? 🤔
A reflection on identity, calling, and the poetry God wrote into you before you were born 🌱 🪨
Thanksgiving: The Key I Had Not Yet Turned
From fear and hiding to courage, obedience, and the quiet unlocking of God’s call
Strong Women God Uses in Every Season
Standing among them, carrying healing, wisdom, and faithful presence
What am I?
A reflection shaped by witness, fruit, and the long obedience of love
Beloved Before Becoming
A quiet answer rooted in who God says you are
The Gift in Your Hands
Why creativity was never random, and how healing begins when we dare to express what God placed within us.
Grace Beyond Strength
When calling feels heavier than capacity and dependence becomes the doorway to divine power.
Who Am I?🤔
A simple prompt and a revealing reply
The Quiet Strength of Faith
A reflection on how belief steadies the mind, strengthens the body, and shelters the heart
One Thing I Seek
Choosing light, beauty, and purpose in the presence of God
When Cheap Labour Becomes Costly
A quiet lament for communities strained beneath economic convenience of ofshoring
A Return to the Things That Breathe
On slowing down, restoring wonder, and learning to live fully present again
Lest We Forget
When memory becomes an act of truth-telling
When Work Is Taken, but Worth Remains
🕯️ Naming the hidden grief of redundancy and the slow work of restoring dignity
🗝️ Seven Keys to Healing 💔heARTs💖
How God uses faith and creativity to restore what trauma tried to silence
Choosing Compassion Over Offence
Responding to pain with Christlike clarity
Ink That Carries Love
Why handmade gifts and handwritten words still hold a holiness that screens cannot touch
Held by Love, Carried by Grace
A grateful pause to honour the kindness that surrounds my life
Redeemed Beyond Belief
When God gently rewrites what once hurt, and joy returns without fear
The Sacred Weight of What Is Real
Why tangible presence, handwritten love, and uncurated moments still matter
Here’s to the Woman I Am Becoming
A blessing for courage, growth, and wholehearted living in the year ahead
Carrying Hope Forward
From surviving the dark to seven years of stewarding hope for others
From Despair to Steady Light
A personal testimony of walking in victory over depression, held by faith, truth, and gentle restoration
Guarding the Joy God Placed in You
Choosing gratitude and trust when one broken piece threatens to steal your sight
Criticism That Shapes the Heart
A gentle reflection on humility, discernment, and remaining tender before God when words test our spirit
New Year Prayer for Courage and Clarity
A quiet surrender of focus, courage, and rest as the year opens before God
Growing the Vision Together
Learning to lead with humility, team, and trust in God’s unfolding
Sacred Withdrawal
Choosing holy distance to preserve the life God is restoring within you.
A Living Testimony Written in Many Voices
Faithfulness bearing fruit, seen, named and remembered when the heart needs reminding
Internal Healing Journey
Why changing scenery never heals what only God can reach
The Power of Timing
When wisdom teaches the heart not only what to say, but when to release it
When Care Is Not Returned
Learning to steward the heart God entrusted to me, with wisdom, dignity, and grace
Alcohol Never Dissolves Pain
A childhood memory, a legacy of harm, and the hard-won grace of seeing the root beneath the wound
Colours of Grace
A rediscovered digi-scrap, a gentle reminder of the Gospel woven through everyday hues.
Water Your Own Garden
Choosing faithfulness over comparison, and tending the quiet work God is doing within you
A Year Woven with Grace
A sacred reflection on faith, healing, courage, and the quiet victories that carried me through
The Pillars That Hold a Life
Ethical leadership as a sacred calling, not a public performance
A Prayer for the Woman I Am Becoming
A sacred whisper of hope, healing, and gentle becoming as I look toward 2026
As I Look Back on this Year I am Proud of Myself
Honouring the quiet courage it took for me to keep going
Your Pain Is Not a Competition
Why comparison silences the heart, and why God never measures our suffering against another’s
Justice Carriers
When heaven leaves a word on your pillow and trusts your heart to carry it
When “Just Joking” Wounds the Heart
A gentle call to truth, honour, and love in the way we speak
When Loyalty Replaces Love
A gentle but necessary reckoning with control, conscience, and the heart of Christ
The Quiet Seats at the Table
When Christmas lights dim, love remembers what truly matters.
The Gift That Heals
A Christmas reflection on reconciliation, mercy and the courage to begin again
When the Body Cries What the Soul Has Carried
An unexpected Christmas Eve, where buried pain surfaced, was named, and gently released in the presence of God
When the Lights Glow but Hearts Ache
The unseen grief, the holy hush and the healing power of being truly seen
Woven for Healing
A visual map of grace, mercy, and calling woven together in Christ
Christmas Eve, Gently Held
When holy stillness becomes the doorway through which Peace quietly enters
Kindness Is Not a Transaction
When love flows from who you are, not what you hope to gain
What This Year Revealed
A gentle reckoning of faithfulness, courage, creativity, and return
You Don’t Fit Anymore
When transformation outgrows familiar rooms and obedience costs comfort but releases holy fire
Forgiven, Not Returned
Choosing peace without reopening the wound
Time Is Your Testimony
A gentle call to honour God with our presence, preparation, and punctual hearts
Different Swords for Different Battles
Understanding the spiritual weapons God places in our hands
Removed for a Reason
When God’s closure is not rejection, but mercy quietly at work
Consecrated
A life gently set apart, not by striving, but by surrender
It’s Hard to Admit When Something’s Over
A holy release, a gracious ending, and the courage to trust God with what comes next
The Sword of Praise
A gentle yet powerful reflection on lifting the weight of heaviness through worship
The Cost of Your Oil
A sacred reflection on crushing, worship, and the unseen price Heaven remembers
Art Is the Heart’s First Language
A gentle reflection on creativity, healing, and the courage to create again
The Dream God Placed in You
A gentle reminder that what God planted in your heart has not expired
Who I Am in Christ
A sacred remembering of identity, values, and the life shaped by belonging
Legacy That Awakens
When calling, courage, and creativity meet the quiet work of God in a willing heart
When Fear Rises in the Chest
A gentle testimony of tears, tenderness, and the God who sits with us in the ache
6 Surprising Truths About Shame, Identity, and Why You Feel Stuck
Uncovering the hidden narratives that shape your reactions, relationships, and sense of self
Drawn Out by God’s Hand
Annointed for the Journey Ahead
A Rainbow at the Threshold
A tender reflection on showing up for the one Jesus treasures
He Holds You Steady in the Shifting
A sacred pause for the weary heart, held and upheld by God
Where the Trigger Points to Truth
When God uses the stirred places to lead us into freedom
Worship in Its Purest Form
When Brokenness Becomes the Altar God Delights In
Held in His Goodness
Noticing the quiet mercies that sustained my soul when I could not see them
The Quiet Space Between Us
When Silence Protects the Heart Yet Feels Like Distance
Understanding Depression Through a Biblical Lens
How Spiritual Roots Shape the Emotional Landscape of the Heart — With My Testimony of Freedom
When Raised Voices Reveal Unheard Hearts
A gentle reflection on conflict, connection, and the longing beneath our loudest moments
Where the Heart Speaks Through the Body
How hidden emotions settle into our physical frame, and how Christ invites us into gentle release
When Silence Becomes a Story
A tender, honest reflection on emotional self‑protection, parental quietness, and the echoes they leave in the heart
When Tears Are Silenced
How restrained weeping affects the body, burdens the soul, and reshapes our story
Spiritual Fathers and Mothers
A reflection on the sacred calling to guide, steady, and nurture the generations
The Generous Way of Jesus
Discovering purpose through a life poured out in love
When Self‑Hatred Breaks — Healing Begins
A gentle testimony of how unseen rebellion wounded my body, and how repentance opened the door to freedom
Beyond the Body: 7 Unconventional Truths About Why We Get Sick
Exploring the hidden intersections between our spiritual life and our physical wellbeing
Set Free at Dawn
A testimony of repentance, release, and the God who heals even what we normalise
Learning to Speak My Needs with God Beside Me
A gentle reflection on presence, honesty, and the safety found in Him
Action Builds Confidence
A reflection on courage, becoming, and the sacred rhythm of doing
When God Promotes You
A gentle meditation on holy disruption and the grace that leads us forward
Carry Each Other’s Burdens
Allowing God’s love to flow through willing hands
Chosen and Crowned
A reflection on the hidden weight of calling and the God who lifts the humble into purpose
God Is Stirring a Boldness in You
When Courage Begins to Rise Where Fear Once Lived
When Repentance Reveals the Heart
A reflection on David, Saul, and the God who looks beneath the surface
Folded Into Peace
A quiet meditation on order, service, and the God who sees every hidden offering
Learning to See Yourself Without Them
A gentle reflection on rediscovering your God-given identity after emotional neglect
Tears That Tell the Truth
A gentle meditation on the courage it takes to feel deeply
When Water Finds Its Way In
Learning to Breathe When Plans Are Washed in Unexpected Storms
Anger as a Trauma Response
When eruptions reveal the deeper wounds Jesus longs to heal
Raising a Generation That Knows Connection
A reflective post on leadership, healing, and the responsibility to rebuild what was lost
A Diamond in the Wrong Hands
When Worth Remains, Even When Unseen
When Anger Points to What Still Hurts
A gentle reflection on secondary emotions, tender idols, and the sacred invitations hidden within our strongest reactions
Resting Where God Places Me
Reflections on Serving, Being Seen, and Learning to Rest
Divine Realignment
When God Turns Not Enough into More Than Enough
Red November — When Home Became a Border
A personal remembrance of loss, conviction, and the quiet faith that carried me through exclusion into calling
Honouring the Voice That Helped Me Heal
Honouring the voices that helped me rise again
Healing the Roots
From Womb Wounding to Bold Living
Living for an Audience of One
Choosing Heaven’s Applause over Human Approval
Healing as an Act of Love
Choosing growth so those I love don’t bleed from my unhealed wounds.
Face It Until You Make It
Resilience, not Pretence — Choosing Courage over Performance
Relationships Build Loyalty — Presence that Strengthens Trust
Leadership that values people above productivity.
When the Protector Doesn’t Protect
Finding God’s comfort when those meant to guard your heart turn away
Don’t Just Be Available… Be Obedient🔥
True service begins when our hearts bow before His will.
Letting Go of Control: The Gentle Unravelling of Fear
Learning to trust God with the parts of ourselves we’ve tried to hide.
What Happens in Childhood Doesn’t End in Childhood
Healing the echoes of our early stories through God’s redeeming love
Your Breaking Is Birthing Something Beautiful
When the crushing becomes creation, grace is at work.
F.I.N.E. — The Vow Not to Cry
When strength became silence, and silence learned to bleed
Held in His Hands
Trusting God’s Timing in Every Season
I’m Possible: Creativity as Restoration
When Healing Becomes the Art of Becoming Whole Again
The Real Flex as an Artist
Staying Rooted in Your Artistry When No One’s Clapping
500 Stories — A Tapestry of Grace
Celebrating every word, wound, and wonder that shaped my journey of becoming.
Restoring What Distance Broke
On mothering, regret, and the God who heals what we could not hold.
The Law of Invisible Progress
Trusting God’s work beneath the surface
The Power of Your No — Guarding the Gates of Purpose
Learning to honour your boundaries so your yes can carry Heaven’s weight.
The Truth About Apologies
Learning to heal what sorry alone can’t mend
Trust Begins at Mother's Breast
A reflection on nurture, attachment, and the restoration of hearts across generations
33 Years of Us — Still Choosing Each Other
Celebrating love, laughter, and the grace that keeps us growing together.
Coach Me and I Will Learn
The posture of a teachable heart
Loving from a Distance
A reflection on grace, boundaries, and discernment in love
The Legacy of Love
Reclaiming tenderness as the truest inheritance of faith
When Fear Writes the Script
The unseen inheritance of spiritual compromise
When Rejection Becomes Holy Ground
Finding belonging in the heart of the One who was also rejected
Let Today Be
A gentle reminder to move at the rhythm of grace
Quiet, Steady, and Real
Redefining Greatness in a World Obsessed with Noise
Remembering Her Worth
When a woman stands tall in the truth of who God created her to be.
Seen and Valued — Healing the Wound of Being Overlooked
When God restores the places where we were unseen.
Walking in Light Amid the Shadows
A Scriptural reflection on spiritual discernment during Halloween
A True Leader Understands — Leading with Heart, Not Numbers
Leadership that sees, values, and uplifts the human soul.
Sowing the Wind and Reaping the Whirlwind
When God Reveals the Seeds Beneath the Storm
The Love That Stays
When attraction fades and understanding begins
The Safety of His Presence
When comfort lulls but His nearness anchors your soul
When Kindness Is Weaponised
Recognising Adult Bullying and Choosing a Higher Way
Redeeming the Proverbs 31 Woman Within
Healing the twist of wounded strength into redeemed womanhood
When Silence Feels Unsafe
Learning to make peace with the quiet after the storm
Gut Feelings and Betrayal
Learning to trust the quiet warnings of the Holy Spirit
Catherine’s Quiet Courage
A Reflection on Betrayal, Injustice, and Enduring Grace
The Right Train Will Come
Learning to wait without chasing what’s gone
Becoming Under Pressure
Emerging from the shadows into the brilliance of divine design
Mom’s First Heavenly Birthday
Celebrating love that lives beyond time
Born to Create
Healing the Wound that Silenced Our Song
From Fearful to Faithful
When God Rewrites the Voice of Inadequacy
The Hour Heaven Moves
When faith wakes before dawn and surrender meets the whisper of God
Endings with Honour
Because how we say goodbye reveals what we truly value
Faithful Friends
When Love Stays Through Every Season
The Room Grows Honest
When the fall reveals who truly stands with you
A Friendship that Stayed
When loyalty becomes love in action
Honouring Excellence
How leadership stewardship protects the heart of a team
The Story You Need to Tell
Writing as a sacred act of release and redemption.
Authenticity Builds Trust
Being the Same in Every Place You Stand
Breaking the Curse of Neglect
Healing the Silent Cries of a Generation
Breaking the Cycle
Healing Generational Pain Through the Cross of Christ
Layers of Freedom
Facing what formed us so Christ can transform us
The Righteous Flame: When Anger Serves Love
Learning to let holy anger protect what is sacred
In You My Soul Will Hide
When faith becomes the melody that lifts the heart from heaviness
The Fruit of Intention
When love examines the heart before it speaks
When Love Holds in Silence
How presence becomes prayer in the language of grief
The Quiet Kind of Courage
Learning to Listen Within
When Love Lives Across Oceans
Grieving from afar and holding space for the moments you can’t touch.
Where Love Feels Like Home
Choosing presence over pretense, truth over tolerance
Learning to Live, Not Just Survive
Unlearning survival to rediscover wholeness in Christ
The Blood That Covers
Finding calm beneath waves of grief
The Ministry of Presence
A gentle reminder that love often speaks loudest in silence
You Are Already Enough
A note to self — learning to believe I was never a mistake.
Repositioned by Grace
When God shifts your steps to prepare your heart for what’s ahead.
The Hill and the Monster Truck
Finding refuge on my knees
Included vs. Considered
Moving from overlooked presence to cherished intention
No Lie Lives Forever
Truth’s patient pursuit through shadows and masks
Rare Hearts That Keep Giving
On carrying tenderness in a world that prizes hardness
The Double Grief of Living Losses
When goodbye comes twice
The Sacred Weight of Last Photos
Cherishing the fleeting glimpses of love and presence
Her Final Psalm: When Love Leads Home
On tears, legacy, and the holy hush of goodbye
Led by the Spirit, Not by Feelings
A reflection on discerning emotions without losing purpose
The Grief of Obedience
A surrender that feels like loss, yet leads to life
Inner Peace Over Prestige
Choosing alignment with God’s values over the lure of success
Ahab’s Silence Enables Jezebel’s Chaos
When passivity opens the door, destruction walks in
Compassion in Action
A soul that sees, feels, and then moves to heal
Faithful in the Small Things
God’s personal encouragement to keep trusting His timing and promises
Kindness That Feels Like Home
Small gestures, eternal echoes of love
Resting in the Rain
A gentle reminder that stillness is not failure, but preparation for flight
Truth That Shakes Comfort
Choosing honesty with courage, even when it costs relationships.
Being the Bigger Person
A gentle wisdom: choosing peace over performance
Facing the Storm
A lesson in courage, trauma, and trust
Listening with the Heart
The infographic I reflected on today outlined the 5 Levels of Listening
The Weight of Words
Redeemed, healed, and rewritten by the Word of Truth
When Old Wounds Whisper
Finding God’s Steadfast Love in Seasons of Abandonment
A Pillar of Love Remembered
A mother’s embrace that shaped my soul
Listening that Heals
Hearing the heart of God and others
Learning to Rest Without Guilt
A tender pause in the healing journey
My Constant Companion
A quiet thanksgiving for the one who walks with me through every season
Here I Am to Worship
A morning song of gratitude and surrender
Not Called to Average
Living in God’s fullness and abundance
Forgiven to Forgive
A freedom that flows only from the Cross
Two Ears, One Mouth
The quiet power of listening well
Your Quiet Influence Matters
A reflection on unseen impact and faithful obedience
Stand Firm for Truth
Courage to Speak Out When Silence Feels Safer
Wake-up Song of Gratitude
A melody of joy rising with the dawn
Refined Under Pressure
A meditation on hidden strength and authentic faith
God’s Rainbow of Promise
A gentle reminder of His covenant love on an ordinary Friday morning
Seeing Differently
A reflection on how what some call weakness, others see as a gift
The Strong Tower
A refuge of safety and song
Extend Your Wings
A prophetic blessing of freedom and childlike delight
Identity — The Original Masterpiece
A gentle unpeeling: discovering the canvas God painted before the world began.
Shyness: A False Identity Unveiled
A gentle revelation of fear exchanged for God’s design
My Soul Follows Hard After Thee
A song of deep pursuit and holy longing
When Rejection Shapes Our Blueprint
Rewriting our relationships in Christ’s love
Legacy of Love
A heart that longs to leave lives transformed and souls drawn to Christ
Still the Storm Within
When melodies remind the soul that Jesus calms our inner seas
ALL Life is Sacred
Rejecting violence and the celebration of harm
Faith, Family & Creativity
A threefold cord that carries me when life feels heavy
TRUST: The Fragile Bridge of Leadership
Why every relationship stands or falls on this invisible foundation
Healing Ripples Through Generations
When our restoration becomes the overflow for our family
Heaven Hears Honour First
Living the Kingdom Culture of Kindness, Courtesy, and Consecrated Responses
Leadership, Connection, and the Courage to Care
A reflection on love at the heart of true leadership
Love Calms the Sea
A reflection on how God’s love stills the storms of our hearts
Unmasking Shame
From Hidden Wounds to Healing Wholeness
Breaking the Cycle: Becoming Who God Made You to Be
A reflection on generational healing and the courage to feel what was left unspoken
Lessons from Women in the Bible
A testimony of God’s healing touch through creativity and surrender.
Purpose in the Waiting
Learning to trust the slow work of God
Headstrong: The Lion, the Eagle, and the Bear
A reflection on holy strength and surrendered fire
Resting from Duty, Rising in Love
Learning to serve from freedom, not obligation
Know Your Worth
Don’t fight for a place never meant for you
Known by God Alone
Resting in His understanding when explanations fall short
Your Smile, Your Trademark
A gentle reminder of how Christ’s love shines through us
Catch the Light
Holding onto sunshine and starlight through the shadows
In the Furnace with Him
Where fire refines and His presence remains
Pruned for Promise
Letting go so God can grow something new
Season People
The gentle purpose of temporary companions
Shout for Joy to the Lord
Loosening the Stiffness, Lifting the Burden
Art as Medicine
Creativity as Worship and Healing Balm
Chosen and Sent
Living as one marked by heaven’s assignment
Divine Protection and Hidden Coverings
A reflection on how God’s presence through us becomes a shield for others
A Game of Perspective
Learning to see through God’s eyes rather than the lens of comparison
Bitter Roots and Redemption
Breaking cycles through grace and truth
My Voice Matters
Learning that speaking up is not selfish but sacred
Known, Held, and Surrounded
A prophetic reminder of God’s intimate care in prayer ministry
Not a Mistake
Reclaiming the truth of God’s intentional love
Seeking the Real
Unmasking authenticity in a world of façades
Step Out in Faith
A tender reminder that with God, impossibility bends into possibility
Called or Compelled? 🤔Discerning the Heart of Service
When obedience becomes clouded by obligation, the soul aches for clarity.
Sandpaper People
Refined Through God’s Grace
Step Out in Faith
When impossibility becomes the soil for God's miracles
The Purpose of Flags and Dance in Worship
A Visible Song of Victory, Joy, and Surrender
Anchored in What Matters Most
Reflections on the values that steady my soul
The Weight of a Final Word
A gentle reminder that what lingers is not always what was spoken, but what was felt
Choosing Yourself: Rest as a Sacred Priority
Honouring the gift of life by slowing down
Conviction or Condemnation?
Learning to hear the difference between the Spirit’s whisper and the enemy’s lies
Hurt People, Heal People
A reflection on pain, purpose, and the grace to choose differently
Loyalty End
Letting go when love and respect no longer remain
Pathway Prayer: Trusting the God Who Walks Before Me
Following His steps when the way is unclear
He Stoops to Meet Me
The gentle nearness of the Holy Spirit
Emotional Education: Building a Better World
Why teaching emotional regulation is a matter of life and hope
Silent Love
A reflection on being understood without endless words
Everybody is Creative
Rediscovering the song, dance, and colour placed within us
Grace for Growth
Honouring the quiet work of becoming
Protecting My Peace
Why accountability matters and why peace is worth guarding
Questions and Wounds
When asking feels unsafe but healing begins with listening
Respect: The Kingdom’s Glue
Living a culture of kindness, dignity, honour, and respect
The Revolution of Voice
Breaking cycles of silence with truth and authenticity
A Voice Worth Hearing
Breaking silence, reclaiming questions, finding connection
Learning to Make Waves
From silence to ripples of courage
Core Values
Rooted in Faith, Blooming in Love
Healing for Joy
Learning to let happiness sit at the table of my heart again
A Mirror of Compassion
Learning to love the one I see in the reflection
Love, Tea, and Little Girl Vows
Learning to ask without fear, and to receive without shame
Braver, Stronger, Wiser
A gentle whisper of truth for weary hearts
Breaking Generational Curses
A new legacy is written in listening hearts
Building What Lasts
A love letter of resilience, sacrifice, and hope shared side by side
MINDSET: A Christ-Centred Path
A holy posture of heart, anchored in faith and love
Out of the Pit
Why my story cannot be told without God
The Echo of Unspoken Pain
When today’s reaction carries yesterday’s silence
The Ministry of Presence
A quiet love that heals without words
The Shattering of False Friendship
When what you believed was real, breaks open to reveal truth
When Disapproval Feels Like Danger
Finding safety in God’s unwavering love
A Legacy of Courage
When breaking was not an option, love kept me standing
I Am Not Infinite, But the Work Is
A reflection on our fleeting lives and God’s enduring work
The Truth of Purpose
Anchored in God before Opinions Ever Spoke
Breaking the Familiar: Walking into God’s Better Way
A reflection on surrendering comfort for Kingdom transformation
Grace in the Garden
Turning self-reflection into a place of healing and hope
Loving People Back to Life
A safe place where hearts are heard and hope is rekindled
My Safe Place in Every Season
Gratitude for the ones who keep my heart steady
When Familiar Faces Stay Silent
Finding peace when support comes from unexpected places
When God’s Correction is an Open Door to Restoration
Learning to see His “No” as a loving invitation to come closer
When God’s “No” Is Really His “Go”
How rejection and opposition can carry you into your destiny
When Numbness Wears a Smile
Seeing beyond the disguise of high-functioning depression
When Truth Is Met with Hostility
Standing firm when eyes are opened to what should never have been hidden
The Pathway of Love
Choosing Truth Over Approval
When Connection Fades: Lessons in Leadership and Letting Go
A reflection on forgiveness, value, and the threads that keep teams together
When Echoes Rise in Our Children
Breaking patterns by choosing to hear with our hearts
Bridge-Builders, Hand-holders and Light-Bringers
Quiet courage in an unkind world
Embracing the Fireball
Healing hurts… but staying broken hurts more
The Soul’s Medicine
Why creating is a lifeline for the weary heart
Enough Without the Doing
Resting in God’s love when the voices of doubt grow loud
Is This Mine to Carry?
A framework for releasing false responsibility and false guilt
The Quiet Strength to Keep Going
When applause fades and the road feels long, God’s presence becomes the truest reward
When Presence Isn’t Support
A gentle reminder to discern who truly stands with you
The Value Never Changed
Recognising Your Worth When You’re in the Wrong Room
Heal to Hear More Clearly
Learning to listen without the echo of old pain
Holding Steady in the Same Room
Learning restraint when truth and memory collide
When Rejection Tries to Rewrite Your Name
Let it refine you, not define you.
When the Cost Feels Too High
Letting go of what no longer fits the person God is shaping you to be
When the Words Came Sideways
Learning to let late praise lose its sting
Arms That Hold My Soul
A sacred reflection on love that protects, cherishes, and calls a woman “home”
Creating sacred space for pain, presence, and quiet healing
Love is Being Their Safe Place, Not Their Fixer
The Alchemy of Tears
Grief in Motion, Healing in Release
Grace, Mercy, Blessings
Resting in the Overflow of God's Goodness
Reason, Season, or Lifetime
When God Reduces the Circle, Trust He’s Protecting the Core
Chosen One
When God’s Word Meets a Wound and Becomes a Balm
Every Woman of God has a Story - What’s Mine?
The sacred echo of a heart redeemed.
Walking in Integrity
Living a life aligned with truth, even when it costs you
When the Pedestal Crumbles
Honouring our parents in the tension of offence, forgiveness, and healing
🦅✨ The Eagle & the Crow ✨🦅
Keep Rising Above the Noise
The Breaker Anointing
A call to rise, respond, and remain — for those who carry heaven’s cry
Unravelling from Within
A strange dream, a silent stirring, and the unexpected threads that lead to healing.
The Company We Keep
Because love is the real destination
When Applause Fades
Recognising who’s for you when the claps fall silent
The Classroom of the Soul
Returning to Learn What the Heart Forgot
The Courage to Say “I’m Sorry”
A healing lesson from a mother learning to lead with humility
The Heart of the Matter is a Matter of the Heart
The inner war no one sees, and the healing Jesus brings
FRUMPY: A Reframed Reflection
From Labels to Light — Reclaiming Identity Through Grace
The Sign I Carried
Breaking free from the lie that I wasn’t smart enough
When Friendship Isn’t What It Seemed
Unravelling the pain of misplaced trust and the courage to see clearly
Jesus is My Salvation
Obedience is the fruit of a heart rooted in grace
Feet of Clay
Honouring the ache of unsaid words and unfinished hopes
HEALING 💔heARTs💖: A Journey from Brokenness to Beauty
The sacred dance of restoration, identity, and divine creativity
Come, My Child
Unlearning the patterns of hiding, striving, and learning to simply be
Seen, Even When Overlooked
A reflection on worth, transformation, and the beauty they didn’t see
Three Years Since D-School
Marking the Close of the Alphabet & the Opening of a Deeper Rest
When Logic Collides with Old Wounds
A story of loss, identity, and God’s gentle restoration
Emotional Self Management
Navigating Triggers, Fear & Self-Sabotage
Faithful in Little
The Art of Showing Up for the Ones He Loves
Heart Surgery and Holy Rest
Exhausted but held in the sacred space between emotion and identity
Flag Dance of Freedom
A Soul Awakening into Purpose and Praise
The Masterpiece That Saved Me
Art as Healing Masterpiece
A Week of Blunders and the Whisper of Self-Sabotage
When failure rattles the soul, healing begins in the pause
When the Roar Feels Far Away
A tender reflection on failure, heaviness, and being held in the quiet hush between tears
Called to Be Light
When your presence exposes shadows, remember Who placed the flame within you.
Dreaming of Safety
When your deepest longing isn’t for success, but for peace.
Honouring the Pause
My Journey to Discernment and Peace
Kindness Is Mine to Keep
Holding onto grace, even when it's not reciprocated.
My Circle is Small by Intention
A reflection on boundaries, belonging, and brave love
The Courage to Keep Growing
When your boundaries feel like betrayal to those who benefitted from your silence
United We Rise
When division is the strategy, clarity becomes the revolution.
Unshifting the Blame
Recognising manipulation and reclaiming your peace
Breaking the Chains
Daring to confront generational strongholds and reclaim our God-given freedom
Breaking the Chains
Daring to confront generational strongholds and reclaim our God-given freedom
From Survival to Safe Haven: A Mother’s Redemption Story
Choosing love over perfection, presence over performance, healing over hiding.
Love, Loyalty and Protection
I Stand Beside the One I Love
No Longer a Doormat
Protecting the Little Girl No One Else Ever Did
When Boundaries Bloom
The Sacred Courage to Keep Growing
When Silence Feels Safer Than Honesty
Emotional Abuse
The Unspoken Rules of a Toxic Family
🕊️ — and the Holy Courage to Break Them
When Grace Covers What Gifting Doesn't
Embracing Imperfection in Service
When Church 💔 Hurts — The Cry for Justice
Church Wounding & Betrayal
Call it What it Is: Gossip
Guarding your heart from counterfeit connections
The Embrace I Never Knew I Needed:
Healing the Legacy of Withheld Affection
A Steady Presence
The Enduring Role of Fathers
From Seeds to Fruit — A Testimony of Faithful Growth
Butterflies and Breakthroughs
It Was Never Yours to Carry
A tender reminder to lay down what was never meant to rest on your shoulders
Trixi of ALL Trades, Master of Diversity
Embracing the tapestry of creative purpose and divine joy
Carrying it Well
Just Because it Looks Like I'm Carrying it Well, Doesn’t Mean it’s Not Heavy
When the Giver Learns to Let Go
A reflection on the sacred courage of releasing what will not grow
When You Feel Completely Lost
Gathering the scattered pieces of your story into grace, one step at a time
You Were Never Given the Space to Just Be a Child
A tender reflection on stolen innocence and the journey to reclaim it
Bugs in the Box Dream
When Unseen Struggles Crawl Back Into View
Productivity vs. Purpose
Where have I mistaken productivity for purpose? 🤔
Returning to Beauty Courageously
Beauty doesn’t demand perfection or readiness — only presence.
The Art of my Life Looks Like...
Learning to Trust the Master Artist
Love That Guides, Not Demands
A reminder that children are not here to perfect our image, but to grow into the fullness of who God made them to be.
When Inspiration Runs Dry
Settle In, Dear Heart
Moved with Compassion
When Empathy is Not Enough
When My Eyes Burn with Longing for Relief
A whispered prayer in the middle of discomfort
Reading Beyond the Invitation
Protecting Your Peace by Knowing Where You Truly Belong
When the World Goes Quiet
A Mother’s Midnight Prayer of Letting Go, Holding On, and Loving Still
A Quiet Ache
A Mother’s Heart Holds so Much More than Words can often Express
Jesse & Ice
Our Newlyweds
To My Son
On the Eve of Your Wedding
A Humble Yes
When God Uses Our Willingness
Sanctuary
Becoming a Living Sanctuary
Don’t Do It for the Credit
— Do It Because It’s Who You Are
When You Know Your Why
Your why gives you roots when life is uncertain.
Unshakeable, Undeniable Love
Reflection
Trust as a Lifestyle
Why consistency, humility, and care matter more than charisma or charm
You've Been Passed Over
Prophetic Encouragement for Purpose
“I Miss Choir the Most”
Singing Was My First ‘Yes’ to Healing 💔heARTs💖
The Power of a Willing Yes
Speaker Tribe NZ Leadership Team
Proximity is Power!
The Power of Showing Up
Distilling the Essence: Compassionate. Faithful. Radiant.
A tender reflection on the quiet strength and beauty I carry — even when I don’t see it
Beloved Journey
A Reflection of Grace, Growth & God’s Gentle Hand
The Breakdown
Sometimes the breakdown isn’t punishment—it’s mercy.
The Last Page of This Chapter
Marking the end with intention, care, and quiet courage
Creative Sanctuary Declaration
Sometimes, our most empowering beliefs hold subtle expectations that pressure our souls, especially when we lead with love.
Who I’m Meant to Be
Reflecting on my sacred calling to heal, create, and hold space between what is and what could be.
A TEAM is not a Group of People Working Together
A team is a group of people who TRUST each other.
Spirit of Forgetting
When the Enemy Tries to Erase What God Has Written on Your Heart
Complex PTSD
Healing 💔 heARTs 💖 through Faith & Creativity
Speakers Institute Premiere Bootcamp Presentation
When the Work of My Hands Was Replaced
A sacred offering, unacknowledged — yet held by the One who sees
Dear Future ME
Letter to my Future Self
Pitch & Practice
A Sacred Story of Finding My Voice Again in the Company of Communicators at Speakers Tribe Gathering
The Self-Reflection Mirror
Picture the Woman You're Becoming
Discussing Healing 💔heARTs 💖
Champion Mindset Collective Podcast
From Grasshopper to Giant
Called to Heal the Nations
Healing 💔heARTs💖 Through Creativity
Rediscovering Joy and Overcoming Depression
From Fear to Freedom:
My Journey to Finding My Voice at Speakers Institute Bootcamp
Sugar Cubes of Grace
When Heaven Speaks Through Human Hearts
Called to Courage: Embracing My Purpose with Faith
Trusting God’s Qualifying Touch in a Journey of Transformation
Whispers of Healing
A Journey through 💔 Heartache and Hope
Everyone is Creative!
Embrace Your Creativity
"I AM..." Statements
Foundational LIES we come to believe
My Personal Mission Statement
Values
Celebrating 6 Years of Overcoming
Reflect on 2024
Delivered into Light
A Testimony of Freedom from Depression and Suicidal Despair
Procrastination Station
Clearing the Clutter
Rainbow Flags
Claiming back the Colour in my Life
Facing the Mirror
Trusting God to Redeem the Time
A Year of Becoming Whole Again
Gathering the fragments, one grace-filled day at a time.
4 Stages of Competence
Making Peace with the Pit
How Am I Going to Get There?🤔
Maxwell Leadership: Growth Plan Reflections
Growth Requires Vulnerability
Intimacy = In-to-me-see
Gratitude for a Year of Breakthroughs
MBCC Volunteers' Dinner Testimony
The Weight of Unspoken Words
Pain that's Buried Alive Stays Alive
The Story of Overcoming
An Ongoing Journey
Where am I going?
Maxwell Leadership: Growth Plan Reflections
Not Everyone has the Holiday Spirit
Festive Seasons are Tough for Many
World Class Communicator
Coaching
Change is a Constant
Seasons of Transition
Beetroot Panic Memory
When your pregnancy cravings get you in trouble with hubby...🤣
Where am I?
Maxwell Leadership: 30-Day Growth Plan Reflections
What If?🤔
Self-Limiting Beliefs
You Can't Lead if You Don't Grow
Maxwell Leadership: 30-Day Growth Plan Reflections
Familiar Territory
X-Rays
Claiming Back the Colour in my Life
I'm Allowed to have FUN!
Fiery Furnace
Vision
Flags a Prophetic Picture of Wings
Sandra's Vision
Ice Skates
Sandra's Vision
On the Other Side
Paint Party
Servanthood is my Spirit
Serving at Elijah House School
I'm a Pioneer!
Called to Journey Together
Having Support is Important
Freedom in Unmasking the True Self
My first new poem in decades...
Purpose in Those you Meet
"You Handled it so Well"
Did I, Really?🤔
I will Praise You IN the Storm
My heart is heavy 😔 and my heart is sad😢😭
from this day forth, I will fight no more!
I Offered LOVE!
How much love does it take to save a man?🤔
Fear of Communication
Trauma Response
Overcoming Social Anxiety
a lifelong struggle
Connecting the Dots...
Root of Social Anxiety
Standing in the Need of Prayer
It's me, oh Lord...
Everything You Ever Wanted Is on the Other Side of Fear
Choosing courage when fear feels louder than faith
Learning to Paint Face
Make-up Application Lesson
Invest, again!
And here I thought I was done investing...🤔 but wait, there's more!
What Hurt my Heart
Burden-bearing
This or That?
Photo Shoot vs. Bathroom Selfie
Photo Shoot Make Over
Bathroom "Selfie"
That Special Place
Give Your Heart a Home
Please Hear what I'm NOT Saying
Being fine vs. F.I.N.E.
How We See God
We Learn What We LIVE as Children
💕Jesus Loves Me💕
*For the elderly*
The Battle for the Human Heart
Reflecting on the profound struggles and triumphs of the human heart.
Embracing the Fire
Finding Strength in Weakness!
Live FULL, die EMPTY!
Too many people die with unsung songs in their hearts.
Triggered
"They're pushing all my buttons!"
Uitskryfwerk
Why is it so hard to love myself?🤔
You Are Loved
I don't know why it's so hard for me to believe that I'm loved🤔
Invest!!!
Wait, there's more!
Sometimes Transformation Looks like Chaos
Annointing in the Crushing
Sink or Swim?
Friendship isn't Easy
Singing
The Other side of FEAR
Social Anxiety
Vision
Pleasing God
FREE to Dance
Still on the Subject of Names…
To call someone by name is to remind them who they are — and who they are called to be.
Glimpses of Gold & Diamonds
The Book in YOU
Write it UGLY!
The Lion & the Eagle
I Asked the Lord, "Who am I?"
Overwhelmed with Joy!!!
Be Anxious for Nothing
God is Able
Leveraging God
It's Okay not to Always Have it all Together
Leading from the Stop
Prudence
When “Get Over It” Silenced a Mother’s Grief
A hidden miscarriage, a hardened heart, and the long shadow of unspoken sorrow
Battle between Heart ❤️ & Head 🧠
The heart always wins
I See...
When your friends see in you what you don't see in yourself...
My Husband got Paid Today
Season of Transition
Get Back On!
Ride with Me!
You’ll Have Your Cake and Eat It Too
When God restores, He brings joy, justice, and the front of the line.
Tranformed Bride
Dancing for Joy
Celebrating 5 Years of Overcoming
Earn Your Keep
A breaking of old agreements where worth was measured by labour, and a returning to the truth of being loved simply because you are
"Earn Your Keep!"
Reflecting on 2023
2023 in Review
Importance of Blessing our Children
Often times our wounding is rooted in the lack of the necessary good thing.
Yes, You Can Paint
Rediscovering the childlike wonder of creativity
Beginning to See what Invest Looks Like
Wait, there's more!
Dance for Joy
Praise the Lord with Dancing
Elijah House D-School
Marking the Close of the Alphabet & the Opening of a Deeper Rest
When My Eyes Burn with Longing for Relief
A whispered prayer in the middle of discomfort
Girly-girl Haircut
Invest Checklist
Heart of Flesh
When long-forgotten promises awaken to life again
Trinket
from one of my boys...
Hidden Bubbles of the Heart
A lesson in sanctification and the gentle light of the Holy Spirit
From Brokenness to Restoration
A journey of redemption, healing, and finding home in the Father’s heart
Stuck Between Places
A dream of elephants, wandering, and the weight of fear
Sheltered in the Storm
Finding God’s hand in the floods of life
Stand Out
Rising Above the Noise with Kingdom Excellence
Trigger Seasons and Renewed Life
Walking through the shadows into the light of Christ
Recognition
Chipping away at all that isn't ME
Goodbye to the Old, Hello to the New
Breaking Generational Chains, Embracing God’s Restoration
Everyone Has a Story
My Elijah House Healing Ministry Journey
Invest
Word of Knowledge received during Prayer Ministry
30th Wedding Anniversary
Wedding Vows Renewal
30th Wedding Anniversary
First Dress in 2 Decades
I've Invested!
Wings of Prayer
Receiving the Mantle of Nobility
Embracing the Name I Once Rejected — And the Royal Identity God Always Intended
Becoming Real
Stepping into True Identity with the Father’s Love
Dancing Queen for the King
Coming home to joy, identity, and the Father's heart
Abiding in His Peace
Learning to rest in the truth that there is nothing wrong with me
The Audition I Didn’t Know I Was Taking
I finally passed my fourth GAC audition.
Elijah House C-School
He Called
The Story of my Name
Coming home to Patrizia — “of noble birth” — and Trixi, “bringer of joy.”
Fingerprint Transformed to Diamond
A House Divided
Elijah House B-School
Take My Healing to the Nations
Untethered — The Train, the Journey, and the Healing in Motion
When the Lord is the Engine and Healing Becomes Movement
Healing Rain
The drought is over — a new day of hope, joy, and restoration
The Train and the Tracks
Untethered for the Journey Ahead
Wonder
A whispered promise of awe, as I walk into the unknown with Him
3 Years of Overcoming
Becoming Whole in the Breaking
A Year of Surrender, Separation, and Sacred Healing
Skydiver
Stuck CD Player
Vision
What the enemy meant for evil God is using for good...
Remember How Far You've Come
Amy's Vision
Downcast
Heart of Stone
Elijah House A-School
Wrapped in God's Protection
Vision
A Name Restored
A covenant moment that dismantled the lie, “I am a mistake.”
God Held Me First
Vision
Wrapped in God's Love
Vision
How Are You Really?
F.I.N.E. is the LIE we Tell the World
Loved, Chosen & Free
Shame? Who? Me?🤔
Bringer of Joy, Born of Nobility
Healing the Lie of Being a Mistake with the Truth of My Name
Loved, Chosen & Free — From “Oh No” to “Oh Yes”
The day God rewrote the story of my identity
Me as a Tree
Arise & Shine!
Made in His Image!
A Soup Kitchen for the Soul
Vibrant Creative Community Centre
My Purpose & Calling
Word of Knowledge
God is Giving you your ROAR back
Jesus is the Master Carpenter
Rebuilding Storage Shelves
Exchanging the Anvil of LIES for a CROWN
Sandra's Vision
Woman of Excellence
My Words have Value
Purposse
Step Out of the Boat
Courage & Confidence will Follow Obedience
Hidden
In the Shadow of God's Hand
God's Workmanship
He Sent His Word & Healed Me
We're Stronger Together
Take a Stand!
I Can Paint!
Discovering Identity & Purpose
The Father Loves You
Truck = 1 / Toyota
= 0 characterised 😜
I'm 1 in 4, 4 times.
Identity Statement
Keep Calm, I Passed my Audition
6 Months of Overcoming
Deliverance
Farewell Greater Auckland Chorus
The Performance Struggle
Will I Ever be Enough?🤔
Bittersweet Endings
I Choose Forgiveness
Made to Worship
Seasons Change
Daddy Issues
He Sent His Word
I've Hated this Woman
He Lifted me from the Pit
Beauty Rising Through the Breaking
When Pain Becomes the Potter’s Hands
The Woman at the Well
Celebrating 21
Jesse's Batman Party
Reflection on Jesse's 21st Birthday
A Mother’s Reflection at the Crossroads of Change
The Breaking That Saved Me
God Met Me in the Fallout
Beauty from the Broken Places
A year of unravelling pain, rediscovering faith, and learning to breathe aga
Soar like an Eagle
God's Message in the Sky
Drunken Promises and Consequences
The Weight of Being Needed: Finding healing when you're the one who always holds it together
Morning Cuddles and Mother's Day Shadows
— a reflection on love, loss, and the ache of letting go
Twenty-One Years Later — and it Still Hurts
A quiet anniversary of invisible loss
A Letter to My Rainbow Baby
Honouring the One we Lost, Cherishing the One we Hold.
Becoming Whole Again
A year of healing, rediscovery, and grace in the quiet spaces between heartbreak and hope.
Mothering Young Adults
When "adopting" Young Adults brings Pain
My Cup Is Overflowing
... but not in a good way.
The Spin Cycle of Life
Holding It All Together While Falling Apart
When Caring Hurts More Than It Heals
Greater Auckland Chorus
Threads of Becoming
Gathering the Golden Seams of a Year Woven by Grace
Mother’s Day Reflections
Healing the Ache of Motherhood Without a Mother
Migration
To Be Educated
Trixi's HomeEd Academy
Young Adulthood
Heaven Breaks Through
A Testimony of Deliverance and Restoration
