Step Out And Thrive with Bethany Joy (Radical Care For Christian Counselors)

Bethany Joy CPLC, CARC, MHC
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Step Out And Thrive with Bethany Joy is your faith-filled haven for honest stories, spiritual encouragement, and real connection. As a Christian mental‑health coach who’s journeyed through CHARGE syndrome, vision/hearing differences, a pacemaker, and a short right arm—I've turned obstacles into grace-filled pathways. This podcast uplifts caregivers, counselors, parents—anyone ready to go beyond surviving. Join us. Step Out And Thrive!

  1. 2d ago

    Roots in the Storm | What Your Limitations Are Protecting You From — Ep. 7

    Have you ever wondered what the world would be like with no speed limits? Today we're talking about limits — why they're not the enemy, and how one I set for myself just last fall completely changed how I show up for my boys and my clients. I'm sharing the story of finally taking Saturdays off after years of "working while someone else has the kids," what happened when I didn't know what to do with myself, and a recent book signing that taught me (the hard way) about my own limits with noise and migraines. 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: The most fruitful lives are often the most focused ones — limits aren't restrictions, they're protection from overextending.Working every "free" moment may look productive, but it can quietly cost you presence with the people who need you most.Learning to rest isn't always natural — sometimes it takes time just to figure out what rest even looks like for you.Limits aren't selfish — they come back to a simple question: if I truly believe I'm loved for who I am, do I need to do more to prove it?This week's challenge: what limits do you have — or need — in your life? What story is your relationship with limits telling about you?📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  2. Jul 15

    Roots in the Storm | Stop Waiting for a Different Life to Start Living — Ep. 6

    Are you living your best life? Today I'm asking the question I think a lot of us avoid — and sharing the story of the day I went skydiving with literally no notice, hours after a conversation about "one day." If you've ever caught yourself saying "one day when..." — when the kids are older, when the finances work out, when life calms down — this episode is for you. 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: "One day when..." can quietly become a permanent excuse — survival mode keeps that day from ever arriving.Survival mode is your brain trying to just stay alive. Thriving is something different — it's looking for God in the everyday.Slowing down enough to be present in this season reveals gifts you'll only get right now — not in the "one day" you're waiting for.What if today was already worth living — and just waiting for you to show up and live it?This week's challenge: are you in survival mode? What story are you telling yourself, and what gifts is God giving you right now?📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  3. Jul 15

    Roots in the Storm | What If Your Weakness Is Your Superpower? — Ep. 5

    Today I'm talking about my superpower — and it's probably not what you think. In fact, for most of my life, I thought it was one of my biggest weaknesses. I'm sharing the story of how I found my way into a community called Luke 10, what happened the first time I checked in honestly in a group of strangers, and the question someone asked me that changed everything — "How can we best be with you today?" 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: The thing you've spent your whole life trying to hide might actually be the thing that connects you to people the most.Checking in honestly — naming what's really going on in your body and your emotions — is harder than it sounds, especially the first time."How can we best be with you today?" is a question that can change everything, because it makes space without trying to fix.Vulnerability becomes a superpower in places where people are okay being uncomfortable, okay not fixing, and willing to trust God with the outcome.This week's question: where do you feel broken? What's the story you've been telling yourself about that — and who could you let in?📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  4. Jul 8

    Roots in the Storm | The Counterintuitive Secret: They Rest — Ep. 4

    What if I told you the biggest secret to getting more done isn't more effort — it's Sabbath? In this episode, I'm sharing one of the harder lessons I've had to learn the hard way — including a story about a pacemaker scare years ago that landed me in the hospital, and what happened (or didn't happen) when I got home. Plus, a simple moment washing my hands at McDonald's that taught me what Sabbath actually is. 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: Power doesn't come from doing more — it comes from rhythms of rest.Sometimes we're so disconnected from our bodies that we don't realize how much rest we actually need — until something forces the issue.Sabbath isn't just physical rest. It's turning your attention to what God is doing instead of staying focused on yourself and everyone else.Sabbath looks different for everyone — a nap, a bike ride, a quiet moment, even washing your hands at McDonald's.This week's challenge: ask yourself honestly — what does Sabbath actually look like for me? And would I be willing to try something different this week?📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  5. Jul 1

    Roots in the Storm | Your Anxiety Is Trying to Tell You Something — Ep. 3

    Today we're tackling one of the biggest things quietly running people's lives right now — and no, it's not politics. It's anxiety. I'm breaking down the real difference between fear and anxiety, why so many of us have learned to push our emotions down just to function, and sharing a story from early in my vision loss journey — standing in a doorway in the dark, not knowing how to get to my ride, and the moment someone simply asked, "Would you like help?" 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: Fear responds to something real and present. Anxiety responds to something that hasn't happened yet — the "what if."So many of us have gotten so good at pushing emotions down that we don't even know what anxiety feels like in our bodies anymore.Anxiety isn't something to fight — it's information. It's trying to tell you something.Sometimes what anxiety is protecting you from is asking for help, or accepting a new limit, or stepping into something better.This week's challenge: pay attention to what anxiety (or fear) is trying to tell you. Give it a voice instead of pushing it down.📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  6. Jun 24

    Roots in the Storm | Stop Letting Old Wounds Run the Show — Ep. 2

    What do you do when the past doesn't always stay in the past? In this episode, I'm getting honest about the cycles we fall back into — the ones that surprise even us — and where they actually come from. I'm sharing my own story about speaking — from passing out giving a speech in high school, to being told "leave the preaching to the men," to losing my vision and hearing and thinking that ship had sailed for good. And how a counselor finally helped me see what was really driving all of it. 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: The patterns that surprise us — the ones that feel out of nowhere — usually aren't out of nowhere at all.You can accomplish a lot and still feel like it's never enough if you're chasing something from your past.Stuffing the past doesn't make it go away — it just waits for the wrong moment to surface.When something makes you feel "off," get curious instead of dismissive. Ask: when have I felt this way before?This week's challenge: get curious about what's surfacing from your past — write it down, draw it, or share it.📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  7. Jun 17

    Roots in the Storm | Are You Rooted? — Ep. 1

    What if the people right in front of you are the ones you're seeing the least clearly? Welcome to a brand new series — Roots in the Storm — where we're going to get honest about what's holding us up when everything else is shaking. In this first episode, I'm talking about my new book cover (yes, the little plant pushing up through dry ground into a storm), why so many people had a hard time with that image, and the question underneath this whole series: when was the last time you felt loved for who you are — not for what you do? 🔑 5 Takeaways from this episode: The hardest part of growth isn't always the digging in the dark — sometimes it's what waits for us once we break the surface.When we're stuck inside our own storm, it's easy to stop really seeing the people around us.So many of us — especially those of us with disabilities, in ministry, or in caregiving roles — have learned to earn love instead of receive it.Living to be loved for what you do instead of who you are doesn't just hurt you — it disconnects your roots from who God made you to be.This week's challenge: before you do the next thing, pause and tell yourself — "No matter what happens, I am loved."📚 Grab my book, Step Out & Thrive: Finding God in the Everyday When Nothing Makes Sense → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 🌱 Join the free Step Out & Thrive community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com Dare to do more than just survive. Step Out & Thrive.

  8. Jun 10

    Unlocking the THRIVE Code | E is for "Every Day" — Ep. 6

    What if God is moving in your life right now — and you're just looking in the wrong direction? We've arrived at the final letter of the THRIVE code. T is for Through. H is for Him. R is for Receive. I is for Impossible. V is for Victories. And now — the letter that pulls it all together. E is for EVERY DAY. Through Him. Receiving impossible victories. Every day. I know that might sound like too much to ask. Especially if you're in the middle of a hard season. And I want you to hear me — I'm not belittling what you're walking through. I've sat with people in grief, in shock, in seasons that felt completely impossible. And I still believe this: God shows up in the everyday moments. We just have to know what to look for. In this final episode I share what happened just days after my pacemaker procedure. I was depleted — emotionally, physically, spiritually — laying in bed on a Monday morning not wanting to move. Then the doorbell rang. A delivery driver. Flowers. From people in my coaching cohort who had barely met me in person. People who tracked down my address, ordered flowers, timed the delivery, and sent a card just to say — we see you. We're praying for you. That was God. In a doorbell. On a Monday. I didn't write this book because I figured it out. I wrote it because I'm still learning — and I wanted to take you with me. 🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS E is for Every Day — through Him, receiving impossible victories every single dayWe miss God moving because we're expecting the grand and missing the ordinaryThriving is doing less and receiving more — that's how we feel fully aliveCommunity helps us see the victories we overlook in ourselvesThis journey isn't about having it together — it's about learning to look for God in the everyday📣 YOUR NEXT STEPS 📖 Grab Step Out & Thrive on Amazon → https://a.co/d/0bEoBuU1 💬 Join the FREE community → https://community.stepoutandthrive.com 🎧 Follow the show — more podcasts are coming! → https://open.spotify.com/show/0FMfc7G1vbyBvBIIO5Nus6 📺 Watch on YouTube → https://www.youtube.com/@bethanybjoy Step Out & Thrive is for faith-driven helpers, healers, and dreamers who are ready to find God in the everyday — even when nothing makes sense.

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Step Out And Thrive with Bethany Joy is your faith-filled haven for honest stories, spiritual encouragement, and real connection. As a Christian mental‑health coach who’s journeyed through CHARGE syndrome, vision/hearing differences, a pacemaker, and a short right arm—I've turned obstacles into grace-filled pathways. This podcast uplifts caregivers, counselors, parents—anyone ready to go beyond surviving. Join us. Step Out And Thrive!

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