For His Glory CEO

Ali Spitsbergen

For the woman done with performing—who builds with intention, leads with bold faith, and makes no room for fear. Her mission is clear: build for His glory, not for clout. She’s marked by obedience, not fame. She partners with Heaven from start to finish, showing up with vision, grace, and purpose in every space. She’s a CEO, but Heaven is her aim. This podcast is for the one rewriting the story—boldly, faithfully, and For His Glory.

  1. 4d ago

    Born to Worship: Anna Destiny on Faith, Bullying, Music & Being Fearfully & Wonderfully Made

    Her first word was hallelujah. Not mama. Not dada. Hallelujah, at nine months old in the radiology department at Rady Children's after her echocardiogram. Anna Destiny Spitsbergen was born three months premature at one pound three ounces. Her grandpa prophesied over her that she would live and sing like the angels in heaven. She had open heart surgery at six months old. She spent 105 days in the NICU. And she is the entire reason I started my first business. Today she is 15 years old, writing worship songs, leading chapel band at school, running a YouTube channel, and boldly proclaiming the name of Jesus everywhere she goes. In This Episode You'll Learn: Anna's miracle story from the beginning, from the NICU to open heart surgery to her first word being hallelujahWhy she started a YouTube channel and what she believes God has called her to do through musicHow being bullied in middle school led her to write her original song Who SaidThe scripture in John that broke through the bullying and gave her a breakthrough this weekWhat it looks like to raise a daughter who finds her confidence in God not in the worldHow traveling the world as an entrepreneur's daughter shaped her faith and her dreamsWhy she puts scripture to music and how the Bible has become her greatest songwriting inspirationWhat Anna wants to do when she grows up and why it sounds a lot like Phil Wickham's summer worship nightsWhat Anna sings live on the podcast, yes reallyJoin our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

    22 min
  2. Jul 1

    From Gloom to Glory: Jessica Harriman's Story of Surrender, Healing & Radical Faith

    My life wasn't gloomy before. But was I in the glory of God? No, I was not. Those are Jess the Best's words.  In 18 months, this woman went from opening a Bible for the first time to having a face-to-face encounter with Jesus in the shower, standing in peace while her husband nearly flat-lined, and declaring revival in the middle of the hardest season of her life. This episode is not just a testimony. It is a fire starter.  In This Episode You'll Learn: How Jess went from reading her Bible for the first time to finishing it cover to cover in one yearWhat happened in the four hours without a phone at the Inner Circle retreat that changed everythingThe moment Jess surrendered on the white couch and got black mascara all over itThe shower encounter where Jesus appeared and said "Lay hands on your husband and he will be healed"What it looked like to stand in perfect peace while her husband nearly flat-lined in the cancer wardWhy she turned "I'm in survival mode" into "I'm in revival" and showed up to the next call in a Revival hatHow Jess went from almost canceling the retreat to having the greatest transformation in the roomWhat she tells the mom who wants to raise faith-filled kids but doesn't know where to startWhy from gloom to glory is the most powerful four-word transformation story she has ever heardJoin our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

    31 min
  3. Jun 24

    What Your Kids Actually See: Behind the Scenes of Building a Business with My Daughter Naomi

    You asked for the Fab Four. We are delivering. This is the first kid episode of the For His Glory CEO Podcast and I could not think of a better person to kick it off than my daughter Naomi Kate, 12, ahead of her time since the day she was born, and real and raw in the best possible way. We talk about what it is actually like to grow up as an entrepreneur's daughter. The behind the scenes. The funny moments. The hard moments. The moment we lost everything on a 21-minute Zoom call and what she saw from the couch. And the moment she put the gift of her heavenly language on her Christmas wish list at nine years old and got it on Christmas Eve. Friend, this one is going to make you laugh, make you cry, and make you hug your kids a little tighter today.  In This Episode You'll Learn: What Naomi says it is actually like to grow up as an entrepreneur's daughterThe retreat moment at nine years old that changed everything for her and what happened the very next SundayHow she went from crying on stage in front of 30 six and seven figure women to leading worship at school without nervesWhat Naomi saw the day I lost my business on a 21-minute Zoom call and what she learned from watching the rebuildWhy one-on-one time with your kids matters more than anything else you can give themWhat Naomi says is the right move when a mom snaps, straight from an 11-year-old's perspectiveThe lipstick moment, the bathtub swimming moment, and why if it's funny later it's funny nowWhat Naomi's goals are for summer 2026 and the mic drop she ends withWhy Naomi says above everything else, just trust the Lord because He has a plan for your lifeJoin our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

    26 min
  4. Jun 17

    Say Yes to Less: How to Crush People-Pleasing, Set Better Boundaries & Stop Burning Out with Dr. Emily Jacobs

    Friend, when is the last time you said no without guilt? When is the last time someone texted you and you didn't immediately drop everything to respond? When is the last time you said yes to something and actually meant it because it aligned with your soul instead of your people-pleasing? This episode is for every ambitious woman who has been saying yes to everything and wondering why she is running on empty. Dr. Emily Jacobs is a doctorate-prepared board-certified nurse coach, TEDx speaker, national bestselling author, Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumni, and founder of Empowered Moms. She built an entire movement out of a personal pain point, watching her mom quietly give up on her own life, and she is here today to make sure you don't do the same. Say yes to less. Less people-pleasing. Less burnout. Less waiting for approval. More of YOU.  In This Episode You'll Learn: What Say Yes to Less actually means and why it is not about having less ambitionThe three-step framework for better boundaries, pause, consider your choices, act in alignmentWhy your quick response addiction might be burning you out faster than anything elseThe one question to ask instead of saying yes or no on the spot and why it changes everythingWhy Dr. Emily started Empowered Moms with four people in her living room and what happened nextHow to train your kids, starting at age two, to figure things out without youWhy the people on the inside of your home get whatever is left after you say yes to everyone outsideThe blood pressure analogy that will completely reframe how you think about rest and recoveryWhy self-doubt and fear are the real things keeping ambitious women stuckWhat it looks like to reclaim your identity as a high-achieving mom without burning it all downAbout Dr. Emily Jacobs: Dr. Emily Jacobs is a doctorate-prepared board-certified nurse coach, TEDx speaker, national bestselling author, and founder of Empowered Moms. After 20+ years in healthcare she resigned from what no longer aligned with her purpose and built her own practice helping women across the country design purpose-driven lives. She is the author of Live Your Life for You, Not Your Mom and the upcoming Empowered Moms collaborative book releasing July 2026. 📲 Follow Dr. Emily: @dremilyjacobs 🌐 Website: Empowered Moms Home 📚 Live Your Life for You, Not Your Mom, available now 📚 Empowered Moms Collaborative Book, releasing July 2026 🎉 Empowered Moms Conference, October 2026, Detroit Michigan Join our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

    37 min
  5. Jun 10

    Why I'm All In on AI: The 3 Tools That Are Blowing My Mind & Scaling My Business

    We either adapt or we get left behind, and friend, I am not getting left behind. I have been all in on AI for over a year now and what it has done for my business, my copy, my team, and my capacity is genuinely mind blowing. In this episode I am breaking down the three tools I am using right now that every faith-driven female entrepreneur needs to know about. In This Episode You'll Learn: Why Claude is better than ChatGPT for copywriting and how connecting it to your Google Drive is a total game changerHow I used 13 years of documented work to build a keynote that blew my own mindThe Growth Advisory Board prompt that takes emotion out of your biggest business decisionsWhy AI is helping me scale my team, launch more live events, and serve my clients at a higher levelWhy your attitude around AI might be the thing holding your business backHow faith-driven women have a massive opportunity right now to use AI for goodThe 3 Tools: Claude — connect it to your Google Drive, your emails, your Canva. Let it learn your voice and watch what happensThe Growth Advisory Board Prompt — drop every bottleneck in your business here and watch the round table go to work Your mindset — own your attitude. Capture the thought. Renew it with truth. This is the CROWN Framework in actionResources & Mentions: 🤖 Claude — claude.ai📋 Growth Advisory Board Prompt Join our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

    22 min
  6. May 27

    Revenue First: The Daily Schedule of a High-Achieving Mom, Wife & CEO

    You asked. I'm answering. When I posted on my Facebook page asking what question you'd ask me if I handed you the mic, this was the first one that came in, and honestly it comes up all the time. What does a day in the life of Ali actually look like? So here it is. Raw, real, no sugarcoating. From 4AM to lights out, exactly how I structure my waking hours to build a business I love, raise four incredible humans, love my husband well, and still take care of myself. Success leaves clues, and today I'm handing you mine.  In This Episode You'll Learn: Why I wake up at 4:07AM and what the first hour of my day actually looks likeThe pre-workout habit I picked up at 46 that has changed everything for my hormones and energyWhy I do hair, makeup, and heels even when I work from home and why it matters more than you thinkWhat Sales Girl Hour is and why revenue in first position is non-negotiable in my businessHow I use Airtable to track my sales activity and hold myself accountable every single dayWhy I never respond to messages and emails first thing in the morning and what I do insteadHow I structure client fulfillment and what it actually looks like to serve my Inner Circle at the highest levelWhy giving clients one win quickly is more powerful than giving them 55 things to doWhat my after-school routine looks like and why I plan for the whole week not just the dayThe Bath Bible Bed routine that anchors our evenings as a familyWhy choosing your hard is the most honest thing I can say about health, marriage, and businessWhat weekends look like when you are in church leadership and your husband is the worship leaderWhy instead of saying "I don't have time" I say "it's not a priority" and why that changes everythingMy Daily Schedule: 4:07AM — Wake up with Joshua. Salt water, light coffee with caramel macchiato protein powder, Bible time together 5:15AM — Burn Bootcamp Rooster Club. Lift heavy. No chatting. 7:00AM — Kids up, breakfast made, lunches packed, out the door 7:00AM — Church prayer slot. Word and prayer before the workday starts Shower & get ready — Hair, makeup, earrings, heels. Every single day. First work block — Sales Girl Hour. Revenue in first position. Always. Second work block — Team WhatsApp, copy, client onboarding, messaging Third work block — Client fulfillment. Monthly audits, offer building, messaging, clarity Last work block — Admin, nitty gritty, the stuff I hate. Always last. 4:00PM — Kids home. Done working. Afterschool snack, homework, week planning 5:30PM — Dinner as a family. Highs, challenges, solutions. No phones. Bedtime — Bath Bible Bed. Kids in bed by 8:00PM. 8:00-9:00PM — Joshua and I. In bed by 8:30-9:00PM. Tools & Resources Mentioned: 📱 Airtable — AI integrated tracking system for sales activity📱 Be Present App — block distractions during working hours📱 The Brick — phone lockbox for focus and discipline🎙️ Marriage Made in Heaven PodcastJoin our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

    23 min
  7. May 20

    Never Give Up: How Sharelle Mendenhall Went from Tragedy to National Title to Full-Time Ministry

    Friend, I met this woman 48 hours before I recorded this episode. I knew within minutes of our first conversation that I had to get her on this podcast immediately. Sharelle Mendenhall is Mrs. USA 2024, a full-time evangelist, a woman who has walked through things that would break most people and she is still standing, still shining, still full of fire. Her sister went missing for five years. They found her body a couple of years ago. Her stepson severed his spine in a snowboarding accident and is now a paraplegic. The month before that her husband was diagnosed with skin cancer. And from his hospital bed her stepson told her, never give up. So she didn't. She went on to win the national title. And then she walked away from her company of over 10 years to go into full-time evangelism and never look back. This episode is fire. In This Episode You'll Learn: Sharelle's extraordinary story, from being born with her twin inside her to Mrs. USA 2024 to full-time evangelistWhy she says the Holy Spirit is her business partner and what that unfair advantage actually looks likeWhat Pentecost at any cost means and why the gifts of the Holy Spirit are more important than ever right nowThe science behind praying in tongues and why a specific part of the brain only fires when you pray that wayWhy her stepson's words from his hospital bed, never give up, changed everything for herHow she won her first pageant ever without any training and what happened when she prayed backstageThe three things that drive her spirit of excellence; discipline, obedience, and writing the visionWhy busy is a four-letter word and how to divide between what is good and what is GodHow to fall in love with the Word of God even if you don't know where to startThe posture of desperation in prayer and why sometimes you need to be like Hannah and not move until God blesses youWhy your sob story and your pain cannot be your only story, the victory is on the other sideAbout Sharelle Mendenhall: Sharelle Mendenhall is Mrs. USA 2024, a full-time evangelist, speaker, and author of the upcoming book The Power of Keeping Your Word. She is passionate about Pentecost at any cost, helping women walk in the fullness of the Holy Spirit, the power of prayer, and the Word of God. After more than 10 years in business Sharelle is stepping into full-time evangelism to seek and save those who are lost. 📲 Follow Sharelle: @sharellemendenhall  Sharelle's 3 Keys to a Spirit of Excellence: Discipline — Keep your word to yourself. Write things down. Make every minute count.Obedience — Know what you are called to and who you are called to. You don't have to say yes to everything.Write the Vision — Habakkuk 2:2. Write it out. Make it plain. Partner with God and the Holy Spirit constantly.Resources & Mentions: 📚 The Power of Keeping Your Word — Sharelle's upcoming book📖 Habakkuk 2:2 — Write the vision and make it plainJoin our FREE Facebook Group: For His Glory CEO. This is where high-achieving Christian women entrepreneurs gather to build businesses that honor God. Come grow with us. If you're ready to scale with the right people around you, explore the For His Glory CEO Inner Circle. Apply Here: 2026 Inner Circle Application 📲 Connect with Ali: Instagram: @alispitsbergen For His Glory CEO Community: Join the For His Glory CEO Community TODAY!

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For the woman done with performing—who builds with intention, leads with bold faith, and makes no room for fear. Her mission is clear: build for His glory, not for clout. She’s marked by obedience, not fame. She partners with Heaven from start to finish, showing up with vision, grace, and purpose in every space. She’s a CEO, but Heaven is her aim. This podcast is for the one rewriting the story—boldly, faithfully, and For His Glory.

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