Rebuilding Beautiful Kayla Stoecklein & Converge Podcast Network

My guest for Rebuilding Beautiful Episode 5 is Ginger Stache. Ginger is an Emmy award-winning documentarian, writer, producer, and talk show host who is just as comfortable in the African bush as she is on a TV set. She has traveled the world telling stories of amazing people who overcome incredible odds. Ginger is a firm believer in the power of compassion and relentlessly fighting for justice. Ginger is also the chief creative officer at Joyce Meyer Ministries and can be seen on Joyce’s Enjoying Everyday Life program and hosting Joyce Meyer’s Talk It Out podcast. She is a miner of the best in people, the creative approach, beauty in all things, and joy in each day. She’s an unashamed sci-fi nerd, loves kids’ giggles, laughing till she cries, and shoes. In our conversation, we talk about her new book Chasing Wonder, and practical ways to do just that in our own lives. Ginger’s passion for life and adventure is contagious and I know it will encourage all of us to stay present to the moment, and open up our eyes a little more to the wonder that is all around us.

Instagram: @gingerlstache

Website: http://gingerlstache.com/

New Book: Chasing Wonder ; https://www.amazon.com/dp/1546029478/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_imm_awdb_H0PY4Q106RT0TA98SM8H

My guest for Rebuilding Beautiful Episode 4 is Stefanie Boyce. Stefanie is a national speaker, teacher, writer, and guide. She is also forever a mother to 3. Ellie, currently eight years old, plus Jaden and Brooklyn, both home in Heaven. Stefanie currently lives with her husband and daughter outside of San Diego, California and works at The Oaks, a new retreat center designed to help people create, rest, and celebrate. In our conversation today Stefanie shares her story of caring for her two children for their short time on earth as they bravely battled and ultimately lost their lives to a rare genetic disorder. Stefanie was so kind and gracious to vulnerably open up her heart and share her pain with us. The lessons her pain has taught her are really lessons for us all. I know her gentle strength will encourage so many who are walking through the valley today.

Instagram: @stefanieboyce5 ; @TheOaksCenter

Website: oakscenter.com ; stefanieboyce.com

My guest for Rebuilding Beautiful Episode 3 is Andrea Hamilton Binley. For Andrea, music has always equalled healing. Andrea began touring as a professional musician at age 16 after winning one of GMA’s Best New Song awards. She immediately made it her mission to inspire hope through uplifting pop music. After taking a two-year break to battle for her own physical health, her mission to reach those who need hope-filled music is even stronger. In our conversation we talk about her journey with lime disease that nearly took her life and how she clung to hope in the pit of her pain. Andrea has been such a beautiful friend to me and I know her faith filled words will encourage the hearts of so many who are fighting for their health.

Instagram: @hopefulandrea

Website: hopefulandrea.com

My guest for Rebuilding Beautiful Episode 2 is Rachel Faulker Brown. Rachel has a powerful story of losing two husbands in an instant, one to an aneurysm and one in an Air Force plane crash. Yet she loves marriage so much that she took a chance on it again and married her current husband Rod, who has been her rock and secret weapon on most days. Rachel loves ministering to women, whether it’s on the road speaking or through her ministry Be Still. In our conversation we talk about her journey of rebuilding a life over and over again. Rachel is one of my heroes and I know her story will encourage so many women who are fighting to find a way through the most difficult seasons in life.

Instagram: @rachelfaulknerbrown , @bestillministries , @neveralonewidows

Website: https://rachelfaulknerbrown.net , https://bestillministries.net/

My guest for Rebuilding Beautiful Episode 1 is Kelsey Kappauf. Kelsey is a wife, mom, student, dear friend, and a woman defined by love. In today’s episode, we reflect back on when the words “rebuilding beautiful,” were first spoken in one of our conversations. I share how those words have impacted my life and what they’ve meant to me these last few years. Kelsey talks about what it’s been like to have a front row seat to a friend who is choosing to rebuild their life. We also dive into how to be a good friend when someone you love is walking through a tragedy. I am so deeply grateful for Kelsey’s friendship and I know her loving words will encourage all who listen in.

There is a question I have asked myself over and over again these last few years as I have worked hard to rebuild my life, the question is this: “how do I move forward from here?” If I’m being honest I’m still learning how to answer that question, and I know it’s a question that many of us will have to answer at some point along the way. Because the truth is, none of us are exempt from pain. So, what do we do when life doesn’t go the way we planned? What do we do when the suicide happens? What do we do when the cancer diagnosis invades our reality? What do we do when divorce tears our world apart? What do we do when our dreams are shattered? Can life really be beautiful again? How do we move forward from here?

Well my hope is that this would be a space where we can have real conversations with friends who have discovered their own answers to these questions as they have fought hard to find a way to build a beautiful life around their pain. Because if there is anything I’ve learned these last few years it’s that the pain doesn’t just go away, it moves forward with us. And as that same confusing, indescribable, knot in our stomach pain settles into our reality our job isn’t to try run away from it, or numb it, or get rid of it, our job is to discover how build a beautiful life around it.

And I truly believe that this will be a safe space where we can be inspired to do just that. These conversations will be powerful, inspiring, full of hope, and really helpful and I am so excited to lean in, learn, and grow as we rebuild beautiful together. Let’s chase after it! There is so much more ahead, I can’t wait!