Breaking Chains

Christine Jewell
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  • Christianity
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The Breaking Chains Podcast is where faith-driven executives and founders come to shed the world's version of success and step fully into who God designed and called them to be: as leaders, as spouses, and as Kingdom Builders. Each week, Christine Jewell brings raw, prophetic, and practically grounded conversations that cut through the noise and get to what actually transforms: your identity, your calling, your belief systems, and your alignment with Kingdom truth. This is not motivational content dressed in Christian language. This is the deep work. The kind that rewires how you think, how you lead, how you love, and how you build. Covering everything from prophetic revelation and spiritual thresholds to executive performance, marriage, and wealth - every episode is designed to move you from head knowledge to full embodiment of the life you were made for. If you are done playing a smaller version of yourself and ready to lead with the authority and clarity Heaven designed you for you.... Welcome! You are in the right place. Join Christine Jewell, Co-Founder of the Momentum Company, Faith-based Executive Coach/Strategist, Author of Drop the Armor, and Spiritual Mentor - for weekly episodes built for married executives and founders who are done shrinking, done striving, and ready to rise into the fullness of their Kingdom calling. Freedom. Identity. Impact. Welcome to Breaking Chains and walking in the FREEDOM you are designed to lead, build and multiply from!

  1. 2d ago

    Why You Feel Emotionally Drained and How to Get Your Joy Back

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ Request a Conversation: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ You can be highly successful. You can be fully committed to your responsibilities. And you can still be completely emotionally disconnected from the very people, the purpose, and the life you're working so hard to build. On paper, you're doing all the things. But if you're honest, it's been a minute since you felt truly alive, excited, or deeply connected to your work, your marriage, your kids, or what you're building. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm talking about emotional capacity, part of our series on building capacity, and one question I want you to sit with: do you still have the heart for the life you've built? I anchor the whole conversation in Proverbs 4:23, guard your heart above all else, for everything you do flows from it. The opposite of emotional capacity isn't always a blow up. Sometimes it's absence. This Episode Is For You If: You're highly successful and fully committed, but you've been going through the motionsIt's been a minute since you felt truly alive, excited, or deeply connected to your work, your marriage, or your kidsYou're physically present but emotionally unavailable, with a short fuse or little patience for other people's emotionsYou're feeling more cynical, jaded, or numb than you used toYou've been disappointed enough times that you've started lowering your expectations and your dreamsYou want to reignite joy, desire, and passion in the life you've already built In This Episode, We Talk About: A definition of emotional capacity: the ability and willingness to stay open hearted, present, and engaged, especially in discomfort, disappointment, conflict, and uncertaintyThe four dimensions of emotional capacity: availability, connection, resilience, and vitalityWhy resilience means you've been through something that broke you, and how that depth expands your capacity for joyWarning signs you've checked out, at home, at work, and internallyWhy the opposite of emotional capacity isn't always volatility, and sometimes it's emotional absenceFive things that rob your emotional capacity: unprocessed pain, suppression disguised as strength, constant obligation, discouragement and deferred hope, and starving yourself of joy and playWhy rest and joy are the foundation, not the rewardWhere to start rebuilding: reconnecting to yourself, to your desires, and to people Powerful Quotes "You can still be completely emotionally disconnected from the very people, the purpose, and the life that you are working so hard to build." "Sometimes a lack of emotional capacity is emotional absence." "Hope deferred makes the heart sick." "Rest is not the reward. It's the strategy." "You didn't work this hard to build a marriage where you're just roommates." What would it look like for you to re-engage in life? As far as I know, we only get one life. You didn't work this hard to build a business you became a prisoner to. You didn't have children just so you could manage their needs, their behavior, and their logistics. You were created for meaningful connection. You were created to experience the fullness of life. You don't have to start big. Give your heart a little more oxygen. Give yourself permission to feel what you've been holding back. Do one small thing that lights you up. Walk into your next conversation with no agenda, just to connect heart to heart. Your next season will require greater capacity from you. The question is whether you're willing to say yes, and get to work building the space to hold more of what God has for you.

  2. Oct 21

    Why Your Best Thinking Disappears Under Pressure + How to Get it Back

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ Request a Conversation: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ You want to think clearly. Make better decisions. Lead from a place of clarity instead of reaction. But your mind is full. Overthinking. Always thinking about the next thing. A million demands pulling on your attention, and you're wondering how you'll possibly get it all done, and do it well. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm talking about mental capacity, the second episode in our series on capacity. You can be highly intelligent, incredibly skilled, and still have no mental capacity. I walk through the science, the scripture, and some real stories of what it looks like when your mind share is maxed out, and how to start getting it back. Mental capacity isn't intelligence. It's your ability to think clearly, hold perspective, and respond instead of react, especially under pressure. This Episode Is For You If: Your mind feels full, and you're overthinking or constantly thinking about the next thingYou feel maxed out mentally and wonder how you'll be there for everyone and everything and still do it wellYou're forgetting things, losing your train of thought, or redoing the same simple task two and three timesEverything feels urgent, and you're stuck in firefighter modeYou're the bottleneck for every decision at home or at workYou want to lead with clearer thinking, better decisions, and more space to hear what actually matters In This Episode, We Talk About: What mental capacity actually is, and why it has nothing to do with IQThe science behind it: what sustained stress does to the part of your brain that plans, prioritizes, and regulates your emotionsThe three functions that get compromised under overload: working memory, cognitive flexibility, and interference controlWhy telling an overloaded person to manage their time better doesn't workFive things that hijack your mind share: unresolved loops, future fear, other people's problems, information overload, and decision fatigueThe signs your capacity is low, and what it costs you when you start solving for the wrong problemsPractical ways to get your mind back, including separating what requires action from what requires surrenderWhy consuming more doesn't help, and a one week experiment in integrating what you already know Powerful Quotes "Most of us do not have a knowledge problem. We have a mind share problem." "A crowded mind cannot access great strategy." "Your lack of preparation is not my emergency right now." "Having a spacious mind is the strategy." "What we don't decide will be decided for us." What is taking up the lion's share of your mind share right now? Not what should be taking up your space. What actually is. What are you waking up at 3 a.m. spinning about? What subject keeps coming back in every conversation? What decision do you keep flip-flopping on? You can't reclaim your capacity until you name what's consuming it. And then, before you reach for a solution, create space. Most of the time the right next move isn't solving. It's getting quiet. Pause. Reflect. Ask better questions. Then yield. You don't always need more answers or more input. Sometimes you just need enough silence to access what you already know. Capacity is built through practice. Every time you pause, every time you close a loop, every time you push back instead of react, every time you say "let me get back to you in 24 hours," you're building new infrastructure. So what's the one thing you need to eliminate, and what's your first next step? If you know you're overloaded and need the support, structure, and accountability to integrate this at home and at work, that's what the advisory is for. It's mentorship where I walk alongside you to build the infrastructure to sustain peace at home, greater connection in your marriage, and greater leadership capacity. Let's chat.

  3. Oct 14

    Fix THIS and Everything Else Follows: The One Capacity Most Leaders Lack

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ Request a Conversation: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ Same argument. Same wall. Same conversation on repeat, until nobody remembers what you were even arguing about. You've tried better strategies. Better tactics. And you're still not breaking through. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm kicking off a series on capacity, and I'm starting with spiritual capacity, because everything that shows up in your home, your marriage, and your team starts in the spirit first. I define it as your ability to see, hear, receive, and respond to the Spirit of God accurately, especially under pressure. Capacity isn't about doing more. It's about doing more of the right thing, from the right place. This Episode Is For You If: You keep hitting the same wall at home or at work, and the same argument keeps coming back aroundYou get triggered, react fast, and say or do things you wish you could take backYou've been praying more and reading more, but you walk away feeling no differentYou take things personally, feel easily offended, and end up fighting the wrong battlesYou can't tell the difference between waiting on the Lord and hesitating out of fearYou're stepping into a new season, a new calling, or a new level of leadership and know you need more capacity to carry it In This Episode, We Talk About: A simple definition of spiritual capacity, and why it shows up most under pressureWhat happens when spiritual capacity is low: getting hijacked, getting baited, and making fear-based decisionsWhy anxiety gets mistaken for intuition, and emotion gets mistaken for truthWhy more church, more serving, and longer prayers don't automatically build capacityBuilding the capacity to see: spiritual sight and discernment as a trained muscleBuilding the capacity to hear: coming to God without an agendaBuilding the capacity to receive, and the difference between hearing God and actually obeyingDeeper faith, and the law of infusion: why consumption does not equal transformation Powerful Quotes "Activity does not equal capacity." "You don't effort your way here. You surrender and submit and yield your way here." "What is in you will come out of you." "Consumption does not equal transformation unless it gets a seed in you." "There is a difference between knowing about God and knowing God Himself." When pressure hits, what comes out of you reveals what you've been carrying. So before you reach for another strategy, ask four questions. Can I see what's actually happening here, beyond who said what and who's right? Can I hear what God is saying, without handing Him my agenda first? Am I willing to receive the answer, even if I don't like it? And what truth do I need to stay in until it starts changing me from the inside out? The goal was never to become more religious. It's to become more spiritually responsive, so that the Spirit leads, and the mind, the heart, and the body follow. Next week, we move on to mental capacity. If you're ready for the support, accountability, and structured pathway to build your capacity as a leader at home and at work, the Rapid Implementation Intensive is coming up. It's a four month deep dive where we cultivate identity, build the vision and the blueprint, and grow in spiritual maturity, discernment, and the language of connection. Request a conversation and let's see if working together is the right fit.

  4. Oct 7

    You’re Building a Legacy at Work. But What Are You Building at Home?

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ Request a Conversation: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ If there's division at the top, between mom and dad, it doesn't stay at the top. It runs through the entire home. The kids feel it. You cannot hide it. Most couples fight about the same three things: sex, money, and kids. And when it comes to the kids, the fighting is almost never about what you actually want. It's about how to get there. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm sharing four ways to stand together as parents, drawn from decades of blending families myself, so you can raise kids who are kingdom builders instead of raising them from a place of division. What if the very thing you're fighting about with your spouse isn't actually the problem? What if it's the distraction keeping you from the real work? This Episode Is For You If: You and your spouse want the same things for your kids but can't agree on how to get thereYour household has become one person making all the decisions while the other checks outYou're in a blended family navigating different parenting cultures under one roofYou've caught yourself speaking fear or frustration over your child's future instead of promiseYou want practical, spiritual ways to get unified as parents instead of relitigating the same argumentYou're building something that needs to outlast you, and you want your kids to be part of that legacy In This Episode, We Talk About: Why division between parents erodes the culture of a home the same way it erodes any organizationThe three things most couples actually fight about, and why the kids are rarely the real issueStanding in the promises of God over your children instead of prophesying your own fears over themStanding in their identity, separating who they are from what they're currently doingStanding in the gap through intercession, and fighting for your kids instead of with your spouseStanding for shared values, and getting into agreement on what God loves and what God hatesWhy legacy requires a long range vision, the same way building anything worth building does Powerful Quotes "If there's division at the top, that division carries through the entire organization." "What we speak into them multiplies." "What they're doing is not who they are today." "There is the voice of the Father, and there is the voice of the accuser." "We need long range vision. We need spiritual sight to see the long term." So often, the thing you're fighting about isn't actually the thing. It's a distraction. Bait. A seed of division planted to pull you and your spouse against each other instead of standing together against what's actually coming for your family. Seek first the kingdom, and everything else gets added. That includes the parenting question you've been stuck on for months. Legacy isn't built by winning the argument about whose way is right. It's built by two parents who get into agreement, who speak promise instead of fear over their kids, who separate identity from behavior, who stand in the gap for them in prayer, and who share the same values even when they don't share the same methods. This isn't work you're meant to do alone. Get surrounded. Get mentorship. Get support around your marriage and your family, the same way you would around anything else you were building for generations. If you don't have a support system, accountability, or structure around your marriage and your family, that's exactly what we offer. We have a four month engagement where we build out the blueprint for a godly marriage and a thriving family, week by week, and an advisory practice where we work one-on-one with business owners, founders, and their spouses to build a legacy that outlives you. Apply here: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/rapid-implementation-intensive

  5. Sep 30

    When Your Load Exceeds Your Capacity: 4 Areas to Audit Today

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ To Inquire About Coaching: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ There's a tension that shows up right before something breaks. You've felt it. Like anyone in the house could blow up at any second, because of how much is being carried. That's not a communication problem. That's a capacity problem. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm walking through four types of capacity, mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual, and why building capacity, not just enduring more, is what actually changes the atmosphere in your home and your leadership. Load does not equal capacity. Your ability to carry a lot and keep going doesn't mean you have great capacity. It might just mean you're really good at enduring while depleted, resentful, and disconnected. This Episode Is For You If: You feel tension in your home like anyone could blow up at any secondYou're the one everybody depends on, and you're not sure how much longer you can hold itYou think you have a clarity problem, but it might actually be a capacity problemYou're maxed out mentally, physically, emotionally, or spiritually, and can feel it leaking into your marriage and your kidsYou've confused servant leadership with self-abandonmentYou want to build the internal capacity to hold the next season, not just survive it In This Episode, We Talk About: Why load does not equal capacity, and how to tell the differenceThe lie that everybody else needs to come first, and how it gets confused with servant leadershipMental capacity: creating space in your mind instead of overthinking your way to clarityPhysical capacity: what disrupted sleep and chronic exhaustion are actually telling youEmotional capacity: holding space for your own emotions and someone else's without fixing, controlling, or escapingSpiritual capacity: your ability to wait, discern, and hold a blessing without gripping itWhy capacity changes the atmosphere, at home and in every room you walk into Powerful Quotes "Load does not equal great capacity." "We've confused servant leadership with self-abandonment." "Capacity changes the atmosphere." "You think you have a clarity problem when really you just have a capacity problem." "Before God hands us the next thing, He tests us to see how we are carrying the current thing." Before God hands you the next thing, He tests how you're carrying the current thing. Not with strife. Not with tension, anxiety, frustration, irritation. That's not the blessing of the Lord. The blessing of the Lord is many, and He adds no sorrow to it. We're the ones who keep adding the sorrow. So the question isn't how do I carry more. It's am I carrying what's already in front of me with the right heart? With peace? With spaciousness, joy, and laughter? Or has all of that been sucked out of me because I'm trying to carry everything in my own strength, from a maxed out place? The work is to slow down. To build the internal architecture, capacity and character, instead of just gripping tighter and pushing harder. Because greater capacity doesn't just mean you can hold more. It means more presence at home. More patience under pressure. Better decision making when it's go time. A greater ability to hear God. Where are you hitting a capacity ceiling right now, mentally, physically, emotionally, or spiritually? And what do you actually need to invest in so you can hold what God is asking you to carry next? If you're ready for the structure, support, and accountability to build that capacity, we have advisory seats and the Rapid Implementation Intensive, a four month engagement where we work on identity, character, clarity, confidence, and capacity, and build a blueprint for a life, marriage, and legacy that outlives you. Apply here: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/rapid-implementation-intensive

  6. Sep 23

    Stop Asking God for What He’s Already Given You

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ To Inquire About Coaching: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ Give me peace. Give me clarity. Give me wisdom. Give me a more loving spouse. What if the very thing you keep asking God for is something you're already carrying? This is a different kind of episode. Not a framework, not a five-step process. Just something I was meditating on in my own quiet time that felt too relevant not to share. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm talking about the difference between living from lack and living from overflow, and what it looks like to stop asking God for peace, clarity, joy, strength, courage, and love, and start giving from the very things you already carry. Whenever we say "Lord, give me," we're still separate from the thing we're asking for. He's not waiting to give it to you. He's waiting for you to recognize what He's already put in your hands. This Episode Is For You If: You've been praying for peace, clarity, wisdom, or a more loving spouse and feel like you're still not receiving itYou feel disconnected, separated, or like there's just not enough of you to go aroundYou've been chasing circumstances to be fixed before you'll let yourself feel at peaceYou're struggling to experience real joy, not just happiness tied to your circumstancesYou feel a financial need, a fear, or a lack of courage and don't know how to move past itYou want practical ways to shift from a mindset of lack to a life of overflow In This Episode, We Talk About: The difference between asking God for something and living from what He's already given youWhy "I lack no good thing" changes the way you prayLiving from peace instead of seeking peace, and what that looks like practicallyWhy a lack of clarity is often actually a connection problemThe difference between happiness and joy, and how to activate joy that's already availableWhy generosity, not more resources, is one of the greatest warfare strategies in a season of lackHow giving from your need, instead of waiting for the need to be met, actually multiplies what you have Powerful Quotes "You can ask me for things, or you can live from the things that I already gave you." "What if you don't have a clarity problem? You have a connection problem." "Joy is like peace that's expressed." "As we give, we receive. That is how it works." "We go from a person who lives from lack, to someone who operates from a place of overflow." What have you been asking God for? Maybe it's peace. Maybe it's clarity. Maybe it's a more loving spouse, more provision, more courage. Here's the invitation: instead of asking and begging, say thank you. Receive it. Then become a distributor of it. Thank Him for opening your eyes to the peace that's already available. The clarity He's already given. The wisdom you already hold. The joy that's already there. The strength already flowing through you. The love that already lives in you, because He so loved you first. Then go and give it away. Go love somebody. Go bless somebody. Go lead with peace in the middle of the storm. Go respond with wisdom instead of foolishness. Because the more you release, the more you receive. That's just how it works.

  7. Sep 16

    Are We Growing Together or Growing Apart? (What to Do When Your Spouse Doesn't Want to Grow)

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ To Inquire About Coaching: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ You're doing the work. Growing spiritually, relationally, physically. And your spouse just... isn't raising their hand. This is one of the most common patterns I've seen after decades of advisory work with couples: one person committed to growth, the other resistant, and neither one sure why. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I'm walking through five insights to help you navigate a season where you and your spouse are in completely different places, without compromising who you are or fighting the person you love in order to fight for your marriage. This isn't about getting your spouse to catch up. It's about becoming who you're called to be while you wait, trusting that your growth was never meant to fix them. This Episode Is For You If: You feel like you're the only one doing the work in your marriageYour spouse shuts down or resists when you bring up growth, communication, or changeYou've started wondering if you'll ever grow together, or just grow apartYou've caught yourself comparing your progress to your spouse's, or quietly judging where they're atYou want practical ways to keep growing without dragging your spouse alongYou're single or divorced and want to understand why values alignment matters this much In This Episode, We Talk About: Why it's normal for spouses to be at different paces, and why that isn't a red flagThe difference between an individual season and a shared seasonWhy trying to fix or diagnose your spouse is one of the biggest causes of resistanceThe real fears underneath resistance: fear of change, fear of not being good enough, fear of being left behindThe three C's that quietly destroy unity: comparison, condemnation, and criticismWhy leaders go first, and what that actually means inside a marriageWhy common ground, not compromise, is what a strong marriage is built on Powerful Quotes "It's about letting the work do in you what the work needs to do, so that you can bring a better person to the relationship." "Familiarity is a powerful force. We prefer certainty over uncertainty." "The minute we allow comparison to come into our relationship, it is like a silent killer." "Leaders go first." "Compromise is not part of a great marriage. Common ground is." Maybe you've been asking the wrong question. Not how do I get my spouse to grow, or how do I get my kids to buy in, but who am I becoming while I'm waiting? Deal with the plank in your own eye before you obsess over the speck in someone else's. Your growth was never meant to be a diagnosis for everyone around you. It was meant to bring a more grounded, more present, more connected person to the table. Not a more critical one. This is an inside job. It always has been. You're not waiting on your spouse to change, or your kids, or the situation. You're waiting on the Lord, and He's doing something in you in the meantime. And if you're single, or walking through a separation, this still matters. Values alignment isn't optional. The relationships that struggle most are the ones built on compromise instead of common ground, because the moment you compromise your values, you're living out of integrity with yourself. Find the common ground. That's the glue. That's what you build on.

  8. Sep 9

    Blended Family Finances: How to Win the Money Game Together with Brian Peterson

    ⮕ Free Communication Playbook- 5 Quick Wins for a More Connected Marriage: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/communication-cheat-sheet ⮕ To Inquire About Coaching: → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/application-work-with-me ⮕ Buy My Book: Drop the Armor → https://www.thechristinejewell.com/drop-the-armor ⮕ For Speaking & Interviews: https://www.thechristinejewell.com/ You have completely different spending styles. Completely different money habits. And you keep having the same argument about money, over and over, without ever actually getting anywhere. That's the question Christine hears more than almost any other, second only to connection and communication. So she brought in Brian Peterson, founder of Blended Family Financial and creator of Planning Built for Life, to unpack it in real time. In this episode of the Breaking Chains Podcast, I sit down with Brian Peterson to talk about blended family finances, and the framework he uses to help couples stop chasing money and start building a shared vision their money can actually support. Traditional financial planning starts with the numbers. Brian starts with the life you're actually trying to build, then lets the numbers support it, not the other way around. This Episode Is For You If: You and your spouse have completely different spending styles and keep having the same argument about moneyYou're in a blended family and bringing together assets, debt, or financial habits from a previous marriageYou've never fully talked through what happens with life insurance, a business, or a home you brought into the marriageYou want to stop reacting to money stress and start planning with intentionYou're a Christ centered couple trying to figure out what real financial unity actually looks likeYou know something's unspoken between you and your spouse about money, but haven't found the words for it yet In This Episode, We Talk About: Why Brian starts every couple with vision, not numbersThe marital minefield: unspoken expectations, fears, and old promises we make to ourselves about moneyHow to navigate different philosophies on debt without either person "winning"What to do when one spouse brings significantly more assets, or a business, into the marriageWhy merging everything isn't always required for real financial unityThe biblical model for unity, ownership, and building wealth togetherA simple monthly rhythm for checking in on money as a coupleWhy "don't build somebody else's life" might be the most important line in this whole episode Powerful Quotes "Let's put you into the driver's seat and take the numbers into the backseat." "There is freedom in learning to talk about money in a safe way with your spouse, in a unifying way." "Disagreement isn't a bad thing. It's an opportunity to see and learn something more about my wife that I didn't understand before." "Does it move us toward our vision, or does it move us away from our vision?" "Go out and build your own life." Most of us don't build a shared financial life on purpose. We back into it. One person optimizes. One person feels the weight of every dollar owed. One person brought a business, or a trust, or a paid off home into the marriage, and neither of you ever actually talked about what any of that means now that you're one. Brian calls it the marital minefield. All the unspoken expectations, hopes, fears, and secret promises we've made to ourselves about money, sitting quietly underneath every argument that seems to be about a car loan or a grocery budget. The fix isn't a better spreadsheet. It's a conversation, had on purpose, before the crisis forces it. Before you build a house, you decide what you're building. Same with a marriage. Same with money. Go out and build your own life. Not somebody else's definition of success. If you want to go deeper, Brian's book is available free on his website, blendedfamilyfinancial.com.

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The Breaking Chains Podcast is where faith-driven executives and founders come to shed the world's version of success and step fully into who God designed and called them to be: as leaders, as spouses, and as Kingdom Builders. Each week, Christine Jewell brings raw, prophetic, and practically grounded conversations that cut through the noise and get to what actually transforms: your identity, your calling, your belief systems, and your alignment with Kingdom truth. This is not motivational content dressed in Christian language. This is the deep work. The kind that rewires how you think, how you lead, how you love, and how you build. Covering everything from prophetic revelation and spiritual thresholds to executive performance, marriage, and wealth - every episode is designed to move you from head knowledge to full embodiment of the life you were made for. If you are done playing a smaller version of yourself and ready to lead with the authority and clarity Heaven designed you for you.... Welcome! You are in the right place. Join Christine Jewell, Co-Founder of the Momentum Company, Faith-based Executive Coach/Strategist, Author of Drop the Armor, and Spiritual Mentor - for weekly episodes built for married executives and founders who are done shrinking, done striving, and ready to rise into the fullness of their Kingdom calling. Freedom. Identity. Impact. Welcome to Breaking Chains and walking in the FREEDOM you are designed to lead, build and multiply from!

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  • Creator
    Christine Jewell
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    273
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Christine Jewell
  • Show Website
    Breaking Chains