Release Doubt, Reveal Purpose

Sylvia Worsham
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Dive into the inspiring world of “Release Doubt, Reveal Purpose with Sylvia Worsham,” where each episode unfolds the remarkable journey of transformation and self-discoveries so you too can transform any area of your life on the path to your soul’s true purpose.

  1. 4d ago

    How The Two-Second Pause Breaks Bad Patterns with Author Zander Sprague

    Send us Fan Mail Your life can change in the space of two seconds. That’s the promise behind the “Epic Reset,” and it’s why I invited licensed professional counselor Zander Sprague to share the simple framework he uses to help people stop reacting on autopilot and start choosing a better path: Emotion, Pause, Interrupt, Choose. We talk about why that pause is the most powerful step, especially when fear, doubt, and worry feel like they run the show.  Xander also tells the story of his “bad week,” when his car got totaled, his engagement ended, and he was fired all within seven days. Instead of staying stuck, he recognized the pattern, made a decisive move back to San Francisco, and watched his life open up in ways he couldn’t have planned. We connect that to the fear of the unknown, why change feels threatening from a survival standpoint, and how cognitive behavioral therapy style tools like asking “What proof do I have?” can shrink anxious thoughts back down to size.  We go deeper into parenting, identity shifts, and the pressure cooker of social media and anonymous feedback. We also talk honestly about grief and the real meaning of “time heals,” not as a platitude, but as a process of gaining tools that help you carry what happened without being crushed by it. If you’re craving personal growth, mindset change, and practical habit change strategies that actually work in real life, this conversation gives you steps you can practice today.  Subscribe, share this with someone navigating a reset, and leave a review so more people can find the show.  What’s one trigger you want to pause before you respond to it? To connect or purchase any of Zander's books go to his website at: epicbegins.com or on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zandersprague Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  2. Jul 20

    You Cannot Help Heal People Until You Speak Their World with Dr. Eleanor Halspel-Portner

    Send us Fan Mail Most people don’t need another piece of advice, they need to feel truly heard. Sylvia Worsham sits down with clinical psychologist Dr. Eleanor Haspel Portner to unpack why fear, doubt, and worry often grow louder when we try to “think” our way out of soul-level pain, and how purpose gets clearer when we return to inner alignment.  We walk through Dr. Eleanor’s Four Worlds framework: the mental waking world, the emotional angelic world of higher consciousness, the physical biological world where stress and reactivity show up, and the spiritual world of unity with God. The breakthrough is learning that communication is state-specific. If we use the wrong language for the state someone is in, we miss them completely. You’ll hear simple ways to hold space without fixing, labeling, or pushing an outcome, including clean questions that gently guide a person back to inner knowing.  We also talk parenting in a noisy, screen-filled culture, and what it looks like to honor a child’s uniqueness instead of forcing a mold. Dr. Eleanor shares a moving story from her work with a traumatized child and explains why calm presence and compassionate witnessing can be more healing than pressure to perform. Along the way, we connect faith, Scripture, and the daily choice to pause anger and choose love in a world that keeps rewarding outrage.  If you’re craving emotional peace, stronger relationships, and a faith-centered path to purpose, press play.  Subscribe, share this with a friend who feels unseen, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What’s one place you want to respond with more love this week? To connect with or purchase any of books of Dr. Eleanor Halspel Portner you can do so on Amazon by searching under her name or visit her website at: https://nobleenergywellness.com/ Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  3. Jul 13

    Healing The Boy Within with Author George Stoimenov

    Send us Fan Mail A tough exterior can be a cover for a terrified inner child, and George Stoimenov is honest about what that costs. We talk about growing up in Bulgaria with a father he admired but couldn’t fully connect with, the moment shame “shattered” his inner world as a teenager, and how self-hatred can quietly turn into performance masculinity. Muscles, fights, alcohol, drugs, and image can look like confidence, but George explains how it’s often fear in disguise, especially when you never learned safe male intimacy or how to be held in your pain. The story deepens when George meets Maria and moves to the UK, where a real relationship exposes what the persona hides: addiction, pornography, anger, self-harm, and a growing desire to die. A mission trip to Zambia becomes an unexpected turning point. George shares how prayer and repentance felt like a U-turn back toward the boy he buried, and how Christian healing isn’t just behavior change, it’s letting God restore what trauma stole. We also unpack why focusing only on “stopping the habit” can miss the deeper wound driving it. To make it practical, George lays out his four-step framework from Rise From the Ashes: let historic emotions out, find the child within, shift your mindset through gratitude, and act as your future self with one small brave step.  If you’re searching for purpose, clarity, and freedom, especially around men’s mental health, trauma recovery, and faith-based transformation, this conversation offers both hope and handles.  To connect with and purchase his books head to George's website at:https://www.menscorner.co.uk/ or go to his YouTube channel at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh5uzZCCjgyF0Pg6VPl8xEA Subscribe, share this with someone who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find the path back home. Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  4. Jul 6

    Burnout To Purpose with Career Therapist Miriam Groom

    Send us Fan Mail Burnout doesn’t always show up as exhaustion first. Sometimes it shows up as saying yes to everything, losing your edge, getting controlling, and quietly realizing you don’t even know what you like anymore. That’s why I invited Miriam Groom to share her story from family-business overwork and depression to building a career counseling company designed for people who feel stuck, scattered, or overdue for a change. Miriam breaks down the hidden drivers behind career confusion: people-pleasing, fear of disappointing others, and the belief that life must be hard to be meaningful. We talk about why burnout cycles can repeat even after you “learn the lesson,” and how lasting change takes more than a new job. It takes rebuilding identity, reshaping patterns, and using tools that work when you have very little energy. You’ll hear specific practices she used, including tracking micro-moments of joy, checking what you choose when nobody’s watching, reconnecting to your body and intuition, and using journaling and morning pages to clear the mental noise. We also get practical about what real support can look like. Miriam shares how Mindful Career uses a psychologist-led process that blends assessments, behavioral profiling, and coaching-style action steps to help professionals and high school students find strengths, values, and a realistic path forward, especially after major life shifts like COVID, divorce, loss, or a new neurodivergent diagnosis. If you’re searching for purpose, career clarity, and a healthier way to work, you’ll leave with language and next steps you can actually use. Subscribe, share this with someone who’s burned out, and leave a review so more people can find the show. What part of your work life feels misaligned right now? To connect or work with Miriam visit her website at: https://mindfulcareer.ca/ or on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mindful-career/ Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  5. Jun 29

    Metacognitive Therapy For Rumination And Anxiety Relief with Therapists Shang Olsen & Michelle Lindhardt

    Send us Fan Mail Overthinking can feel like problem-solving, but when your mind is stuck in worry, rumination, and endless “what if” loops, it stops being helpful and starts stealing your life. We sit down with clinical psychologists Shang Olsen and Michelle Linhardt, both Level Two trained in metacognitive therapy (MCT), to explain a radically practical shift: you don’t control which thoughts show up, but you can learn to control how you respond to them. We dig into what makes metacognitive therapy different from more content-focused approaches like traditional CBT. Rather than debating whether a thought is true, MCT targets the process that keeps anxiety going and the beliefs that fuel it such as “worry helps me cope” and “I can’t stop worrying.” Shang and Michelle share how this framework applies to common struggles like self-worth spirals, decision paralysis, anxiety disorders, and OCD patterns including reassurance seeking, threat monitoring, avoidance, and rituals. You’ll also hear a concrete tool you can try right away: postponing rumination by scheduling a brief daily “worry time,” so your day isn’t hijacked every time a scary thought appears. We also talk about why proper training matters, how MCT has decades of research behind it, and how listeners can find certified providers internationally through mct-institute.co.uk, including options for online therapy. If you want a calmer mind and a more relaxed relationship with your thoughts, subscribe, share this with someone who lives in their head, and leave a review so more people can find the show. To connect with Shang or Michelle visit https://mct-institute.co.uk/mct-registered-therapists/ or to this site: https://www.michellelindhardt.com/home Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  6. Jun 22

    Rebuilding Self-Trust After Divorce And Toxic Love with Nicolette Halladay

    Send us Fan Mail Your life can look “fine” on paper while your body is quietly flashing warning lights. Sylvia Worsham sits down with author Nicolette Halladay for a raw, faith-forward conversation about trusting yourself again after divorce, heartbreak, and the kind of relationship that makes you doubt your own reality. We talk about what self-trust actually looks like in real time: the micro moments where you pause between a feeling and a reaction, the choice to stop chasing clarity outside yourself, and the courage to honor what your nervous system is telling you even when you can’t prove it yet. Nicolette shares her path through the end of a 20-year marriage, the slow work of grief and healing, and how the longing to be chosen can make smart, capable women vulnerable to toxic dynamics. From there, we get practical. We unpack the “idols” of comfort, control, and acceptance, how self-reliance can harden into overcontrol, and why surrender and daily stillness can become a turning point for intuition, discernment, and purpose.  Nicolette also shares the powerful “golden thread” vision that led to her book, The Golden Thread and the Lineage of the Light, and why decisive choices are a muscle that can be rebuilt. If you’re navigating healing after divorce, recovering from a toxic relationship, or craving a deeper faith-based mindset and personal growth, this one will meet you where you are.  Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review to tell us: what’s one signal you’re finally ready to trust? To connect or purchase Nicolette's book visit: https://offer.inspiredhearts.co/home or link up with her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolette-halladay555/ Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  7. Jun 18

    God Uses The Wilderness To Rebuild Your Identity with Devotional Author, Kristen Stockton

    Send us Fan Mail Your résumé can vanish in a single meeting. So what’s left when the title, the paycheck, and the plan fall apart? Sylvia Worsham sits down with author and leader Kristen Stockton to discuss the kind of loss that doesn’t just disrupt your work, but also shakes your identity. Kristen shares how a sudden job loss after 14 years sent her into fear and grief, and how God used that unraveling to rebuild something deeper than achievement: a grounded identity in Christ. We dig into the turning point that came through an identity exercise at a retreat, the call to be rooted in Colossians 2:7, and the hard truth many high-capacity women live with: doing “all the right faith things” can still leave a gap when you haven’t fully owned who you are in God. From there, Kristen names the three keys that carried her through a long formation season: awareness, surrender, and forgiveness. We also talk honestly about anxiety at 2 a.m., COVID-era financial stress, marriage strain, and the temptation to overfunction and manage everyone else’s pain. Kristen explains how listening, not striving, shaped her devotional When Strength Isn’t Enough, and she reads a powerful excerpt that reframes wilderness seasons as unexpected blessing, protection, and provision. If you’re searching for Christian encouragement, purpose, healing, and peace in chaos, you’ll find language and practices you can bring into your next prayer today. Subscribe, share this with a friend who feels stretched thin, and leave a review so more women can find these conversations. To purchase Kristen's devotional visit her website at: kristenstockton.com Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

  8. Jun 15

    How High Achievers Lose Pleasure And Find Themselves Again with Dr. Jordin Wiggins

    Send us Fan Mail Your life can look perfect and still feel dangerous to your body. That is the thread we pull today with Dr. Jordin Wiggins, a naturopathic doctor and author of The Pink Canary, as we talk about the quiet signals women ignore until they cannot ignore them anymore: numbness, chronic stress, “functional” burnout, low libido, and that haunting sense that joy has gone missing. We dig into anhedonia, the inability to feel pleasure, and why it often gets mislabeled when you are still performing at work, keeping the family running, and smiling through it. Jordin explains how the nervous system and brain respond when you do not feel safe, including how pleasure centers can shut down under prolonged stress. We also talk about why hormones and antidepressants can help some people while still not addressing the real root cause for others, especially when the problem lives inside a relationship system that is extracting from you. From there, we name what is often left unsaid: coercive control. Jordin breaks down “super traits” like above-average empathy, loyalty, forgiveness, and tolerance, and how those strengths can make high-achieving, people-pleasing women more vulnerable to manipulative power-and-control dynamics. We share practical starting points from Jordin’s “pleasure path,” including small pleasure practices that rebuild presence and help you re-center your own needs without guilt. If you are ready to feel like yourself again, listen through and then check out Dr. Jordin’s work, including The Pink Canary, her Pleasure Principles Podcast, and her Pleasure Path Substack visit her website at: https://www.thepleasurecollective.com/ Subscribe, share this with a friend who needs it, and leave a review so more women can find these conversations. Support the show To download a free chapter of host Sylvia Worsham's bestselling book, In Faith, I Thrive: Finding Joy Through God's Masterplan, purchase any of her products, or book a call with her, visit her website at www.sylviaworsham.com

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Dive into the inspiring world of “Release Doubt, Reveal Purpose with Sylvia Worsham,” where each episode unfolds the remarkable journey of transformation and self-discoveries so you too can transform any area of your life on the path to your soul’s true purpose.

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  • Creator
    Sylvia Worsham
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    220
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