Kingdom Builders

Elaina Giolando
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Welcome to the Kingdom Builders podcast, where we share stories of entrepreneurs growing companies and platforms rooted in their Christian faith. From New Age to Jesus testimonies like my own to debunking New Age or secular myths about God to sharing powerful stories of how companies and missions were transformed by Jesus, Kingdom Builders will support you to honor your faith in the marketplace from a grounded perspective. https://www.elainagiolando.com

  1. 3d ago

    From 14k to 50k Followers Without the Hustle - Holy Spirit & Social Media w/ Jaclyn Renee

    Stop running your business the world's way. Do you feel a tension between your faith and your social media presence? Have you walked through burnout from chasing metrics instead of a mission? In this episode, faith-based health coach Jaclyn Renee gets vulnerable about her radical transition: shutting down a successful New Age healing business to become entirely Bible-based and Holy Spirit-led. Jaclyn shares the raw truth about leaving behind "worldly success"—including stepping off stages to work a part-time job—and what she actually learned about God's provision in the process. She also reveals how her social media following surged from 14k to 50k in just 7 months, not by over-hustling, but by navigating a season of deep refinement. We discuss: 👉 Faith vs. Algorithm: How to post with purpose without letting your platform become an idol. 👉 The "3x" Strategy: How Jaclyn grew her audience by doing less and posting with more intentionality. 👉 Outpacing God: How to tell the difference between a divine assignment and a false deadline. 👉 Refinement: Navigating the pressure to post while remaining obedient to the Holy Spirit. If you're ready to trade burnout for biblical stewardship, you don't want to miss this conversation. Jaclyn Renee is a Christian Holistic Health Coach with over a decade of experience helping women restore their health and heal their bodies. She has spent years coaching women through gut health issues, hormone imbalance, and weight-loss resistance, but discovered that true healing goes far deeper than nutrition plans or fitness routines. Today, Jaclyn teaches women how to partner with the Holy Spirit in their healing journey—addressing the spiritual roots, identity struggles, and patterns that often keep them stuck in cycles of sickness and striving. She helps women break free from diet culture, which she believes is one of the enemy's most subtle traps, keeping women trapped in performance-based healing and disconnected from hearing God's voice. Through biblical truth, Jaclyn guides women to release unhealthy patterns, renew their minds, and root their identity in Christ rather than the world's standards. Jaclyn is the author of She Abides: Biblical Wellness Guide and the creator of the The Biblical Body Method, a four-step approach to healing the body through biblical truth, realigning with God's natural rhythms, and restoring a healthy relationship with food and the body. Links: 3-Day Free Online Event: Break Gluttony. Eat Biblically. June 24-26 https://stan.store/iamjaclynrenee She Abides: 8-week biblical wellness guide https://stan.store/iamjaclynrenee/p/she-abides-8week-biblical-wellness-guide The Biblical Body Method Program https://stan.store/iamjaclynrenee/p/the-biblical-body-method Instagram instagram.com/jaclynreneewellness Don't forget to hit subscribe and drop a comment to let us know what you thought of today's episode. Follow Kingdom Builders: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingdombuilderspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/heyelainagiolando/ Never miss an episode by signing up here: elainagiolando.com/kingdombuilders.

    1h 2m

  2. May 22

    Why I Shut Down My Multi-7 Figure Brand to Follow Jesus' Call on My Life

    Wondering about the best way to transition your business after coming to Christ? Sometimes it's a gentle pivot—but for many of us, the Lord takes a wrecking ball to the old thing so He has a clean, firm foundation on which to build what's next. This episode shares the raw, behind-the-scenes play-by-play of how I realized I could no longer tolerate mixture, compromise, or a rotten foundation in the multi-7 figure business that had been my pride and joy for years. I dive deep into the specific Scriptures that rocked my world, broke my strongholds, and gave me the radical courage to walk away from something "good" to step into the "better" thing God has for my life. Inside this episode, we unpack: 🔥 Burning the Old Business Down: The distinct phases of transitioning my career out of the New Age, and why total surrender finally became my only viable option.  🔥 The Trap of False Service: How easy it is for Christians to love Jesus with their words but serve something else (like money, comfort, or validation) with their business structures. 🔥 Fear of God vs. Fear of Man: How a true revelation of the fear of the Lord delivered me from the trap of people-pleasing. 🔥 Eternal Accountability: Breaking off the strongholds of financial security and looking honestly at the reality of the judgment seat of Christ. This episode is brutally honest and meant to take you right along on the journey with me through one of the hardest professional decisions of my life. If you are currently on the verge of making a massive career pivot as part of your walk with Jesus, this conversation is for you. 🎧 Don't forget to hit subscribe and drop a comment to let me know your biggest takeaway from today's episode! PS. I misquoted a verse in this episode. I attribute the following verse to 2 Timothy 3:16, but it is actually 2 Timothy 3:12: "Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted."

    1h 1m

  3. May 15

    Transitioning from Sacred Sexuality Coach to Full Faith-Led Business w/ Jessica Walling

    In this episode, faith-based business coach Jessica Walling shares her powerful testimony of leaving the sacred sexuality space to walk with Christ. She now uses her platform to empower thousands of Christian women business owners. ​ In this conversation, we dive into: Radical Obedience: Jessica's decision to pivot her entire platform to glorify God. The Cost of Faith: Navigating the spiritual warfare and persecution that came with launching a new, faith-led business. Biblical Business: A deep dive into high-ticket pricing and how it aligns with Scripture. Modest Marketing: Navigating the digital world as a Christian woman and the importance of integrity in your brand. I also share more about my own current journey: burning down my multi-7 figure business to build something new with Jesus and the Bible unapologetically at the center. Don't forget to hit subscribe and drop a comment to let us know what you thought of today's episode. Follow Kingdom Builders: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingdombuilderspodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/heyelainagiolando/ iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kingdom-builders-with-elaina-giolando/id1773993839 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5rLLAbJeyWhw4rbGIgAtM1 Never miss an episode - sign up at elainagiolando.com/kingdombuilders. About Jessica Walling: Hi I'm Jessica! I'm first and foremost a Daughter of God. I'm also a Wife, Mother, and a Faith-Led Business Coach. I teach women from all over the world how to grow and steward businesses that bring glory to God in the online marketplace. God has given me a passion and desire to mentor women in starting and growing businesses on the foundation of His Word with Jesus at the center. My main mission is supporting the modern day Proverbs 31 woman in her entrepreneurial journey to grow an online business that will allow them to contribute financially to their home without compromising their roles as wives and mothers.

    1h 1m

  4. Mar 12

    From Manifestation to Biblical Stewardship: Rebuilding After Surrendering My New Age Business to Jesus (w/ Sophia DiMuccio)

    Have you ever felt the Holy Spirit ask you to lay something down before you could see what He would rebuild? In this episode of Kingdom Builders, I sit down with Sophia DiMuccio to talk about navigating the in-between after closing down a new age coaching business and surrendering every part of it to Christ. Sophia shares how she was raised in the law of attraction teachings and built a successful online brand rooted in manifestation and mindset. After encountering Jesus and giving her life fully to Him, she tried to simply add God into what she had already built, but the Lord began to reveal that the foundation itself was not aligned with His Word, and obedience meant letting it all go. She opens up about delayed obedience, financial pressure, stepping away from social media, and walking through a humbling season of decrease. Instead of chasing high ticket launches, God began teaching her biblical financial stewardship, renewing her mind through Proverbs, and rebuilding her character from the ground up. We talk honestly about overpricing, hype culture in the coaching industry, and what it means to use honest scales before the Lord. Most of all, this episode is a reminder that Jesus redeems what we surrender. There is no wasted time in His hands. If you are in the in between after obedience, trust that God is not finished. He is rebuilding on rock, and He will restore what was laid down for His name. About Sophia: Sophia is a follower of Jesus, podcaster, and public speaker with a background as a six-figure business coach. After encountering the living God, her work shifted from building personal success to serving the Kingdom. Today, she shares her testimony, exposes New Age counterfeits, and points people back to the truth, authority, and freedom found in Christ. She co-hosts Meet Me At The Altar and creates faith-centered content to help others walk fully in the light.

    52 min

  5. Feb 5

    S2 Ep. 6 | What Changed in My Business After I Left the New Age and Followed Jesus w/ Victoria Washington

    What happens when Jesus asks you to lay down everything you built without Him and trust Him to rebuild it?   In this episode of Kingdom Builders, I sit down with Victoria Washington for an honest conversation about leaving the New Age, confronting mixture in business, and surrendering success fully to Jesus. Victoria shares her journey from yoga, manifestation, and ancestral practices into a real encounter with Christ that transformed her identity, her finances, and the way she now leads and builds.   She opens up about bankruptcy, addiction, and spiritual emptiness, and how Jesus delivered her during a 40-day consecration that marked the beginning of true repentance and sanctification. As her faith deepened, God began dismantling the business models, beliefs, and platforms she built apart from Him, inviting her to start again on new soil.   Together, we talk honestly about the unraveling of the coaching industry, the cost of obedience, and the fear and freedom that come with letting God redefine success. Victoria also shares how surrender led to She Shall Speak, a Spirit-led movement where women are encountering Jesus, finding their voice, and stepping into God's design for their lives.   If you are navigating faith, business, or the painful process of letting go, this episode is a reminder that Jesus restores what we surrender and brings resurrection where we least expect it.   Resources: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmqOWOdX07e4ybHJFOZKnjUUBTe68VxP-&si=6_aRadw4yOz-IVoE

    1h 9m

  6. Jan 22

    The Truth Behind Shadow Work, Gene Keys, and Joe Dispenza - The Deception of Self-Help Spirituality Revealed w/ Jenn Mann

    What happens when you've tried every self-help framework, spiritual practice, and healing modality and still feel empty, confused, or bound? In this episode of Kingdom Builders, I sit down in the studio with my dear friend Jenn Mann for a powerful, honest conversation about her journey out of New Age spirituality and into a life fully surrendered to Jesus. Jenn shares how practices like Gene Keys, shadow work, energy healing, psychedelics, and Joe Dispenza retreats promised clarity and transformation, but ultimately led her deeper into striving, confusion, and spiritual darkness. Together, we talk about how our friendship was strained when I came to faith first, how God asked us to trust Him with the separation, and how Jesus later met Jenn in a deeply personal moment of surrender that changed everything. Jenn explains the subtle deception of self-help spirituality, the absence of repentance in New Age frameworks, and the freedom she found when she stopped trying to become her own god and let Jesus take His rightful place. This episode is a compassionate but clear invitation to anyone caught between Christianity and New Age practices, wondering why peace still feels out of reach. Jenn's testimony reminds us that repentance is not shameful, surrender is not weakness, and true transformation only comes through the power of the Holy Spirit. If you feel stuck, tired of striving, or unsure which voice to trust, this conversation is a reminder that Jesus is still pursuing hearts, restoring friendships, and calling His children home.   About Jenn: Jenn Mann is a former engineer and ex–New Age practitioner who spent years teaching spiritual frameworks like astrology and Gene Keys before a life-altering encounter with Jesus transformed everything. Today, her life and work are fully centered on Him. Today, she is the Founder and CEO of Meet at the Mirror, Austin's fastest-growing community of intentional singles, built through word-of-mouth and in-person experiences that foster real, healthy relationships. A motivational speaker and people-centered problem-solver by calling, Jenn is passionate about transforming modern dating by bringing more Jesus into it: more grace, integrity, and love, the way He taught.

    51 min

  7. Jan 8

    Increasing Belief for Your Future Spouse After Divorce and Disappointment w/ Michelle Lee Haynes

    What does it look like when God takes a broken love story and writes something entirely new?   In this episode of Kingdom Builders, Elaina sits down with Michelle Lee Haynes for a powerful testimony of redemption, surrender, and obedience. Michelle shares her journey from striving, performance, and New Age spirituality into a fully surrendered life with Jesus. She opens up about walking through deep loss, including divorce, grief, addiction, and identity struggles, and how God used those painful seasons to strip away false foundations and rebuild her life on truth.   Michelle talks honestly about divorce, shame, and healing, and how Jesus met her in the wilderness and became her first love. She shares how fasting, repentance, and obedience transformed her heart, broke off striving, healed generational patterns, and prepared her to become a wife. Through prayer and a 50 day fast rooted in seeking Jesus rather than chasing outcomes, God redeemed her love story in a way only He could.   This episode is a testimony of how God restores what the enemy meant for harm, how singleness can be sacred, and how Jesus prepares His daughters for the promises He has for them. If you have ever felt behind, disqualified, or unsure if God could redeem your story, this conversation is an invitation to believe again and trust that nothing surrendered to Jesus is ever wasted.   About Michelle: Michelle Lee Haynes is a Christ-led Life Coach, Speaker, and Creative Visionary helping women experience heaven on earth through Spirit-led transformation. As host of the Forged & Faithful podcast, she shares stories of refinement, restoration, and bold faith in God. She helps purpose-driven, Spirit-led women move from striving to surrender and from pain to purpose as they step into alignment with God's design for their lives. Through her signature faith-based coaching approach, Michelle guides women through mind, body, heart and spirit refinement, not through hustle, but through holy alignment with the Holy Spirit. Her work helps women break cycles of burnout, fear, and self-reliance so they can walk boldly in their God-given identity and calling. Michelle's mission is to help women stop chasing healing and start experiencing Kingdom wholeness. Her life and work embody Christ-centered transformation and Spirit-led restoration, helping women turn their wilderness seasons into their greatest weapons of faith and purpose. Links: Book a free call: https://calendly.com/michelleleehaynes/1-1-coaching-discernment-call Podcast:  https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/forged-faithful/id1807911173  IG: https://www.instagram.com/musingsofmichellelee

    57 min

  8. 12/18/2025

    Freed From a Multi-7-Figure New Age Empire w/ Kamila Surma

    Have you ever surrendered your life to Jesus only to find your business, your identity, and everything you built start unraveling in the process?   In this episode of Kingdom Builders, Elaina sits down with Kamila Surma to share her powerful testimony of coming out of ten years in new age, meeting Jesus at the height of her multi–seven-figure career, and learning to rebuild her business on a completely new foundation. Kamila opens up about God exposing deception, purifying her income, releasing clients, surrendering products, and letting go of the identity she once built around success.   Together they explore what happens when the Holy Spirit confronts our attachment to money, performance, and self-made achievement, and how Jesus replaces striving with peace, simplicity, and true stewardship. Kamila's story is a reminder that when God tears down what was never rooted in Him, He always rebuilds something better.   May this conversation encourage you to trust Jesus with your business, your finances, and your identity, and to follow Him wherever He leads.   About Kamila: Kamila Surma — a faith-led business mentor and leadership coach. After 10 years in the New Age movement and building a multi–7-figure business in the Polish market, she was saved by Jesus and transformed her life and business. Now she supports women of faith in strengthening their leadership and scaling their businesses with financial stability and biblical principles.   YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/@KamilaSurma Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kamilasurma/

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Welcome to the Kingdom Builders podcast, where we share stories of entrepreneurs growing companies and platforms rooted in their Christian faith. From New Age to Jesus testimonies like my own to debunking New Age or secular myths about God to sharing powerful stories of how companies and missions were transformed by Jesus, Kingdom Builders will support you to honor your faith in the marketplace from a grounded perspective. https://www.elainagiolando.com

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  • Creator
    Elaina Giolando
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    47
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2025 Kingdom Builders with Elaina Giolando
  • Show Website
    Kingdom Builders

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