Kingdom Life Coaching: Discern God's Voice and Find Your Purpose Megan Nilsen

Ep 71 // Experiencing God’s Peace in the Margins of Motherhood - Interview with Monica Staley
Do you feel like you don’t have time to spend with God? Perhaps you’re in an overwhelming season of life and wonder how to get back to that connection. Monica shares God’s wisdom on how to do that!
Monica Staley is a child of God, a wife, a twin mom, and a certified health coach and yoga instructor. She worked as a paralegal for 10 years before moving into the health sector in 2015. Monica has supported mamas within her wellness business since, and is excited for the Lord's work through her new devotional book for mothers, Her Prayer for Peace.
Things you will learn/discern in this episode: 
Monica’s spiritual revival in recent years
How a specific choice to be with God helped alleviate her fear 
How to connect with God in the midst of an overwhelming life
What it looks like to “plug in” each day
How the church can be a community of covering 
The power of sharing your dream and saying it out loud for it to come to happen
The host, Megan Nilsen, is a Kingdom life coach, author, and speaker who helps God’s people align with God’s voice and get activated to live into their divine destiny! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.
Quotable Quotes from Monica:
“I’ve never been so hungry for God.”
“Time with God is never wasted. How do you carve out the time to hear from God in the midst of motherhood?”
“Lord, if you want this book to be out into the world to benefit others - you need to be in charge of my schedule!”
Resources for Listeners: (*As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
Connect with Monica Staley
Website: https://www.wellnessbymonicabstaley.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wellnessbymonicabstaley/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monica.bordonaro.16
Monica’s Devotional: Her Prayer for Peace: A Weekly Prayer Prompt Devotional for Moms
You can watch this video on YouTube as well!! 
 
Connect with Megan Nilsen:
Website: meganbnilsen.com (learn about coaching, books, speaking, podcast - all in one place!)
Instagram: @megan_nilsen
Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach
Facebook Community: @KingdomLifeTogether
LinkedIn: Megan Nilsen
Alignable: Megan Nilsen Kingdom Life Coach
Email: megan@meganbnilsen.com
Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min
Extra Resources from Megan: 
Untangled Faith book/journal study → Check out this 10-week guide to learn how to hear God’s voice and cultivate open communication with Him for deeper revelation! → untangledfaithstudy.com
Untangled Faith Book //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace and companion journal (*available on Amazon)
A Beautiful Exchange: Responding to God’s Invitation for More
Dynamic FB Community inspired by this podcast ! → Kingdom Life Together

Ep 70 // Hearing God Through an Open, Holy Spirit Mindset - Interview with Whitney Kroneberger
Do you ever wonder if you can truly hear God? Maybe it seems like everyone else is hearing but you’re not sure. You’re not alone! This episode will help you step into more awareness of the Holy Spirit’s words and work in your life!
Whitney Kroneberger is a Life and Business Coach for Christian Female Entrepreneurs. After a 10 year DREAM career at a non-profit (Young Life) and working in Human Resources Talent Acquisition serving hiring managers and C Suite Executives, she now specializes in coaching high-achieving women that are experiencing burnout, loneliness and shame by teaching them how to create a life worth branding. She helps them develop rhythms of rest, implement boundaries, uncover their identity and assignment, navigate transition and find joy in the life they've built while they are building and scaling their business. 
Things you will learn/discern in this episode: 
Whitney’s first memory of hearing God’s voice. 
How journaling helped her discern God’s plan. 
How to process and reflect on your church experience growing up - even (and especially) if it was hard/complicated.
Her seasons of clear spiritual warfare.
The power of being surrounded by a healthy, loving, truth-telling community – and liberating confession
Indicators that you are “called” to something specific. 
What’s your assignment and how do you hear God directing you?
Themes that challenge high achieving women/mom Whitney's current discernment zone The host, Megan is a Kingdom life coach, author, and speaker who helps God’s people align with God’s voice and get activated to live into their divine destiny! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.
Quotable Quotes from Whitney:
“‘Assignment’ in typical Chrisitanese refers to a season. But I think of it more as what I am called to right now. It could be a job. A person. A role. Whatever! This gives me contentment while being ambitious at the same time.”
“Pay attention to something you’re not currently terrified of. Lean into that and ask God what He has for you!”
“If you have a dream - you need to put things in your current and future planning (one, year, three year, five year goals) to help you get there. Otherwise, it’s not likely to happen.”
“Just because we’re in this lane doesn’t mean God can’t take us out of it.”
Resources for Listeners: (*As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
Connect with Whitney Kroneberger
Website: https://www.whitneykroneberger.com/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/whitneykroneberger/
Facebook: facebook.com/wkroneberger/
Podcast: https://www.whitneykroneberger.com/podcast
You can watch this video on YouTube as well!! 
Connect with Megan Nilsen:
Website: meganbnilsen.com (learn about coaching, books, speaking, podcast - all in one place!)
Instagram: @megan_nilsen
Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach
Facebook Community: @KingdomLifeTogether
LinkedIn: Megan Nilsen
Alignable: Megan Nilsen Kingdom Life Coach
Email: megan@meganbnilsen.com
Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min
Extra Resources: 
Interested in facilitating your own Untangled Faith book/journal study → Check out this 10-week guide to learn how to hear God’s voice and cultivate open communication with Him for deeper revelation! → untangledfaithstudy.com
Untangled Faith Book //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace and companion journal (*available on Amazon)
Join Megan’s dynamic FB Community inspired by this podcast ! → Kingdom Life Together 

Ep 69 // Hearing God's Voice Through Emerging Opportunities - Interview with Justin Thomas
How do you know when to stick with your plan or be open to emerging opportunities? This episode focuses on paying attention to God’s Holy Spirit nudges and following God’s ever-evolving path.
Justin Thomas is a health coach, health benefits consultant, podcast host and entrepreneur. His greatest ambitions in life are to hear the words "well done good and faithful servant," dreaming big with his family, having fun, and building enduring companies. 
Things you will learn/discern in this episode: 
How a personal “annual summit” could bless and benefit your marriage/family
What does it mean to become a “provider” in your life, dream big and take care of others in an amazing way
About the profound letter Justin’s dad left him to open “upon his father’s death”
The reality that God can actually surprise us!
The lesson Justin learned as a “D4” athlete and ditching a Christian fellowship meeting
How Justin has learned over time, through nudges and emerging opportunities to hear God’s voice.
What it looks like to be brave and vulnerable with your spouse and share your “big dreams”
Why should we dream big even if we might be disappointed.
What to do when a metaphorical door closes. Do you pivot or try again?
The difference between “planned” and “emergent” strategies. How do you know when to be committed to the plan or open to emerging opportunities?
Megan is a Kingdom life coach, author, and speaker who helps God’s people align with God’s voice and get activated to live into their divine destiny! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.
Quotable Quotes from Justin:
“It is possible to dream big in a way that honors God and our faith AND stay true to our heart’s desire and personal ambitions.”
“The big idea is that God provides for us so we can provide for others. And being a provider means BLESS + PROTECT.”
“My struggle has not been coming to faith in the traditional Christian sense, rather believing that God can surprise me. He can be as whimsical as Bob Goff!”
“You can hear God’s voice and still fail a test.” ;) 

Resources for Listeners: (*As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
Connect with Justin Thomas
Website: www.justinthomascoaching.com
Non-Profit Website: www.clthomasfellowship.org 
Podcast: Become a Provider 
Justin’s Book: Become a Provider: Overcome Tragedy, Become Stronger, and Serve Others Without Getting Burned Out
Book Recommendation: How to Measure Your Life?
You can watch this video on YouTube as well!! 
Connect with Megan Nilsen:
Website: meganbnilsen.com (learn about coaching, books, speaking, podcast - all in one place!)
Instagram: @megan_nilsen
Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach
Facebook Community: @KingdomLifeTogether
LinkedIn: Megan Nilsen
Alignable: Megan Nilsen Kingdom Life Coach
Email: megan@meganbnilsen.com
Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min
Extra Resources: 
Interested in facilitating your own Untangled Faith book/journal study → Check out this 10-week guide to learn how to hear God’s voice and cultivate open communication with Him for deeper revelation! → untangledfaithstudy.com
Untangled Faith Book //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace and companion journal (*available on Amazon)
Join Megan’s dynamic FB Community inspired by this podcast ! → Kingdom Life Together 
 
 

Ep 68 // Hearing God's Voice Through Imaginative Encounter - Interview with Kristin Chadwick
What could it look like to connect with God’s voice through an imaginative encounter with Jesus? As Kristin says, “No one can encounter the face of Jesus and walk away unchanged.”
Kristin Chadwick, a seasoned Podcast Coach and industry expert, collaborates with Christian influencers worldwide, leveraging her psychology degree and nearly a decade of experience to empower Kingdom-minded entrepreneurs in launching and growing purposeful podcasts, as showcased in her work with Dobson family, Kristen Boss, and Bethany Kimsey.
She helps empower female Kingdom Entrepreneurs to use their voice to impact the world through the power of podcasting. AND she loves to help people encounter Jesus through redeemed imagination!
Things you will learn/discern in this episode: 
This episode will take you from head knowledge of Jesus to an experience of the heart with the Holy Spirit!
How to shift your imagination toward Kingdom thinking from a posture of curiosity.
Experience your own “Encounter” at minute 26:00.
This will be like a spa for your soul!
Permission to not make this “make sense” - God is multi-dimensional
Find out what Kristin is seeking the Lord about right now.
The Kingdom (Christ-centered) perspective on meditation. 
Megan is a Kingdom life coach, author, and speaker who helps God’s people align with God’s voice and get activated to live into their divine destiny! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.
Quotable Quotes from Kristin:
“What do I need to lay down in performance and trust God’s going to speak when He’s going to speak! Maybe in a different way than I know of Him. He’s going to find some way to speak to you.”
“An encounter is using our imagination to encounter Jesus in the movie of our minds.”
“There is a redemptive key that God uses when we invite Him into our imagination so we can taste and see that the Lord is good. A beautiful encounter in the ‘secret place.’”
Resources for Listeners: (*As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases)
Connect with Kristin Chadwick:
Website: https://www.podcastcoachingforkingdomentrepreneurs.com/
Instagram: Kristin Fields Chadwick
Facebook Group for Current/Aspiring Podcasters: https://www.facebook.com/groups/204091305159761
Podcast for Podcasters: Podcast Coaching for Kingdom Entrepreneurs
Listen to various recorded encounters: Wholistic Hearts
You can watch this video on YouTube as well!! 
Connect with Megan Nilsen:
Website: meganbnilsen.com (learn about coaching, books, speaking, podcast - all in one place!)
Instagram: @megan_nilsen
Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach
Facebook Community: @KingdomLifeTogether
LinkedIn: Megan Nilsen
Alignable: Megan Nilsen Kingdom Life Coach
Email: megan@meganbnilsen.com
Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min
Extra Resources: 
Interested in facilitating your own Untangled Faith book/journal study → Check out this 10-week guide to learn how to hear God’s voice and cultivate open communication with Him for deeper revelation! → untangledfaithstudy.com
Untangled Faith Book //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace and companion journal (*available on Amazon)
Join Megan’s dynamic FB Community inspired by this podcast ! → Kingdom Life Together 
 
 

Ep 67 // Hearing God's Voice for Your Kids Through Intercessory Prayer - Interview with Warrior Mama, Bethany Kimsey
Did you know that YOU are the mightiest intercessor for your children on this earth! If you don’t do it - who else will?
As a mother to 8 children, Bethany Kimsey (aka Warrior Mama )has seen God radically change her messy motherhood from anxious and frantic to peaceful, joyful, and triumphant. She helps weary mothers win the battle against worry and fatigue as they understand their identity in Christ and rest in the hope of the Gospel in community with other moms. 
As a writer, speaker, and encourager of mothers, she wants to see a generation of mothers who can connect their motherhood to the love of Jesus in real and practical ways so that they can be confident. 
Things you will learn/discern in this episode: 
The miraculous way God brought their family together
The biggest blessing/biggest challenge of having a large age gap between oldest and youngest kids
How do you navigate sibling dynamics - if they aren’t connected?
Bethany’s “tenets” of parenting
Overarching principles upon which we write interactions
Helping kids toward greater self-awareness
Let your kids know (specifically) what you’re praying for them! 
Pay attention to the person who annoys you the most - because they are the key to discovering how God is pruning and growing you.
The lies we believe as parents about the “expected outcome” of our kids. 
What to do when you think everything is up to you.
Why we constantly seek comparisons in motherhood and what God offers us instead.
How Bethany senses God’s voice and knows He is speaking to her. 
The power of praying for your kids. And a tool that will help you do just that!
What to do when the “answers” don’t come like you’d hoped.
How to see God’s work in returning to certain themes of prayer.
Hear what Bethany is asking God about right now (Spoiler alert: It makes her nervous!)
Megan is a Kingdom life coach, author, and speaker who helps God’s people align with God’s voice and get activated to live into their divine destiny! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.
Quotable Quotes from Bethany:
“In parenting, you’re always playing the long game. We don’t panic in the teensy moves of the day to day. You keep a long term vision. Always speak where you want to go.”
“If your family is chosen for you then they are for your good and for God’s glory. The person who annoys you the most, more than likely will draw you closer to God because it will expose your need for Him!”
“God has already given us a triumphal procession and victory in motherhood. The problem is that we take our eyes off the General (Jesus).”
“The Spirit of God is always precise and restorative. It is never shame inducing.”

Resources for Listeners*: 
Connect with Bethany Kimsey
Website: www.bethanykimsey.com
Instagram: Bethany Kimsey
Podcast: Warrior Mama Podcast
A Warrior Mama’s Prayer Journal (*Amazon affiliate link)
You can watch this video on YouTube as well!! 
Connect with Megan Nilsen:
Website: meganbnilsen.com (learn about coaching, books, speaking, podcast - all in one place!)
Instagram: @megan_nilsen
Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach
Facebook Community: @KingdomLifeTogether
LinkedIn: Megan Nilsen
Email: megan@meganbnilsen.com
Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min
Extra Resources: 
Interested in facilitating your own Untangled Faith book/journal study → Check out this 10-week curriculum to learn how to hear God’s voice and cultivate open communication with Him for deeper revelation! → untangledfaithstudy.com
Untangled Faith Book //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, a

Ep 66 // Five Things You Can Do to Discern God’s Voice and Activity Through Dream Interpretation - Interview with Margaux Nelson
Margaux Nelson loves to boldly pursue the Voice of God in all His expressions. She has found it a life mission to re-introduce the church to the mystical Jesus and the honor of trusting the leading of His Spirit into the unknown. Margaux is a teacher, speaker, coach and dream interpreter who loves to make music and express herself through words, design and beautiful garments!
Things you will learn/discern in this episode: 
God speaks in your dreams - This episode is dream interpretation 101!
You’ll learn several things you can do to start hearing God through your dreams
When Margaux realized God was speaking to her in her dreams
Are some people born with heightened awareness of the spiritual realm?
How to steward and guide kids in their dreams and spiritual senses
What is gift of discerning of spirits
What to do when you feel a spirit of grief - is it yours to carry?
Common symbols and metaphors in dreams
Margaux interprets Megan’s dream! 
Learn the questions you can ask to interpret your own dreams
What do you do with the small details in dreams 
Megan is a Kingdom life coach, author, and speaker who helps God’s people align with God’s voice and get activated to live into their divine destiny! Join her to have conversations on reframing life, love, and calling to live the life God has so purposefully created for you.
Quotable Quotes from Margaux:
“I started hearing God all at once in many different ways, but one of the ways I’ve been stewarding most is in the dream realm!”
“Our default is to doubt our senses. But once we pay attention to this realm all of us will see there is more!”
 “When I had that encounter with the Holy Spirit it was like all the lights turned on at one time! And I wondered, how did no one tell me? No one had the skills to help me steward this gift.”
“You can go as deep as you want with this. Any dream is just a conversation starter. The whole point is to more intimacy and relationship with God. It’s not just about cracking the code.”
Resources for Listeners:
 Connect with Margaux Nelson // margaux@permissiontoreign.com
Website: https://bio.site/permissiontoreign
Instagram: @permission_to_reign
Podcast: Breathing Underwater
You can watch this video on YouTube as well!! 
Connect with Megan Nilsen:
Website: meganbnilsen.com (learn about coaching, books, speaking, podcast - all in one place!)
Instagram: @megan_nilsen
Facebook: @MeganNilsenKingdomLifeCoach
Facebook Community: @KingdomLifeTogether
LinkedIn: Megan Nilsen
Email: megan@meganbnilsen.com
Schedule a FREE curiosity call if you’re interested in working with Megan // calendly.com/mbnilsen/30min
Extra Resources: 
Interested in facilitating your own Untangled Faith book/journal study → Check out this 10-week curriculum to learn how to hear God’s voice and cultivate open communication with Him for deeper revelation! → untangledfaithstudy.com
Untangled Faith Book //  Untangled Faith: How Honest Conversations with God Lead to Deeper Connections, Clarity, and Peace and companion journal (available on Amazon)
Join Megan’s dynamic FB Community inspired by this podcast ! → Kingdom Life Together