The power of a spiritual identity to transform your life and give you strength: Season 2 Episode 9 The Strong and Capable with Host Brigette Heller

In this Conversation Brigette and Kristen talk about why it matters to have a spiritual identity and how Kristen views herself because of having one. They talk about how it impacts your life, helps you through struggles and gives you purpose.

Kristen Walker Smith is a co-host of the One Minute Scripture Study podcast, a Deseret Book masterclass teacher, BYU Education Week speaker, EFY teacher, former seminary teacher, and bestselling author.   Kristen graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Brigham Young University where she met her darling husband of almost 20 years; they are the parents of three wonderful, rascally children.  When Kristen isn’t teaching the gospel you can usually find her rock climbing, listening to Elder Holland talks, or eating peanut butter– frequently all at the same time.

Quotes from the podcast:

I am purpose driven.. and there is something for me to do for God every single day- Kristen

I am a daughter of God and I am here for a purpose- Kristen

(A spiritual identity) is the foundation on which you build your life with- Brigette

but I know who I am, and I have a purpose, so I can't give up- Brigette

when you see that God has a purpose for your whole life but also for each season of your life, I can look back and see the purpose in that, how it changed me and it made me more empathetic, it also made me more capable of reaching people I wouldn't be able to reach if my life was just la-dee-da all the time and it also brought me to God in other ways that it couldn't have. Knowing your life has purpose and that God has a purpose for each difficult thing you go through- the is so strengthening for me. - Kristen

There is just a level of compassion that God wants us to have for ALL of his children.- Kristen

He loves people and its not in spite of their weaknesses and difficulties, but because he sees their power and strength as they fight through it- Kristen

"the greatest leaders of all time have compassion"- Joey Heller

Compassion is the truest expression of love- Brigette

We think we are one thing, but when we open our mimd and our heart to our spiritual identity, when that happens we begin to understand who we really are- Brigette 

our true self is much more aware then our frontal lobe- Kristen

I have a spirit that reminds my brain what it true- Kristen

I am amazed at how I can be in a class of 500 on the internet, we do a meditation, and all the sudden everyone is crying. It's because for 2 seconds they let go of what their brain thought and they tune into what their spirit thought. your spirit will call you out but it will love you infinitely.- Brigette

If did not believe God created me and I had a purpose and I am accountable to him, I would probably have reacted to my circumstances very differently- Kristen

If I didn't believe that God had wanted me on earth, I might have ended that option- Kristen

I learned that it was a season and that things will always, always get better... Waiting for 7 years is a long time, but I recognized that I was in a waiting period.- Kristen

God had waiting periods, and growing periods and be patient periods.- Kristen

there is a clear difference when your living with the spirit and a spiritual identity and not.- Brigette

be patient with yourself, its o.k if all you can do today is survive.- Kristen

To connect with Brigette and Kristen:

Kristen:

https://kristenwalkersmith.com/  or

https://www.instagram.com/kristenwalkersmith/

Brigette:

www.thestrongandcapable.com

IG: Brigette.Heller

FB: The Strong and Capable Page