The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
The Blog
to encourage your heart and
add a lift to your step
244. How to Love Your Mornings with Jennifer Dukes Lee
In this month’s guest episode, Julie sits down with author and fellow Iowan Jennifer Dukes Lee for a deeply encouraging and refreshing conversation about faith, mornings, and finding God in the everyday rhythms of life. Jennifer shares her personal story—from life on...
243. 10 Things That Help You Feel Like You Again
In this final episode of the Top 10 series, Julie shares 10 simple, life-giving ways to help you feel like yourself again. If you’ve been showing up for everyone, carrying a full schedule, and quietly wondering why you feel flat, drained, or a little disconnected from...
242. 10 Things You Are Allowed to Be Bad At
In this third episode of Julie’s Top 10 series, she tackles a quiet belief many women carry: the pressure to be good at everything. After discussing what isn’t actually an emergency and the things we can stop doing the hard way, this episode takes the conversation one...
241. 10 Things You Can Stop Doing the Hard Way
Have you ever stopped and realized you’re making life harder than it needs to be? In this week’s episode of the Top 10 series, Julie continues the conversation by naming something many women quietly carry: unnecessary heaviness. After talking last week about what...
240. 10 Things That Are Not Actually Emergencies
Have you been living like everything is urgent? In this lighthearted but deeply practical episode, Julie kicks off a brand-new Top 10 series by addressing something many women don’t even realize they’re doing — treating normal life like an emergency room. The...
239. What Matters Most with My Oldest Brother Marty Gorkow
In this month’s guest episode, Julie sits down with someone who has impacted her life from the very beginning — her oldest brother, Marty Gorkow. This conversation is personal, heartfelt, and grounded in real life. Marty shares stories from childhood, reflections on...
