As a younger woman, Elizabeth Smith has found success in modelling and beauty pageants. Despite that, she responded to God’s call and left that career behind to become a nurse practitioner. On this episode of Your Story with Melinda, you will learn from her on how we can live a life that God set before us with courage and hope.

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On this episode of Your Story with Melinda, we have Kay Wyma back to talk about a very interesting 12-month experiment to teach her children about entitlement and help them learn the value of work, as well as the lesson she learned about being part of the problem.

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Kay Wyma wears many hats. She was as an international banker and a staffer at the White House. Currently, she’s an author, blogger, entrepreneur, speaker, vodcaster – and most importantly – a wife and a mom to five kids! Like me, I know you want to find out how is she not overwhelmed by all these and what she does to stay on top of it all. She gives us the answers on this episode of Your Story with Melinda!

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Growing up in the mission field in Kenya and Congo, Ruth Thorogood has seen the best and worst of humanity. Now a successful racer and businesswoman, she said her experiences living in Africa and then having to start from scratch upon moving back to Canada have redefined her identity through Jesus. Come along with us as Ruth shares her adventures and how she lived God’s purpose in every adventure she took on this episode of Your Story with Melinda.

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Registered psychotherapist Colleen Blake-Miller joins us on this episode of #YourStorywithMelinda to share her advice on how to create more empowering thoughts with the help of God’s truth to create better realities.

In This Episode:

• Finding opportunities to rebuild every day
• Advice to those who are struggling to fight negativity
• Colleen’s very personal story of rising up through adversity
• Advice to parents on how they can respond with love when their child commits mistakes

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Why are so many young people leaving the church? Let's ask one! On this episode of Your Story with Melinda, Alyssa Esparaz of Compassion Canada shares why her journey and explains how to inspire her generation to find a relationship with God.

What’s In This Episode?
- The church as a social movement
- Engaging the youth to work for justice and poverty alleviation
- Bringing the poor and the privileged together
- The gift of lament

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Sisters Berkeley and Dylan Ratzlaff started their dancing and acting careers at a very young age. They have worked in LA, lived in Toronto on their own, and there's a lot more to accomplish. On this episode of Your Story with Melinda, Berkeley and Dylan join the show with their mother Pam to share their journey as a family, talk about their television careers, and how praying for the right roles and mentors became integral to their success.



What’s In This Episode?

* Importance of praying for the right roles and right mentors
* How their parents support their passion for dancing and acting
* The best part of following Jesus
* Becoming salt and light wherever fame takes them

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Today’s world offers so many options. We spend a lot of energy on all the little choices we have to make daily just so we can be or get the best. Unfortunately, this distracts us from our God-given purpose and eventually leads us to apathy. Author and podcaster Danielle Strickland has worked with the marginalized for over 20 years. She talks to me on this episode of Your Story with Melinda on how working on the margins have humbled her and opened her eyes to what’s truly essential.



What’s In This Episode?

* Society’s struggle of wanting what’s “it”
* How God makes the ordinary sacred
* Apathy and our “sleepy” culture
* How embracing discomfort can change your life

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Ask and you shall receive! This week we're gathering up your questions from social media and answering them in a very special episode of Your Story with Melinda. From career advice to fashion, dating to purposeful living, and so much more, this show is all about connecting with you.



What’s In This Episode?

* Advice to pre-teens and giving grace to your parents
* Discerning about culture and media
* Living your best life with passion and purpose to find true love
* Being confident with who you are in Christ
* Answers to questions you’re curious about

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This week we're exploring what true and authentic love really means. Bethany Baird and Kristen Clark are sisters and co-authors of Love Defined, a book that offers a Biblical approach to finding true love and having a godly marriage. It’s not as easy and romantic as you see in the movies, but the insight and wisdom they will be sharing on this episode of Your Story with Melinda will certainly help you achieve a lasting one.



What’s In This Episode?

* What the Bible says about true love
* Agape, the sacrificial kind of love
* Having contentment and purpose in your singlehood
* Looking for godliness in a man
* Working towards intentional relationships and a godly marriage

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Today’s generation of Christian deals with overwhelming information and content on a daily basis. The question is how can young people separate the noise from the truth of God? Young entrepreneur and digital marketing consultant Isaac Hanekamp joins Your Story with Melinda to discuss how we can play an active role in sharing God with others and deepen our faith in Him on or off social media.



What’s In This Episode?

* How 22-year old Isaac Hanekamp built his business
* Finding and sharing truthfulness in social media
* His advice to parents and older generations on how to inspire millennials
* Being an active consumer and creating for God

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