iLEAD + Misti Blue: Strategy and Soul

What if the greatest tool for preventing bullying isn’t a program, but presence? In this episode, Misti Green calls educators, leaders, and anyone who works with young people to stop looking away and start showing up. From hallways to classrooms to district offices, culture is shaped by what we tolerate and what we choose to confront.This is a call to courage, accountability, and care. Because when adults lead with presence, kids feel safe enough to breathe, learn, and belong. 💛🎧 Listen if you believe culture changes when adults do. ✨ For educators. For leaders. For anyone who refuses to look away.

In this tender episode of The iLEAD | Misti Blue Podcast, Misti reflects on legacy, lineage, and the sacred language of the kitchen.From her grandmother’s embossed-glass macaroni dish to her mother’s banana-pudding and red-velvet cake recipes, she explores how food becomes more than nourishment — it becomes inheritance.As her youngest son grows up in a quieter, more intimate season of home, and her daughter begins carrying traditions forward in her own kitchen, one simple phrase rises above it all:“Thanks for the food.”This episode is about appreciation. About knowing where your gifts are valued. And about laying your love at tables that understand the cost, the care, and the history behind what you offer.Pull up a chair. The table is set.

In this episode of the iLEAD | Misti Blue Podcast, Misti Green explores how life’s hardest seasons gently reveal what’s happening inside us. Through faith-centered reflection, real-life stories, and encouragement, this conversation invites listeners to notice how they process pressure, disappointment, and waiting—without shame. If you’re navigating uncertainty, emotional growth, or a season of transition, this episode offers hope, clarity, and grounded faith for unsettled times.

What does loyalty cost you? And when does faithfulness quietly turn into self-betrayal?In this episode, Inconvenienced for the Sake of Loyalty, we explore the difference between healthy devotion and one-sided sacrifice. We talk about integrity, projection, emotional reciprocity, and why loyal people often carry weight that was never meant to be theirs alone. If you’ve been adjusting, waiting, excusing, or shrinking in the name of loyalty, this conversation will bring clarity, peace, and permission to choose alignment over obligation.This episode is for anyone learning that real loyalty is mutual, life-giving, and rooted in integrity.

This finale episode of Divine Encounters - Appointed Time, Obedient Heart reflects on the powerful throughline of 1 and 2 Samuel and the spiritual formation of King David. Through themes of leadership, obedience, accountability, repentance, and faith, we revisit key moments including Hannah’s prayer, the cave of Adullam, Nathan’s confrontation, Joab’s loyalty, Absalom’s rebellion, and the altar of surrender. A tender, reflective conclusion exploring how God shapes character through waiting, failure, relationships, and divine encounters that still speak to modern leadership and personal faith today.

We often remember David as the giant-slayer or the man after God’s own heart, but the final chapter of his story tells a quieter, more challenging truth. In this episode of Divine Encounters — Appointed Time, Obedient Heart, we walk through the closing scene of 2 Samuel, where David chooses certainty over trust, counts what God never asked him to measure, and learns the cost of obedience delayed.This episode invites us to reflect on where we rely on outcomes instead of faith, how accountability can feel uncomfortable but necessary, and what it looks like to return — kneeling — to the altar. A story of leadership, humility, and surrender that still speaks powerfully today.

In this episode of Divine Encounters — Appointed Time, Obedient Heart, we step into one of Scripture’s most tender and painful family stories. Tracing Absalom’s journey from unaddressed grief to rebellion, this conversation explores how silence, unresolved injustice, and unmet repair can shape our relationships and leadership. Through David, Tamar, and Absalom, we reflect on what happens when wounds are ignored, why love without truth fractures, and how God remains present even in broken family systems. This episode invites listeners to examine where healing is needed before distance becomes drift.

In this episode of Divine Encounters, we reflect on the quiet drift that led King David from purpose to compromise and the moment grace called him back. Tracing David’s journey from the battlefield where he faced Goliath to the balcony where comfort replaced discipline, this episode explores how neglect, unchecked power, and silence shape our choices—and how repentance restores what drift erodes. A story of accountability, mercy, and legacy, this conversation invites listeners to examine their own rhythms, guardrails, and callings in everyday life.

In Episode 9 of Divine Encounters, we step into one of the most tender pictures of grace in all of Scripture. Through the story of Mephibosheth, we see a King who does not wait for healing before extending kindness, and a table prepared before worthiness is proven. This episode unpacks chesed - covenant love that remembers, restores, and reaches for those hidden in Lo-Debar. If your past has marked you, if loss has shaped your identity, or if you’ve learned to survive instead of belong, this conversation will remind you that grace is not delayed by your limp. God still calls your name. He still sets the table. And He still invites you to sit, not as a charity case, but as family.

Episode 8 of Divine Encounters — Appointed Time, Obedient Heart explores 2 Samuel 6:12–22 and the return of God’s presence to Jerusalem. Through David’s worship, Uzzah’s mistake, and Michal’s contempt, this episode reveals the difference between excellence and reverence, performance and true worship. Learn what it means to choose presence over optics, humility over pride, and devotion over dignity as God refines the heart through divine encounters.

Divine Encounters — Appointed Time, Obedient Heart is a soul-anchored podcast that walks through Scripture to reveal how God shapes purpose through process. Each episode explores the space between promise and fulfillment, where obedience is refined, character is built, and destiny is formed.This isn’t just a Bible study. It’s an invitation to recognize God in the in-between.For those navigating waiting seasons, leadership transitions, healing, and growth, Divine Encounters reminds us that every encounter with God—whether quiet or confronting—is shaping who we are becoming.

In this powerful conclusion to 1 Samuel, we walk with David through caves, betrayals, strongholds, and supernatural rescues — and witness Saul’s final unraveling. From Adullam to Ziklag, from restraint in the cave to recovering all, this episode demonstrates how divine encounters shape leaders in both hidden and challenging seasons. If you’re navigating delay, confusion, spiritual warfare, or a place that feels like ashes, this chapter will remind you: God protects, God directs, and God restores.Listen and subscribe to stay connected as the Divine Encounters series continues every two days.

Jealousy in relationships can turn love into competition and friendship into spiritual warfare. In this episode, we examine the stories of David, Saul, Jonathan, and Michal to learn how to recognize jealousy, protect your peace, and discern the people God sends for your healing and destiny. Perfect for anyone seeking guidance on navigating toxic relationships, establishing loyalty, setting boundaries, and finding God’s protection during challenging times.

What if the very barrier in front of you is the gateway God is using to move you into purpose? In this episode, we uncover how roadblocks, delays, and detours are often divine redirections, not denials. Pull up a chair. The table is set for a shift in perspective that turns obstacles into invitations.

Some farewells hurt because our heart still hopes, but obedience requires release. In Saul and Samuel’s final chapter together, we learn how to let go with grace when God closes a door we would have kept open. If you’re grieving a chapter ending, this episode will meet you tenderly.

Sometimes, the path to purpose starts with something that feels lost.In this episode, Misti Green unpacks Saul’s divine encounter, depicting how an ordinary search for donkeys led to an unexpected anointing and a kingdom assignment. It's a reminder that what looks like delay is often direction, and God’s purpose is never out of place, just right on time.

Hannah’s private surrender became a public legacy. In this opening to Divine Encounters: Appointed Time, Obedient Heart, we follow a prayer that “shifted heaven,” the birth of Samuel, and the threads that lead to Saul. Obedience isn’t loss, it’s the doorway to legacy

What’s the difference between God’s permissive will and His perfect will? In this episode of The iLEAD | Misti Blue Podcast, Misti Green explores how God can allow paths that carry grace yet leave us feeling unsettled, and how His perfect will brings mercy, alignment, and rest. Through the biblical story of Abraham, Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael, and Isaac, this conversation unpacks obedience, waiting, and why provision doesn’t always mean approval. If you’re in a season of uncertainty, spiritual suspension, or quiet obedience, this episode will help you discern where God is leading and how to trust His timing.

A gentle reflection on the space between the highlight reel and real life, where faith grows, presence matters, and becoming happens quietly.

In this episode, Misti breaks down the truth we often overlook: some people have a Peter moment, while others have a Judas pattern. Learn how to discern the difference between a bad day and an evil heart, how to spot patterns that reveal character, and how to reposition yourself with wisdom, clarity, and peace.

Delusionally Optimistic: Choosing Joy Without Denial is a reflective, faith-anchored episode of the iLEAD | Misti Blue Podcast that explores how to choose joy amid change, grief, and uncertainty—especially during the holiday season. Through a personal Christmas story and real-life perspective shifts, Misti Green shares how delusional optimism is not denial, but a grounded choice to live settled rather than suspended. This episode encourages listeners navigating divorce, loss, transition, or emotional heaviness to release comparison, embrace hope, and rediscover joy without needing all the answers.

In this Suspended to Settled finale, Misti Green closes the journey that began with Moving from Understanding to Accepting. Through the quiet strength of David, Jesus, Elijah, Hannah, Peter, and Paul, she reminds us that peace isn’t found at the end of the struggle; it’s formed within it. In a world that rewards noise, this episode invites you to slow down, lean into God’s Word, and rediscover the sacred sound of stillness.

Even in confinement, the Apostle Paul discovered a peace the world couldn’t take away. In this Suspended to Settled episode, Misti Green shares how God can bring contentment in chaos, faith through confinement, and purpose in waiting, turning prison walls into places of worship. If you’ve ever felt stuck, silenced, or shut in, this episode reminds you that true freedom is an inside job and peace can still bloom behind bars.

Failure isn’t the end of the story; it’s often the shoreline where grace begins. In this Suspended to Settled episode, Misti Green revisits Peter’s morning after the denial, when Jesus turned shame into restoration and guilt into purpose. Discover how grace doesn’t just forgive what broke you, it rebuilds you quietly, until peace stands where failure once did.

Hannah at Shiloh: Peace Before the Promise reminds us that sometimes God quiets the storm inside us before He changes the one around us. In this episode, Misti Green continues the Suspended to Settled journey, tracing how Hannah moved from striving for understanding to resting in acceptance. Discover how peace can arrive long before the promise, and how surrender can become the softest kind of strength.

Even prophets get tired. In this episode, Misti Green reflects on Elijah’s moment of exhaustion, when the fire faded, but God’s whisper remained. It's a reminder that sometimes the most sacred strength isn’t found in the miracle…but in the stillness that revives you.

Sometimes the oil speaks years before the office does. In this episode, Misti Green explores David’s journey between anointing and appointing — the sacred stretch where calling is tested, character is refined, and patience becomes purpose. If you’ve ever felt suspended between promise and fulfillment, this one reminds you: you’re not forgotten, just being formed.

Even Jesus had a moment between purpose and pain, a space where surrender felt heavy but holy. In Nevertheless, Misti Green reflects on Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, where “not my will, but Yours” became the bridge between agony and peace. This episode of The Misti Blue Podcast invites you to find strength in surrender, trusting that obedience, not understanding, is where true peace begins.

Sometimes the hardest season isn’t the ending or the beginning, it’s the in-between. In Suspended to Settled, Misti Green invites you to find peace in the hallway seasons of life, where one door has closed, and the next hasn’t opened yet . This episode of The Misti Blue Podcast reminds you that stillness isn’t punishment; it’s preparation, the place where trust is built, and peace finally feels like home.

Sometimes peace doesn’t come from understanding why — it comes from releasing the need to. In The Difference Between Accepting It and Understanding It, Misti Green explores the quiet courage it takes to let go of what you can’t comprehend and trust what’s unfolding. This episode of The Misti Blue Podcast reminds us that healing begins not with answers, but with acceptance.

Most of us were handed boxes labeled “acceptable,” “professional,” or “safe,” but purpose doesn’t fit inside packaging. In this episode, Misti Green challenges the pressure to conform and invites you to lead, live, and love with unapologetic authenticity. Because the world doesn’t change when we fit in, it changes when we dare to break the box.

After twenty-eight years of serving in education, Misti Green reflects on what happens when the work you love starts to stretch you beyond capacity. When the Badge Lost Its Tension isn’t a story about endings: it’s a story about release, renewal, and faith in the in-between.Join Misti as she shares how God meets us in moments of change, how purpose outlasts position, and why surrender can sometimes be the most courageous form of strength.

Some people aren’t used to hitting home runs; they’re used to striking out. ⚾️This episode is a reminder to stay in motion, trust the pitch, and keep showing up with purpose even when others can’t handle your speed. When God’s the pitcher, every throw has destiny written on it.

In the field, in the fight, in the cave, and even in his failure, David found peace not in perfection, but in God’s presence. This finale reminds us that true peace isn’t the absence of struggle, but the nearness of the Shepherd who walks us through every storm.

When the waves rose and fear took over, Peter’s faith began to sink, yet even then, Jesus reached for him. This episode reminds us that peace isn’t found in perfect faith but in the outstretched hand of a faithful God. When life feels unstable, uncertain, or overwhelming, His grip is still stronger than your storm.

Series: Peace in the StormWhen the flames rose, they didn’t bow — and they didn’t burn. In the heart of the fire, they found peace not because they escaped it, but because God was with them in it. This episode reminds us that true peace isn’t the absence of heat — it’s the presence of the fourth man in the fire.

Series: Peace in the StormLeah’s storm wasn’t loud; it was the quiet ache of being unseen. Married by deception. Loved by comparison and chosen by circumstance. And yet, in her pain, God saw her.This episode explores what it means to find peace when you’re overlooked, rejected, or forgotten. Because even when others don’t choose you, God does, and His peace has a way of finding those who feel invisible.🎧 Listen to Episode 7 of the Peace in the Storm Series - available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Series: Peace in the StormGrief can make even the familiar feel foreign, the silence, the waiting, the ache of what’s been lost. Mary Magdalene knew that silence well. Once tormented, now delivered, she followed Jesus with fierce devotion. But at the tomb, all she could see was loss… until He called her name.In that one moment, “Mary”, sorrow turned to peace. This episode is a gentle reminder that even in the darkness of grief, God still calls you by name, still sees you, and still meets you where love once felt lost.

In this episode of Peace in the Storm, we meet the woman caught in the act, exposed, humiliated, and surrounded by judgment. But Jesus didn’t join the accusers; He stooped low, wrote in the dirt, and offered mercy instead of condemnation. This episode is a reminder that even when others throw stones, grace still whispers your name. Peace after shame isn’t found in perfection; it’s found in His presence.

For twelve years, she was labeled by her issue - isolated, misunderstood, and unseen. But one act of faith changed everything. This episode of Peace in the Storm: Faith in the Uncertainty reminds us that even when healing feels delayed, peace can still be present.Faith reaches where hands cannot.

In this episode of Peace in the Storm: Faith in the Uncertainty, we journey with Hannah, a woman who teaches us how to find peace amidst sorrow, waiting, and unanswered prayers. Year after year, she wept while others mocked her, yet she never stopped believing. Her story reminds us that peace isn’t found when the promise arrives; it’s born in the stillness of surrender.Before you hold the promise, you can still hold His peace. Listen now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or YouTube — search iLEAD | Misti Blue.

Betrayal leaves wounds that no one can see, but Joseph’s story reminds us that peace is still possible in the middle of pain. Sold by his brothers, falsely accused, and forgotten in prison, he still chose faith over bitterness. In this episode, we explore how Joseph found peace through every storm, not by seeking revenge, but by trusting God’s redemption. Let his journey remind you that what others meant for evil, God can still use for good.

Job lost everything, yet held on to God. In this opening episode, we explore how peace isn’t the absence of pain but the Presence that steadies us in it. Pull up a chair and be encouraged.

When life unravels and the waves rise, peace can feel impossible to find. In this ten-part series, Misti unpacks the stories of men and women in the Bible who faced devastating storms: loss, betrayal, sickness, shame, and waiting. Through the storms, they discovered that peace isn’t the absence of struggle, but the presence of God within it.Each episode blends storytelling, scripture, and real-life reflection to help you anchor your faith when everything feels uncertain.Pull up your chair, take a breath, and find Peace in the Storm.

Not every table that looks inviting will nourish you. Some conversations sharpen you, while others quietly drain your strength, cloud your focus, or distract you from your calling.In this crossover episode of the Misti Blue Podcast, Misti Green unpacks the power of circles, tables, and relationships—the spaces where your future is being formed. Drawing from Scripture, real-life moments, and leadership lessons, she explores why the tables you choose matter and how to discern when it’s time to move your chair.If you’ve ever wrestled with belonging, struggled to protect your calling, or wondered why certain tables leave you empty, this episode will remind you: alignment isn’t arrogance. It’s stewardship.Find the table where you’re sharpened, where your flame is fanned, and where your purpose is protected.