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Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! When most people hear the term boundaries, their automatic thought goes to an imaginary line that separates you from someone else…kind of like a boundary on a map between two states or two countries. However, boundaries do more than keeping you in and keeping others out. Boundaries help others see who it is that you really are and what it is that you believe. When boundaries are set well, they can keep you from falling into a place where you resent those around you, where you are angry all the time, where you are fighting with the feelings of guilt and shame. None of us want to be in that place. We want to enjoy our lives. We want to enjoy those around us, we want to live in peace knowing that we are standing strong in who God created us to be. When we don’t set healthy boundaries, it can lead us to taking our best friend’s struggles and hardships on as our own, weighing us down with a sense of heaviness and anxiety and stress. I’m not saying that you can’t be there for your friends and you can’t help them, but it isn’t your responsibility to carry that load for them. Without healthy boundaries, people will take advantage of us. My husband used to be this way where he felt like he had to say yes to everyone and do everything for everyone, but he was struggling emotionally, because he couldn’t be everything for everyone. God never designed him to be that way and God didn’t design you that way either. Without healthy boundaries, it can lead you to being a people-pleaser, where you are constantly changing who you are depending on who you are around. When we become people pleasers for long enough, eventually, we will lose who it is that God created us to be in the first place and that can be a very lonely and dark place to be. I know, I have been there! Without healthy boundaries, it can lead you to a place where you are trying to get your acceptance and your validation from those around you. The problem with that is when you try to gain your acceptance and your validation from those around you, when something happens…like they reject you…it crushes you…and it will happen, because they are only human, they aren’t perfect. So, let’s talk a little more about healthy boundaries, what areas you should set healthy boundaries in, what they look like and how do you actually set them. There are three common areas we need to set boundaries: Our thoughts Our emotions Our bodies or our personal space This week we will talk about what it means to set healthy boundaries in our thoughts and in our emotions and then next week, we are going to talk more about setting healthy boundaries when it comes to our bodies or our personal space, especially in the area of our friendships, our relationships and social media. So, you don’t want to miss out on next week’s episode! Connect with Us! Website: Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! As I was studying freedom this week in the Bible, I came across some verses that really stood out to me in a way that I hadn’t seen them before. Most of us have heard these verses that are mentioned several times in the Bible, however, we’re going to read them out of Matthew 22:37-39-Jesus said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Okay, so you may be thinking, what does this have to do with freedom? Oh my goodness, so much! Galatians 5:1 tells us to stand fast therefore in the freedom by which Christ has made us free, and do not be entangled again with the yoke of bondage…that means do not move from the freedom that Jesus has given you! Don’t go back to the bondage that had previously held you back from being all that God created you to be. Ladies, there is a bondage that has held several of us back for so long and it’s time to step in the freedom that God has given you…once and for all! What is that bondage that has held us back…that has enslaved us. Well, let’s keep reading in Galatians and find out. Still in Galatians 5, we’re going to skip down to verse 13. It says, “For you have been called to freedom.” Ladies! God doesn’t want you stuck in bondage. He doesn’t want you held back by anything. He has a plan and a purpose for your life and He wants to use you to make a huge difference for Him! However, continuing in verse 13, it says not to use that freedom that Jesus has given us as an opportunity for the flesh…meaning, don’t use it for selfish reasons, but through love serve one another. The way we treat others…the way we serve others…those should be done with love…that should be the outcome of the freedom God has given us…not using our freedom for selfish gain. That word love is agape. This is the kind of love that God has for us and God has given us to love others with. Romans 5:5- Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us. Agape love is not a feeling, but it’s something that we choose. It’s an action. This kind of love always seeks the highest good of the other person, no matter what they do or don’t do. This kind of love gives freely without asking for anything in return. It does not consider what we think the person’s worth is that we are coming in contact with. Again, it’s the same kind of love God has for you. So true freedom means to serve others in love. Then Galatians 5:14 goes on to say, “For the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” How do we serve others in love…it starts here. If we don’t love ourselves…and I’m not saying make yourself a shrine or an idol. Don’t put yourself in a position that Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! This week I get the honor of interviewing Megan Whatley. She is a life coach and certified counselor and the owner of "The Beautiful Movement" Subscription Box for Christian teen girls! On this week's episode, Megan and I talk about: +How you are God's masterpiece! +How you don't need anyone to complete you, because in Christ you are already complete. and +How Megan walked through a season in her life that left her questioning whether or not God was real and how she was able to see that God is not only real, but He loves her and you beyond a shadow of a doubt! Learn More About Megan: IG: @the_beautiful_movement Website: jointhebeautifulmovement.com Connect with UncommonTEEN IG: @uncommont.teen Website: www.uncommonTEEN.com App: www.uncommonTEENapp.com Life Coaching: www.uncommonteen.com/coaching Join us every Friday night at 8PM Central for a Live Q&A! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! It doesn’t take much to look around us and see all of the craziness going on in this world. I mean, if you just watch the news for 5 minutes…which I don’t suggest...it can cause you (if you’re anything like me) to fight off anxiety and fear. It can lead us to feeling like we don’t ever want to leave our house. But ladies, 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind…or a mind at peace. With all that’s going on in the world, how can we trade that fear for what God says He’s given us…His power (miraculous power!), His love (that has no limits…no boundaries…no strings attached), and His peace. In John 14:27, Jesus tells us that He has given us His peace. It’s not a peace like the world has to offer, but a peace that can only come from God. Therefore, we don’t have to let our hearts be troubled nor let them be afraid. How do we receive that peace, though. How can we walk in a way that we know 100%, without a shadow of a doubt that we are protected and kept safe? The key to walking in God’s protection for your life is to spend time with Him. Get to know what His Word says about your protection. When you mess up, don’t be afraid to go to God and talk to Him about it. He knows the moment that you mess up and He’s there waiting for you with His arms of love wide open for you. Then, as you learn what God’s Word says about your protection, begin to speak it over your life and choose to trust God that His Word is the truth! Today, we’re going to walk through Psalm chapter 91, that talks all about God’s protection over our lives. As we walk through this, my heart is to show you what God says you have protection from and to help you begin to stand strong on the Truth of God’s Word and see that protection in your life! ***Important*** Hey ladies! I want to apologize. There was some difficulties with some of you trying to sign up for the free Bible Study this summer. The link is now fixed! It's not too late to join us. Just go to the UncommonTEEN app (download the app here: www.UncommonTEENapp.com) and click on the tab that says Bible Study! We would love to have you join us! ***Connect with Us!*** Website: www.UncommonTEEN.com Instagram: @uncommon.teen Join us live each week on Instagram at 8:00pm Central time for a fun Question and Answer Session! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! I have had many teen girls come to me over the years asking me what devotional is a good devotional for them to read. It’s a great question. I would venture to say that most everyone who listens to this podcast probably has read some kind of devotional in their life, right? I know I have. However, do you want to know which devotional I think is the best devotional to read? My answer is usually none. I don’t care for devotionals at all and can I tell you why? Most of the time, when we read devotionals, we are using those devotionals as our Bible Studies instead of reading the Word of God. Most devotionals start with a Bible verses or a couple verses, then it goes on to describe what the author believes about those verses and you’re done. However, when we study devotionals that way, we are not actually getting into the Bible for ourselves. Ladies, John 8:31-32 tells us that when we abide in God and His Word abides in us. Then, we are His disciples and then the truth that we know will make us free. The key to freedom in every area of our life is getting into the Word of God for ourselves. Now, you may be asking, okay, Jamie, that makes sense and all, but don’t you have a devotional that you wrote. Yes, yes I do. However, if you have read my devotional, you will see that I don’t want you to just blindly believe what I’m saying, I really do want you to get into the Word and see what God is saying directly to you! Hebrews 4:12 says, “For the Word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between the soul and the spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires. Today, I want to talk about how to study the Bible so that, one, so that you can actually understand what you’re reading, but two so that your time with God isn’t boring. So, how do you read the Bible in a way that it is working effectively in your life? Check out this week's podcast episode! **IMPORTANT** Want to join Coach Jamie this summer and learn how to study your Bible in a way that you can understand it? In a way that doesn't make it boring? And in a way that you can apply it to your life? Check out the Stand Strong Bible Study starting June 20th! Go to the UncommonTEEN app and click on the tab that says, "Bible Study." Connect With Us! Website: UncommonTEEN.com Instagram: @uncommon.teen Join us for our Live Q&A on Instagram every Friday evening at 8pm Central (6pm Pacific, 7pm Mountain, and 9pm Eastern)! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Grace McCready is a twenty-something and the author of Real Recovery: What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like. "Grace McCready was a thin, beautiful girl; but when she looked in the mirror, all she saw was fat and ugly. What started out as her trying to lose a little weight by slowly changing her diet led to her telling endless lies, starving herself, and exercising herself nearly to death. [Grace] kept believing lies about who she was instead of believing the truth about who God created her to be. But with the support help of her family, doctors, counselors, and God, Grace discovered what real recovery looks like." In this week's podcast episode, Grace talks to us about how she was able to recover from the eating disorder she struggled with and the challenging road that she had to go down to really recover. Even if you are not overcoming an eating disorder, the principles that we talk about in this week's episode, apply to any area of our life that we find ourselves struggling to overcome. Connect With Grace Blog: Tizzie's Tidbits of Truth Book: Real Recovery: What Eating Disorder Recovery Actually Looks Like Connect with Jamie and UncommonTEEN Website: UncommonTEEN.com Instagram: @uncommon.teen Join Me Live on Instagram! Fridays at 9pm Central UncommonTEEN App: www.UncommonTEENapp.com Looking for A Devotional? Dare to Be Devotional for Teen Girls Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! I was talking to another teen girl recently and she told me something that made me sad. She said, “I don’t expect good things to happen anymore. I find out that when I don’t expect them to happen, I don’t get disappointed and if someone good was to happen, then it makes me just that much more excited. That sounds great and all, but it makes my heart sad, because when we live life expecting disappointments, we are going to live our lives discouraged. God doesn’t want us to live a life of discouragement or disappointment. He wants us to live a life of expecting good things to happen, because He is always looking for ways He can get good things to you! Many of us know the verse, Jeremiah 29:11, but I want you to really think about this and ask yourself, do I really believe it? It says, “for I know the plans that I have for you, says the Lord, plans of peace and NOT evil, plans to give you a future and a hope!” God is saying…you don’t need to expect bad things to happen all the time, you can expect good, because He is good. Now, I’m not saying that bad things will never happen, the storms of life come to every home, but they don’t have to touch you. They don’t have to hurt you. They don’t have to shake you. You don’t have to live your life defeated and discouraged, because you have God on your side. To learn more about how to defeat discouragement, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. **IMPORTANT** Tomorrow, May 31st is the last day to get on a call with me and sign up for the Summer Coaching Program! We would love to personally invite you to join us! To learn more, have your parents go to the UncommonTEEN app (download at uncommonteenapp.com) and click on the tab that says, "Summer Coaching Program." Connect with Us! Website: https://uncommonteen.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uncommon.teen UncommonTEEN App: https://www.uncommonteenapp.com Join us on Instagram...Fridays at 9pm Central for a Live Q&A with me! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Have you ever played the game, Two Truths and a Lie? If not, this is a game where you list 3 things about yourself. Two of them are true and one is not. Then the other people that you’re playing with are supposed to guess which one of the 3 things is the lie. Now, I’m not condoning lying, so please don’t hear that. Everything that we say should always be truth. However, I bring up this game, because I believe that this game is similar to the game that the devil and because of the help of the devil, this culture is playing with us today. What the enemy does is he will tell you the truth, but in the same matter slip in a lie. If we aren’t careful, we will believe it all as the truth. You have probably heard the phrases, “My truth is…” or “that’s just their truth.” Or “know your truth.” The problem with “my truth” is that the people who are saying this phrase don’t really even know what truth is. Truth is not relative. If truth was relative, meaning that it changes based on the individual, then it wouldn’t be truth…it would just be an opinion or the way that someone perceives something. It there would be no such thing as truth. It wouldn’t exist. The culture tells you, “do what makes you feel good!” You deserve it! Just because something feels good, doesn’t mean it is good. Just because it feels right, doesn’t mean it is right. We are letting our feelings determine our truth. To learn more about "My Truth vs. The Truth" check out this week's podcast episode! IMPORTANT We are closing our doors to the Summer Coaching Program on Tuesday, May 31st! We still have several spots left. If you are a teen girl who wants to meet other teen girls who love God and are on this journey with you...if you want to grow in your relationship with God this summer...if you want to go back to school in the fall with confidence in who God has made you to be...this program is for you! What you need to do: Tell your parents how excited you are about the program and what you are most excited about. Have your parents go to the UncommonTEEN app (https://www.uncommonteenapp.com) and click on the tab that says, "Summer Coaching Program." Then have them click the tab to sign up for a 15 minute call with me! I would love to get to meet both you and your parents. CONNECT WITH US Instagram: @uncommon.teen Website: UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Have you ever been blindfolded before? Or maybe the electricity went off in your house at night and you were trying to navigate your way through in the dark? You know that in either of these situations, it’s extremely hard to see when you have no idea where you are or what’s in front of you. Yesterday, I walked into my room and because it was dark, I tripped over the vacuum cleaner that someone did not put away…okay, that I did not put away. Then as I righted myself, declaring I would never leave the vacuum there again, I walked into my bathroom…still no lights on, tripped over a sandal that my husband left on the floor and about face planted the wall. After that…I finally got the bright idea…maybe I should turn the light on! Sometimes in life, we find ourselves in positions like this…not that we are physically walking in the dark and need some sort of light, but maybe we are doing something that we have never done before and we have no idea what to do, where to go and it feels like we are walking in the dark…stumbling trying to find our way. Maybe it’s simply that you know that God created you for a purpose, but you have no idea what that purpose is. Or maybe it’s, you know what God is asking you to do, but you’re not sure how to do it. Maybe God is calling you to start a ministry encouraging younger teen girls, but you have no idea where to start. Maybe God is calling you to start a club at your school, but you have no idea what to do. Or…maybe you know what to do, but you are holding yourself back from doing it, because it’s scary. Ladies, God never intended for us to do life alone. That’s why the Bible talks so much about friendships and gives so many examples of someone coming alongside someone else to help guide them as they are on their journey. For example, Samuel had Eli, Elijah had Elisha, Moses had Jethro, Esther had Mordechai, the 12 disciples had Jesus. We all need people to come alongside of us to encourage us, especially during the teen years. You are facing things that you have never faced before in life and some of them can be quite challenging. To learn more, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. In this episode I talk about what a Christian Teen Life Coach is and how the Summer Coaching Program can be a benefit to you this summer. We are now Enrolling for our Summer Coaching Program for Christian Teen Girls! There are only 12 spots available and they are starting to fill up! You can find out more information and sign up for a call with Coach Jamie through the UncommonTEEN app by clicking on the "Summer Coaching Program" tab or by clicking here: UncommonTEEN Coaching Program. Connect with Us: Instagram: @uncommon.teen Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! It’s no secret that fear and anxiety are plaguing teens today. A recently research study by Barna came out that about anxiety alone that said that 2 in 5 teens deal with anxiety. That pressure can come from so many things: Teens are afraid to fail, they are anxious about making the right decisions, they don’t know what’s going to happen in the future, they have a need to be perfect or are pressured by expectations from their parents that they don’t feel like they can live up to. If we’re not careful, anxiety can grip us making it hard to breathe, hard to sleep…causing us to be irritable and restless…not knowing what’s going to happen. Ladies, know that anxiety doesn’t have to have its grip on you! You can take a stand against it and watch it let go of the hold it may have on your life. I encourage you to do the same thing when you feel that fear or anxiety…seek the Lord. So, what do you do when fear and anxiety try to overcome you? It's time to wage war against anxiety and fear and take control over it! Check out this week's podcast episode to learn how! **DON'T MISS A THING!*** Friday, May 13th, I will be sending out an email with verses on peace that you can speak over yourself. If you are not already on our email list, go into the UncommonTEEN App (you can download the app here: UncommonTEEN App) and click on the tab that says, "Don't Miss A Thing." We are now Enrolling for our Summer Coaching Program for Christian Teen Girls! There are only 12 spots available and they are starting to fill up! You can find out more information and sign up for a call with Coach Jamie through the UncommonTEEN app by clicking on the "Summer Coaching Program" tab or by clicking here: UncommonTEEN Coaching Program. Connect with Us: Instagram: @uncommon.teen YouTube (coming soon): @UncommonTEEN Website: www.UncommonTEEN.com UncommonTEEN App: UncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! There was a time in my teen years that really stands out to me about when I began to hate the way I looked. I was in 9th grade and why they did this, I still have no idea…but it was a terrible idea. In gym class—that had both guys and girls, they did body measurement tests in front of the whole class. When I’m talking body measurements, I mean like our weight, height, what percentage of fat we had on our bodies, they checked our flexibility, and also did a test of how many pull ups you could do. I really didn’t think anything of it until the guy in front of me went to get tested. All I remember was that he could do 20 pull ups and that he weighed 90 lbs. When it came to my turn to be tested, I could do zero pull ups and I weighed about 20 lbs more. I was mortified. I couldn’t understand how I weighed more than a boy. But from that moment on, I struggled with what I thought about my body. It didn’t help that the teen magazines that I would read at that time all talked constantly about diets and newest exercise trends. If I can be honest with you, probably from the moment I woke up until the moment I went to sleep at night, what I thought about my body was constantly running in my mind. I became obsessed with pointing out every flaw I had, obsessed with comparing myself to all of the girls around me, and obsessed with trying to be the “perfect size.” It was a constant nightmare. In this society that we live in, I’m sure that you have probably seen this before in someone that you know or maybe you have dealt with thinking negatively about the way you look. In our society, they seem to say, “If you’re skinny…I mean what is a thigh gap anyway…but if you’re skinny, you’re pretty and popular,” but if you are heavier, it seems to be a joke. Ladies this is not okay! God created all of us uniquely, not two of us…even if we are identical twins are exactly alike. We aren’t the same height or the same weight or have the same bone structure or the same hair color or eye color. God created all of us to be different shapes and sizes and guess what…He says that you’re beautiful! To learn more, check out this week's podcast. Connect with Us! Join us on IG for Live Q&A's every Friday at 9pm Central! IG: @uncommon.teen Youtube: UncommonTEEN Website: UncommonTEEN.com UncommonTEENapp: UncommonTEENapp.com WE ARE NOW ENROLLING FOR OUR SUMMER GROUP LIFE COACHING PROGRAM!! Can you tell I'm just a little bit excited! To learn more, go to Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Have you ever had something major you were facing right in front of you and it seemed like there was no way out of it? It almost seemed like the end of the world. Okay, so most of us can probably agree that when we first heard the news about COVID and how the whole world was shutting down, we felt like we were in a place like…how are we every going to bounce out of this. How are we ever going to live again? Is it the end of the world? If we’re not careful, we can start to fear. When we look in the Bible, there are several people who felt this way. The Israelites before David defeated Goliath. Daniel when he was facing the fiery furnace just for worshipping God. Elijah when Jezebel threatens to come after him…he actually wanted to end his life, because he was so afraid of her. But the person we’re going to focus on today is Timothy. We find his story in the books of 1 and 2 Timothy. Timothy had a calling on his life to become a pastor. The thing about Timothy, though is that he was young…just 21 years old…not much older than you all. And not only was Timothy a young pastor, but he was a pastor of a huge church that was growing even bigger very quickly. It was growing so fast that Timothy needed Paul’s mentorship in order to navigate the challenges that they were facing. So first Timothy is about Timothy’s growing church. Now, let's jump to second Timothy. Timothy now has another problem. Nero, who was the crazy emperor at the time starts a fire. You may have heard of the Great Fire of Rome. Nero, hated Christians. He hated that they didn’t serve his gods and bow down to him. So, after starting the fire that burned down much of Rome, in order to not take the blame for what he had done, turned around and blamed it on the Christians. Because of all of this, the people in Timothy’s church began to leave the faith by the droves…and not only were they leaving the faith, but they were running for their lives. All of the Christians were being scattered. I couldn’t even imagine how Timothy must have felt. He was facing a huge problem…not only was his congregation being threatened, but his life was being threatened as well. Since God had placed Timothy in the charge of the church, Timothy couldn’t just leave and abandon his calling in life, so he had to figure out how to not only encourage the Christians that were still there to stand strong, he also had to overcome the fear he was facing personally. There are times in our lives when the enemy will come up against us and he will throw weapon after weapon after weapon at us and if we aren’t careful, we can find ourself in the place that Timothy was in…not sure what to do and living our life in fear. To learn more, check out this week's podcast episode! NEW THIS WEEK! UncommonTEEN is enrolling for our Summer Coaching Program! To learn more, go to: Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! When you ask someone how they are doing, what is the standard response that they usually give back to you? “I’m fine.” Right?“ But are they really? We smile and pretend that everything is good, but on the inside, it’s not. Some of us don’t have anyone we can talk to, so we keep everything inside while putting that mask back on every time we walk out the door. I know this from experience. I know as a teen, I was so good at this. I didn’t want to deal with the problems that I had. For those of you who don’t know my story. I grew up in a home where my dad was physically abusive and my parents did drugs right in front of us. My mom would leave for weeks at a time and we weren’t sure if she was coming back or not. So, for me, putting on that mask started at a young age. I didn’t want to deal with the issue that I felt like nobody loved me. That nobody liked me. I didn’t want to deal with the issue that if any of my friends knew the real me that they would leave me, too. I didn’t want to deal with the issue of thinking that the choices my parents made were my fault. I didn’t want to deal with the issue that I honestly hated who I was, so I put on a mask. I pretended to be someone I wasn’t. I pretended that my life was perfect and I had it all together, but on the inside it was eating away at me. I dealt with deep depression, because I couldn’t talk about anything I was walking through. I dealt with feeling numb and not feeling a thing. My smile never reached my eyes…it was all fake. I dealt with major panic attacks. To learn more about how I took off the mask and what you can do if you struggle with hiding behind a mask, check out this week's episode. CONNECT WITH US! Instagram: @UncommonTEEN Website: UncommonTEEN.com UncommonTEEN App: UncommonTEENapp.com YouTube: UncommonTEEN **YouTube coming soon! Follow us to go behind the scenes when we record each week's Podcast episode! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others." Mariann Williamson I love this quote for so many reasons, but what I love most about it is the part that she says, “As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.” I don't know if you have seen this before or if you have done this before...I know I have...but you're in youth service and the praise and worship music starts and nobody is singing...nobody is even paying attention. You want to sing, you want to be a part of it, but you're almost afraid that if you do, that people will see you as weird. Or, maybe other students are singing, but you want to express your praise through raising your hands, but nobody else is and you aren't quite sure if you want to, because you don't want to be seen as weird. But I want to encourage you to not be afraid to go first, because when you go first, you unconsciously give others permission to go, too. Psalm 34:1-4 says, "I will praise the Lord at all times. I will constantly speak his praises. I will boast only in the Lord; let all who are helpless take heart. Come, let us tell of the Lord’s greatness let us exalt his name together. I prayed to the Lord, and he answered me. He freed me from all my fears." In these verses God is telling us that when we call out to Him, He will answer us and free us from all our fears. You were called to be difference-makers. You were called to be world-changers. Don't be afraid to go first! To learn more, check out this week's episode! Connect with Us: Instagram: @uncommon.teen Youtube: UncommonTEEN Website: www.UncommonTEEN.com App: www.UncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Rachel was the most popular girl in school. She was beautiful. She had a massive friend group that adored her. She had the most popular guy in our grade swooning over her. Rachel was…perfect. Or so it seemed. Rachel made it her job in life to make my life and I’m sure many other’s lives miserable. She would take that time to make fun of me and call me names, something I sadly had to get used to. She even went so far as to start a rumor about me saying that I started a rumor that Josh, the most popular guy in our grade, and I were dating. I remember the day very well. I walked into my classroom. CJ stormed up to me and he was mad. He couldn’t believe that someone that he saw as a nobody would actually spread a rumor like that, and he let me know. It was a nightmare. Not only was I humiliated, but I was furious. If I can be honest, I didn’t even like CJ because he was so arrogant and then for him to yell in my face in front of the class, it was a nightmare. As you can tell by this story, I was not one of the popular kids. I honestly never cared to be. See, with Rachel, she seemed like she had it all together. She had put on a mask of beauty and perfection. One thing I didn’t realize, though, was that Rachel was hurting on the inside. I don’t know her full story of what was going on in her life, but what I do know is the summer after middle school, Rachel had to move. She left behind all of her horses, her friends, her perfect life and had to start over. I saw Rachel a couple years later at a high school function, and she had completely changed. She was no longer popular. Instead, she was insecure and lonely. She was living a life that I had never thought I would have seen from her. I didn’t get to talk to her that day, but a part of me wishes I could go back and encourage her. Popularity…it’s one of those things that many of us wish we could have. We want to feel like we’re beautiful. We want to feel like we are valuable. We want to fit in. We want to have friends. We want to feel like we belong. It’s a sense that all of us have on the inside of us. What is it that makes being popular so enticing? What is it that makes someone popular? Is it because they have a massive friend group? Is it because everyone around them seems to adore them? Their life seems perfect. But do these popular kids really have it all together? Are they really as perfect as we make them out to be? Or is there something else going on behind the scenes? We all have a love shortage on the inside of us. Popularity pretends to fill that shortage for a while, but in the long run, it’s never really satisfying. The only one who can truly fill that void is Jesus. How do we overcome the struggles of wanting to be popular? Check out this week's episode to find out more! Connect with UncommonTEEN IG: Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Mandie Maass is the founder of Brave Girls Gather. Brave Girls Gather exists to empower teen girls to bravely live out the purpose God has for their lives. Mandie has a special message for teen girls today...that their story matters. She encourages them to not only understand that they are called and commissioned to share Jesus with those around them, but teaches them how to do it! 1 Peter 2:9-10 says, "But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. Once you were not a people, but now you are the people of God; once you had not received mercy, but now you have received mercy. Connect with Mandie Maass: IG: @bravegirlsgather Website: BraveGirlsGather.com Connect with UncommonTEEN IG: @uncommon.teen Website: UncommonTEEN.com UncommonTEEN App: UncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Our thoughts are so powerful. If we don’t control them, they can lead us to believe some pretty crazy lies. I struggled with this for so many years…especially when it came to fear. Even after I became a Christian, I would watch all kinds of scary movies and then wonder why I had to fight off fear all the time. Another type of fear that controlled me was the fear of rejection. I didn’t grow up in a Christian family that, honestly, they just didn’t know how to love us. I felt rejected. Like I wasn’t wanted. I remember thinking that those people who were supposed to love me would eventually leave me. Or the people who were supposed to love me didn’t love me. And I used to think that something was wrong with me. I would tell myself all kinds of lies. I’m not good enough. I will never measure up. Nobody would ever love me. And those lies caused me to close myself off and put up some pretty big walls around myself. On last week’s episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast, we saw how the woman with the issue of blood had taken control of her thoughts and how it lead to complete healing. The same is true for you! 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 says, “Our weapons of warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.” "Our weapons of warfare…" There is a battle that is going on inside of our minds every single day. God has given us His Word, the Sword of the Spirit, to pull down those strongholds…and we’ll talk about what those are in a minute, but He gave us His Word to pull down strongholds, to cast down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God. Have you ever heard someone say something like, “You can’t get close to that person, because they have put up so many walls.” That’s exactly what strongholds do to us. That word stronghold in the Greek means a fortress. Think of a castle from the Middle Ages…those castles has massive walls that surrounded them to keep out the enemy. Only the problem with strongholds, is they act as a prison, keeping you locked inside. When in reality, if you have given your life to Jesus, He has already made you free and has given you the keys to unlock the door of the prison that is holding you captive. Hebrews 4:12 tells us that God’s Word is living and powerful. It’s active and effective in changing our lives. God’s Word is powerful enough to change our lives! Nothing else can transform our lives like the Bible can…because it is the true, living word of God! Romans 12:2 says, do not be conformed to the patterns of this world…don’t take on their culture as your own, but instead by transformed by the renewing of Your mind…begin to change your mind and choose to start seeing things as God sees you! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! “Your beliefs become your thoughts. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your actions. Your actions become your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny.” We all know that there are good thoughts…thoughts that bring life. Thoughts that bring healing. Thoughts and encourage others or even ourselves. Then there are thoughts that are toxic. Thoughts that bring pain, make us feel worthless, alone, anxious, discouraged. Thoughts that we aren’t good enough, that we aren’t pretty enough. In this episode we’re talking about how to change those toxic thoughts into good thoughts. But first, I want to share an account of someone in the Bible who struggled with her thoughts and how she was able to overcome them, change those thoughts and receive complete healing in her life. We find her story in the book of Mark chapter 5 verses 25 though verse 34. You may have heard of her, we are talking about the woman with the issue of blood. Not only did she feel bad physically, but she was an outcast socially and emotionally, she was deeply alone. How did she go from deep despair to becoming completely healed? She chose to change her thoughts by changing her words. Her words changed her actions. Her actions changed her life! The same thing is true for you. Is there a thought or maybe more than one thought that you have been struggling with? Maybe they are thoughts like: I’m not pretty. I’ll never be good enough. I’m too fat….or too skinny. I’m not smart. I’m a total nobody. I’m weird. I’m ugly. I’m a disappointment. Nobody likes me. I’m worthless. Let me first tell you, none of those are true. They are a lie from the enemy. Ecclesiastes 3:10 says that God has made everything beautiful in its time. This is your time…God created you for this time…and whether you know it or not, you are pretty. You are good enough. You are beautiful just the way you are. You are loved and accepted by our Heavenly Father. You are not weird. You are not a disappointment. God looks at you through His eyes of love and says to you, “You are my daughter and I love you so much! Nothing you could ever do and nothing that has ever been done to you could ever change how much I love you!” You are not worthless! To learn more about the power of taking control of your thoughts, check out this week's episode. Connect With Us! IG: @uncommon.teen Website: UncommonTEEN.com UncommonTEEN App: UncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Sometimes in life, we have things happen to us that can cause us to become overwhelmed, or maybe stressed out or have some serious anxiety. See, the devil knows that if he can get you overwhelmed and if he can get you stressed out or anxious, he can stop you from fulfilling your purpose in life. My Pastor often says, “Somebody’s future won’t begin until you walk into it.” (Jim Frease) “Seeing that you are here right now on earth at this time is proof that God saw a problem that only you could solve!” (Jim Frease) Take a second to let that sink in... There is a purpose that you are here on this earth! Now, think about the people around you. How many of them are feeling this way: overwhelmed, stressed out, anxious? It’s almost like this is the new pandemic. It seems like so many people are either running away from their problems, giving up, complaining, or blaming everyone around them for what’s going on. It seems like so many people these days are in division with one another. Daniel 7:25 says, “And Satan shall speak words against the Most High God and shall wear out the saints.” That verse, when it says, "saints," if you have given your heart to Jesus, it's talking about you. Satan is the one that I’s behind the attempt to wear you out…or overwhelm you, or cause you stress and anxiety. So what can we do about it? How do we overcome this overwhelm, this stress, this anxiety? Can we even overcome it? The answer is…yes, you can! Micah 7:7-8. These verses are key for overcoming the overwhelm. “But as for me, I will look to the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation; My God will hear me. Do not rejoice over me, my enemy; when I fall, I will arise; when I sit in darkness, the Lord WILL be a light to me.” To learn more about how to overcome overwhelm, stress and anxiety, tune into this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. Connect with Us! IG: @uncommon.teen Website: UncommonTEEN.com App: UncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Ladies, do you know someone who has recently walked away from the Lord? A friend or maybe a family member or even someone famous that you’ve heard of? I want you to know that there is always hope. In today’s episode we talk about someone who did just that. They decided to walk away from God. Not only did they decide to walk away from God, but they also decided to go all in with the world and it about destroyed them. But…with God, there is always hope. Zechariah 9:12 tells us, and this is God speaking, “Return to the stronghold, you prisoners of hope. Even today I declare that I will restore double to you." That word stronghold is talking about a pattern of thinking. In this case it's talking about a pattern of thinking that has become negative. The word hope we use a lot to mean, "wishing for something," but true Bible hope means to expect good things. Expect it, because it IS coming! So, we can think about this verse like this, "“Change your pattern of thinking from thinking the worst about this person...that they are never going to come back to God and start expecting it! Do not let anything move you from that hope! Ladies, there is hope! I am so thankful to God that He didn’t give up on me...that He sent someone like you into my life to invite me to church where I was able to hear the Good News of Jesus for the first time. I am so thankful that my friend didn’t give up on me. I encourage you, don’t give up hope for your friends or family members who have turned their backs on God. In this week's episode, we talk about a story in the Bible that most of you have probably heard before, however we are going to see that it's more than just a story about a prodigal son, but it is also a story of hope! Check out this week's episode to learn more! Connect with Us! Website: UncommonTEEN.com IG: uncommon.teen Download our App: UncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Sensitive Information is shared in this week's Podcast Episode. Recently, I heard a new trend that kind of blew me away. If you listen to the intro of this Podcast, you know that it is my heart to help teen girls overcome real life issues in a way that stays true to who God created you to be. That’s exactly what we’re going to be doing this week…tackling a real-life issue that honestly isn’t talked about a lot. Teens are spending an average of 8 hours a day on social media alone. 46% of teens report being online constantly. An average of 5+ billion snaps are created every day. Females between the ages of 10-19 make up TikTok’s largest demographic. 54% of teens said they’d be a lot more worried about social media if their parents knew exactly what was going on. And this kind of leads us to to what we’re going to be talking about today. Many of the profiles we see on IG, TikTok, and Snapchat are fake. You all may or may not know this latest trend we’re seeing on social media by teens, but teens today are going online to find their next IBF…or internet best friend and then when they find them, they meet up with their new IBF in person and record a dramatic video of the process. As teens, I get it, you just went through the pandemic. It’s not always easy to get back into life since you had been isolated for so long. You want to meet new friends…and that’s okay. There’s a quote that my pastor says, it is “If you want to find someone bad, you are going to find someone bad.” Finding your next IBF is great when everything goes as planned, but this is also a breeding ground for online predators to take advantage of these teen girls. So, what I want to talk about today is how to protect yourself online so that you aren’t taken advantage of by these predators. Now, know that I’m not trying to scare you with this or incite fear, but I want to help you with making wise choices so that you aren’t taken advantage of and hurt in the process. When I searched the tearm #IBF on Instagram, I found that their were close to 900,000 posts about them. With the hashtag, IBFmeeting, it was over 130,000, IBFfinder had over 221,000 and you get the point. When I looked at someone of the posts...which I share in this week's episode...ladies, there is a problem here…these posts, one are created by young teen girls who are desperate. They are sharing personal information about themselves…and that is exactly what online predators are looking for. Another research study was recently done that shows that the percentage of people trying to entice minors online…anyone under the age of 18…with inappropriate materials has gone up 97% since the shut down in 2020. This includes predators manipulating teens to share their own explicit content online. To learn more about how to protect yourself online from the Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Ladies, I am super excited about my interview this week with my beautiful friend, Donna Martin of GirlTruth. Donna has a heart for teen girls and had a special message God has placed on her heart specifically for you! You don’t want to miss this one! Connect with Donna Website: https://www.girltruth.net/ IG: girltruthsquad Connect with us! Website: https://www.uncommonteen.com IG: uncommon.teen Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! This week, we’re going to talk about the importance in the quality of your friendships. Sometimes in life, we are going to have to make the tough decision of letting some friends go. I say tough, because if you have ever had to walk away from a friendship, you know it’s the farthest thing from being easy to do. Sometimes those friends are as close to you as family. Sometimes it’s the fact that you’re comfortable in your friendships and you don’t want to lose your friends. Other times fear might hold us back, because we think that we can help our friend make good choices instead of going down the path that they’re headed on. One of the hardest things I believe that we will ever do in life is end a friendship or a relationship that is not healthy. Have you ever heard the quote, “You become like the 5 people you spend the most time with. Choose carefully?” I want you to think about this…have you ever been hanging around a friend who is negative…always complaining about everything and then afterward you find yourself complaining as well? Or let’s change it. Have you ever been around someone who is super joyful and it lifted your spirits? That’s exactly what that quote is saying. The more you hang around someone, the more you will act like them. Now, I’m not saying that you can’t be nice to everyone or that you can’t engage in small talk with people who aren’t going in the same direction as you. But what I am saying is those are not people that you want to spend the most time with. The people you spend the most time with need to be going in the same direction that you want to be going when it comes to your walk with God. 1 Corinthians 15:33 says, “Do not be deceived: evil company corrupts good habits.” The reason that this verse starts off with “Do not be deceived,” is because it’s easy to think, “Their choices and their habits won’t effect me.” But this verse very clearly tells us that we will eventually become like the people we hang around the most. Proverbs 22:24-25 has a similar message. It says, “Make no friends with an angry man, and with a furious man do not go, LISTEN TO THIS: lest you learn his ways and set a snare for your soul.” We become like those we hang around. Proverbs 12:26 tells us, “The righteous…that’s you if you have given your heart to Jesus…should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray. When you choose your friends, you are choosing what direction you will take in life. What do you do when you need to walk away from bad influences? How can you pray for those friends? What can you do in order to bring better friends into your inner circle? Check out this week’s episode to learn more! Connect with us! IG: Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Many of us want to share Jesus with those around us, but it can be scary. Maybe we’re afraid they’ll ask questions that we can’t answer I struggle with my own faith I never learned how to I don’t know how to start the conversation Let’s talk about these fears…because they are real! Fear #1: What if they ask my a question I don't know how to answer? First of all, you don’t have to have all the answers. Let them know that you don’t know the answer to the question…then from here, you can do a couple things: You can connect them with your youth pastor or someone else who may know the answer. Say, “Truthfully, I don’t know the answer, but I can connect you with someone who would know." Then, it’s super important to do this part no matter what…is say, “All I know is I know who I was before I met Jesus and what He did in my life, and it changed me.” Then go into sharing your story. Fear #2: I struggle with my own faith. This is where being authentic is super important. They don’t expect you to be perfect, otherwise, you will turn them off from Jesus, because there is no way that they can be perfect. Tell them that you aren’t perfect, that you still mess up and then go into sharing your story. Fear #3: I never learned how to. That’s why I’m sharing this episode with you!! Fear #4: I don’t know how to start the conversation that will lead to sharing my story. We'll talk about this a little later. 1 Peter 3:15 says, "Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have." Now, you may be asking…how to I share my story? What do say? How do you start the conversation? Ask questions to genuinely get to know and care about them: Then if you see a pain point or a passion point, ask them if you can pray for them. A pain point is something they mention that is hard for them. Maybe a family member is not doing well or they had a family member pass away or they are failing a class that they really need to pass. A passion point is maybe they have a solo at a choir concert or they have a gymnastics competition or they have a speech and it’s scary. Ask them if you can pray for them. If they say yes, go ahead and pray for them. They don’t care if you have the right words, they are just blown away that you would ask them to pray for them. Don’t get held up with perfectionism. Believe God will give you the right words and if you mess up, who cares. They get to see a genuine, authentic relationship with Jesus. They get to see that they don’t have to be perfect. Perfection will turn them off from Jesus. After you pray for them, here are a couple of questions you can ask them to lead that conversation in the direction of sharing Jesus. What are your Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Matthew 19:26-But Jesus looked at them and said to them, “With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible.” Have you ever had the opportunity to share Jesus with someone…like you knew that you knew that you knew that God had opened the doors, and this was the moment that you were supposed to walk through them, and share Jesus and you got scared? You didn’t do it? Yeah, me, too! You’re not alone. In fact, the last time I remember this happening was about a year and a half ago. I had a lady ask me why I was so happy all the time and instead of sharing Jesus with her...my hands began to get sweaty, my face started turning red, the temperature in the room seemed to rise by about 100 degrees and I chickened out. I had a problem, I believed a lie from the enemy that I didn’t have the right words. The truth was, I was scared and instead of speaking God’s truth to myself in that moment: 2 Timothy 1:7- God did not give me a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind. My mind went blank! Today, we're talking about boldness. Before we get into the practicals of what to do, I want to share with you our theme verse for UncommonTEEN: Acts 4:13 says, “The council members were astonished as they witnessed the bold courage of Peter and John, especially when they discovered that they were just ordinary men who had never had religious training. Then they began to understand the effect Jesus had on them simply by spending time with him.” In this verse, we see that Peter and John had a bold courage. They didn’t have the bold courage, though, because they were naturally born with it. They received that bold courage because of spending time with Jesus. Actually, Peter, if you remember the account of Jesus right before He goes to the cross doesn't just shy away from telling others about Jesus, but denies Jesus 3 times in one night! Peter was so afraid…that same sweaty palms, red in the face, feeling like the temperature in the room just went up about 50 degrees, right? And he failed the test. He denied Jesus 3 times. Ladies, we’re not alone….and I don’t know about you, but this gives me hope. If someone could deny Jesus…not just shy away from telling them about Jesus, but completely deny Him to wear He’s using profanity…and God still used Him to make that major impact we saw in Acts 4, He can use us, too! Going back to Acts chapter 1. Let's look at what happened that transformed Peter from denying Jesus into sharing Jesus with such great boldness. Acts 1:8 says, “But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” This is what changed for Peter. In Acts 2:1-4, we see that He received the gift of the Holy Spirit on the inside of him and it gave him power to be a witness and share Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Kristen Clark is cofounder of GirlDefined Ministries. She is passionate about promoting the message of God-defined womanhood. In the end, she's just a fun-lovin' Texas girl who adores all things outdoors and drinks coffee whenever possible. In today's episode we talk about what it means to be defined by God and the struggles with identity that Kristen dealt with herself as a teen girl and how she was able to overcome them. Connect with Kristen: Website: Girl Defined Instagram: girldefined Podcast: The Girl Defined Show Connect with UncommonTEEN Website: UncommonTEEN Instagram: uncommon.teen Download our app here: UncommonTEEN App Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Gossip Defined: Worthless talk or rumors; especially about the personal or private affairs of another person that is said behind someone’s back. Talking about someone when you have no power or will to help fix the problem What is it that is so enticing about gossip? It makes us feel important and special It makes us feel like we’re wanted It makes us feel like we fit in We can impress others—get attention It makes us feel powerful. Like we're in control. It’s contagious Gossip is one of the biggest tactics that the enemy uses to divide Christians. We all have a natural curiosity and want to be in the know. We don’t like feeling left out of conversations. But what’s so bad about gossip? If you have been on the receiving end of gossip, you understand all too well what’s so bad about gossip. Proverbs 16:27-28-An ungodly person digs up evil and it is on his/her lips like a burning fire. A perverse person sows strife, and a person who gossips separates the best of friends. Ladies when we are a part of gossiping, we are a part of allowing the enemy to do his work in dividing and destroying us Christians. It destroys friendships. It destroys relationships and in some cases it can destroy someone’s life and their future. Proverbs 18:8 says The words of a gossiper are like tasty desserts...it feels so good to be a part of it. However, the verse then goes on to say that those words that we are using to gossip…they cut deep into the innermost part of the person we’re talking about. If this is the case, though, why do so many of us Christians have a hard time with this? As I said, it’s hard. We are naturally curious creatures. We want to be in the know. We don’t want to feel left out. Gossip is mysterious and exciting. I don’t know about you, but I love a good mystery…movie or book, it doesn’t matter…but only if they are clean. I love them, because I want to know if I can solve the crime before the movie or the book tells me who really did it. It’s exciting and it’s mysterious. The same is true for gossip. Proverbs 6:16-19 talks about 7 things that the Lord hates. Did you know that God actually does hate some things. He doesn’t hate people…but there are things that He does hate. In this list it says: Arrogance Lying Murder A heart that comes up with wicked plans Feet that are quick to run to evil A false witness who speaks lies—this is talking about spreading rumors Gossip. Does that seem crazy that God would hate gossip as much as He does murder? Why do you think that God’s so against gossip? God is against anything that will hurt His kids. He loves you so much. He wants you to live a life of abundance. Proverbs 18:21 says that death and life are in the power of the tongue. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Why Do I Feel So Alone? I feel so out of place. I feel so unloved. I feel left out, like no one wants to even talk to me. I don’t even know if I want to be around people. I can’t even hold a conversation. I feel sad all the time. I feel defeated. I feel hopeless. Why am I even here? If you have ever said any of those things to yourself, you know what I’m talking about. Loneliness…it’s a hard place. And let me tell you, you’re not alone. So many girls your age feel the exact same way. Sometimes that loneliness comes when we lose a relationship or maybe a loved one. One thing I talk about with my daughter is that in the teen years, your friends are going to choose to go one of two ways…they are either going to choose to go all in with God, or they are going to choose to follow the culture. When those friends, the ones that you have had since you were in kindergarten…or the ones that you were super close to begin to make decisions that are leading them away from God, it’s up to us to try to help point them in the right direction, but if they don’t want anything to do with it, we have to make the hard decision to let them go. Sometimes the loneliness is sparked when a love one that we were closed to passes away and it’s tough. Sometimes that loneliness is triggered by being excluded from friends, other teens our age, our family and when that happens it can make you feel like, “What’s wrong with me?” First of all, let me just tell you…there is nothing wrong with you. You are amazing and that’s not a lie. That is truth. You have the creator of the universe who planned out every little detail about you before He even formed the world. Jeremiah 1:5, God is telling this to Jeremiah, but it’s just as much for you as well. He says, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. I approved of you as my chosen instrument. Before you were born, I set you apart and I called you to be a difference maker.” I’m totally paraphrasing that last part, but it’s truth! The biggest reason, though, that we feel lonely, is because it’s an outright attack from satan himself. He wants nothing more to make you think that you are worthless so that you detach yourself and isolate yourself from everyone else. And…if the enemy wants to attack you, you know how he does it? He uses people. Check out this week's episode and learn how you can overcome loneliness once and for all! Announcements!! This is the last week to sign up for the UncommonTEEN Bible Study. To learn more about how you can get in, go to the UncommonTEEN App (you can download it at UncommonTEENapp.com) and click on the tab, "Connect with Jamie" or email me at [email protected] and let me know you're interested in learning more. Second, I want to hear from you! Let me know what topics you would like to hear about in 2022! All you need to do is go to the Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Every single day each one of us has between 50,000 and 70,000 thoughts and how Paul tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:5 that we need to take every one of those thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. The enemy’s number one tactic is to feed our minds lies. Lies that tell us that we’re worthless, we’re not important, nobody likes us, we’ll always be alone, nobody loves us, we’re ugly, we’re a failure, we’re not accepted. In order to take those thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ, Ephesians 6:10-18 tells us that we need to be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might and we do that by putting on whole armor of God-God’s fighting suit, that you may be able to stand against the mind schemes of the devil. In Part 1, we talked about the Belt of Truth and how it is the written word of God. We talked about the breastplate of righteousness and how that is truly understanding our identity in Christ. Then in Part 2, we talked about the shoes of peace. In the world we live in today, this is so vital! Then the last piece of armor we talked about what the shield of faith. The next piece of armor that we are going to talk about is the Helmet of Salvation. That word salvation means so much more than just saved and going to heaven. Salvation means, deliverance, safety, preservation, a sound mind, and healing. We put on the helmet of Salvation by renewing our mind to the Word of God. The Roman soldier’s helmet was not just an average helmet, but it was a work of art. They were decorated with very intricate detail. Not only was it engraved with beautiful artwork, but they also had plumes on their helmets that were huge and colorful. Our salvation is like that! It is a beautiful gift that God has given us! When we are confident in our salvation…in who God says that we are, people will notice just like they noticed the Roman soldier’s helmet. When we haven’t renewed our mind to the Word of God, when we don’t know who it is that we are, the enemy is able to cause destruction in our lives. He is able to steal our blessings. He tells us lies and because we aren’t sure what the Word of God actually says about it, we believe those lies. The next piece of Armor that we need to put on is the Sword of the Spirit. Now we talked about how the Belt of Truth is the Word of God…and now it’s saying that the Sword of the Spirit is also the Word of God. What’s the difference? The difference is this…the Belt of Truth is the written Word of God…your Bible. Well, the Sword of the Spirit is the revealed Word of God. Have you ever been reading your Bible or sitting in church and a Bible verse just pops out at you and it just speaks to your heart so strongly? That was a word that was revealed to you. That is the Sword of the Spirit. Only the rhema or revealed Word of God can run the d Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! All right, so we are on part 2 of our series talking about combatting the lies of the enemy. So last week we started talking about the armor of God. I don’t know if any of you are like me, but most of my Christian life, when I heard teachings on the armor of God, it was all surface level…nothing that I could really take home and apply to my life. I didn’t even understand what each of the pieces really meant. Last week, we talked about 2 pieces of that armor…the Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness. So now we’re going to talk about the shoes of the Gospel of Peace. Most of the time when we see Roman soldiers wearing shoes, we see them wearing lace up sandals that come up to their knees. These actually were not the shoes that the Roman soldiers wore in battle. The shoes that the Roman soldiers wore in battle were made out of meta and were made up of two parts…the shoes itself and then something that looked like a metal shin guard that you would wear for soccer…except it extended up passed the knee. The bottom of the shoes were not flat, but actually had very dangerous spikes sticking out of the bottom of them that were one to three inches long. If we think about it, it may seem kind of crazy that Paul would use peace to describe these dangerous shoes, right? Paul understood something, though. He understood that these shoes of Peace both protected us from tough terrain and kept our feet stable on rocky ground, but these shoes are also a dangerous weapon to the enemy. When the enemy tries to attack us, with the peace of God, we just have to remind him that he has been defeated and belongs under our feet. The fourth peace of armor we’re going to talk about is the Shield of Faith. Ephesians 6:16, Paul tells us to take up the shield of faith, where with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. When the Roman soldiers carried the shield, it was directly connected to their belt. It’s so important to realize that our faith is directly connected to the Word of God. Roman soldiers carried two types of shields into battle. The first type of shield was a small, round shield that was more for decoration when they were in a public ceremony or a parade. The second type of shield that the Roman soldier carried…and this is the one that Paul was talking about when he talks about the armor of God is referred to as a door that was wide in width and long in length. That should give you an idea of how big this shield was. This shield was meant to completely cover the Roman soldier. The faith of God is like that…it completely covers us. The faith that God has given you is enough to cover you in every area of your life…to cover every need you will ever have. To learn more, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast! Connect with Us! IG: uncommon.te Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! We have between 50,000-70,000 thoughts every single day, yet God tells us in 2 Corinthians 10:5 to take our thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ. That can seem almost impossible, right? The only way that we can do that is to begin thinking about what we are thinking about. What is going through your mind? What are you allowing to go through your mind? The devil preys on our minds. He knows our insecurities…or make us believe that we have insecurities. He knows the thinks that we struggle with and those are the lies that he feeds to us each day. Lies that tell us things like we’re worthless, we’re not important, nobody likes us, we’ll always be alone, nobody loves us, we’re ugly, we’re a failure, we’re not accepted. 1 Peter 5:8-the beginning of verse 9 says, “be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking who he may devour. Resist him, steadfast in faith. That word sober means that we need to keep things in proper perspective. The devil cannot hurt us with his lies if we know the Truth of who God says that we are. He’s just a big old kitten that has had his teeth removed, his claws removed and has been defeated once and for all. The devil is not a lion…he is like a lion—he pretends to be a lion….Jesus is the True Lion! The devil may have a big roar…it may seem like the lies that he is telling us are truth, but in reality he can’t hurt you if you know who you are. The only way that the devil can hurt you is if you give into his roar through doubting the words of God and believing his lies or his deceptions. When you know what God’s word says and you don’t give into his lies, he will not be able to devour you. John 8:32 says that when we know the truth…the Word of God, it’s that truth that we know that makes us free. It makes us free from all the enemy’s lies and deceptions. It’s makes us free from insecurities and feeling like we aren’t enough. It makes us free in every area of our lives. Earlier we talked about that we needed to start thinking about what we were thinking about in order to make sure that we don’t give into the lies of the enemy, but practically what does that look like? Check out this week's episode to learn more! Connect with Us! IG: uncommon.teen Website: UncommonTEEN.com Download the app: uncommonTEENapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! This week, we are on our final episode in this series, "Who Am I?. We are talking about some people in the Bible who struggled with their identity in who God said they were and how they themselves were able to overcome the lies of the enemy. Who in the Bible struggled with their identity in Christ? Esther: Esther was an orphaned Jew when she came to live in the palace. The world saw her as a nobody...the Jews saw her as a nobody...and she probably had to fight of thoughts of herself as a nobody, but God saw a queen who would change the world forever. Gideon: Gideon saw himself as weak, but God saw him as a mighty man of valor who would one day change the face of the world! Jeremiah: When God called Jeremiah to be a prophet to the nations, he was between the ages of 13-16...talk about scary! Even though Jeremiah tried to make the excuse that he was too young, God had another plan for him! Moses: Moses didn’t see himself as good enough to fulfill God’s plan for his life. He had killed an Egyptian and was basically running for his life. He knew it wasn’t going to be easy to go back to the Egyptians and he wanted God to send someone else instead of him, but God wanted to use him! Things you can do to help you grow stronger in your identity in Christ: Release shame, guilt, and failures1 John 1:9 says that if we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Unrighteousness is basically the shame and the guilt that are associated to the sin. Your sins are forgiven! You are free! Read the Bible daily and spend time in prayer dailyNeed some help with this, download the FREE 6-week Bible Journal Guide. You can get that here: http://biblejournalkickstart.com Already went through the Bible Journal Guide and want more? Order a copy of the Dare to Be Devotional. You can get that here: Dare to Be Devotional Renew your mind to ChristRead Ephesians chapters 1 and 2 Write down all the God says that you are Speak these Truths over yourself every morning and every evening. Start a Bible Study with some teen girls near you and your mom or a good, godly Christian mentor talking about your identity in Christ…better yet, we would love to have you join us this January for our first ever UncommonTEEN Bible Study. Get more information on the UncommonTEEN Bible Study by downloading the UncommonTEEN App at: https://uncommonteenapp.com or email Jamie at [email protected]. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! This week, as we continue our series on “Who Am I?” We’re going to talk about why it can be so confusing to really know who it is that we are. I think sometimes that it’s so confusing to really grasp our identity in Christ, because the world is constantly bombarding us with who they say we are and it’s completely opposite of what God says about us. The problem is that many Christians don’t truly understand their identity in Christ, but instead take their identity from the world. It can be quite confusing and sometimes we aren’t sure what to believe…which is the lie, and which is the truth? For example: The world says, “You only live once! Do what makes you feel good.” The Word says in James 4:17, “To him or her that knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.” The world says, “Follow Your heart.” The Word says in Proverbs 3:5-7, “Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths. The world says, “Hate your enemies. It’s okay to hold a grudge against them and want to get revenge on them.” The Word says in Matthew 5:44 says, “Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.” The world says, “You need to be a certain size and look a certain way in order to be beautiful.” The Word says in Ecclesiastes 3:11 that He has made everything beautiful in its time!” The world says, “It’s cute to be loud and to cuss.” The Word says in Proverbs 31:26, “to speak wisdom and kindness.” The world says, “The Bible is outdated and doesn’t apply to today.” The Word says in 1 Peter 1:25, “That the Word of God endures forever.” And in Hebrews 4:12 it tells us that it is living and powerful!” The world says, “Let your story define your truth.” The Word says in John 14:6 that Jesus is the Truth! The world’s thought processes are backwards. It’s no wonder that when we look out and see so much pain, and so much emptiness, and so much evil. They don’t know the Truth…and because they don’t know the Truth, when they tell you who it is that you are…you don’t have to listen to them. Who they say you are is completely opposite of who God says that you are. Find out more in today's Episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast. Connect with Us: IG: @uncommon.teen Website: www.uncommonteen.com Download the UncommonTEEN App Today: www.uncommonteenapp.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! At the very core of all that you are, who are you? What or who defines who you are? Is your identity found in the way that you look or the way that you dress? Is your identity found in the sum of all your failures or all your successes? Who are you? Is your identity found in the friends you hang out with or even where you go to church? At the core of your very being, who are you? What or who is it that defines you? So many times, if we’re not careful, it can be so easy for us to gain our identity…or who we believe that we are…from the way we look or the way we dress or the friends we hang out with. The reason it’s so easy for us to gain our identity from those things is because we live in a world that tells us that if we don’t look or dress a certain way, we aren’t accepted. If we don’t act a certain way or hang out with certain people, we’re a nobody…and because the voice of the world is so loud, if we aren’t careful we begin to believe it. But who are we? Before we made Jesus the Lord of our life, our identity really was wrapped up in those things. However, the moment we made Jesus the Lord of our life, our identity changed. We are no longer defined by what the world tells us we are, we are now defined by what Jesus says about us. 2 Corinthians 5:17 says, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he/or she is a new creation; the old things have passed away; behold all things have become new.” In these verses, Paul is saying, that old identity that you used to carry around, it’s gone. You have been made new…like your old identity no longer exists, Jesus has given you a new identity. However, the devil wants nothing more than to strip away your new identity in Christ and replace it with labels that tell you: -You’re not good enough. -You won’t ever measure up. -You’re not pretty enough. -You’re too loud…or your too quiet. Your identity is a target to the devil because he knows that if he can get you to believe the lies that the world is telling you, he can stop you from every living out your God-given purpose. When you gain your identity in Christ, though, it changes everything about you...for the better! Less anxiety...less stress...less insecurities...more confidence in who God created you to be and so much more! Listen in to today's episode to learn more about how you can gain your identity in Christ! Connect with Us! IG: uncommon.teen Website: www.uncommonteen.com CLICK HERE to Download the UncommonTEEN App today! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! **Quick Announcement** This month only (November 2021), the Dare to Be Devotional for Teen Girls is 50% off! Find it here: Dare to Be Devotional Also don't miss out on a really exciting announcement coming to your inbox this week! Get in the know by going to the UncommonTEEN App and signing up for our email list under the "Don't Miss A Thing" tab. Or, go to www.UncommonTEEN.com and sign up there! You don't want to miss this week's episode as we talk to Elizabeth Laing Thompson about her new book, "All the Feels for Teens." Elizabeth is dynamic and I truly believe that she has a message from God straight to you! "If there’s ever been a time when feelings seem like a tangled mess, it’s now. You may find yourself flitting from joyful to tearful, selfish to selfless, confident to anxious, with a heaping side of angst—all within sixty seconds. Dealing with all the feelings all the time can be exhausting and confusing. But feelings are not the enemy. In fact, God himself is the author of feelings! His Word provides a guide to hep you celebrate your emotions—and harness them when they run away from you. All the Feels for Teens provides scriptural foundations and practical strategies for handling even the most turbulent feelings and to remind you that no matter how wild your feelings, you’re not weird—and never alone. Get ready to step into the wondrously complex and emotional person God created you to be!" "God loves the real you--the you with no makeup, no filters and no retakes." Elizabeth Laing Thompson Connect with Elizabeth: www.ElizabethLaingThompson.com IG: ElizabethLaingThompson Youtube: Elizabeth Laing Thompson Connect with UncommonTEEN www.UncommonTEEN.com IG: uncommon.teen Download the UncommonTEEN App available on both Apple and Android devices Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! On this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast, we are doing something a little bit different. As I was reading through John 17, the words in this chapter really struck me. This was Jesus' last prayer before He went to the cross to die for us. This week, we are going to be talking about Jesus' heart for you as we go through John 17. Some of the things that we'll be talking about are: What Jesus was thinking about right before He went to the cross. What does it mean to glorify God and how do we glorify Him? Why Jesus went to the cross in the first place. What is eternal life and why would we want it? Why would God send people to hell? What the difference between Christianity and every other religion. What the Bible really is and why it's important for us to read it daily. How we as Christians need to be walking together in unity. What the very last words were in His prayer and how they can impact your life in a significant way. Check out this week's episode to learn more! Connect With Us! IG: @Uncommon.TEEN www.UncommonTEEN.com Download the UncommonTEEN App! Available on both Apple and Android Devices. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Before we get started, if you have downloaded the UncommonTEEN app, you may have noticed a brand-new tab called, “Don’t Miss a Thing.” When you click on this tab, it will give you the option to drop your name and email and we’ll get you plugged in so that you can stay in the know for all things UncommonTEEN. Trending topics, important news, upcoming events and more! This week, we are on the second part of our series "Overcoming Secret Sin." Even if you are not in secret sin, I encourage you to listen in to this episode, because this wisdom could help you be a light in someone’s else’s life who is dealing with secret sin as you are able to point them in the right direction toward freedom. In last week’s episode, we talked about what secret sin is, how to make sure we don’t find ourselves in a place where we’re hiding secret sins. Then, lastly, we started talking about 2 of the 6 ways to overcome secret sins and make sure that we never go back there again. I recently read a statistic…and ladies, this statistic was actually from 2012…nine years ago. But this statistic says that 70% of teens hide their online activitiy from their parents. If this was in 2012, I know…especially with all of the technology we have today, it’s probably more today than it was then. Something that I often tell teens is…even if you honestly aren’t doing something wrong—like maybe reading a Christian book or playing a wholesome video game, if you feel you need to hide something from your parents, it’s in that moment of hiding that you are stepping into sin. Proverbs 28:13 tells us that if we hide our sins, we will not succeed…they will be found out. However, if we confess them and reject them, we may get in trouble, but we will have mercy. If you find that you’re in a place where you know that you are hiding secret sins and you feel so guilty or ashamed about it. There is hope for you. There is healing for you. There is freedom for you. Even if you’re pretty sure that those secret sins have turned into secret addictions. With God, that yoke of secret sin can be destroyed. John 8:31-32- Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed. 32 And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” Listen in to this week's episode and learn more about how to become free from secret sin and how to make sure that you never go back there again! Connect With Us! IG: uncommon.teen Website: www.UncommonTEEN.com Download the UncommonTEEN App today (Available on both Apple and Android devices) Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! This week’s episode is a little bit more sensitive in nature. We’re going to talk about something that I don’t think is talked much about, but is something that many teen girls struggle with today…and even if you honestly don’t feel like you fit into this category, chances are, you will have a friend that you can help shine the light of Jesus on while pointing her in the right direction. This week and next week, we’re going to be talking about secret sins…how to make sure we don’t find ourselves in a place where we are hiding secret sins…and if there are any secret sins that we have in our lives, how we can overcome them, so we don’t go back there again. I read a statistic recently that said 70% of teens hide their online activity from their parents. Something that I often tell teens is…even if you honestly aren’t doing something wrong, if you feel you need to hide something from your parents, it’s in that moment of hiding that you are stepping into sin. Proverbs 28:13 tells us that if we hide our sins, we will not succeed…they will be found out. However, if we confess them and reject them, we may get in trouble, but we will have mercy. If you find that you’re in a place where you know that you are hiding secret sins and you feel so guilty or ashamed about it. There is hope for you. There is healing for you. There is freedom for you. Even if you’re pretty sure that those secret sins have turned into secret addictions. Check out today's episode of the UncommonTEEN podcast to learn more about how to overcome secret sins and what you can do today to make sure you don't fall back into those secret sins again. Connect with Us! IG: uncommon.teen https://www.uncommonteen.com Download the UncommonTEEN App today! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! On this week's podcast, Jamie interviews author Sarah Geringer about her new book for teen girls called, Transforming Your Thought Life for Teens: Renew Your Mind with God. Our thoughts are so much more powerful than we realize. In a world that is telling us so many lies from every direction, it's so important for us to really know what it is that God says about us and to renew our minds to His truth so that we can win any battle that comes against us. Here are just a couple of quotes from Sarah's book on transforming your thought life. To learn more about it, check out this week's podcast. "Satan knows that negative thoughts are the easiest way to tear a person down. It doesn't take many words to feel frustrated and defeated. To fight back, today's teens need strong minds, and the time-honored practice of Christian meditation can help them find victory in these spiritual battles." "You can have peace, joy, and confidence that last when you intentionally hide God's Word in your heart and mind through Christian meditation." Find out more about Sarah at https://www.sarahgeringer.com Connect with us at UncommonTEEN: IG: uncommon.teen Download the UncommonTEEN App (available on Apple and Android devices) www.UncommonTEEN.com Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Last week, we talked about how God hasn’t given us a spirit of fear, so this week, we’re going to talk about what we can do to overcome fear every time it tries to come against us. There is a famous saying among Christians that says, “A little bit of fear is good,” but did you know that’s not the case at all! God is so against fear…which is why God says 365 times in the Bible not to fear. The reason God doesn’t want us to fear is because fear brings bondage. It brings torment. And it brings oppression. The first thing that we need to do is realize that God has already delivered us from anything that the enemy could try to throw at us. Isaiah 54:17 says that no weapon that’s been formed against you by the enemy shall prosper. It cannot prosper. Psalm 91 says, that you don’t have to be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day. You don’t have to be afraid of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. The next thing you can do to overcome fear once and for all is to speak against it using the name of Jesus when you’re praying and if you need to speak against the devil, because he’s trying to distract you and pull you off of your faith. Philippians 2:9-10 says that God has given Jesus the name which is above every other name and that at the name of Jesus, every knee should bow, of those in heaven, of those on earth, and of those under the earth. Now, that we have realized we are delivered from the enemy, we began to speak against the fear. The next thing we need to do is to act against that fear. Fear will always be in our face until we learn to face our fears. Psalm 118:6 tells us that God is on our side, we shall not fear. You have God on your side! The next thing we need to do is decide to choose peace. 1 Peter 5:7 says, “Cast all your cares upon the Lord, for He cares about you. That word cast means to quickly toss…. quickly toss all your worry, all of your stress, all of your anxiety on the Lord. God never created you to worry. He created you to walk in peace. Just like peace is a choice...fear is a choice. Refuse to fear and choose to trust God. 2 Timothy 1:7-God has not given you a spirit of fear, but of power…. of love…and of a sound mind! Ladies, you are strong, you are courageous, you are brave! You have God on your side. You don’t need to fear! So realize that you have been delivered from the enemy. Face your fears and speak against them in the name of Jesus. Soak in how much God loves you and choose to stand in peace. Listen in to this week's episode to learn more about how you can overcome fear every time it tries to come against you. Connect with Us! IG: uncommon.teen www.UncommonTEEN.com Download our UncommonTEEN App (available Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! **IMPORTANT NOTE** If you tried to save your seat for the free live 15 minute video training, "Step into Confidence" and were unable to save your seat...I am so sorry! It came to my attention recently that the link was broken...however, praise God!! It is now fixed. Go ahead and head on over to the UncommonTEEN App, click on the "Brave Revolution" tab or go to UncommonTEEN.com and get signed up today! As we come into the month where fear is celebrated…aka Halloween and all the stuff that goes along with it. I thought it would be a great time to talk about fear. This is going to be a two part series, so be sure to come back and listen to the 2nd part of this series! I grew up in a family that was borderline obsessed with all things Halloween, scary movies, haunted houses, you name it. I was terrified of the dark. I was terrified of being alone. It wasn’t until a couple years after I became a Christian, when a friend of mine asked me why I still watched scary movies, then he went on to explain that he didn’t watch scary movies, because he didn’t see the point. Why, when he was walking in faith, would he want to invite fear in. That thought process blew my mind. Today, I’m not going to talk about whether you should watch scary movies, whether you should celebrate Halloween or whether you should go to haunted houses. Today, I want to talk about going from fear to faith. 2 Timothy 1:7 tells us that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, of love and of a sound mind. See, Paul understood a principle that God is trying to teach us. When we invite fear into our lives, we are pushing away our faith, so that we now are being controlled by fear instead of letting God be our guide and our protection. To learn more about how to move from fear to faith, you won't want to miss out on this week's episode, "Fear Not Part 1." Connect with Us! Instagram: Uncommon.TEEN Need someone to talk to or some prayer, email us at: [email protected] Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! What do you think of when you hear the words, "servant leader?" At first, it almost sounds confusing right? I mean, aren't servants usually ones who serve leaders? However, did you know that Jesus was the greatest servant leader of them all...and He called you to be a servant leader as well. A servant leader is someone who leads by serving others. Leadership can be summed up in one word: influence. God has called you to be an influencer for His kingdom right now...right where you are! In fact, He needs to to be a servant leader right where you are...to shine your light on this dark and hurting and confused generation. Check out today's episode to learn more about how you can step into being the leader God has called you to be! Don't forget!! If you have not signed up for the FREE 15-minute live video training with Jamie, go ahead and do that now! You don't want to miss it! You can get signed up at www.uncommonteen.com or click on the tab "Brave Revolution" on the UncommonTEEN app! Connect with us on instagram at: uncommon.teen Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Mark your calendars for Thursday, October 14th at 7pm Central, because I am going to be doing a 15 minute live video training that I believe will help you overcome any stress and anxiety that you might be feeling…and overcome any insecurities that might be holding you back. After the 15 minute live training, I am then going to open it up for you all to ask me questions live! Head on over to uncommonteen.com or you can click on the Brave Revolution tab on the UncommonTEEN app and get signed up there! All right, so on this week’s episode, I am doing something a little different. I have had several emails lately from you beautiful ladies asking me pretty much the same question. I thought that if several of you are emailing me about the same thing, then there are definitely a lot more of you who have the same question as well. For those of you who are in public schools, or private schools, or even some of you who are homeschooled and are a part of a co-op or a tutorial…most of you are probably aware that the season for dances is going strong. We have middle school dances. We have the homecoming dances, the court-warming dances, winter galas, and don’t even get me started on proms and the promposals! A lot of times, if we aren’t careful, when we have these dances coming up in the calendar…we can begin to look around and think to ourselves… What if nobody asks me to go? Or it seems like all of my friends have a date, except for me, what should I do? Or my friends are making fun of me for not having a date, should I even go? There are all of these fears that go through out mind…and if we’re not careful, it can make us feel like we are ugly, that we aren’t good enough, that we’re not likeable, that there must be something wrong with us. First, that cannot be further from the truth! You are beautiful because God designed you and He doesn’t make mistakes. You are beautiful, because you have Him, the creator of the Universe on the inside of you! Second, you don’t need a guy or anyone else to know that you are more than good enough! You are incredible just the way you are. To learn more about what to do when you don't have a date to prom, check out this week's episode of the UncommonTEEN Podcast! Connect With Us! Instagram: @Uncommon.Teen www.uncommonTEEN.com Download our UncommonTEEN App (available on Apple and Android devices) Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! There's a special announcement at the end of this episode, so make sure to listen all the way to the end!! Join us this week as we interview 21-year old author, Sara Barratt as she talks about what apathy is and how to overcome it as a teen girl. With so many things coming against teens today...so many distracts, it can be really easy to become indifference about your walk with God, but it doesn't have to be that way. "With passion and authenticity, teen author Sara Barratt calls on her generation to reject apathy and embrace a daring, costly faith. Not content with safe religion that demands nothing of us, Sara shows teens how they can stop giving in to the status quo and devote themselves fully to Christ, following him no matter what their friends do or the culture around them does. She challenges them to give everything over--their comfort zones, their time, their loyalties, their pride--and discover that in losing control they are gaining the life that was meant for them all along. Love Riot is a battle cry from one teen to another to embrace a life of wholehearted commitment and relentless abandon for Christ . . . no matter the cost." Find more about Sara and get a copy of her book: www.sarabarratt.com or IG: @sarabarrattauthor Follow UncommonTEEN: www.UncommonTEEN.com IG: @uncommon.teen Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! What is integrity? Albert Einstein says, “Whoever is careless with the truth in small matters cannot be trusted with important matters.” Martin Luther King Jr. says, “The time is always right to do what is right.” To me, integrity is: 1. Doing the right thing when nobody else is looking. 2. Doing the right thing even when it’s hard. 3. Doing the right thing even when nobody else is doing the right thing. How are you doing with walking in integrity. I encourage you to take this little quiz...answer in your head if you've ever done this before: 1. Before making a choice you knew you shouldn’t have made, you thought, “nobody will see me. It will be okay.” 2. Before making a choice you knew you shouldn’t have made, you thought, “well, everyone else is doing it, why can’t I?” 3. Before making a choice, you knew you shouldn’t have made, you thought, “I know what I should do, but I’m afraid of what others are going to think.” 4. Before making a choice you knew you shouldn’t have made, you thought, “It’s so tempting…just this one time.” If you answered yes to any of those questions, there is no condemnation for you! I do encourage you, though, when you are faced with the temptation to make a decision that you know you shouldn’t make, choose to make the next right decision…even when nobody is looking, even when it’s hard, even when everyone else is making the wrong decision…and if you mess up and fall into that temptation, talk to whoever you need to talk to make it right. Ask them for forgiveness. Ask God for forgiveness and then keep moving on doing your best to make the next right decision. And know that you don’t have to do this alone. Talk to God daily and ask Him to help you be bold enough and courageous enough to make those right decisions even when it’s hard. Connect with us! IG: uncommon.teen www.uncommonteen.com Be on the lookout...we have a special announcement at the end of next week's episode!! Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Candace Cameron Bure, Mark Wahlberg, Carrie Underwood, Reba McEntire, Chip and Joanna Gaines, Tim Tebow, Simone Biles, Lecrae, Sadie Robertson….what do they have in common that makes them the influencers that they are? The answer…they are all people who are extraordinary at something that they do…so much so that they have made a massive influence in this world. What makes them stand out from the crowd thought? What is it about them that makes them so remarkable? Well, for each of them, it’s different. Candace Cameron Bure is known for her acting skills, Carrie Underwood is known for her singing, Chip and Joanna Gaines are known for fixing up houses, Simone Biles is known for her gymnastics talents. But what is it about them that makes them so exceptional that you don’t have? The answer…nothing! You were created by God to be an influencer that makes a major impact in this world as well. Now, am I telling you that you are going to be the next actress, or next singer, or next Olympic gymnast…for some of you maybe…but not for most of you…and that’s okay! God created you with unique gifts and talents, that only you have, in order to make an impact on this world like no one else! Something that when someone sees you walking in your purpose, they say, “She was made for that! No one else can do that quite like her!” You were designed to make an impact in this world like nobody else can! You have a specific purpose for your life that nobody else can fulfill like you can. Don't let fear hold you back from stepping into your God-given purpose! Connect With Us! IG: uncommon.teen www.uncommonTEEN.com Download our UncommonTEEN App (Available on both Apple and Android devices) Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! When thinking of someone who had a reason to feel shame and guilt, I think back to the story of King David in 2nd Samuel 11. King David had slipped so far down into sin and he didn’t even realize how far he had gone. He cheated on another man’s wife, got her pregnant, tried to cover it up and then had some of his best warriors fighting in his army murdered in the process. When King David's sins were brought out to the light, could you even imagine how hopeless David felt on the inside? David had a lot of shame, guilt and even depression that he had to fight. The problem with sin is that it becomes a trap that keeps us from experiencing the true freedom of God. However, do you know the first thing that David did when his sin was brought to the light? The first thing he did was go to God and repent. He chose to turn from his sin and turn toward God and ask him for forgiveness. From that moment on, the power of sin was broken on David’s life and the power of shame and guilt began to weaken. Receiving God's forgiveness weakens the power that shame and guilt have on you. To find out more listen in to this week's episode on how to get rid of guilt and shame for good! Connect with us! IG: @uncommon.teen www.uncommonteen.com Download our UncommonTEEN app on Apple and Android Devices Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Recently, at UncommonTEEN, we have received several emails from teen girls talking about the shame and the guilt that you are feeling for past mistakes, and I wanted to share my story with you to let you to know that I have been right there with you. I get it. I held on to so much shame and so much guilt over the years. The only one who can take away that shame and that guilt once for all is God, but we have to be willing to give it to Him and we have to be willing to receive His forgiveness. If you have not subscribed to the UncommonTEEN Podcast, do so now, because next week, we are going to talk all about how to get rid of the shame and the guilt for good. Even if you aren’t dealing with shame and guilt yourself, this will be a great episode that you can use to help others who are. Connect with us: www.UncommonTEEN.com IG: uncommon.teen Download the UncommonTEEN App: Available on both apple and android devices. Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Today, we have a very special guest, Ashli Townsend! Ashli lives outside of Nashville, TN and was actually a student in our youth ministry. I met Ashli and her family when she was 2 years old and it has been such an honor to get to see her grow in her walk in the Lord and trust Him with her life. Ashli started youth ministry in 6th grade and graduated high school last summer. I have watched Ashli go from super shy…to…as she began to really understand her identity in Christ, to a key leader within our youth ministry. All right, so a couple weeks ago, I received an email from one of you beautiful girls listening in to this podcast. In this email, it said, “I am going to high school this September and was wondering if you had advice for me to stay and have a good and healthy relationship with Christ by the end of it? How do I make friends that would respect me and my beliefs, how do I stay away from peer pressure or how to deal with it?” I thought that these questions were such great questions, that I wanted to give you some perspective from a teen girl just like you who recently graduated from high school. This is where Ashli comes in! After receiving this email, I was talking to Ashli about it at church and she had such great wisdom and advice, I would love for her to share that with you. Check out this week's episode to learn more about what Ashli Shares with us! Connect with us! IG: Uncommon.TEEN https://www.uncommonteen.com Connect with Ashli: IG: not_hearers_only Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT

Have a question you want me to answer on the podcast? Ask Here! Today, we have a very special guest, Ashli Townsend! Ashli lives outside of Nashville, TN and was actually a student in our youth ministry. I met Ashli and her family when she was 2 years old and it has been such an honor to get to see her grow in her walk in the Lord and trust Him with her life. Ashli started youth ministry in 6th grade and graduated high school last summer. I have watched Ashli go from super shy…to…as she began to really understand her identity in Christ, to a key leader within our youth ministry. All right, so a couple weeks ago, I received an email from one of you beautiful girls listening in to this podcast. In this email, it said, “I am going to high school this September and was wondering if you had advice for me to stay and have a good and healthy relationship with Christ by the end of it? How do I make friends that would respect me and my beliefs, how do I stay away from peer pressure or how to deal with it?” I thought that these questions were such great questions, that I wanted to give you some perspective from a teen girl just like you who recently graduated from high school. This is where Ashli comes in! After receiving this email, I was talking to Ashli about it at church and she had such great wisdom and advice, I would love for her to share that with you. Check out this week's episode to learn more about what Ashli Shares with us! Connect with us! IG: Uncommon.TEEN https://www.uncommonteen.com Connect with Ashli: IG: not_hearers_only Support the show Want a little extra sparkle this month? ✨ Grab your December Glow Mail and soak in God's Radiant Love for you! Packed with goodies and encouragement to help your heart shine—get yours delivered straight to your mailbox! Grab your Glow Mail Here! CONNECT WITH COACH JAMIE LIFE COACHING for Christian Teen Girls SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE! PODCAST RESOURCES ABOUT