Ep 150 // How to Discern God’s Voice in Vocational Uncertainty: From Whisper to Two-by-Four with Sandy Moll

What if God is already speaking—but we’re too busy, distracted, or afraid to listen?

In this powerful conversation, business leader and servant-hearted entrepreneur Sandy Moll shares how losing millions during the 2008 financial crash became the very place God reshaped her faith, her leadership, and her understanding of peace. From learning to recognize God’s whisper before it becomes a roar—or a two-by-four—to building a thriving business rooted in faith, Sandy invites us into a deeper, quieter way of discerning God’s voice.

If you’re navigating uncertainty, misalignment, burnout, or a major decision, this episode will help you slow down, listen well, and trust God’s timing.

Many believers want to hear God clearly—but feel overwhelmed by noise, fear, urgency, or pressure to “figure it out.”

This episode helps listeners:

1. Discern God’s voice amid chaos and anxiety
2. Recognize the difference between God’s peace and human striving
3. Learn practical rhythms for listening prayer and Scripture
4. Trust God’s timing when plans fall apart or the future feels unclear
5. Release control and step into partnership with God instead of self-reliance

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Ep 149 // Open-Handed Kingdom Living: Saying Yes to God Through Surrender, Community, and Courage

What does it look like to truly live with open hands and a willing heart—especially when life brings suffering, uncertainty, and hard seasons of discernment? In this deeply moving and wisdom-filled conversation, Vivian Mabuni joins host Megan Nilsen to explore Kingdom living, saying yes to God, and how surrender—lived out in community—becomes the doorway to transformation.

From surviving breast cancer, to 35 years of marriage, to theological formation at Denver Seminary, Vivian shares how God’s Word, the Holy Spirit, and the people of God shape a life of faithful obedience. This episode is an invitation to loosen your grip, trust God more deeply, and discover that you were never meant to walk alone.

In this episode of Kingdom Life Coaching, Megan sits down with Vivian Mabuni—author, Bible teacher, seminary graduate, marriage conference speaker, and cancer survivor—for a conversation that feels like coffee with a wise and trusted friend.

Vivian shares how God has shaped her calling through seasons of suffering, marriage, ministry, and theological study, and why open-handed living is essential for discerning God’s leading. Together, Megan and Vivian explore the difference between individualistic faith and Kingdom-centered community, and why surrender is often the first step toward clarity.

This episode covers:

1. How saying yes to God often begins before clarity comes
2. Why Kingdom living is personal and communal
3. How Scripture re-centers us when life feels overwhelming
4. What seminary taught Vivian about humility, discernment, and truth
5. Why faithfulness in ordinary life matters more than flashy impact

Whether you’re navigating a hard season, discerning your next step, or longing for deeper spiritual grounding, this conversation will encourage you to trust God with open hands—and walk forward in faith.

Key Takeaways:

1. Open-handed living is a posture of surrender, not passivity—it positions us to follow God with trust.
2. God often uses community, not isolation, to bring healing, clarity, and strength.
3. Marriage and ministry thrive when rooted in covenant, not performance.
4. Seminary and theological formation can deepen humility, not pride.
5. The Holy Spirit works powerfully through the “we” of the Body of Christ, not just the individual.
6. Faithfulness in everyday obedience creates ripple effects we may never fully see this side of heaven.
7. Saying yes to God doesn’t require a big platform, just a willing heart.

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Ep 148 // Calling vs. Assignment: How to Know When God Is Moving You Into a New Season with Barb Roose

What do you do when your life no longer fits the theology you once held so tightly?

In this powerful and deeply honest conversation, Barb Roose joins Megan Nilsen to explore faith that is forged—not performed—through suffering, surrender, and holy discontent.

Barb shares her remarkable journey from megachurch leadership to becoming a bestselling Bible study author and literary agent with Books & Such Literary Management, while navigating addiction in her marriage, unexpected divorce, and seasons of profound uncertainty.

Together, Barb and Megan unpack the difference between calling and assignment, why God often invites us to release what feels secure, and how discernment is rarely a single moment—but a faithful process.

This episode is for the woman who feels restless, stretched, or quietly asking God, “Is there more?”

1. Calling vs. Assignment: Your calling is your identity as a daughter of God. Assignments change—but identity doesn’t.
2. Holy Discontent Is a Gift, Not a Flaw: That internal nudge may be God preparing you for your next season, not asking you to strive harder in the current one.
3. When Theology Meets Reality: God lovingly allows seasons where your beliefs are stretched so your understanding of Him can deepen.
4. Discernment Is a Process: Fasting, prayer, wise counsel, and paying attention to spiritual momentum all matter.
5. Don’t Cling to an Assignment Like It’s the Last Blessing: Holding too tightly to a role can prevent you from receiving what God wants to give next.
6. You Are Not Behind: Preparation often happens before clarity—and sometimes through pain.

Both Barb and Megan name something many Christian women feel but rarely say out loud: God’s invitations often come wrapped in loss, surrender, and unanswered questions.

From She Speaks conferences to book rejections, from ministry platforms to hidden seasons of formation, this conversation highlights a shared belief:

1. Women discerning a next step or season
2. Leaders feeling restless but unsure why
3. Writers, speakers, and ministry-minded women
4. Anyone navigating loss, divorce, or identity shifts
5. The woman learning to trust God without guarantees

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