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God-Given Gifts in Real Life
Tired of trying to do everything right and still feeling scattered or unsure of yourself? God-Given Gifts in Real Life is a podcast for Christian women who want to understand how God made them and work with who they are in the life they actually have.
I’m Cortney Loui—a Christian life coach, speaker, MBTI® consultant, wife and stay-at-home mom to two neurodivergent boys. Through real women’s stories, fresh perspective, and practical experiments, we’ll explore how your personality, strengths…
Episodes
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
Ep 63. Wait... WHY Do I Do That?! 👀
Have you ever noticed yourself doing something and wondered, Wait... why DO I do that? Or noticed someone else approaching the exact same situation completely…
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62. “I Don’t Fit in a Box”: Understanding Your God-Given Gifts
How can I understand who God made me to be when I feel like a bit of a contradiction? You enjoy people, and you need quiet. You value responsibility, and you…
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61. What If Doing Less Isn’t the Whole Answer?
What if you’ve gotten really good at protecting your energy…but somewhere along the way, you also cut out some of what makes you feel alive? A woman I had the…
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60. What If You Don’t Need the Whole Picture?
What if you don’t need complete clarity before you begin? Last week, I hit a pocket of deep discouragement and started questioning everything: Am I actually…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
59. Maybe You’re Better at This Than You Think (connection call)
What if something good and true about you doesn’t have to show up perfectly every single time in order to actually be true? Maybe someone calls you patient…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
58. What If It’s Not Nothing?
What if the thing you keep brushing off as “nothing” is actually something worth noticing? Sometimes we dismiss what comes naturally because it feels ordinary…
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57. What If You Can Shove It Through the Window?
What if you’re working really hard to solve a problem…but you’re answering the wrong question? After spending a precious toddler nap trying—and failing—to move…
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56. Maybe I’m the Problem
Something isn’t working. A relationship feels off. Parenting is hard. The routine that seems to work beautifully for someone else leaves you exhausted. How…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
55. Maybe You’ve Been Trying to Fix the Wrong Thing
Have you ever caught yourself thinking... Maybe I'm too sensitive. Maybe I care too much. Maybe I should just stop trying. Those conclusions can feel true…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
54. Before You Believe That Thought...
How quickly do you decide what a difficult moment says about you? Maybe you think: I'm too much. I'm not enough. I should have known better. I can't trust…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
54. Before You Believe That Thought...
How quickly do you decide what a difficult moment says about you? Maybe you think: I'm too much. I'm not enough. I should have known better. I can't trust…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
53. How I Prepare for a New Season (Without Trying to Figure Everything Out)
What if preparing for a new season wasn't about creating the perfect plan? Whether you're getting ready for a new school year, a shift in family rhythms, a new…
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52. You might be doing better than you think
What if some of your most meaningful growth has become so integrated into your life… that you’ve stopped noticing it? In this episode, I’m reflecting on…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
51. What women misunderstand about “doing their best”
Perfection is a terrible goal. In this episode, I’m exploring how many women quietly carry unrealistic, outdated, or impossible standards for what “doing their…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
Mini 06: Building Around Your Limits
Today's episode wasn't planned. It started as a voice memo while I was reflecting on my coaching business, motherhood, and the unexpected ways God has been…
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50. Your gifts are already shaping your life (whether you recognize them yet or not)
What if some of the things you’ve spent years criticizing about yourself are actually connected to how God intentionally wired you? In this episode, I’m…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
Bonus Conversation: How to Build a Chic Yet Unique Capsule Wardrobe | with Image Consultant Jackie Wheeler
Today's bonus conversation is a replay from a recent Tribe Beloved gathering. Image Consultant Jackie Wheeler joins us for a practical and encouraging…
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49. Your Worth Doesn't Disappear When Things Aren't Going Well (connection call)
What if the problem isn't that you're failing—but that you're interpreting every struggle as proof that something is wrong with you? In this Connection…
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48. Maybe You’re Not Lazy — Maybe the Rhythm Doesn’t Fit
Have you ever wondered why certain routines, rhythms, or ways of doing life seem to work beautifully for someone else… but leave you feeling exhausted…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
47. You Can’t Lead Your Life Well If You Ignore Your Actual Capacity
Why does life sometimes feel harder than it “should” — even when you’re trying your best? In this episode, Cortney talks about the importance of pausing long…
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46. Why You Feel Behind Even When You’re Trying So Hard
Lately I’ve been thinking about trees, seasons, and the invisible weight so many women are carrying right now. In this episode, I’m talking about: shifting…
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45. When a Woman Owns Her Gifts (And Stops Waiting for Permission)
There’s a difference between knowing something about yourself… and actually living like it’s true. In this episode, Cortney brings the conversation full…
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Mini 05: Maybe There’s Nothing Wrong With the Way God Created You
Hello Beloved 💛 In today’s little bonus-style voice note, I’m sharing the story of a woman from this community who recently walked through the Discover Your…
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44. You Know Yourself More Than You Think (But You Don’t Always Trust It)
Have you ever had a moment where you knew something… and then immediately second-guessed it? In this episode, Cortney explores the tension between what you…
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43. The Gifts You Don’t Realize You Have (But Use Every Day)
Have you ever done something that feels completely normal to you… and then someone points it out like it’s something special? In this episode, Cortney explores…
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42. Why Life Feels Different in a New Season (Especially for Women Who Do It All)
Have you ever stepped into a new season of life and found yourself wondering… why does this feel heavier than I expected? In this episode, Cortney shares a…
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Mini 04:When Capacity Is Low & the “Shoulds” Are Loud
In this mini episode, I’m sharing from a very real, very present place—what it looks like to navigate a low capacity season without turning on yourself…
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41. 3 Signs Something Feels Off (And It Might Not Be What You Think)
Have you ever had that quiet feeling like… something’s off—but you can’t quite explain why? In this episode, we’re unpacking three subtle signs that something…
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40. What Actually Changes When a Woman Starts Using Her Gifts
Have you ever wondered what’s actually supposed to change when you start using your God-given gifts? Because it’s easy to hear “use your gifts” or “walk in…
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39. Why Knowing Your Gifts Doesn’t Automatically Change Your Life
Have you ever had a moment where you finally understand yourself better… but nothing in your life actually changes? In this episode, we’re talking about the…
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38. When Understanding Your Wiring Becomes Second Nature
What if the goal of understanding your personality isn’t to endlessly analyze yourself… but to understand your design well enough that it simply becomes part…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
37. The Artisan - When your enthusiasm feels misunderstood
If you’ve ever been told you’re “too much,” too impulsive, too scattered, or too spontaneous — this episode is for you. Today we’re exploring the…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
36. The Guardian - If you’re tired of holding everything together
If you’re a responsible, steady, dependable Christian woman who feels like you have to hold everything together, this episode is for you. Today we’re exploring…
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35. The Rational - If you’ve ever been called “too logical”
Have you ever been described as “too logical,” “too blunt,” or “too intense”? If you’re the one who sees the solution before others even identify the problem……
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34. The Idealist: when your heart feels like too much
Are you an Idealist (NF personality type) who feels deeply, sees meaning everywhere, and sometimes wonders if you’re just… too much? In this episode of Tribe…
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33. Why You Keep Fighting Yourself (And What Your Temperament Has to Do With It)
Have you ever felt like your personality was something to manage… tone down… or fix? Maybe you’ve called yourself “too sensitive.” Or wished you were more…
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32. When Something Moves You… But Nothing Changes
Have you ever had a moment that deeply moved you — a conversation, a message, a realization — only to look back weeks later and realize… nothing actually…
- God-Given Gifts in Real Life
31. Why “Having It All Together” Is a Terrible Goal (Especially in Marriage)
What if marriage isn’t meant to feel endlessly hard? In this voice-memo-style episode of Tribe Beloved: Love Notes, Cortney gently challenges a familiar…
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30. God Isn’t Confused by How Different We Are
Note: If you listened to the previous message, it was my messy first draft - an uploaded oops! Here's a cleaner, less rambling version ;) --- So much tension…
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29. If You Feel Like You Should Be Further Along
Have you ever wondered why you’re still praying about the same things years later? In this episode, Cortney reflects on why revisiting familiar struggles isn’t…
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28. You’re Not Meant to Disappear in Relationship
Have you ever noticed yourself getting quieter in a relationship — not all at once, just slowly? In this reflective, voice-memo–style episode, Cortney shares a…
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27. You Don’t Have to Name All Your Gifts to Begin Honoring One
Do you feel pressure to have your gifts, calling, or purpose all figured out by now? In this episode of Love Notes for Tribe Beloved, Cortney offers a calming…
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26. What If the Thing You’re Trying to Fix Is Actually a Gift?
What if the traits you’ve been trying to fix, manage, or apologize for aren’t flaws at all? What if they’re evidence of how God designed you — on purpose? In…
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25. How to choose your word of the year
In this episode, Cortney walks through a grace-filled, descriptive (not prescriptive) way to discern your Word of the Year. Instead of focusing on choosing the…
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Mini 03-You don't know what you don't know
In this short reflection, I share a recent moment of realizing I was making assumptions I didn’t even know I was making — and the humbling reality that…
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24. A Christmas Love Note: You Are God’s Beloved
On this Christmas Day voice-memo episode, Cortney offers a simple, heartfelt blessing for wherever this holiday finds you — joyful, chaotic, quiet, or tender…
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23. The Freedom of Being Who God Designed You to Be
In today’s Love Notes episode, Cortney explores the freeing truth that God didn’t make a mistake when He designed you. Your wiring — your personality, quirks…
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Mini 02: Things I’m Loving Lately
A short Mini Note about: Convoy of Hope’s “Feed the World for a Day” challenge. Learn more: https://convoyofhope.org/oneday/ Garden City by John Mark Comer…
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Mini 02: Things I’m Loving Lately
A short Mini Note about: Convoy of Hope’s “Feed the World for a Day” challenge. Learn more: https://convoyofhope.org/oneday/ Garden City by John Mark Comer…
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22. What If Rediscovering You Is the Gift?
In this voice-memo style episode, Cortney explores the idea that rediscovery might be one of God’s sweetest gifts — especially in transition seasons. Through…
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Mini 01: Being More Personal Without Oversharing
A short Mini Note about: wanting to share more personally without making it the “Cortney Show” honoring the privacy and dignity of your family the tension…
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21. The Gentle Way God Leads You Into New Seasons
In this voice-memo-style episode, Cortney unpacks her complicated relationship with the word gentle—and why the biblical definition feels nothing like the…
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19. Snapshots of Strength I’m Thankful For
A Thanksgiving reflection on the quiet, courageous gifts of the women we walk alongside — and why their faithfulness matters more than they know. Philippians…
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20. When Advent Feels New — And a Little Imperfect
What if Advent didn’t need to be Pinterest-perfect or beautifully orchestrated to be meaningful? In this voice-memo style episode, Cortney shares her honest…
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18. From Overwhelm to Ownership
Have you ever had a moment when you were so in the flow that you thought, “I was made for this”? In this episode, Cortney invites you to remember those golden…
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17. Beloved, You’re Not Behind
Ever feel like you should be further along by now—in your faith, your calling, or just life in general? This honest, heart-to-heart conversation is your…
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16. “This Is How I’m Wired — and That’s a Gift”
A thoughtful mom discovers her ISFJ design and learns that peace isn’t something to earn—it’s something to live from. Join Cortney for a conversation about…
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15. Beyond Paul’s List: Discovering the Gifts the He Didn’t Name
Ever taken a spiritual gifts quiz and thought… “That’s it?” Maybe the options didn’t fit. Maybe your results felt flat. Maybe the quiz just didn’t see the way…
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14. You Took the Quiz — Now What? Turning Personality Insights into Daily Life
You took the personality quiz. Maybe even highlighted a few lines that felt spot-on. But now that “aha” moment is buried in your inbox—or shoved in a drawer…
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13. Isn’t That Just a Personality Quiz Thing?
Ever share something you’ve learned from a personality tool—only to get a polite smile or an eye-roll? In this episode Cortney Loui shares why personality…