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Back for the Fall Season, with host Cheryl Scruggs

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Cheryl Scruggs returns to the Thriving Beyond Belief podcast after taking time off due to contracting shingles in May, which left her with significant pain and nerve damage that continued into September. Cheryl reflected on how her difficult summer experience taught her important lessons about thriving through challenges rather than just during good times, emphasizing the need to learn how to rest, say no when necessary, and depend more on the Lord.

She reviewed several previous podcast episodes from the spring that listeners should revisit before upcoming fall interviews, including episodes with Deborah Fileta, Dr. Kelly Flanagan, Lindsay Maestas, Amy Hauser, Chelsea Smith, J.R. Briggs and many more.

Cheryl discussed themes of serving, identifying gifts and talents, and what it means to thrive in life. She encouraged listeners to reach out to her via Instagram or the website with topics they would like to hear about, expressing her desire to provide encouragement and guidance. She also invites her listeners to share feedback on topics for future discussions and mentioned her goal for the “Thriving Beyond Belief” podcast.

She welcomes listeners back for the fall season and mentioned upcoming content, inviting feedback on how she can best support and teach realness in life.

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Robert J. Morgan

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On today’s episode of Thriving Beyond Belief, Cheryl Scruggs welcomes bestselling author, Bible teacher, and speaker Robert J. Morgan for an encouraging conversation about trusting God during seasons of waiting, disappointment, grief, and uncertainty.

Drawing from his latest book, God Hasn’t Forgotten You: 24 Remarkable Ways God Is Working in You and Through You, Robert shares powerful lessons from the often-overlooked story of Zechariah and Elizabeth in Luke 1. Their story reminds us that even when God seems silent or His timing feels slow, He is still present, keeping His promises and working behind the scenes.

Cheryl and Robert explore how God can bring grace into our grief, replace fear with faith, and use every season of our lives for a greater purpose. Whether you feel overlooked, discouraged, or unsure about what comes next, this conversation offers hope that your story is not finished—and that God has not forgotten you.

Tune in for a thoughtful and uplifting reminder that truly thriving does not require perfect circumstances. It begins with staying rooted in God’s faithfulness and trusting that He is working in you and through you, even when you cannot yet see it.

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Brandice Lardner

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In this episode of Thriving Beyond Belief, Cheryl Scruggs welcomes Brandice Lardner for an honest and hope-filled conversation about many of us having been in a war with our own bodies for years.

Even though as Christian women we know that we are fearfully and wonderfully made, many of us have been in a war with our own bodies for years. We tediously track calories, eliminate food groups, jump on the latest exercise trend, and wonder if all this business about balancing hormones is real or just someone trying to sell us something.

Through all the conflicting advice, weight lost and regained, and time spent berating ourselves for failing, we never get to the heart of the matter: why we started overeating in the first place or why our sense of worth has become entangled in what we eat and how we look. We focus on improving the outside, hoping it will make us feel better inside. But true, lasting, life-altering freedom is found by changing from the inside out.

Fully Nourished invites you to step off the exhausting treadmill of dieting and into the freedom Jesus offers. Certified nutrition coach and personal trainer Brandice Lardner gently guides you through sustainable practices grounded in biblical truth, sound nutrition, and habit-building science. You’ll discover how to nourish your body without shame, renew your mind with grace, and build habits that support your health, your peace, and your calling.

 

Amy Hauser

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In this episode of Thriving Beyond Belief, Cheryl Scruggs welcomes Amy Hauser for an honest and hope-filled conversation about faith, resilience, redemption, and learning to thrive through life’s highs and lows.

Amy wears many hats — wife, mom, friend, ministry leader, wellness enthusiast, and encourager — and she brings a beautiful mix of Southern warmth, humor, grit, and deep faith into everything she does.

Born and raised in Thomasville, Georgia, Amy’s life has taken her through places like Tallahassee, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles before bringing her back home to Georgia. Through every season, smooth or difficult, she has seen God’s faithfulness remain steady.

In this conversation, Amy shares about navigating motherhood, raising two boys, including one with additional needs, and finding joy in the everyday moments. She also opens up about her passion for health, wholeness, community, and living with open hands as she trusts God to bring beauty from ashes.

Amy co-founded Project Backyard, a service organization, and 61 Exchange, a women’s ministry created to encourage and uplift women. Alongside her husband, Paul, she has also shared their powerful story of marriage, divorce, and remarriage through I Am Second, offering a beautiful reminder that no one is ever too far gone for God’s grace.

Before this season of life, Amy also served as a teacher, movie producer, nonprofit leader, and communicator. Each chapter has shaped her passion for truth, health, faith, and helping others discover a life rooted in purpose.

Laura L. Smith

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On this episode of Thriving Beyond Belief, Cheryl Scruggs welcomes Laura L. Smith!

How many to-dos, responsibilities, relationships…are you  juggling?
I don’t want this frantic feeling of trying to keep it all together but fearing that at any moment it will all come tumbling down.
Do you?It’s urgent for us to slow down. For our bodies and our souls. We can do this. We need to for our physical, mental, and spiritual health. Jesus promises us the fruit of the Spirit—love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control. But if we’re scrolling or speeding so quickly through our lives, it’s hard to notice any of that richness or fullness, let alone make room for it or tap into it. When we’re running full speed ahead, we don’t feel like we can muster any patience or self-control, and we struggle to recall when we last felt anything resembling peace. We’re zooming around so fast we don’t have time to accept lovely invitations from God to connect with Him through prayer, reading our Bibles, being present, and celebrating the good stuff.But I want to.
Do you?
Are you ready to try?
Dive into the pages of The Urgency of Slowing Down and go on a journey with Laura L. Smith of unpacking what’s in our lives, why it’s there, what we don’t need, what we can let go of, and what we can add in…
so we can step into the unforced rhythms of grace Jesus invites us into.

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070: Judy Pogue

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I am thrilled to have Judy Pogue on this week’s episode of Thriving Beyond Belief! From thriving at any age to princesses, to world missions, we discuss a gamut of amazing topics today.

Judy Pogue is a wife, mother, international missionary, and now an author. She has such a deep love for the Lord and amazing wisdom to share. She presses deep into who God has created her to be and feels blessed to be in the season she is in. I love the way Judy describes thriving: she says it is “running with arms open to the future”. I think this perfectly encompasses Psalm 31 when the psalmist describes a Godly woman as someone “who laughs at the fear of the future”.

Thriving is running wildly toward the future because you know it is in the Lord’s hands. And the Lord wants us to thrive at every stage of our lives. He is not surprised by the season we are in, whether that is motherhood, singleness, a job that seems so difficult, the loss of a parent, etc. Because He is not surprised by our season, He has fully equipped us and is walking with us through those seasons. Judy speaks on a young woman who feels called to being missional, but is in the middle of raising young children. Judy reminded and encouraged this woman that she IS being missional! She is right where the Lord wants her and is being missional in her home with her children. She referred to Scripture that states we go in and out of seasons, and this woman’s time of being missional outside of her home will come. But we are to see where we are at as our mission.

We speak for a while on the importance of mentorship and how different generations help others walk along life. This is what community is. Those that are older have such an opportunity to meet with the younger to let them know they are not alone in what they are walking through. And the younger generation has an opportunity to see what a Godly woman looks like as she walks through certain stages of life. I am so thrilled that we were able to discuss Judy’s book, Awaken Sleeping Beauty. I could not love this book more and what it entails. Judy expands on her inspiration for this book, who she hopes to reach with its message, and all of the different angles this story takes. Judy has such wisdom on discussing what all the Lord has taught her through marriage and motherhood. She discusses real issues that happen in marriage and learning to find value in the titles “wife” and “mother” in a world telling us those titles are not enough. We discuss believing in who your spouse is. Lay the groundwork of prayer in the difficult years that will yield fruit in the good years. This is an episode you won’t want to miss. So grab a comfy chair or put in your earbuds on a walk and enjoy this week of Thriving Beyond Belief!

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Instagram: @AwakenWithJudyPogue

Website: www.judypogue.com

Facebook: Awaken with Judy Pogue

Awakening Conference Feb 22, 2019 Dallas: http://www.judypogue.com/index.php

Twitter: @AwakenwithJudyP

Book: Awaken Sleeping Beauty