Good morning beautiful ladies, This is something I’m working on at the moment and I think it’s good to share our struggles even the small daily ones … I know how much better my day goes when before anything, I connect with God through scripture and prayer, yet there are days when I instinctively reach for my phone the moment I wake up. Before my feet even hit the floor, my mind is already pulled into demands, comparison, urgency and I’m starting my day reacting instead of receiving. It’s like the light switches on on my brain and I think of a million things to do before the day begins and so I check emails, messages, social media and then I find I’ve ran out of time to connect with the most important of all, our Heavenly Father. I tell myself I’ll make time later on but some days that’s doesn’t happen so this is something I’m intentionally working on. I want my first connection to be with God , to remember all the blessings in my life even if it’s just a short prayer or simply sitting in stillness with Him. As I sat praying this morning, I realised that when I invite God in first, everything else feels different. My thoughts soften, my nervous system calms and my perspective shifts. I don’t want God to be something I fit in once the emails are answered and the scrolling is done. I want Him to be the starting point, not the afterthought. I’m sharing this because I know I’m not alone in this struggle. When I was reflecting on this, this morning it reminded me of one of my favourite scriptures in the Bible from Matthew - But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. This reminds us the idea that order matters. Not doing more , but putting Him first. Does anyone else relate to this? What usually gets the very first moments of your day? Danielle xxx

🤍 Why We Created This Community 🤍 We wanted to take a moment to share why this space exists. Because it was created with so much intention. We’re living in a world where loneliness is quietly becoming an epidemic. Community has been lost. Real connection is rare. Human interaction has been replaced with scrolling, comparison and surface level conversations. And we both felt very called to create something different. This is when RISE WITH US was born 🙌 This Skool community was created to be a safe, faith led space where women can: ✨ Make real friends ✨ Hang out with other women who value similar things ✨ Connect beyond small talk ✨ Grow in faith, purpose and passion ✨ Feel seen, known and supported A place you can come as you are, not to perform, not to be perfect, but to belong. At the heart of this community Danielle and I are both faith‑led women who are searching for more. More meaning. More alignment. More clarity around who we are and what we're called to do in this life. We don't believe in settling for mediocre. We don't believe in working just to pay bills. We believe we we're all create with a God given purpose and its our mission to help you find that. But here’s something important we want to say gently and honestly 🤍 A community doesn’t thrive because of the creators alone. It thrives through collective effort 👌 This space comes alive when we all: 🌿 Share 🌿 Comment 🌿 Encourage one another 🌿 Show up consistently 🌿 Take part, even in small ways You don’t need to have it all figured out to contribute. Sometimes a simple “me too” or “this resonated” is enough to help someone else feel less alone. Over the next few days, keep an eye out for some very exciting leaderboard announcements, new ways to get involved and opportunities to connect more intentionally 👌 We have huge plans for this community to become the #1 faith lef, female empowered community on skool over the next few years and we need you to make that dream come true for us all 🤍🥳🙌 We want to encourage you to make it a habit to spend a little time in here each day.

When it comes to growth right now, what do you need more of?

If you’ve never done this I urge you to, Everything that’s on your heart, put it down, put down areas of your life you want to improve, things you want to achieve anything that’s calling you I hosted a girly evening last night with food that was good for the soul, and set about putting all the pieces to the puzzle in front of me to get clear about the path I’m walking. If you are following Christ, when you put these pieces down, pray about them and see and feel what the lord is showing or guiding you towards Proverbs 19:21: Notes that while people may make many plans, it is the Lord's purpose that prevails I hope you all have a blessed day ✨

This was a big one for me - inner voice is often self sabotage, constantly thinking I’m not a good mum, a good wife. Recently I’ve found out I’ve got ADHD and for the first time in my life I feel like I can understand myself a little more. However, even knowing this I still often feel like I’m just the problem. I do quite often have a few thoughts and scenarios but here’s one that is probably the one that’s the most frequent. My inner voice in particular says - I’m not a good mum, my kids deserve better - Now when I actually sit with this thought I actually can see and feel how this is not true and in fact it’s actually the opposite, god sees all and knows what I do for my children and if I wasn’t a good mum he wouldn’t be pulling me in the directions he is. I live and breath for my children and they are so loved and cared for, they are healthy and happy and altho everyday is a challenge in lots of way and on days it’s particularly tough ( 2 out of my 3 are neurodivergent) I meet their needs and despite being married my husband has a demanding job quite so quite often I face these challenges on my own and we get through it. I know this inner voice isn’t gods work, and I’m making it my commitment that when these intrusive feelings and thoughts come in I will be saying - “ in the name of Jesus Christ silence these intrusive thoughts and feelings they don’t belong here!” Wether you are following Christ or not - Alter that statement above to make it relevant for you. You can say - Inner voice your thoughts and feelings aren’t welcome! This is not true, and you will not break me! Whatever is relevant for you 🤍✨ I hope you all have had a day full of glimmers of hope and joy 🙏