Podcasts about what if it's wonderful

Nicole Zasowski is an author and therapist who like many knows what it's like to live a life terrified of celebrating. After experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. We're diving into her book, What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate, and being challenged to pursue a life of anticipation and celebration. Today, we're talking about: Why the search for joy is both challenging and essential How our peace can be threatened in joyous times and what we can do about this Pursuing a life of anticipation - starts by retraining your brain to celebrate C A N D A C E  C O F E R author + speaker ⁠website⁠ | ⁠instagram⁠ | ⁠youtube⁠ | ⁠facebook

During the holiday season, we are encouraged to celebrate at all of the parties, ceremonies, and family get-togethers we attend. But we also know that there can be a lot of fear and expectations that come with those celebrations. Author and licensed therapist Nicole Zasowski shares how we can release our fears, choose joy, and find the courage to celebrate during the holiday season, even when we come face to face with those living the lives we think we want. RESOURCES: From Lost to Found What if It's Wonderful "What if It's Wonderful in the Glass House" podcast episode MARKED is a podcast from Lifeway Women: https://women.lifeway.com/blog/podcasts/. Hosted by Kelly King and Elizabeth Hyndman. RECOMMENDED: Listen to Lifeway Women director Becky Loyd share her top leadership lessons and how she's learned to depend on the Lord in her life—because "the more you depend on the Lord, the better things are going to turn out for you." ABOUT NICOLE ZASOWSKI Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist, sought-after speaker, and author of What If It's Wonderful? and From Lost to Found. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children. Nicole would love to connect with you on her website: nicolezasowski.com

**Over the next few weeks, we're re-releasing some of our favorite Unapologetic episodes as a way to celebrate the first year of UNA! This conversation about Nicole Zasowski's book, What If It's Wonderful? originally aired on June 1st, 2022. “What ifs?” cause anxiety, paralyzing fear, and steal joy from moments and memories that are meant to be cherished and enjoyed. What if my worst fear becomes a reality? What if my whole world changes overnight? What if my loved one receives a bad medical diagnosis? Licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and speaker, Nicole Zasowski, has a different “What if?” question: “What if it's wonderful?” Using their clinical knowledge, combined with a solid biblical foundation, Nicole and Julia discourage us from constantly expecting the worst and instead encourage us to expect and create the best—committing to celebrate in every season, conqueror anxiety, and live life to the fullest.

Today we're talking about savoring life. Join us as we share ways we can greater appreciate and notice more of the sights, sounds, experiences, and people around us!  Links in this episode What If It's Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski I'm a fan recommendations Marie's book We'd love to hear from you! Find us here:  Instagram: Midlife Matters Podcast Website: midlifematterspodcast.com Email: midlifematterspodcast@gmail.com

Thank you for listening to Around The Campfire, a podcast of Sky Ranch Ministries, hosted by Holly Knight.  Today Holly welcomes Nicole Zasowski to the show.  Nicole is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of From Lost to Found. As an old soul who wears her heart proudly on her sleeve, she enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. Nicole's new book, What If It's Wonderful?   Connect with Nicole Zasowski: Website, Instagram, Facebook Connect with Sky Ranch: Website, Facebook, Instagram Connect with Holly Knight: Website, Facebook, Instagram

This week we're talking about celebrating the good and hope in the middle. Join us as we discuss valuing good over perfect and how we're learning that the messy middle can't be skipped and is often where we learn the most!  What If It's Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski I'm a fan recommendations Julie's podcast Mindy's shoes Marie's book We'd love to hear from you! Find us here: Instagram: Midlife Matters Podcast Website: midlifematterspodcast.com Email: midlifematterspodcast@gmail.com  

In this episode, Bruce, Shay, and Janie sit down with Nicole Zasowski. Nicole is a licensed therapist, speaker, and writer, and today, we talk about her latest book What If It's Wonderful? We often fear celebrating because we believe we are protecting ourselves (or others) from pain by anticipating the worst. Through research, Nicole discovered the truth about our pre-emptive worry, and she has realized the true importance of celebration. To find her books and more of her resources, check out her website: https://www.nicolezasowski.com

Today we're talking about embracing joy and loving lavishly. Wow! We all want to do both of those things, but they can be hard sometimes. Join us as we share where we've been successful and where we still have some work to do! Links in this episode What If It's Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski I'm a fan recommendations Mindy's curtains Julie's show Marie's cleaning product We'd love to hear from you! Find us here: Instagram: Midlife Matters Podcast Website: midlifematterspodcast.com Email: midlifematterspodcast@gmail.com

Today we're talking about comparison and celebration. Join us as we discuss the cost of comparison and why we tend to minimize or avoid celebrating good things in our lives!  Links in this episode What If It's Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski I'm a fan recommendations Mindy's candle Marie's movie We'd love to hear from you! Find us here: Instagram: Midlife Matters Podcast Website: midlifematterspodcast.com Email: midlifematterspodcast@gmail.com

Listeners today we're talking about shame and pessimism. Join us as we share how these two negative emotions make us hesitant to celebrate and keep us from experiencing joy. As a springboard for this discussion, we're using the book, What If It's Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski. I'm a fan recommendations Mindy's app Julie's mop Marie's glasses We'd love to hear from you! Find us here: Instagram: Midlife Matters Podcast Website: midlifematterspodcast.com Email: midlifematterspodcast@gmail.com

Author and marriage and family therapist Nicole Zasowski knows that it's difficult to trust joy and find the courage to celebrate when you have endured seasons of disappointment and despair. When God has been your faithful anchor in the storm, does joy then leave you unmoored? Nicole reminds us that we can stay tethered to the hope of Christ in seasons of celebration, because even joyful days hold the learning, growth, and intimate encounters with Jesus that our hearts crave.Her new book, "What If It's Wonderful?"  offers a new perspective. With a compelling psychological and spiritual case for the importance of embracing joy and celebration, even when it feels scary.Checkout her website, free resources, and the book here! TALK ABOUT: Awana's new resource TALK ABOUT is an easy to use subscription resource for child discipleship. If you want to have more intentional conversations with your children about the Bible and their faith check out www.talkaboutdiscipleship.com today! Use the code "ETERNITY" for one month free!WORK FROM WORTH COURSE:Ready to clarify your calling in your personal and professional life?  Work from worth with us! Click here to learn more and purchase the course course today! 

Today we're talking about letting go of the habit of practicing disappointment and learning how to fully embrace joy! This is a new series we will do once a month based on the book, What If It's Wonderful by Nicole Zasowski. Join us as we share what we've learned this month and how we've tried to put it into practice!  We'd love to hear from you! Find us here: Instagram: Midlife Matters Podcast Website: midlifematterspodcast.com Email: midlifematterspodcast@gmail.com

I've said it all season, I suck at rest. But y'all, diving into this topic has blessed my soul and I hope it's done the same for you. In this season finale, I want to leave you with an acronym that I hope will remind you of how you can simplify rest.  R - Reduces our fear E - Eliminates our friction S - Simplifies our distractions T - Taste and see that the Lord is good Remember, rest is good and necessary for our souls. It isn't something we work to earn, it's a place we can work from when we find true rest in Christ. If you'd like to join the "What If It's Wonderful?" book study, text "book" to 940-242-3023. ------------- theflowermomma.com Follow @theflowermomma on Instagram! Flower Momma Podcast Instagram: @theflowermommapodcast Jamesons Website: https://jamesonsflowers.com The Flower Momma Box Waitlist: theflowermomma.com

* This episode originally aired on June 13, 2022 Are you afraid of when "the other shoe will drop"?  Licensed therapist and author Nicole Zasowski joins Bill for a rich conversation on celebrating our joys through her book, "What If It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate." Then our Greek expert Chris Palmer teaches on the beauty of Revelation 1: 4-5 and nuances of scripture, through his new book A Wink from Scripture.

In this first interview of our new season, we had the great honor of chatting with our dear friend and returning guest Nicole Zasowski. Nicole is a licensed marriage and family therapist, writer, and speaker. She lives in a small town just outside New York City with her husband, Jimmy and their children. In 2020, Nicole authored From Lost to Found: Giving Up What You Think You Want for What Will Set You Free. And this year, she has just recently released her highly anticipated book: What If It's Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, & Find the Courage to Celebrate. With the vulnerability of your closest friend and the wisdom of your most trusted resource, Nicole chats with us about how to move past our fears, embrace hope in the face of disappointments, and cultivate the art of celebration in our everyday life.

This season I've been focusing on the topic of rest, but with the Flower Momma Box subscription opening for the last time in 2022, I wanted to welcome back my friend Nicole Zasowski to talk about creating a rhythm of celebration. In this episode, she shares why she thinks it's difficult to celebrate our gifts and accomplishments, why we often think of celebration as frivolous or unimportant, and why thankfulness and gratitude correlate so closely with celebration. She also explains how creating a rhythm of celebration in your home reflects God's grace in our lives and what our kids can learn from setting an example of doing something for ourselves independent of accomplishments. I'll be including a copy of "What If It's Wonderful?" in the August Flower Momma Boxes and we'll start a book study with the Flower Momma community starting August 22, 2022. If you'd like to join, text "book" to 940-242-3023. Follow Nicole: website | Instagram | Facebook ------------- theflowermomma.com Follow @theflowermomma on Instagram! Flower Momma Podcast Instagram: @theflowermommapodcast Jamesons Website: https://jamesonsflowers.com The Flower Momma Box Waitlist: theflowermomma.com

Hey friends! Welcome to Girls Night! I'm so excited to be back for Season 15 of the Girls Night podcast — and we're kicking off this season with a really wonderful episode.  We're talking about why it's so important to celebrate the big things (and the little things) in our lives — and how to practically do that! I love this episode because I always find myself craving delight and whimsy and celebration (and popsicles!) more in the summer than any other time of year. But this episode is actually so much deeper than just having more parties. Something I learned in this episode is that joy is one of the most vulnerable things we can ever feel. It's WAY less vulnerable to feel disappointment, to imagine worst-case-scenarios, and to rehearse bad things happening. It's like, if you're preparing for the worst, it won't hurt so much if it happens. Whereas if you really open your arms and your heart to something good, and embrace it, then if it gets taken away, you feel like you'll be crushed. (Even more so because you didn't see it coming!) It's like naming a puppy you're not going to get to keep. It feels easier just not to name it. But actually, it doesn't work this way. I can't wait for you to hear why! Our guest walking us through this incredible topic is my friend Nicole Zasowski. Nicole is a Marriage and Family Therapist as well as an author. She recently wrote a book called, What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate. Friends, if you'd like to feel more joy and contentment in your life (that's all of us, right?) this episode is for you. I can't wait to dive in! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Are you afraid of when "the other shoe will drop"?  Licensed therapist and author Nicole Zasowski joins Bill for a rich conversation on celebrating our joys through her book, "What If It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate." Then our Greek expert Chris Palmer teaches on the beauty of Revelation 1: 4-5, and nuances of scripture, through his new book A Wink from Scripture. (Release date 07/22)

Nicole Zasowski is a licensed family and marriage therapist, speaker, and author. She shares so much wisdom from her experience walking through many years of miscarriage after miscarriage. In her book, What If It's Wonderful, Nicole reminds us that we can find joy and celebration even when we are in the midst of suffering. In this interview, Nicole makes a compelling psychological and spiritual case for embracing celebration. You won't be disappointed by this conversation! Show Notes: Get Nicole's Book >> What If It's Wonderful www.nicolezasowski.com  @nicolezasowski

Nicole Zasowski is a licensed family and marriage therapist, speaker, and author. She shares so much wisdom from her experience walking through many years of miscarriage after miscarriage. In her book, What If It's Wonderful, Nicole reminds us that we can find joy and celebration even when we are in the midst of suffering. In this interview, Nicole makes a compelling psychological and spiritual case for embracing celebration. You won't be disappointed by this conversation! Show Notes: Get Nicole's Book >> What If It's Wonderful www.nicolezasowski.com  @nicolezasowski

Glass half full or empty? Which way do you lean? As you will hear in this episode, I am not exactly the glass half full kind of gal. But after speaking to my friend, Amber Cullum, I am ready to launch myself into a life of gratitude. This episode has one point in particular that totally BLEW MY MIND. Listen in as we discuss how and why to make room for gratitude. Making Room is all about making room for the abundant life and how we declutter the things that get in the way to make room for the good things of God. https://adept-builder-8973.ck.page/ae572d93f7 (Life: Decluttered Challenge)  Resources: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Philippians%204%3A8&version=NIV (Philippians 4:8) https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=romans%2012:2&version=NIV (Romans 12:2) https://www.nicolezasowski.com/wonderful (What If It's Wonderful?) by Nicole Zasowski Connect with Amber: IG: https://www.instagram.com/accounts/login/?next=/graceenoughpodcast_amber/ (@graceenoughpodcast_amber) https://graceenoughpodcast.com/ (graceenoughpodcast.com) Connect with Leah: YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVLewmak0ZIb-un99yUJ1_w (Faith School) IG: https://www.instagram.com/leah.rempel/ (@leah.rempel) http://leahrempel.com (leahrempel.com)

How do you pray for someone who is struggling with infertility?If you've asked this question or are struggling with infertility yourself, then listen in to today's interview episode where Nicole Zasowski shares about her journey with infertility and multiple miscarriages. You'll especially want to hear how she learned to celebrate the goodness of God in her life and choose joy even in the midst of great suffering.Nicole is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of From Lost to Found and What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate. As an old soul who wears her heart proudly on her sleeve, she enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. Nicole lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children.This episode may have triggered all kinds of feelings toward a tricky relationship in your life. If you'd like some extra help in praying through hard emotions (like anxiety, anger, guilt, and disappointment), you can download 10 Prayers for Hard Emotions when you go to prayersofrest.com/hard.Until we meet again, may you find rest in God's loving presence.Great news! After months of waiting, the Prayers of REST devotional is now available wherever books are sold! Find a copy at your favorite bookstore, or order online at your preferred retailer. Go to prayersofrest.com for direct links.Support the show

What if it's wonderful? Do you struggle to rejoice with those who rejoice, especially when you're mourning or dealing with loss? Does it seem hard or scary to celebrate at times? Many of us have felt that—myself included. That's why I wanted to chat with therapist and author Nicole Zasowski about her newest book and how she learned to ask this question which changed the way she interacted within community and in her own relationship with God. Nicole is no stranger to loss (including miscarriage) and she's faced unexpected changes that felt heavy. These experiences led her to learn and then share how celebration is different than escapism, and how happiness isn't an ungodly pursuit. Learn more about Nicole Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of From Lost to Found. As an old soul who wears her heart proudly on her sleeve, she enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. Nicole lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children. Follow Nicole on Instagram or on her site. You can get her book What If It's Wonderful? now. Get the full show notes here with all links. Episode Sponsor: BetterHelp This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. They assess your needs and match you with your own licensed professional therapist. It's not a crisis line, it's not self-help, it is professional therapy done securely online. BetterHelp is committed to facilitating great therapeutic matches so they make it easy and free to change therapists if needed. It's more affordable than traditional offline therapy and financial aid is available. Thanks again to my sponsor, BetterHelp who has a special offer for The Julie Bender Show listeners! Get 10% off your first month at https://betterhelp.com/thejuliebender And try their Christian arm, FaithfulCounseling with 10% off your first month, here. Want to hire me as your voice actor? Find me online: https://www.voices.com/profile/juliebender or email me. Follow me! IG Julie Bender Babes VIP FB group. YT Amazon Web --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julie-bender/support

What If It's Wonderful? Author and marriage and family therapist Nicole Zasowski knows that it's difficult to trust joy and find the courage to celebrate when you have endured seasons of disappointment and despair. When God has been your faithful anchor in the storm, does joy then leave you unmoored? Nicole reminds us that we can stay tethered to the hope of Christ in seasons of celebration, because even joyful days hold the learning, growth, and intimate encounters with Jesus that our hearts crave. What If It's Wonderful? offers a new perspective. With a compelling psychological and spiritual case for the importance of embracing joy and celebration, even when it feels scary. SOCIAL MEDIA: INSTAGRAM: @Nicolezasowski WEBSITE: Nicole Zasowski

Today's show features the author and amazing human-- Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of What If It's Wonderful? and From Lost to Found. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children. Nicole would love to connect with you on her website: www.nicolezasowski.com where you can download a free guide to help you navigate your own “What if…?” questions.   You can also find her on Instagram.   Self-Care:  Take a hot hot bath Family Fun: Start collecting something as a family. Nicole's family collects sea glass multiple times a week.     You are exactly the right mom for your kids.  I am so glad to know you.      Find me on Instagram at @everyday_runner_christy Don't forget to SUBSCRIBE to this podcast Don't forget to leave a rating or review.  Email me Play4life.Christy@gmail.com  Want to share a family play idea?  Leave a message on SpeakPipe!   Sign up for Self-Care Adventure texts by texting "143" to 904-595-9576  

Thanks so much for joining us today for such a deeply joyful and uplifting conversation between Alisa and Nicole Zasowski, a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, wife and mom of three. You'll hear Nicole share why it's so important to press into the celebrations in life to make space for joy. She shares through her new book, What If It's Wonderful, the holy and important spiritual discipline of celebration and how you can start to cultivate this practice. An easy, practical way to start is through, as Nicole explains, the daily savoring with the five senses (found at 24:55). You can connect with Nicole at: www.nicolezasowski.com or on Instagram at @nicolezasowski, and if you want to hear more, check out this interview on episode #545 with Nicole and Alisa here: Lost to Found. Here are some great resources from Revelation Wellness on how to help cultivate the rhythm of joyful celebration: Where Is My Joy? Let Bri Joy lead you as as you cultivate joy through flexibility and gentle movement Restoring My Joy Join Tammy in a RevX workout Registration is now open for the Reconnect Virtual Marriage Retreat where you and your spouse get access to the tools you need to draw together and press into renewal in your marriages. You can sign up here: Reconnect Registration While you wait for the Reconnect to kick off, check out some of these great resources on marriage: Heaven In Your Home Join Francie Winslow and Alisa as they talk about marriage Are You Doing This One Thing Enough? Alisa and Renee Worcester share what every marriage needs to thrive Five Ways To Grow Your Marriage in Hard Seasons Read this great blog post by Francie Winslow We LOVE your reviews! They really do help us spread the good news! Please consider leaving us one, and if we read your name on our show, we'll send you a free gift from the Revelation Wellness Store!

Thanks so much for joining us today for such a deeply joyful and uplifting conversation between Alisa and Nicole Zasowski, a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, wife and mom of three. You'll hear Nicole share why it's so important to press into the celebrations in life to make space for joy. She shares through her new book, What If It's Wonderful, the holy and important spiritual discipline of celebration and how you can start to cultivate this practice. An easy, practical way to start is through, as Nicole explains, the daily savoring with the five senses (found at 24:55). You can connect with Nicole at: www.nicolezasowski.com or on Instagram at @nicolezasowski, and if you want to hear more, check out this interview on episode #545 with Nicole and Alisa here: Lost to Found. Here are some great resources from Revelation Wellness on how to help cultivate the rhythm of joyful celebration: Where Is My Joy? Let Bri Joy lead you as as you cultivate joy through flexibility and gentle movement Restoring My Joy Join Tammy in a RevX workout Registration is now open for the Reconnect Virtual Marriage Retreat where you and your spouse get access to the tools you need to draw together and press into renewal in your marriages. You can sign up here: Reconnect Registration While you wait for the Reconnect to kick off, check out some of these great resources on marriage: Heaven In Your Home Join Francie Winslow and Alisa as they talk about marriage Are You Doing This One Thing Enough? Alisa and Renee Worcester share what every marriage needs to thrive Five Ways To Grow Your Marriage in Hard Seasons Read this great blog post by Francie Winslow We LOVE your reviews! They really do help us spread the good news! Please consider leaving us one, and if we read your name on our show, we'll send you a free gift from the Revelation Wellness Store!

Nicole Zasowski is an LMFT (marriage and family therapist), mom of 3 (under age 6!), and the author of 1 of my new absolute favorite books: What If It's Wonderful?: Release your fears, choose joy, and find the courage to celebrate. The book was birthed out of a long season of change and loss for Nicole, one that displaced her family from coast to coast and that left her grieving five miscarriages in a span of four years. After all of her loss, Nicole found herself “terrified that hope would make a fool of me… I no longer felt brave enough to dream.” She began to notice that even moments in her life warranting celebration left her feeling less joyful and more afraid of how or when that joy might be lost. She claims – through personal experience and much psychological research – that joy is the most vulnerable feeling we feel. Why? “It felt safter not to hold the joy at all than to hold the joy that might break.”  Don't we all sometimes find ourselves waiting for the other shoe to drop? We may feel like we're protecting ourselves, but as Nicole points out, we're robbing ourselves of the good in the present when we put up walls to protect from the future that hasn't happened yet. “I'd faced a lot of loss. But [I realized] some of that loss was the refusal to engage with the life that I already had.” So why do we resist celebrating? We're afraid of loss or disappointment. We see celebration as a reward for good news or accomplishments when it should be a rhythm that helps us cultivate joy. We're unsure how to reconcile celebration and humility (seeing them as competing or mutually exclusive). We hold back for fear of hurting others in hard seasons. We don't know how to engage with God in our joy (wondering: “Will my dependence on him - thus intimacy with him - fade when life is joyful?”). So how do we actively and practically pursue joy/celebration? Savor the ordinary; take mental snapshots of daily moments of delight. Notice beauty. Vocalize your gratitude as expressed thanksgiving to the giver. Celebrate small things as a regular rhythm rather than holding out to celebrate big things as a reward. Practice differentiating between “real feelings” and “true feelings.” Through these practices and many more, Nicole calls us to learn to “love [yourself] where you are and grown from there.” She reminds us that celebration should not just tolerated but should be a spiritual discipline and an avenue for spiritual and emotional growth. This message is for everyone in any season of life: the crushing it people, the suffering people, and the people on the grind in the middle. We can all learn to cultivate these life-giving rhythms of celebration. Because joy is not a luxury but rather, a lifestyle we have the power to employ. Where to find Nicole? Website Instagram Facebook

My favorite book is the Bible, but a close second is the latest book from Nicole Zasowski "What If It's Wonderful?" That's why I'm so excited to share my conversation with her all about celebrating! In this episode, Nicole shares why celebration is so important to her, how savoring counteracts our brain's natural negativity, the ways gratitude and thanksgiving differ, and how you can spot toxic positivity.  Resources mentioned: What If It's Wonderful? bonuses Follow Nicole: website | Instagram | Facebook ------------- theflowermomma.com Follow @theflowermomma on Instagram! Flower Momma Podcast Instagram: @theflowermommapodcast Jamesons Website: https://jamesonsflowers.com The Flower Momma Box Waitlist: theflowermomma.com

Mentioned in this episode: Nicole's new book, What If It's Wonderful? Nehemiah 8:10   Connect with Nicole Zasowski: Website~Instagram~Facebook   Connect with Holly: Website~Facebook~Instagram   This podcast was produced and edited by Angie Elkins Media Music by Robert Elkins

Join the Grace Enough community HERE! Nicole Zasowski and Amber discuss the heart behind her newest book What If It's Wonderful?, the spiritual practice of celebration, and why we often resist celebrating. Courage to Celebrate Questions Discussed: (2:43) Your story involves multiple miscarriages and crippling anxiety that led to a reluctance to celebrate for fear of what may come. In What If It's Wonderful you write, "I was sure that celebration always came with a catch, so I became practiced in praying for the miracle while preparing to mourn," Share a bit of your story and how God began to impress upon you the spiritual practice of celebration. (9:50) Why do you think we can be hesitant or completely shy away from celebrating God's good gifts, especially after enduring hardship (16:32) You wrote, "Christians I stood shoulder to shoulder with through most seasons of my life tended to emphasize other disciplines- like prayer, fasting, and the study of God's Word- but were not particularly disciplined about celebration." What does the Bible say about celebration and why is this practice important? (22:50) What are some practical things that you started doing to introduce celebration as a rhythm? (28:07) What is the difference between celebration and escapism? (32:03) In your practice of celebration, what have you discovered about the character of God? (35:53) For someone who wants to learn to embrace celebration, what are you hoping that this book speaks into them? SHOW NOTES cont. Related Episodes: 159: Mattie Jackson Selecman | Tidbits of Joy & Debilitating Grief 69: Sam and Amber Cullum | Sabbath as a Family 149: Amy Gannett | Knowing & Worshipping God Sponsor: Epp and Co Epp & Co is a jewelry boutique that seeks to help you complete your look with affordable accessories. Use discount code: GRACEENOUGH on their website www.eppandco.com for 15% off your order. Dwell Bible App Explore Scripture Playlists, Stories, Passages and Plans with Dwell Bible App. Go to [dwellapp.io/graceenough] to get 10% off a yearly subscription, or 30% off Dwell for life. ------------------------------------------------------ I would love to connect with you on IG and FB ------------------------------------------------------ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Have you ever found yourself in an ‘in-between' season? A season of waiting, of wondering, of pain, or uncertainty? There is no question that this journey of moving back to America AND navigating starting a business has sparked ALL those and more for us. A few weeks ago, a new book flooded my instagram feed. It felt like everyone was posting about the launch of “What If It's Wonderful?” by Nicole Zasowski. When asked, she graciously accepted our offer to come on the show. It wasn't until I started to dive into this powerful, truth-filled book, that I realized how deeply personal this concept is for me. With that, I know it will be for you too as Nicole shows us:Practical ways to find the courage to celebrate when we find ourselves in the ‘in-between.'What it looks like to release fear, and how we can apply it to our own lives.Ways to tackle self-criticism and savor moments worth remembering.How to celebrate with others when we are not in seasons of celebration.The truth about not receiving compliments.As her subtitle so eloquently puts it, we know that this conversation will lead you to ‘release your fears, choose joy, and find the courage to celebrate'...with compassion, empathy, and actionable steps. You are not alone; the courage to celebrate starts here…together. Be sure to pick up your own copy of 'What If It's Wonderful' here. Interested in learning more about Gobble? Get your first 6 servings (3 meal kits!) For $36 Through this link! Trust us, you'll love it! 

Jenn is welcoming Nicole Zasowski back to the show today.  Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of From Lost to Found. As an old soul who wears her heart proudly on her sleeve, she enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. Nicole lives in Connecticut with her husband and their three young children. Today they discuss:   Overcoming fears that keep us from joy How to embrace celebration in life Practicing courage and expectation in life's challenges   Nicole's new book, What If It's Wonderful?   Connect with Nicole Zasowski: Website Instagram Facebook   Connect with Jenn: Instagram Facebook Website DONATE to Coming Alive Ministries

I found Nicole Zasowski through her book, What If It's Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find Courage to Celebrate and it hit me in some really deep places. Nicole and I talk about some of those hard conversations and seasons we sometimes find ourselves in on today's podcast.  I never would have thought that a book about celebration would also have me working on and uncovering some things that I need to process through in my life. It has helped me and I know it can help you too. This is a great place to start, on discovering who you are and where you can grow as a person. I am super thrilled to have this conversation with Nicole and I hope you all are too. We would love to hear your thoughts on today's topic. In This Episode [00:34] - Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show.  [01:28] - I'm just getting to know Nicole Zasowski and I ask her to introduce herself to our audience. [02:03] - I ask Nicole what inspired her to write this book. [04:24] - How did you go about recognizing that you were not allowing yourself to experience joy. [06:00] - I ask Nicole to speak to the woman who is going through a miscarriage and without hope. [08:48] - How did you handle the, “everyone else is getting what I want” season? [11:34] - I read a passage from Nicole's book. [12:13] - What does it look like, practically, to delight in the present moment? [16:10] - There is a statement from the book that I would like to unpack with you. [19:18] - How do you know if a feeling is true or not? [20:31] - I read another passage from What If It's Wonderful. [21:29] - How do you live in that moment and see the beauty, when it just feels like you're in the fog and it's dark? [24:49] - I would love for you to share what has changed in your life, since this perspective shift. [28:28] - I have Nicole close us out by encouraging the woman, who needs to enjoy the here and now. [30:48] - I encourage those to read this book, What If It's Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find Courage to Celebrate by Nicole Zasowski Links & ResourcesCrystal Paine Nicole Zasowski Books What If It's Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find Courage to Celebrate by Nicole Zasowski From Lost to Found: Giving Up What You Think You Want for What Will Set You Free by Nicole Zasowski Programs Libby/Overdrive, free public library app Social Media Crystal Paine on Instagram Crystal Paine on Twitter Crystal Paine on Goodreads   Money Saving Mom Money Saving Mom on Facebook Money Saving Mom Deal Seekers Facebook group crystal@moneysavingmom.com   Nicole Zasowski on Instagram Nicole Zasowski on Facebook

In this week's episode Host Holly Newton sat down with Nicole Zasowski for an important and authentic conversation about, not only when hope leads to disappointment, but also what do we do when miracles do happen and things do work out - when life really is worth celebrating? Nicole vulnerably shares about how after experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. But in her new book, What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate (Thomas Nelson, March 8, 2022), Nicole shares how she chose to pursue a life of anticipation and invites readers to join her on the quest to release fear that hinders delight and savor the joy of our present life.I believe this is a needed conversation, and I pray it encourages you to find your God-given courage to celebrate.“I was sure that celebration always came with a catch, so I became practiced in praying for the miracle while preparing to mourn,” writes Zasowski. “I realized that much of the loss I had experienced in my life was not only the grief and disappointment itself, but also the joy I overlooked because I was too afraid to embrace it...I also wondered about the purpose of celebration in our lives. Without knowing it, I began to liken celebration to dessert: enjoyable yes, but indulgent and unnecessary to the Christian life.” Visit our website to join our community and stay up on the latest on the Blog, Podcast, and Events! Coming to cities near you!Thank you for tuning in! Be sure to subscribe and leave a review so others can find these truth-filled, encouraging conversations.

My guest today is a marriage and family therapist who's written a powerful new book called What If It's Wonderful?. Today's conversation is one we all need on the importance of finding joy and peace in any circumstance! Let's go to the Story House with Nicole Zasowski! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

The Mattsons sit down with Nicole Zasowski to talk about cultivating joy. Life can be hard. Trauma interferes with our hope. We start to expect the next disappointment or “the next shoe to drop”. Nicole Zasowski, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and author of What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate (Thomas Nelson, March 8, 2022), invites us to practice the discipline of celebration. Even the word “discipline” makes Nicole cringe, but she shares the gold she finds on the other side. She opens up about her own losses and how she reached a point of not wanting to miss her God-given life in the throes of her grief. Nicole offers insights to why we struggle with celebration, how joy is really the most vulnerable place we can find ourselves, and how we can stay stuck in the shadows of our stories. Nicole says that the center of our joy determines the satiation of our joy, offering practical ways we can choose rhythms that foster, even double, our joy. Don't miss this episode! If you like what you hear, make sure you share the link and leave a review!   To connect with Nicole Zasowski, visit: ONLINE - nicolezasowski.com SOCIAL - Facebook - @nicolezasowskiwriter Instagram - @nicolezasowski   BOOKS - From Lost to Found What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate     Subscribe to the #living_wholeheartedpodcast anywhere you find your podcasts.   Instagram @TerraMattson @Living_Wholehearted @MyCourageousGirls #living_wholeheartedpodcast #shrinkingtheintegritygap Facebook @MyCourageousGirls @WeAreLivingWholehearted Websites LivingWholehearted.com TerraMattson.com MyCourageousGirls.com MyCourageousBook.com   Resources Shrinking the Integrity Gap (book) Shrinking the Integrity Gap e-Course Courageous: Being Daughters Rooted in Grace (book) Dear Mattsons (youtube series)

Today's Lisa + Friends guest is therapist and author of the new book, What If It's Wonderful, Nicole Zasowski. If you struggle to celebrate or have survivor's guilt, this show is one you need. Lisa gets honest with Nicole about how delight isn't always enough of a sells pitch for her to go through disappointment. This is a must listen!   Links: Abide Bible What If It's Wonderful? Website lnstagram Facebook   Learn more about Lisa at LisaWhittle.com   Produced by Unmutable™

Like many who've weathered the storms of life, author and licensed marriage and family therapist Nicole Zasowski lived her life terrified of celebrating. After experiencing prolonged seasons of hurt and disappointment, she had become highly suspicious of joy, afraid to enjoy the good things in life for fear they would be snatched away. But in her new book, What If It's Wonderful?: An Invitation to Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate, Nicole shares how she chose to pursue a life of anticipation and invites readers to join her on the quest to release fear that hinders our delight, savor the joy of our present life, and find our God-given courage to celebrate. www.nicolezasowski.com

What if my hope only leads to disappointment? What if I embrace joy only to have it ripped from my hands? Do these questions sound familiar? If you can relate, then you will not want to miss today's powerful episode! Today, Mary is joined for a second time by Nicole Zasowski, as the two dive into Nicole's new book, “What If It's Wonderful?  Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate.” As a best-selling author and therapist, Nicole knows that it's difficult to trust joy and find the courage to celebrate when you have endured seasons of disappointment and despair. Yet, her new book offers a different perspective with a compelling psychological and spiritual case for the importance of embracing joy and celebration, even when it feels scary On today's episode, Mary and Nicole dive deep into all things joy, celebration, and performing our way into a place of false security! Specifically: How to make celebration a discipline and rhythm in life even when celebrating feels hard The difference between engaging in celebration vs. escaping reality and how to know the difference Why journeys and quests are not the same and what they teach us The truth about anxiety and how to combat it Ways to implement celebration as a rhythm in your life instead of just considering it as a reward If you are ready to release your fears, choose joy, and find the courage to celebrate then today's episode is for you! Grab a copy of “What If It's Wonderful?” here! https://www.amazon.com/What-Its-Wonderful-Invitation-Celebrate/dp/0785226486/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr= --------------- MORE FROM MARY: You can find show notes for this episode at marymarantz.com/blog  For more inspiration and tips on owning your muddy story:  Find Mary on Instagram @marymarantz  Find Mary on YouTube by searching for the Mary Marantz channel If you love this episode, we bet you would also love Mary's first book Dirt, all about growing up in a trailer in West Virginia, before going on to Yale for law school. It is a story of redemption and how we make peace with our past. You can find that at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Target online or anywhere, books are sold. Don't forget to pre-order Slow Growth Equals Strong Roots while you're there, too!  Finally, if you are loving the show, will you take a minute to go rate it with five stars and leave a review? Wherever you listen to podcasts. This helps us get the show in front of so many more people and continues to help us book amazing guests for you here, like we have for you all season long here in the Slow Growth Equals Strong Roots Season. Thanks friends, we'll see you again soon.

We try-hard girls are notorious for sacrificing our emotions on the altar of performance and productivity. We don't have to look very far to see examples of powering through and soldiering on in order to get the job done. Try-hard girls have an inexplicable need to be perceived as strong. Showing any feeling seems to signal weakness in our armor, leaving us feeling vulnerable.  Vulnerability is to be avoided at all costs. Yet we know this isn't right: that our relationships and hearts are paying the price of our avoidance. But we don't know how to NOT carry on. Here to offer us hope and help is today's guest Nicole Zasowski. This episode is the sixth installment in our Skill Set series, one in which we'll take God's wisdom and overlay it onto our real-life struggles so we can know what practical tools are at our disposal to help us overcome our struggles with God's truth and grace. Key Quotes “Vulnerability is showing up as I am where I am and being willing to be seen and known in that place.” - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “There's a difference between feelings being real and feelings being true.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Pain comes from two different directions: It attacks our sense of identity, or it attacks our sense of safety.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “We cannot speak to what we will not name.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “The purpose of naming those feelings is not so that we stay stuck in them. It's actually an essential first step to move through them.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Vulnerability is best served with boundaries.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Thanksgiving is our way of celebrating the gift with the Giver.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Be vulnerable with your joy.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Celebrating is the most natural response to God's movement in our lives.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Testimony of the victory God has shown in our lives are very important stories to tell.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Amidst a painful, painful world, God is on the move and doing good things.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski “Other people's behavior is about their pain and not about your value.”  - LMFT and Author Nicole Zasowski Mentioned in the Podcast The FCC requires that I tell you that I'm an Amazon Affiliate, which means I earn a bit of commission on each sale. But don't worry there's no added cost to you! Nicole Zasowski's What If It's Wonderful? Nicole Zasowski's From Lost to Found  Nicole Zasowski's What If? Journal About Nicole Zasowski Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist and author of From Lost to Found and her new book, What If It's Wonderful?  As an old soul who wears her heart proudly on her sleeve, she enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. Nicole lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children. Here's how to connect with Nicole Website Instagram Here's how to connect with Jill Website  GraceInRealLifePodcast.com  Instagram  Facebook group  Facebook page Subscribe to Jill's weekly “the good + the grace” emai

Nicole Zasowski, author and licensed marriage and family therapist, joins us this week to share more on her latest book - What If It's Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate.  In this episode, Nicole:  Unpacks fears that keep you from looking forward to the future with joy. Deconstructs the lies you've believed about happiness. Breaks down what's coming between you and a life of celebration. Shares practical tips from her latest book to help you actually drift towards joy and step more into the wonderful life in front of you.  If you're a worst case-scenario thinker, worried that joy and celebration come with a catch, are held back by fears, or simply want to live a more wonder-filled life, this is your episode. Nicole Zasowksi   Get Nicole's latest book: What If It's Wonderful? Book Bonuses: nicolezasowski.com/wonderful ----more---- Find more at annicafischer.com 

Hey friends! For almost two years, we've been doing what we needed to do navigating the pandemic, lockdowns, and everything else. We've had to make choices on what's best for ourselves and our families, and sometimes that we at the expense of celebrating our wins and successes. If you feel you need something positive in your life, something to celebrate, this is the episode for sure. In today's episode, we'll talk about small ways to find celebration, why it is essential to our mental health, and the idea of foreboding joy. Nicole Zasowskiis a wife, licensed marriage therapist, and author. She enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. In this episode, we talk about Nicole shares her thoughts as a therapist on what she has seen about the importance and necessity of celebration? How to define celebrations and the act of savoring the moments? What is foreboding joy, and how sometimes joy can sometimes be the scariest emotion? Favorite Quotes: “Celebrating the gift without worshipping the Give will ultimately leave us hungry.” “Anything - even good things - that eclipse our celebration of Christ become dangerous things.” “Beauty connects us to God's abundance.” Resources Connect with Nicole Instagram: @nicolezasowski Website: https://www.nicolezasowski.com/ Pick up a copy of her book, What If It's Wonderful

Most of the time we ask ourselves, "What if my hope only leads to disappointment?" It can be easier to allow ourselves to sit in our fear, rather than trusting God with unbridled faith.  Join Autumn for a raw conversation with special guest Nicole Zasowski, author of "What If It's Wonderful?". Nicole knows what it is like to take a hard blow from life that makes looking to the future with expectation difficult. She shares how and why we can find the courage to celebrate and that God is as present in our joy as He is in our pain.

How do you experience joy in your life? Do you like to celebrate? In this week's episode, Trina brings back her friend Nicole Zasowski to talk about her new book, What If It's Wonderful? Nicole sheds light on how celebration is a practice and spiritual discipline as well as how we can choose joy in our everyday and learn to actually enjoy our lives. So often in life, we tend to wait for the other shoe to drop, we are experts at anticipating and worrying that things may not turn out well. We self-protect in order to avoid disappointment. After all, there are so many heartaches we've already experienced. Nicole shows us why celebration is not just a reward waiting for us on the other side of a good outcome and helps us begin to look through the lens of "What If It's Wonderful?" In this episode, Nicole shows us how to practically begin doing this by teaching us the practice of "savoring." Mentioned in this episode: 01/ What If It's Wonderful 02/ Nicole Zasowski 03 / Aromatherapy Shower Tablets

God is with us in our pain and suffering, but we miss out when we let fear keep us from celebrating and experiencing joy. Licensed therapist and author Nicole Zasowski shares insights from her book, "What If It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate."

“We can miss out on such a beautiful, God-given life because we're preparing for the worst.”Okay, any enneagram 6's relate?! Y'all, this is such an important topic and I'm thankful Nicole is here to talk about it! Nicole Zasowski is a marriage and family therapist in Connecticut, and her newest book What If It's Wonderful released yesterday. I was so blown away by her words and the practice of celebration as a spiritual discipline.Nicole shares that this book was birthed out of a realization of her inability to embrace joy because she was too afraid of worst-case scenarios. She gives us practical steps on how to make celebration a rhythm, and even doing so when we're suffering. The thing about life is that seasons are seldom all pain or all joy – they usually go in both directions. And a lot of times we are afraid to embrace the joy because if we do, then we are vulnerable to losing it. But we can celebrate because we have a past record of God's goodness. Friends, this episode has the potential to impact how you embrace your daily life. Listen well. I hope it's something we can all practice together.Connect with JamieFacebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTubeGET ALL THE LINKS FROM THE SHOW HERE

God is with us in our pain and suffering, but we miss out when we let fear keep us from celebrating and experiencing joy. Licensed therapist and author Nicole Zasowski shares insights from her book, "What If It's Wonderful?: Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate."

On today's episode, it's a double Nicole special! I talk with my new friend Nicole Zasowski, therapist and author of What If It's Wonderful?, and we talk about: -Engaging with God both in your struggle AND celebration -Having the courage to be expectant -Becoming acquainted with God's character in a new way through loss She gives us some practices that can help create a heart of joy and tells us how asking “what if it's wonderful?” is changing her life in real time. Get her new book, What If It's Wonderful?, here: https://amzn.to/3vOk27c Nicole's favorite products right now: Eucalyptus shower bomb: https://bit.ly/35ZWGjZ Tissue box for car cup holder: https://bit.ly/3MuG0lE

Sometimes it's hard to get our hopes up when we've been disappointed. Sometimes it's hard to find joy and celebrate in Christ when we're going through trials and struggles.   Our guest today, Nicole Zasowski, knows a lot about that. Her newest book just launched today, all about this topic - about how to release our fears, choose joy, and celebrate in Christ instead. Today, we're talking about how to have true, lasting hope and joy that goes beyond our circumstances, how to not fear the future, and celebrate our God-given lives.   Purchase her new book, "What If It's Wonderful?": https://www.amazon.com/What-Its-Wonderful-Invitation-Celebrate/dp/0785226486/ref=sr_1_1?crid=29Y934DPJGN3G&keywords=what+if+its+wonderful&qid=1643755942&sprefix=what+if+its+wonderful%2Caps%2C148&sr=8-1 Follow Nicole on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolezasowski/ Follow Tara on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/misstarasun/ Visit Tara's website and sign up for her devotional emails: https://www.tarasunministries.com/

What if hope only leads to disappointment? If this question has ever crossed your mind, today's episode is for you, friend! My new friend, Nicole Zasowski, is on the show today and, let me tell you, she is a breath of fresh air. She shares her perspective with us on toxic positivity, celebration, and hope. And she's a therapist, so her perspective is particularly welcome today! Nicole and I take a deep dive into why we are afraid to feel joy and what we can do about it.  For so many of us, we skip our celebrations as a way to avoid touching someone else's pain. We also talk about her latest book, What If It's Wonderful?, and the importance of everyday celebrations.  I'm so inspired by Nicole's insights and honesty about our hesitations and the way she illuminates a path to less fear and more happiness. Our conversation reminds us how God wants us to be joyful and happy.  Nicole is a mom, wife, licensed marriage therapist, and From Lost to Found author. She enjoys writing and speaking on topics that merge her professional knowledge, faith, and personal experience. Listen in to learn more about:  Toxic positivity and how it impacts us Foreboding joy and how joy can be vulnerable Practical ways we can celebrate in our everyday lives and why we should.    Favorite quotes: Joy is not off limits to us in pain and what it does is that it trusts what's possible with God in the midst of pain. Joy and celebration have to be avenues of not only experiencing God's presence, but learning and growing too, even in the midst of pain. Savoring celebrates the ordinary.  Thanksgiving is the expression of that gratitude and the way of sharing it and is a way of celebrating the gift with the Giver. A celebratory life is making a beautiful life with God right where you are not the perfect circumstances. We have somehow made happiness the hedonist version of joy.   Great things we discussed:  Fear - Ben Rector song Yellowstone TV show 1883 TV show The Way of the Heart - Book The Personal Librarian - Book Eucalyptus shower steamers Tezza app NYT cooking app Nicole Zasowski's website The Chosen - TV show Speak to the Mountains song - Chris McClarney Enjoy Life foods Confident Motherhood Facebook Group Join the Confident Motherhood Community here. Hope you loved this episode! Be sure to subscribe in iTunes and slap some stars on a review! :) xo, Alli

WELCOME TO THE SPRING 2022 JOY MOM SUMMIT! TALK #6 - Savor Ordinary Moments, Celebrate, and Remember God's Faithfulness. Author Nicole Zasowski has written her second book and it's called “What If It's Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find the Courage to Celebrate”. We chat about how to celebrate your life, how to savor simple and ordinary mom moments, and how to remember God's unchanging faithfulness. . . Nicole Zasowski is such a light in this world and is no stranger to loss and pain. With her gentle encouragement and eyes fixed on Jesus, she reminds us where we find our hope and joy - in the Lord! Go to www.nicolezasowski.com to get her books and learn more about her. . . Thank you SO much for tuning into the Joy Mom Summit today! Send it on over to a friend who you think would be encouraged by one or all of the episodes. May your day be filled with joy, peace, and many blessings! Xoxo Stephanie . . EMAIL STEPH —> 500secondstojoy@gmail.com and get the MONTHLY DEVOTIONAL —> bit.ly/monthlyhappymail

Adam sits down with friend, author, & therapist Nicold Zasowski to talk about how to have joy in hard circumstances. Nicole shares her story of learning how to trust joy after a deep season of loss and practical ways to experience more joy in your life today. Adam and Nicole also touch on ways that joy deepens our relationship with God, how to celebrate when someone else has what you want, and more. If you want more joy in your everyday life, or if you've experienced a season of disappointment and are having a hard time finding hope again, this episode is for you!Pre-order a copy of Nicole's new book, What If It's Wonderful?, here: amzn.to/342P5ADListen to Adam's first conversation with Nicole, here: bit.ly/35mt9kL

Show Notes: Does celebration come naturally for you? For many people, the fear of hope turned to disappointment or the sensitivity to others' pain can often hinder them from fully embracing celebration. Therapist and author, Nicole Zasowski, shares her personal experience of grief and tragedy, which kept her from pursuing celebration and seeking joy; however, after exploring God's Word and in-depth research, she discovered that not only is it possible to celebrate, it's essential to the Christian life. We unpack some of the fascinating topics of her new book “What If It's Wonderful?” Tune in as Nicole discusses how to stay emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in seasons of joy and celebration. Resources Learn more about Jesus or ask for prayer greatthings.fm/resources Connect Instagram: @greatthingspodcast @lindsieherring @nicolezasowski Resources: PRE-ORDER What If It's Wonderful? From Lost to Found book This episode is brought to you by Anchor. Distribute your podcast for free! Check out Anchor.fm --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/great-things/support

Welcome to Episode 44 of The Perfectionist's Guide to Mothering! Today's guest is a familiar friend, Nicole Zasowski, who was with us for Episode 13. She is a licensed marriage and family therapist and the author of two books, including What If It's Wonderful?*, which releases on March 8th. She lives in Connecticut with her husband and three young children. Some of the resources we mention include: Nicole's new book, What If It's Wonderful?* The Way of the Heart by Henry Nouwen* The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray* Eucalyptus Shower Steamers* You can connect with Nicole through: Her website: nicolezasowski.com Instagram @nicolezasowski *Affiliate Link --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/andreafortenberry/support

Nicole Zasowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist, author, and speaker. Back in Episode 36, I had the privilege of speaking with Nicole about her first book, From Lost to Found. In that book, Nicole shares how her journey of multiple miscarriages and crippling anxiety gave her empty hands to experience God in new ways. In her new book, entitled, What If It's Wonderful? Nicole invites readers to trust joy and find the courage to celebrate when we have endured seasons of disappointment and despair. In this conversation, Nicole invites us to open our hearts and minds to joy and celebration in authentic and grounding ways. She also makes a psychological and spiritual case for the importance of embracing joy and celebration, even when it feels scary, and discusses tangible practices to help us move from worry and “what ifs” to embracing the vibrancy of the present moment. So, whether your struggle with worry or perhaps find yourself in a season of disappointment, may Nicole's words fuel the flame of courage within you; the courage to engage the goodness of the present moment and look toward the future with hope and imagination.

Nicole Zasowski is back with us today to discuss trauma and finding the courage to celebrate. We explore what the different types of traumas are, what a healing journey looks like and the importance of receiving care vs. avoidance. I get a little personal and share about a little T trauma I experienced years ago that still affects me today. You might find it surprising? Trauma, big and small, does affect you more than you realize, whether it's personal or present in the life of someone close to you. Nicole offers us some invaluable insight into why celebration is a must for everyone no matter their circumstances and how we can do that in the simplest of ways. Connect with Nicole! IG: @nicolezasowski Her new book: What If It's Wonderful? Pre-order now! https://www.nicolezasowski.com/ KNOWING MOTHERHOOD IG: @knowingmotherhoodpodcast FB: @knowingmotherhood Email/ inquiries: lynnelle@knowingmotherhood.com IG: @lynnellepeters