#408
You are in for a treat this week! My guest is the hilarious and inspiring Cynthia Yanof. Cynthia is a wife, mom of 3, podcaster, blogger, and everyday girl who believes in embracing life’s messiness with a sense of humor and a whole lot of faith.
She spends most of her days hoping her kids won’t embarrass her in public while praying they chase after God-sized dreams. After meeting her husband, Mike, in law school, she swapped legal aspirations for a simpler life (though that only lasted about a day). Now, Cynthia is the host of the popular MESSmerized podcast, a speaker, writer, and a passionate advocate for foster care.
We laughed, we got deep, and we covered it all in this episode. Cynthia’s first book, Life Is Messy, God Is Good, is available now, and this conversation is a perfect reflection of that message. Tune in for a fun and relatable chat that reminds us all that while life may be messy, God is always good.
2:13 – Dance Parties in Nursing Homes
Embracing 40
Having fun at every life stage
Reminiscing about prom music
11:20 – Cynthia 101
Married for 22 years with 3 kids
A foster parent
Author of Life Is Messy, God Is Good
Leaving law to become a podcaster
16:21 – Redefining Success + Aligning With Your Calling
Being outside of your gifting
What narratives are you listening to?
Measuring success by God’s truth
God wastes nothing
24:46 – The Foundational Things
The story of the thigh master
Learning to hear the voice of God
The ordinary stuff is important
Deepening your relationship with God in hard seasons
36:42 – Embracing The Mess
Questioning God’s timing and methodology
God is God
Connecting with Cynthia
FEATURED QUOTES
“When you’re doing something outside of your gifting, you know.”
“If you’re sitting in a space where you’re like, I feel like there might be something next the Lord’s calling me into something next…. it takes the most reluctant ‘yes,’ and the Lord will take that and run with it.”
” You’ve got to be putting foundational things in place in your life in order to hear from God.”
” Don’t buy into the lie that the ordinary stuff isn’t significant because it is.”
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