Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be

Season Two: Episode Eight: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Four

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Eight: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Four: Stay Loyal to the Word
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves (S2 E6)
Love people (S2 E7)
Stay loyal to the Word (S2 E8)
Upcoming Episodes:
Listen to the women who have come before us ( May 30 -- S2 E9)
Live it out (June 13 -- S2 E10)
Key Scriptures:
Psalm 119:105 (KJV)
Luke 12:48 (NLT)
2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NIV)
2 Timothy 4:3 (NIV)
Romans 10:17 (NIV)
Matthew 22:29 (NLT)
Psalm 19:7-11 (NIV)
Quotes from Episode Eight:
If you are not confident in the authority of the scriptures, you will be a slave to whatever sounds right. -- Matt Chandler
If you and I want to be able to detect counterfeit truth, we need to immerse ourselves in the real thing. We need to saturate ourselves in the truth of the Word of God. -- Ann Graham Lotz
All the Links!
Support the production of this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode Seven: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Three

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Seven: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Three
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square, as they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves (S2 E6)
Love people (S2 E7)
Upcoming Episodes:
Stay loyal to the Word (S2 E8)
Listen to the women who have come before us (S2 E9)
Live it out (S2 E10)
Key Scriptures:
Matthew 22:37-39 (NIV)
Romans 5:8 (NIV)
Epheseans 5:1-2 (NIV)
Matthew 5:46 (ESV)
Colossians 3:2 (NLT)
Quotes from Episode Seven:
"God teaches us to love by putting some unlovely people around us. It takes no character to love people who are lovely and loving to you."  Rick Warren
A video of the song, For the One
All the Links!
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode Six: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part Two

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Six: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way, Part Two
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square, as they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 The Five L's of Walking in It
Look at ourselves
Love people
Stay loyal to the Word
Listen to the women who have come before us
Live it out
Key Scriptures:
Ephesians 5:8 (ESV)
John 1:5 (NIV)
John 17:15-18 (NIV)
Luke 18:11 (NIV)
1 Peter 2:9-10 (MSG)
Quotes from Episode Six:
"We overcome, not because we’re a moral majority or a righteous remnant, but because we’re blood-covered sinners who know that if the gospel can change us, it can change anyone.”  - Russell Moore
“Nobody escapes being wounded. We are all wounded people, whether physically, emotionally, mentally, or spiritually. The main question is not, 'How can we hide our wounds?' so we don't have to be embarrassed, but 'How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?' When our wounds cease to be a source of shame, and become a source of healing, we have become wounded healers.” - Henri Nouwen
All the Links!
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide on Kindle here.
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide as a PDF download here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode Five: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way: Part One

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming Podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Five: Walk in It: Shining the Light Along the Way Part One
When most of us were growing up, society was generally favorable toward people of faith. Our beliefs and deep convictions did not draw controversy in the public square, as they do today. As a result of this culture shift, we can feel overwhelmed and disoriented as we try to walk the walk of faith in a culture that is increasingly hostile to followers of Jesus. We may be tempted to hide away with other Christians or lay low and avoid the conversation, but Jesus has commissioned us to be His light in the world.
 
Key Scriptures
1 Corinthians 14:33 (NLT)\
Psalm 103:19 (NASB)
Psalm 75:3 (MSG)
Matthew 5:14-15 (ESV)
Luke 10:2 (NIV)
Jeremiah 1:5 (NLT)
Ephesians 5:8 (ESV)
John 1:5 (NIV)
 
Quotes:
"I’ve read the last page of the Bible – It’s all going to turn out alright!”  Billy Graham
“Shalom, the familiar Hebrew word for peace which permeates the Old Testament, does not refer to the absence of chaos, but rather to an overall deeply entrenched sense of harmony, health, and wholeness in the midst of chaos. In fact, true peace is best detected and measured against the backdrop of commotion and confusion – when instability abounds, yet you remain steadfast; when disappointment and confusion are near, yet you’re still capable of walking with spirit-infused confidence, stability and steadiness.”  Priscilla Shirer, The Armor of God
"The Church’s mightiest influence is felt when she is different from the world in which she lives."  A.W. Tozer
"Here's what's at stake: when Christans lose their minds, people lose their faith."  Carey Nieuwhof
 
Helpful Links:
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode Four: What Every Woman Needs to Know: A Word for My Older Sisters

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Four: What Every Woman Needs to Know: A Word for My Older Sisters
Key Scriptures:
Titus 2:3-5 NET
Proverbs 31:26 ESV
 
Liz Curtis Higgs Quote:
 
“When we’re young, we imagine life will be like a bell curve. We’ll climb upward, enjoy being on top of our game for a few years, then steadily decline until we quietly slip out of sight. That’s not at all what God has in mind. Our life in Christ and our service to Him is ever ascending, moving forward and upward, gaining strength and momentum.” [i]
 
Eight Characteristics of a Titus 2 Woman
Non-Judgmental: She needs our empathy, flexibility, and help – not our judgment.
Humility: There is no place for entitlement, control, or pride (see Jesus’ example for this).
Transparency/Authenticity: She wants to be let in on our own struggles both past and present – this gives her hope. She isn’t looking for perfect role-models. She wants us to be our true selves.
A Biblical Foundation: She wants to see us actively seeking the Word of God and applying it to our lives.
Honesty: We need to accurately remember that it was hard for us, too. No need to tell her that life was different (better, worse, harder, etc.) when we were young women – that isn’t helpful to her today.
Grace-Filled: She will do things differently, but she gets the space and grace to try them out, succeed, and even make mistakes!
Accountability: We can be honest and hold a sister accountable – warn and admonish in extreme grace. She should feel loved after encountering us, not judged (again, see Jesus’ example).
Generosity: There are times when we need to move aside and let her have her time, her moment. We have had ours.
 
Helpful Links:
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Let's serve together! Invite me to speak at your next event! Go to my website to learn more about the variety of messages I offer!
Support this podcast for as little as $5.00 by buying me a coffee! Learn more here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
[i] http://www.incourage.me/2015/03/still-life.html

Season Two: Episode Three: What Every Woman Needs to Know: Navigating Friendships in a Cancel-Culture World: Part Three

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
 Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Three: What Every Woman Needs to Know: Navigating Friendships in a Cancel-Culture World: Part Three
Key Scriptures:
Matthew 18:15 ESV
Galatians 6:1-2 ESV
Psalm 51:3 NIV
Matthew 5:9 NIV
 
Quote:
Love can be angry…with a kind of anger in which there is no gall; like the doves and not the ravens.  St. Augustine
 
 Links:
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.

Season Two: Episode Two: What Every Woman Needs to Know: Navigating Friendships in a Cancel-Culture World: Part Two

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Welcome to Season Two!
 Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
Episode Two: What Every Woman Needs to Know: Navigating Friendships in a Cancel-Culture World: Part Two
 Key Scriptures:
2 Corinthians 10:5-6 MSG
Proverbs 19:11 NIV
Proverbs 17:9 ESV
Proverbs 17:9 MSG
 Links
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Join Me on the Still Becoming Lenten Journey! Sign up here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.

Season Two: Episode One: What Every Woman Needs to Know: Navigating Friendships in a Cancel-Culture World: Part One

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 
 Welcome to Season Two!
 Season Two Description
Many years ago, Laura Acuña felt God call her to speak to women of all ages and stages. Based on her own story and life lessons, Laura shares Biblical truth on becoming spiritually mature and emotionally healthy women. In the second season of the Still Becoming Podcast, episodes will cover trust, faith, living as a Christian woman in our current culture, relationships, resilience and the importance of applying God’s Word to our lives for growth and change. The goal and prayer for every episode is that listeners will leave with a deeper understanding of God’s Word, His great love for them and that it is never too late to become the healthy, whole and beautiful women He created them to be.
 
Episode One: What Every Woman Needs to Know: Navigating Friendships in a Cancel-Culture World: Part One
 Key Scriptures:
2 Corinthians 10:5-6 MSG
Romans 12:18 BSB
James 3:17-18 MSG
 
 Links
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Join Me on the Still Becoming Lenten Journey! Sign up here.
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
 
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Season One: Episode Ten: What Really Matters: Aging, Beauty and Resolutions in the New Year

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 
 Season One
Season One Topic: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul.
 Season One Description
Laura Acuña began life as a ‘skinny girl’ but gained 100 pounds in one year at the young age of 11. From that time on, she lived on the diet and body image roller coaster, which never led to permanent weight loss or freedom from the pain she was numbing with food. Instead, she picked up a lifetime of broken thinking about herself, her God, and what His definition of freedom truly means. Thankfully, over the past few years, Laura has been on the healing path. Season One is an open invitation for you to join her on the journey and to discover true freedom has nothing to do with a number on the scale.
Episode Ten: What Really Matters: Aging, Beauty and Resolutions in the New Year
 
An excerpt from today’s episode:
"There is nothing wrong with setting health, fitness and wellness goals for the new year. There's nothing wrong with that. But what I am saying is that there are other areas in our lives that need attention too. When we make what we look like equal to our worth, everything gets out of whack. What this world needs is women who are aging gracefully, who are growing in wisdom, and who are passing that on to the women coming up behind them."
 Key Scripture:
Proverbs 31:25 NLT
 Links
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
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Instagram: @Lauraacuna56
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Season One: Episode Nine: Backstory and Tipping Points

Still Becoming: Helping You Move From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be
Laura Acuña hosts the Still Becoming podcast for women who are stuck with limiting beliefs about themselves, God, and their lives. Each episode encourages women to trade those limiting beliefs for the liberating truth from God’s Word. As a coach, Laura helps women move from where they are to where they want to be.
 New episodes air every other week on Tuesday.
 Season One
Season One Topic: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul.
 Season One Description
Laura Acuña began life as a ‘skinny girl’ but gained 100 pounds in one year at the young age of 11. From that time on, she lived on the diet and body image roller coaster, which never led to permanent weight loss or freedom from the pain she was numbing with food. Instead, she picked up a lifetime of broken thinking about herself, her God, and what His definition of freedom truly means. Thankfully, over the past few years, Laura has been on the healing path. Season One is an open invitation for you to join her on the journey and to discover true freedom has nothing to do with a number on the scale.
Episode Nine: Backstory and Tipping Points
An excerpt from today’s episode: “Our God is so faithful. He is a redeemer,  restorer and repairer of broken thinking, broken hearts and broken dreams. He's done all that for me and He can for you too."
 Key Scripture:
Zephaniah 3:14 MSG
 Links
Order my brand new book: Still Becoming: Hope, Help and Healing for the Diet-Weary Soul here
Order the Still Becoming Small Group Discussion Guide here
Let’s stick together! When you subscribe to my emails and updates, you will receive FREE Still Becoming Scripture Cards to remind you who you are and Whose you are. Be encouraged by the truth of God’s Word. Sign up here.
Listen to the Still Becoming Worship and Quiet Time Playlist on Spotify here.
Follow Laura on Social Media
Facebook
Instagram: @Lauraacuna56
Pinterest: @LauraAcuna1