Welcome to season four, other reclaiming your voice podcast. I cannot believe I'm saying seasoned for. I do not know. How far this podcast will go. But I will absolutely say I am so amazed of how far it has come. We started every week and now we're twice a month. But you have been here as the podcast evolved. As my life evolved. I can only hope and pray. if you have been here any length of time, you have evil then your life as well. If you are new here. And have no idea. Who I am. My name is Vanessa Williams. And yes, I am the host. Of the podcast. We claiming your voice. Is to space. For the woman. Who is ready. To discover God. We claim her voice. And they have core values. This podcast is for the woman. Who wants to make a change in her life and Know more about yourself. I am honored to have this space. To be a space for you to do that. And for you. To be encouraged. And know that you are not alone. On your journey. To reclaim your voice. You are not alone on your journey of life. You are not alone of being a student of life. You are not alone. Being an image of God, you are not alone. As you grow. As you get to know. Who got the father is for you. Who Jesus Christ is Who you can become and who you are at your core. Because of God. So I'm honored that you are here. So much has happened doing the vacation. So much has happened in my life. That. Has really strengthened emission. Of this ministry. One of the amazing things has happened on the vacation is. I wrote a book. In the beginning, it was such a struggle. For me to do it. So I put it to the side and it's lettuce simmer. And then he came back to me. Ready? To be finished I am so excited. To introduce prayerful affirmations. 21 biblical affirmation is to bring you closer to God and increase your faith. Now this ebook. Is infused. Was scripture. Encouraging you strengthening you. And providing you a resource to pray the word of God. Praying the word of God. Day to day you are praying his voice. You are speaking the Lord's voice. And his heart. John chapter one verse, one says in the beginning was the word and the word was with God. And the word was, God. So when we speak his word. We are speaking him. We are bringing him in our environment. We are bringing him in our heart. We got bringing him in our situation. That is powerful. I believe that this ebook would not only strengthen you. And your relationship with the Lord but we'll also be a guide. When you all feeling low. You can reach for this. And pray and speak the word of God over your life. Painful affirmations. On my website. At reclaiming your voice.com. I'm so excited. About this book. I know it will bless you. The second awesome thing that happened, why the podcast was on vacation? Is that. I had a speaking engagement. It was amazing. It was so amazing. This speaking engagement was something that ha I have waited 25 years. For it to happen. 25 years for it to happen. I won't get into it right now. Because I want to move forward and the topic for today. But I want to start off encouraging you. By saying. If, you know, the Lord has spoken a Waymo. A word to you. If, you know, That you have been praying about something and the Lord has been telling you. That is coming wait and have faith. Do that. I do that. Because I've waited 25 years. For this moment to happen. He is not a man that he should lie or to send a man that he shouldn't be pant. Like I said in the beginning, when you pray God's word. He has to honor himself. Change. Miracles And transformation will happen. When you stand on his word. Over the podcast vacation. I did a short curated series to prepare you for season four. As a way to check in. As a way to encourage you. And case you just need it. You know, some tough love and in case you needed some reminders. To get back on the journey. Get back on the goals that you have for yourself. Get back on the vision that you have. And give back. To yourself. So the theme of season four. Is to go all in. We are going to go out and with our healing journey, we are going to go all in on our journey to reclaim our voice. We are going to go all in. To all that we have learned in life. We are going to go deeper using the skills. Using the life lessons. Using everything that our journeys have been teaching us thus far. We are going to get into it. And I also wants you to know that you can expect from season four. More testimonies. More vulnerability, more raw conversations. I'm ready. So today's topic. We are going to go deeper. And to what I call the four core pillars. I have talked about the four core pillars before. But I want us to go deeper. If you do not know what the four core pillars are, the four core pillars. His core values, core needs, core behaviors and core faith. One part of my journey was, I didn't know who I was. This is how the four core pillars were birthed. We can know all the things and do all the things. But one thing that will absolutely keep us on this spiral. The one thing that can keep us. Called dependent. A people pleaser. Getting stuck over and over again. Not speaking up for ourselves not being assertive. Being so unsure with the citizen that we need to make. Is that we don't know ourselves, we have lost ourselves somewhere in our lives. God, the father who created you. He is the source of your identity. He is the source of every gift that you have. He is your source. Let's break down the four core pillars. The first one is core values. Core values. Is different than values. Core values. Are non-negotiables. Values. Our belief systems you are. Willing to compromise. So why are core values important? You must know what you believe. What you believe is how you show up as an individual within yourself. Is how you are showing up in your community. In society with your relationships. What you believe is representation. Of your past, your present and who you can be in your future. Your core values, auto reason why? You're angry at certain things. Sometimes your core values. It's the reason why. You work, the job that you work. Your core values is the reason why. You do what you do. You live, how you live. Your core values, give you a foundation to stand on. Your core values. Remind you. To reel it in. For you to be real with yourself. It's a starting. Point. For you to have boundaries. It's a starting point. To help you communicate your needs. What you will or will not tolerate. What you will allow in your life and why. Why do you have the core values that you do? Why do you have the belief system that you do? For so many people, we have these belief systems and we don't even know why, because it came from my mama or our grandmother or our friends. Oh, it wasn't still with us within the educational system. But it's going to come a time in your life more than once. You are going to have to examine yourself and point out what's really your beliefs or someone else's belief. The next. Core pillar is Courtney means. Many of us. It's a challenge for us to know what we need. And a greater challenge. Of us knowing how to express and communicate that. So why colonies are important? Knowing what you believe was show you what you need. If knowing what you need is difficult for you. Have you established your core values? What I found within this process, Is that if you know your core values, then you will know you core needs. And when you consider your we'll bring you back to your core values. They work together. I always say that they are married to one another. What do you need emotionally, spiritually? Physically. And mentally. What core needs are in those areas of your life. If I was to give you a graph. And you write down each of those four areas. What Courtney's would you put in each of them? It's important for us to know what we need. And why we need it. Because we have to have conviction. With our core needs and our core values. Because our conviction help us with all why. Why am I prompt? Why do I need a tidy space? Do you need. Plants around you, do you need to be outdoors? Do you need quiet when you come home from work? What is it that you need? Emotionally spiritually. Mentally and physically. Next is core. Behaviors. Core behaviors are important because you must be aware of how you are responding. To the good. And not preferred seasons in your life. How are you responding or are you reacting or are you responding? What are the core behaviors in your life? Patterns. That keeps repeating and coming back over and over and over again. What are the core behaviors in your life that you agree with that you continue to accept? Our core needs and core values. Help us. To identify core behaviors. The last one. It's core faith. Is the father. The foundation of your life. Is Jesus Lord of your life. What are your beliefs about God? Is it religious beliefs? cause look. I've experienced some things that were not accurate. I have to ask the Lord. To help me to identify the things. That are not true. About him. How he sees me. And who I am supposed to be as a Christian. Who am I supposed to be as his creation? Who am I supposed to be as his daughter? Do you desire? to live a life pleasing to the Lord. Is that something you want to explore? Is that something that you want to go deeper? So the four core pillars. I want to teach you how to. Practically. Apply to the core. To apply to four core pillows and your life and your every day experiences. I am excited about fit. And a hope. You are excited also. Ah, I don't want to make sure I do not forget to let you know. If you want to stay connected. I send out weekly journals. For updates, what the ministry is doing. We got in the blog we got in seeds of encouragement. YouTube video updates. To be a part of the weekly journal to get weekly encouragement from me. The link. To request the journal. To your email every week, we'll be in the show notes for you. Also the link to the ebook will also be in the show notes. As always. Thank you for being here. And I will talk to you. And two weeks. As always an after. Be well. And peace out