Welcome to the Hope Unlocked podcast . I'm your host , kristen Kurtz , and I'm also the founder of New Wings Coaching . I help and empower wildhearted and adventurous women of faith feeling caged and stuck , unlock their true purpose and potential , break free from limitations and thrive with confidence , courage and hope . If you're curious to learn more about coaching with me , head to newwingscoachingnet and be sure to explore the show notes for ways to connect with me further . Get ready to dive in as we uncover empowering keys and insights in this episode . So tune in and let's unlock hope together .
Speaker 1Welcome to the Hope Unlocked podcast . I'm your host , kristen Kurtz . Today is going to be a little different . I was led to just come on with some reflections as I've been doing this for gosh . It's been over a year and a half , which is really wild to think about , because it was about three-ish years ago , where I was talking to somebody and I heard my spirit , your voice is going to boom through the airwaves and I kind of chuckled to myself because I've at times in my life thought of myself as kind of like Moses , where I have not seen myself as somebody who is eloquent of speech , somebody who would be able to get in front of an audience and have many people listening , especially when it comes to your typical stage presence presence . So , all that to say , it really became very apparent that I was to start this . The Lord gave me the name Hope Unlocked .
Speaker 1The first season was called Voices of Hope from the Valley and I really wanted to highlight people who have walked through really challenging times walk through the fire , walk through the valley and come through on the other side with keys for the listeners . And then we moved into season two , which I've been sitting with gosh . It's been , I think at least a year or more called Launching Pioneers and really highlighting mostly women in ministry or business who are doing things different . I like to call them , like the word that I've been given recently is , like the Noah builders , the ones who are doing things different , who are walking with the Lord , maybe doing things that don't quote unquote make sense to the world and , again , wanting to highlight their stories , how they've persevered . What are they doing to really get eyes on , you know , their ministry or business ? Because , part of starting this podcast , I was asking the Lord how do I cut through the noise ? Now to back up a little bit in 2020 , 2021 , I was being shadow banned a lot and I knew that there were certain words that were being flagged to really shadow ban the message that the Lord was giving me to put out there .
Speaker 1I had a huge revelation that this was a key to cut through the noise because , again , the Lord said to do it . So , because I am who I am , there was a little hesitation , a few . Are you sure , god , you have the right one ? But he said go . So I want to encourage you because , for those of you who God is giving a vision or a dream to something to step into and you have no idea how to do it . There are resources out there to help you . There are mentors , coaches like myself to help you walk it out , and ultimately he is the source and he will show you .
Speaker 1So in my case , with a podcast , I actually was starting to kind of dig into , you know , maybe some YouTube tutorials , maybe some stuff online to kind of help me understand , like , how do you launch a podcast ? And I just really felt my spirit that he was saying you don't need this , yours is going to be different . So in a matter of about five minutes , I sat in front of my computer , my old Mac laptop that's six Now when I say old in our day and age times , it's old . One of the speakers is even going out and I was just like okay , lord , so how do we do this and what do I have in my hands already ? And he showed me within five minutes how to do it and within probably a matter of about a month .
Speaker 1There's people that say you need to have X , y , z amount of podcasts ready to go and up on your platform before you launch it . And I just thought to myself well , why is that ? Why do I need to follow what everybody else says ? Now you'll find with me that that tends to be kind of my first response as a first responder of why do I have to do what everybody else says . You know I'm very counterculture . I was born on 12-2 . Romans 12-2 is like my birth verse . If you guys haven't found your birth verse , I encourage you to go do that . Look up your birth month and your birthday and find a verse that really resonates with you . And Romans 12.2 can be more perfect for me . Do not conform to the patterns of this world . So I'll get back on track here , and so , anyways , I launched the podcast on 3 , three , two , three , and it's been a really wild journey , a wild adventure . It's been amazing and I actually had quite an epiphany and revelation this week . So I love , I love sharing .
Speaker 1Connecting . Coaching is like my main , my main thing , right , we all have our main thing , our anointing right . Coaching and connecting are like my main thing , right , we all have our main thing , our anointing right . Coaching and connecting are like my things . So I realized today or not today , but this last week that there's a lot of areas that I would love to be involved in . There's a lot of ministries that I would love to be involved in . I'm a huge freedom and justice girl . There's a lot of I'm multi-passionate Maybe you can agree with me on that and you have things that come your way and , oh , I'd love to be part of that . But you just know that you can't spread yourself too thin .
Speaker 1Well , I realized that part of what the Lord's given me here with this podcast is to I'm getting involved by bringing on people who are involved . They're involved in different ministries and different outreach freedom movement . You know like areas that I would love to be part of , but I get to have a hand in it by bringing these people on to share what they're doing so that you can hear more about it and maybe you can get involved . Because this is so beyond me , like you guys , this , this podcast , is so beyond me , like his hand is over this , because even a friend of mine said you are like the last person I would have ever thought would start a podcast and to me that says it all with how the Lord can really partner with us to do things that look impossible . You know , like Moses , he really walked out the impossible and setting people free so many , I mean Esther .
Speaker 1Look at so many in the Bible who stepped into these roles that didn't necessarily make sense to the world , right ? So if you're being called to step into a role or you're in a role that maybe doesn't make sense and you would like somebody to walk alongside you , I have touted myself the but . God said coach , we have way too many . But if people in our life right the but , what if ? Oh , but what if ? What ? What if this happens ? What if ? What's your plan B ? No , what did God say ? Okay , so let's get on board with that and reach out if you have any questions about how I could walk alongside you .
Speaker 1But if you are in a place where you know you haven't been interviewed on the podcast yet and you would love to share your story . I would love to have you on because , truly like , we have no idea who this is reaching , and I think the beauty that I see beyond this is the Lord showed me that this is for the one , and he also showed me that one times one in the world is simply one right . That's math . That's simple math . But one times one in the kingdom is exponential . So reaching one who then shares it with another one , who then shares it with another one , and maybe it's one person who hears one podcast episode who's changed and then goes in and brings change to the children or the parents , or we just don't know . I don't know . All I know is that we are called to do the thing that he calls us to do . Some of you need a little fire under your butt to get moving , would love to be that one in your corner .
Speaker 1Your book God Said Coach , I may not be the one for you , but I would highly recommend getting somebody in your corner . I can't imagine doing this without coaches and mentors and people praying over me . I don't know that I would have stepped into this fully . I know God , you know I am a pretty quick to go when he says go . But there are those times where you kind of question am I the right one ? Are you sure God Did I hear you right ? Am I right ? Anybody hearing me on that ?
Speaker 1So , just reflecting back on this last year and a half and his goodness and I hope that if you've had a chance to listen to the other episodes that it's been impactful that you've , you know , taken away some keys and it's really changed something for you for the better . So , thank you again , listeners , for tuning in . I know that this walk isn't easy , but he is with you . And just a reminder today to keep going . You are here for a powerful reason and everything that you're walking through is going to culminate into that next thing . We just don't know , we don't have the fullness yet , and I think if we did , we maybe wouldn't step into it , right , because we all have a massive role to play here in the kingdom and you're stepping out connects to somebody else , and what I really want to say is people are waiting for you , somebody is waiting for you to do that thing . So what is that thing that you're being called to step into today ? I'll leave you with that .
Speaker 1So I pray that this blessed you . If you'd ever want to just reach out say hello . My email is in the show notes , but I'll say it out loud it's kristin k-r-i-s-t-i-n , kurtz k-u-r-t-z . At new wings coaching , spelled out n-e-w-w-i-n-g-s , coaching c-o-a-C-H-I-N-G dot net N-E-T . So thanks for tuning in today . I hope you have a blessed day Until next time . Bye , thank you .