She Leads Boldly: Returning to God’s Pace for Leadership, Motherhood & Marriage

Christine Bailey: From Cancer to Calling — Trusting God Through Pain, Burnout & Becoming

Sherrika Sanders Season 2 Episode 15

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You can look strong, successful… and still be silently breaking.

If you’ve been holding it all together — your career, your family, your faith — but deep down feel stretched, tired, and unsure how much longer you can keep going like this… this conversation is for you.

In this powerful episode of She Leads Boldly, I sit down with Christine Bailey, cancer survivor, mother, grandmother, and woman of unwavering faith, who opens up about walking through physical pain, life-altering diagnoses, and moments where everything in her life forced her to slow down and fully trust God.

She shares what it looked like to go from barely walking and facing major health setbacks… to surrendering control and letting God lead her healing, her pace, and her purpose.

And let’s be real…
So many high-achieving women are doing the same thing in a different way.
Pushing. Performing. Carrying it all.
While God is quietly calling you back to alignment.

This episode will meet you right there.

Inside this conversation, we unpack:

  • What it really means to trust God’s process when life doesn’t go as planned
  • How burnout often shows up physically, emotionally, and spiritually
  • The danger of striving when God is asking you to surrender
  • Why putting God first isn’t cliché, it’s the strategy that changes everything
  • How to realign your life when your body, mind, and spirit are all signaling “enough”

Christine’s story will remind you:
Even when things feel delayed, denied, or disrupted… God is still deeply intentional.

If you’ve been feeling off, overwhelmed, or disconnected from God’s peace — this is your confirmation to pause, realign, and return to His pace.

🎧 Listen in… and let this be the moment you stop pushing and start trusting.

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