Season 4 EP. 102 Cultivate What You’ve Been Given (C2TC8 H.E.R. Circle)

Season 4 EP. 102 Cultivate What You’ve Been Given (C2TC8 H.E.R. Circle)

What if the thing you’ve been searching for isn’t missing at all…

What if it’s already closer than you think?

As we continue Season 4: Walking the Garden, Madison Samone Chase invites listeners into a conversation about perspective, appreciation, intentionality, and the opportunities that often go unnoticed in our everyday lives.

In a culture that constantly encourages us to chase more, do more, become more, and look beyond where we currently are, this episode challenges us to consider whether some of life’s greatest breakthroughs begin by seeing what has been there all along.

Through the lens of faith, personal growth, wellness, and intentional living, Madison explores why attention, gratitude, and intentional action often reveal possibilities we previously overlooked.

This episode is for high-performing women, mothers, aunties, godmothers, single moms, dog moms, entrepreneurs, caregivers, and anyone navigating a season of growth, transition, healing, stewardship, and becoming.

As always, C2TC8 offers a PPT Audit, a SAC Challenge (Spontaneous Authentically Assertive Communication), 3 Keys 🔑, and 1 Reflection Question ❓ to help you pause for a cause, reflect, and carry the lesson with you long after listening.

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Transcript

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Season four, this episode is entitled Cultivate What You've Already Been Given. Have you ever heard the saying the grass is always greener on the other side? Yes, of course, most of us have. If you haven't, it's okay. But what if we've misunderstood the lesson and that saying? What if the grass isn't greener on the other side at all? What if it's greener where someone else has been tending to it? Watering it, maintaining it, protecting it, fertilizing it, investing in it. Because from a distance, it's easy to admire someone else's life, especially on social media, someone else's relationship, or whatever they show us about the relationship on social media, someone else's business, someone else's success, someone else's healing, and someone else's opportunities. But distance doesn't always show the whole story. Social media sometimes only shows the highlights. And distance doesn't reveal the discipline, the sacrifice, the setbacks, the consistency, the stewardship, which made me wonder how much more could grow in our own lives if we invested the same energy into cultivating what we've already been given. And as we continue walking the garden today, we're talking about stewardship, attention, and the power of cultivating what has already been entrusted to us. Hey y'all, I'm Madison Simone Chase, also known as Miss Chase. I was raised in church. My great-grandmother played the piano and I sang in the choir, if you could believe it or not. I'm not the best singer now. But my faith journey has always been at the center of who I am and who I know God has purposed me to be. And I am incredibly thankful to have been raised by a hardworking, sacrificial, high-functioning, high-performing single mother who remains my biggest fan, my BFF, my bestie, and my best friend for real. Honoring God through service and making my mama proud and using the gifts he gave me has always been deeply important to me. Over the past several seasons of Cut to the Chase at A, now C2TCAI, her circle, which stands for high-performing empowered women who are ready to thrive, we've talked about awareness, detox, discernment, no more nice boundaries, rebuilding, and becoming. And taking an honest look at the people, the places, and things in our lives, the PPT, not with judgment, not with shame, but with wisdom. Because every person, every place, and everything in our lives produces fruit. And sometimes it's up to us to examine the root. And before we ask for a bigger harvest, we may need to take a closer look at our roots. So whether you are a high-performing mother, single mother, father, single father, caretaker, entrepreneur, aspiring entrepreneur, working a nine-to-five dreamer, juggling two or three jobs, quietly rebuilding, or simply trying to grow through life one season at a time. This space, this digital space, and this circle, it's for you. So if you're listening andor watching, I want you to pull up a real chair or a digital chair and grab yourself a cup of hot or cold herbal tea. And welcome to my cozy home of Cut to the Chase at A Now, C2TC8. Her circle, which stands for high performing empowered women and some men who are ready to thrive. It is a 15-minute micro learning moment for macro living transformations. And I am truly overjoyed that you are here. Let's take one breath together. We're going to inhale for three, two, one, exhale for five, four, three, two, one. One of the greatest distractions in life is believing that what we need is somewhere else or with someone else. A different opportunity, a different relationship, romantic, friendship, or even family, a different job, a different season, a different body, a different life. And while there are certainly seasons where change is necessary, many of us spend so much time looking elsewhere that we fail to appreciate what's already been placed in our hands. And gardeners understand something important. They understand that growth begins with stewardship. And before we plant something new, we have to and we must tend to what already exists. Before we expand, we maintain. Before we chase another opportunity, we evaluate the opportunities we've already been given. And so our challenge is that comparison often convinces us that our answer exists somewhere else, that our breakthrough is in another person's lane, that our purpose is in another person's assignment, that our blessing is attached to another person's journey. But stewardship asks a different question. Not why do they have that, but what have I been given? Not when will my turn come, but what can I do with what is already placed in my hands? Because growth rarely begins with more. Growth often begins with appreciation, attention, consistency, and faithfulness. And the grass appears greener because someone has been tending to it. And perhaps the invitation isn't to search for greener grass, perhaps it's to become more intentional with the ground beneath our own feet. Which brings me to the PPT audit. People, who has been entrusted to my care, who has been entrusted to my influence, my encouragement, or my support, and who consistently pours into my growth? And who do I need to appreciate more? And appreciation can be simple. It could just be calling someone and saying thank you. It could be giving them a single flower or buying lunch for them or just calling a check on them. Places. What environments are helping me to grow? What spaces have I overlooked because they become so familiar? What opportunities already exist around me? Things. What gifts, what talents, what resources, what experiences or opportunities have I been taking for granted? And what deserves more attention? And what deserves more consistency? And what deserves more stewardship? Which brings me to the SAC challenge. The spontaneous, authentically assertive communication. This week's SAC challenge is simple. Practice one act of spontaneous, authentically assertive communication with yourself. Let's start with us. Maybe it sounds like you know what? I already have more work to do than what I've been acknowledging. I need to be more intentional with what I've been given. And I've been so focused on what's missing instead of appreciating what is actually present. You know what? I don't need someone else's life to live my own life and my own purpose. Or perhaps I am so grateful for what is already growing. Because gratitude often reveals opportunities we previously overlooked. Which brings me to the three keys. Key number one: the grass isn't greener on the other side. The greener grass is where someone else has been tending to it. Key number two, what receives consistent attention has the opportunity to blossom and flourish. And growth follows stewardship. Key number three, our greatest opportunity may not be somewhere else. It may be hidden within what we've already been given. Our one reflection question: What has God already placed in my hands that deserves more attention, that deserves more care, and that deserves more cultivation? In today's episode, we explored the power of cultivating what we've been given, what's been placed in our hands that we may or may not be appreciating. And not because ambition is not a great thing, and not because growth is not a great thing, and not because expansion is not a great thing, but it's simply because stewardship always begins with appreciation. And sometimes it's important to appreciate the people who care and check on you and care about you and care about your day-to-day life consistently. The places, the opportunities, the gifts, the lessons, the resources, and the season. So this week I want to encourage you to pay attention to what is already present in your life. And notice what you may have been overlooking. And notice what possibly deserves more care, more detail, and notice what deserves more gratitude. Because sometimes our breakthrough that we're seeking, the thing that we've been dreaming about, our goals that we've been writing down, isn't waiting somewhere else. Sometimes it's waiting for our attention. So before we go, let's revisit today's three keys. The grass isn't necessarily greener on the other side, it's greener where someone else has been tending to it. That's key number one. Key number two, what receives consistent attention has the opportunity to blossom and flourish. Key number three, our greatest opportunity may not be somewhere else. It may be hidden and buried within what we've already been given. And our reflection question: What has God already placed in my hands, in my environment, in the people that I know, in the places that I go, and the things that I already have that deserve more attention, care, and cultivation. And so my encouragement is for you and I to take that question with us this week. Sit with it, pray about it, journal about it, and see what comes up for you, what rises to the surface. And remember, stewardship doesn't begin when you receive more, stewardship begins when we appreciate and cultivate and care deeply about what we already have. So I encourage you to continue to give yourself grace in this space because we are living in some really interesting times. And I like for us to take one closing breath for this episode with us, with me. We're gonna inhale for three, two, one, and we're gonna exhale for five, four, three, two, one. If this episode pricked your heart or lit a spark, please subscribe and share this podcast with someone you care about. And if you feel led, leave a comment so that this becomes a dialogue and not a monologue of just me talking by myself and to myself. And please leave a five-star rating or a review or a comment or send me a text message so that this space, this digital space, can continue to grow and serve others long after this podcast episode ends. So until next time, I am Madison Simon Chase, and this has been another episode of Cut to the Chase at 8C2TC8, her circle, which stands for high performing empowered women who are ready to thrive. A 15 minute micro learning moment for macro living transformations. Blessings to you and yours. And remember, the grass isn't greener somewhere else, it grows where it's tended to.