Intentional Transformation
Podcast
with Dr. Leonie H Mattison, Ed.D, MBA
Daily inspiration to help you become more intentional at home, at work, in school, in the community and in life.
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Nehemiah 4 Rise, Rebuild Your Faith
Keys to managing criticism and endure hardship using THREAD:
- THINK creatively, engage your gifts and talents and fulfill your mission and the purpose you were created to fulfill.
- HARVEST and examine the things you’ve overcome and change the things you can, learn from past decisions and reflect on the lessons the outcomes were sent to grow you.
- RELEASE and get rid of the things that do not matter, stop stumbling, grumbling, and complaining about the experiences that’s behind you and get focus on what will help you to fulfill your mission.
- ENLIST help from God, lean on support, draw strength and receive love from friends and family.
- ADOPT a new mindset, find a place to think, refuel your soul, express gratitude for what you’ve overcome and abide under the shadow of the almighty as you pray, praise and worship.
- DREAM again, learn to laugh and more importantly get involved in empowering people to work together for the building up of the kingdom of God.
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Nehemiah 3 – Vision + Teamwork + Unity = RESTORATION
Great teams do more together than an individual can do alone. There is power in teamwork, blessings and favor in unity, peace in divine order and life in restoration. When we rally together and put our gifts and talents together, God uses us powerfully. Where I am weak, your strengths help to balance the team. Kingdom builders, we are one; we are not in any competition; we are on the same side. You are gifted; you are strong; you are needed in the kingdom of God.
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Nehemiah 2 – Why bother rebuilding?
How do I know God is calling me to fulfill an assignment?
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Nehemiah 2 – Get Intentional
Are you ready to receive what you’ve been praying and believing God for?
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Nehemiah 1 – It’s ok to Grieve
Lord how do I care for the heart of the people I’m called to serve when my heart is hurting?
Nehemiah shared his experience and the steps he took in expressing his pain to God.
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What is Worship?
What do you do when you’re faced with difficult people and challenging situations while on your journey with God?
Praise is thanking and declaring who God is and what He’s done. It’s an outward act. (Psalm 100:4)
Isaiah 6
Worship is an intimate expression of adoration for the revelation of God’s presence. (Isaiah 6: 1-4)
Both leads us in the presence of God and conveys our response to the moving of God.
Let’s take into the pages of God’s word together in 1 kings 18
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What is Worship?
What do you do when you’re faced with difficult people and challenging situations while on your journey with God?
Praise is thanking and declaring who God is and what He’s done. It’s an outward act. (Psalm 100:4)
Isaiah 6
Worship is an intimate expression of adoration for the revelation of God’s presence. (Isaiah 6: 1-4)
Both leads us in the presence of God and conveys our response to the moving of God.
Let’s take into the pages of God’s word together in 1 kings 18
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Nehemiah 1 -Accept the Call
How do you recognize a call from God?
It starts with passion and a burden that breaks your heart.
Nehemiah had a burden for and cared about his people. When he heard about the broken city of Jerusalem, he wept and then went to the Lord in prayer.
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I Wait In Him
“Day 1: Be Still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for Him to act.” Psalm 37:7
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I Wait In Him
“Day 1: Be Still in the presence of the Lord, and wait patiently for Him to act.” Psalm 37:7
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Stay in Strength and Stamina
“ Your hand-to-hand combat is not with human beings, but with the highest principalities and authorities operating in rebellion under the heavenly realms. For they are a powerful class of demon-gods and evil spirits that hold this dark world in bondage.” Ephesians 6:12
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Declaration: I am….
“Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits—who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases.” Psalm 103:1-3.
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Declaration: Ephesians 6:12
“For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.” Ephesians 6:12 New International Version (NIV)
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Declaration: Ephesians 1:1-14
“ Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ.” Ephesians 1:1-14
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Declaration: In God
“Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee: and the light shall shine upon thy ways.” Job 22:28 King James Version (KJV)
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Declaration: Grateful
“Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:18
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Declaration: God’s Goodness
“I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.” Psalm 27:13
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Declaration: God’s Timing
“‘If you can’?” said Jesus. “Everything is possible for one who believes.” Mark 9:23
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Declaration: God’s Plan
“And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose.” Romans 8:28
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Declaration: Deuteronomy 28:2-13
And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
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Declaration: Blessings
” Now unto him, that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us.” Ephesians 3:20 King James Version (KJV)
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Declaration: Worry-Free Day
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5
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Affirmations for Women
Because of Jesus…
I am the daughter of the King Jesus.
I lack nothing.
I measure myself with grace.
I am love with mercy.
I am strong, gentle, and compassionate.
I will fight the good fight of faith.
God has given me everything I need to do what He’s called me to.
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Declaration: Ephesians 2:6-8
And God raised us up with Christ and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus, in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus. For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.
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54321 to Help Ground Your Mind
Hello, Intentional Transformation Community Members,
How are you holding up in these very trying times? I genuinely hope you and your loved ones have been staying well and safe. I’m thinking of you! Can you believe it? We’ve made it to day ten of isolation, quarantine, social distancing, homeschooling, and teleworking? Yes, we did! And this illustrates that action cures fear!
Please pat yourself on the shoulder and give yourself a compliment! The compliment could be as simple as, I practiced washing my hands frequently, I got out of bed, I showered, I got dressed, I’m connecting with others, I am learning how to value community, and I am reading this post. Keep doing these things, again and again, so you can get from the day the impact of your contributions!
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Interview with Dr. Vic Manzo Jr. on the Mindful Experiment Show
An intentional conversation surrounding a powerful story I, Dr. Leonie Mattison Ed.D., MBA. shared regarding the multiple struggles that I faced in life and how with God’s help, I tunneled through all the darkness, found my light, my voice, and turned my mess into a message.
Tune into this new episode I had and enjoy the amazing time interviewing with Dr. Manzo.
Be prepared to relisten to this as there are so many life nuggets jammed into this one episode.
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Interview with Diathe Garnes on the She’s About Business Show
Diathe believes that healing is simply becoming who you were meant to be before trauma entered into your life. The problem is that though many want to heal they often don’t even know how to begin to start the process. Defining moments include those when we decide to make a change, we seek the proper guidance, and when we find it, we take the proper action to change. These are the moments that get us from trauma, to healing, to abundance… this is our goal and I pray that it starts for you today.
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Interview with Marissa Cohen on Breaking Through Our Silence Podcast
Today, Marissa and I talked about our experiences and healing journey! She explores some of my amazing healing techniques and insight on how to love yourself again after abuse!
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ABC’s to Help You to Transform from Trauma and Reclaim Your Life
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Interview with Nicole Bromley on the ONEVOICE PODCAST
An intentional discussion about The Thread book and what it means to adopt a new mindset and create healthy behaviors to help transform from trauma.
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Take Your Burdens to The Lord
Have you ever shown up somewhere uninvited? You knock on the door, waiting for an answer and hoping that you’ll be let in. We often take the same approach with God. We come to Him in our times of desperation, beating on the door of His heart in our weariness, desiring rest.
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Interview with Randi Zinn on GOING BEYOND MOM Podcast
Since the very recent tragedy resulting in the loss of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and several other beautiful souls, Randi has come face to face with her own traumatic triggers associated with sudden loss- this interview couldn’t have come at a better time. In this conversation, Randi and I open up about our own traumas, the process of facing them daily, and our power to have great empathy and compassion because of those traumas. But it’s not so pretty when those traumas get triggered, so what kinds of tools can we turn to when our own fears show up? When our emotions feel too overwhelming? When our body is deeply stressed out? TAKE A LISTEN IN ON OUR CONVERSATION
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Interview with Paul Lowe on the SPEAKING FROM OUR HEART Podcast
Paul and discussed the concept of the Thread book, the genesis of its writing, and the many events and factors that led me to write this groundbreaking, important work, in this inspiring and at times, very emotional conversation.
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Interview with Jem Jackson on the I’M STILL STANDING SHOW
Jem and I discussed The Thread book and the role of the Holy Spirit’s role in helping survivors heal and thrive beyond trauma.
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Heal at Your Own Pace
Forgiveness is not a feeling you can use to justify that what has happened to you is ok, nor does it mean that the abuse was your fault. Forgiveness is a brave, risky, uncomfortable, and vulnerable choice that says; I choose to live & thrive beyond the consequences of the wrong that was done against me.
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Interview with Dr. Vick Manzo on the MINDFUL EXPERIMENT Show
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Interview with Articulation Radio
The Thread offers six step-by-step lessons, which can release you from the traps of guilt, shame, and sorrow placed upon you by events you never created. The steps of The Thread, when worked, will release your beautiful self into this brand-new life of an overcomer.
This book is divided into eight chapters that weave together the powerful stories of fourteen remarkable, yet often undervalued and overlooked, women of the Bible. Each successfully used the threads of her life experiences, both good and bad, to discover, embrace, and accelerate her God-given purpose. I have added my story, which is an undeniable example of God’s ability to heal and redeem. As you work through the six-step Thread system I created, I also invite you to add your story at each step.
Each step requires that you do the work necessary to see your experience (threads) in a new way. This entails, among other things,
Putting a spotlight on episodes you are ashamed of, humiliated by or have been shamed into believing was your fault
Dealing with them once and for all for the glory of God and the healing of yourself and others
And, finally, letting go of those things that are not helpful, destroying those things that were forced upon you, and polishing and cherishing those things that build the new you, as a Daughter of God.
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Living True Freedom
Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.
2 Corinthians 3:17 New International Version (NIV)
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Encourage Yourself
David was greatly distressed because the men were talking of stoning him; each one was bitter in spirit because of his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the Lord his God.
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Stepping forward with God
The steps of the God-pursuing ones follow firmly in the footsteps of the Lord, and God delights in every step they take to follow him. If they stumble badly they will still survive, for the Lord lifts them up with his hands.
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How to Navigate Life’s Challenges with Efficiency
“Lot’s wife was following behind him and looked back at the city. When she did, she became a block of salt.” Genesis 19:26 Easy-to-Read Version (ERV)
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Live Intentionally
“Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us, [looking away from all that will distract us and] focusing our eyes on Jesus, who is the Author and Perfecter of faith [the first incentive for our belief and the One who brings our faith to maturity], who for the joy [of accomplishing the goal] set before Him endured the cross, [disregarding the shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God [revealing His deity, His authority, and the completion of His work].” Hebrews 12:1-2
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Put it Away
“When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” 1 Corinthians 13:11, KJV
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Let’s Move On
“Don’t be angry with each other, but forgive each other. If you feel someone has wronged you, forgive them. Forgive others because the Lord forgave you. Together with these things, the most important part of your new life is to love each other. Love is what holds everything together in perfect unity. Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking. It is for peace that you were chosen to be together in one body.[And always be thankful.” Colossians 3: 13-15
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Take Your Burdens to the Lord
“Don’t be angry with each other, but forgive each other. If you feel someone has wronged you, forgive them. Forgive others because the Lord forgave you. Together with these things, the most “Come to me, all of you who are tired and have heavy loads, and I will give you rest. 29 Accept my teachings and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit, and you will find rest for your lives. The burden that I ask you to accept is easy; the load I give you to carry is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 New Century Version (NCV)
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Stretch Your Faith
Lord, I thank You today, that You are faithful, and You will never fail us. Show Your graciousness to someone today. Sanctify our minds today. O God stretch our faith today so that when we face trials, we will see opportunities instead of obstacles. Let Your will be done and let Your name be glorified, in Jesus’ name we pray. God bless you today, and I love you with the love of God. Get up and go get your possession in Jesus’ name. Amen.
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Forgiving Yourself and Others
“Isaac said to them, why have you come to me, seeing that you hate me and have sent me away from you? So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank. In the morning, they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.”–Genesis 26:27-31