446 | When It Looks Like Nothing Is Happening, Something Deeper May Be Growing, ft Emily Johnson

When Your Body Stops but Your Brain Won't: How to Quiet the Mental Load, feat. Carrie BockYou know when you finally close your laptop, sit down with your family, or crawl into bed...but your brain is STILL working?Replaying conversations. Mentally planning tomorrow. Remembering what you forgot to do today.You're technically resting, but your mind hasn't gotten the message.For high-capacity Christian women, the challenge isn't always doing too much. Sometimes it's carrying too much mentally, even when we're no longer doing the work.In this episode of REDEEM Her Time, I'm joined by Christian therapist Carrie Bock to explore why our brains struggle to turn off, how overthinking can feel productive, and what it looks like to release control without neglecting our responsibilities.We're talking about:• Why responsible women struggle to stop mentally working• The difference between productive thinking and rumination• How to recognize what's actually yours to carry• Practical ways to close those mental tabs and be more present• Why surrendering control is part of faithful time stewardshipBecause just because something is on your mind doesn't mean it's yours to do something about right now.YOUR NEXT STEP:Ready to stop carrying your whole week in your head? The Faithful Week Framework training + template will help you give your God-led priorities a place so you can be more present for what matters.Explore the Faithful Week Framework → redeemhertime.com/weekCONNECT WITH CARRIE:Carrie Bock is a Christian therapist specializing in trauma + OCD, helping Christians navigate overthinking, anxiety-related concerns, and the struggle to release control.Explore her counseling + resources: https://carriebock.com/NEW HERE? START FREE:Get the Time Stewardship Starter Kit and discover how to move from a productive day to a PURPOSEFUL day—in just 5 blocks.https://redeemhertime.com/startTime is sacred. Stewardship is strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

It’s November.Which means we’re officially in that awkward space between there’s still time and where did the year go?And if you’re anything like the high-capacity Christian women I work with, you’re probably noticing a few things.Projects you thought would be finished by now.Goals that haven’t quite materialized.Commitments you’ve been carrying for months.And maybe a few things you genuinely believed God was calling you to do...but the results just aren’t there yet.So what do you do?Push harder to get it all done before December 31?Or decide you’ll just start fresh in January?I want to offer you a THIRD option.What If Faithfulness Isn’t Measured by Finishing?I’ve been studying the book of Haggai, and something in chapter 2 really caught my attention.God’s people had finally returned to rebuilding the temple after years of delay.They were doing what God had told them to do.But when they looked at what they were building, it didn’t measure up to what some of them remembered.Imagine that.They’d finally gotten back to the RIGHT work.And instead of feeling encouraged, they were disappointed by what they could see.Sound familiar?Maybe your business isn’t where you thought it would be.Maybe that habit still isn’t consistent.Maybe you’ve been faithfully investing in something that hasn’t produced the fruit you hoped for.And without even realizing it, you’ve started measuring your faithfulness by your RESULTS.But listen to what God tells His people in Haggai 2:4:“Work, for I am with you, declares the LORD of hosts.”Not work harder so you can prove yourself.Not hurry up and make up for lost time.And certainly not everything will turn out exactly as you imagined.His encouragement was rooted in HIS presence, not the appearance of their progress.Now, that was a specific promise to God’s people in that moment—not a guarantee that every project we undertake will succeed.But it reminds us of something important:We can be faithful in the WORK without being in control of the OUTCOME.And that changes how we approach these final weeks of the year.Before You Decide What to Finish...Here’s a question I’d encourage you to sit with today.Think about ONE unfinished thing that’s been weighing on you.And instead of immediately asking how you can get it done before December 31, ask:Am I discouraged because this no longer belongs...or because it hasn’t produced the results I expected?Those are two very different things.Sometimes we need to keep showing up, even when the fruit isn’t visible yet.Sometimes we need to adjust our approach.And sometimes we need to recognize that something no longer belongs in this season.That’s why Time Stewardship starts with discernment, not a longer to-do list.Because a God-led YES still needs a place to live.And so does the decision to finish, continue, postpone or release something.Let’s Make This a Faithful FinishWhat if you could reach December 31 knowing that even if you didn’t finish everything, you were faithful with what actually mattered?That’s exactly what we’re working toward in my Faithful Finish workshop on November 10.We’ll look at your REAL commitments, your remaining weeks + what deserves your time and attention before the year ends.And I’m unveiling a brand-new Faithful Follow-Through System as a special bonus to help you collect those scattered ideas, projects + open loops, discern what’s actually yours to carry, and follow through with greater peace + integrity.Both are included with an annual Stewardship Circle membership for just $97 for the entire year—along with a full year of ongoing biblical Time Stewardship support.That’s about $8/month to help you steward far more than the last two months of 2026.Already an annual Stewardship Circle subscriber? You’re included!One Last Question...What’s ONE unfinished thing you need to reconsider before the year ends?Not necessarily finish.Just bring before the Lord and ask:Is this still mine to carry? And if so, what does faithfulness look like NOW?I’d love to hear your answer in the comments.Because a faithful finish isn’t necessarily finishing EVERYTHING.It’s faithfully tending what God has entrusted to you in the time remaining.Time is Sacred. Stewardship is Strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

🎧 LISTEN TO THE EPISODE: It’s Almost November. Should You Finish It...or Forget It Until January?It’s almost November.And suddenly, everything you haven’t finished this year is staring back at you.Maybe you’re already saying, I’ll just deal with that in January.That project you haven’t launched. The habit you wanted to establish. The conversation you’ve been putting off.After all, with the holidays coming, why start NOW?OR maybe you’re doing the opposite…Looking at the weeks left in the year + trying to figure out how to squeeze EVERYTHING in.The unfinished goals. The business deadlines. The family commitments. The holiday preparations.Because you said THIS would be the year.And sometimes you’re doing BOTH.Putting off what actually matters while somehow finding time for everything everyone else needs.But here’s what I want you to consider:What if both responses are letting the CALENDAR make decisions that actually require DISCERNMENT?Because just because the year is almost over doesn’t mean it’s too late.And just because the year is almost over doesn’t mean everything needs to get done.The question isn’t how much can I still finish. It’s what is God asking me to faithfully tend with the time I have LEFT?That’s exactly what we’re going to work through together in Faithful Finish, my November 10 done-with-you Time Stewardship workshop inside the paid Stewardship Circle. Before any more of the year gets away, become a paid subscriber to join Faithful FinishWhat If “It’s Not Time Yet” Isn’t the Whole Story?I’ve been studying the little Old Testament book of Haggai, and one phrase has stuck with me…“The time has not yet come.” — Haggai 1:2God’s people had returned from exile, but the temple He had called them to rebuild remained unfinished.They weren’t saying it didn’t matter.They were saying it wasn’t TIME.And God’s response?“Consider your ways.”In other words, examine what you’re doing + WHY.Now, this doesn’t mean every unfinished project on your list is something God is commanding you to complete.But it does make me wonder how often we use timing as an excuse without ever stopping to seek His wisdom.Are you putting something off because it’s genuinely not time?Or because January feels like an easier place to begin?Are you pushing to finish something because God has entrusted it to you?Or because you don’t want to feel like you failed?Everything can matter without everything being for RIGHT NOW.And that’s why a calendar alone can’t tell you what deserves your time.It can tell you how many weeks are left.But it can’t tell you what faithfulness looks like in those weeks.That’s a conversation to have WITH God.New here? This is the kind of conversation we have every week at REDEEM Her Time. Subscribe FREE to receive my Time Stewardship Starter Kit + ongoing biblical encouragement and practical Stewardship Practices.A Faithful Finish Isn’t Finishing EVERYTHING.Maybe there’s something God is asking you to stop postponing.Maybe there’s something you’ve been trying to force into the remaining weeks that needs to be released.Or maybe faithfulness means continuing to tend something important, even if you won’t see the finished result by December 31.January 1 isn’t a spiritual starting line. And December 31 isn’t the deadline for proving your year mattered.You don’t have to finish EVERYTHING to finish faithfully.But you do need to discern what deserves your YES.Let’s Make a Faithful Finish Plan Together.On November 10, we’re going to take this beyond knowing what matters + actually give it a place in the weeks you have left.During our Faithful Finish workshop, you’ll look at your REAL calendar, responsibilities + capacity to:* DISCERN what deserves your attention before the year ends.* PLACE those priorities in the actual weeks you have available.* PRACTICE taking faithful action without trying to do it ALL.* RETURN when plans change + discern what matters NOW.You’ll leave with a plan for what to finish, what to keep faithfully tending + what can wait.Not a plan to squeeze MORE into the end of your year.A plan to make room for what matters MOST.Faithful Finish is included in the Stewardship Circle, where we gather each month for done-with-you workshops + practical resources to help you live what you’re learning.Your annual membership is $97/year, and this is just one of the ways we’ll keep practicing faithful Time Stewardship together.Because knowing what matters + actually living like it matters are two different things.You don’t need to wait until January to begin being faithful with what’s in front of you.Lord, what is it time for NOW?Time is Sacred. Stewardship is Strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

You know when you look at everything between now + the end of the year and think...I’ll rest after the holidays.After the deadlines. After the shopping. After the gatherings. After everyone + everything has been taken care of.But here’s what I want you to consider:What if the season when you think you have the least time to rest is actually the season when you need it most?And what if rest was never meant to be something you earned by getting everything else done?If you’re ready to stop squeezing everything into your day and start making room for what matters most—including rest—my FREE Time Stewardship Starter Kit will help you move from a productive day to a PURPOSEFUL day in just five simple blocks.When Doing All the Right Things Still Isn’t WorkingMy guest this week, Carlie Zak || Vitality Habits™, knows what it’s like to do all the right things and still end up running on empty.She’s a Canadian, mountain-loving mom of two boys, an entrepreneur + the founder of Vitality Habits. She was building a business, caring for her family, working out, eating well...doing what she thought she was supposed to do.And then… she burned out.What followed was a seven-year journey of discovering something that challenges the way many of us approach both our health + our time:Consistency isn’t always about more discipline. Sometimes it’s about getting back into alignment with how God designed us to live.And that’s where our conversation gets really interesting.Because Carlie and I discovered that we had much more in common than our entrepreneurial drive.We had both learned what happens when our bodies start telling us something our busy minds don’t want to hear.And we had both come to recognize that the solution goes much deeper than a better schedule, a healthier routine, or a vacation.What If Rest Isn’t Something You Have to Earn?Here’s something worth considering:God established rhythms of work + rest before sin entered the world.Rest wasn’t His response to human exhaustion.It was part of His original design.And in Hebrews 4, we’re reminded that God’s invitation to enter His rest isn’t merely something for another day.It’s for TODAY.Not when your work is finished.Not when everyone else is taken care of.Not after the holidays.Today.But what does it actually look like to live + work from that place of rest when your calendar is full and people are counting on you?That’s exactly what Carlie and I explore in this conversation.What You’ll Discover in This Conversation* Why even healthy habits can become another form of striving.* How our desire to control outcomes can keep us from receiving the rest God offers.* Why the weeks when we’re stretched the thinnest may actually be the weeks we need more rest—not less.* How rest + productivity aren’t necessarily opposites.* A simple 15-minute rhythm to recognize when you’re out of alignment and return to what matters.Carlie also shares a particularly powerful part of her own story—what happened when she finally realized she couldn’t keep living the way she thought she was supposed to.And why the answer wasn’t simply trying harder.Subscribe to REDEEM Her Time for conversations like this in your inbox. Sacred Truth | Rest Is Part of Faithful StewardshipWe often approach rest as something we’ll get around to once we’ve been faithful with everything else.But what if receiving rest is itself an act of faithfulness?God created us with limits.We need sleep. We need nourishment. We need time to be still, to connect, to receive.Those limitations aren’t evidence that something is wrong with us.They’re reminders that we were never meant to do life apart from Him.And when we ignore those limits in the name of getting more done—even when we’re doing good things—we can find ourselves working against the very design God gave us.Time is sacred. Stewardship is strategic.And that includes how we steward our need to be filled + rested.Stewardship Practice | Give Rest a Place Before the HolidaysHere’s one thing I want to invite you to do this week.Before you add another holiday commitment, year-end project, or responsibility to your calendar, pause and ask:Lord, what is it time for?Then consider where you need to intentionally make room to REFILL—not just POUR OUT.Maybe it’s a few quiet minutes with the Lord before the day begins.Maybe it’s stepping away from your desk instead of pushing through.Maybe it’s protecting your evening from becoming another opportunity to catch up on everything you didn’t finish.You don’t have to overhaul your entire schedule.But you do need to stop treating rest like something that only matters if there’s time left over.That’s why I created the FREE REDEEM Her Time Starter Kit.It helps you move from a productive day to a PURPOSEFUL day using five simple blocks:* Morning REFILL — Begin your day being filled + rested.* Daily POUR OUT blocks — Intentionally make room for your work + service.* Evening REFILL — End your day with rhythms that restore you.Because a purposeful day isn’t just about what you accomplish.It’s about how you live + who you’re becoming over time.Today’s Stewardship QuestionWhere have I been treating rest as a reward for getting everything done instead of part of what God has entrusted me to steward?Take a moment to consider that question with the Lord.And if you’re willing, share what you’re noticing in the comments. I’d love to hear what He’s showing you.A Gift From Carlie | Your 15-Minute Realignment RhythmOne of my favorite practical takeaways from this conversation is Carlie’s approach to creating a simple rhythm you can return to when you recognize that something is off.And she’s generously sharing her FREE Realignment Rhythm resource with you.You’ll get her worksheet, an example of her personal rhythm + a video walking you through how to begin creating one of your own.GET CARLIE’S FREE REALIGNMENT RHYTHMI’m personally going through Carlie’s Vitality Habits program right now, and it’s been such a valuable part of tending to my own wellness in this season.You can learn more about her work at Vitality Habits.Before You Go...The holidays are coming.And yes, there’s going to be a lot to do.But you don’t have to wait until January to begin living differently.What if this is the year you stop promising yourself you’ll rest later—and start giving rest a faithful place today?Start with one day. Five simple blocks. Room to REFILL + POUR OUT.Time is sacred. Stewardship is strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

It’s October.And somehow, you may already be carrying December in your head.Who’s hosting Thanksgiving?When will everyone get together?What needs to happen at church?What are you buying?What are you cooking?What needs to happen in your business before everyone checks out for Christmas?Which traditions are you keeping?Which invitations are coming?And somewhere underneath all of that, maybe you’ve already made yourself a quiet promise:This year, I want to actually be present for it.Because you remember what happened last year.You were there.You bought the gifts.Made the food.Kept the traditions.Got everyone where they needed to be.Kept the work moving.You made the holidays happen.But maybe you weren’t really there for as much of it as you wanted to be.The danger isn’t that you can’t do itIf you’re a high-capacity woman, here’s what makes this season especially tricky:You probably CAN pull it all off.You can organize it.Host it.Remember it.Fix it.Volunteer for it.Find a place for it on the calendar.That’s why the question most of us start asking this time of year can lead us in the wrong direction:How am I going to fit all of this in?Because there’s an assumption hiding inside that question.All of this belongs.But…What if it doesn’t?Or what if something belongs, but doesn’t need to look the way it always has?Or what if something God has entrusted to you shouldn’t automatically get pushed to January just because the holidays are coming?That’s the conversation we’re having on this week’s REDEEM Her Time podcast.And I’m giving you one question I want you to ask before you start planning the season—one that could change the way you walk through not only the holidays, but any busy season when everything starts competing for your time + attention.Because I have a feeling you already know what you don’t want:Another holiday season that feels more hustle + bustle than holy.That’s exactly why we’re gathering Tuesday, October 13 for Hustle & Bustle → Holy, a done-with-you Holiday Stewardship Planning workshop inside Stewardship Circle.Paid subscribers get a FREE ticket.What if we’re starting in the wrong place?We’ve been talking a lot around here about sacred + strategic time stewardship.And here’s what that means as we head toward the end of the year:Your calendar doesn’t get to decide what matters.But that’s often where we start.We look at November + December and immediately start placing things:This goes here.We’ll travel then.I’ll have to get that done before this.I’ll squeeze that in here.Before we know it, we’re solving a scheduling problem without ever stopping to ask whether everything we’re scheduling was actually ours to carry.That’s backwards.Because we’re not sovereign over our time.God is.We’re stewards.And Scripture tells us what is required of stewards:“Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful.”— 1 Corinthians 4:2Not capable of doing everything.Not indispensable.Not impressive.Faithful with what has actually been entrusted to us.And that’s where the question I unpack in the episode begins to change things.Paid subscribers get a FREE ticket to Hustle & Bustle → Holy.There’s another cost we don’t usually calculateWe tend to think the cost of overcommitting is exhaustion.And yes, it can be.But there’s another cost I think is especially important as we approach Christmas:presence.We’re about to enter a season centered on remembering Emmanuel—God with us.And it can become the season when we’re least with anyone.Our body is at dinner.Our mind is making tomorrow’s list.We’re sitting at the Christmas program thinking about the emails we haven’t answered.We’re wrapping one gift while mentally shopping for three more.We’re technically present everywhere...while our attention is scattered everywhere else.The incarnation is infinitely bigger than a lesson about being present. Jesus came to save His people from their sins.But surely a season intentionally remembering God with us should cause us to consider whether we’re actually living attentive to the God who is with us—and to the people + responsibilities He has placed in front of us.Sometimes the cost of carrying too much isn’t failure. It’s presence.And friend, I don’t want us figuring that out on December 23.Before the hustle + bustle decides for you...That’s why we’re doing something about it now.On Tuesday, October 13, we’re gathering inside Stewardship Circle for:Hustle & Bustle → HolyThis is a done-with-you Holiday Stewardship Planning workshop.We’re not starting with a prettier holiday calendar.We’re going to slow down before we schedule anything, discern what God has actually entrusted to us in this season, and then build a plan around what matters in the real time + capacity we have.You’ll leave with your Holiday Stewardship Plan built—not another list of good ideas you’re supposed to implement on your own.And here’s the best part:Paid REDEEM Her Time subscribers get a FREE ticket to the workshop.So if you’ve been reading + listening for free and you’ve been wondering when it makes sense to step inside Stewardship Circle...this is a really good time.Upgrade now and come do this with us Tuesday.And if you’re finding this after October 13, you’ll get the Hustle & Bustle → Holy replay + Holiday Stewardship Planning Guide so you can still build yours before the busyness decides for you.Before you plan anything...For today, don’t redo your calendar.Don’t start crossing things off.And don’t make another holiday list.Just notice:What have I already assumed I’m responsible for?Then hit play on the episode.Because before you ask:Where am I going to fit all of this?I want to give you one question to ask first.And I have a feeling it may change what makes it onto the calendar in the first place.Time is sacred. Stewardship is strategic.Share this with a bestie who might wanna be present to what matters this holiday too Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

You’ve prayed. You’ve done what you know to do. You’ve tried to be faithful.But the answer still hasn’t come.The person hasn’t changed.The door hasn’t opened.When you’re used to making things happen, waiting can feel a lot like nothing is happening.But what if you’re measuring growth by the wrong thing?In this conversation, I’m joined by licensed professional counselor + Plant + Water founder Emily Johnson to talk about what happens beneath the surface when we find ourselves in a season we can’t fix, control or hurry through.We talk about what waiting can reveal in us, why roots are growth too, and the difference between faithfully tending what God has entrusted to us + trying to produce an outcome that was never ours to control.And we come back to one question I think is worth carrying into whatever you’re waiting on:What is mine to tend...and what is God’s to grow?Because what if the evidence that God is working isn’t always that your circumstances are changing?What if sometimes the evidence is that YOU are changing?YOUR NEXT STEPIf you’re trying to discern what deserves your time in the season you’re actually in—not the one you wish you were in or the one you’re trying to hurry into—grab the free REDEEM Her Time Starter Kit.In about 15 minutes, you’ll identify what matters most right now + begin giving those priorities a place in your real life.Get the free Starter Kit: redeemhertime.com/startCONNECT WITH EMILYEmily is hosting free Relationship Roundtables through Plant + Water, focused on relationships + the places we can find ourselves waiting for something or someone to change.Join a Relationship Roundtable: plantandwater.me/relationship-roundtablesTime is sacred. Stewardship is strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

You planned the week.You blocked the time. Made room for what matters. Maybe even left yourself a little margin.Then Tuesday happened.The meeting ran long. Someone needed you. You had less energy than expected. Something took twice as long as you planned.And suddenly you're wondering:Why can't I ever seem to follow the week I planned?But what if following the plan perfectly was never the goal?I used to teach women to build an Ideal Week. But as my understanding of biblical time stewardship deepened, I realized I wasn't actually trying to help women create an ideal week.I wanted to help them build a faithful one.In this episode, we're talking about: Why an Ideal Week can quietly become another standard you feel like you're failing What God's faithfulness has to do with the way we steward our weeks Why a Faithful Week isn't a week you execute perfectly The difference between planning for an ideal life and stewarding the life God has actually entrusted to you Three shifts that change the way you build your week: Priorities Before Plans, Anchors Before Time Blocks + Margin Before More How to return instead of restart when real life changes the planBecause you don't need a week that only works when everything goes according to plan.You need a rhythm you can faithfully return to.BUILD YOUR FAITHFUL WEEK WITH MEIn just two days, I'm hosting the Faithful Week Live Build Experience, and I want you there.Bring your calendar + the life you're actually living, and I'll walk you through building a flexible weekly rhythm around what God has entrusted to you in this season.Save your spot here:redeemhertime.com/weekYour week doesn't have to go perfectly to be lived faithfully.Time is sacred. Stewardship is strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

What if God asked you to walk away from something that was working?Not because you failed.Not because the business wasn’t profitable.Not because you couldn’t handle it.But because what had been yours to faithfully steward in one season…wasn’t necessarily yours to keep carrying into the next.That’s part of Rachel Ngom’s story.By the world’s standards, Rachel had built the dream: a seven-figure business, systems that worked + a schedule that required only about twenty hours a week.Then God began asking her to lay it down.And what followed challenged a question I think many ambitious, high-capacity Christian women need to wrestle with:What happens when success is no longer enough to tell us whether something still deserves our yes?Because something can be working.It can be profitable.It can be making an impact.It can even be something God previously asked us to build.And it can still be time to ask: Lord, is this still what You’ve entrusted to me in this season?In this conversation...Rachel + I talk about what happened when she stopped letting success determine whether she was on the right path—including why she now defines success as obedience, what three years of surrender changed in her + why “assumption is not obedience.”We also get into the difference between working from rest + working from toil, what healthy ambition looks like when God is leading, and why something can be good + godly without necessarily being yours for this season.And one of my favorite parts of our conversation: what if God is just as interested—or even more interested—in what He’s producing in you as what He’s producing through you?And I especially love where our conversation goes around ambition.Because I don’t believe the answer is that Christian women should stop wanting to build, grow, lead or accomplish meaningful things.You don’t have to become less ambitious to become a faithful steward.But faithful stewardship does require holding that ambition with open hands.It means being willing to ask God not only:What do You want me to build?But also:Is this still mine?Is this still for now?What are You asking me to release?Who are You forming me to become as I steward what You’ve placed in my hands?Because “I can keep doing this” isn’t the same question as “God is asking me to keep doing this.”Capability isn’t calling.Success isn’t necessarily confirmation.And sometimes faithfulness looks like building, growing + going all in.Sometimes it looks like releasing something that is still working.The question is what faithfulness requires in this season.Listen to my conversation with Rachel, then take this question with you:Lord, is this still what You’ve entrusted to me?Because success isn’t ultimately ours to control.We can faithfully steward the yes. God gets to hold the outcome.Grab Rachel’s Kingdom Profit PlanIf Rachel’s approach to building a profitable business without hustle resonated with you, she has a free resource to help you put it into practice.Her Kingdom Profit Plan is a free 12-page guide + printable planner where she shares the first two rules she used to build a seven-figure business working 20 hours a week.No hustle. No New Age.➡️ Get the Kingdom Profit Plan:rachelngom.com/profitReady to practice faithful stewardship in your own season?Knowing what God has entrusted to you is one thing.Faithfully giving it your time, focus + attention when real life starts living back is where the practice begins.That’s what we’re doing inside the REDEEM Her Time Stewardship Circle.This isn’t about adding more newsletters to your inbox. It’s a place to go beyond reading about time stewardship + actually practice living it—with deeper resources, trainings, Stewardship Intensives + support throughout the year.And right now, we’re in the middle of 30 Faithful: 30 days of discerning with God your ONE faithful yes, giving it a place in your real life + learning how to RETURN instead of starting over when life changes the plan.If you’re ready to stop asking how to fit everything in + start faithfully stewarding what God has actually entrusted to you, come join us.➡️ JOIN THE STEWARDSHIP CIRCLE + 30 FAITHFUL: redeemhertime.com/subscribe Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

It’s a Thursday afternoon.You open your planner and there it is again—the thing you said you’d do Monday.Monday got full.Tuesday somebody needed something.Wednesday got away from you.Now it’s Thursday, and if we’re honest, you’re already thinking: Maybe next week.It’s not that it doesn’t matter.You keep saying it does.But somehow it keeps getting a:Not now.And sometimes not now is exactly the faithful answer. Because everything can matter without everything being for right now.But what about the thing that keeps getting a not now?That’s a different question.Consider Your WaysHigh-capacity women can be especially prone to this.You can carry a lot.So you keep the meeting. Respond to the client. Handle the problem. Take care of what someone else is waiting on.Meanwhile, the thing without the deadline quietly moves to tomorrow.Then Friday.Then next week.But here’s the distinction I’ve been thinking about:“I can” is a capacity statement.“Should I?” is a stewardship question.And stewardship doesn’t begin with What matters to me?It begins with God:What has He actually entrusted to me to faithfully steward in this season?There’s a fascinating moment in Haggai 1 where God’s people had been given something very specific to do: rebuild the temple.Yet their refrain had become:“The time has not yet come…”Not never.Not now.And God’s response through Haggai was:“Consider your ways.”There’s important context here. Your business project isn’t the temple. Your workout isn’t the temple. Something being important to you doesn’t make it a command from God.But Haggai raises a question worth considering:Could I be continually saying “not now” to something God has given me to steward, while finding plenty of “now” for other legitimate things?That’s where this week’s conversation goes—and there’s a part later in Haggai 1 that keeps this from becoming another try harder and get your priorities straight message.It’s actually my favorite part.🎧 CLICK PLAY ABOVE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODEA God-Led Yes Still Needs a PlaceHere’s something you can practice before you even listen:Look at one thing you’ve continually been moving forward.Don’t immediately squeeze it into tomorrow.First ask:Is this actually mine to steward in this season?If the answer is no—or not now—release it.But if, through Scripture, prayer and wisdom, you discern that the answer is yes, there’s another question:Where will I give this faithful yes a place?Because good intentions don’t create time.And discernment isn’t meant to end with this matters.A God-led yes still needs a place to live.Not every minute accounted for. Not a rigid schedule you have to serve.A faithful place in the actual time God has entrusted to you.If you’re not sure what’s actually yours...That’s exactly where I’d have you start.The free REDEEM Her Time Starter Kit will help you begin with God, discern what deserves your yes today, and give those priorities a place using the five Time Anchor Zones.You’ll also become a free REDEEM Her Time subscriber, so we can keep practicing this together each week.Ready to Practice Your Faithful Yes?Knowing what is yours is one thing.Living it when real life starts competing for that time is another.That’s exactly what we’re practicing beginning Tuesday, September 15, in 30 Faithful inside Stewardship Circle.Not 30 new things to do.One faithful yes.Discerned with God.Given a place.Practiced in real life.And when the plan changes?You don’t fall behind.You learn to return.30 Faithful is the only 30-day challenge you can’t fall behind in.And if you’re finding this after September 15, don’t wait for another clean starting line.You’re not behind. Come join us and start right where you are.For today, consider your ways:What keeps getting your “not now”?Bring it before God.Is this actually mine to steward?And if it is:When will I give it a place?Time is sacred. Stewardship is strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe

You made the plan.You knew what mattered. You gave it a place on the calendar.Then… Tuesday happened.Something took longer than expected. Someone needed you. An appointment moved. A problem landed in your inbox.And suddenly, the week you planned isn’t the week you’re living.So you start moving things (of course, cuz that’s what planners do).Tuesday’s unfinished work goes to Wednesday. Wednesday was already full, so something gets pushed to Thursday. The margin disappears. The laptop comes back out after dinner.And by Friday, you’re thinking:I’ll start again Monday.But here’s what I want you to notice:You probably don’t struggle to start.You’re a capable woman. You know how to make the list, block the calendar, set the alarm, buy the planner.The harder part is knowing what to do when you’ve made a good plan...and real life doesn’t follow it.That’s what we’re talking about in this week’s episode—and the shift may change what you do the next time your Tuesday at 10 doesn’t go according to plan.When a good plan becomes something you’re servingProverbs 16:9 says:“The heart of man plans his way, but the LORD establishes his steps.”Scripture doesn’t tell us not to plan.Planning can absolutely be an act of wise stewardship.But we make Sunday’s plan without knowing what Tuesday will hold.God doesn’t.And somewhere between Sunday and Tuesday, a plan we prayerfully made with God can quietly become something we’re trying to hold together ourselves.That’s led me to a question I haven’t been able to shake:Could my frustration when the plan changes sometimes reveal that I was trusting the plan more than the One I made the plan with?Because maybe faithfulness isn’t measured by how closely Tuesday resembles the plan you made for it on Sunday.And maybe “getting back on track” isn’t actually what God is asking of you.That’s the shift I unpack in this week’s episode.What if you don’t have to “make up” the time?Here’s something else to notice.When an unexpected problem takes the three hours you’d planned to use for something else, what happens next?Often, those three hours become a debt.You work through lunch.Give up your margin.Open the laptop again that night.Borrow from tomorrow.And that’s how one disrupted morning becomes a disrupted week.But what if the interruption isn’t automatically a debt you have to repay with the rest of your time?That’s where stewardship requires something more than rearranging the calendar.It requires discernment.And if you’re thinking, But when everything feels important, how do I know what actually deserves my yes?—that’s exactly why I created the free REDEEM Her Time Starter Kit.It will help you begin discerning what matters today and give it a place to live without trying to control every minute.Build a week that can hold real lifeKnowing what faithful stewardship looks like is one thing.Practicing it when Tuesday actually happens is another.That’s the deeper work we’re doing inside the Stewardship Circle.As a paid subscriber, you’ll get my Faithful Week Framework to help you discern what matters, give those priorities a place to live, build in margin for what you can’t predict—and create a week you don’t have to start over every Monday.And when the plan does change, you’re not left to figure it out alone.Through Hey Lissa, you can bring me your real-life Tuesday-at-10 moments:Here’s what I planned. Here’s what changed. How do I discern what still deserves my yes?Because sometimes you don’t need another framework.You need support practicing faithful stewardship in the life you’re actually living.The week you planned won’t always be the week you live.That doesn’t mean you have to start over.There’s another way to respond—and it’s the one simple practice I want you to hear in this week’s episode.So if you haven’t listened yet, scroll back up and hit play.Time is sacred. Stewardship is strategic. Get full access to REDEEM Her Time® at lissafiggins.substack.com/subscribe