The episode closes with a practical three-step tool for personalizing and praying Scripture daily, plus five additional verses listeners can pray directly over their income, identity, relationships, and decisions.

What You Will Discover in This Episode

Why faith is a decision, not a feeling, and why your feelings no longer get to dictate your life

The difference between praying your own limited words and praying God's Word, which cannot return void

Why healing for every place you carry pain, including identity wounds and fear-based decisions, has already been purchased for you

Why money can open doors but cannot heal a soul, rewrite a belief, or replace faith as the source of true increase

A practical, three-step tool for praying Scripture over your life starting today

The Three-Step Tool: How to Pray Scripture Over Your Life

Step One: Choose a Scripture that speaks directly to what you are believing for. Pray with precision, not generalities.

Step Two: Personalize it. Insert your own name and speak it in first person as your own declaration.

Step Three: Pray it aloud daily over the exact area you are believing for until it becomes the loudest voice, louder than fear, louder than doubt.

Scriptures Referenced in This Episode Hebrews 11:6 — "It is impossible to please God without faith, because whoever comes to Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him." Isaiah 55:11 — "So will My word be which goes out from My mouth; it will not return to Me void, without accomplishing what I desire, and it shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it." Isaiah 53:5 — "By His wounds, you are healed." Ecclesiastes 10:19 — "Money answers everything." Luke 1:45 — "Blessed is she who believed, for that which the Lord had spoken to her would be fulfilled." Five Additional Scriptures to Personalize and Pray Ephesians 2:10 (CJB) — "For we are of God's making, created in union with the Messiah Yeshua for a life of good actions already prepared by God for us to do." 1 Peter 2:9 (CJB) — "But you are a chosen people, the King's cohanim (royal priesthood), a holy nation, a people for God to possess! Why? In order for you to declare the praises of the One who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light." Psalm 139:14 (AMP) — "I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well." Zephaniah 3:17 (CJB) — "ADONAI your God is right there with you, as a mighty savior. He will rejoice over you and be glad, he will be silent in his love, he will shout over you with joy." Jeremiah 29:11 (CJB) — "For I know what plans I have in mind for you, says ADONAI, plans for well-being, not for bad things; so that you can have hope and a future."

Continue This Work With Kristen If today's episode is speaking to you, here are two ways to continue this work together:

The Intentional Leader — an 11-week group coaching program. This program represents over 20 years of Kristen's own growth combined with everything she has learned from coaches, conferences, books, and programs, distilled into 11 powerful weeks. Women who go through this program walk away with more peace, more confidence, more clarity, and more income than they imagined possible. 

1:1 Private Coaching — three months of deep, faith-integrated coaching designed completely around you, your life, your story, and your next level. Women who do this work walk away fundamentally different in how they see themselves, how they lead, and how they live every single day. [Insert contact link / booking link] Reach out any time at contact@kristenivanov.com or connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn. Your Action Step This Week

Choose one Scripture from today's episode that speaks directly to what you are believing for. Personalize it, insert your own name, and pray it aloud daily over that exact area until it becomes the loudest voice you hear. Enjoying the Show? If this episode encouraged you, I would be so grateful if you would leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Podbean. It helps this message reach more women who need to hear it. And of course... 

What You Will Discover in This Episode What actually changes in six months when you commit fully to your growth, and why one ninety or one hundred twenty day season can change your life

Eight specific benefits that become available when you finally do the inner work Why desiring more income, peace, freedom, and joy is not ambition working against your faith — it is your faith working exactly as designed

Why your income has always been meant to follow your personal growth, not the other way around A practical, three-step tool for naming your own next season of increase

The Eight Benefits of Doing the Work Increased income — following personal growth as its natural fruit Genuine peace — settled and steady, rooted in identity rather than circumstance Real joy — returning to your work, relationships, and calling Deeper, healthier relationships — built on truth instead of performance Sustainable energy and vitality — free from the cost of carrying beliefs that were never yours Unshakeable confidence and absolute clarity — rooted in self trust Freedom — from others' opinions and the exhausting work of managing an image Feeling fully at home in your own skin — present and alive as the woman you truly want to be

Scripture Referenced Third John 1:2 — "Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health, just as your soul prospers."

Practical Tool: Naming Your Next Season of Increase Step One: Write down the woman you pictured at the beginning of this episode. Be specific about what she believes, how she leads, and how she receives. Step Two: Identify the single belief standing most directly between you and her — not ten beliefs, one. Step Three: Decide today that you will not build this alone. Wisdom, not isolation, is what builds lasting increase.

Continue This Work With Kristen If today's episode is speaking to you, here are two ways to continue this work together: The Intentional Leader — an 11-week live group coaching program for entrepreneurial women of faith ready to break through the identity blocks holding back their income and their calling, alongside other women committed to their growth.  1:1 Private Coaching — three or six months of deep, faith-integrated work designed completely around your business, your story, and your next level of increase.  Reach out any time at contact@kristenivanov.com or connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Your Action Step This Week Write down the woman you pictured while listening to this episode. Then name the one belief standing between you and her. Let this be the week you decide you will not build the next season of your life alone.

Enjoying the Show? If this episode encouraged you, I would be so grateful if you would leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Podbean. It helps this message reach more women who need to hear it. And of course...  "Leave mommy a review!" Choose Brave. Lead with Intention. 

In Episode 8, Kristen turns her attention to the voice inside your head that criticizes you more harshly than anyone else in your life ever would. She traces where that inner critic was formed, names what becomes available when it finally quiets, and redefines what real confidence actually is: not the absence of fear, but a decision made in alignment with who God created you to be.

Grounded in Proverbs 31:25 and twenty years of her own inner work, Kristen offers four practical, faith-rooted practices for building confidence that lasts.

What You Will Discover in This Episode

Where the inner critic actually comes from, and why it once felt like protection

The five things that become available to you when you quiet that inner voice: energy, freedom to take risks, the ability to truly receive, deeper connection with God, and confidence to lead

Why real confidence is not the absence of fear or doubt, but a decision to move forward anyway

The difference between true humility and shrinking yourself, and why minimizing your gifts does not honor God

Four practical tools for building confidence from the inside out

The Four Confidence-Building Practices

Practice One: Change how you speak to yourself. Ask if you would say the same words to a woman you deeply love, and if not, replace the criticism with compassionate truth.

Practice Two: Celebrate your wins daily and write them down. Confidence is built through evidence your mind can return to.

Practice Three: Do the hairy scary thing. Confidence follows courage, not the other way around.

Practice Four: Anchor yourself in who God says you are every single morning, before the inner critic has a chance to speak first.

Scripture Referenced

Proverbs 31:25 — "She is clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future." Continue This Work With Kristen

If today's episode is speaking to you, here are two ways to continue this work together:

The Intentional Leader — an 11-week live group coaching program for women ready to build lasting confidence, clarity, and income alongside a community of like-minded women. 

1:1 Private Coaching — three months of deep, faith-integrated coaching designed entirely around you, your story, and your next level. 

Reach out any time at contact@kristenivanov.com or connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Your Action Step This Week

Pick one of the four practices from today's episode and begin. Just one. Write it down somewhere you will see it daily, and let this be the week you stop being your own worst enemy and start becoming your own greatest advocate.

Enjoying the Show? If this episode encouraged you, I would be so grateful if you would leave a review on Apple Podcasts or Podbean. It helps this message reach more women who need to hear it. And of course...  "Leave mommy a review!" Choose Brave. Lead with Intention. 

Comparison is one of the most common and most quietly damaging experiences in a woman’s life. And in a world of social media highlight reels, it has never been more amplified or more accessible.

In this episode, Kristen unpacks what comparison actually is, where it was formed, and — most importantly — what genuinely becomes available to you when you break free from it. More joy, courage, and more of the life God designed specifically for you.

This episode will shift something in you. Not just about how you see other women, but about how you see yourself.

In this episode you will discover: The critical difference between healthy admiration and the comparison that quietly steals your joy. Why comparison often begins in childhood and how to recognize its roots in your own life. How social media has amplified comparison and why most of what you see is not the full story. Five specific things that become available to you when you break free from the comparison trap. What Galatians 6:4 (Amplified) says about comparison and why it is so freeing. Why her success does not diminish yours and how God’s plans for you are completely independent of what He is doing in her life. A five-step Breaking Free practice including Kristen’s personal tool for shutting down unwanted thoughts quickly

Your Five-Step Breaking Free Practice: Step 1: Notice it without judgment — name it out loud: I am comparing right now Step 2: Ask the honest question underneath — what real desire is this pointing to? Step 3: Return to your own story — name one gift, experience, or calling that is uniquely yours Step 4: Celebrate her genuinely — send a message, pray for her success Step 5: Kristen’s personal tool — “That’s none of my business and of no concern to me right now”

Scripture referenced in this episode: Galatians 6:4 (Amplified) — Each one must carefully scrutinize her own work, examining her actions, attitudes, and behaviors, and then she can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing herself to another.

Mentioned in this episode: The Intentional Leader — 11-Week Group Coaching Program Private 1:1 Coaching with Kristen — contact@kristenivanov.com Connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn Visit kristenivanov.com

Your action step from this episode: Practice the five steps this week. The next time you feel comparison rising, name it, ask what it is pointing to, return to your own story, celebrate her, and use Kristen’s personal shutdown tool. You were never meant to run her race. You were created to run yours.

Did this episode resonate with you? Share it with a woman in your life who needs to hear it. And if you are enjoying She Leads with Intention, a review on Apple Podcasts helps more women find this show. Thank you so much for being here.

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A vision without a plan is simply a dream. And you were not created to just dream. You were created to build.

In Episode 5 we talked about the difference between living by default and living by design. Today we take that one powerful step further. Because once you have a vision for the life you want, the next question is how do you actually move toward it in a way that lasts?

In this practical and identity-rooted episode, Kristen Ivanov gets honest about why most goals fail, even for capable and motivated women, and walks you through exactly what it takes to set goals that you actually follow through on.

The key insight of this episode is one that most goal setting frameworks completely miss. Your goals must be connected to your identity. Because you cannot sustainably achieve a goal that conflicts with how you see yourself. The identity work always comes first. And the goals flow from that solid foundation.

In this episode you will discover: The four honest reasons most goals fail even for capable and motivated women The five characteristics of an Intentional Goal that actually gets done Why your heart always wins and what that means for the goals you set The most overlooked ingredient in goal setting — who you need to BE not just what you need to do How your identity and your goals are not separate conversations but the same one A powerful goal formula that combines a specific outcome with a personal identity statement Real examples of how to transform vague wishes into clear intentional goals

The Five Characteristics of an Intentional Goal: Clear and well defined — you know exactly what success looks like Measurable and trackable — you can see your progress Realistic and actionable — it stretches you without paralyzing you Aligned with your values and vision — it genuinely matters to you at a soul level Has a deadline or timeframe — open-ended goals drift

Your Goal Setting Formula: I will [specific outcome] by [specific date] and to achieve this I am becoming a woman who [identity statement].

Example Intentional Goals: I will increase my income by two thousand dollars per month by October 31st and to achieve this I am becoming a woman who values her gifts, prices her work with confidence, and shows up consistently for the people she is called to serve. I will exercise four days a week and reach my ideal weight by December 31st and to achieve this I am becoming a woman who honors her body as a gift from God and chooses long term health over short term comfort.

Mentioned in this episode: The Intentional Leader — 11-Week Group Coaching Program: [INSERT LINK] Private 1:1 Coaching with Kristen — contact@kristenivanov.com Connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn Visit kristenivanov.com

Your action step from this episode: Write three Intentional Goals using the formula from today. Make them specific, measurable, and time-bound. Then add the identity statement that tells you who you are becoming in order to achieve them. Put them somewhere you will see them every single day and read them every morning alongside your Identity Declarations from Episode 4.

Coming up in Episode 7: We are going into the Life Satisfaction Assessment in real depth across all ten areas of your life. It is a working episode so have something to write with ready.

Did this episode help you? Share it with a woman in your life who is ready to stop writing goals and start living them. And if you are enjoying She Leads with Intention, consider leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. It helps more women find this show. Thank you so much for being here.

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Are you living the life you actually chose... or the life that quietly accumulated while you were busy taking care of everything and everyone else? If you are a high-achieving woman who feels like something is still missing despite doing all the right things, this episode is for you.

In Episode 5 of She Leads with Intention, life and leadership coach Kristen  introduces the second pillar of intentional living — Strategy — and opens with the most important question a woman can ask herself: Am I designing my life on purpose, or am I living by default?

This is the episode for the woman who is ready to stop running on autopilot, reclaim her time and energy, and start building a life that is truly aligned with who God created her to be.

In this episode you will discover:

• What it means to live by default — and why so many accomplished, hardworking women are unknowingly doing it
• The hidden cost of reactive living and what it is quietly stealing from you — your time, your energy, your peace, and your God-given potential
• What intentional living and life design actually look like in a real, practical, everyday way
• How to move from managing your life to leading it with clarity, purpose, and faith

Practical Tool from This Episode:

The Life Design Questions — three powerful, journal-worthy questions to help you get radically honest about what you actually want, identify where the gap is between where you are and where you want to be, and choose one courageous decision this week that moves you closer to the life you were created to live. Set aside quiet time, bring your journal, and work through these slowly. They are worth it.

Scripture referenced:

Proverbs 29:18 — Where there is no vision, the people perish.

Work with Kristen:

• The Intentional Leader — an 11-week group coaching program for women who are ready to stop living by default and start designing a life they truly love — rooted in identity, strategy, and faith. 
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• 1:1 Private Coaching — three months of deep, personalized, faith-integrated coaching designed completely around you, your life, your story, and your next level. Reach out at contact@kristenivanov.com or connect on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

You are so worth it! Choose Brave. Lead with Intention.

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In Episode 3 we did something courageous together. We named the limiting beliefs that have been shaping your life, traced where they came from, and began replacing them with something true. Today we go even deeper.

Because the most powerful truth you can ever anchor your identity in is not a mindset shift or an affirmation. It is the living, unshakeable Word of God.

In this faith-rooted episode, Kristen walks you through why so many women who genuinely love God still struggle to truly receive what He says about them personally. She explores the profound gap between knowing truth intellectually and integrating it into how you actually live, lead, and see yourself every single day.

Then she takes you slowly and reverently through ten scriptural truths about who you are in Christ, reading each verse in full so you can sit with every word and let it land exactly where you need it most.

In this episode you will discover: Why truly receiving what God says about you can be one of the most difficult things you ever do How your felt experience often contradicts Scripture and what to do about that gap Ten foundational declarations about your identity in Christ read in full from Scripture The difference between knowing God's truth and integrating it into how you actually live Why a woman rooted in her God-given identity leads, loves, and shows up differently The three-step Identity Declaration Practice and how thirty days of faithful practice can shift everything

Ten scriptural truths about who God says you are: You are a child of God — John 1:12 You are loved by God — Romans 5:8 You are chosen — Ephesians 1:4 You are forgiven — Ephesians 1:7 You are redeemed — Galatians 3:13 You are a new creation — 2 Corinthians 5:17 You are God's masterpiece — Ephesians 2:10 You are free from condemnation — Romans 8:1 You are seated with Christ in heavenly places — Ephesians 2:6 You are a saint — 1 Corinthians 1:2

Your Identity Declaration Practice: Step 1: Identify the five truths from today that your heart most resists Step 2: Rewrite each one as a first person present tense declaration Step 3: Speak them out loud every single morning for thirty days before checking your phone or calendar

Mentioned in this episode: Free Workshop — Intentional Alignment: Register here for the Zoom link: https://luma.com/3qx0kzw4https://luma.com/3qx0kzw4 The Intentional Leader — 11-Week Group Coaching Program: Private 1:1 Coaching with Kristen — contact@kristenivanov.com Connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn Visit kristenivanov.com

Your action step from this episode: Choose five truths from today that your heart most resists. Write them as first person present tense declarations. Speak them every single morning for thirty days. And watch what God does with that faithful daily act of agreement with His Word over your life.

Did this episode move you? Share it with a woman in your life who needs to hear who God says she is. And if you are enjoying She Leads with Intention, a review on Apple Podcasts helps more women find this show. Thank you so much for being here.

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What if the beliefs that have been quietly running your life were never actually true? In this powerful episode, Kristen Ivanov goes deep into the limiting beliefs that shape a woman's confidence, decisions, and sense of what is possible for her life.

From the messages absorbed in childhood to the stories written in seasons of pain and comparison, Kristen names the beliefs so many women carry in silence and walks you through exactly how they show up in your daily life through perfectionism, people pleasing, self-sabotage, and a quiet sense that God's promises are for other women but not for you.

This episode is honest, tender, and deeply practical. And it will leave you with a real tool to begin replacing the lies with something gloriously true.

In this episode you will discover: Where your limiting beliefs actually come from and why they feel so much like facts The childhood messages that quietly shape how you see yourself as an adult The most common limiting beliefs women carry and how to recognize them in yourself How limiting beliefs show up in perfectionism, people pleasing, and self-sabotage Why your relationship with God can be affected by what you believe about yourself The promise of Romans 12:2 and what renewing your mind actually looks like in practice The four-step Belief Replacement Practice to help you name, trace, replace, and anchor new truth

The Four-Step Belief Replacement Practice: Step 1: Name it — write the limiting belief down exactly as it sounds in your mind Step 2: Trace it — ask yourself where this belief came from and what planted it Step 3: Replace it — write a grounded, truthful replacement belief that feels possible Step 4: Anchor it in Scripture — find a verse that declares who God says you are

Scriptures referenced in this episode: Psalm 139:14 — I am fearfully and wonderfully made 1 John 3:1 — I am called a child of God Ephesians 2:10 — I am God's handiwork, created for good works 1 Peter 2:9 — I am chosen, a royal priesthood, God's special possession Romans 8:1 — There is no condemnation for those in Christ Jesus Romans 8:38-39 — Nothing can separate me from the love of God

Mentioned in this episode: Free Workshop — Intentional Alignment, June 30th at 7:30pm: https://luma.com/3qx0kzw4https://luma.com/3qx0kzw4 The Intentional Leader — 11-Week Group Coaching Program Private 1:1 Coaching with Kristen — contact@kristenivanov.com Connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn Visit kristenivanov.com

Your action step from this episode: Take one limiting belief this week and work through all four steps of the Belief Replacement Practice. Write it down. Trace it. Replace it. And anchor it in what God says about you. Then come back and share what you discovered. Kristen genuinely wants to hear from you.

Did this episode resonate with you? Share it with a woman in your life who needs to hear it. And if you are enjoying She Leads with Intention, a review on Apple Podcasts helps more women find this show. Thank you so much for being here.

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This is not a conversation about doing more. It is an invitation to be more. To show up more fully, more intentionally, and more aligned with who God created you to be.

Kristen also shares the 7-Day Elevation Challenge, a practical daily practice designed to shift something real in you over the next seven days.

If you are a woman in leadership who is ready to elevate every area of your life with faith, intention, and grace, this episode was created for you.

In this episode we cover: What calling women higher truly means and why it is a whole woman practice Raising your personal standards and why it begins with how you treat yourself The profound impact of showing up for yourself physically, even when no one is watching How gossip quietly diminishes us and how to graciously redirect those conversations Walking in integrity in the small, unseen moments of daily life The power of genuine encouragement and what true sisterhood looks like Your physical presence and what it communicates to the world and to yourself Why your inner circle matters more than most people realize The 7-Day Elevation Challenge and how to begin today

Your 7-Day Elevation Challenge: Move your body every day Pray with intention Feed your mind something new Offer one genuine compliment to a woman daily Reach out to one high caliber connection Practice one elevated vocabulary word in conversation End each day naming three to five specific things you are grateful for

Mentioned in this episode: Intentional Alignment Free Workshop- Next FREE Workshop is 6/30/26 at 7:30P ESThttps://luma.com/3qx0kzw4https://luma.com/3qx0kzw4

The Intentional Leader 11-Week Group Coaching Program 

Private 1:1 Coaching with Kristen — contact@kristenivanov.com

Connect with Kristen on Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn Visit kristenivanov.com to learn more

Enjoyed this episode? It would mean the world to share this with a woman in your life who is ready to rise. And if this episode moved you, a review on Apple Podcasts helps more women find this show. Thank you so much for being here.

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That's exactly why She Leads with Intention exists.

In this first episode, host and Life and Leadership coach Kristen Ivanov introduces you to the heart behind this podcast — who it's for, what you can expect, and why real transformation goes deeper than goals. With over 19 years of business experience, $500k invested in her own personal growth, and a faith-centered coaching philosophy, Kristen brings truth, practical tools, and a genuine invitation to stop living by default and start living by design.

In this episode you'll discover:

• Who She Leads with Intention is really for — and why being specific matters
• The three areas Kristen builds every episode around: Identity, Strategy, and Consistency
• The 4 pillars of life this podcast will cover: Mindset & Identity, Health & Wholeness, Leadership & Purpose, and Joy & Harmony
• A powerful practical tool called the Life Satisfaction Check-In — a 10-area honest assessment to show you exactly where to focus first

This podcast is for you if:

• You're not new to personal development but you're ready to go deeper
• You lead at work, at home, in your community — and you're learning to lead yourself well
• You want your faith woven into the conversation
• You're done with surface-level and ready for real, lasting transformation

Practical Tool from This Episode: The Life Satisfaction Check-In — rate yourself from 1-10 in these 10 areas: Spiritual, Health, Family, Romance, Mental, Fun & Hobbies, Money, Social, Home, and Career. Your lowest scores are your starting point. That's where your attention belongs first.

Scriptures referenced: Philippians 4:19 | 2 Corinthians 9:8

Work with Kristen:

• 🎟 Free Workshop — Intentional Alignment — a live working session twice a month. 
• 👯‍♀️ The Intentional Leader — Kristen's 11-week group coaching program for women ready for real transformation. 
• 💛 1:1 Private Coaching — three months of personalized, faith-integrated coaching designed around you. Reach out at contact@kristenivanov.com

Connect with Kristen: Instagram | Facebook | LinkedIn | kristenivanov.com

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